A/N: So, I'm being really nice to my wonderful reviewers and updating super quick. Don't expect for other updates to come this quickly; it's only cuz it's the weekend. School messes me up. Bleh XP

But anywho, chapter 4! And, what's that? *le gaspeh* It's a little bit of IGGY POV!

(but just a tad)

Disclaimer: *forgot to do this for the past three chappies* Because, you know, it makes so much sense for me to be James Patterson, seeing as I'm not middle-aged, nor am I a man, nor *gasp* do I own the awesomeness that is Maximum Ride.

Iggy POV:

Okay, so I'm taking a wild guess here, but I'm pretty sure that the Max that I just saw (figuratively, of course) is the same one that has been eluding our memories for the past year. Why, you ask?

Well, because the moment I heard her, I thought, "Damn, she hasn't changed at all."

And then I thought, "Good thing she couldn't hear that."

Then it was sort of, "Oh my God, who are you and why do I magically remember you?!...well, sort of."

So pardon me if I stared in total shock. I mean, who wouldn't in that kind of situation?

After dropping the wad of cloth on the floor, I race back into the kitchen to speak with the rest of the Flock, wondering what on earth I was going to tell them. I mean, we had found Max. The Max. The Max who had been haunting our thoughts for a year. The Max who would kick our butts into the middle of next week if we did something stupid.

I stop in my tracks, just a foot outside of the kitchen. Now I think I get why Fang didn't talk about the memory flashes at first. It's creepy.

Taking a deep breath, I push the open the door into the kitchen to find the whole flock silent.

"Iggy! What happened?" Angel asks. I turn to the sound of her voice. "Was… was what you thought true? Do you really think…?"

"Yeah, Angel, I do," I say calmer than I feel. "I think that the girl the Dr. M is helping is Max."

Silence.

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Fang POV:

Well, we kind of knew something was up when Angel jumped about six feet in the air and started hyperventilating. As we tried to coax her into telling us what was wrong, Iggy burst in, causing us all to stare at him silently, the stares, of course, being lost on him. Then we find out that, oh, Max, the Max, is here.

So we're a little stunned at the current moment.

I'm the first one to recover and say, "How do you know?"

"Because the moment I… registered her presence, I started to get these random flashes of memory, just like yours," Iggy answers softly.

"I want to see her," I say calmly and with authority. "Now."

I stand and begin to stride towards the door when Angel says, "Wait, I'm coming with you."

"Me too," mutters Gazzy.

"Are you kidding? Of course I'm coming! Why wouldn't I? We've been trying to find her for, like, ever, and now that we have, do you really think that I'm just going to stay here and…" Nudge trails off. "Wait. You didn't even ask if I was going, did you?"

I smirk.

Nudge flushes. "Well, that's beside the point. The point is: I'm coming."

Iggy sighs. "Well, I'm not staying behind."

"Staying behind?" Ella inquires, popping her head into the kitchen. "Where are you going?"

"Nowhere," I say, just as Nudge says, "To see Max!"

Way to keep a secret, Nudge.

"Well, come on then!" Ella gestures for us to follow impatiently. "I came back here to get y'all(1) anywho. There's something you should see."

Curious now, we stand up and march behind Ella as she leads us to where a girl, who looks to be about my age with brown hair was sitting on the bathtub with gauze covering her shoulder and…

And wings protruding from her backside.

Then the memories come rushing back.

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Max POV:

Dr. M and Ella (I know her name now. That's one mystery solved! Only about two billion to go…) both took my wings pretty well. Actually, they barely reacted aside from a gasp of shock, which, all things considered, is pretty doggone good.

Then Ella went to go get the "others", one of which, I assumed, would be Iggy. And I began to hope against hope that at least some of the rest of the Flock would be there as well, so that I could at least know that they were alright, even if they hated me.

Then I saw that not only was Iggy here, but everyone else too!

My Flock was perfectly fine!

They are all staring at me like Iggy had, but I'm too busy taking in the wonder of it all to fully register this or wonder what it could mean. Nudge looks confused, but happy, which makes me feel better. Angel looks the same. Gazzy just looks bewildered. But they all seem to be okay.

Then my eyes travel over to Fang, and right away it's obvious that he's freaked. I remember that my wings are totally visible, and wonder if, now that he's normal, my wings are too much for him. A pang of sadness pierces through me at this thought, but I shake it off. I can worry about that later.

Iggy looks calmer and curious. "So, Ella," he says nonchalantly, "care to inform me as to what it was that you want to show us? Remember, I'm blind."

Ella flushes. "Well, Max has…" she glances at me for conformation, and I nod.

"Max has wings."

At that, Fang bolts from the room.

A/N: Ok, for those of you wondering, there is a reason why Fang got memory flashes before Iggy, and why he bolted from the room. I think some of you can probably guess as to why he ran, but the other part… well you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?

(1) For those of you who have an issue with the word y'all, suck it up. I'm from the south, and I retain the right to say y'all at anytime. I don't think any of you will care, but I've met a lot of wack-jobs who would care about something stupid like that.