Hey everyone. I'm back with another chapter. So you can jump for joy now. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you all for your excellent reviews. They made my day. Now, as I said before, this chapter is for Elisabeth and Iggy. It's pretty sweet. Now, on to the usual. Read 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by the amazing Talon666. Also, read 'Dark Blue' and 'Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen. I wish I could write half as well as Maddy. Oh yeah. Twilight fans should really check out my story 'Solar Flare'. It's all about the adorable, sweet, and sensitive Seth Clearwater. Okay, now it's time for this chapter.
Elisabeth was standing at the kitchen sink, washing dishes. She couldn't explain why, but doing something, anything, made her feel calm. She'd been on edge lately. Melody hadn't updated the blog for a few days. But, then again, could she really expect her daughter to be able to update every single day? Still, she was worried.
Suddenly, she heard a noise. Someone was walking up the driveway. Her heart beat quickened. Since her daughter had been kidnapped she'd been a bit more paranoid than usual, if that was even possible.
She stood there, a soapy pot in her hand, as she heard the front door open and shut. She considered flinging the heavy pot at the intruder in self defense when she saw a familiar strawberry blonde someone duck down to avoid hitting his head on the low entryway.
She breathed a sigh of relief. It was only Iggy. She felt like laughing at herself. How silly of her. She should have known it was only him. This was usually the time he got home from work. She felt ridiculous.
Iggy made his way into the kitchen holding a couple of white plastic bags. "Hey." he muttered bitterly setting them down on the table.
"Rough day?" she asked, drying her hands on a dish towel and walking over to him. She peeked into the bags. "Leftovers?"
He nodded. "It was awful. Two people quit on me and I was under staffed and I had a million orders flying at me all at once. I don't feel like cooking anymore so I just brought some stuff home." He sank into a kitchen chair and ran his fingers through his hair, sighing.
Elisabeth nodded sympathetically. "Hey, as soon as school lets out I'll be able to help you out okay."
"Well, that's great but what am I supposed to do until then?" he barked at her angrily.
"Sorry." she said, drawing back a little. "I was only trying to help. You don't have to be rude."
Iggy groaned. "I know. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. You were just trying to help. It's just that I'm just so frustrated." He groaned again. "It's just so hard. I can't put up with this anymore. It's killing me."
Elisabeth placed her hands on his shoulders. "I know. It's difficult for me too sometimes. All the stress. It's strange, but somehow I feel like running for our lives was so much easier."
Iggy nodded. "That's because it was. We just aren't cut out for being normal no matter how much we want to be. But being on the run was no life. We were so happy to be able to raise Melody in a loving environment. She had a much better life than we did."
Elisabeth sighed. "Did she really? I mean, just think about it. Sure, we were fighting for our lives, but we generally got along. We weren't just friends, we were siblings. We always had someone."
"Mel did too." Iggy pointed out. "She had us and some other friends at school."
Elisabeth nodded. "True, but we're her parents. Grown ups. There's a lot she probably never told us. She probably didn't even confide in Angel about anything, afraid that if she discussed it Angel would tell us. And, as for friends, did she really have any of those either?"
"What about her friend… Cory? He was nice to her right?" Iggy asked. "I know I always liked him."
Elisabeth sighed again. "Yes, but Cory sort of stopped talking to her in middle school. He only started again because of what Felecia did and after the whole thing blew over he stopped again."
Iggy shook his head. "But she was safe. We weren't."
"True. So, I guess it's about even then." Elisabeth observed.
"We tried so hard to make it better." Iggy said, defeated. "Guess it just goes to show that at the end of the day no matter what you do or who you are something bad always happens."
"C'est la vie." Elisabeth said in French. "That's life." she translated when Iggy turned to her with a confused expression.
"Did anyone ever tell you how smart you are?" Iggy asked teasingly.
"Maybe once or twice." Elisabeth said, smirking. "So, which one of is going to heat up dinner?" She had almost forgotten.
Iggy raised his hand. "I guess I'll do it." He lifted himself out of the chair and then frowned. "Hey Elisabeth, did you leave the computer on?"
"Yeah." she said slowly. "Why?"
"I think I just heard it make a noise. You might wanna go check on it." He picked up one of the bags and headed over to the microwave.
