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A/N: So far the votes are going for Chiki. So if you want it to be Kamp, let me know. Now I'm going to let my good friend Vinnie explain this chapter to you.
Vinnie: Thanks BoOkWoRm.
Me: Welcome!
Vinnie: So this is the last chapter,
Everyone: What!
Vinnie: Didn't BW tell you?
Kiki: NO!
Vinnie: Well it is, and she's,
Champ: Wait! There's more to this story! She can't just cut us off like that!
Me: The last piece of the story isn't all that exciting.
Champ: Yes it is!
Me: You call you burping your Abc's exciting?
Champ: Doesn't everybody?
Me: *shakes her head* Vinnie please continue.
Vinnie: Right. So this is the last chapter. It's where the goodbye's come in.
Me: Don't give them the whole plot!
Vinnie: I'm not! Will you just let me do this?
Me: Whatever.
Vinnie: You know what! Never mind! Just read this chapter okay?
Kiki: Wow V. You have great people skills.
Vinnie: Like you could have done better.
Kiki: I could have actually.
Vinnie: Oh, really?
Kiki: Yes really!
*Fighting in the back ground*
Me: So while I go find Joh, please enjoy the chapter. ^_^
*Walks away from the mic*
Me: Champ! Drop the bat! Drop it! *Swings it at her* Ahh! JOH!
Fang's POV
When we arrived at the hotel, we were attacked by another round of paparazzi. This time the hotel security was there to fend them got everyone inside without too much harm. Someone had pulled on Max and Kiki, taking Kiki's hat.
"Eh. I didn't like wearing it anyways." she said.
"Come on guys. This way to your rooms." Porter said.
We all headed towards the elevator. Ceecee pushed the up button, and the doors slid open. Only half of us could fit in at once. So Porter took Ceecee, Vinnie, Kiki, and Champ up with him. Leaving, Joh, Max, Diago and I to take the second one.
"How's your stomach?" Max asked. Joh touched her side, where she had been shot. She smiled up at Max.
"It's fine. Thanks." she said. Max smiled and nodded. "Um, and thanks for helping me at the interview." Joh added. Max smiled at her, and I mean fully smiled.
"No problem." Max said. The elevator dinged, and the doors slid open. We all stepped in and went up.
"So what now?" Diago asked. Joh sighed.
"I don't know." she said. "The truth is out. What else can we do?" she asked.
We stood in silence. All thinking. It was almost done. The secret of the school had been blown. We had nothing to fear from them anymore. No more white-coats, no more fly-boys, no more Erasers, and no more experiments. We are free. Max giggled.
"I can't believe it." she said. We all looked at her. "No more running. No more fear of being killed. We're free to live our lives." she said. I smiled at her, seeing that glow on her face. "I can't wait to tell the flock." she said. I grabbed her hand and gave it a tight squeeze. She giggled again.
"The flock." Joh whispered. "The gang." she shook her head. "We are all free." she smiled. Diago put his arm around her, and the doors opened.
"Free to spread our wings." he said. Smiling at Max and me.
"It's been a long ride." Joh said. We all nodded.
"Even though it's been about a month." I said. We all laughed at that.
"Guys! They have a flat screen T.V. in this room!" I heard Ceecee shout. We had entered another lobby. This was one fancy hotel. So glad that we weren't paying for it.
"I'm going to take a power nap before we do anything." Joh said. We nodded, and Diago went with her.
"I like that idea." Max said, yawning. I smirked at her.
"Shall we go to bed then?" I asked. Her face went completely red.
"W-what?" she asked. I chuckled at her.
"Your tired. Lets get some sleep." I said.
"Oh." she said, and nodded. We went to her room.
Few hours Later
A loud knock came at the door. It woke me up instantly. Max woke up still a little groggy. She mumbled and sat up slowly. I walked over to the door, running my hand through my hair. The knock came again.
"Max?" it was Joh. I opened the door to see her standing in a huge black T-shirt, and jeans. Her hair up in a braid. She looked surprised to see me.
"Oh, did I come at a bad time?" she asked. Looking me up and down. Okay, this might look bad, but I swear nothing happened. I had gotten hot and taken off my shirt. No big deal. It didn't help that Max walked to the door, her hair all over the place.
"Joh?" Max called. Joh looked her up and down too. She looked back and forth between us. Then her gaze stopped on Max. Then her face turned understanding.
