Me: Aloha, fellow readers! I'm really sorry I haven't updated and stuff. But hey! At least I still have my hostages Iggy and Fa- Oh. My. God.

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Me: WHERE THE HECK ARE MY HOSTAGES? Quick! While I go find them you read this chapter!

*grabs rope and chainsaw*

Enjoy!

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RESUME FLASHBACK

"AUUGHH! ANGEL!"

Needless to say, Max was freaking out. "Nikki!" She called, and wrung her hands together; it was a strange habit of hers, one she preferred not to go into detail about. "Iggy! Gazzy- no, Nudge! Where are you guys? Help me, dang it!" She was practically screaming now, sprinting around the café. Now, imagine a chicken racing around a fancy café the size of a mansion clucking its head off. Give it the name Max, and you got yourself a nice picture of the scene occurring.

During her little tantrum, she tripped over the Persian rug beneath her and was sent crashing to the ground. "Ow!" she yelped, and stood up again. Her knee was scraped, but not bleeding. More like a carpet burn. Maybe I should have Angel look at this. She was always good at- ANGEL. DANGIT. "And Nikki too!" she said aloud, exasperated.

"God, Fang is going to kill me."

*C.M*

Somewhere in a market downtown, our favorite emo bird kid began to sneeze like no tomorrow.

"Huh." He mused, rubbing his nose on his sleeve. "Wonder what that was about."

*C.M*

"God, Fang is going to kill me."

Nikki took a shuddering breath as she trailed behind Angel. They were currently sneaking through an alleyway downtown, being very "ninja" as Nikki called it. Angel said they were being like tiptoeing swans, so she guessed they had found one flaw in their new friendship. "This is a bad idea." She whispered, nudging the blonde little girl in front of her. "What if we're caught?" Angel glanced back at her, and then smiled. "Silly, we're only going to the store. You know, the big three story one? I hear they have lots of swan lake stuff that we can use for our future play dates." Angel chirped, and picked up the pace. "Don't you want to keep playing with me?"

Nikki thought back to her life at home, how she would usually sit by herself while her aunt watched TV, waiting for Fang to come home from work. But then, she would remember. He lived there now. She was always lonely; being with a girl her age was fun, despite the risk they were taking.

"Yeah." She nodded. "That would be nice."

*C.M*

"GAZZY! HELP ME FIND ANGEL AND NIKKI!"

…Is what Gazzy woke up to.

"Why are you in my room Max?" He grumbled, sitting up. He was NOT in the mood; he was tired from work, and wanted to sleep. "I locked the door."

"I climbed through the window."

"Oh…. Wait what?"

"Don't worry, it's still locked. It ain't going anywhere. NOW HELP ME FIND THE KIDS!"

At this point she was shaking his shoulders, and he was fully awake by then. He lifted his head and gave Max a smug look. "So," he drawled. "YOU, the great Max, need my help? As in ME?"

Max scowled. "Yes, you. You're the only one left in this god forsaken café. I have no idea where Iggy and Nudge went, so you're going to help me." She tried to pull him out of the bed, only succeeding to fall onto the ground. "Ow. Again." She groaned, and stumbled up. She had slipped on something; but what? She looked at the floor below her, and stared. And stared. And stared….

Then burst out into laughter.

"What's so funny?" Gazzy demanded, scrambling out of the sheets. He looked down to see what Max was giggling about, and then looked up to glare daggers at her. "That is not mine." He growled. "Don't you dare think it. That's Angel's."

Max snorted. "Riiiiiight. It's Angels'- GOD, NOT AGAIN! I will not forget this time!" she immediately stopped laughing, and turned to face Gazzy. "Nikki and Angel are gone, and Fang will kill me if I don't get them back by the time he's done shopping. I need your help, because you're her brother. Where would Angel drag Nikki to?"

Gazzy began to shrug, but froze halfway. "What's wrong?" Gazzy only motioned his head towards the magazine on the floor; it had a bright pink cover and on the front read:

NEW ACCECCIORIES FROM THE LATEST EDITION OF THE SWAN LAKE SERIES. FIND THEM ON SALE AT BENNY'S DRUG STORE TODAY.

At the bottom was a picture of Odette saying, "Buy them today!"

"….Oh."

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Angel was about to check out their stuff when she saw Fang and his aunt enter the store. "Dang!" Angel cried, pulling Nikki along with her to the elevator. The things they collected lay broken on the floor by the check-out. "We're going to get caught!" They rushed into the elevator, right as the doors closed. The others in the small confinement said nothing, only stared at them as they tried to catch their breath. "That was close." Angel gasped. "What floor are we going to?" Nikki glanced at the buttons, full aware of everyone's eyes on them. "Floor 3." Angel sighed in relief. "Perfect." She said, and they didn't speak for the rest of the way up.

