I woke up from my long, troubled sleep. I felt my eyes. They were still wet. I glanced over at Fang's body. His back had dried blood on it, and his face looked like someone stuck it into a rosebush with thorns. This wasn't fang. It's just his body. But, then, it twitched. I blinked my eyes, hard, to make sure I wasn't dreaming. But, he was turning. He was ALIVE! How did this happen?

Fang can die. But right now, he is supposed to help you save the world. He is incredibly invincible. Only something of extreme power can defeat him.

I silently thanked my Voice. it was sort of like another power: EXTREME invincibility. I mean, the whole flock can survive major cuts and we heal quickly, but we can't DIE and come back.

I ran over to Fang. I didn't realize I had been crying since he twitched the first time. I lay his head on my lap and stroked his hair. I gave him some fresh water. He was extremely weak, and he even looked skinnier. But he was alive. When everyone else woke up, they rushed over to me, and tried to tell me that I'm only making myself more upset by being with him so much, but then they saw that he wasn't dead. We were all crying. Fang still wasn't awake, but in my heart I knew he was happy.

He slept the whole day. His eyes twitched open, and I could even see a small smile.But they would shut again. Nudge ran to the store and picked up smoothies, 'cause he couldn't eat yet. We basically shoved it down his throat.

Later, before bed, Angel came up to me. "Guess what Fang's doing?"

I guessed, " Sleeping?"

She giggled, "NO! In his mind! He's thanking Itex for giving him powers. And for letting him live. And he's thinking about you. And he's very happy we nursed him." I smiled. Good ol' Fang, thanking everyone even when he sleeps.

Everyone was sleeping when Fang woke up. He just sat there for a while. "Max..." He barely whispered.

"Yeah?" I whispered back. He was so weak, could hardly talk.

"I'm sorry." I almost cried again. Did he seriously think this was his fault? He lay there and shut his eyes. He looked sad. I whispered, "Sh. Go to sleep." And he did.

When everyone woke up, I called them in for a family meeting.

"Ok everyone. We have been attacked by these things TWICE. First, we need a name for them. Second, we need to figure out how they are finding us. I am sure none of you are telling Itex about it, because if so Angel would have caught you. So, we need to find out."

Gazzy raised his hand, "LET'S CALL THEM PENCILS!" Everyone laughed, because the old enemies were Erasers. But I didn't find it funny. I thought of Ari, my half brother. He died in my arms, just like Fang became alive in my arms. Angel grabbed my hand and smiled. She knew what I was thinking.

I shook my head, "I don't think so, Gaz. How about Kings, though? Like king of the jungle, which are lions. And they won't know what we are talking about when we say kings.. so how bout it?" Everyone nodded. "So, why do they keep finding us? If you guys know anything, you spill. You won't get in trouble, but you will if you don't tell." Everyone thought long and hard. It was silent. Total suggested, "Maybe your chip is back!"

I glared at him. "I got it surgically removed. It is NOT back." He frowned.

Iggy spoke up, "Maybe someone else has a chip too."

Ugh. "I hope not. We do NOT need 5 human-bird kids with paralyzed arms. But, just in case, I am going to feel each of your arms."

They all got up. I reached over to Gazzy and felt his arm, right in between his two arm bones. I pushed, and there was nothing. I did the same to Angel, Nudge, and Iggy. I even checked Total. Fang was last. When I grabbed his arm, he winced. "You okay?" He nodded. I barely put pressure on his arm with he pulled back. "Fang, I need to feel your arm." He frowned but held out his arm. He squeezed his eyes shut when I put slight pressure on it. That's when I felt something. Not a chip, though. "I think your arm is broken." He grimaced.

"'S not."I now understood why he was in so much pain. It was. And our bones dont heal as fast as out skin. It would probably take four days to heal, minimum. So, no chips. Broken arm. What now?

Nudge got up and stretched out her wings. "Well, I'm hungry." She began to walk towards her bag full of candy bars when she tripped on mine. She caught herself because of super fast reflexes. "Agh!" She screamed. She pulled her hand from the ground. "There is something evil in there." I almost laughed when she pointed to my bag.

I walked over and dumped my contents to the ground. "Look, a sweater. Some food. My cell phone. A picture of Gazzy and his mom. And just some more junk." Nudge felt the stuff on the ground.

"Your phone is bad." I almsot laughed again. Oooohh, evil phone. But I could tell she was serious. I held the phone and went through the menu, and the settings. That's when I found something.

Iggy heard my silent gasp, "What's wrong with it?"

I dropped the phone, "There's a tracker in it." I found a rock and stabbed it. I heard it electrify. I stabbed it again. Then threw it against the wall. I stepped on it. And then I threw it off the side of the cave. "That felt good." I breathed, as I heard my phone crumble. I did the same for Iggy and Fang's phone.

Iggy started cooking eggs for lunch and I was sitting in the corner of the cave with Fang. He was still slightly angry at me. "Are you warm or something?" I asked, noticing the beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Yeah. I'm just wearing a sweater."He motioned to his jacket. I remembered his shirt getting shredded, so we put him into a sweater. He must have been warm.

"Want to go get you a shirt?" I asked, already getting up and stretching my wings. He nodded, and I helped him get up. He looked extremely skinny from being sick and not being able to eat.

We flew out to the mall nearby, searching for the cheapest store.

Fang led me into a white store, and we began the mad search.