A/N Thanks again for the reviews--heres another chapter. Please, I want to get to 13 reviews before I put up the next chapter. Again, think of how long it took me to write this versus how long it will take you to review...

Besides, it's only a request of like 4 reviews...you can do it, I believe in you xD

Some people are worried about 29...she'll come back, I promise. Just not yet. This story can't be all happy. I'm not that much of a pushover xD

Happy reading,

-Ellie

Max POV

It was only when the younger kids had gone to bed and the four of us had lapsed into stubborn silence that I finally remembered something.

Voice? I called out quietly.

Hello Maximum. We are reunited. I grimaced.

"Guys?" I said aloud. "Voice's back." Fang looked up at me with a sympathetic expression, while Iggy and Kai (no need to encourage her)remained silent.

"When? Why?" asked Fang.

"No idea." I said with a sigh.

Care to reveal why you returned? I asked.

To request you to rid members of your Flock from certain…distractions as well as destroying the last branches of Itex

The last branches?

Yes. Most of them had no money or motive to continue after the fall of Itex in Germany. A select few still remain, but like the rest with one small intrusion they will crumble.

So we blow up three more Itex's and…that's it? We're done?

There was a nail biting pause. Yes. It said finally.

I opened my mouth to let out a whoop of happiness, but the Voice cut me off.

Don't forget about the distractions that must be removed. It reminded darkly.

I sighed. Voice, we've been through this. We tried the whole Fang-and-Max-leave-each other-to-grow-stronger. It failed. Crashed and burned miserably.

It is not you who is distracted.

I let my eyes flick around the room. They fell upon stony Kae and depressed Iggy. Oh no. They had both become members of the flock. No way was one of them leaving.

Yes, Maximum. It is necessary. Experiment 29 is—

Kae I shot back at my Voice.

Fine, Fine. Kae is realizing herself she must leave. I opened my mouth to tell the others.

Tell no one, or she will be forced to stay. The three branches will grow until they are as strong as their predecessors.You must attack now. Perhaps she will return. But we can't let the branches fester, or else--

Ok, Ok, I get it.

Secretly, I doubted Kae would leave.

Objective POV

The next morning, the Flock members found letters on their packs. Some were longer than others, but nobody read them. They were each signed:

Experiment 29, who became Kae, who returned to 29.

On the front of each letter it said Thank you for all you have done.

They didn't need to see anything else.

IGGY POV

When someone finally explained the situation to me, my body went rigid.

I knew I had screwed up royally.

But she couldn't leave. No way. We needed to talk.

But if what she had felt when she found the blond and I felt anything like what I was feeling, a part of brain was whispering Maybe you deserve it.

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OBJECTIVE

They found her in a clearing, packing her bag and readying herself for a flight.

Angel screamed "No!" Kae froze.

She turned slowly, only to have Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy flinging themselves at her.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, real emotion flickering in her otherwise lifeless gray eyes.

Nudge sniffed. "Will you come back?"

She was silent.

"Please, don't leave." Angel.

"Someday, maybe." Kae said slowly.

The three kids nodded and backed away. Kae briefly embraced Max and Fang, telling them to read their letters.

Then came Iggy.

Iggy POV

Then came me. We both had been avoiding each other this whole time, but she had no choice. I blindly groped the air in front of me, until I found her face. I rested my hand on her cheek.

"Please don't go. I know you don't want to hear any excuses now, but please…I swear that she was absolutely nothing, she was kissing me, she tricked me…." My voice cracked. "I love you. " I whispered. I felt her stiffen. "No, please. I do. And I don't know how, or why, but I do. Don't leave me."

OBJECTIVE

Kae shook her head slowly.

"Iggy, let me say all I have to say first. Promise you won't interrupt?" He nodded.

She took a deep breath, preparing to say more than she ever had in her entire life.

"You may be surprised, but I'm not mad at you for kissing her." Iggy opened his moth, but closed it quickly after seeing her face. "Really, I'm not. You did what any normal teenage boy would do. You let the 98 percent human part of you take over, and that's your nature. I can hardly be angry with you for dong something like that.

"But, Iggy, I'm not like that. I do love you Iggy, I do. And maybe you like me too. But Ig, please try to see the difference: in my emotionless heart, you made me feel something so strong that it broke down all of my training. I have no other explanation for it other than love, for that's the most powerful feeling of all. But when the time comes that this infatuation you have mistaken for love fades, I won't be able to face it. I have to leave before that happens."Iggy opened his mouth, but 29 gently closed it.

"It comes down to this: I'm simply not human enough for you." With that, she sprung into the air and pumped her ink-black wings until she disappeared. The Flock was frozen where she had left them, partially shocked by how much she had said, and mostly shocked about what she had said.

When the flock recovered, they each returned to the cave and silently read their letter.

Next chapter will have the letters...get ready, maybe a few tissues too :[

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