Hey peeps :D Sorry I havent updated in a while but I am writing my own story and I became really obssesed with it when my writers block left. And yes, IT LEFT! *Does happy dance* So now I am back to my writing self and I've put up another chapter 4 u guys to read, :). : Here u go and it did die!!!!! I made sure that it was dead and now I am back! YAYAYAYAYAY Eva NoName: Thanx, I didnt think I did that very well, I find it hard to write Max 4 some reason.........idk y. But I manage. Here is another chappy, but I am sorry i havent answered ur question but it will be answered wen the BIG cliffie i've been talking about shows up. Yer, I'm not too sure about michael either, but as long as he treats Angel well, he must b alright. Midge 1012: thanx :D SeekDreamsAndFindHope: lol, short and sweet. Thanx :) Raz: The answer to ur question is...........yes, yes she is.
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"Okay guys, let's get down to business." I said trying to calm everyone down. Mom had just joined our flock reunion in Iggy and Ella's, now cramped, living room and I thought that it was about time that we started to focus on the task at hand.
Everyone moved onto the couches and had to squish up to fit us all on. I looked around at my flock and saw determination on all of their faces, just like old times. They were ready for whatever challenge that was about to be thrown at them.
Ella had her hands clasped together and Iggy had his hands over hers, gently moving his thumb up and down the back of her hands. I knew that Ella was beyond upset about all of this, as was I, and Iggy was trying to comfort her.
Fang saw me staring at Iggy and Ella and put an arm around my shoulder. I took in a deep breath. Fang was always the only person in the flock, besides mom, that got to see my weakness. He always knew when I was afraid or vulnerable and he always knew how to make me feel better.
I looked over at Nudge who was also sitting tensely in her seat, nervously looking at me and Fang. Like all of us, she wanted her child back. And I was not going to let her Ella, Iggy or Fang down. I wasn't about to lose my daughter to the school either for that matter.
"Alright guys. I'm sure that we all know where are kids are and that we need to get them back–"
"Since when do we know where they are?" Gazzy interrupted, looking over at me with his eyebrows raised. "I mean, we know where they are, but not specifically."
He had a point. There were so many schools out there and we had to narrow it down to one. I just wasn't sure which one to start with or how long it would take to actually find them in the first place. Then an idea hit me.
"Who was the first one to be taken?" I asked glancing around at the flock. I got a few looks before Ella answered.
"Aaliya left at nine thirty to go shopping with her friends. She met up with them and shopped for about an hour before she went to the bathroom and never came out. So about......ten thirty."
I nodded and Iggy suddenly stood.
"I'll be back; I'm just going to get something." He said as he left the room.
I shrugged and looked over at Nudge.
"It was really early in the morning because Peter and I were sleeping and when we woke up, he was gone. The window was open, so I think that he was taken out from there. But we have a two storey house so we were trying to figure out how they could have taken him and thwl mmm mmm."
Angel had thankfully placed a hand over her mouth. I smiled at her.
Thanks Ange. I thought and she smiled.
"So about five a.m maybe?" I asked looking at Nudge who still had Angel's hand over her mouth.
She pulled it away before nodding.
I was about to continue when Iggy came back with a big roll of paper. I looked at it with curiosity as he started to spread it out across the coffee table.
It was a world map. I think that Iggy understood why I had suddenly asked about the times of the kidnappings.
I leaned over it and put a finger on Arizona, where we were now, and then moved it to Los Angeles and then to New York.
When my finger was on Arizona, I said "Ten thirty," then on Los Angeles, "Five," then on New York, "Twelve."
"Why is this so important Max?" Gazzy asked looking over the map confused.
"If we know what times the kids were taken, we can use them to find out where the closest School is." I explained.
I put my finger on New York. "See, Heaven was taken at twelve in the afternoon, which is later than the other times. That means that the School is probably closer to the Arizona or Los Angeles."
I moved my finger over to Los Angeles again. "And since this was the earliest time out of all three, it is most likely that the School is closest to here." I looked up at the flock that were staring intently on the map in front of them, taking in what I was saying.
"I could be wrong. But this is the only lead we have, so I think that we should go with it. If we're not right, then we can figure something else out. But for now...." I trailed off as I moved my finger slowly up the map, away from Los Angeles. I stopped when I reached a certain point. The flock all nodded their heads, understanding where I meant.
My finger had stopped over Death Valley, California.
We talked for a while about ideas for escape plans, but couldn't come up with anything good. There was always something that stood in the way of us escaping. Whether it was a locked door down the hall, or too many white always that looked the same, or having to take down a whole horde of flyboys before getting out. And then there was the problem of what we did after escaping. We couldn't run, as I assumed that we were in the middle of freaking nowhere, we didn't know how to fly and would probably have to be taught later on, and how do we know which way to go after we get out.
We talked about these things for a few hours before Hunter fell asleep on Aaliya's lap and we decided to give it a rest. Aaliya and I didn't even need to speak to each other to know that this was hopeless. There was no way in hell that we could get out of here without help.
