Hmmm... Where to begin.

Winners of the challenge: (All recieve sweet of their choice)

Set.Me.Free.123: I agree, I never really thought about it until I read a story and I constantly think about who I see.

totalyharry99: Wow, a lot of people are really close to you. And that's cool! Sometimes I see a lot of people, sometimes I don't, that just means that my heart's still wavering.

SamanthaFantasyFan: It's ok if you don't know who you see. Sometimes I'm not even sure.

Filmmakersdream: You got it on the money. Thank you and I think that's pretty cool. The second I read your review I closed my eyes and saw my grandpa, I haven't seen him in Ten years.

Yascarocks: Thanks for your review! Yeah, I think they went past 200 by now. At anycase, it makes sense, when you close your eyes you don't see anything, it may turn a little red if you face the light but that's ok. It can be taken in a literal sense and also you took the challange seriously so, thanks.

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Chapter 3:

What Do You See?


I rushed to Iggy's side and saw him holding his head. "Iggy." I said softly. He slowly let his hands drop to his sides as I knelt beside him. "You alright?" I asked.

"Who decided to drop a ton of boulders on me?" Iggy groaned. I smiled to myself. That was Iggy for you. "Can you help me sit?" He asked I nodded and propped him against the cave wall.

"Iggy…" I began, how should I put this? It's a weird thing to be asking. He looked in my direction. "What do you see when you wake up in the morning?" Iggy looked surprised.

"Why? What do you see?" Iggy replied. I knew it; I had said something out of place. But I wanted to know, I really wanted to.

"I see you most of the time because you're the one who usually wakes me up for the next watch. But other times I see light of a new day." I told Iggy.

"I see you." Iggy replied. I looked at him in wonder. I was surprised to say the least. He continued, "Every morning that I woke up at the School I would always see your face. And even though I can't see now, I still see you."

"Oh." I looked away for a moment. Fang glanced at me. Did he hear what Iggy and me were talking about? "You're feeling better right?" I asked Iggy. He nodded towards me. Of course he would be fine. He healed faster than all of us.

"My watch is soon." Iggy said after a while.

"I'm not going to let you do second watch Iggy. It's dangerous, you're in no shape to be doing anything."

"Then watch with me. That way I won't be in so much danger."

"Fine." I said numbly. My heart was racing. Iggy was awake and he was safe and whole. And he saw me…

"I don't think any of us will sleep tonight." I whispered hours later as Fang went inside the cave and I went to sit outside with Iggy.

"You mean Fang and us? I doubt it. Angel and the rest are sound asleep."

"Yeah. We should just pull an all nighter, ask Fang to join us if he can't sleep." I nodded. I closed my eyes and listened to the world around me. "That's an owl, isn't it?" I asked after a few minutes trying to figure out a sound.

"Thirty feet below and twelve yards west? Yeah." Iggy replied. Things were so different when you can only listen. "What are you doing?" Iggy asked moments later. I had taken one of his hands and was examining it.

I pressed my hand against his, palm-to-palm, finger-to-finger. Iggy's were large and square, his fingers towering over my own. Beneath my fingertips his skin felt so calloused as if he had done a large load of work with his hands. "Nothing." I replied.

"It's something." Iggy frowned at me. He moved his hand slightly and captured mine, squeezing it lightly. "You never do that unless you have something on your mind, a serious bugger." I let out a sigh.

How could I tell him how I felt? I felt scared to tell him. One of the scariest things I couldn't handle.

"Hey Fang, you're not sleeping join us." Iggy's voice snapped me out of my reverie. He had let go of my hand. How long had I been silent? Fang sat next to me, taking my other hand and squeezing it. I looked up at Fang. His eyes were darker than usual and yet… was there a hint of surprise in them?

"We're pulling an all nighter." I told Fang, I smiled at him. He nodded slightly in return. "You sure you don't need your beauty sleep?" I smirked at him.

"I could say the same about you." Fang gave me a half smirk. Oooh, I could sucker punch him right now. But I'm not. I don't want to injure my boyfriend. Wow, that's weird to say.

"You know," Iggy said, I noticed the slight disgust on his face, "if you're gonna make out, go somewhere else, somewhere I can't hear you."

"We're not going to make out." I shot Iggy a glare, knowing he couldn't see it. I sat quietly, leaning my head on Fang's shoulder, I was getting tired. I closed my eyes and listened. Flaps of wings in the distance, bats perhaps. A small scuttle must be a bug. I yawned tiredly in the middle of our all nighter.

"Tired?" Fang asked, looking down at me. I shook my head, sitting up straight.

"Listening." I replied, my voice soft as I heard a rock fall off a cliff as I spoke. More crumbling of rocks. I furrowed my brows in concentration. "Either there's goats in the area or there's a wolf."

"Goat." Iggy replied. "I can hear its hooves." I nodded, Fang looked confused. I tapped my ear quietly. He nodded in understandment.

I watched the stars, squeezing the hands of my two best friends every now and then. It kind of felt like an awkward silence between us but I wasn't going to interrupt it. Not this time.

