I do not own the Flock.
Italic is Angel. Italic underline is The Voice / Jeb
Max's P.O.V
(Dream) "Fang!! Where are you? FANG!! Damn it, Fang, where are you?"
" Ha Ha Ha." I know that voice. Ari. He's dead though. He came out of the brush, wearing the same outfit that he died in. OMG. That's impossible. (End Dream)
I sat up screaming, and knocking someone or something to the ground, but that didn't matter. It's been years since Ari died.
Flashback
"I just . . . Oh, Max," Ari said, and then he slumped against me, eyes still open, weight so heavy on me that I fell to my knees next to him. I stared at his face, shook his shoulder.
"Ari!" I said. "Ari! Come on, snap out of it! Please, Ari?"
All around us, the battlefield thrashed on, but Ari was silent.
"Ari?" Horrified, I pressed two fingers against his neck, feeling for a pulse.
Ari's time had come. He had expired. Right here, right now, in my arms.
Flashback Ends
"Max, are what's wrong?" Fang asked. I looked at him. He was in a fighting stance. He hasn't done that since we destroyed Itex and the rest of those scumbags. Fang was still looking at me, ready to punch someone if given the chance. "Max, are you alright?" Fang and I have been together since we destroyed Itex a few years back. I nodded to Fang, but he didn't look convinced. He did however get back in our bed.
Fang and I are 24 now. Iggy 24, Nudge 21, Gazzy 18, and Angel 16. The Flock and I moved back to Colorado after we did a sweep through of the woods and the near by city's just incase any Erasers, Flyboys or any other of The School's or Itex's monsters were still around, which they weren't. We had to clean up the house because it had been a while since we were in the E shaped house. We even invited my mom and Ella to stay with us.
Flashback
"You two can come with us. There's plenty of room, Mom. You and Ella can have your own rooms even. We even have five bathrooms."
"No thanks Max. I think that it would be better if we just stayed here. We can come and visit you on the weekends."
"Fine, Mom. Come on guys lets get out of here. I want to be at the house before midnight. It takes us four hours to get there with the stops."
Flashback Ends
When we got to the house, the windows were still broken, the paint coming off. The house was a disaster. We had spent the next few months on cleaning, painting, moving and organizing everything. Fang and I moved into a larger room in the house. Before Fang and I moved into our current room, we painted it a mix of black and white. There's more black than white, so that Iggy can't see when he comes in. The only place where there is white, is the bathroom wall, which the door is always closed. The doors are even black, and the carpet is a dark blue. The comforter is black but the sheets are cream. The dressers and bed frames are Mahogany. Our old rooms are in the process of being painted natural colors.
Nudge is in college, Gazzy is a senior and Angel is a sophomore in high school. Nudge is studying to be a Beautician. She only has two more years then she will have her license. Gazzy is doing well in school. He hasn't set a bomb off at the school in all four years, that I know of. Angel in on the Honor roll. She is growing up so nicely. They all are. Iggy and Fang own and operate a business. They make websites and set them up for various companies. Me, well I work on keeping the house clean, taking care of the flock, and on the look out for various School like activity. Total has well moved on. No, not dead , but he wanted to stay with Mom and Ella in Arizona.
I got finally decided that it was time to wake up the rest of the flock. "Fang." Fang came over and helped me off the bed. Ok I know I know. WTH is wrong that Max would need help off the bed for? Well I'm pregnant. Again, I know. What? How? When? and How far? I'm pregnant. If your seriously asking how, then, well, you should know HOW. When and how far can be answered in a short sentence. Eight months. But that's another story right there.
I walked over to Iggy's room and opened the door. "IGGY!!!" "What, ow. Oh, hi Max." "Yah, hi Iggy. Go make breakfast, okay. I'm craving some pancakes with Red Raspberries in it. So if you could fix me fifteen of those that would be great." I said smiling. "Fine" "Thanks Iggy." I walked out and went to Gazzy's room, across the hall. "Gaz, get up. Iggy's making breakfast. GAZZY!" Gazzy sat up startled. "Hey Max. I'll get dressed then I'll head down to help Iggy." "That's great Gazzy, now get moving." I walked out his door, down the hall, down the stairs and into Nudge's room. "Morning Nudge." I said bumping her bed. "Five more minutes." By now the smell from the kitchen had begun to fill the air in Nudge's room. Nudge's room is on the second floor, the kitchen is on first floor. Nudge finally realized that Iggy was making breakfast and forced me out the door, so she could get ready for the day. Max don't worry about coming to wake me up. I was just about to come out and go help the guys since Nudge is still in our bathroom. "Thank you Angel. I'm gonna go back to my room, and wait for my pancakes to be ready. Just have Fang bring them up to me." "Okay, Max."
