Quote #4: You're always right, even if you were wrong.

Max POV

Hawk knew that it was a chip the second she saw my facial expression. She tensed up and then tried to look relaxed. We both quietly walked into the restaurant and sat back down in our seats. Everyone could tell something was wrong, but they didn't dare ask here. Once Jenny and the other waiter brought our food, we all chewed in silence. Even Nudge; I was very surprised about that.

Once we were done, I paid and we all left.

"Where do we take off from?" Asked Xavier, who was eyeing Hawk down.

I looked up to the roof of the diner. Lucky for us, it was a flat surface, "The roof." All of us climbed on top of a dumpster and jumped onto the roof. I walked over to Fang, "Fly over to the Bay. Take everyone with you. Hawk, Josh, and I are going to stay for a little. I'll explain later." Fang stared at me for a second and then nodded. He snapped out his wings.

I walked over to Josh, "Stay here for a second. Hawk is going to need your help." Josh nodded. I heard everyone else snap open their wings.

Fang shouted "Up and away!" And everyone flew up… except for Iggy.

Iggy walked over to Josh, Hawk, and I, "What's going on? Why is Hawk going to need Josh's help?" Damn his amazing hearing. I looked down at Hawk, who was sitting on the ground, clenching her stomach. Josh's jaw clenched and he looked at me.

"Iggy, just go up with Fang and everyone else. I'll explain later." I looked at him, but he refused to budge. Probably because he couldn't see the look I gave him. Maybe this whole 'Hawk/Iggy Romance' thing was going to get in the way.

"No, I'm staying right here." Iggy looked at me straight in the eye. It still creeps me out how he could look at you straight in the eye when he couldn't even see them. I sighed and rubbed my temples.

"Fine." A small smile crept up on my face and then he stood there, waiting for me to explain. Josh was probably waiting for me to explain too.

"I'm chipped." Hawk said, barely over a whisper.

Iggy's brow creased and he walked over to Hawk, "Since when?" Hawk coughed. This chip must have done some major damage to her organs.

"I'll explain." I sighed. "Hawk was fine when she woke up this morning , but when she got to the diner she felt a tearing sensation in her stomach. She felt sick so she took me outside and… uh… did her business." I tried to hide the fact that she threw up. I wouldn't want people running around saying I barfed either. "When she lifted up her shirt to show me what was wrong, a small square was under the skin in her stomach. She said she never saw it before."

Josh looked at Hawk, "Can we see it?" Hawk nodded and lifted up her shirt, revealing her stomach. The bruising around the square was becoming more noticeable. Josh's blue eyes widened and then he looked away.

"Can I touch it?" Iggy asked her. Hawk nodded, but Iggy just stood there, waiting for the answer.

"Oh, yeah… blind. I forgot. Yeah, you can touch it." She sucked in a deep breath as Iggy's long, pale fingers traced around the square.

He sighed, "That is definitely a chip. It's about the same size as the scar on Max's arm." Iggy turned his head to the side, as if he could actually see Hawk's disappointed expression. "What are we going to do, Max?" Iggy stood up.

"We are going to find the other flock first. Then we are going to pay a little visit to my mom." A smile came to my face thinking about my mom. Hawk looked surprised. "My mom is a vet. She got my chip out, she can probably get your chip out."

Hawk looked at me, "You have a mom?" Her eyes were wide. I nodded and looked away. It was obvious that the owl-kids wanted to know where their parents were too. "How did you find her?"

"Long story. Maybe Iggy can tell you one day." I looked down at Hawk, who was breathing sharply. "This plan I have got going… It's going to take days. Are you sure you can fly." Hawk's face turned green and she shook her head.

"No… no flying. I'm too nauseous." I sighed and looked at Josh and Iggy.

"Which one of you is carrying her?" Josh ran his fingers through his platinum blonde hair.

Iggy stepped forward, "I'll do it." He crouched down and picked up Hawk. He snapped out his fourteen foot wings and looked at me. I snapped out my wings and backed away from Josh. He has a very, very long wingspan. Josh unfurled his twenty foot wings and smirked. I jumped off of the roof and started flying; the others followed.

