(A/N) AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!! More than a hundred reviews...this feels awesome! I didn't think anyone would review at all when I started, and now I'm really really really really happy! SO as promised, you shall get another chapter. This is actually a bigg-y because you finally start to realize why everyone is acting whacky and why Fang's been slightly OOC. Rough patch has been smoothed :D. I do believe some thanks are in order. I don't have time to thank all 104 of you (that's right 104!!!), but I thank all of you anyway.

ALittleMind- Yeah, I wasn't sure about Iggy and Nudge at first either, but I thought about it and here's what I decided. They're all practically adults as it is. Age isn't as big of a deal if you don't go to school. Adults can be years apart and it's no biggy, because as teens we're all maturing and changing at different paces but as adults we've all done our major hormone freak-outs. Plus, Iggy and Nudge are always together, and like any other member of the flock, can trust each other like no one else. I just can't see Iggy and Ella, it's weird to me. Iggy and me though...I could deal with that ;) ALSO, (wow this is insanely long) you were right. I think I sent you a PM, but incase I forgot, you were right when you guessed. And thanks for all of your reviews :) I'm pretty positive you reviewed every chapter and boy does that make me feel loved!

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Special Thanks' to the following for especially awesome or frequent reviews: ALittleMind, 123-Cat-Cat-321, XxXOnlyMeXxX (I'm not sure if I got the X's right), St. Fang of Boredom (P.S. I love your fanfics), Tic Tak, and VampyriessAuthoress (for being my very first review)!!! You guys all seriously rock. NOW, on with the chapter.

Disclaimer: I did not morph into James Patterson over night, I live a regular life and the School seems alright with that :)

Max POV

Why was Fang freaking out like this? I'd had worse that some bruises before. I walked away, trying not to let my confusion and anger show. Did he think I couldn't take care of myself? Did he think I wasn't strong enough to be leader anymore?

I walked behind the tree where Nudge and Angel were talking, and heard Nudge bouncing back to her regular self and babbling about codes. "Angel, you can't use the bambi eyes on a fellow bambi eye user. It's like, against the bambi code. I wonder if there really is such a thing. We should like write one, and enforce it, and if somebody didn't follow the code we could-"

"Nudge! I didn't come over to talk about codes. I came to ask you about Iggy." Angel cut her off, peaking my interest. What did they need to talk about Iggy for?

I crept up closer so that I could see Nudge's face. I know, I know, creeper Max, but Nudge was acting weird and I needed to make sure that she was okay. Nudge glanced around nervously, obviously not seeing me.

"I don't want to talk about that jerk." She finally said, her eyes filling with tears. Now what had Iggy done? First he decided to make a bet over me, or so Angel said, and now he was upseting Nudge too. That boy could get into more trouble in one day than a bird kid on the run from an evil place that schemed to take over the world and sent evil baddies against said bird kid practically every day. Oh wait, nevermind.

"Nudge, I know that you like him." Angel stated bluntly. My mouth dropped open in shock. Nudge like Iggy? Since when?

"Yeah, well he doesn't like me. Obviously, he likes Max." She spit my name like a cuss word, making me flinch. So that's why she was being so short with Iggy and I, and everyone for that matter. She thought that Iggy and I liked each other. Ew, gross.

"Actually-" Angel started.

"Food time!" Iggy called loudly. Great, now I needed to catch Nudge and explain to her what was going on. I also needed to ask her how long she'd liked him and why she hadn't told me.

I ran towards the food instead, but Angel and Nudge didn't see me because they were doing the same. I grabbed my plate of Hamburger Helper and sat next to Fang. "How do 6 bird kids get Hamburger Helper in the woods?" you ask. The answer's quite simple, we bought a frying pan (Nudge's Idea) and then we bought a box of the stuff at the last store we stopped at.

I dug into my food like I'd never eaten before in my life, as did the rest of the flock. I glanced at Fang from the corner of my eye and saw that he was watching me. The strangest feeling of unease overshadowed my need to eat. I set my plate on my lap and looked around suspiciously. Suddenly my unease doubled. I looked at the rest of the flock to see that they were doing the same.

I set my plate down. Was something coming? I hadn't felt uneasy before, it was just a sudden worry that overcame me. I was incredibly worried now. I sent a questioning look at Angel, but she shook her head.

I didn't care, I stood up and limped towards the edge of camp. As I stood up I felt sudden alarm, and my worry tripled. What was going on? I limped around the camp, my unease making it feel like hours instead of just a few minutes. When I found nothing I headed back to my seat cautiously. As I sat down I felt...fine. I was still slightly worried, but nothing like what I'd just been feeling. I know I'm a teenage mutant bird girl, but I'm not that emotional.

"What is going on?" I asked out loud. The whole flock looked at me. "This is so weird. Is anyone else-" Then I realized how stupid I was probably going to sound and got really quiet. Now I was curious. How could I be curious? I knew what I was planning on saying. I had to say something. "Is anyone getting weirdly emotional?" I finally asked.

I was confused, but still slighty shocked. Fang's face didn't change much, but I saw a question in his eyes. I glanced around at the rest of the flock. They were all bobbing their heads yes and giving me the same confused look that I was feeling.

"It's really weird." Angel piped up. "You guys will be thinking one thing, and be completely fine, and the next you're angry or upset. I've been wondering about it all day."

"Do you think it's some kind of test?" I asked nervously. I didn't like the thought of the whitecoats messing with our emotions any more than they already had.

"No. It's just weird." Angel answered quietly. Everyone nodded again.

"Maybe someone has a new ability." Gazzy threw in. Of course! Someone might have a new ability! That made perfect sense! Why didn't any of us older kids think about that?

"You've been rather distracted." Angel told me. She'd been reading my mind...again. I glared at her momentarily.

"Has anyone not been feeling weird mood shifts?" I wondered aloud. Next to me, Fang shifted uncomfortably. I felt uncomfortable as well. He guiltily raised his hand.

"I've been fine." He answered roughly. I felt slightly nervous all of the sudden. This was not working for me.

"What about now?" I asked, I could actually feel the shifts in the mood. They were that dramatic. If he couldn't feel them, then it was probably him. He shook his head, and the nervousness grew. "Fang," I started tentatively, "I think that you're controlling our emotions."