But they were too tired to say anything anyway.

*C.M*

Max and Gazzy rushed into the store.

They whipped there heads around frantically, scanning the faces in the crowd. Max sighed, irritated. "Why does a drug store have three stories?" She grumbled turning to Gazzy. "They could be anywhere." The Gasman nodded. "I know. Hey, let's ask that nice looking couple up ahead!"

Trying to of course, be 'casual', they strode towards the two people. Max tapped the man's shoulder and began to speak. "Excuse me sir, but have you seen…"

The words died in her throat; now all she wanted to do was crawl in a hole and hide from embarrassment.

The 'nice couple' was Fang and Aunt Martha.

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"Well, we made it to the top!" Angel crowed, and opened her arms out, trying to catch the wind. "Look, Nikki! We can play Swan Lake up here!" The third floor turned out to have no roof; it was the top of the building Nikki nodded, concerned about Angel's position. "Angel, maybe you should get away from the edge. You could fall." She spoke quietly, afraid to anger her new friend. Angel just smiled and waved at Nikki from where she was perched. She was standing on the railing of the fence that bordered the structure f the building, sort of balancing on it, like one of those gymnastic balance beams. Angel seemed unfazed at the thought of plummeting to her death though. "Come one, you try it!" The black haired girl nodded, and shuffled towards Angel.

Just as Nikki had clambered up the fence, the elevator door creaked open, and out came…. Max, Fang, and Aunt Martha. They all stood there awkwardly for a moment, to process the situation. The two smallest girls of their group were standing on a thin fence railing that was at the top of a really tall building, and could fall and die at any minute.

Without thinking, Aunt Martha began to scream and ran towards them. Clearly startled, the two girls did what instinct told them; jumped off the railing onto the pavement of the third floor. Now, the railing wasn't that high up; maybe two feet high, three feet. But Martha was almost six feet tall. She was running at full speed, and without any kids to catch, or anything to slow her down, she rammed into the railing.

It was an awkward slow motion, watching Aunt Martha fall towards the earth.

*C.M*

Gazzy whistled, trudging down the street. "Man," he complained, kicking a rock. "I just had to go to the bathroom didn't I? I couldn't hold it until we found the kids? And oh yeah, Benny's doesn't have a bathroom for whatever darn reason, so I have to walk all the way back to the café!" (A/N: SO YEA, Gazzy talks to himself when he's frustrated. But don't judge him! I do it too~)

Gazzy had almost reached the front of the building when he heard screaming. A shadow passed above him and he looked up.

He only saw the frightened face of Aunt Martha until his head connected with the pavement.

END OF FLASHBACK NOW PRESENT TIME

*C.M*

Max scratched her ear. "Though I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to catch her. You know, with his body." And then, Nudge was in her face again, right after a flashback. "Well DUH! They're both in the hospital! And that's your fault! You lost the kids!" Max began to protest. "No, Iggy's the one who told me to go work, so it's his fault!"

"Sorry, what am I at fault for?"

Max and Nudge tensed up at the sound of Iggy's voice. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt. His blind eyes were drowsy-looking, and he blinked tiredly. They kept staring at his attire. Who knew Iggy could actually wear something so….casual?

As if sensing their disbelief, he spoke up. "These are my pajamas." Iggy said bitterly, and tried to change the subject. "Live with it. Now, what did I do again?"

Max gulped, and then spoke in a rush. "Youtoldmetoworksoit'." Iggy just stared. And stared. Then, he sighed dramatically and smiled. "Nikki's here isn't she? Oh Nudge~ I need to talk to you about who's going to take care of Gazzy when he gets back and…."

He didn't get to finish because of the sound of Nudge choking Max. "MAX I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"

…Literally.

Me: LITTLE VERMINS WHERE ARE YOU!

Iggy: Crap, I can see her behind us!

Fang: Really bacon brains! Run Forest, run!

Iggy: …..my name's not Forest.

Fang: YOU THINK I CARE? RUN! SHE'S GAINING ON U- *gets tackled*

Me: Gotcha!

Iggy and Fang: No!

Maria: Yes.

Me, Fang, Iggy: *Stares*

Me: Um, why are you here Maria?

Maria: *shrugs* Felt like it. Tessa couldn't come though.

Fang and Iggy, being sat upon by me: …

Me: THIS IS THE WRONG STORY. GET OUTTA HERE.

Please check out my new Percy Jackson story! And review also!

Maria: Yup.

Me: Go back to your own world please.

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