Flying Fisher: let's just say they were... whitecoat enhanced VELCRO straps. But put that up against a strengthened avian- human hybrid... yeah, sure it sounds a little 'far out', but hey- IT'S MY STORY!!!! P.S- make up ur mind between luving and hating. It works a bit better that way. Oh yeah- don't forget that kid can only heal skin wounds. Nothing like bone.
Subee-luvs-fax: YES! I DO REALIZE MY MISTAKE!!!!!! forgive me for being human. (Grins sheepishly)
Adam's Song-182: Uh... I dunno whether or not that was a compliment.
LancerX12: Well... uh... yeah. Behavior. It tends to change sometimes. I think... (very confused expression)
xxApocolypsexx: glad 2 hear u like my little twist. Also that u love bozonka bunnies. I think we all should! Lol.
Vampiregirl25: oohh... I wouldn't taunt people. It's not nice. And how dare you read over my shoulder while typing! Tsk, tsk.
BOZONKA BUNNIES!!!!!!!!!
As uh– Subee luvs fax told me, yes- I made a mistake in their aging. There's no point in telling you all what the real ages should be, because obviously you all know what their ages are, adding two years. Sorry bout that.
But enjoy the rest!!!!!!!
Kayti POV
How could he even suggest that?! I mean, Fayte only saves who and what it wants, when it wants and how. Fayte controls me... and rarely, I control it. So care to explain what the heck Iggy's talking about?
"Uh..." I breathed out a little.
Nudge looked really deep in thought for a second before crying out. "I know it!" We all stared at her, waiting for this breakthrough to... break through. "Obviously we all know that you hold the power of Fayte. Maybe when you ah,... died– you couldn't control Fayte anymore. You never could control it that often anyway. Maybe it still wanted an... owner. So... it brought you back So maybe you were never dead. Maybe you just... were too weak to... breathe. And– Fayte saved you?"
Fang POV
We all stared at Nudge for a minute. When had all of her rambling become of use? Nudge looked calmly around us, totally at ease. "Don't cha think?" she finally said.
I sighed. "That sure is a lot of maybe's in there Nudge."
She glared at me. "At least I even tried to figure it out and be useful instead of sitting around waiting for Kayti's wounds to magically heal! What? Just cause I'm the middle kid am I expected not to be smart? Can't I do one thing right? You guys don't expect anything from me, do you? Why–"
Max cut her off. "Nudge, calm down sweetie. It's alright. Maybe if we all had thought about it, that could be the possible answer." her voice was gentle and soothing, obviously reigning in Nudge's sudden temper flare.
Gazzy suddenly piped up. "And Nudge, we don't expect you to be the smartest or the dumbest. We just want you to be you. Remember the Jigsaw?" he asked.
Ah... the nightmare car. A whole bunch of pieces of different cars, pieced together to form one tiny little 'clown car' for six mutants and a talking Scottie dog. Nudge had remembered reading some of Jeb's car magazines. She told us what to do and we made our escape. With Max driving. That was a nightmare.
Angel's head whipped over to me. "Speaking... or thinking of him– where'd he go?" her voice was sweet and confused. I didn't want to know.
Max POV
I got a little anxious about Nudge's little outburst. Iggy had done the same thing years ago and nearly gotten himself found by the police. Not good.
Kayti was sound asleep in Iggy's arms and Iggy looked pretty wiped himself. Angel was curled up with Total and Gazzy was... talking with Nudge? Oh no. Don't tell me Nudge is going to become a bomb fanatic too!! I didn't know who Angel was talking about and I guess I didn't want to know at all, really.
Eventually I stood up and told Fang to watch for a little bit. I walked out into the hallway. Everyone was either still unconscious or asleep. I couldn't tell. That kid who could heal skin and blood wounds was going around, helping some other kids. Suddenly his back stiffened and he wheeled around to face me. "What," he almost growled. God! For a nine year old this kid was hostile.
"I...I'm sorry... I was just... walking around..." I muttered. What the hell? He was nine for crying out loud!
"No," he apologized. "I'm just a little uptight since that fight. I have no clue how the cages all opened and... I'm jut confused and I'm taking it out on everyone. Sorry." I just stood there, like an idiot, staring at him. He sighed. "Is there something you need?"
I briefly looked away. "Yeah. I was wondering if you could help heal some of my Flock's blood and skin wounds. We got quite a few cuts."
"Flock?"
"Yeah... uh. I'm Max. The leader. They're all sleeping and..." I trailed off. You know what- Never mind. If this kid was going to stand here looking at me like I told im to go impale his head on a stick then he was no help!
"Alright. I'll help. I'm Bones, by the way." he began to walk towards our room. I stared after the nine year old and then followed, shaking my head.
Iggy POV
I felt a strange sensation in my arms, where they'd been cut up fighting the whitecoats. I blinked my eye open in blatant surprise. There was that kid who had been in here earlier. He had healed Kayti and now he was healing the rest of us. I looked at him. He looked maybe a year over Angel, whom was eight now. Huh.
Suddenly his head whipped around to look at Angel. She held her hands up in the form of surrender. "I swear didn't do it!" she cried. "I was trying to project a thought to Iggy and it must've gotten to you. Sorry." her eyes were wide and Bambi style, but he just kept staring at her. "What..." she mumbled, looking a little confused now.
The kid shook his head and looked away. "Nothing."
