"Fang! He's blind! Where do you think he's gonna go when he can't see!?!" Max stressed at him.

"Calm down, Max. He couldn't have gone far." Fang reassured her.

"He couldn't have if the Erasers got him!" Max freaked.

"I'm sure he'll turn up, Max. If not, we'll go find Iggy ourselves." Alicia, Fang's girlfriend, calmly put.

"Gee, Fang. Your girlfriend is more helpful than you are!" Max said.

"Max?" Max looked over at the staircase to see Angel, Nudge, and the Gasman standing there, looking as if about ready to cry. Looking as if she was also, Max gestured the three youngest to come down. The four shared a long hug, full of little sobs and sniffles.

"When's he gonna be back, Max?" Nudge asked.

"I don't know, Nudge. I just don't know....." Max answered.

"We tried to make him come back, but he didn't. It's his choice." Fang said. Max got up and glared at him. She grabbed his shoulders and shook him, "HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT!?! HE'S A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BLIND KID, WHO'S RAN AWAY FROM HOME, WITH NO FOOD OR WATER OR MONEY, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ERASERS HAVE HIM OR NOT, AND IF THEY DO, THEY'RE DOING HORRIBLE THINGS TO HIM RIGHT NOW!! AND YOU JUST SAY THAT ITS "HIS CHOICE"?!?!" Fang gripped Max's wrists.

"Max, calm down. He will turn up." That's when the phone rang. Max and Fang stared at it in shock, Angel ran over to answer it.

"Hello?" she said sweetly. She waited a few seconds for a reply, and her eyes lit up, "IGGY!!! OH, IGGY!! WHERE ARE YOU!?!" she waited a few more moments, "Well, I'm just glad your safe!!" she waited another moment, "Alright, here she is." She held up the phone to Max. "Iggy wants to talk to you." she smiled.

Max took the phone and held it to her ear. "Iggy?"

"Hey, Max." his ringing voice came through the recevier.

"Where are you!?"

"I dunno, actually. My friend Sakka brought me to her house to rest up."

"Are you hurt?!?!"

"Nah, just a hurt wrist, shoulder blade, and neck. Nothing too huge."

"Iggy! You need to go to a hospital!"

"Been there, fuck that!"

"Why?"

"They're wantin' to take me back to the School, Sakka wouldn't let 'em. She flew me outta there before they could blink."

"Sakka?"

"Yeah, she's a mutant bird-freak, just like us."

"Iggy, I just don't--"

"I'm fine, Max. I'll be fine. You just hold down the fort. I'll be home before you know it."

"Um, alright, Iggy."

"Okay, but I gotta go. Sakka's mom made dinner. Talk to you later, Max. Tell the kids I love 'em."

"Alright, Iggy. Bye." I hung the phone back up on the perch and sat down on the couch beside Fang.

"What'd he say?" he asked.

"Nothing. He said to tell you guys he loves you. That's it." Max lied. Fang gave her a "I'm not buying it" look, but she ignored it. She looked at the others and back in front of her.

Iggy......we just all want you home......