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Chapter 6

Katrina's POV

Did I hear that right? This girl, did she just ask me why she can't read my mind? WTH? Am I finally going insane? I knew it was going to happen sometime, but I was thinking a bit later, like when I'm a few feet under the ground.

"Did you just ask me why you can't read my mind?" I asked.

She nodded.

"You're saying that you can read minds?"

She nodded.

"And you can't read mine?"

She nodded.

My glare must have been intense because they all backed off. I'd put myself into a fighting stance and prepared for the worst.

"Okay. I told you people my secret, so you guys better spill yours." I spoke quietly, but deadly. The elder girl was the first to recover from her surprised state.

"Um, how about we start with introductions first?" I nodded stiffly.

"Okay, well my name's Maximum Ride, but call me Max. I'm 14, the oldest, and the leader of the Flock. The guy who attacked you, by the way, he's really sorry, is Fang. He's also 14 and tends to be the "rock" of the family." she pointed to the boy in black. He just looked at me until Max kicked him, hard, but I didn't miss the sorry he included with his grunt of pain.

"Over here," Max continued. "is Nudge. She's the one who can make you feel better, but she tends to be a motor mouth. She's 11 and Nudge is also really great at hacking computers." Max was indicating towards the girl with super curly hair. Then she went to the boy and girl who looked alike.

"These are The Gasman and Angel. Gazzy, for short, has his name for obvious reasons and he's 8. This is his little sister, Angel, who is 6 and the youngest in the Flock." they both smiled at me and waved. My position relaxed and I waved back.

"Last is Iggy. He's 14, too." Max kept going, but I stopped listening. I remembered from my dream that this boy was blind and when I looked at his eyes…

Yep. Blind.

I also noticed that he was staring at me intently. He didn't seem blind because he was looking directly at my face. For a moment, he turned to look at Angel. Then he was back to staring at me.

Before I could even think, I blurted, "You don't seem blind." and then slapped my hand over my mouth.

Everyone immediately stiffened, except for Iggy who looked completely unfazed. He just nodded and said, "Years of practice."

Around me, I could see a bunch of shocked expressions. Max must have noticed my confused look because she quickly shook her head and turned her attention to me.

"Sorry. It's just that Iggy doesn't take it lightly to people who talk about him being blind." Oh.

"Um, I should probably tell you one more thing about me." I said tentatively. They all stared.

"Well, I can, uh, heal." More staring.

I sighed and went over to Iggy. I stood in front of him and placed my right hand on his shoulder. He didn't flinch or take me down like I would have expected. Instead, he just blushed a bit. Huh? I wonder why. I heard a faint giggling behind me.

"Iggy." I said to him in a gentle voice. "I know we just met, but I need you to trust me right now."

He hesitated, then nodded his head. "Okay."

I smiled. "All I need you to do is stand still and close your eyes. Don't open them until I say otherwise."

He didn't say anything, but stood still and closed his eyes.

I took my right hand off his shoulder and placed it over his eyes. Closing mine in concentration, my hand started to tingle. I felt the familiar warmth shoot through me and from the gasps of shock coming behind me, I knew my hand was glowing its sparkly orange glow. Both Iggy and I sighed from the brilliant warmth.

My eyes opened and I slowly brought my hand down.

"Open your eyes." I whispered to Iggy.

He slowly opened them.


Author's Note: Sorry that this one was so short. I already have the next chapter written out. Also, sorry for the cliffy, but that's how I wrote it. Check out my Maximum Ride forum! You get to make yourself as part of the Flock's world. Starts off with describing yourself. (:D)