Yes that's right folks; Charlie was actually fully on fire. And no I was not seeing things she was alight. On fire. Not sure how else to put it. And all anybody could do, even me queen of plans, but stare at her.
"You can see that can't you? It's not just me is it?" Fang asked
"No I can see that"
"I can't, now seriously what's going on?" Iggy asked his voice strained
"Charlie's on fire. No joke" I said just watching Charlie stand there confused. She knew what was happening she just for some reason looked hurt, and I guessed it wasn't because she was on fire.
Eventually she calmed down enough so she wasn't alight then she just ran out the house into the midnight sky. We left soon after to go home and check the rest of the flock, being from them even this long was sending me crazy.
"Hey guys, good party? Wait where's Charlie?" Harry said when we stepped in the door; his voice turning worried when he noticed we were one short.
"We don't know." I sent Fang and Iggy to check the flock and then get some sleep whilst I explained to Harry what went on. Apparently he knew about her little secret but it had never happened in public before. We stayed up till midnight waiting for her until Harry told me to get some sleep because I was practically dead on legs. The next morning I awoke to the sound of music. No not the Strange English musical about Nazis, the actual sound of music, to be more specific to the sound of a piano. I went downstairs to see where it was coming from and to check everyone was up and all right when I saw Iggy who was playing the piano. Since when did Iggy play the piano?
"Weird isn't it?" Fang said scaring me, as he appeared out of nowhere as usual "I heard him playing this morning I think he misses Charlie. Apparently she "gets him" " I just nodded. For the first time ever I felt sorry for him. Iggy was always a happy person but according to the sounds of his song, he wasn't so happy anymore.
Harry was going slightly crazy calling everyone he knew, asking to police to look for her, constantly ringing her phone in hope that she might pick it up, but she never did.
Fang and me kept going out looking to see if we could find her or have any evidence of where she went but there was nothing, not a clue. We landed on the beach where we first met her, but surprise surprise she wasn't here.
"What could have happened to her? Do you reckon she was captured or something or she's just hiding?" I asked sighing thinking of Iggy and that song he'd played and thinking of Fang how happy he'd been lately at the thought of having family.
"I don't know. I suppose she could have been taken, I mean her ability compared to all of the flock put together, who wouldn't want her as a weapon?"
"Well if she has been taken who by it could be anyone. Itex, or any evil genius, no clues, or maybe she's just run away. We don't know" I sat down in the sand watching the sea trying to figure this all out, Fang came and sat next to me his face deep in thoughts. If she had been taken, we were never going to be able to find her. And that was being optimistic. I couldn't imagine how Iggy was feeling right now he wasn't talking to anyone and each day he wasn't getting more depressed. I mean I fell horrible when the flock aren't all together but to have one completely missing like when Angel got kidnapped it was horrible but this was even worse because we didn't know who could of taken her and where they would of taken her to. A shiver ran down my spine as I thought about all the times the flock had been separated. Fangs arm wound round me when he noticed the goose pimples on my arm. I couldn't be bothered trying to stop this I was too tired and I felt too sad. I leaned in against his chest fighting the urge to cry because yes I'm a girl and that's what I want to do sometimes so stop calling me a wuss. Even though I hate to admit this. I liked it. Never saying that again. It still didn't make me feel better about Iggy and Charlie. We sat there for a while just hoping that the answer would come to us but it didn't.
"How are you feeling?" He asked after a millennia of silence.
"I don't know. I mean Iggy. He's so sad it kills me to see him like that and what kills me even more is that I know this is all I can do about it and well apparently it's not enough" I sighed. Fang looked me in the eyes wanting to say something but he knew it wasn't the right time to bring this up again, he just sighed and turned away from me and let me think. But then I decided something. I couldn't get through this on my own I needed Fang, I'd always needed Fang and so this time I wouldn't push him away. So I sat up and looked him in the eyes and then kissed him hoping that this was the right thing to do and that some how this would make everything alright.