Okay, I am almost finished with this story. Now, don't cry. The key word is 'almost'. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. This chapter probably won't be very long. You'll see why. Anyway, read 'NeoFlock' by Talon666 and 'Dark Blue' and Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen. They are truly amazing. So, here comes my new chapter I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and thanks a ton for all of your reviews!

Elisabeth had been sitting on the couch sipping a cup of green tea when she heard the computer beep. She hurriedly sat her drink down and scanned the new blog Melody had posted. She hoped things were well with her daughter.

However, the post wasn't bringing any good news. Melody and her friends were going off to fight evil all by themselves. Worse, they were fighting an army of children led by a teen with a serious disliking for normal humans.

"Iggy?" Elisabeth called into the kitchen. Her husband was just clearing away their breakfast dishes.

"Is something wrong?" he called back, noting the seriously worried tone in her voice. What was going on?

"Come in here." she said, not answering his question. She didn't want him upset. Not until she read him the blog. She might simply be overreacting.

Iggy quickly placed the last dish in the cabinet and said, "I'm coming." Something was definitely wrong. He walked as quickly and as carefully as he could into the living room.

Elisabeth turned her head when she heard him stop in the doorway. "Come sit on the couch with me." She needed him next to her.

Iggy quickly walked over to her and then sat down next to her. "Elisabeth, what's wrong?" he asked her. "I know something's wrong. Tell me what it is." It had to be something to do with Melody. Something had happened to her.

Elisabeth took a deep breath. She had to remain calm. For Iggy. "Melody posted on the blog." she told him. She was trying her hardest not to burst into tears.

"And?" he asked, pressing onward. He could hear her breathing had become deeper and slower. She was trying to keep herself from crying. He needed to know why. What had happened?

"Bad things are happening, she says." Elisabeth told her husband. "She and her friends have to save the world."

"No different than us." Iggy said. He knew there was more to it. If that was all, Elisabeth wouldn't be trying to keep herself from crying.

"Yes." his wife replied. "Except, she has to save it from children much like herself. Confused children who have been lied to and turned into Erasers."

Iggy drew in a sharp breath. So, now the Director was trying to use the children to achieve her means. This was not a good sign. "Anything else?" he asked.

"The Director isn't behind this." she told him. She was so worried for her daughter. If a mere child could overthrow the Director, what did it say for the most powerful leaders on Earth?

"Then who is?" Iggy asked her. Who could be worse than the Director? Was Max's worst fear true? Was Jeb behind it all?

"That boy, Tanner." she explained. "The one Angel told us about. The one she had a particularly bad feeling about? The one that she couldn't place?"

"What is he going to do?" he asked, not as convinced as Elisabeth that this news was so bad. Melody could take on a teenager. No problem.

"Take over the world. Turn all normal children into Erasers with something called the 'E' virus. Usual crap." She could tell Iggy wasn't too worried. Maybe she had overreacted. Mel would be fine. Still, she had a nagging feeling that she couldn't shake.

"Do you think we should help her?" Elisabeth asked. "It's summer. I don't have to work. Neither does half the flock. The other half can work from anywhere. You can get someone else to run the restaurant."

"You can feel where she is too, huh?" Iggy asked his wife. Ever since Mel had been taken, he had a funny feeling that he knew where she was.

Elisabeth nodded. "Yeah and I also think that she needs us."

Iggy sighed heavily. "I don't think I can fly that long of a distance any more." he told her. "And, besides, if a kid is behind this, we won't be much help." They couldn't hurt a kid, no matter how evil and twisted he was.

"We can drive most of the way there." Elisabeth said. She needed to be with her baby girl. If only to assure her everything was going to be okay.

Iggy heaved another sigh and dug into his pants pocket. He pulled out his cell phone and, much to Elisabeth's glee, began dialing.

"Hey, Max." he said after a few seconds of silence. "It's Ig. Mel needs us."


On the opposite side of the country, a girl named Liz Harmon was checking her email before heading off to the park to hang with some friends.

"Hmm." she said, looking at a particular email. "Mel posted a new blog."

So, she had no idea who Melody Smith was. She felt like she did. Mel claimed to have wings and was supposedly on the run with some friends from crazy lunatics who tried to harm her parents decades earlier. Most of the kids in her school thought it was all a hoax for a movie or something. Liz was drawn to stuff like this, so she believed it and so did a couple of her friends.

Liz clicked on the post and began reading. At first, it was filled with good news. By the end of it, Liz was worried and scared. If what Mel was saying was true, then life as she knew it was going to be over.

She yanked her cell phone out of the charger and frantically dialed her friend, Maddie. Maddie was one of the few who read the blogs and believed them.

"Hey, Liz." Maddie answered. "Where are you? You said you'd be here fifteen minutes ago."

"Something more important came up." She quickly read Melody's latest blog post to her friend. "We have to do something, Maddie."

"But what?" she asked. "Mel wants us to just sit tight and let her handle it. Besides, what could we do anyway? Those kids have wings and other mutant abilities. We've got nothing."

"We get the word out." Liz told her friend. "We protest. We do anything to make sure we get on the news. If all we do is let Mel know that us normal kids support her and aren't going down without a fight, that's good enough for me."

"You're right." Maddie said. She paused a moment and added, "Selene thinks so, too. We have to do something."

"Any camera crews at the park?" Liz asked. It was the first day of summer. News was slow. They might want to show kids playing on the local news for something or other.

"Yeah." Maddie said. "But you better hurry. They might not be here much longer."

"On my way." Liz hung up her phone and jetted out of her house as fast as possible. She had to help Mel. Somehow, someway.

And, that was why it was so short. I hoped you liked that. Next chapter goes back to Mel and the others. Things are about to get interesting. Well, I will try to update soon. See ya!