Chapter 4: Burgers, Beds, and Brain Busters Part 2

3rd Person POV

As Iggy and Angel slowly stopped shrieking and calmed down, the rest of the Flock were in a panic as they attempted to wake them.

"Angel! Angel please, wake up…" Nudge cried as she shook her, tears fresh in her eyes.

"Come on Ig. You gotta wake up." The Gasman said as he patted his face.

"Check their pulses." Max commanded as she took Peak from Nudge and sat him next to Zane, who was crying his eyes out.

"Iggy's got one, and it's regular." Gazzy announced.

"Same for Angel," Nudge announced with a sigh of relief.

"Ok. Get-" Max stopped as Iggy started to stir on the floor. He slowly opened his sightless blue eyes and groaned a loud groan as he rubbed his head and sat up.

"Ugh. Ow, god damnit," he said as the pain in his head throbbed repeatedly.

"Iggy!" the Gasman cheered happily. "How you feelin buddy?"

But before he could get an answer, Iggy got to feet, and ran to the bathroom, regurgitating his dinner in an instant. Everyone cringed as they listened to him be sick.

"Eww. That is so gross." Nudge complained. "He sounds worse than I did when I was pregnant with Crystal."

"Tell me about it." Iggy groaned as he returned to the Flock. "I don't know what the hell just happened, but I know I don't want it happening again."

"Yeah cause that was seriously scary as hell. I thought you guys were gonna die, and I don't think I could handle that. But what about Angel? She still hasn't woken up. I wonder why it even happened to her. Do you think that it's going to happen to all of us? Like-"

"Nudge!" Max shouted. "Calm. Down." She said, grabbing her shoulders, forcing her to look her straight in the eye. "Everything will be fine."

"God, can we please refrain from all the yelling and over talking!" Iggy said irritably as he flopped down across the couch. "I already feel like I have the world's worst migraine without you two making it worse with all the talking and screaming."

"Then why don't you shut the hell up and get over it." Nudge snapped back, clearly irritated by Iggy's complaining, which in turn caused Iggy to flip her the bird. Before Nudge could reply, Max was fed up with it and had decided that enough was enough.

"Ok, everyone just chill the flock out," she said, talking charge once again. "There's obviously something weird going on here, but there's point in killing each other trying to figure it out. There's nothing we can do about Angel right now except get her to bed. We'll talk about what ever this was that happened in the morning. Right now, we're all on edge from exhaustion, so let's get to bed." She turned to Fang, "You, Gazzy, and Iggy wil-" but she stopped short when she heard a deep snoring coming from behind her. She turned and grimaced at Iggy's limp form on the couch. She knew he was down for the count. "Ugh. Never mind. You, the Gasman and Nudge will sleep in the other room. I'll stay here with Angel and Sir Sleeps A Lot of there." Everyone nodded their heads, obviously agreeing and understanding their commands.

With quick goodnight hugs and a kisses, they all departed, ready to get a good night's sleep and hopefully forget about all of the night's strange events. Max sighed. She was tired and stressed out. Being leader could do that to you, and yet, she took it all in stride. She picked Angel up and laid her on the bed with the babies, who were now sound asleep, much to Max's relief. She was glad that everything was calm now; she may have been calm on the outside, but in actuality, she was sweating bullets. But she knew she had to keep together in front of the Flock.

She tucked the three of them in, give Angel a quick kiss on the forehead, and made her way over to Iggy. She sighed and shook her head before throwing a blanket over her unconscious brother. After checking every window and door, she climbed into herself, ready for some well deserved rest.

I can't believe this happened. Whatever it is. She thought to herself as her eyes started to get heavier and heavier. We need to get to the bottom of this, and fast.

Angel's POV

I woke up to the sound of crying and the smell of, what I believe, was pancakes. I slowly opened my eyes but was instantly blinded by the sunlight. I groaned and sat up in the bed, wishing that someone had remembered to close the blinds. How'd I get here? I wondered but soon shook it off as the cries of my boys brought me back to reality.

"Aww…" I said, picking them up. "What's the matter?" said, bouncing them up and down, trying to get them to calm down, but to no avail.

"They're probably hungry." Max said, walking into the room.

