I am so so so so sorry for not updating, I was planning on updating during Christmas, but I couldn't find the time.

"They're souls have been sealed away,"

Shadow POV

I glared harder, "What do you mean?"

"Exactly as I said, they're souls have been pulled out and sealed, leaving their bodies in a sleeping state. The bodies will stay fully functioning, but they won't wake until the thing that their souls are trapped in are opened and let the soul re-enter the body." Trent said.

"So why are you here?" Zack asked, coming up to my side.

"The person who's power did this, Crissy…well, she and I have business." Trent said, his eyes darkening. "And we've been trailing them for a while."

"We've?" Jenna asked.

"Oh, yeah," Trent turned, and yelled. "Phoenix! Come here!"

"I'm just in the room next to this, you don't have to yell." A voice said, as a girl walked in and crossed her arms over her chest.

"This is Phoenix, by the way," Trent said, gesturing to the girl, who had fiery red hair, with orange and blue highlights, and icy cold blue eyes.

She nodded and turned to Trent, "How about we get something to eat while you explain everything to them?"

Trent nodded and looked at me, "Where's the kitchen, Phoenix can make us up some lunch."

I sighed, "Down the hall past the stairs and to the left."

Phoenix nodded and left the room, and I felt a tug on my hand. Looking down, I saw that it was Jet, who was looking up at me with big eyes, "Wanna go."

I smiled softly and nodded, "Go a head." Jet smiled big and ran around Trent and down the hall.

Turning to Trent I said, "Now tell me what the heck happened to my family."

Trent looked down at the flock and said, "Why don't we move them to a different place."

I sighed and nodded, "We can move them to their beds. For now."

Lifting my dad, I hefted him on my shoulder, he wasn't that heavy, waited for Zack to lift my mom bridal style and with him following went to their room. I went to the left side of the bed, Zack went to the right, and we laid my parents down.

Leaving the room we met in the living room with everybody, who had already gathered there.

Sitting down on the sofa I looked at Trent as he sat down, "Now talk."

Trent sighed and said, "In the lab that I had grown up in there was two other people with me. Phoenix, and Crissy. You've met Phoenix. Crissy was my best friend, Phoenix my sister. Crissy has a power, she can pull out a person's soul. When she pulls out soul she seals it inside an object. The physical body of the person is in a sleeping state, and will only awaken if the soul is placed back into the body. In order for a soul to re enter the body, the object it is sealed inside of must be in contact with it. The body of the person who's soul has been sealed away will not diminish, and will function as if they merely fell asleep. But I warn you now, the body can starve, or dehydrate."

I stared at Trent for a moment before leaning back and closing my eyes, pressing my hand to my forehead. "So you are telling me that my parents and family are trapped in a sleep that they can't wake up from."

"And if we want to wake them up we have to find what ever their souls are trapped." Zack finished for me, I opened my eyes and glared.

Trent nodded and said, "Crissy works for the School. So that's best way to figure out what happened to the Flock."

Before any more could be said Phoenix walked in, "Lunch is ready."

We all stood and followed her to the Kitchen/Dining room, where on the table was about ten of three different types of sandwiches, fifteen hotdogs, and a huge pile of fries and onion rings.

Sitting on at the table was Jet, who already had his plate full of two sandwiches, a hotdog, and a pile of fries.

"Shadow!" he exclaimed, smiling big.

I went over and sat next to Jet, with Jenna sitting next to me on the other side, and grabbed a plate.

The rest of the flock sat down at the other seats and piled their plates high with food. "This looks amazing!"

Phoenix nodded, a light blush coloring her cheeks, "Thanks, it was nothing. And Jet helped a lot." She added, smiling at him.

We all ate quickly, easily finishing all the food that Phoenix and Jet had prepared. When we finished and did the dishes, there was a knock on the door.

Whipping my wet hands on my pants I went to the door, Zack following closely behind. I quickly pulling the shadows I created an allusion of my self, which opened the door.

Seeing who it was I released the shadows and the allusion faded, giving the others a full view of who was at the door.

I stepped into the hallway and glared at him, "What do you want, Gramps?"

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