I sighed and put my head back against the wall. I sat still and quickly disappeared. Every plan that we could come up with ended up with either one of us getting seriously injured, or getting put back in this room again.
Aaliya reached out and got the box again. She took out the screen and had a look at it. She flipped it over and took off the back panel.
"What are you doing?" I whispered, careful not to wake Hunter.
She ignored me and continued to fiddle with the wires on the back of the screen.
A few minutes later she grunted in satisfaction and put the panel back on. She then turned the screen on and hit the play button. The movie started to play but, this time, there was sound.
I stared open mouthed at her in amazement and she just smiled.
"I said that my dad was good with these sorts of things, but I never said that I wasn't."
"And why didn't you tell me this sooner?"
She just shrugged and started to watch the movie. The noise from the TV woke Hunter and he sleepily rubbed his eyes and watched with us.
"Max, we need to go shopping sometime and get a pair of those shoes that Ella had! I mean, they were soooooooooo cute and they look good with anything." Nudge said while bouncing up and down in the air.
"Yes, because they would be really good for fighting M-geeks and Flyboys and running for your life, wouldn't they, Nudge. When one comes after you, you turn to run........and fall flat on your face. No." Mom said as she sighed and shook her head.
"Oh, come on, Max. I think that I could run in them, the heel wasn't that high. Back me up Fang!" She said turning to dad.
"Umm, no. I'm not getting messed up in this. It's all yours, Max." He said as he shook his head and waved his hands back and forth.
She glared at him for not backing her up and he smiled. He always smiled like that at mom.
The camera moved onto Aaliya's dad who was concentrating hard on making the bomb.
"Nice back up there, Fang. Next time I need back up, I'll ask you." He said, not looking up from his work.
Aaliya sighed and shook her head. "That's dad," she said with a smile and she rolled her eyes.
I laughed, "Yep, and that's definitely my mom and dad. And we all know that that is definitely Hunters mom as she still hasn't stopped talking."
Hunter just smiled up at me.
"Thanks, Ig." Dad said sarcastically off-screen.
I watched intently as he worked on the bomb. He was moving his hand quickly over it and making small changes, all while in mid air. Then the Gasman came over and started to help with it too.
"You sure about this? I don't think you should have these two wires connected because they won't make a big enough explosion, man." He said as he pointed to the two wires.
Iggy sighed. "Please be more specific, Gazzy. I have no idea what wires you're pointing to, I'm blind remember?" He said sounding like it was obvious.
"The red one and the blue one," he said while fiddling with it some more.
"Trust me, with this here and this here and those two wires connected, it will be even bigger than usual."
"Okay then, fine," he said and they silently went back to work.
The camera moved down to Angel and Total and I heard their conversation.
"Total, Akila is too heavy. I know that you love her and stuff, but she is really hard for Max, Fang and Iggy to carry. She'll be safe at home with Dr. Martinez and Ella." Angel said with a sweet smile.
"I know, but I just can't take not being with her." He said dramatically. "Every second of every day that goes by, I am thinking about her. How would feel if Celeste was taken away from you?"
She gasped and hugged her teddy close to her chest.
I laughed.
"Well, Total, you don't think about Akila as much as Fang and Max think about each other." Her face had a look of concentration on it before she giggled.
"What? What are they thinking about?" He asked, practically jumping up and down in the air seeming to have already forgotten about Akila, whoever that was.
"Fang is thinking about how cute Max is when she's angry. And Max was angry at Fang for not backing her up, but she forgot after she saw him smile." The two started to laugh.
"Okay, eww. That is really disgusting!" I stated while looking over at Aaliya and Hunter who were both laughing.
"Oh shut up, I know that you don't like it when you see your parents making googly eyes at each other. It just isn't right."
That just made them laugh harder. I shook my head and started to watch again.
Iggy moved in front of mom after the flyboys showed up and threw the bomb at them.
"Duck and cover!" the Gasman shouted and they all dropped.
We heard and saw all of the flyboys exploding again.
Iggy and Gazzy high-fived each other. "See, I told you that it was bigger than most of the other ones we've made!" Iggy said excitedly with a grin on his face.
"I know! They all set each other off and then caused a lot of little explosions! It looked so cool!" The Gasman replied.
Then the battle started again and we watched all of fighting scenes again until they flew away.
Aaliya put the TV away in the box and yawned.
"I think that we should get some sleep. I'm tired too." I said as I felt a yawn coming on.
The others nodded and I lay down on the cold floor. Aaliya did the same and Hunter curled up next to her.
I looked down at my ring with the wings on it.
I guess that they always wanted to tell me, but chose not to for my safety. There are so many things that I'd not noticed. Like mom always wearing tops that covered her whole back and never wearing a bathing suit, or dad sometimes disappearing without a trace and the slightest lump on both their backs that never did seem important.
It's amazing what things that you can miss when you're not looking.
These were my last thoughts before I fell asleep that night.
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