"Well what do we have that I can feed them? They're too small and don't have any teeth to chew with." Max got this huge grin on her face that I didn't like one bit. I disliked it even more when I read her mind. "Eww. Do I have to? Isn't there any other way I can feed them then…that?"

"Nope. Sorry Angel, but that's the only way. Least til we get home and get you some more supplies. Besides, that's what they're there for."

"Really? You know, I never would have guessed that. I actually thought that they were there to give you balance and get guys to pay more attention to you." I said sarcastically with a quick eye roll.

"Well you best get to it," she laughed. "When you're finished, we're having a Flock meeting over breakfast in the other room."

"Ok." I said as she exited the room. I took a breath, nervous about doing this breast feeding thing for the first time ever. Ok. Come on Angel. You've fought creatures 3x your size. You can breast feed a pair of twins, no problem. I encouraged myself.

20 minutes later, I walked into the other room, both boys fed and sound sleep. I, on the other hand, was a bit wound up and was red in the face. I can't believe I just did that. I swear, on my life, if I ever have any more kids, their dad's breast feeding them. After gently placing the boys on a bed to rest some more, I took my seat with the Flock at the table.

"Ok." Max said, swallowing the last bit of her pancake. "Does anyone else feel like they're in any type of pain?"

"Only when Gazzy let's on rip." Nudge said, wiping her mouth.

"Oh ha ha. Real funny." He said sarcastically.

"Anyway, anyone feel anything?" Max asked again. We all shook our head's no.

"Well, you don't really feel it before hand. It kinda just happens." Iggy explained.

"I see. But what I don't understand is how or why it just randomly happens, and just to you and Angel."

"Actually," I said, blushing a little bit, "I know why…"

"What! Why didn't you say something sooner?"

"Cause…I was hungry…" I said with a sheepish smile. Everyone started laughing at this.

"Ok, so what's the deal? Why was I feeling like I was going to die last night?" Iggy asked, seriousness in his voice.

I took a quick breath. How do I explain that my son tried to kill his uncle last night? "Zane."

"Zane? What's he got to do with any of this?"

"Other than being able to turn into a werewolf, he has an ability. A very dangerous ability. He can cause any part of a person's body to feel intense pain, to the point they want to kill themselves. Unfortunately, thanks to the nimrods at the School, he knows that the brain is the control center for the body. If he uses his ability and hit's a certain spot, he can cause them to go numb, but they can still feel the pain he's inflicting on them. Meaning-"

"That if he uses his power long enough, they'll either go permanently numb, they'll want to kill themselves, or his power will." Fang finished for me. I nodded my head solemnly.

"It was kinda like when Max first got the voice, and she thought she was going to die because of her intense headaches. It's like that, only worse. He can also change the intensity. Last night was only the fifth time he's ever used it."

"But why would he hurt you and Iggy? And how do you know all of this?" Gazzy asked, chomping slowly on a piece of bacon.

"He was trying to protect himself. He thought Iggy was going to punish him for taking his phone, like at the School. I was only feeling it because when it was happening to Iggy, I saw that Zane's pupil's had expanded and completely replaced his retinas. I was worried about him, so I read his mind, but the second that I, the pain hit me too, and I wasn't able to stop reading his mind."

That'll teach ya. Gazzy thought with a grin, "Screw you Gazzy. Anyway, I was able to convince him that he was safe, but once he stopped, I was too tired to stay awake, so I passed out. The reason I know so much about this is because of his faint memories of the School that, thankfully, won't last much longer. Once a whitecoat tried to use a needle on him, and he forced him to drop the syringe by inflicting pain into his arm. Another time when they were testing him and Peak on memory, he messed up a little, and was given a small shock. He, in turn, gave one of the scientists the same amount of pain he felt. But yesterday was the most recent, and the most he's ever used in one day. When Aaron was charging at Max and I, he got scared and since he didn't like Aaron, he used it to cause Aaron pain, which gave Max the opening she needed."

"Wow." Gazzy said. "This kid is dangerous. And apparently has anger issues just like his mother," he laughed. I glared at him before quickly influencing him to slam his head on the table. "Ow. Jeez Angel, calm down. I was only kidding," he said as he rubbed his head and everyone laughed.