Kalec POV

I can't sleep. All I can think about is that guy and girl. He said he loved me. I don't ever remember my parents saying the exact words, "I love you." Technically, he didn't say them either, but it was obvious that he meant it. But why, is the question. Why would he love me? He looked like he knew me. Like he'd missed me. But how could you miss me and you know nothing about me? He doesn't even know my name! Or does he....? Ugh, this is all so tiring. If only there was someone who could give me some sort of answer!

I turn on my side and look out the window. An airplane is slowly descending, not far from my house. But....there are no airports near my house....I hear a bang on my window. It makes me gasp. I'm frozen where I lay. Who could reach all the way up here and be able knock on my window? I sit still. It could be anyone out there. Like, a burglar or something.

Knock Knock Knock!

Ugh! Fine!

I get up and go to the window, pulling back the shade. I gasp when I see a dark skinned girl with very curly hair floating. The thing that catches my eye next, is the fact that she's floating because of her wings.

"Who are you?!" I whisper-yell.

"Shh! Can I come in?"

"I don't know you!"

"Yes you do! Now let me in!" She pushes me back slips through my window gracefully, closing it shut when she's inside.

"Phew. Now. Sit down. I don't have much time. I've got to get back."

I don't know why, but I sit down as she tells me to.

"My name is Nudge. You, are Kalec. I know who you're real parents are."

"My real parents? What are you talking about? I know my real parents."

"No you don't. I can't tell you the whole story right now but Jason and Christina are not your real parents. They're fake. They work a company called Itex and adopted you for the sake of an experiment. Well, they didn't quite adopt you, more like captured you...Anyway, Max and Fang are your real real parents. They got freaky and had you. They didn't steal you from anyone."

"Max and Fang.....those....those people at the doctor's office?!"

"Yes. You talked to Fang earlier today. He's your real dad. And the girl crying? That's Max. She's your real mom."

"Oh my God. That's why he said he loved me....."

"Yes. Now listen. They're trapped there, at Itex. You saw they were in cages."

"Yeah..."

"We have to help them escape."

"How do we do that?"

"We have a plan. But we need you to get Max's confidence up."

"What's wrong with her?"

"She's given up on ever seeing you again. Her heart's broken and she's just in terrible condition. She's usually the strongest we've ever known."

"Who do you mean 'we'?"

"The Flock. All six of us."

"There's six of you?!"

"Yes."

"And you all have wings?!"

"Yes!"

"And you're my family?!"

"Yes! Now come on we have to go!"

"I can't leave."

"Why not?"

"Because....my parents....school...."

"You're parents are probably reporting the fact that I'm here right now to Itex. Now we need to leave. Pronto. Grab a bag and some clothes and let;s get a move on. Now! Chop chop!"

I grab my biggest bag and put random clothes and underwear in my bag, slip on my Converses and follow Nudge to the window.

"How do you expect me to get down there?"

"Fly. Duh!"

"I can't. I've never been aloud to use my wings. They're in really bad shape."

"Sweet Jesus. Okay, I'll carry you. How much do you weigh?"

"Not over 90 pounds."

"Good. Okay, let's go."

Next thing I know, I'm soaring through the air with my bag and Nudge, going God knows where. My parents would disagree fervently. Running away with strangers. They would kill me! But this girl knows my parents. The real ones. We're going to help them escape. All my life I've wondered if I belonged in the right family. Turns out I never did. Now I'm on my way to the one I do belong in. The big family with six people who all are like me. I just wonder if they ever missed me since I've been gone.

"Hey Nudge?"

"Yo,"

"Did....did any of the—others.....did they miss me at all?"

"Oh, Kalec. They beyond missed you. Especially Max and Fang. I swear a part of them died when they took you away from us. You were only 3 months old. We'd barely got to know you and you were gone. Even though we didn't know you, we loved with all of our hearts, sweetie."

"That's so awesome. My parents never told me that they loved me."

"Every kid deserves to be loved. Iggy, Gazzy, and Angel will be so excited to see you. And how beautiful you are. They might swamp you in hugs and kisses but you have to remember that these people haven't seen you in eleven years. Would you miss someone you haven't seen in eleven years?"

"Yeah, I would."

As I asked Nudge more and more questions, I came to the conclusion that she loves to talk. A lot.

Not long after, we stopped somewhere in the forest. I strapped my bag around me and followed Nudge as she lead the way. I saw a light not far away. A fire, maybe. Turns out that's exactly where we were headed.

"Guys!" She called. Another girl with light blond hair a few years younger than Nudge came running up.

"You found her!" she yelled and hugged me, really really hard.

"Angel! Don't kill her! She doesn't even know who you are yet."

"Oh. I'm Angel! I missed you so much! Look how grown up you are! Last time I saw you you couldn't talk."

"Yeah," I say, feeling awkward around all these people I don't know. A tall snow white blond guy, with ice blue eyes and is really really tall, comes up and says,

"Can I touch your face?"

"Why would you do that?" I ask, a little freaked out about why he would want to feel on my face.

"I'm blind." Oh.

"Um....sure, go ahead." He gently places his hands on either side of my face and softly touches every crease and indent in it. My eyelids, around my mouth, my cheeks. He doesn't feel dangerous at all.

"Welcome back, Kay." He tells me then pulls me into a tight hug. I hug him back.

"I want to hug her too!" Another blond says, running up and hugging me nice and hard, pushing the other guy out of the way. None of these people seem scary. I actually feel at home here. Like I'm with people who love me.

"So...who's who?"

"I'm Uncle Iggy." The tall, soft one says.

"I'm Uncle Gazzy," The other blond boy tells me.

"And I'm Auntie Angel." Says the short blond girl.

"Oh. Cool."

"We missed you so much Kay. You hungry?"

"Uh, yeah."

"God, you look like Max and Fang." Gazzy mumbles as he goes through a book bag looking for food I'm guessing.

"I hear."

"They're gonna be so stoked to see you."

"Um, Fang, has seen me already."

"Really? When?" Auntie Angel asks.

"When I went to the doctor yesterday. He said he loved me."

"How'd you know it was him?"Uncle Iggy asks.

"I just...felt like I knew him. I didn't know until Auntie Nudge came that he was my real dad."

"Nice."

We sit and catch up for a while. I tell them how my life has been. They tell me about theirs. It seems that they've been homeless for a long long time. They had no way to get money once Max and Fang were taken. It still seems a little hard for me to call them mom and dad when I hardly know them.

"We taught you sign language. Well, the alphabet." Uncle Iggy says. "You learned that quicker than anything else. Fang could have used that to talk to you but I guess he thought you wouldn't remember. Use it when we go to break them out."

"I....I don't think I remember."

"Please. No one forgets the sign language alphabet." Auntie Angel said.

"I think I did."

"Try."

I started moving my fingers in all these weird formations and ways and just spelling the letters out in the air with different fingers that I couldn't even think of a gesture for.

"That Kay, is the sign language alphabet." Auntie Nudge told me.

"Are you serious?"

"Yup. Each and every letter was right."

"Dang."

"Precisely. Now, tomorrow morning we go get Max and Fang. You'll finally get to see and meet your real parent's, Kay. After all these years."