Well, I have terrible news. I've been sick for over a week and my hearing is almost gone. I had been dizzy for a few days, but that went away. Notice I said DIZZY and not DITZY. (Stupid Jim-Bob. Long story.) The good news is that I decided to update early just in case anything happened to me over the weekend. Anyhow, I suppose you all would very much like for me to get on my next chapter. I think I would very much like that too. Originally, I had intended this chapter to go somewhere else entirely, but I think it fits here. You'll see why in a couple of chapters. It just flows. So, read my story 'Solar Flare' and be on the lookout for my story 'It Takes Two'. I still have no idea when I am posting this story, but it will be sometime in the next couple of months. It'll be up by March anyway. Depends on if I'm delayed. So, it should be going up between December and March. Sure, I'll go with that. Oh yeah, please read 'Dark Blue' and 'Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen (I so owe Maddy.) and 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666 (Hopefully he will get to posting again soon.). Now, time for my random outburst of the day. WATCH OUT FOR TRAFFIC CONES POOKIE! Yeah, that's a total band thing haha. I miss marching season. Pookie won't be in concert band. He decided to take stupid music theory instead. If he had taken concert band like he was supposed to, I'd have two classes with him next semester: Concert band and French 2. But no. He apparently hates me and several other people who wanted him in concert band, so I have to get help from him in French 2 at lunch. Thanks a lot Pookie. Oh, right. Fanfiction. So, let me get to that now. Heh heh. Oh boy.

"Are we there yet?" Jewel asked me for the millionth time.

She had been asking me that for about two hours. Yeah, we had left the hotel and were flying around. Let me tell you, it is not a picnic trying to figure out where in the heck you are going with a twelve year old whining at you while your 'boyfriend' just shrugs and tells you to ignore her. (I now see why Max complains about the Flock a lot.)

"No, we aren't there yet." I told Jewel through gritted teeth. "And if you don't pipe down, we are never going to get there."

"How do you know we aren't there yet if you have no idea where we're headed?" Jewel asked me huffily. When had she gotten this attitude?

"She has a point Mel." Skye said.

I smacked myself in the face and mumbled, in complete disgust, "So not helping Skye."

"Well, I was just saying." Skye said defensively. "You don't have to get all snippy with me."

I sighed. "Fine. We're here. Happy?" I asked, turning my wings a hair. "Let's just get down on the ground."

Where had we ended up exactly? Good question. I had absolutely no clue what state we were even in. West Virginia maybe? Ohio? Does it really matter? I stopped simply because there was a forest with a small creek. Okay, I confess that I also stopped to get Jewel off of my back. Happy?

As soon as we landed, I began silently setting up camp all by myself. I made our fire pit and moved around various rocks for us to sit on. I then grabbed a very large stick and pulled out my pocketknife. I was going to make a spear to hunt with. Primitive, I know, but it was effective.

"Need any help?"

I looked up to see Skye standing in front of me with an arm behind his back. He had on a genuine smile, something I was still getting use to seeing on him.

I, however, was not in a very smiley mood. I grumbled, "No. I can do this myself thank you very much. I am perfectly capable of getting our food myself.", while I finished sharpening the point.

"I never said you weren't." Skye said hurriedly. "I just thought you might like company when you go hunting."

"It kinda scares the animals away." I told him, standing up. "Besides, you don't have a spear."

He pulled his hand out from behind his back. He was clutching a spear very similar to mine. Maybe even better than mine. When did he make that? I must've been out of it.

"How'd you make that?" I asked, not knowing what else to say.

Skye smirked, obviously happy with my shock. He pulled a pocketknife out of his back pocket. "You think you're the only one who can nick things from unsuspecting idiots?" he asked me. "I stole it from Mike." he informed me, sticking it back in his pocket.

I had to chuckle at that. The boy was catching on very quickly. "All right, you can come if you keep quiet." I told him.

So, Skye and I went off to get breakfast, (Or lunch. Brunch?) leaving Jewel to herself. I sincerely hoped she would have a better attitude when we got back. I hated being mad at her.

Skye and I walked around the woods for a while before we stumbled across a rabbit. I didn't particularly enjoy the idea of killing and eating a cute, fuzzy bunny rabbit, but I was hungry and we didn't have any other choice.

I signaled for Skye to be quiet and, keeping almost perfectly still, I threw my spear at the bunny. Bulls-eye! I had hit it, but I hadn't killed it. I walked over to it, picked it up, whispered an apology to the poor frightened creature, and snapped its neck. I felt awful, but it had to be done.

We walked along a little further, when we spotted a turkey. A freaking wild turkey! I let Skye have the honors of killing that. I also let him have the honor of carrying it and then letting him gut it later.

"Hey Mel?" Skye asked as we walked back to camp. "Since we're two percent bird, is eating this turkey considered cannibalism?"

I chuckled. "Uh… I don't think so. We only have the internal structure and wings of a bird."

