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Iggy, Nudge and the Gasman had been flying for hours.

Fang and I had had been flying for hours.

My wings were sore from the lack of flying we had done since we had moved to the island. I don't know whether it was the soreness or some after effect of the head bomb that set off last night in my skull or a mix of the two, but I was not flying very straight. Or well, for that matter. Fang had to constantly be flying below and facing me, watching both our direction and myself. After about an hour and a half of flying this way, I mad us land in Vegas.

Which probably wasn't my greatest idea.

Valencia's brain had been intruded too many times in the past three hours buy Angel's mind reading/controlling powers.

Dr. Martinez fell to the ground, huffing and puffing as if she had just been running laps. A satisfied grin crossed Angel's mouth as she turned to the doctors next to her and whispered to them. Valencia made out bits and pieces.

"No she doesn't know…" "She was there when it happened… knocked out" "She doesn't want this. Oh well." "Max belongs to her… Iggy, no… Fang… and then Nudge… Gazzy and I we…"

Upon the mentioning of her brother, Angel's face drooped, only slightly. But Valencia saw it. Gazzy had to be her weakness.

"No, Dr. Martinez. I am weak to nothing and no one."

Valencia looked up and was immediately slapped harshly across the face by one of the taller whitecoats. She recognized him.

"Al, please…" She muttered.

He nodded. She saw a glint of sorrow and pity on his face, but it was hidden by the dark, staring mask he wore.

"Have a nice nap, Valencia."

Valencia looked down and saw another whitecoat plunging a needle into her arm, pushing a dark liquid into her veins. She was out within seconds.

Nudge, Iggy and Gazzy landed in the same cave Max and Fang had just left the day before. "Looks like they were just here," Gazzy said, kicking the burnt wood from the fire.

Nudge slumped against the wall of the cave and took a two sandwiches from her backpack, which was full of food for the three. "You think Max and Fang were here?"

"They were," Iggy said, holding up a tawny feather. "Or at least Max was."

"Why don't we stay here for the night?" Gazzy removed a sandwich for himself and began to chow down.

Nudge nodded. Iggy sighed. "Angel knows this place though. She might-"

"She wouldn't know we were here, Ig." Nudge stood up. "We barely ever go to the same place twice."

The boys nodded to themselves. The three had been quiet and reserved since the night before with Angel. Nudge found Iggy to be very comforting through the whole thing, rubbing her wings after the long flight and whispering sweet words of security into her ears when she felt uneasy. Nudge couldn't help but wonder if there was ever a chance they could be together. She began to look at Iggy in a different light.

Nudge had always thought Iggy was very handsome, maybe even super model material. She was silently happy that he was blind and couldn't sense her looking when she caught herself staring at his handsome features. His shaggy strawberry-blonde hair that hung in his eyes somewhat. The pure color of his rain drop eyes. His goofy crooked smile. The freckles that appeared on his face after too much sun exposure. Nudge sighed loudly. Iggy, aware her restlessness, wrapped a comforting arm around her, causing her heart to fly around inside of her.

Gazzy sat quietly in the corner, reading a book he had found in Anacortes. It was his favorite by far, and it helped that he really hadn't read much else. The passion, excitement and suspense of Hamlet had made Gazzy read it over and over again since he found it. He glanced up at the other two, cuddling in the entrance of the cave. He wondered if he would ever find someone like Fang found Max, like Iggy found Nudge. He wanted to be a normal kid, without the whole bird factor implanted into his system. He wished that he would have a normal life, at a real school, meet and flirt with girls his age and hang out with friends on a regular basis without worrying about his winged secret.

He thought back to the day they had beat Itex, all those other bird kids that they had released before the explosion. The boy, Michael, who was part cockatoo. That one girl with red and blue and green wings who had caught his eye. Where had they all gone?

That night, Gazzy dreamed of the girl with red and blue and green wings. He dreamed that he and the girl flew off by themselves, starting a new flock and beating those assholes that tried to kill everyone. Kicking butts. Being together as a family and not just a group of couples.

His favorite part of the dream? Defeating his demonic sister and whatever plans she had to destroy everything.

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