Elisabeth, hoping with everything she had in her that this was Melody, rushed into the living room and snatched up the laptop. She carried into the kitchen and sat down at the table. She put her hand on the track pad and gasped at what she saw. Melody had posted a new blog. A surprising one.
"Iggy." she breathed as she read her daughter's latest post. "Mel updated the blog. Oh, you won't believe this."
"What?" Iggy asked, rushing to her side. "Read it to me." It was sometimes hard to remember that he was blind.
She read him the blog quickly, almost in tears over the contents. When she was finished she whispered, "Our baby girl's growing up."
Iggy frowned. "I'm not sure I like this. They're just two kids out in the woods with no supervision."
Elisabeth whacked him upside the head as gently as possible. "So were we. Besides, Melody's smart. She wouldn't get talked into that. If he tries anything she can break his arm in half remember?"
Iggy sighed. "I know, but it's natural for me to be protective. I was a teenage boy once too you know. I know how they think."
"And exactly what were you thinking back then huh?" she asked in mock surprise.
Iggy grinned sheepishly. "Hey, I couldn't help it. Hormones and all that you know. What were you? Some kind of saint? You can't say that you didn't think that way at least once. Remember the night I proposed?"
Elisabeth blushed furiously. "Okay, okay. Point taken. But this is Mel's first relationship. Nothing like that is going to happen."
Iggy rolled his sightless eyes. "Bird kids. They don't need to have many relationships. One was all it took for us and Max and Fang."
"She's fourteen. We were seventeen. End of story." Elisabeth said, closing the subject.
She desperately wanted to give Mel some motherly advice on this subject. She also wanted to meet Skye and have a little chat with him. However, she knew that both of these things were impossible. And then, somehow, thinking about Mel led her to when she herself got kidnapped.
She remembered a file that the whitecoats read to her. It was about her. It had a list of all her powers and such. It also said something that she had often wondered about back then but had finally given up trying to figure out.
The file said that she was separated from Fang when they were almost a year old because they thought it would be dangerous if they were kept together. Why? That had always bothered her.
"What?" Iggy asked her, jerking her out of her thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"
Elisabeth sighed. "I was just thinking about why the whitecoats separated me and Fang. I've never quite figured it out."
Iggy shook his head. "Does it really matter anymore? You've been around each other for the past eighteen years. Apparently there was no reason."
"Yeah, but you've heard of twin telepathy haven't you?." Elisabeth asked.
"Most twins have that Elisabeth. It's just a feeling you get. Nothing major." Iggy told her.
Elisabeth shook her head. "I know that, but we're bird kids. I'm telling you Iggy. There's something that I can't explain. I've always felt it and I'm sure Fang has too. It's getting on my nerves."
Iggy sighed in defeat. "Okay. If you really think there's something up we'll call Fang up later. Angel too. Maybe she can figure it out, whatever it is."
Elisabeth nodded. "Okay. I'll do that this weekend. With school Angel and I are too busy during the week."
Iggy frowned. "Yeah, well I better go reheat our dinner. It's probably cold by now."
"Yeah." Elisabeth said. "I'm pretty hungry."
"Be back in a few minutes." Iggy said, standing up and heading to the microwave.
In no time at all the food was heated and Iggy brought it over to the table. Two slices of his pizza. Nothing could be better. Well, except maybe some of his dessert. Elisabeth was getting hungrier just thinking about his chocolate cake. Talk about a slice of heaven.
"Mmm." Elisabeth said, closing her eyes and savoring it. "Amazing as usual."
"Well thank you." Iggy said, swallowing his last bite. He then yawned and stretched. "After a long day at work I think I'm ready to go to sleep for a year. Maybe longer."
Elisabeth smiled. "Me too. I'm beat." She stood up, picked up their dishes, and set them down in the sink.
Her breath caught her in her throat as Iggy wrapped his arms around her middle. She hadn't heard him get up. He kissed her shoulder gently.
"Love you." he whispered.
"Me too." she replied.
Okay, so that's it for this chapter. Next chapter we go back to Mel, Jewel, and Skye. I really hoped you enjoyed that. It was so fun to write. Pretty cute, but also pretty short. Next one will most definitely be longer. Promise. Well anyway, I'm updating pretty soon. Bye guys.