"Sorry to wake you guys up." she said, smiling. "But there are people here to see you two." she said. Max and I looked at each other.
"Who?" Max asked.
"Your parents." Joh said.
Max and I hurried up and got dressed. Well I got dressed, she combed her hair. As soon as we looked decent enough, we walked out into the lobby. Joh and Kiki were out there sitting across from them. It was just the four of them. Where did everyone go?
"Everyone else is still sleeping." Joh answered. I gaveher a quick nod before looking at Jeb, and Dr. M.
"Max!" Dr. M stood up and pulled Max in for a hug. Max hugged her back tightly. "I've missed you." she said. Max's grip went loose.
"Yeah, me too mom." Max replied. They pulled apart and smiled at each other. Then Dr. M turned to me and pulled me in for a hug. I patted her back, to respond. I loved her like she was my own mother, but I'm still not a hugger.
"How have you been?" Dr. M asked me. I shrugged.
"Decent." I said. She nodded.
"Um, mom? What are you doing here in New York?" Max asked. Dr. M sat back down next to Jeb.
"Well, Jeb started to get word that there was a group out here that were destroying the labs." Dr. M said.
"I had a hunch that you were part of it." Jeb cut in. "So I did my research, and found out that it was a group of kids. I came here as soon as I saw your friend on the news on a stretcher." He said motioning over to Joh.
She kept her face clean of emotion, and sat there. She nodded to let him know she understood.
"I just happened to see it too, and I tagged along." Dr. M said.
"So that's why you're here?" Max asked. Dr. M shook her head.
"No, that's not why. Actually we have some news." she said. Max and I were practically on the edge of our seats.
"I have left the experimentation's." Jeb said. We scowled at him.
"How do we know your telling the truth? The last time you said that we ended up running for our lives." Max said. Jeb nodded.
"Yes, I know, and I'm sorry for that. I know now that I can't play god." he said.
"And how long did that take you?" Kiki retorted. Joh nudged her, and Kiki looked down.
"Are you sure?" Max asked. "Are you sure that you've given up those days?" she asked.
"Why don't you ask your friend whether or not I'm lying?" Jeb asked, gazing over to Joh. She narrowed her eyes at him. He stared at her, and it was like a stare contests. Everything silent, nobody moving.
"He's telling the truth." Joh finally said. Max looked at her unbelieving. Joh nodded. "I got deep in there. He's not lying." she said. Max turned back to Jeb.
"I still wont trust you." she said.
"I understand." he said.
"Max." Dr. M called. "We want you and the flock to live with us." she said suddenly.
"Don't we already do that?" Max asked. She nodded.
"Yes, but I mean, permanently. I want to adopt the whole flock." she said. Max's brows shot up.
"The whole flock?" she asked. Dr. M nodded.
"Ella and I have been talking about it a lot, and we both agreed on it. As soon as your work here is done, you'll all be a Martinez." she beamed. Max smiled, but then looked at Jeb.
"What about him?" she asked.
"Think of me as the divorced parent. I'll be around, but not quite as often." he said. Max dropped it and looked back at her mom.
"This has been exciting, but Kiki and I need to get back to our gang." Joh said. We all looked up at her, to see both of them getting up to leave. "It was nice seeing you Ms. Martinez, um, Mr. Batchelder." she said.
Now I didn't need mind reading powers to see that she was using this as an excuse. She wanted to get away. She didn't want to be part of this. But why? She and Kiki walked back into their rooms.
The Next Day: Joh's POV
Fang and Max went out to check up on the flock and gang. The rest of us were packing up and getting ready to go. But go where? Where were all of them going to go? These kids don't have a home. The more I thought about it the more stressed I felt.
As I walked down the hallway, I bumped into someone. I looked up to see Champ. I smiled up at him. He smiled back, but then he took a step away from me.
"Sorry, Joh." he said.
"No, it's my fault. I bumped into you." I said. He nodded, and then continued down the hall. Then turned back.
"Can I ask you something?" he asked. I nodded.
"What's coming next? I mean, I get that were done with the mission and stuff, but," he started to rub his neck. One of his signs of being uncomfortable.
"Your afraid of where you'll go." I said. He nodded. "To tell you the truth, I am too. I didn't think this through. All I thought about was stopping them. I didn't even think about the after affect." I said. He nodded again.
"What are we going to do?" he asked. I looked him straight in the face. It broke my heart to tell him this.