Skye nodded and we walked back to camp, laughing all the way. It was nice. I felt like I was back home.

I will spare you the grisly details of how we skinned, plucked, gutted, and cooked our food. Let's just say, it made Jewel happy again. I think it was seeing Skye's face when I told him he had to stick his hand inside the turkey and rip out its entrails.

When we finished eating, I thought it would be a good idea for us to wash off. That, however, didn't go as planned.

Jewel whispered something to Skye, causing him to laugh and nod his head. He then walked over to me. I'm telling you, I should've seen this coming.

"Hey Mel." Skye said, acting as innocent as possible.

"What?" I asked suspiciously.

"Well, I agree with your idea of washing off." he told me.

"Ok…"

"So, let me help you." Before I knew what was happening, Skye had picked me up and was walking over to the creek.

"What in the hell are you…" I trailed off as I realized. "Skye, I will kill you. I swear."

"No you won't."

"Yes I will." I struggled to get free. "Put me down now." Too late did I realize what a poor choice of words that had been.

"Whatever you say, Princess." he told me, dropping me in the creek.

I fell in with a splash and managed to sit up, sputtering. I looked up through my wet hair and saw Skye doubled over, laughing at me. Jewel was also laughing at my misfortune. Well, I'd fix Skye.

I wiped my hair out of my face and wrapped my arms around Skye's legs causing him to fall into the water with me.

It was my turn to laugh. "Oh." I cried. "You look…" I was laughing too hard to speak and tears were streaming out of my eyes.

"Think that's funny do you?" Skye asked cockily. "Well, then you'll think this is hysterical." He began splashing me.

"Stop it!" I yelled when the water hit my face. He kept splashing me, making me mad. However, after a while the water stopped in mid air whenever he splashed. It just wouldn't hit me anymore.

Thinking I knew what this meant, I looked at the water and thought hard about splashing Skye. I watched as the water rose up and hit him in the face. I could control water.

Skye must have realized this too because he said, "Oh no fair. You get a really powerful ability. There's water in practically everything!"

"What?" Jewel asked, running over to us curiously. "Mel got a new power? What is it?"

"She can control water now." Skye said sulkily. "That just sucks. That just really sucks."

I shook my head. "Skye, just because there's water in almost everything doesn't mean I can control it. I think our powers have limitations. Like how Jewel can't pick up anything heavier than a coffee table with her mind."

"Really?" Jewel asked. "You mean you can't control, like, ice or anything? Just water in its liquid form?"

I shrugged. "Maybe. And maybe I can't control it if it isn't pure water. Like if it's a mud puddle I wouldn't be able to control it, but if it was a river I could. I think it also depends on how much I can lift. Water is heavy when there's a lot of it."

"So, you think there are limits on all of our powers?" Skye asked. "What would those be?"

I sighed, trying to think. "Like maybe your force fields can only be so big." I told him. "I also don't think you can protect more than one person at a time, including yourself."

Skye nodded and then said, "And what about your powers? What are their limitations?"

"Well, I already said what I think about my new one." I told him. "As for my healing powers, well, I'm not really sure. Before I saved your life I thought I could only heal minor injuries."

I paused and thought about when I saved Skye. I remembered how I felt afterwards. Drained, weak, tired. And then it hit me.

"Whenever I heal a major injury, like whatever was going on with Skye, I take some of the damage. After I healed Skye I was really tired and weak and in pain."

Skye's eyes went wide. "You never mentioned that you were in pain after you healed me." he said. "Why didn't you say something?"

I sighed. "I didn't want you all to worry about me. I was more concerned with you Skye."

Skye opened his mouth to say something and then closed it again as if he thought it was a bad idea to speak.

We all sat in silence for a minute before Jewel said, "Uh… guys? You're still sitting in the creek. Don't you think you should dry off?"

Skye and I stood up automatically. I hadn't realized where we were sitting. I was in too much shock over my new power. I pulled my clothes out of our backpack and then let Skye get his.

I walked into the woods and changed behind a tree. It was out of my cute, light, tight fitting jeans and into my looser, darker ones. I also had to put on my gray spaghetti strap top and dig around for my old purple jacket.

When I was dressed, I walked back over to Jewel and Skye, who was already changed, and noticed that my shoes squished every time I took a step. Lovely.

"So, now what?" Skye asked me.

I shrugged. "We can do anything we want. We're safe."

"For now." Jewel muttered.

At those words I felt a sudden and rather harsh change in the air. I had this nagging feeling that something terrible was going to happen. But I was being ridiculous. Right?

Ooh. What's going to happen next? I hoped you like Mel's new power. Just a heads up, yes the powers actually do have limits and they are the limits Mel talked about. Making them too powerful would just ruin the story. Another heads up, these are the only powers Mel, Jewel, and Skye get. If they had any more that would also ruin the story. Well, the next chapter will go to several members of the Flock. Something interesting will happen there too. Until next week, I'll see you later.