Woah. This is one of the most delayed reactions to any of my stories. And I'm not talking about update timings (although I am pretty late in that too...). No. I'm talking about the community response. A month after I wrote the last chapter I had 1 favorite, 1 review, and 1 alert. Now it has 3 favorites, 3 reviews, and 5 alerts.

So thank you. A lot.

Anyways those who reviewed last time (and I personally thank you guys): PhantomGirl12 and phanthom theif kid (and nanabat from before, sorry for not mentioning you previously)

Ah well, here's the next chappie!

Chapter 3:

Information

Link may have been good at tracking, but to find a flying animal was always difficult, especially if they're sentient. Even Navi was of little use as she didn't have nearly enough speed or information to find the suspicious avian-sapien hybrids. The only thing they could assume was that they were still in this village- no city, the signs said city- due to the injuries they sustained.

Now it was the middle of the night, and still Link couldn't find any signs of the birdkids, using hours on end to no avail. This was bad, for every hour wasted in this world was another hour his homeworld spend in danger, and Link couldn't stand the thought of letting down Hyrule.

He noticed a pathway leading underground. Reminding him of dungeons back home, he instinctively went in. His mind reasoned that dungeons meant progress, and that was exactly what he needed at the moment.

Inside the cavern, it was barely a cavern at all. There was no monsters, no jars, there wasn't even that much dirt. All there was was some magic torches (lights, as Navi called them), metal, fence-like structures. and 3 long rails. The tunnel seemed to center around said rail, so the obvious decision for Link was to go down the tunnel.

After hurtling over the metal barricade, Navi alerted Link of a sign that read: "Do NOT touch the third rail!" Link was careful to stay on the middle rail, so as to not tempt fate by trying to choose the first rail.

After a couple hundred paces, Navi could recognize voices up ahead! Unfortunately, Link heard a loud whistle behind him. He turned around to find a speeding mechanical worm coming at him.

Hope those voices are at safety, Link thought to himself as he used all of his muscles to propel his self as fast as possible towards them.

Link narrowly avoided the worm, but landed in what seemed to be an entirely different land than what he was sure was just above him. This wasn't really a hard concept for Link to get. What was hard to grasp, however, was the winged humans from before staring at him.

The others in the area quickly huddled into their private corners, not daring to be involved with either party.

One of the younger birdhumans started chatting uneasily to her counterparts. Yet another, this one the dark-haired male, looked like he was arguing with the leader of the group, and also losing. The tallest of the kids was becoming huddled in on his self. Navi seemed troubled for unknown reasons. All of this Link tried to let sink in, but before he could, the leader stepped forward.

"It's not coincidence we meet again, I presume," she said, sounding slightly mad. Link shook his head in reply. "Okay, if that's the case, explain why you're following us."

Once again, Link replied simply, "To save my homeworld."

She laughed, but after noticing Link's frank expression, managed to say, "Oh man, I can't wait to hear this story."

So Link told his story to the group. Laughter was heard a couple times from disbelief, but by the end all were perplexed.

The little birdboy was quick to break the silence with a, "Woah! So you're like a really cool alien?"

Laughter briefly ensued in the group, when the leader hushed them and stated, "Okay, we believe you. But what do we have to do with any of this."

Navi stepped up, figuratively, and answered, "Isn't it obvious? The robots were after you. That means that you guys are Link here's best bet for answers."

The leader stood silent then caved in. "Can't argue that. In plus, you know where the Institute is, so you can't be complete dead weight."

Link once again was lost in the voices as introductions were made. The leader was Max; the tallest of the kids was Iggy; the tall, dark-haired boy was Fang; Nudge was the loquacious one; Gazzy was the little boy and Angel was the name of the mind reader.

With this, Link became tired, far earlier than he previously thought he would be. He didn't fight it, however; there was no point of him staying awake at this point, anyways. So he succumbed to sleep.

Navi stayed awake, however, still troubled. As the "Flock," or so they called themselves, left to confer amongst themselves, Navi once again focused on her problem in this world: Information.

She knew Hyrule like the back of her wing, but this New York was a complete mystery to her. If Navi couldn't inform Link about upcoming dangers, the terrain, or even the shops, how could she be still of use?

I just need to try harder, she thought to herself confidently. It's my one job in life, so I better do it damn well.

She sighed, her confidence quickly drained. But how will I ever get the information in the first place?

A voice interrupted her thoughts. You sure think a lot, don't you Ms. Fairy?

Navi frightenedly whispered, "Who's there?" She looked around, but no one was looking, or even paying attention. This was even more worrying. Was Navi going insane?

Of course not, the voice resumed. This is just me, Angel. Are you okay, Ms. Fairy?

Navi looked once again and saw Angel in the birdkid group, spaced out from them while they talked. Angel looked over and smiled at Navi. Navi wondered idly, What could a six-year-old do to help?

I've lived in this world my whole life, Ms. Fairy. I can give you information, lots and lots!

Navi's options were limited, and she couldn't resist Angel's pleading eyes, although, though she would never admit to it, Navi was very thankful. Yes, Angel, I would like your help.

Angel's face lit up in delight. Yay! I'll help you, Ms. Fairy! I'll help you lots!

And with that, Navi was at peace once again, knowing that she had a telepathic, six-year-old, birdkid guardian angel watching over her.

Heh… guardian "Angel"… Navi thought as she laid in Link's hat to slumber.

"Max, what exactly compelled you to let him stay?" Fang said through gritted teeth.

Max replied just as testily, "Look, do we really have that much of a choice? He just saved our butts from those Robo-Erasers-"

"How about Flyboys?" Iggy interjected, try to ease up the situation. "Rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?"

"Flyboys, Robo-Erasers, whatever. The point is that they beat us easily and he beat them easily. We need his protection until we can beat them on our own, simple as that."

Fang fell silent, giving Gazzy the opportunity to exclaim, "In plus, we get to travel around with an awesome alien!"

Nudge nodded happily in agreement. "Exactly, although it's more like an alien gets to travel around with us. Doesn't make it any less cool though, does it? I wonder if he'll show us any of his stuff from back home. I bet they're really cool, considering how cool his bow was, and that other thing he had, whatever it was. It was like really cool either way. He must have other cool stuff with hi-"

"We get it," Iggy cut her off. "He's a cool alien with cool accessories. I personally don't believe that baloney story he said, but whatever."

"You don't believe it?" Gazzy questioned. "Then how do you explain the arrow that froze a freakin' robot? And that bomb that slid across the ground into the other robot?"

"Wait, he had a bomb that slid across the ground? Man, we have to trade recipes with this guy sometime…"

And the flock fell into their own conversations about the medieval alien.

That is, all Flockies except for Fang. He kept to his self, thinking about the "elf". Fang didn't trust him one bit. How did any of the Flockies know if this guy was legitimate or not, the more plausible theory, just another School experiment? He found that much more like than that "trans-dimensional portal" garbage the experiment was feeding them. It also casted this guy as a much larger threat than every one perceived him to be.

If Fang was correct, he would have to act, fast. The Flock was quickly giving their trust to him. Unfortunately, that also meant that Fang would have to act strategically, as he didn't want to become a villain to the Flock.

So Fang plotted. He plotted through the stacking of the fists, and all of first watch. He had to save his Flock…

I have to admit, this is a nice break from writing creepy Angel. Also, for once, Fang is the bad guy (though not purposely). I'm liking these changes in pace.

So, I'm still deciding on the plot for these, so please let me know if you like the direction the plot is going, as well as how you like or dislike the story in general. Thanks for your time; I'll try not to reject you guys next time. :D

Bye!