Chapter 3: The truth

Crystal's POV

"You're crazy." Tiara said. Nad told us to meet him in his room after dinner. He said it was super important.

"I'm tellin you, that's what I heard. And I'm not crazy." Nad said, glaring at Tiara.

"There's no way possible that Iggy's our dad. He's nothing like any of us, and we don't look anything like him." I agreed with Tiara.

"I'm telling you, that's what I heard them say! Why can't you guys just trust me?" he pleaded.

"Because the last time I trusted you, you put slime in my shoes." Tiara said.

"And the last time I did, you cut the hair off my favorite doll." I said, anger growing in my voice.

"Ok, that was justified by the fact that you guys kicked me out of the living room while I was watching TV." He tried to reason.

"Yea cause we wanted to watch Real World: Cancun. That's way better than anything on Cartoon Network." Tiara said.

"You like it cause you wanna grow and be a whore…" Nad said under his breath. Now remember, Tiara's the oldest. I mean sure, she's only like a minute older than me, but she's still the oldest, and she never let's us forget it. She tries to dominate over us like she's queen. But one thing we make sure we steer clear of is her temper.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!?" she said, grabbing him by the front of his shirt. Ugh. I hate being the middle child. I always have to mediate these stupid little fight between them.

"T, calm down." I said, grabbing her free arm. "I'm sure he was just kidding. Right Nad?" please, if you ever want to live to see another day, you'll say yes.

"Yea. Jeez T, calm down." He said coolly. I let out a sigh of relief as she releasing her grip on his shirt. "You're gonna be a stripper at some trashy night club." He said laughing his ass off.

"YOU'RE DEAD!" she screamed as she punched him in the face. He fell backwards off the bed before she jumped on top of him. They started going at like wild animals. I just kinda sat there. Last time I tried to break up a fist fight between them, someone punched me, and next thing you know, we were all beeting the crap out of each other.

I sighed as I watched them fight. "Why me?" I asked, looking up at the ceiling.

Iggy's POV

"Nudge, we have a problem." I told her while the kids were eating dinner.

"What Iggy?" she asked, irritation in her voice.

"Nad knows!" I said in a hurried whisper.

"What!?" she asked, trying to keep her voice down. "What do you mean he knows?"

"He knows I'm their father. If you really wanna keep this a secret, we'd better do something about him."

"How does he know?" she started pacing back and forth, then stopped and stared at me. "You!" she accused me. "You told him, didn't you?"

"NO! I swear, I didn't tell him. He said he heard us talking last night." I said, defending myself.

"Did he say anything to the girls?"

"No. I haven't heard him say anything, but he did tell them to meet in his room after dinner."

"Ok. We'll stand by the door and listen when they talk." She said.

So here we are. We listened to the whole conversation, and the girls didn't believe him what so ever. But I did find out that he's been causing a bit of trouble for them. Well, like father, like son. We listened to the whole conversation, then we heard laughing, then we heard what sounded like punches being thrown and people rolling around on the floor.

"What are they doing?" I whispered to Nudge.

"They're fighting! Again! After I told them to quit fighting so much."

"They do this often?"

"Yea like 4 or 5 times a week!" she said. She opened the door, and ran over to them. "HEY!" she tried to pull them apart, but it wasn't going so well. "Iggy, a little help, please!?" she shouted to me.

I snapped out of my mini Trans, and ran over to help her. I pulled Tiara of him while Nudge helped Nad to his feet. He wiped some blood from his nose, and she wiped some from her lip. "What was that all about!?" Nudge yelled at them.

"He started it!" Tiara yelled, pointing at Nad.

"You hit me first!" he protested.

"I don't care who started it!" Nudge yelled, getting their attention. "You're both ground for the next week! No TV, no video games, no friends, no flying. Got it!?"

"Yes." Tiara said in a defeated tone.

"Yea." Nad said crossing his arms.

"Now what were you doing in here anyway?" she asked.

"Nad thinks that Iggy is our Dad." Crystal said like it was nothing.

"What?" I asked looking at him. Here's where all my years of lying to Max come in handy. "You think I'm your dad?"

"Yea. Isn't that what you guys said last night when you were talking?"

"No sweetie." Nudge said, rubbing his back. "Iggy's not your dad. I don't know where your dad is."

"I wish I was. I would really love to have kids like you guys." I said.

"I know you miss him. And I promise, one day, we'll find him so you can meet him."

"Promise?" He asked, hope in his eyes.

"Promise." She hugged him and held him for a minute or so. "Ok guys. Bedtime. Now." She ordered.

The girls walked out of the room with Nudge right behind them. I was walking out of the room right behind her when, "Iggy?" I turned to see Nad looking at the ground with a sad look on his face.

