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Author's note: Sorry for the lack of an update on Friday. This is becuase I'm starting college next week and I can't keep up with twice a week updates. Also yesterday Fanfiction wouldn't let me log in to let me update which is why I'm updating today. Once again I can't think of some song lyrics (:S) so if anyone can think of any let me know. And finally thanks to butterfinger45, chelsea and Momoko for their reviews you made my day! :D

The Forgotten One

Chapter 10- Finding Mum & Dad

The flock stared in shock at Max and Fang.

"Come on." I whispered leading them away from the scene. We sat back at the bandstand.

"Ew." Gasman exclaimed. I smiled.

"I'm guessing you had a part of that?" Iggy whispered to me.

"Just a little." I replied smiling. He shook his head, but smiled. I noticed Max and Fang approaching. They were walking close to each other, both with a smile on their face. But it wasn't obvious that anything had happened besides the fact we had seen it. They wanted to keep it secret. However they didn't manage it.

"Ew guys! That was disgusting!" Gasman exclaimed as they came to stand next to us.

Fang's smile disappeared. And Max dropped her eyes embarrassed.

"Guess they can't hide it now." Iggy whispered to me. I nodded.

"Don't worry we think it's great." Angel said smiling. We all agreed at once. Max and Fang seemed to feel less awkward.

"Come on guys, let's go." Max said. We stood up from the bandstand and launched ourselves into the sky. The flight was pleasant compared with the day's events. I couldn't help thinking about how many other kids there were out there crammed into crates. I shuddered at the thought. When we landed we made a small campfire and sat around it. I noticed Fang's hand clasped around Max's like Iggy's around mine.

"Guys." Max said getting out attention, "At the institute I found names, addresses even pictures of people who might be our parents." Everyone stared in shock at Max. I knew about my mother, but there was always a ghost of hope. Hope that perhaps wherever my mother was that she wanted me back. That maybe she wanted to have me back the child she gave away.

"Who's your daddy? Who's your mummy?" Gasman crowed as Max started handing pages around. Fang was the first to strike lucky.

"I've got an address, and some names. And my name. And, oh man, there are pictures." He exclaimed. He was always quiet, but now it he was shaking with excitement. Max hugged him and then everyone gathered round him. The two people on the page looked exactly like him. The Fang stared in amazement at his parents the rest of us carried on searching.

"Here they are! My mum and Dad! Angel look! This is them. It's totally amazing. It's a miracle. They look like me! And you too Angel!" Gasman cried. They both stared at the page before bursting into tears of joy. They clung onto each other. Iggy was the next to get lucky. I felt him tense at my side.

"What have you found?" I asked him.

"My parents. My Dad's dead. But look at my mum. She looks like me." I smiled and hugged him. He continued to stare at his page. Hope was still building up in my chest. I grabbed the next sheet. The hope in my chest withered and died. Deceased. Both of them dead. There was only one picture. My mum. It was like staring at an older version of myself. The only difference was she had short hair.

"Have you found something?" Iggy said.

"They're both dead." I replied my voice breaking. The tears began to roll down my cheeks. He pulled me into a hug and held me till I finished crying. When I felt calmer I pulled back. Iggy kissed me on the head before he let go.

"You okay?" He asked me. I nodded wiping the remaining tears from my eyes.

"Sorry. I got your top wet." I said laughing slightly. Iggy smiled at me. I looked back to the flock. They were deciding what to do next.

"We go to DC. And take baths. And start tracking down your parents. We have addresses right?" Max said.

"Woo-hoo." Gasman cried. I smiled along with the rest of them. But where would I go hen the other found their parents? I could stay with Max who had no information on her parents again. But what about Iggy? I couldn't go with him to his parents. How much time did we have left together? I pulled myself from my thoughts and looked around. The others were settling down to sleep. Iggy moved closer to me, grabbed my round the waist and pulled me down to the floor to sleep.

"Night." He whispered his breath tickling my neck. I smiled. He hadn't thought of what I had. He was excited about his parents. I couldn't spoil it for him.

"Right guys! Let's go get some food, then head for DC." Max said the next morning. We launched into the sky one by one. Breakfast consisted of sandwiches bought from a nearby supermarket. The journey was quiet only interrupted by Gasman's yells of.

"UFO!" After about the tenth time Iggy rolled his eyes. I laughed. He smiled at me and then ran his fingers over the feathers on the edge of my wing.

"Max? How long until we get to DC?" Nudge asked soaring in front of us towards Max. She looked tired… all the younger kids did. I felt fine.