I was half way up the steps that lead to the third floor when I heard it. Max lean on the railing and try to sit down. Something's wrong with the baby. Get Fang and get to your mom's house now. That's when it started. I started bleeding. I quickly sat down on the stairs. "Fang!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "Max, what's... Oh, Shit." I was going to yell about the language, but I was hit with another wave of pain. I screamed again. I heard the others come up behind Fang, but they kept their distance. Max, you need to tell Fang that you need to get to your mom's house fast. "Fang, the voice says," more pain, "that something is wrong with the baby and that we," again more pain, "need to get to my mom's house fast."
Iggy was looking at me. Yah, he was looking at me. White carpet and white walls on all of the stairs. "Iggy, your in charge till we get back." "No, we're going with you." "IGGY" "Fine dude. I just think that just incase you need to take a break from carrying Max or something you could use a few extra sets of arms and eyes." Fang thought about that for a moment, then shook his head. "No Iggy, I'm flying start through. I'm not gonna stop till we get there." "Fine then we'll see you two later."
Fang's P.O.V
"Fang!!" I heard Max scream my name and I was out of that kitchen before she finished screaming. "Max, what's... Oh, Shit."
Max was sitting on the stairs, clutching the railing. There was blood running down here legs and onto the white carpet. The rest of the flock soon came behind me. I heard them stop a few feet from me. I looked at Max and her eyes were glazed a bit. I hadn't seen that look since the last time the voice talked to Max. "Fang, the voice says," more pain, and screaming, "that something is wrong with the baby and that we," again more pain, and more screaming, "need to get to my mom's house fast." "Iggy, your in charge till we get back." "No, we're going with you." "IGGY" "Fine dude. I just think that just incase you need to take a break from carrying Max or something you could use a few extra sets of arms and eyes." I thought about that but I thought better of it. I wouldn't be able to watch out for anyone other than myself and Max. She needs me, and her mom. Dr. Martinez knew about the pregnancy, and would be able to help Max. I shook my head, "No Iggy, I'm flying start through. I'm not gonna stop till we get there." "Fine then we'll see you two later."
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Five Hours Later
I didn't put Max down no matter how many times she said that she was okay. I wasn't going to chance her dropping out of the sky or her bleeding again.
Flashback
"Fang, what's going on?" Gazzy asked. I looked at Max and her screaming was calming down. "I don't know Gazzy, that's why I'm taking her to her mom's." Gazzy shut up and no one asked any questions after that.
I picked Max up and she wrapped her arms around my neck. I kissed her forehead and she calmed down. Now that she was done screaming, she went into a panic attack and was crying.
After a few hours, Max was fine and demanding to be put down. "Fang, put me down right now." "No." She looked pissed, so I continued. "Because I don't want you to start bleeding again. The second that I'd picked you up, the bleeding stopped." She looked at me a sighed. She relaxed and fell asleep in my arms. She was getting heavy, but I wasn't going to take a break. Max had said that the voice said that something was wrong with the baby. I didn't know what was wrong, but I wasn't going to take any chances.
Flashback Ends
We landed in the forest next to Dr. Martinez's house. Max started screaming again. I looked down at my arms and there was fresh blood starting to poor out of Max. "Mom, I think I heard someone scream." That was Ella. I was halfway to the door when Dr. Martinez and Ella came running out the door. "Max!" They came rushing toward me and Max. The blood flow was getting stronger and Max became unconscious.
Dr. Martinez rushed us inside the house and led me to the guest bedroom. I set Max down very carefully. I didn't want nothing else to happen to Max. I looked at Dr. Martinez, "Get out of the room." "No. I deserve to be in the room with her. She's my wife." What your shocked. Oh, well I guess she forgot to tell you. We got married two years ago. "Fine, just stay out of the way." Dr. Martinez took off Max's pants and underwear, both were covered in blood. Dr. Martinez checked Max and whispered something to Ella. Ella ran out of the room, I heard the car drive around to the front of the house. I know something was very wrong with Max and the baby. "Get Max in the car now." We drove to the clinic, and Dr. Martinez rushed
Twenty Minutes Later
"Fang, you can put Max down on the table there." I looked at my Max. Her breathing had become slow. I was getting worried. I set Max down on the table in front of me. "Fang, I need you to be at Max's head, that way if she wakes up, you'll be there." "Okay fine." I stood at Max's head for the next half hour.
Dr. Martinez's P.O.V.
"Fang, you can put Max down on the table there." I pointed to the table the was in front of Fang. Max's heart beat had become slow. I could tell that Fang was worried, as was I. "Fang, I need you to be at Max's head, that way if she wakes up, you'll be there." "Okay fine." I wanted Fang to be at Max's head so that he didn't have to see all of the blood. Max was loosing to much blood. I worked around to find the baby inside Max. I found the head and turned it, so that this way I would be able to deliver the baby with out cause Max to much pain. I knew Fang didn't like to see Max in pain, so I worked fast. Within the next half hour, I had taken the baby out of Max. I didn't let Fang see the child. I quickly handed the baby to Ella, who was waiting with a blanket in her hands for the baby. Max wasn't going to make it.