Chapter 12 (part 2)

Lyric's POV

Roman sprang into the air, he went so far that he looked like a small bird. Even with The Flock and my enhanced vision, he was still pretty small. When he returned to the ground, five others joined him. As they slowly turned around to face us, I gasped "He copied, or multiplied himself or something!"

"What? There's more than one?" Iggy asked a bit astonished.

"Got that right." Roman budded in and sprang into action, each of his "other halves" joining in. One raced towards me with super speed and punched me in the stomach so hard that I thought he broke a rib or two. I hunched over and was immediately slammed to the ground. He snickered in success but I quickly gripped his hair and flung him away from me.

While I was tussling with him, Fang was repeatedly punching what I thought was the original Roman, in the face. He was knocked out cold, with blood covering his face. Angel and Gazzy teamed up on another cloned Roman. Gazzy was being held by the wings, then Angel quickly kicked the clone in the gut, and hard. He fell to the ground but disappeared. The then re-appeared behind Angel and punched her in the face when she turned around. Angel shook it off and Gazzy came behind the clone and hit him in the head with a giant rock. Which made him fall helplessly to the ground.

Max on the other hand, was in a huge hand-to-hand combat with her duplicate of Roman. They were in an all out brawl!... Nudge handled her Roman very well, he seemed slow and dumb for some reason. It looked as if it was a game to Nudge. Iggy was doing well also, you wouldn't even think he was blind. Iggy was dodging almost every hit but was punched in the stomach. It didn't phase him so he flew up to the sky then dived back down on his clone of Roman. Roman then fell to his knees and didn't get back up.

I was still fighting with the super fast Roman, although I was growing tired. Iggy then came out of nowhere and kicked him where it would hurt the most. Roman fell to the ground, but as soon as he was getting back up; all the Roman's disappeared and returned to the original. Who was, to my surprise, fighting Max. He suddenly stopped fighting her and disappeared to the top of the camouflaged building. And to think, all this happened in only 10minutes. "Well done." He said in an agitated tone and began to clap his hands slowly.

"Who sent you here?" Max yelled. Roman stopped clapping and said: "That's for me to know, and for you to find out." He gave and evil smile, then practically evaporated.

Everyone was either bleeding or bruised. "Report" Max ordered, covering her bloody nose with her shirt.

"Good." Gazzy and Iggy said in unison.

"Okey doke here" Nudge said, fixing her hair. Fang nodded and Angel gave a thumbs up. Max then put her hands on either sides of her hips and looked at me. "Well?" she said, "What about you Lyric, you good?" she questioned. A bit of a weak smile crept upon my face. "I'll be ok. I think a rib or two is broken. But I'm sure I can heal it." I said not one bit positive I can do it again.

"You sure?" Iggy asked.

"Yup, I'm sure." I tried to sound chipper.

"Well all right." Iggy shrugged.

"Up and away?" He asked.

"Yup, lets roll." Max said and we each did a running start and headed back to the house.

When we got there, Total rushed to the living room. "What in Heavens sake happened to you all? Where have you been? Why'd you leave without telling me? Angel, are you ok? He blurted out. Angel picked him up and softly stroked his ruffled black fur. "We went to the forest, got into a fight, I don't know, and I'm fine" She answered all his questions in one sentence and walked with him into Skye's room. Everyone else went off and did their own thing.

When it was just Iggy and me, I went and lay down on the couch, clutching my stomach. Iggy came and sat on the other end of the couch and put his hand on my leg. "You really don't sound so good… You sure you're okay?" he sounded worried when he asked. Since I wasn't used to feeling pain like this, I was fighting back the tears, refusing to cry. They all seen me cry twice now, and that was totally unacceptable. I couldn't believe I let that happen. "No, not at all but don't tell the others." I said in pain. He got up and kneeled on his knees in front of me, grabbing my hand. "Just heal yourself, then you'll be ok." He suggested. Worry filled his eyes.

"I don't even know how I healed you in the first place... but… I'll try." I said. I then lifted my shirt, just high enough for me to touch my ribs, and concentrated. Nothing happened. "Where does it hurt most? Here?" Iggy's slightly warm hands glided across my ribs and stopped in a certain spot. "It's bruised here, and your ribs are definitely broken. Just these two though." He gently touched the broken ribs and I flinched. Iggy grabbed my hands and gently sat them on my ribs. "Now try to do it." He said softly, and I concentrated again.

My hands began to glow a light purple as they did once before, and I felt my bones crack back into place. Feeling that made me bite my lip as hard as I could so I wouldn't make a scene, due to the pain. My hands then stopped glowing and I sat up. I had healed myself…Totally aweome!

I hugged Iggy tightly and gave him a kiss on his mouth. He blushed as well as I did. "Sorry.." I said embarrassed, but he kissed me back. He pulled away due to nearby footsteps. It was Fang. He raised an eyebrow. "Uhm.. Why isn't the T.V. on?" He asked, looking as if he was at a loss for words.

"Can't find the remote." I smiled.

"Lyric… It's right next to you." He walked over and picked it up. Iggy laughed nervously. "Well what do you know," Iggy joked, "Thanks Mr. Max kissy face." Iggy imitated a kissing face. Fang snorted and just turned around and walked away.

"Well that was nice." I said smiling at Iggy.

"Yeah. Sure was." He got on the couch, leaned back, and blushed. I smiled and turned on the T.V. What a long day this turned out to be. Skye won't believe it. I thought to myself.