Sorry it took me a while to update. I had a severe case of writer's block. And on top of that I made a new world on minecraft and I was playing that for days straight. Again, I apologize.

Oh, and shout outs to LollipopDreams, PurpleUnicornK, FlightlessDreamer and coolynn for reviewing my last couple of chapters. You guys rock! :D Now back to the story...


"What?" he asked. Utter bewilderment showed on his face. Fang didn't know how to respond. It wasn't like he could just say 'Hey, your long lost children are sitting on the other side of that door'. He might give the man a heart attack.

He grabbed Dr Martin by the arm and guided him out of the room. "This is Angel and the Gasman." Fang said pointing at Angel and Gazzy. The flock gave Fang curious looks but he ignored them. Dr Martin also had a questioning look on his face.

"And?" asked Dr Martin. Fang hesitated, trying to find a clever way to word what he wanted to say. In the end he just decided to go ahead and rip off the band-aid.

"They're your children." The reactions he received were quite comical and he was almost tempted to laugh. Except now was not the time. Angel and Gazzy's eyes widened to the size of tennis balls. Dr Martin opened his mouth as if he were about to say something but no sound came out. Audible gasps could be heard from Nudge, Iggy and Dylan.

Dead silence filled the room. You could probably have heard a pin drop from over a mile away. For god's sake! One of you say something already! thought Fang.

Eventually Angel got up out of her chair and slowly walked up to Dr Martin. All eyes were on her and the doctor. Now that they were standing close to each other it wasn't hard to see the similarities between them. Dr Martin eyes were the same bright shade of blue as Angel's and Gazzy's. His hair was blonde but a few visible grey hairs stood out here and there.

Angel looked intently into the man's face no doubt searching through his thoughts. Then, as if deciding that it was true, she flung her arms around his waist. Dr Martin looked startled at first and staggered back slightly then returned the gesture by wrapping his arms around her. "I can't believe it's really you." he whispered in disbelief.

Angel let go and both her and Dr Martin looked over at Gazzy. He just sat there, his brain trying to process this new piece of information. "It's really him Gaz, he's our dad." Angel said in an attempt to convince him. Finally having accepted that this man was in fact his father, Gazzy folded his arms across his chest and set his jaw.

"How could you do that to us?" he asked Dr Martin. "You gave away not one, but two of your children just for some petty cash. And you knew what was going to be done to us as well." Guilt showed plainly upon Dr Martin's face. He shifted uncomfortably to one side and glanced down at the floor before returning the Gasman's gaze.

"I-I know it was a terrible thing to do and I really am sor-"

"Do you have any idea what they did to us?" Gazzy interupted. His voice was rising now. "Do you have any idea how much pain and suffering we had to go through? Instead of growing up in a home with actual parents like normal kids we had to grow up in cages and have needles jabbed into us every 10 minutes!"

He was on his feet now and was standing only inches away from Dr Martin. "I don't care if you are my biological father, I will never EVER forgive you for what you did to us!" Gazzy ran over to the open window and jumped out, unfurling his wings as he did so.

"Gaz, wait!" Angel cried desperately. She ran over to the window about to follow him, when she turned back to Dr Martin and said "I'm sorry." Then she dropped out of sight in pursuit of Gazzy.

The doctor just stood there, an array of mixed emotions showed on his face; shock, guilt, worry, confusion and shock again. Right at that moment Dr Clery stuck his head around the door. "Uh excuse me doctor, I hate to interupt but we really should make a blood transfusion as soon as possible." Dr Martin gave his head a quick shake as he was pulled out of his train of thought. Poor guy. He'd finally been reaquainted with his children only to find out that they wanted nothing to do with him.


Max had already lost so much blood that both Fang and Iggy had to donate blood. Dylan offered to donate some too but we couldn't be sure that his blood was the same type as the rest of the flock seeing as he was replicated from another Dylan whereas the rest of the flock have had Avian DNA in their system every since they were born.

It probably would've been fine but Dr Martin said he didn't want to take any chances. Fang threw Dylan a satisfied smirk at that piece of news that basically said "Ha ha I can help Max and you can't." Yes it was childish but he didn't really care.

Once Max was stitched back up and the transfusion was made her pulse returned back to a quick and steady rythym and colour returned to her face. She was still unconscious though which had Fang worried but Dr Martin reassured him that it was completely normal and that it still might be quite a while before she opens her eyes even taking her advanced healing rate into account.

Fang, Iggy, Nudge and Dylan all refused to leave so Dr Martin generously let them stay in the hospital room with Max. It was a private ward so it wasn't like they were being a nuisance to anyone anyway.

Angel and Gazzy hadn't come back yet. They all agreed that they'd give them a little longer before they go looking for them. They couldn't blame Gazzy for running off like that. After all it was quite a lot to take in. Hopefully Angel would be able to calm him down.

Fang was currently sitting beside Max's bed and gazing out the window. The sunset cast a beautiful pink tinge along the horizon, transforming the nearby clouds into a varitey of different shades including red, yellow, pink, orange and purple. How he longed to follow Angel and Gazzy's suit and jump out the window and take off into the sky.

His attention was pulled away from the window when he heard a slight stirring beside him. He looked over and saw Max trying to push herself up into a sitting position. Relief flooded through him. She was alright. Everything was going to be okay. She blinked a couple of times and scanned her surroundings. "Where the hell am I?" she asked no one in particular.

"Hospital," was all Fang said in reply.

"Are you crazy? Why on earth would you bring me to a hospital? You do realise you've put the whole flock in danger now!" she screamed at him.

"A simple thank you would suffice," Fang said calmly.

"Why should I be thanking you?" she spat at him.

"Well, you are alive aren't you? Would you rather I had left you there to bleed to death?" Max tried to come up with a scathing retort but nothing came to mind. She settled on giving him a scowl instead. Ah, same old Max, he thought.