"Yea? What 's up pal?" I asked sitting on his bed next to him. He hopped up on the bed, and kinda leaned on my shoulder.

"Did you know my dad?"

"Yea. I knew him."

"What was he like?"

I had to think about it for a moment. "Your dad was a great guy. He was an awesome cook, he could make bombs out of virtually anything, and he really loved you're mom, and you guys."

"What happened to him? Why'd he leave?" I looked down at him. I could see the tears in his eyes.

Now this was gonna be hard. How do you explain to your 9 year old son why you left him and the rest of your family? You can't right? So how was I gonna? "Well…you see…when you were a baby, there was an accident."

"You mean when I was blinded?" he asked.

"Yea. You're mom told you about that?"

"Yea. She said that I almost completely lost my sight."

"Yea. Well the reason was that your dad was too immature at the time, and wasn't paying any attention to you when he should have. You got a hold of one of his flash bombs, and-"

"I electrified it, causing it to go off, and nearly blind myself." He said like it was nothing.

"Yea. Well your parents got into an argument about your dad being responsible, and him growing up and being more mature. But he wasn't ready to, and he blamed your mom. He said it was her fault since she wouldn't let him make them. Then he your mom was always controlling everything, and that he was sick of it. Then she told him that if he was sick of it, that he should just leave, and he decided to. She begged him to stay, but I guess he felt he need to go to protect her and you guys."

"Protect us from what?" he asked. I could hear the confusion in his voice.

"From him. I guess he felt that if he left, he could keep you safe from him, and that maybe if he could just do a little growing up, he could come back and make things right."

"But he hasn't. I don't think he wants to come back." He said, grabbing at my shirt as the tears continued to flow from his eyes.

I wrapped my arms around him, and held him tight in my arms. "I'm know he does. I bet, as soon as he knows that he can be a good dad, and that you'll all want him back, he'll be hear. But you probably don't want him back."

"No. I do." Ok, this surprised.

"You do?" I asked him.

He nodded his head up and down. "I really miss him, and I wish that he was here with us so our family was together again. I know that don't say it or show it, but sometimes I hear Crystal and Tiara talk about how much they miss him. Tiara even cries herself to sleep sometimes."

My heart hurt. I felt sick to my stomach. I knew I hurt them, but I never knew I hurt them like this. "Oh. Does your mom know?"

"No. Tiara doesn't know I know either. I just happen to hear her with my sensitive hearing."

"I see. Alright. I'm gonna make you a promise. I'm gonna find your dad, and I swear, you'll all be a family again."

"Really?" he sniffled.

"Really. Alright. I think you should get in bed before your mom finds out and kills me for keeping you up." We both laughed as he crawled under his covers.

"Night Iggy."

"Night." I said closing the door behind me. I walked down the stairs and into the living room. I was heading my "bed" as I called the couch, when I heard someone come up behind me.

"So you told him about us huh?" she asked.

"Yea. But I left my name and involvement out of it. He has no clue what so ever."

"I know I heard you. I also heard him crying."

"Yea. It's been tough on him." I said, still facing the couch. I couldn't let Nudge see my face. I could feel the tears well up in my eyes. I was crying. Wanna know why? Because I'm an ass! I left my girlfriend and my kids for ten years cause I thought I couldn't be a good dad.

"Listen, just cause you talked to him, and comforted him once, doesn't mean I forgive you. But…" she was hesitant.

"But?" I asked, trying to keep my voice normal.

"It's definitely a step in the right direction." She said, walking back up the stairs.

I laid on the couch. I wish I could tell you what really happened to me that night Nudge. But it's probably better if I don't. If I did, they would come back for you and the kids. I won't let that happen. I drifted off to sleep, thinking about everything that happened to night.

Someone's POV

"Sir?" said one of my guards.

"Yes?" I said, turning to look at him.

"We have a conformation on the houses of the first generation avian hybrids. We're ready to send the Eliminators in on your command."

"Excellent. And what about the second generation?"

"We have three living in one house, and another two living in a house not far from the first."

"Excellent. We shall go after the first three, then the last two. Once we have them we shall eliminate the first generation, and we shall take control of the second generation, thus, we shall have an unstoppable army at our disposal."

"What shall we do for now sir?"

"Keep up the surveillance. We shall strike soon." The guard saluted him, and walked away.

To Be Contined…

OOOOHHH MY GOD! Who is the mysterious new enemy? What is this true that Iggy is hiding from the family? Does it have something to do with this new enemy? What are Eliminators? What's gonna happen next chapter? Well that's fro me to know, and you to find out! Muhahaha! I'm so evil!

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-dt2009