Angel, I thought, Tell Fang we are coming. Kapeesh?

Okay, Max. No worries. Oh God… Max, Dylan is here! He doesn't see us, but he is so close! Fang has us hiding behind a building right now. Dylan's thoughts say that he is going after the other bird kids! Angel sounded frantic.

Which building, sweetie? I asked, trying to sound calmer than I really was.

Bayside Building! Hurry, Max. Fang is thinking about going after him!

My eyes widened and I started flying extremely fast. Within seconds, I saw Bayside Building and landed on the roof. It was only three stories high. I looked down to see Dylan sitting by the bay, eating something. The flocks were hiding on the side of the building, watching him.

I looked back to see how I could get off of the roof without being noticed, when I see two faces staring at me in disbelief.

It was a guy and a girl. They were looking at me, amazed.

I smiled, "What? You've never seen a girl with wings?" A sound came out of the girl's throat. I smiled and jumped off of the building. I landed a few inches behind Fang. The girl and guy were the least of my problems.

"Don't you even think about it." I said as I snapped my wings back in, not even bothering to cool them off. Fang looked back at me and sighed in relief. A few seconds later, Josh landed. Iggy and Hawk soon followed.

"What's the plan?" Fang asked me. I looked back at Gazzy. He was the guy I needed.

"You have any stink bombs?" I whispered to him. He smiled and took his backpack off. He unzipped it and poured out all of the contents. Nine bombs later, he found a stink bomb. How on earth could this little boy possibly carry so much? And where did he get them? It's beyond me.

"Detonate it a little bit behind him." I nodded toward Dylan and Gazzy smiled. Gazzy pulled the pin to the bomb and threw it next to Dylan. Dylan looked back when he heard the thud of the bomb hitting the sand, but thought nothing of it. Seconds later, green gas was floating into the air and Dylan was gagging. Dylan fell to the ground and curled up into a ball, as if to protect himself from the stench.

"Up and away." I whispered. Gazzy and Xavier high-fived and took off. After everyone took off, I looked back at Dylan. It was hard to keep down the laugh that was climbing up my throat. He was spazzing out on the ground. It must smell horrible.

Oh well.

I smiled and took off, heading for New Jersey.

Dylan POV

I'm going to kill them. I'm going to kill them. I'm going to kill them.

It's not going to be fast though… Oh no, no, no. I'm going to make it slow. It's going to be the most painful thing they have ever experienced. It's the last thing they will ever experience.

The shit that came out of the bomb was horrid. Not as bad as the little boy, Gazzy's butt, but bad enough. It made me choke on absolutely nothing. The best I could do to get away from the stench was curl up into a ball and shield my nose and mouth. About an hour later; yeah, a fucking hour, the stuff dissipated. I didn't even hear them behind me when they set it off!

I knew the second that the stink-bomb exploded that it was the stupid flock. The blind on and the little one always had bombs. I let them get away! What a stupid thing to do! Because of my actions, they are an hour away. And they are fast.

Fml.

Iggy POV

We had been flying for an hour with no trace of Dylan on our butts. We were flying over Delaware now. Clouds began to gather, but Max didn't have any intentions of landing. We had to get to the other flock today. Or else Dylan would.

I rolled my shoulders as much as possible without dropping Hawk.

"You must be dying to put me down." She coughed and sighed.

I shook my head, "I've carried heavier for longer. Don't worry." I gave her a small smile and she shook her head.

"It's not going to be okay… This thing in my stomach, it hurts like hell. And I've practically been to Hell." She shifted her weight so I am only holding her with one arm. She lifts my other hand and puts it on her cheek. It was wet from tears. I pulled my hand away and shifted her back into her original position.

"You'll be fine. I promise… I swear." I tightened my arms around her. She really thought she was going to die.

"Passing over the border to Jersey!" I heard Fang shout. "Thirty minutes and we'll probably see—"

He was cut off by Max's laughter, "This is almost too easy!" She almost sounded… giddy.

"What does she mean?" I asked Hawk.

"Bird kids… a lot of them… I think they are the ones we are looking for." She took a deep breath and I felt her head looking around for more of them.

"She's right. That is too easy."