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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Maximum Ride of any of the characters.
CLAIMER: I do own the plot.
Okay so this story takes place 3 years into the future. The Flock took down Itex and Fang never left. They've been living in peace and all.
"Hey, Fang… Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Yeah sure Angel, just wait a second." I said to the 9 year old telepath.
"Okay then; we'll be waiting in Iggy's room." Angel said before I could hear her skipping down the hall.
Wait, did she say we? Oh well. I sighed and put my laptop back on my dresser.
It's been 3 years since the Flock and I took down Itex and we've been living pretty normally (or as normal as a Flock of bird kids could). Jeb and Valencia bought us a house in the country which had a lot of privacy. It's been great and everyone has been going to school, but they're more excited for summer even though it's still only late fall.
Max, Iggy, and I are now 17, Nudge is 14, Gazzy is 11, and Angel is 9.
Even though we're all older the younger ones of the Flock still depend on Max as a mother, especially since after taking down Itex we still haven't been able to find their real families.
"Alright, so what did you need to tell me Angel?" I asked as I walked into Iggy's room. Angel wasn't the only one there; there was also Iggy, Gazzy, and Nudge. They all had a strange and stricken expression on their faces.
"Fang, you might want to sit down for this." Angel said calmly, everyone else agreed with her so I sat down on Iggy's moon chair.
"Okay, so what is it, and why is everyone except for Max here?"
"Well Fang, I had a premonition and it wasn't a good one. The reason Max isn't here is because we don't want her to know."
"Okay, so what is this premonition?"
"Fang… You're going to die." Angel said just as everyone else burst into tears.
"What! When! How much time do I have!" I started to yell, completely shocked by the statement.
"I… I'm not sure… B… But it's going to be soon…" Angel sniffled in between sobs.
"Oh Jeez… Guys don't cry; maybe Angel was wrong on this one." I said hoping it to be true. Sadly everyone nodded a 'no'; just great.
"No Fang… Not this time; I've had this premonition for the past few days and only now have we been able to tell you…" Angel said with tears still streaming down her face.
I was quite for awhile still fully processing that I was going to die soon. "Well since Max doesn't know you have to stop crying before she comes in here…" Everyone nodded and stopped crying.
"There's another thing Fang… Once you die Max is going to be ruined… You need to find some way to keep her sane and get her back on track after your death." Angel said quietly. I nodded my head.
"I think I know what you should do Fang! Since you're a writer you should pre write letters to her and have us give them to her at certain times!" Nudge said, back to her talkative self.
I thought about the idea and then nodded. I left the room after that to get started on the letters.
It's been a few weeks since Angel and everyone else (except Max) told me that I was going to die.
I had taken up Nudge's idea and had written letters to Max that are to be given to her at certain times. I had finished writing all the letters yesterday and today I was handing them out to the Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel. In a few of the letters I had items that I wanted Max to have and I even called a delivery company to deliver a cake to Max along with a recording of me talking to her for her birthday.
Even though on the outside it looked like nothing was going to happen to me at any given moment, on the inside I was freaking out. I mean I don't want to die at 17. I still have so much I want to do!
"Fang stop talking to yourself in your head. You're making a weird face and Max is staring at you like you've gone completely nuts." Angel said in my head. I had completely forgotten to keep my mental blocks up to keep her out.
I stopped talking to myself in my head and went back to watching TV with Max and the rest of the Flock.
Fang was going to die and he knew it. We were all scared (except for Max, she doesn't know). Iggy and Gazzy had been working on a special firework for the funeral that we were already planning and Nudge had put together a mini movie of pictures of Fang and everyone else with some of his favourite music in the background. Nudge had also made sure there were lots of pictures of him and Max and then to play a song at the end that she thinks will help Max more. The song is Carousel by Laura Izibor and actually kind of tells a story similar to Fang and Max's.
"Oh my god, Fang, someone call an ambulance now!" Max shrieked from Fang's bedroom. The rest of the Flock and I were there in mere seconds to find Max trying to revive a faintly breathing Fang who had his eyes closed.
Everything for the next few hours was a blur for the Flock. Even though Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel were expecting it they were still shocked. Max was hurt the most though.
"Are you with, um, Fang?" A nurse asked politely, stuttering slightly when she read Fang's name off the chart. The flock nodded and she asked for them to follow her.
The flock walked down a long hallway for a few minutes before coming up to wooden door with "Fang Ride" printed on a sheet of paper and stuck to it. The nurse opened the door slowly and the Flock walked into the room to find the Fang was there and so was a doctor.
"Ah, you must be the Ride family. Please take a seat; we've already called your guardians, Jeb Batchelder and Valencia Martinez." The doctor said in a polite voice.
The Flock nodded and took seats wherever they could find them in the small room, no one sat on the bed with Fang though.
"We're family, but not by blood." Max said in a hollow voice. The doctor nodded.
"Well, we regret to inform you, but you adoptive brother Fang didn't make it. It appears as though he had Final Stage Kidney Failure and all his organs shut down."
"What? He had kidney failure?" Max asked suddenly confused. The doctor only nodded again.
"Yes. Now we'll give you time to say your goodbyes before we send the body to be prepared for either cremation or a funeral, which is preferred?"
Before anyone could think, Max said funeral and the doctor left the room.
"Oh Fang…"Max asked sorrowfully while tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Max he knew he was going to die, and so did we." Iggy said while moving a comforting hand to Max's shoulder. She looked up at us with tear filled eyes that seemed to be asking us why no one told her.
"Max, he didn't want us to tell you that he was going to die. We've already planned the funeral though, so it can be held whenever you want it to." Nudge said for once without then babbling. Max only bitterly nodded her head.
The rest of the time that night passed aggravating slowly. Ella, Jeb, and Valencia had arrived at the hospital to say their own good byes before the funeral. Max was the last to say goodbye and took the longest.
After that everyone went back to Jeb's house knowing that since it was new it wouldn't remind them too much of Fang. That night everyone spent the night at Jeb's house.
Okay so what did you think? I'm sorry Fang had to die, but its all part of the plot so don't kill me! Anyways please R&R! I love to get reviews…. Also this is only the second fanfiction I've started (and probably will continue) so please bare with me if it sucks.
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