There are two great things about this chapter: 1) It's my longest chapter EVER!! 1,421 words!! 2) Kate returns!! DUM DUM DUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM!!

NOTE: This chapter contains confusement, rhetorical questions, Kiggyness(yay!), and five dollar bills.

Chapter Four: Memories, Unconsciousness and Rhetorical Questions

I was up first the next morning, anxious to get out of here and to New York as fast as my wings would carry me. I knew that Max wouldn't help me by using her super speed unless Angel made her, but then Angel and I would get in trouble and I didn't want that. We ate whatever was left of our food in mid-air, thanks to my constant begging to get to New York ASAP.

"Iggy," Max said flying up beside me, "I know you want to save Kate and all, but I just want you to know that, it's not going to be easy."

"As if anything in our lives ever is," I muttered to myself.

"Anyway, I want to you know that the only reason we didn't go right after Kate to get her back for you was because we all cared about you and didn't want your heart broken again. I don't think that we are going to be able to get her back without breaking your heart again, Iggy. You understand?" Max asked.

"Yeah, I understand," I said, smiling weakly. The rest of the trip was silent, except for Nudge's constant talking which none of us bothered to stop. We landed in a forest not far from a house, ignoring Nudge's complaints about, you guessed it, how hungry she was.

"This is where we were when we first met Kate," Fang whispered in my ear.

"Déjà vu," I muttered and Fang chuckled. Yes, Fang actually chuckled. "Now what?""If she discovered us here landing as silently as possible the first time, she can do it again. We can only hope she was in the same spot as she was last time," Max explained. Then I heard the shutting of a door and footsteps that grew louder every moment. Max grabbed my shoulder and turned me around, forcing me to look away. I knew she was doing it for my own sake and to make getting Kate's memory back easier, or at least she hoped. I listened as the crackling of leaves slowed as Kate approached with caution.

When Max wasn't looking at me, I looked over my shoulder. Katie was trying to hide behind a tree and watch us; it obviously wasn't working very well. I saw so many things in her eyes: fear, confused, wonder, and a strange remembrance. I didn't have an idea where she would remember us from, maybe her memories had made their way into Kate's dreams or something. Then Max got up from the log she was sitting on and walked over to Kate. I followed Max and stood next to her; Fang followed, standing on Max's other side.

"Do you happen to remember us in anyway?" Max asked. Kate was silent for a moment.

"Yeah, he pushed me off a cliff, in my dreams," Kate said, looking at Fang, "and every time I woke up, I woke up feeling like I was going to be okay." I resisted the urge to tell her that she ended up okay and tell her everything that happened before her memory was taken away, in an attempt to get her to remember me. "Him too," Kate began, looking at me, "I remember him. I don't know why, but every time I saw him in my dreams, everything felt right. I remember kissing him once in my dreams." Kate rolled her shoulders before looking at Max again. I stepped forward, only to be stopped by Max. I heard a low growl, only to realize it came from me.

"What about Joe? Ever had any crazy dreams about him?" Max asked.

"Yeah, once, I dreamed that Joe turned into this half-wolf, half-human thing and that he told me he didn't love me, he only went out with me to gain my trust. I woke up after that," Kate said, not looking at anyone. It was obvious she didn't like talking about. I wanted to hold her in my arms when I saw the expression on her face, but again I was held back by, not Max, but Fang. "Why are you asking me this stuff anyway? And why are in the middle of a forest? Don't you guys have families or something?" Kate asked.

"Because all of your dreams are things that actually happened," I muttered to myself. Max and Fang turned to glare at me and then turned back to Kate.



"Look," Max said putting a hand on Kate's shoulder, "we're not here to hurt you, but to talk with you. We're like you, lighter than everyone else, faster than everyone else; we're outcasts, runaways, what ever you want to call it."

"Max, we're never going to get her memory back at this rate! Just explain it to her!" I hissed under my breath.

"Yeah, if we try that, she'll think we're all insane and we'll never see her again!" Fang hissed back.

"Well, does it look like not telling her is working?!" I spat back. Then Fang tapped Max's shoulder and whispered in her ear something I couldn't hear.

"I'll be right back," Max said facing Kate. She and Fang walked about thirty feet away from us and then started talking with their backs turned. I started to walk over to them.

No, Iggy. Max wants you to stay over there, Angel said in my head. She sounded really happy for some reason.

Okay, Angel. Why are you so happy anyway? I asked.

I'm about to win a bet with Nudge, Angel thought to me. I rolled my eyes and then realized something. Max and Fang had left me and Kate, alone. Damn, I normally hate being set up, but today I didn't mind.

"So," Kate said breaking the long awkward silence that lasted forever.

"You said I kissed you in your dreams?" I asked, not thinking about what I was saying, just winging it (pun intended).

"Yeah, in my dream, it was like we were meant to be together or something, but it's just a dream-"

I never let her finish her sentence because I just couldn't take it anymore. Before she could do anything to stop me, I had her in my arms and connected her lips with mine. I felt her try to break out of my grip, but then nothing. We broke apart after what felt like eternity.

"Iggy?" Kate asked me. I nodded and tears came to her eyes. "Oh my god, Iggy, I'm so sorry," she said. I pulled her into a tighter hug and stroked her hair as she cried into my shirt.

"It's ok, Kate, everything's going to be okay now," I muttered.

"Ha! I knew it! You owe me five bucks!" Nudge shouted. Kate jumped back in surprise but only laughed when Nudge, Angel and Gazzy climbed out of a near by bush. I chuckled as Angel grumbled and placed a five dollar bill into Nudge's awaiting hand.

"What was the point in that anyway?" Gazzy asked.

"I don't know, but it sure was fun!" Nudge said, placing her money in her pocket.

"For you it was," Angel muttered. By then Max and Fang had walked back over to join us.

"It's great to have you back, Kate. It's also great to see Iggy being himself again," Max said placing a hand on Kate's shoulder and glancing at me for a moment. The next thing I knew, we were all in some huge family hug thing, well except for Fang. I noticed Max staring out into space, as if listening to something.

"Max?" I asked waving a hand in front of her face.

"Voice saying stuff," she whispered. "I think it's important this time." After a couple nods of understanding, she looked over at Kate. "5…4…3…2…1," she said. At one, Kate passed out like she had been hit over the head with a shovel.

"What the hell?!" I shouted.

"The Voice did it," Max explained. I looked at her questioningly. "Would you rather have her conscious while she gets her wings back and in a lot of pain or unconscious and not in pain?" she asked me. I nodded in agreement, knowing it was a rhetorical question.