"I don't know." I said. He nodded understanding. Then he smiled up at me.
"You know, I had this thought." he said. I was already getting it. The images and words popped into my head. But I let him tell me anyways. "That after this was all over, I'd get a job." he smiled. "I would bye me a small house, and I could live there, you know?" he asked. I nodded. "Then, maybe, if it were possible," he started to blush. I couldn't help but laugh.
"I thought you weren't going to take Vinnie serious on the whole kittens thing." I said.
"Well, I never realized it before, but I think I really like her." he said. I nodded.
"I know you do." I said.
"See before, I thought of Kiki as someone who would take care of me, and help me through the tough times. Then when you came along, you were nice and trusting. I guess I got my emotions mixed up. Am I making any sense?" he asked. I nodded. I knew he never really liked me or love me. It was just a protected feeling he got from me. Now with Kiki, it was so much more.
"Champ, I'm not going to hate you if you go out with Kiki." I said. Champ blushed.
"Well, it's not like she'd say yes. I mean that kiss at HQ was just to get me to shut up. She hasn't spoken to me since then." he said. Now I didn't want to pry, but seeing him so worried over her rejection was so cute. I wanted to help him.
"It's not bad to try. A wise man once said; The loser isn't the one who tries and fails, but is the one who fails to try." I said. He looked up at me.
"Does she like me?" I asked. I shrugged.
"She's blocked me out. I don't know." I said. He sighed.
"I should go for it, right?" he asked.
"Definitely." I said. He smiled and gave me a hug.
"Thanks boss." he said. I nodded and he walked down towards his room.
"Boys," I sighed. "Can't live with them, can't live without them." I said.
"Joh!" I heard Lance call me from the lobby. "Hey Joh, come here." he said. Sighing I walked over to him.
"What is it?" I asked.
"I just got a phone call from James. He says there's something we need to see." he said.
"What?" I asked.
"He didn't say, just that I needed to get you guys over there." he said. I sighed and nodded.
"Lets go get the others." I said.
Half hour later
We pulled up into the suburbs. I had little information from Lance, seeing as he only knew the address. As the car started to slow down, I noticed that there were people surrounding a block. What was going on? I looked at the others to see them trying to get a look.
I had called Max, Lance had given her a temporary cell phone, and told her the address. They would meet us there. But they would have a hard time to find us in this crowd. Lance honked the car to get a couple people to move. That's when I saw the cameras.
"Get down!" I shouted. They all hunched down in their seats. I saw flashes, and heard Lance cussing in his head. Then the car came to a complete stop.
"We're here." Lance said. Where was here, exactly?
Suddenly my door flew open. I got ready to fight, but I saw James face. He smiled at me, and reached his hand out. I took it and he pulled me out of the car. I noticed behind him stood more body guards, who helped everyone else out of the car. I looked around to see a bunch of people surrounding us. Cheering.
"James, what is going on?" I asked. James laughed.
"Haven't you figured it out?" he asked. "There all here to welcome you." he said.
"Welcome us?" I asked. I then saw people point up towards the sky. I looked up to see seven bird kids. They circled the sky, looking for a place to land. "There's the flock." I said.
"Joh, look there's the gang!" Kiki said. I looked in her direction and saw the gang out in the crowed. I smiled at them, and they waved enthusiastically at me. Moose ran towards me, but was stopped by security.
"No! He's with me." I guy nodded and Moose ran up to me. I took him in my arms and hugged him as tightly as possible.
"Your okay!" he shouted. I smiled into his hair. Then Moose looked at Diago. "Diago!" he shouted, and Diago rubbed Moose's head. To us Moose was our baby. He was the youngest one in the gang, and we all loved him. It was like he was my own son. As weird as that sounds.
"Come on. You guys will stand up here." James said.
He lead us up to a house. It looked really nice too. It was big, like really big. We all stood on the porch, the flock joining us. They smiled at all of us, giving me a hug, saying they were glad that I was okay. It was weird. It was like they were part of my family now.
"Alright, quiet down." A calm womanly voice boomed over the crowed. I looked over to see a girl, not much older than I was, holding a mic to her mouth. "Thank you all for coming." She said.
"What is this about?" Fang asked me. I zoned into the girls mind, but she was all over the place. She was excited. Something about a home. About us, and something else. She couldn't keep still onto one topic.
