The Disbanded: Divided We Stand-Chapter 45

By MyNameIsCAL

---Gazzy's POV---

I watched Iggy say goodbye to Ella. She had his hand as they walked out of the house. The others are too busy with each other, Max talking to Fang, Cal and Ted arguing playfully, Chuck talking to Kerry shooting the breeze, and Mike and Eli loading our things between the two vans. Yet I had no one. It was funny how people changed.

Iggy hugged Ella and thinking that no one was looking, he leaned down and kissed her. I looked away, thinking about Nudge. She would be crushed. Maybe beyond crushed. If it weren't for Angel, Iggy would be the only thing that kept Nudge going. She was going to be devastated if she knew the relationship had grown between him and Ella.

It was only until Ella and Iggy approached the vans when everyone noticed them, except they weren't interlocked anymore. I watched as their hands dropped to their sides, unseen by everyone but me.

"It was good to see you." Iggy hugged Max and me quickly before awkwardly embracing Fang who gave her a one armed hug. She moved on to Iggy, their embrace just a little longer than the others. Ella then directed her attention to Max's FBI buddies. "And it was nice to meet all of you."

"Well, thank you for having us," Chuck bowed, laughing. "I'm sure we'll meet again."

And then we filed into the vans our first destination to look for Nudge and Angel. We were following some map Mike and Eli had dug up on FBI computers. The only reason we had decided to follow the locations on it was because the closest location happened to be the old school we had been trapped in so many years before now. But that seemed like lifetimes ago.


---Max's POV---

"Hey, I got a copy of the map from Mike." Ted handed it to Cal who passed it back.

I opened it and Gazzy and Fang leaned in to look.

"Map?" Iggy questioned.

Gazzy pointed. "So that's the school."

I nodded.

"I think I've been to this other location," Gazzy pointed to another dot. "It was supposed to be an abandoned warehouse."

"That's gonna be our second stop," I said. "We're working our way up the west coast."

I scanned the rest of the map. California had the most locations on the west coast. Washington had one. It was going to be a long journey. Deep down inside I got the feeling that this wasn't going to bring us fast results. But it was a start.

"How many locations are there total?" Fang asked, his voice a little hoarse.

There was another one in Nevada, one outside Chicago, one in Alaska, two in New York, and one in New Jersey. I thought for a moment. "There are five more if you don't count the two in California and the one in Washington."

Fang nodded and closed his eyes. "I'm gonna sleep."

I felt him lean against me, his head leaning against the padding on the side of the van. Gazzy took the map and folded it up.

"It's probably going to take two days to get there," Ted informed me. "We'll either stop somewhere to sleep or take turns driving. But there are so many of us we would cause too much attention."

"Well, there's plenty of room in the van," Cal commented. "Look at Fang, he's already sleeping."

Fang's head rested on my shoulder now. He had sort of just slumped over after a while. I couldn't help smiling. Right now, Fang looked peaceful. Although there were times when I would watch him sleep and he still seemed to look worried or distressed. But awake or asleep, Fang was always looked exhausted.

"He doesn't sleep much," I said.

"I can tell," Cal agreed. "It'll get better. Don't you worry."

I gave Cal a small smile.


---Iggy's POV---

I hadn't thought about Nudge in a while and then Gazzy mentioned her, talking about how she always talked about me when he had been able to follow them. I wondered if I should feel guilty, because honestly, I didn't feel guilty at all. At least Gazzy didn't know about what was going on between Ella and me. I'm sure anyone could have guessed our feelings, but there was just too much to deal with to make them worry about Ella or me.

"I miss them," Gazzy almost whispered.

"I miss them too."

"Itex is gonna pay for all of this." Gazzy had always been a fighter.

I only nodded, drifting off into my thoughts.


---Fang's POV---

Max woke me up as we stopped to grab some food at a rest area. I got out to stretch my legs, but I stayed in the van, too tired to walk across the parking lot. Actually, Max had forced me to stay. I wondered how tired I looked today.

"How's it going?" Call appeared out of nowhere, climbing into the back of the van.

I yawned. "It's alright. Not exactly the best sitting in a car for hours and hours. My leg hurts."

Cal shrugged. "Maybe I can get Ted to stop more often."

"Nah, I'll be alright." I wish everyone would be as nice as Cal. There was nothing she wouldn't try to do to make someone feel better.

"Well, if you ever need to stop, just tell me." Cal suddenly grinned. "Ted can never say no to me."

I forced a smile, remembering what Ted had told me when I had first met him in the hospital and how he and Cal had become friends. Their story seemed like a fairytale now, so impossibly perfect. I wished things had worked out that way for the flock and me.

Then again, I'm pretty sure I believed there was a reason for everything.


Ah, finally and update. If you can't remember how Ted and Cal became friends, return to Chapter 5. Sorry for the delay in the update. Thanks for reading. More to come soon!