Hey Guys! I hope that you are enjoying my story! I have included Nudges and Iggy's pov's so you can see it in a new perspective. I am sorry if they are out of character, but keep in mind that they are very sad and depressed in the story. Nudges POV will explain it. Anyway, Enjoy!

NUDGE POV:

After Angel and I cried for a while, I told her that we should go downstairs for breakfast, no matter how much we didn't want to leave our beds. She had agreed with me.

So, hand in hand, we walked silently down the hall.

It seemed that everyone was already in the kitchen having breakfast. Although Dr. Martinez wasn't there, I figured that she was at work.

Fang, Gazzy and Ella were positioned in different places around the table while Iggy was at the stove scrambling eggs. There was already bacon on the table and the flock and Ella were eating quietly. No one was talking, it was completely silent and I knew exactly why.

Angel and I sat down at our seats, and began to eat. I hadn't been my-talkative-self lately, just because I can't think of anything to say. I know, I know, Nudge speechless? It sounds so unbelievable, but it is true. I just don't feel like talking anymore.

But, I am not the only one that has changed. Fang has been catatonic for the past week and a half, not talking to anyone. When he was in the room he would sometimes become the same colour as his surroundings and stay that way for hours, causing him to go missing. And if you try to talk to him, which I have, he acts as if you are not there. It is kinda scary seeing one of your family members acting that way.

Iggy always seemed so distant, like he was thinking really hard about something. Although he wasn't as bad as Fang, 'cause he will actually answer back if you talk to him. He also never seemed to be watching, oops, let me rephrase that, paying attention to where he was going. I have lost count at how many times he has bumped into things and then started swearing under his breath. I know he's blind and all, but he is usually really good at manoeuvring around objects, but not lately.

I sometimes had heard Gazzy crying in the night, and Iggy trying to comfort him. He and Iggy hadn't blown anything up in ages and haven't been up to anything lately, as far as I knew anyway.

Angel is usually pretty quiet. She spends a lot of time in her room playing with Celeste and Total and I think that she reads our minds too when she gets bored.

Ella and Dr. Martinez had been really distraught when we had told them what had happened. Ella has been a lot like me, as in not talking much, but we would often have random conversations with Angel in our spare time.

Total came trotting down the hall and popped up onto the chair in between Fang and I. I placed 4 pieces of bacon on his place and he scoffed them down gratefully.

Iggy then put a huge plate of eggs on the table and sat down. We all put a few eggs on our plate and continued to eat in silence.

This lasted for a few minutes before Iggy spoke up.

"Did you have a good sleep?" He mumbled, without bothering to look in our direction.

"Yeah," I answered with a small almost unnoticeable sigh. Well, I guessed that it wasn't that unnoticeable to Iggy anyway.

"Not good then?" He asked, looking in our direction this time. At least we were making progress.

"Couldn't sleep," I mumbled as I took another few strips of bacon and dropped them onto my plate.

"Join the club," said Gaz dropping his head into his hands and rubbing his face. Angel rubbed his back between his wings and he seemed to relax his shoulders.

"Yeah...." said Ella quietly.

"Hmm," Iggy agreed. He seemed to get that far-away look again and the room became quiet once more.

That was what our conversations consisted of now days. It was never much more than that, but I knew that things would look up eventually.

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IGGY POV

After I made breakfast I tried to start a conversation. This.......was really short-lived. I think that I was getting sick of the constant silence that always filled the house! Fang is so freaking quiet sometimes that I lose track of him and no matter how hard I listen I can't seem to pinpoint his location. You have no freaking idea how frustrating that is!

I would hear the occasional conversation from the girls and Gazzy would say the occasional thing to me every now and then, but apart from that there was not a sound in the whole house!

I have also had enough of how unhappy everyone is all the time. I miss hearing laughter and I miss being able to laugh as well. It is one of those things that I think I have almost forgotten how to do......

After we finished breakfast the flock left the table to do their usual things, leaving me with the washing up. Great!

All well, it gave me something to take my mind off–

"Crap!" I yelled. I had run into another inanimate object. It seemed like I was running into stuff a lot lately. I think that it is because of my lack of concentration on what was going on around me.

I sighed as I began to wash and carefully put away the dishes. And then I heard something. It was laughter. I shook my head and rubbed my temples.

You're hearing things now, Ig. I thought to myself. That is exactly what I need, me hearing imaginary laughter!

But, there it was again! I listened hard and heard that it was coming from Ella's room. I turned and bolted out the door.

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When I got there I opened the door to find Ella, Gazzy, Nudge and Angel laughing really hard.

"What's so funny?" I asked, standing in the doorway feeling confused. Ah, the disadvantages of not being able to see!

"T –T – To..." Nudge started. But she was laughing so hard that she couldn't say it.

I was starting to become impatient.

"What?! Spit it out!" I exclaimed.

"TOTAL!" Gazzy shouted through his hysterical laughter.

"It isn't funny!" Total said seriously.

"GUYS! Please tell me what is going on!" I shouted over the laughter.

Angels giggling became louder as she approached. She grabbed my hand and led me across the room, laughing the whole time. She gently tugged at my hand and I bent down to touch Total who was covered in something gooey and purple. It was paint. Dr. M had finished painting Ella's room recently and must have accidentally left the paint in her room.

"Total accidentally knocked over the can of p-paint and s-spilled it all over himself." Angel explained, still laughing.

I stared at Total with a straight face.

"See Ig, it isn't that funny," Total said angrily.

And that is when I did something that I hadn't done for a week....

I burst into hysterical laughter. I practically had tears in my eyes, and I had to lie down on the floor. And the thing was, when I started laughing, the kids laughed even harder which made Total angrier.

"I am going to take a bath if anyone wants me!" Total shouted over the din, and then left the room in a huff.

That was the funniest thing that had happened all week and it had snapped us out of our depression. I mean, we were still a really sad bunch of kids, but we were slightly happier, all except for Fang. I think that I will talk to him later, if I can find him, and see if I could snap some sense back into him. After all, he was supposed to be the leader of the flock, and in my opinion he wasn't doing the best job right now.

So, there it is! I hope that you are enjoying my little fanfiction! I can already picture total covered in purple paint! LOL! I would imagine that he would be pretty pissed off! Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review, Review........... Do you understand what I want you to do? Or would you rather that I repeat it again for your benefit! I will update soon!

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