Chapter 12

Max's P.O.V

"WHAT THE HECK!?," Iggy screeched. Fang and I shared a curious glance. I ran out of the room and down the stairs to where Iggy was. Right infront of a wall of ice. Okay. Iggy was reaching out to the ice-wall, desperately trying to work it out. "I know you're there, tell me what is going on!," Iggy said to me. "Calm down. It's just ice." I said. I went down to the wall. What was going on??? A random ice wall??. Then I heard the evil laughter of none other than Gazzy. "Someone's got a new power." Fang said from behind me, just about scaring the crap out of me. But what he said made sense. Cool, Gazzy could make ice walls!! And what was I left with?? That's right, I could resist heat. Yeeha!! Woohoo!! Go me!!. Note sarcasm.

Iggy punched a hole in the ice and narrowly missed Gazzy's head. I'm not entirely sure if it was an accident…. The rest of the ice shattered to the ground. I had forgotten about that little mind reader of ours. "Max! what's yours?!," Angel asked eagerly. "I need to talk to you guys for a minute." I said quickly before the other mind reader walked into the room. We turned and walked up the stairs, avoiding the now water on the stairs.

Once we were settled in "our room" I began. "Last night the Voice told me that we were all going to get new 'powers'." I glanced at Fang, he still looked a bit on edge from that dream- I'm guessing. "Fang can stay invisible even when he's moving," He demonstrated by going invisible and reappearing behind Angel's head. Nudge gasped in excitement. "I can resist heat." Nudge and Angel gave me a puzzled look. "If I touch something hot it feels cold." I translated. "And apparently, Gazzy can make handy dandy ice sculptures to prank his partner in crime." I said, eyeing Gazzy. He burst into laughter. "And we don't know what Iggy and Nudge's powers are yet, but here's the catch: they only work when you have your mind block up." I said, feeling like quite the professor.

Nudge nodded and Iggy's face lit up. "So this means I could get my sight back?!," Iggy said excitedly. "Um, maybe- I guess so." I replied. It hadn't crossed my mind yet. Iggy could get his sight back. That would be huge and I know that the whole flock would give up their powers if it meant Iggy could see again, even temporarily.

"I'm loving this Voice of yours, Max." Iggy said, nearly jumping out of his skin as he left the room. I smiled inwardly. Could it get any better? A place to stay, with people we trust (we think) and now Iggy getting his sight back? Wow. It was too good to be true. I went back on guard at that moment, it would be typical for Erasers to burst in at a time like this- but there was nothing. Absolutely nothing went wrong, and I wasn't sure I was liking it exactly. It was almost eerie. Because one thing I knew for sure was that it wouldn't last. But like the Voice said, I should enjoy it while I can. It is possible to lay back and enjoy the ride and stay on guard at the same time, right?