"Another hour? Hour and a half?" She replied. I turned to Iggy smiling and returned his gesture, running my fingers over his feathers. By dusk we were almost there.

"Fang! What that? Behind us, at ten o'clock." Max asked. I didn't turn to look.

"Too fast for a storm cloud, too quick for choppers. Not birds- too lumpy. I give up. What is it?" He replied.

"Trouble. Head up, guys! We've got company!" She cried. I swung round staring into the distance. Dark shapes approached us… fast.

"Flying monkeys?" Gasman called out.

"No. Worse. Flying Erasers." Max cried out. Iggy grabbed me pushing me behind him.

"Split up!" Max cried. They were right in front of us. Max yelled and launched herself at the nearest Eraser. The rest followed. Iggy jumped at the nearest Eraser. Another swept past him launching himself at me. I swung my foot round hitting him in the head. He dropped towards the ground. Claws ripped across my shoulder ripping threw my jacket and my skin. I cried out turning towards the Eraser. I lurched back and claws missed my face by centimetres. Iggy jumped in-between us and attached something to the Eraser's top.

"Duck!" He cried grabbing my hand. We pulled our wings in at the same time dropping a few feet before opening our wings again. There was a small explosion and the Eraser dropped to the ground. We soared back up just to see Ari lunged at Fang. We surrounded Ari.

"We'll be back!" He yelled at him and his remaining Erasers flew off.

"Wasn't he meant to be dead?" Iggy muttered. I shrugged staring after them.

"Report." Max said as we set off again.

"I'm fine." Fang muttered despite the first he was flying awkwardly.

"Leg hurts, but I'm okay." Gasman said.

"I'm fine." Nudge said.

"Me too." Iggy said next to me. I was aware then of my arm, which was throbbing badly.

"My arms hurts, but I'm good." I said. I looked at it now. There was a bit of blood seeping from the cut. Iggy looked at it and stared at me concerned.

"It's fine." I said. Max swung round to look at Fang. But he wasn't there. She swooped behind us to him. She talked to him, but then he began to fall towards the ground.

"Iggy!" Max cried. He left my side and together they caught him. They headed for ground. The rest of us followed. I hit the ground and stopped in front of Fang. Max turned to me.

"Do something!" She yelled a few tears running down her face. I stepped forward reaching for Fang's hand.

"Don't touch him!" Iggy yelled pulling me away. He turned to Max.

"She can't heal him! She can only take his injuries. It wouldn't help us!" He yelled at her. It looked like Max didn't care if I was hurt or not, as long as it wasn't Fang.

"I need some strips for bandages." She said to the younger kids." I shrugged off my jacket and threw it at them.

"Use that." I said. I stood there and closed my eyes.

"Don't." Iggy snarled.

"I'm not." I replied. I opened my eyes shocked.

"What?" Iggy asked,

"Ari cut an artery." I said.

"What?" Max cried. I repeated myself. She stared in despair at Fang. Then she cried.

"Iggy, lift Fang's legs. And I need strips guys." Iggy lifted his feet and Max pushed the strips down on Fang's cuts.

"Someone's coming." Angel said. I looked round to see a man jogging up to us. He stared at Fang and pulled out a phone.

"Nudge. Take Gazzy and Angel and find a place to hide. We'll go to the hospital. You stay around here and I'll come back when I can." Max said quickly.

"No. We're not leaving!" He yelled. Max stared in disbelief. Two people were already running towards us.

"What happened?" One of the people asked.

"Accident." Max replied.

"What kind of accident? A rabid bear?" He asked.

"Kind of." She said. They strapped Fang to a board and loaded him into a van. The rest of us followed him inside. Max sat next to Fang holding his hand her face white. I sat next to Iggy; he clasped his hand around mine. I stared at Fang. I should have done something. I should have ignored Iggy and helped.

We arrived at the hospital in no time. We stepped into the hospital and Fang was wheeled away.

"Can you give me some information? Now, what's his name? Is he your boyfriend?" A woman asked.

"His name is Nick. Nick… Ride. He's brother." Max lied. The woman raised an eyebrow.

"He's all of our brothers." Nudge said. The eyebrow remained up.

"We're adopted. Our parents are missionaries. They're away on a short mission. I'm in charge." Max said. The woman opened her mouth to speak, but before she could say anything a man ran up to us.

"Miss?" Could you come with me, right now?" He asked nervously. Max nodded walking away with him. I stared after her.

"I think he's noticed the wings." Iggy muttered.