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SQUEE! Over 100 reviews!! I'm so excited!

Iggy: It's not all that many.

Rain: 'You're like a constant downer, huh?'

Iggy: You keep quoting Charlie the Unicorn 3. Stop it!

Rain: It's funny! If any of you like Charlie the Unicorn, there's a third one out! :D

Iggy: Weren't you supposed to be answering review questions?

Rain: Oh right! Okay...

-Yes. The Flock are going to totally disregard the rules. I mean, come on! They're the flock!

-Max is going to tell Dr. M to shove it... but nicely. She loves Dr. Martinez, remember?

-I am going to do backstories on the rules, so be on the look out!

-The Total blog hacking thing is coming very soon. I'm calling it 'Total takes over' and it's gonna be a multi-chapter story.

-I'm sorry, there's not gonna be anymore lists. I've done all 6 bird-kids, plus Total and Ella. Now there's gonna be some chappies where the flock continually disobey the rules.

-A lot of you have been suggesting that I do something for the final of 'The Lists'. It was first suggested by Mo the Reviewer, and I'm going to use her idea, which has been suggested again and again by many of you. I'm not gonna be specific but. But most of you will probably find out anyway, so eh. Anyway,

-If I missed a question, I'm sorry. Send me a message if you're still confused!

MAX.

I just couldn't put my genetically-enhanced finger on it. Everybody seemed... more down that usual. And for us, always on the run and fighting for our lives, that was kinda saying something. Iggy and the Gasman hadn't made a bomb in ages. Nudge had kept her constant stream of chatter to a minimum (thankfully!) and even Angel and Total seemed to be more subdued. And Fang... he'd been avoiding me!

They were behaving, and it scared me. They were my flock, and my flock never behaved. We were a rag-tag team of loveable mutants with a mutual disregard for any authority. That was why Mom had made those stupid lists in the first place, so we'd clean up our act a little... if it was anyone else, I'd tell them to shove their freaking rules, but this was my Mom. The same mother of mine who had taken us in out of the goodness of her heart, who had fed us, cleaned us, clothed us... (you can tell I love my Mom, huh?) Anyway,

The point was, I wanted my flock back. I wanted to see Angel skipping around with Total, stealing my Mom's choc-chip cookies (the most delicious things on earth, by the way). I wanted to hear Nudge talk for ten minutes about some shop. I wanted to see Gazzy and Ig hard at work, making some kind of explosive device. I wanted Fang to go flying with me again.

So that's why I called them all for a meeting. We went for a flight and found a secluded spot we could talk- strictly flock business.

"Okay guys," I began, holding out my hands in that leaderly way of mine, "Something's been bothering me."

"The voice?" Iggy asked. I shook my head.

"Uh-uh. It's those list thingys my Mom made up for us. I totally see where she's coming from, but something's not right here." I explained. "Nudge, you're not talking as much." I turned to my big-mouthed little 'sister'. She shrugged.

"Is that a bad thing?" Gazzy muttered with a grin. Nudge pelted him with a lump of clay.

"Iggy, you and Gazzy aren't making bombs anymore." Okay, maybe that one wasn't such a terrible thing, but that was beside the point.

"That was number one on both our lists, I think." Gazzy said. Iggy nodded. Angel already knew what I was thinking, so I didn't bother voicing my opinions on her lists aloud. I glanced at Fang, and he met my stare with his dark eyes. He knew what I wanted to say to him.

"But what can we do? Dr. M's your Mom, Max. We can't just disobey everything she told us to do. It's not right- she's looking after us." Nudge pointed out.

"I know. I'm not saying we disobey them exactly..." I said, biting my lower lip. The truth was, I had no idea how to handle this. I missed my old flock, but I couldn't do anything that would hurt my Mom. I looked to Fang again. He was deep in thought.

"I have an idea." He said slowly, "Why don't we-" he leant in close, and began to explain his plan. I thought we probably looked a bit like those people in cartoons, how they lean in and one of them starts to whisper so the plan is a surprise? Yeah, we were exactly like one of those cartoons.

That afternoon when we returned home, Iggy grabbed Ella and we headed into mine and Ella's room to put the plan into action...

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Yeah, another short filler chapter. Sorry! :D

I won't ask you to review after that chapter, but you can if you want. You could still pass along some ideas as to how the flock can disobey the rules?

~Rain.