"Lets welcome this magnificent group here, for doing what no other had the guts to do." The girl said. I was getting suspicious. "Now I know they're wondering what they're all doing here." She turned to me. "So let me make things more clear." she said. "Colan." She called. She motioned over the crowed and in one swoop, I saw this tarp fly over the crowed, and a sign in the front. It read;
HOUSE FOR THE GIFTED
"Our community has decided to fund you with a home." The girl said. My mouth dropped open. "We saw your interview and heard that none of you have a home. Being the community we are, we don't want any child to be left homeless. So we decided to have you stay here." she announced. The gang started murmuring their shock.
"You did this for us?" Ceecee asked, tears swelling up in her eyes. The girl nodded.
"Sense you didn't grow up in a home, we decided we would become one for you." the girl said. "This will be your home, and we are starting a program so we can get you adopted." she added.
"Adopted?" Kiki asked. The girl nodded. Kiki found it impossible for anyone to adopt us, but she like that they were offering us a home.
"Thank you." I said. "Thank you all so much." I smiled. "You are a group a very fine and generous people." I said. "I don't know how to repay you." I said.
"You already have." an elderly woman called. "You saved all other children from being experimented on. There is no thanks needed." She said.
"Let me introduce you to my Nana." The girl said. "She is the owner of this home, and she will be taking care of you." she said.
"Now don't mistake me for my age. I still can keep up with you youngins." She winked. The crowed laughed. I stepped up and hugged the old woman. She smelled of lavender, and sage. She felt motherly. She reminded me of my mom.
"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to us." I said.
"Welcome home." She said.
"Home." Moose said. "I like it." he smiled. I laughed, and took him in my arms again.
"Yeah, were home." I said.
Fang's POV
The flock was packing up their things, and getting ready to go back to Dr. M's place. I had one last thing to take care of before I go though. I walked up to the room Joh had claimed. I knocked on her door. I could hear her walk towards the door. The door swung open, and a smiled spread across her face.
"Hey." she said.
"Hey." I replied.
"Going then?" she asked. I nodded. "I hope you guys have a great time." she said. I nodded again.
"Joh, I just want to say, thank you." I said. She smiled and shook her head.
"No thank you. You were the one who did this. To set us free. This couldn' t have happened without you." she said.
"Or you, to help me through it." I said. She smiled gently.
"I'm going to miss you." she said. I couldn't hide the smile.
"Yeah, me too. You've become my sister, without me even realizing it." I said. She laughed.
"We'll still keep in touch right? Check your blog." She said. I nodded.
"Still called SuperBoss15?" I asked. She laughed and nodded.
"Yep." she said.
"We'll even visit." I said. She nodded.
"I think we'd all like that." She said. I nodded.
"Well, were going." I said. She pulled me in for a hug. I wrapped my arms around her.
"I'll see you again, boss." She said.
"Same to you, general." I said. She laughed and we pulled apart. "Supers 'till the end." I said. She nodded.
"Supers 'till the end." she said. I gave her a final smile and walked out.
Everyone was outside and saying their goodbyes. Kiki came up to me and gave me a hug. Surprised, I almost tilted over, but Joh caught my balance.
"I think I'm going to miss you most of all." Kiki said. I chuckled.
"I'll miss you too, Kiki." I said. She smiled up at me and stood next to Champ.
I gave the rest of them a hug goodbye, and walked over to Max. She smiled up at me, happy that I'd be coming home with her.
"Let's get going." she said. I smiled and nodded. We waved a final goodbye, then flew off the balcony.
As I looked down at my New York family, I couldn't help feel a little sad. I'd been through so much with them. But I knew that they could take care of themselves, and that they were in good hands. I'm going to miss them.
We'll see each other soon. You can count on it.I heard Joh's voice in my head, and for the last time, I sent her back a mental message.
I'm holding you to that. I could see her smile up at me. I waved back at all of them, and flew next to Max. She smiled at me, and looked back down at our family.
"I'm going to miss them." She said. I smiled at her.
"They'll miss you too." I said.
So with my family, the flock, I flew back to the west. Getting ready for another adventure. But it won't be as great as this one.
Well there you have it! The end! It turned out really long. Thanks to all of you who have stuck around for the whole story. I know it turned out to be a long story, but at least it was enjoyable. Please review this story for the last time. Your comments are always welcomed. Thanks again for being a fan. I love all of you! Thank you so much! And for the last time for this story;
The gang, and the flock, and BoOkWoRm are OUT!