kay so im sorry i havent posted in a while. i dont even have some lame excuse. well i couldnt think of anything to write and i got writers block and then some lovely reviewer helped me out. theres a surprising twist coming up. but im not going to tell you what it is. XD this chapter took me forever to write because one; i couldnt think of anything. two; because of that lovely reviwer helping me out and giving me ideas three; because i typed like half of it then saved it then started typing a lot more and my computer died so i lost all that i typed and i couldnt member what i origionally had so i had to start over and four; because i couldnt decide where to end this. i thought of typing more but i felt this was a good time to end. XD
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ASHLEY P.O.V.
I woke up feeling better than I thought I would. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping and there was a note on my door. Wait. What? I got up and pulled the note off the door. I slowly read it taking in every word. When did this note get here? How long has it been hanging up? I stormed out of my room in a panic and the first person I ran into was Fang. "What's wrong? What's that?" He asked pointing to the note. I gave it to him and he read it out loud. "'Mutant. We've found you and the flock and know you weakness. Your 'boyfriend' is now held in one of our many buildings as well as your brother. Don't go after them, all you will do is cause them pain.' Ashley I'm sorry." He said looking at me. "We have to go after them." I said. "They are one of the most important things in my life. We can't just let them go." I said in a panic, which caused the rest of the Flock to come see what was wrong. I noticed Angel had tears in her eyes. "Ashley how could they do that to you? Your brother was really nice and he never hurt a fly. They can't just take him like that." She said, tears sliding down her cheek. "Ashley, what's going on?" Iggy asked, concern playing on his face. "Iggy, when you left last night, was there a note on my door?" I asked him, hoping there wasn't. "No. I'm sorry. What is going on?" "ITEX is back. And they have my brother and boyfriend." I said, hardly getting it out due to the lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. "We'll get them back," Max said, with fierceness in her voice.
Two hours later we were up in the air. I had a feeling that Matt and Cameron were in California. I hope that feeling was enough. I kept getting the feeling that I was being watched, and I bet I was. "Max, I'm hungry." I heard Nudge call over the wind. I heard Max sigh and say, "There's a Mc Donald's down there. Everyone land." We all ducked into the trees behind the restaurant and walked in the door. When we got up to the counter I saw that some teenaged male was at the register. Just great. "Aren't you that singer? The one from Angel's Revenge?" He asked, pointing to me. "No, you're mistaken. Can we just order?" I asked, trying to seem calm. "I could have sworn I saw you at Epicenter last night. And he was there too." He said pointing to Fang. Damn. We're in trouble now. "Fang. Ashley. What were you doing at an over twenty one club last night?" Max demanded. "The better question is what he," I said pointing to the guy behind the counter, "was doing there? How old are you?" I asked him, trying to change the subject. "I'm eighteen. Chelsea's my cousin." "Ashley, you took Fang to a club which serves alcohol?!" Max yelled. "I guess the cat's out of the bag. Yeah I did. But I had a good reason." Max was pissed at the moment. "Which is?!" She yelled and the whole restaurant turned to look at us. "The show I had…Well this kid kind of hit it on the nail. I am the lead singer of Angel's Revenge." I said quietly so the whole restaurant won't get up and crowd us. "What?" She asked. "I'm the lead singer of Angel's Revenge!" I shouted, forgetting that we were in Mc Donald's, where people go to eat. Every head turned our way and people started running up and trying to get my autograph. Max ushered the Flock out before they could get trampled. I managed to get outside and in the woods before anybody could do any damage. "Are you serious?" Max asked, looking at me with wide eyes. "Yeah. That happens a lot. Which is why I whispered it so that wouldn't have happen. But seeing as your deaf, you had to blow my cover. Damn. I feel sorry for him. Being related to Chelsea." "Language!" Max yelled, obviously trying not to soil the younger kids' minds. "Who is Chelsea?" Nudge asked. "Let's just say, that you would find her on the corner if she was a little older." I said, hoping she didn't get the true meaning of that sentence. "Why? Is she waiting for a bus?" Angel asked, trying to play dumb, but she was reading my mind which was going over every form of 'Slut. Skank. Whore.' Imaginable. "Yeah Angel. She would be waiting for a bus." I said, winking at her. "She was all over Fang at the club last night. It was disgusting." I said, looking at Fang. "Nudge, do you think you can go inside with Iggy and get us some food? If I go in there, it would be chaotic." She nodded and waited for us to give her our order. I won't go into detail, but let's just say there was a lot of food. Three veggie burgers and four fries later, we were up in the sky on our way to saving two of the people that mean the most to me. Angel glided up beside me and started asking me questions. "Why 'Angel's Revenge'? Why did you start the band? What's your favorite song of yours? Can you play for us sometime? Is that why you have all the c.d.'s?" Dang. Nudge has worn off on her pretty well. "I chose 'Angel's Revenge' because it's ironic. Angel's are beautiful, but revenge is ugly. Plus, look at me; I have fu…reaking wings for crying out loud. I wanted it to relate to me as much as possible without giving anything away. Let's not talk about this now, it's a sore subject." I said and she frowned and flew back to her normal spot beside Nudge.
