Along For The Ride

Someone Who Understands

-Storm-
She heard a hard thunk and a bunch of muffled swearing. How sweet, watching out for the sleepers. Storm blinked and when she opened her eyes, she could see as clear as day in the dark. Thanks to the owl DNA. She rushed over to the victim.
"Oh god, are you okay?" Storm asked. She'd hit Iggy with the rock. "I'm sorry!" She was tempted to touch and help him, but she felt as though it wouldn't be appreciated. Storm rolled her eyes and decided to anyways. She put a hand on his shoulder. Iggy grew ridged and stopped swearing.
-Iggy-
Iggy stopped as he felt a hand. "I'm good..." But he didn't punch it away. "So it was you, Feisty? You kicked a rock at me?" He grinned through the pain of his shin. Suddenly her hand extracted. Iggy practically got punched by her defense. "I-I didn't mean too.." Her voice was quiet. Iggy shrugged. "It's fine, I've broken bones before." He scooted against a tree.
-Storm-
Storm stood and looked around. They all were resting in a small, not so clear, clearing. Ash was tied up and sleeping. Nudge and Angel were sleeping pretty close to the tree that Max and Fang were under. And Gazzy was fairly close to Iggy and her. "What's bothering you? I could feel it when you touched me." Iggy said, making Storm jump. Storm kinda laughed. "I'm a freak in a group of freaks." She sat next to him, about a foot away.
"She says to a blind bird kid.." Iggy laughed bitterly. Storm looked at him, even though he couldn't tell. Iggy sat face forward. Staring at nothing and seeing nothing.
"I blind bird kid with a knack for fights. All of you guys are incredible." Storm said, her eyes misty. "Broken bones? I've never been in a real fight. Only fake ones with fake people and fake situations. Sometimes I spar with my flock mates, but no real fights." She brought up her knee and hugged it. Storm stared at nothing as well, her night vision off. Storm was unaware of herself as she stretched her wings out ever so slightly. She only realized when the tips of her wings brushed Iggy. Storm jumped slightly. "Sorry..I don't usually keep my wings cooped up. Force of habit."
-Iggy-
He'd known she was stretching her wings, he had heard the soft whooshing noises. "It's fine." He yawned. "Did you know that you have an odd, uh, I'd call it energy, running through you?" Storm looked at him. "Uh, no. Really?"
Iggy nodded, "Yeah, it's fast and seems to be freezing. Your buddy has one too, but it feels different. Like an opposite of you, or maybe just really hot instead of cold." He ran his hand on the ground, feeling for vibrations.
-Storm-
She thought about this. "Am I that noticeable?" Storm laughed. "Because that's probably not good." Iggy shook his head. "No, it doesn't carry through to whatever you're touching." Storm nodded to herself. "Well that's good."
They talked for a while after that until Storm fell asleep in the middle of a conversation.