AN: Two words: sad face.

Fang: … you fail. At life.

Me: Yes, Fangy-poo. I am aware.

Fang: You deserve to be dipped in radioactive lava.

Me: Don't even get me started.

Fang: Then you shall drown in it… a slow painful death…

Me: I get it-

Fang: Then die. AND THEN, someone will resurrect you, and kill you again, and again-

Me: I KNOW

Fang: only to be maimed one last time, and be in pain for the rest of your life…

Me: I KNOW! OKAY! I GET IT!

Fang: …Jeez, someone's PMSing…

Me: SHU—how do you know what that means…?

Fang: IGGY DIDN'T SHOW ME GIRL MAGAZINES!

Me: … I see. Well, here's the chapter, after about 3 millennia.

Fang: … *awkward smile*

Me: First off… are you SURE you're not emo…?

Fang: FOR THE LAST TIME! NO!

Me: are you sure bec-

Max: I'm starting the chapter without you guys…

Chapter 37

Iggy (Real) POV

Ugh, where am I? Being blind really sucks at times. I sat up slowly, touching the walls of my surroundings. There seemed to be like… mini-pillars surrounding the wall-

No. I can't be here. That's when the smell of antiseptic hit me like a tidal wave. Why would they want me at the School. Of ALL members of the flock… why me? I would understand if they wanted Max, obviously, Angel, weird powers, or even Fang! Why the blind, weak mutant?

"Ugghhh…" I heard someone groan beside me.

"… Who is that…?" I asked cautiously.

"… Iggy? IGGY!" Gazzy yelled, Gazzy! Gazzy's here too! Yes!- Crap. He was captured too.

I heard Gazzy's body bang against the cage; the kid really needs to think before he acts.

"Oof!" He yelled in surprise and I heard a thud as he fell back to the floor of the cage.

"Ugh, could you guys like, shut up please? I need my beauty sleep-"

"NUDGE!" I yelled, I was so happy to hear her voice again. Touch her soft skin again. See her face again. By 'see' I mean picture her face in my head… but it's pretty accurate to what she looks like considering I touched her face a thousand times.

"Wha- IGGY!" She too then slammed her body against the cage. Either they were both really excited to see me or they're both just idiots. Eh, I love them anyway.

"I can't believe you're here Iggy! How long have you been here? Oh I missed you so much!" She practically screamed. That's Nudge for you.

"Not long I guess, I just woke up." I replied, yawning towards the end.

There was a few seconds of comfortable silence, normally I would freak, I like silence but with a little noise, so I know, or at least have an idea of what everyone's doing. But it was nice just being in each others presence once again.

"Wait…" Gazzy started and I could literally feel the confusion radiating off his body, "you were the one who knocked us out…" He finished.

Um, what? "…What…?" I asked confusedly. You would be too in my position. I looked towards Nudge for some support, or where she generally was.

"… You were the one who knocked us out." She stated with a shaky voice.

"I think that if I did that… I would remember…"

"Well! That's what we saw. You were acting weird the whole day! It was really strange, everyone noticed too. We just thought you were sick or whatever. But still! Why would you do th- " Nudge said in one breath.

"NUDGE! It wasn't me! I remember, before something conked me out, they said something about a decoy." I said.

"… They made more clones of us…" Gazzy realized.

"By 'they' do you mean us?" a low voice sad. We all slowly turned around.

Max POV

"Ready flock!" I yelled to everyone else. We were just flying peacefully, tra-la-la-la-la and crap, and why must they always, always, do this just when I'm thinking about important stuff, just seriously. We're people too. At least 98%, but come on, 2%? Big deal. Well, it actually is a big deal considering without it we wouldn't have wings-

A flyboy punched me straight in the face, I'm just lucky my nose didn't break on that one.

Looking back on it, I just completely pulled a Nudge, now that my friend, or random reader, is a scary thought. Very scary.

"You okay?" I heard Fang call, I looked over, fighting off about 3 flyboys and worrying about me, how sweet-

The damn thing kicked me! Freaking imbecile…

I kicked in back, hard, right on the spine, he dropped out of the sky immediately. That's right sucker, you do not mess with Maximum Ride. No sir.

Suddenly, about 6 were on me, all attacking at once, "FANG!" I yelled. I'll be honest, 6 flyboys were just too many, and unless you want the main character to die, I suggest you tell no one.

They all formed a circle around me, repeating gibberish in their stupid monotone voice no one could understand.

"We must get the little one first-" little one… Angel?

"But what about the other one-" Other one… Iggy? Fang maybe?

"Not yet." Well that one was self explanatory.

Suddenly the one I was facing's head flew off, I caught it, (damn reflexes) and dropped it immediately. It was dripping in this sticky, goo stuff. Let's just leave it as: It was really gross.

I looked back up and saw that Fang was actually the one who punched his head off. Intense.

Before I even realized it, the fight was over the remaining flyboys were flapping their fail of wings away.

I looked over at Fang to see his forehead gleaming in sweat, one scratch on his arm, no biggie.

"Report!" I yelled.

"I'm fine! But one messed up my nose a little bit." Angel piped up.

"Just a scratch, literally." Fang said in his usual "I'm bored and too cool for this" tone.

"Just a scratch, literally." Nudge, Gazzy, and Iggy all said at once.

I think we can all agree when I say, "… O-kay…"

"…O-kay…" They all repeated again. I sent a look at Fang saying, "What the hell?" He sent one right back.

Max… all their brains are like… hay-wire is the only way to put it. It's like they have double personalities, hence the repeating, it's really weird though… Angel told me telepathically.

It's times like this where I wish Jeb was still alive and my Voice was still here.

But dear Maximum, I am here.

AN: In case you haven't realized, I'm making the Voice like this. So yeah, Not one of my best chapters, but I think I like it.

Fang: it's better than no chapter at all. *glares*

Me: listen dude, I already feel bad enough.

Fang: Obviously not, you didn't update.

Max: This is obviously going to get ugly… so review… for the love of God…