Alright, first off, sorry about deleting all the unedited chapters. They didn't flow along with my new storyline so I had to let them go. I've got copies so if you want them just email me and I'll send 'em right over. Finally, here's chapter 4 as promised. This is pretty much where the new storyline begins to unfold. ENJOY!

"Um, excuse me?" Daniel was interrupted from his thoughts and turned his head to see a dark skinned girl about his age at the door holding a tray of food.

"Um, hi! I'm Nudge and I've been trying to wake you up for 5 minutes now and gosh! You're a heavy sleeper. You know I'm also a heavy sleeper and I sometimes sleep in! Do you sleep in? Oh I guess you do since I've been calling your name for five minutes now! You're Daniel right? That's an cool name! I wish my name was something like that to but it'd be like Daniele or something..." She trailed of and saw that Daniel was now staring confusingly at her. Even for an Avian-Human hybrid with a genius level IQ, he could hardly comprehend a word she just said.

"Um, I brought you some breakfast. It's good." She smiled. Daniel, seeing the platter of bacon and eggs, smiled back and got out of bed. He walked over to Nudge and reached to grab the tray but saw that she was now staring at him with wide eyes. He looked at her strangely, thinking it must be another one of her strange attributes, and took the tray. She still stared wide eyed and was now blushing beet red.

"What?'' Daniel finally asked. Nudge blushed even more.

"Umm, you're not wearing anything." She said, barely above a whisper, shielding her eyes with her hands. Daniel looked down at himself. Indeed, he was only dressed in his boxers. However, he did not notice anything wrong.

"And?" He asked again. Nudge unshielded her eyes and gave Daniel a look. Now it was her turn to be confused.

"Wow, Max was right." She said in amazement, "You really don't know much do you?" Daniel stared back at her, offended.

"Well I wouldn't say that, I personally think that my intelligence exceeds yours." He replied. Nudge gave him a what? Look.

"No. I mean, do you know anything about," she spread her arms and spun in a circle, "THIS?" Daniel arched an eyebrow.

"You spinning in a circle?" Nudge sighed in frustration.

"No silly, I meant this," She pointed out the window. "The world. Y'know, birds, trees, mountains, that sort of thing." Daniel silently pondered for a second.

"I believe not." He finally answered, turning to stare at the window. "I guess I've got a lot to learn about your world." He turned to Nudge.

"Tell me, aside from having wings, what else can you do?" Nudge closed her eyes, deep in thought.

"Well for starters, Max -" Daniel help up a hand to interrupt her.

"No not the rest of the group," He said, walking closer to her, "I mean just you."

"Um," Nudge stuttered, suddenly blushing again, "I can move metal and sense emotions." She said simply. Daniel smiled.

"Perfect." He held out his arm and motioned to a spot where a fresh scar was.

"Feel." He said. Nudge moved her hand up to the scar and ran her fingers along its length. She immediately gasped and yanked her hand away. Daniel didn't seem surprised.

"Tell me what you felt." He said as Nudge collapsed on his bed.

"Pain." Was all she could say. A single tear ran down her cheek. Daniel's face immediately softened and he brushed away her tear.

"You see, for the first 10 years of my life, all I knew was pain. It was in many forms but whatever the source, it all felt the same. And for the past few hours, it was still all I knew." Daniel said, his eyes going blank. He to collapsed onto the bed next to Nudge where she could feel him trebling. She squeezed his arm sympathetically.

"If your pain was as bad as what I just felt, then you're the bravest person I've ever known." She said, soothingly. Daniel sat up and turned to her.

"Thank you." He replied. "I hope we are now on the same level of understanding." He stood up and looked down at himself. Nudge, now not embarrassed at seeing him half naked, now observed him. He was definitely well toned, with solid pectorals and a well defined abdomen. His arms were skinny but with enough muscle to make them look attractive and, from what Max had told them, strong enough to punch through metal. But her attention soon shifted to his face. It had sharp, defined feature with high cheekbones which were emphasized by his piercing blue eyes. His face was framed by a shaggy mop of hair, which had probably only been cut once in his entire life. His body was framed by his obsidian wings, roughly 14 feet across. She looked away when he turned his head towards her.

"I guess now would be the time to put on some clothes." He said, laughing. He walked over to the dresser and grabbed his black tee-shirt and began to put it on.

"Need any help?" Nudge asked, seeing his trouble with the sling on his arm.

"No thank you." Daniel said and tore of the sling. "Arms's been mended for a long time anyway." With that, he slipped the shirt on, followed by his camouflage trousers and combat boots.

"Where'd you get those anyway?" Nudge asked. Daniel smiled slyly.

"Borrowed them off an Eraser." Nudge smiled and moved to brush off a stain on his shirt. As she moved closer, she suddenly tripped and fell into Daniel who also fell backwards and they both ended up on the floor

"Hey, guys I heard this crash and-" Gazzy was cut off as he approached the room and saw the "couple" and was stopped dead in his tracks.

Gazzy stared at Nudge and Daniel who was underneath her then ran down the hallway yelling at the top of his voice:

"GUYS! HELP! THERE'S SOME GUY CUDDLING WITH NUDGE!"