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Here's chapter 4!!

You know the drill, I don't own, no Max/Fang, constructive criticism, yada….

Yup, yada is part of the drill. Deal with it.

Ok here you go.

Iggy POV-

"Are we almost there??" Nate and Nudge whined in unison.

"NO!!" Max and Matt screamed in reply. We had been flying for hours. Our destination was the School. A million questions rushed in my head. Would we be able to save Izzy? What were Twigs? Could they hurt us? Was Izzy ok? If they were testing on her….oh boy, they'd be in for a treat.

We decided to split up and get food. Splitting up would be the smart way. Eleven grungy kids waltzing into a McDonald's in the middle of the night would be a little…out of place. A lot out of place, actually.

Our flock tried the nearest Burger King, while the opposing flock got McDonalds'. The cashier gave us a strange look as Max ordered, and I quote, "4 Whoppers, no onions, (A/N Dane Cook reference) 3 things of fries, and how about 2 root beers? Scratch that. Make it three."

"Is that for the six of you?" she asked.

"No, it's for me."

"Isn't that a bit much?"

"Hey, I'm not counting the carbs. Now hand over the food."

The girl still looked suspicious, but she handed her the food nevertheless. She looked downright bewildered when the rest of us ordered our food. Especially when Angel ordered.

"Hi, can I get 3 BLT's and 3 fries? And 2 chocolate shakes please?" she asked innocently. The lady looked down at her and forced a gritty smile.

"Don't you think that's too much for a growing girl like yourself?" she asked.

"No, it isn't."

The girl suddenly looked dazed and confused. "No, I suppose it isn't. Your total is $27.42."

As we walked away, Max muttered into Angel's ear.

"Now, Angel, what did I say about controlling the minds of strangers?"

"It's rude and an invasion of privacy."

We sat down and inhaled our grease in record time. We met up with the other flock in less than 5 minutes.

"Alright, let's go," said Faith.

"Shouldn't we sleep?" Gazzy asked.

Faith glared at him. "If we want to be anywhere soon, we have to keep on going." As much as I wanted to sleep, I had to agree with her. Imagine what the whitecoats could be doing to Izzy as we soundly slept. That settled it.

"She's right; we should keep going," I said.

"I didn't ask you," Faith snapped.

"Whoa, calm down, I was agreeing with you."

"Well, we don't need your opinion."

"Why the sudden mood?"

"She's just cranky. Ignore her. We should be going now," said Matt. I nodded. We took off.

After two hours of flying and complaining, we finally reached Death Valley.

Nate shuddered. "I thought I'd never have to go back here again," he muttered. Nudge stared down at the valley and stayed deathly silent.

I had my doubts, but we had to save Izzy. She couldn't suffer. No, not on my watch.

"Well, um, let's go," said Matt, seemingly unsure of himself.

Max was the first to plunge into Death Valley. We all followed suit, with Faith and Fang bringing up the rear. Soon, the ominously white building came into view.

"There it is," I said, shaking. I could tell nobody wanted to be inside this building. I sure didn't.

The place was heavily guarded, judging by the multiple feet moving in front of the building. We needed some sort of distraction.

I voiced my thoughts.

"We need some sort of distraction," I murmured. Everyone nodded.

"I'll do it," said Faith, sounding the least bit frightened.

Before any of us could object, she took off.

"Faith!" shouted Matt worriedly.

I heard movement, then Gabby saying, "Matt, please don't follow her. She can do it on her own."

Matt sighed in defeat. "Alright. But we should hurry. You never know what they're doing to Izzy right now."

"Eh! What's that, Bill?" called a guard.

"I dunno…. Some sort o' bird…" came a reply.

I heard shuffling footsteps, then silence. It couldn't be this easy…

Nonetheless, Max pushed us one by one toward the School.

"Go, go, go!" she hissed.

I pulled out my lock-picking device as we ran. When we approached the door, Max let me through first to get to the lock. I shoved in the hairpins and moved them around until I heard the satisfying "click". I grinned and shoved the door open.

"Get in!" I whispered. They all ran in , and I jumped in last, carefully shutting the door behind me.

"We're in a completely white hallway," Gazzy described for me. I wrinkled my nose at the smell wafting through the air. It was the antiseptics.

We stepped quietly through the hallway and into a room with a loud echo.

"Where are we?" I whispered.

"Oh… my…God…" said Matt quietly.

"What? What is it?" I demanded.

"It's the hugest room I've ever seen… but why?" muttered Angel.

I was confused. What was a huge room doing in the School? What did they need done that would require a large and empty room?

Suddenly, Max screamed, sounding muffled.

"Max!" cried Angel. She too, sounded muffled.

"What's going on?!" I cried, barely able to stand my blindness.

"Game over, kid," said a deep and rasping voice. Tape was splayed across my mouth and a bag was shoved over my head. How could I not hear them coming, whoever them was?

We were brought to another room and slammed onto the floor.

"Hey! Who are you?" I shouted at them.

Before the door shut, I heard a faint voice call out, "Iggy?"

My heart nearly stopped. It was Izzy.

Sorry for the cliffie…

Also sorry for never posting…

Oh well.

Bye.

~dasi