No one really like the subway but it was the quickest way to get though town without using wings. When we finally got to the station I need everyone looked confused.
"Why are we in this part of town?" Nudge asked. "I mean I understand Chinatown and the fashion district and central park and…" Fang put a hand over Nudge's mouth to stop her from talking.
"Because this is where my hideout is," I said as I walked to the fifth house. I lead everyone into the ally next to the house. I went to the fire-escape. "This way," I said as I climbed to the second floor.
I knock five times on the window waited a second then knock twice more. I waited. The window opened to reveal Kim.
"Thank God your alright," Kim said. "Come in." She backed away and let us in.
"Come on," I told them. I went in through the window with everyone else following me.
"Now what's going on?" Max asked as I shut the window and double locked it.
"This is my hideout. I started it with Kim and her brother Brandon about a year ago. Now we try and find people like us who need a place to say," I explained as I walked to the living room of our run down building.
"What do you mean people like you?" Fang asked.
"Jade!" I hear someone yell. I turned and saw Andy on the back of the couch. He had his black and brown wings spread out and was trying to fly. Andy was only six so his wings were fairly small.
I looked at the Flock, I now recognized them as this remembering the whitecoats mentioning them. They were all staring wide eyed at Andy and now looked at me.
I turned back to Andy. "Hey get down you'll hurt yourself," I told him. Andy nodded, got down from the couch and pulled his wings back in.
"I'm glad your back," Andy smiled then ran off to find someone else to play with.
I slowly turn to the Flock. "I know you guys have wings and now you know my secret," I said.
Max was the first one to speak. "How?" She asked.
I walked over to the couch and sat down. "You might want to sit," I said. They sat. "I was taken away from my mother when I was born. They gave me avian DNA and I grow wings. I lived there until I escaped when I was thirteen. Then I flew to New York and meant Kim and her brother Brandon. After that we created this shelter for winged kids that had no place to go."
They nodded. "Who was that girl that knew you?" Fang asked.
"Her name is Kelsie she's what I call a snake. Her DNA was mixed with a snake's. So I guess you could say she is like you erasers," I explained.
"Jade it's time to make dinner," Kim said walking in.
I nodded. "Kim this is Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. Guys this is Kim," I told them.
"Nice to meet you," Kim said. "Come on Jade it's time to make dinner."
I nodded and she walked off. "Just get comfortable I'll be back after we're done making dinner," I told them.
"Iggy why don't you help your good at cooking," Angel suggested.
Iggy blushed but nodded. I grabbed his hand and felt that spark again. "The kitchen's this way," I smiled trying unsuccessfully to ignore the shock.
Kim made spaghetti for dinner, with was special since we didn't really have a lot of money for food like spaghetti, then me and Iggy made dessert, apple pie.
We got into a flour fight when he "accidentally" flung flour in my face. It was funny since we walked out of the kitchen laughed and white faced. Most people just looked at us like we were idiots but we ignored them.
"This is great Jade," Nudge said as she took a bit of the pie Iggy and I made.
"Thanks but it was all Iggy," I said.
"No it was Jade I can take no credit," Iggy told them.
"Well whoever made it, it taste delicious," Brandon said who was sitting next to Gasman. All of the Flock had made friends with someone from our shelter. It was nice to see them all with new friends.
After dinner I tucked in the younger kids and went to go check on the Flock before I go to bed. I found them sitting in the living room.
"Hey that's a pullout couch and we have some extra blankets if you need them," I said already heading to the closet to grab the blankets.
"Thanks for letting us stay here," Max said.
"It's cool. I'm just helping out friends," I told them. I looked at the clock. Crap. Almost nine, I thought. "Well good night," I said then ran upstairs. They couldn't see this. This was one secret that I had to kept.