The sun rose quietly, we were in my shift now. "Max?" Nudge yawned walking towards the lip of the cave, rubbing one of her eyes.

"Yes?" I asked, looking up at the twelve year old. Iggy had nodded off just before the sunrise and Fang was trying to stay awake, let me tell you, he's not succeeding. I'm really the only one awake enough to deal with anything right now.

"I'm hungry." Typical Nudge. I nodded, my hands making motions to shoo her back inside the cave. I stood up, stretching my stiff body, letting out a tired yawn. I haven't slept in ages, as in like two days or something; I must be running on adrenaline or caffeine, lots and lots of caffeine. I walked into the cave, pulling out a few boxes of pop tarts for everyone to munch on before heading back out to wake up Fnick and Figgy.

"Wake up lazy bums." I shook the two awake slowly. "We gotta get moving unless you want Erasers to get to us again." Fang suddenly looked awake and ready to fight. I held my laugh and kissed his cheek. "Make sure Gazzy doesn't eat all the food." I told him before setting myself to wake up Iggy.

You know, for a blind guy with super hearing you would think he would notice if someone was almost yelling in his ear while he's sleeping. Apparently not. "Iggy!" I shoved him, causing him to fall and hit the rock floor he was sitting on. He sat up, holding his head, scowling.

"What?" Iggy scowled at me.

"Time for breakfast Figgy. Hurry up before it's all gone. When you finish me and Nudge have to dress your wounds again." Iggy nodded, standing slowly, his fingers tracing the rock wall as he walked into the cave.

I sat down, my stomach feeling anything but hungry, and closed my eyes. An Image of Fang came to mind and I smiled softly. Then memories of the School came up and I felt sick. My eyes snapped open, the smell of anesthetics overwhelming still.

The feeling of bile rising in my throat. Not good. I closed my eyes once more, trying to calm myself for the most part. It worked, sort of. My mind was taken off of School but the bile continued to rise, the smell wouldn't leave.

"Lets go." I ordered almost an hour later. Iggy's wounds were almost nonexistent but there were still some that were still bandaged. We flew from the cave, landing in Seattle almost two hours later. Iggy seemed to be holding well along with Fang, though I could have sworn Fang nodding off while flying and that's near impossible!

"This looks good." Fang said tiredly. A recently closed coffee shop. Two floors, spiffy. The place looked cleaned out except for the blinds that covered the glass windows. I nodded as Iggy unlocked the back door to let us in. There were a few chairs and counters for the orders. I wonder if this coffee shop was bought out by that Starbucks place.

"Lets crash." Iggy yawned.

"Yeah. Fang, Iggy, Nudge and Total. Stay here. Nudge I need you to watch Iggy if something happens to him. Fang get some rest along with you Iggy. And Total, be fierce to intruders." I directed to four of my flock. "Gazzy and Angel, lets scope out this place to see if we can find some food and maybe a place to buy new clothes." I looked around. Everyone's clothes were almost covered with dirt. We've been in the woods WAY too long.

Did you know there's a place in Seattle called Pikes market? They sell almost EVERYTHING there. Angel wanted this little crown, I bought it, I couldn't help it, it looked cute on her. We bought fruits and some warm food. It looks good to say the least. There's a place called Pirates Plunder, Gazzy liked it and I did too. I'm sure Iggy and Fang would like it. We could buy a few shirts from there I guess.

We returned to the abandoned coffee shop almost three hours later… we got a little sidetracked by all the stuff… whoops. Nudge had pulled out the sleeping bags and made this coffee shop look like home, well the upstairs anyway. The bottom was just like it was when we first saw it. An easier get away from the second floor. Good Nudge, she already found our best escape routes.

Fang was out like a light. I guess all nighters are not for him. And Iggy, Iggy was lying next to the window, his eyes looking blankly out the glass windows that was more of a glass wall.

"Fang?" I asked as Fang woke up to take first watch. He glanced at me in question. We were sitting by a door that led outside. "What do you see when you close you eyes?"

"Nothing, black. Why?" Fang's gaze flicked away from me for a moment to see a bug swoop close to him. Why did Fang have to take things so literal?

"Mmmm, nothing." I replied. Should I tell him that I saw him? No, too sappy romantic. Me and Fang, we're not like that, those hopeless romantic movie type things.

And Iggy… what did he see when he closed his eyes? I mean now that they're always closed. Did that make any sense again? Did he see me like when he woke up or what?

What did he see? And what did Fang actually see?


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Oh yeah, time for a new challenge. What do you think I should name the next Chapter?
It's a tough one you know. Cuz I haven't even written the 4th chapter. (Bad Nightwing, Bad) I'm going to base the chapter off of it's title so choose a good one (btw, please have title, sight related, much thanks) Yeah, I know. I'm such a bad person. I wrote all the chapters except for the 4th. I know what events are supposed to happen there but I don't know what to write T.T. And, just to let you know, the next Chapter's in Iggy's POV.

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