A/N: So this is my first fanfiction so I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully no one thinks it sucks but if you think so, well, too bad! =D Anyways, Read and Review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride, James Patterson does and neither do I own "Come Home," OneRepublic does. Sadly =(

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Come Home

Max woke early in the morning as far as she could tell since the sky outside was still pretty dark, but she didn't care. She may have been tired but all she could think about was going to the cliff where they had first seen the hawks.

She figured it was hopeless because Fang had said he would be there waiting in 20 years but she just had this feeling that she needed to be there now.

Well hello world hope you're listenin

Forgive me if I'm young I'm speakin out of turn

There's someone I've been missin

I think that they could be

The Better half of me

Max ran downstairs after she had quickly thrown on some jeans and a t – shirt. She went to the back door, sliding it open and jumped out, spreading her wings into the cool, early morning air. She loved the feeling of flying, especially when the wind whipped through her hair and feathers.

After flying for about 2 hours, she landed with a skid and a halt on top of the cliff. There was no one there except her. She looked around and scanned the sky, but Fang was nowhere.

Her excitement destroyed, Max went and sat on the edge of the cliff and looked out over the horizon. She had felt certain he would be here.

Deciding to wait for a while incase he showed up later, she found her mind wandering to the events that had happened in the last 10 years. Despite everything good that had happened, they weren't the best years. She constantly missed Fang. She missed his iconic half smile and his brown gaze. His quiet stares and his blackness. There was only one time he wasn't in his signature black clothes and that was when he, along with the rest of the flock, were forced to wear khaki when they went through the BS training in Hawaii when her mom had been kidnapped. She found she preferred the black clothes because that was his thing.

She knew the reasons why Fang had left had been just in his mind, but she couldn't help but miss him. He felt he was protecting her this way but all she felt was heartbreak.

They're in the wrong place

Tryin to make it right

But I'm tired of justifyin

So I say to you

Come home, come home

Cause I've been waitin for ya

For so long, for so long

Now she wished she could just see him one more time. She missed him so much. Most of all, she missed going into battle with him. They had always been together in every single fight they had gotten into except for that brief time when the flock had separated. It seemed they had been fighting her whole life and she just felt more comfortable with him by her side. He was her right hand man and her second in command. Now it seemed she always fought with unease. The rest of the flock was there and she knew they also had her back. But not like Fang had.

In the first seven years after Fang left, they had continued to destroy the various Itex Incorporations left in the Untied States and around the world that seemed to keep appearing out of nowhere.

Right now there's a war between the vanities

But all I see is you and me

And the fight for you

Is all I've ever known

So come home

Oooooo

She had gone into every single one of those fights thinking that she had to stay alive and fight her hardest just so she could meet Fang in 20 years. That was her purpose now along with saving the world, wait and fight for Fang.

I get lost in the beauty

Of everything I see

The world ain't half as bad

As they paint it to be

After the first 7 years, nothing of much interest had happened. It felt like waiting in the clam before the storm. As far as Max knew there hadn't been a new Itex since three years ago. She even found herself wondering if she had finally saved the world and maybe it wasn't so bad after all.

If all the son's all the daughter's

Stop to take it in

Well hopefully the hate subsides

And the Love can begin

It might start now yeah

Well maybe I'm just dreamin out loud

But inside she knew she was probably only dreaming out loud. There was no way life could be that easy.

Until then

Come home, come home

Cause I've been waitin for ya

For so long, for so long

Right now there's a war between the vanities

But all I see is you and me

And the fight for you

Is all I've ever known

So come home

Heyyyyyy

The lack of constantly being on the move and in battles made it that much harder to keep her mind off of Fang. She knew without a doubt he was her soul mate. After all, the Voice had told her just as much.

Thinking now that saving the world definitely wasn't as easy as it seemed, She wished Fang would just hurry up and get here. She wanted to face whatever was coming next with him be her side. She needed him there so she could be the strong confident Max she had been before he left.

Everything I can't be

Is everything you should be

And that's why I need you here

Everything I can't be

Is everything you should be

And that's why I need you here.

Realizing it had been an hour since she had first arrived, Max sighed and resigned herself to accepting that he just wasn't going to be there yet. So, she stood up and was about to take off when she heard the crunch of leaves behind her. Freezing and going into fight mode, she whipped around.

So hear this now

Come home, come home

Cause I've been waitin for ya

For so long, for so long

Right now

There's a war between the vanities

But all I see is you and me

And the fight for you

Is all I've ever known

So come home

Standing across from her a few feet away was Fang.

Come Home

Her breath caught in her throat and she just stared at him.

"Hello Max"

"Hi" whispered Max, tears in her eyes.

Oooooo

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A/N: So there it is! I hope you enjoyed it and depending on the reviews I just might make this a two shot instead of just the one.

Please Review! Constructive criticism is welcome but please, NO FLAMES!

Thank You

- shortbandie9