Max POV
Bones made me a little apprehensive. He snapped at Angel but that look that he gave her... she looked at me. He's thinking about us Max... he wishes... dangit! Obviously she'd been kicked of his mind. Don't get yourself hurt Ange, I pleaded. Bones walked over to Angel to heal her cuts. I heard a few words exchanged between them, and then Bones went over to Nudge. When I asked Angel what he had said to her, she didn't respond. Actually, she didn't even acknowledge that I had thought to her.
Bones looked at me. "Anything else Max?" he asked, completely calm. I shook my head, beginning to get more confused than ever. His footsteps were silent as he slipped out of the room. Fang looked at my confused expression, questioning with his eyes. 'Later' I mouthed. Much later.
Since I STILLLLLLL haven't gotten ten reviews yet, we're still going!
Well... later came and went. Apparently Fang had known I meant much later to talk so when he woke me up for my watch, his eyes told me that he wasn't coming anywhere near sleeping. Darn him!
Don't say that Max. He's just really worried for you.
Oh yay. How I've missed you.
I've missed you too Maximum. But I'm'back' as you would put it, to tell you that as soon as your Flock wakes in the morning, you're in for a surprise.
As in...?
Time will tell Max, time will tell
I was so ready to pull my hair out, roots and all. Fang came and sat next to me, hesitantly putting his arm around my waist. Fang. Hesitating. Did everyone get replaced with c... no. No paranoia! Bad Max!
Fang POV
I had to find a way to get used to this touchy thing. I could've sworn Max knew I hesitated. "So... what did you want to talk about?" she asked quietly.
"First of all... what and who was that kid?" short and straight to the point. Maybe her answer might be too. I hope.
"I don't know what the kid was. He was obviously a hybrid the School and or Itex made. Who: he told me his name was Bones." she explained.
"That doesn't make any sense." I countered. "He doesn't heal bones."
"I guess the name's for show. If you haven't noticed, you can see his bones." Max paused and thought for a minute. "You started with first of all. What's next?" she seemed very reluctant to ask this.
"Is the Voice back?" I whispered. She dropped her head into her hands and nodded. "What's it saying?" I made my voice as soft as possible.
"There's going to be something waiting for us in the morning." her voice was... something. I couldn't trace it. "It... it wouldn't tell me." she muttered.
I wrapped my arms all the way around her, hugging her tightly to me. I could feel her heart beating erratically against mine, through our shirts. "Are you scared?"
I felt something on my shirt and felt Max nod a little. She pulled her head up and I saw her face was streaked with tears. "Why me," she choked out. "Why do I have to save the world? Why does it have to be me?"
I held her a little bit tighter and whispered back, "Because you're you. You're the only one strong enough, and loving enough to save it."
"But how?"
"Go to sleep. We'll figure this out in the morning. I promise." I gave her a soft kiss on the lips, lingered and tucked her head into my chest. She was sound asleep within minutes.
STILL DON'T HAVE TEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Max POV
When I woke up in the morning I was nestled against Fang, he had the annoying laptop on the side, typing in it with one hand, the other wrapped protectively around my waist, absently stroking circles on my stomach. I didn't move a muscle, I was way too content to even say anything. Fang glanced down to me and I shut my eyes just enough to see through them. He leaned down, sighed a little and gave me a little kiss on the forehead before starting to type anymore in the blog.
Whoa. Talk about wake-up call!!!
I must have laid still for at least thirty minutes and about every ten minutes, he'd lean down and kiss my forehead or cheek. Since when had Fang become affectionate? What had I missed?
Iggy POV
When I woke up the next morning, I was laying in the bunk next to... Kayti? Oh... yeah. She's alive. And this time it isn't just a crazy dream of me chasing after something I'll never have. Wow. She rolled over to stare at me, her eyes open blearily. She smiled a little and leaned up to kiss my nose. I smiled back down at her, wrapping my arms completely around her. She curled up into my chest and put her arms around my neck. I could feel her bones and could tell she needed food more than ever.
Over Kayti's shoulder I could see Fang holding Max tightly to him. "Fang," I hissed to him. He turned his head slightly to look at me, and I could see how irritated he was. I winked at him and Max and his eyes narrowed. I smirked and turned back to Kayti.
Max POV
When I finally got the urge to get up and move my lazy bum and moved slowly. When I stretched out I could feel Fang's eyes boring into me. I looked at him, blinking sleepily. "Yeah," I muttered.
He just grinned at me. I was pretty sue that if we were in the air I would have lost a good ten feet, forgetting to flap because of that smile.
"You're awake."
I rolled my eyes. "Good observation Captain Obvious. Help me wake the Flock or I'll throw you and that thing through a window." that got him up. He snapped the laptop shut and began shaking Iggy and Kayti awake.
Everyone was awake and munching on protein bars within twenty minutes.
"Hey Kayti!" Uh- oh. "Do you think that maybe Fayte is gone forever and there's never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, gonna be another chance that it could kill you. But wait– if Fayte left then how will we get rid of Erasers if more and more keep coming? Did you know that iggy doesn't have a power. And neither does Fang. But Max thinks his good looks make up for it. And–"
"Nudge. Maybe you should stop rambling. I think it's annoying everyone."
What the hell?
It was my voice speaking... outloud. We all froze and turned towards the door to see...
No.
It can't be.
But it was. It was–
Jeb.
A/–- I gave up on ten reviews. I FEEL SO UNLOVED!!!!!!!! –pouts–. Please review on this chapter... please? How is it that some people with like, two chapters, have 180 reviews. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I left you at this cliffy for revenge! Evils.
