Okay, so a WHOLE BUNCH of stuff is cleared up in this chapter :D I know it's sooo exciting! I had a lot of fun writing this chapter! But the next chapter is even better....you get to meek Jack. THE Jack. Oh, yes. Jump for joy, my friends! :D and don't forget to review!

"Threat" POV

I was tired. I was sore. And I was very, very grumpy.

I'd only been doing this fighting stuff for 3 days! And I was already worn out!It would save everybody a whole lot of time and energy if-

"You can't run away from everything," said Angel, coming up beside me and sitting on the cave floor. Who said anything about running away? That made me sound like a total wimp.

"It's called escape and evasion," I growled. Angel sighed.

"You should tell us your name," she suggested out of the blue. And in the first time ever in my whole entire life, I made a snap decision. "Yeah, I should. I'm leaving anyways. I'm going to find Jack." In unison, every member of the flock stopped what they were doing and turned to look at me.

"Who's that?" Gazzy asked at the same time Skye shouted, "Let me come, too!"

I faced the Gasman. "He's a good friend. Yes, he has wings, and no," I turned to Max, "he is not a threat." She turned red, and a sense of accomplishment came over me. Make the invincible Max blush: check. Taking a mental deep breath, I continued. "In fact, neither am I. My name is Mirage." Ignoring the astonished glances from the flock, I walked up to Skye, kneeling down beside her. "I know that you want to come with me." She nodded. "But I need you to stay with the flock. You're safe with them, and I can't spend my time worrying about you."

She was protesting before I even finished. "Please please please please let me go! I can fly for a super long time and I won't get tired I can go fast and I'll keep up I promise and I...I can...I..." I pulled her into a hug as she burst into tears.

"Wait a minute," said Max, ending the mushy tear-fest. "You think that we're gonna let you leave? Just like that?"

"Well, yeah," I blurted without thinking. She started to stalk towards me, and I started to back up. It was pretty routine.

"NO!" Angel's voice cut through the tension like a razor. "She's telling the truth, Max."

There was a long silence. I could almost see the gears turning in Max's head as she contemplated whether or not to kill me on the spot. Then, something in her face changed. She was going to let me go. She trusted Angel that much. I resisted the urge to give her a big hug.

"Fine," she said, grudgingly. "But how long are you going to be gone?"

I sat down on the damp cave floor, trying to get comfortable. It would be a while before I moved again. "I'll tell you everything you need to know in...for hours and..." I had to think about it for a moment. "...twenty-seven minutes." At that, I closed my eyes and let my power slowly consume me.

still Mirage's POV

The things that I was feeling can't be described, but I'll do the best I can.

I felt myself hit a mental plateau. My power couldn't grow anymore- it was leveling out. My eyes were still closed, but I could feel everything. Not in a touchy-feely sorta way, but I just knew. I knew that Iggy was muttering to Gazzy about a bomb that they were going to name the Monster Masher. I knew that Nudge, Angel, and Skye were playing tag, and that Max was impatiently waiting for me to do something. Fang was being...Fang. He was sitting there thinking about...Max. Interesting.

"Twenty-three days," I felt myself say. "Go to Kentucky. I'll meet you in the 3rd cave you stay in- the one by the huge Oak tree." All of this was just popping into my head, and I said it all before I had the chance to think about what I was thinking. If that makes sense. Acting on impulse, I turned my head a bit to the left.

"Good luck," I heard Max say from in front of me. I nodded, took a running start, and leaped into nothingness, hoping with tall my heart that, wherever I was going, it would eventually lead me to Jack.

Okay don't beat me! I know it was short and that I haven't updated in a little while...a long while...but the next chapter is THE CHAPTER. You know, the chapter that I've been wanting to write since I started the story. That one. So....

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