I groaned. My eyes opened slowly, memories flooding back. I instantly sat up, staring at the Flock. "Where's Max?" I noticed she wasn't there.

No one answered. They were all looking depressed. Oh, God, no, don't tell me…

"Where's Max?" I demanded, harsher.

"She's in Emergency Care." Nudge whispered, wiping away a tear.

"What? Why?"

"She had glass cut into her back, blood loss, it almost cut her spine." Dr. M informed me, holding Johnny.

"What about…Mandy?" I asked hesitant.

"She's fine; safe. She's in with Max- she wouldn't let her go." Jeb told me, coming over. "That thing…," he sighed, running a hand through his hair which now started to have gray in it. "Mandy sort of created it."

I did a double take. "What?" I tried to sit up but he stopped me.

"You have glass in your back too. You're not supposed to move until the stitches dissolve. The doctor said three days."

"An hour?"

"Yep. A doctor…tried to steal Mandy because he saw that she had wings. He thought that he could sell her to the government. Angel hunted him down and beat the shit out of him." Jeb chuckled, proud of her. "Mandy woke up, freaked out because she didn't know who was trying to take her, and distorted the image of the person. She created it into a Fear. Word of advise: don't let her have nightmares, they'll come to life. Anyway, Mandy was freaking out- bear in mind, Angel just read what was going on- and she didn't want anyone to deal with it, it was her problem. She didn't mean to hurt you and Max…it was all an accident. That's one powerful kid." Jeb smiled at me.

"Wait, Mandy created that…thing?"

"Just the appearance. And, Fang," he hesitated. "I could do what I did for you and Max…when you two were babies-"

"No." I answered immediately. "No, you're not testing on her. How could you even think-"

"Not that." He interrupted my rant. "There's a reason Max was chosen to save the world, you helping, being second-in-command. When you guys were babies, you had your powers just like Mandy. Angel, Gazzy, Nudge, Iggy…none of them did. They weren't as powerful as you guys."

"Hey!" Iggy protested, crossing his arms.

"Anyway," Jeb ignored him, although he did smile a bit. "You could teleport and Max had her telekinetic power. You two were such a handful. You would teleport to her…cage, and she would open the locks and pull clipboards away from us. I was afraid you guys were going to get hurt or they were going to kill you two with over-exertion. So, I hid away your powers. I could do that with Mandy so, when she's ready, they'll come back and she'll be ready. And you won't have to worry about her getting hurt every ten seconds." He sat in the chair next to my bed, suddenly exhausted. "But if you don't want me to-"

The door opened and in walked a doctor pulling a gurney with Max resting on it and Mandy resting on her. Another doctor was pushing it. They put her bed right next to mine, like a combined bed. She smiled at me.

~!!~

"Hey," I murmured to Fang.

He smoothed my hair away from my face and pet Mandy's head softly. "Hey," He was just as quiet. "About that monster-thing-"

"I know." I closed my eyes and sighed. "I can see the future remember?" I chuckled. "And I think we can handle Mandy ourselves without diminishing her gifts." I stared intently at Jeb.

"It was a suggestion, I won't do anything." He assured me. I nodded, careful not to hurt myself.

"Well, wasn't today fun?" I joked, sarcastic, rolling my eyes.

Fang chuckled and laid down so we were right next to one another. He picked Mandy up off me and set her on his chest, bouncing her occasionally. He had a smile on his lips and that made me smile.

"I told you, you would love her as much as I do." I rubbed in.

"But thank God the pregnancy is over, right? I couldn't handle having to do everything myself." He just stared at me, no one else in the room existed except Fang, me, and Mandy.

I felt hands tugging at my arm and I turned to look; Johnny was trying to get up onto the bed. I chuckled quietly and lifted him up with my power. He cuddled up to me.

"You scared us." He said in his baby voice.

I nodded and sighed. "I know; and I'm sorry," I turned toward my parents. "I'm sorry, you guys."

"As long as you're alive, Max, we couldn't be happier." Mom sat next to my bed and pat my hand.

Fang leaned over and kissed my forehead. I looked at him. "Johnny, come over here," I instructed softly, not taking my eyes off Fang until Johnny was sitting in between us. "You see that little baby Fang-y has?" he nodded. "She's your niece."

His eyes went wide. "Won't that be awkerd?"

"How so?" Johnny was smart, he just slurred over his words.

"I'm free yearz older than her- it'll be weer-ed."

"At least you aren't younger." I added.

"Troo vat." He joked, smiling, holes where he had lost some teeth.

I looked at Fang as Johnny was picked up by Mom. I put a hand on his cheek. "As soon as we're better, we're going home."

He nodded and a doctor walked in. We glared at him, Fang putting Mandy in between us protectively.

The doctor looked confused. "I'm here to check your charts." He slowly made his way to the clipboard.

Unfortunately, the clipboard wasn't unhooking from the bed, so he shook at it, grinding his teeth in anger. Mandy was watching him and she got scared.

I looked at Fang the same time he did me; our eyes were wide as in "uh-oh…"

Mandy cried and, as predicted, all Hell broke loose.