Fang soared beside me and gave me this 'what are you thinking?' look. I just looked away and kept flying. Pretty soon it started getting dark and we had to find somewhere to sleep. There was no way I was going to sleep on the ground again so we splurged for a suite in a hotel. We had to play a little mind puppet with the old lady at the front desk because she wouldn't give us a room without a parent seeing as none of us were eighteen. We were soon upstairs and in our rooms. Convenient enough this suite had three rooms and a couch. Fang, being Mr. Macho decided he should get the couch, not conveying the fact that it had a good view of mine and Max's room. Yeah that's right. Me and Max in a room together. This is the worst rooming arrangement ever. Max was in the shower so I decided to call the band's manager, Mark. After a few rings he picked up. "Hello? Mark the manager speaking." "Hey Mark, its Ashley." I said into the receiver. "Hey Ashley. How's my favorite money maker doing?" I sighed. "That's actually what I was calling you about. I don't think I can do that show next week." I said, pretty fast hoping he didn't catch on. He did. "You what?! Do you know how much went into that show?! We could be losing thousands!" He yelled into the phone. "I'm sorry. Some things came up. Actually I don't think I can do any shows for at least a month." I said. "Does this have anything to do with that guy that showed up with you at the concert last night?" He asked. Oh. My. God. He knew about Fang. "No this has nothing to do with him. Just tell everyone I have a severe case of Mono or something. Make it sound like I won't be able to sing for at least a month." He sighed into the receiver. "Fine. You owe me. Big time." "I know Mark. You're the best manager ever." I said hoping to get on his good side. "I know. You have one month to do whatever you're doing with the dark kid. Let's hope your boyfriend doesn't find out." He said. Gosh. Can't he just get over the Fang thing? "Bye Mark." I said into the receiver, trying to end the conversation. "Bye Ashley." He said and we both hung up.
As soon as I dropped my phone, I felt the hairs on the back of my neck prickle. "Stop that." I said, not turning around. Fang walked in front of me and sat down on the bed beside me. "Stop what?" He asked. "Any reason why you're eavesdropping on a private conversation?" I asked. He just shrugged and said, "Nothing to do." Ugh. He gets on my nerves so much. "Why did you tell your manager you would be gone for a month?" He asked. "I don't know what's going to happen. Something might go very wrong with this rescue mission and I just wanted to be prepared," I sighed. "I still don't see why your risking everything to go back to the place that you fought so hard to escape, to rescue someone you don't even love that much." He said. What? Hold up. "What are you talking about?" I asked. "Iggy told me." Oh. My. God. I am going to kill Iggy. "Iggy told you what exactly?" I asked as I could feel my hair starting to heat up. "Ashley chill. We don't want you to set the sprinklers off. He just told me that you were having second feelings about your boyfriend. That's all. Is there more?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at the end. "No. Not at all. Look Max is coming out of the bathroom. You should go talk to her about something. Anything." I said pushing him towards her. She gave me this weird look but I just turned around and headed out the door muttering a quick 'I'll be back' to them. I walked out of the suite and up the stairs leading to the roof. It was dark and I was sure nobody would see me if I sat on the edge of the roof. I took this chance to think about my feelings.
IGGY P.O.V.
I heard someone talking and I turned my ear toward the sound. I heard Fang and Ashley talking. Fang told Ashley I told him Ashley doesn't like her boyfriend any more. I am so going to get him for that later. The talking stopped and I heard Ashley say she'll be back. Then the door to the suite open and close. I heard her light footsteps stop at the door to the stairs that go to the roof. What could she be doing up there? I got up and tapped Gazzy on the hand three times telling him I'll be back later. I walked out of the suite and followed the path to the door to the stairs to get to the roof. Three steps forward, turn to the right, twelve steps forward, turn to the left and you're at the door. I opened it and walked up the steps and out the door leading to the roof. I heard someone turn around and ask, "Iggy?" Oh. It was Ashley. Duh. She was the only one up here. I walked over to where I heard her voice and sat down beside her. "Iggy what are you doing out here?" She asked. "I could ask you the same thing." I said, turning toward her direction. I heard her sigh then say, "Iggy, I'm not mad at you." What? She's not mad? I thought she would have ripped my head off by now. "Hey, it still might happen you never know." She said. What? Oh. Mind reading. Duh. "Why aren't you mad at me? I told Fang about Cameron. Shouldn't you be furious about it?" I asked kind of confused. "Nope. I've been thinking a lot about things up here. Just being up here gives you a better perspective on life. I don't think I think of Fang the way I said last night. I was just trying to find a way to fill the void that was in my life. I have a feeling someone else is going to come along and sweep me off my feet." She said. "It's not me is it?" I joked. "Sorry Iggy. You're not my type." She laughed. "Is it the blindness?"I asked out of curiosity. "What?! You're blind?! When did this happen?!" She joked. "Nah. I'm not a red head person." She said. "Hm. Is that what color my hair is?" I asked. I've never really seen it so I wouldn't really know. Plus the flock is kind of preoccupied most of the time to tell me. "You miss a lot don't you?" She asked, concern dripping from her voice. "Yeah. But it's not much. I'm filled in on most things. I can feel the sun coming up, but I can never see the beauty of the sunrise. I can hear children playing, but I can't see their smiles. I hear the birds, but I never see their beauty. I can hear your voice, but I don't know what you look like." I said, a tad sad. "There's not much to see here Iggy. I'm not the prettiest person in the world. Hell, I'm not even considered a person." She sighed. "Fang seems to think the opposite. He thinks you and Max are goddesses compared to all of the other girls out in the world." I said.
"He tells you a lot doesn't he?" She asked. "Yeah. He can't really talk to Max about how he feels about her and Gazzy would think it would be gross, so I'm really the only one he can talk to." I told her. "He tell you anything about me? Like things I do?" She asked. "Nope. Just about how he thinks you're amazing." I said, confused. What could she be talking about? Ashley got up and started walking toward the door to go back into the hotel. "We better go in before Max thinks I'm trying to kidnap you too." She said, with a laugh. I just shrugged and walked behind her, listening to where her footsteps fall.