Ok I'm back from vacation…went to Niagara Falls! It was AMAZING! If you haven't been, you should definitely go! Sorry if I missed anyone's review…My e-mail was a wreck when I came back!
Yuki: hahaha I wish I owned it too…ah well, hopefully they will come out with it soon! I do hope they don't completely change everything! And I went to Niagara Falls! It was absolutely AMAZING! You definitely need to go if you get the chance in your life!
XXForestStarXX: Thanks! Yeah, but who knows if Mr. Chu actually lives in China…though there are scientists that want them there. *shrugs* Oh well.
Thanks to my favoriters/subscripters: alex052, The Anti-BusinessMan,
Disclaimer: I don't own MR.
Gasping, Nudge looked at us like we were crazy. Gazzy looked terrified and then tried to wipe it off his face. He didn't succeed. Of course, this was his sister we were talking about.
Iggy tensed, trying not to think of all the horrors we were forced to endure. This was a hard topic to talk about, considering his blindness had been caused by a "failed experiment" the scientists conducted. I don't believe that the scientists messed up—with experiments as valuable as us *sneers* they were not going to take any chances. Iggy had most likely been purposely picked to go blind, most likely because of his superior hearing. Even before he had to rely heavily on his ears, his hearing was still far better than the rest of ours.
"They took Angel back to the School?" Gazzy inquired, slightly confused.
"I think so," Max replied, her voice steady. I could tell that she was just doing it for the kids, though. Inside, she was screaming…
"Why? After four years, I thought they had forgotten—"
Ah, naïve Nudge. "They want us back." I hated to burst her bubble, but she was old enough to face the truth. Hopefully, Gazzy could handle it…although, at the moment, he was more worried about Angel. I don't blame him.
"They'll never forget about us. Jeb wasn't supposed to take us out of there," Max reminded the Flock.
I had thought of another thing they needed to know. "Jeb knew they would do anything to get us back. If anyone ever discovered what they did to us, it would be the end of the School." I wish it was that simple…the School would be gone, but we would still be freaks.
"Why don't we tell on them then? We could go on a TV station and tell everyone and say, Look, they grew wings on us, and we're just little kids, and—" Nudge pointed out. However, there were a few flaws in her seemingly brilliant plan…
"Okay, that would fix them, but we'd end up in a zoo." Iggy had a good point. I definitely would take this life over life in a zoo. I still can't believe we all ended up like this…sometimes I wonder how all of us survived. None of us were severely damaged (although the scientists believe we are) or mutated (besides the wings, of course). We still had our morals, never killing if we didn't have to. We had the best leader we could ask for. What were the chances of this happening? Stay focused, Fang.
Gazzy started to panic. "Well, what are we going to do, then?" They were not going to like this…
I had gotten up to go retrieve some of Jeb's old documents. They were stored in the back of the closet in the room he used to use. We didn't ever have to have anything to do with the School after we left, but Jeb made us promise to never throw out his documents…at the time, we thought this promise was not necessary, considering we thought he would always be with us. I wonder if he knew he was going to get captured…maybe that's why he was always preparing us for a time without him. No, that's ridiculous. Jeb would have moved somewhere else if he thought he was in danger. So, when Jeb went missing, we followed his orders and kept all the papers. Never was I so happy that we had actually followed an adult's orders! Iggy and Gazzy had wanted to burn all of his stuff as a memorial (or so they claimed…those guys just can't get enough of setting things aflame) but Max intervened. Not wanting to look at the papers, they were unceremoniously thrown into the dusty closet.
I searched through the documents, looking for one in particular as I walked back into the kitchen. Upon finding it, I was surprised at the condition they were in: yellowed paper, faded words, and poop covered. Slightly revolted, I shook off the droppings, knowing Nudge would go overboard if she saw them.
"Eew! Eew! Was that—" Nudge exclaimed as I continued to shake the documents. Yep, I knew she wouldn't like that. Good thing I got most of it off in the hall.
Giving the papers to Max, I looked at Nudge to cut her off. This was not the time to be picky. Max reluctantly took them, not because of the droppings, but because of the information they contained. These "special" documents contained information on the School: where it was, what it did, and different things it hoped to achieve with the experiments it so humanely conducted. *snort*
Clearing the breakfast plates and such, we spread the stack of papers out on the table. Seeing how many we had, it was hard to not get a little depressed. How are we ever going to find the information we want in all of this? Never the less, I started searching. After a few moments of strained silence, I found the one we were looking for. Shivering slightly at the fact that we were about to do this, I looked at Max for the ok. Nodding, she caught my eyes and I temporarily forgot what I was doing. Those gorgeous eyes…get a grip of yourself!
I popped the wax on the paper. Before breaking the seal, I noticed a peculiar symbol pressed into the wax. It looked like a little capital "I." Hmm, that's a little strange I thought before it completely escaped my mind. After all, I'm about to open a document on the School…that's a much more pressing problem. (A/N: haha if only he knew…)
"What's that?" Gazzy inquired as I opened it.
"Map," I answered. I'll just leave the explaining for Max…she's better at that than I am.
"Map of what?" Nudge asked, leaning closer to get a good look at it. Apparently, the mouse droppings no longer bothered her.
"Map of a secret facility...In California…The School." Max tensely said. I knew how she was feeling; not one of us ever dreamed that we would have to go back. However, each and every one of us would do it for Angel.
A/N: I wonder how Fang will take Max's decision to leave Ig and Gazzy behind…will he be mad at her? Hmmm…you'll just have to find out! Also, I'm sorry if I got the Itex symbol wrong. I couldn't find where it was mentioned in the book. Review?
