Chapter 3

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A/N: Everyone, thank you so much for the reviews. And thank you Lady Inari for the title, I really like it. Please keep reviewing, guys and uh, I don't really know how long this story's going to be, because I have absolutely no idea how this is going to end. So, don't be expecting an ending anytime soon. But if you have any ideas, please tell me! Okay, here's the next chap.

Well I wasn't expecting that response.

"What?" A few hours ago I had thought that Fang's only family was the flock, but now he had two blood-related siblings? That couldn't be true.

"What, what?" Iggy turned his head towards me. I decided to tell him about Fang and Demon, and...Pity. Iggy's face was crossed between shock and rage.

"WHAT!" Iggy shouted. "You find Fang's brother, and you just decide to tell me now?" He punched the side of his cage. Now Demon looked shocked.

"...Fang?" Oops. I had forgotten to tell Demon that I knew his brother that he had never met before. I slid my gaze towards him.

"Uh, yeah. He's another mutant who is in our fl-...family. He escaped from the erasers." I said cautiously.

"...My...brother?" Demon looked almost close to tears. I didn't know him very well, so I didn't know if he cried a lot. Pity was crying silently too.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, I guess I just kind of, well, forgot..."

" What about me? You don't even bother to tell me that my best friend has a brother!" Iggy exploded, still furious.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay? Everybody. I'm sorry." I said, trying to choke back my own tears.

"Seriously, sometimes I just can't believe you!" Iggy shouted of rage.

"Iggy, I said I was sorry, ok? Just leave me alone." Tears streamed down my cheeks. I had been crying a lot lately and frankly, I hated it. Angel looked at me sympathetically.

"It's okay, Max." She said in her little voice. "It's okay to cry." I thought about what she said, and decided that it was not ok to cry. I was the leader, I couldn't go around crying, I was supposed to be the strong one.

"No, Max. You don't have to be strong all the time. You should be able to cry sometimes too."Gosh Angel, stop reading my mind! She looked back at me sadly, but nodded.

"Max, I'm sorry." I heard Iggy's soft voice behind me. Only, Iggy was in front of me, glaring with his arms crossed. I turned around to see the Gasman pretending to be asleep.

"Nice try, Gazzy." I said. "But please don't go around doing that."

"I was just trying to make things better." He said softly. Things did need to be better around here. I looked around at my mutant friends. Angel was staring at the floor, looking a tad depressed. The Gasman was sobbing, letting out little sniffles every once in a while. Pity was crying softly, glancing at Demon every so often. Iggy, of course, was still glaring at me furiously. Demon looked, well, kind of out of it. He was just sitting there, staring into space. It was kinda scary, actually. And Nudge...Nudge looked just as happy as ever, but I knew it was fake. There was pain and sadness in her eyes. She had been like this the whole time we had been at the school. I knew she was worried about Fang; we all were. Nudge really cared about Fang, though. Kinda like I do. I wished that Fang would come back, then Nudge would be happy. Everyone would be happy. Fang, where are you?