Okay, I know that I got them a bit out of character... Again, and I wasn't sure how to word the first few paragraphs... But whatever, Fang tells Iggy in this chapter. And Iggy's all sad... Poor Iggy... Anywho... Fang's actually still in denial though, if only you could see his thoughts in the first part of this chapter.... I put this in Iggy's POV... since it's really supposed to be more about Iggy and his problems anyways, more than Fang being pregnant... lol. Um yeah, sorry about the OOCness, also... I tried... if I don't have them in character by the next chapter, you can kill me... But give me chance!!!! *hides behind Fang*

Fang: Do you really think that I'm gonna protect you?

No.

Fang: Okay, just making sure.

The Risen Tide

Chapter Five: Realization

"What the… heck… is happening?!" I asked, everyone was in a panic and I had no idea why, we were flying, all of a sudden we just stopped, and now Max is freaking out.

"Fang," Gazzy said. "He just started to fall…"

I was diving down before Gazzy could finish, not thinking about how I was supposed to find him, though, I landed softly, though, making sure to give a few flaps before I slatted on the ground. I heard his breathing, he was panting. And soon, the rest of the flock was on the ground, I could hear them as they landed.

"Fang," Max gasped, "What's wrong with you?!"

"I'm fine," he muttered, I heard him walk over to me and felt him take my hand.

"Why did you do that, then?" she asked.

Silence. "I'm fine," he repeated. "I just… felt a little sick," he muttered quickly.

"So you decide to drop without warning out of the sky?"

I felt him shrug. "We're stopping," Max said.

"I said I'm fine," he said again.

"No you aren't!" everyone else was silent.

"What if there's still some flyboys or Erasers left? We can't stop now!" he said.

"We can fight them, but we are stopping, right now."

He didn't fight back.

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"Iggy," he whispered, his voice made me shudder, we had gotten rid of Itex, and were in a forest. It was his watch; he helped me up off from the ground and led me into the forest, away from everyone. I knew what was going to happen, and what he wanted. Exactly what I wanted, too.

We reached a spot far enough away, but he pinned me to a tree, but did nothing. "We need to talk, again," he said. Well, looking back on the last time we 'talked' during the night, in a forest, this might not end too well.

"About?" I asked, I had ran out of things that we needed to talk about at Max.

He sighed, he's been acting… weird… since Itex. He kissed me, I kissed back, even though I had no idea what was going on, anymore. "Iggy," he whispered again, "the cat's said that… Um…" he swallowed, and I felt him fidget a bit, playing with my shirt. "That I'm…" he sighed.

"Don't tell me you're dying," I said, my eyes widening at the thought.

"No, not that," he said, he continued to play with my shirt, I had no idea what was happening, only that the next thing he said took me for complete surprise, "Pregnant," he whispered. "They said I'm… Pregnant," he forced out the word.

I cleared my throat, "It was three weeks ago… The… Uh… Dock…" I said, feeling my cheeks heat up in a blush. "And you've been getting sick… So, it would make sense, I guess… Except for one thing…" I muttered.

It was silent, he still had me against the tree, one of his hands were on my hip, the other one playing with the hem of my shirt, still. "Yeah," he murmured, "I guess…" he paused. "Maybe that's what they did to me…" he said quietly.

"But how…" I just trailed off, deciding not to ask. I frowned, realizing that I wouldn't be able to see it, to see my baby… If it was true, at least. I blinked tears away, and felt his hand brush my cheek, it was shaking.

He kissed me softly, "What's wrong?" he whispered.

"Nothing," my voice was shaking.

"Tell me," he said.

"It's the same as always," my voice cracked and I broke. I closed my eyes and opened them again, there was nothing, I could feel the burning of the tears in my eyes, but I couldn't see the blurriness. It was just all black. He held me, he was shaking, though. "I can't see. I won't be able to see… The…" I didn't finish, he got what I was saying.

"You will," he whispered, "I'll make sure of it," he said.

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We went back to Dr. Martinez's house and… Jeb was there. "Hello," he said, I felt Fang tense beside me, and a heavy tension filled the air again. The two said they wanted to talk to Max, alone. The rest of us waited outside, Nudge was blabbing on and on like always.

I felt Fang's hand leave mine, and heard him walk away quickly. Probably getting sick again.

They let us in after a few minutes. Max wasn't talking, though. Dr. Martinez made cookies for us, Fang denied them, though, he still wasn't feeling well. We stayed there for a while, Dr. Martinez, and the rest of the flock was worried about Fang, though he just kept telling them he was fine, and that they shouldn't worry, Max was always on edge, though. Many times Nudge, Angel, and Max would try to pry it out of me. But, I watched my thoughts, and wouldn't give in, I knew he didn't want them to know yet, or he would have told them.

What did Jeb want? Well, he just told Max that he's her father and Dr. Martinez is her mommy... Yep... That's all, and Iggy ain't gonna spill about Fang being pregnant, even though they're all begging him, 'cause they know that he knows what's wrong with Fang, and they wanna know... *nods* Yep... And the next chapter, it's gonna get interesting again. As in, someone's gonna try to kill them, and such... Just like the good old times... Yep. Um well, here's the explanation about Fang being pregnant:

While they were at the school, ya know how they experimented on them? Yeah... that gave Fang the "stuff" to be able to get pregnant... And then in the past chapter, with Kari and Ava, the things they sorta finished him off, so he could actually have the thing... Without needing a C-section... Or dying... Because... I don't know... Ask Kari.

Kari: What do you want now?

Why'd you do that to Fang?

Kari: So he could live.

*nods* Right. And why do you want him to live?

Kari: I didn't. Ava did.

Fang: That makes me feel so special, *sarcasm* I think I'd RATHER die.

He doesn't mean that.

Fang: Yes I do.

Anyways, it's gonna get interesting... And there's gonna be some like I don't know... You choose: Vampires (my OWN vampires, not Twilight. And btw, JASPER IS BETTER AND SEXIER THAN EDWARD!!!!!), Evil Faeries (yeah, lol), or just plain humans and hybrids like the flock... Or something... else... A surprise... lol. Pick one!!!!