This would take place while Max and Fang were in Vegas, in Fang, right after they saw . I always thought more should have happened in this part, so I added this=) Enjoy!

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I Will Protect You

Once we had Dr. Gunther-Hangen out of our sights, Fang grabbed hold of me.

"Why did we just let him leave like that?" He asked, fire burning behind his normally emotionless eyes. Something had upset him, and his eyes were showing it. Oh how I could get lost in those eyes. I had so many times before, whenever we kissed or held each other- but I had to snap out of it. Fang's gaze was practically setting flames on my skin. I really hope that Fang hadn't developed that as a new skill, because my face was burning up. Then it hit me we were in Las Vegas, a desert. Desert equal heat. Duh, Max.

"Max! What is wrong with you?" I jumped. I really ought to stop getting lost in my thoughts.

"Sorry. Just a lot going through my mind." One of those looks passed between us. I sighed. "I'm not sure why I let him go. It just didn't seem like that right time for evil-scientist butt kicking."

"Yeah I guess not," he breathed. "But why does he want to use you as some sort of spokes-freak?"

"I guess he's trying to make people think it's ok for him to do his creepy little experiments on them. Something is really different about this evil whack-job and it's bothering me more than any other one did, he's really a genius."

"Yeah you're right." Fang looked like he wanted to say something more, but instead he grabbed my hand with his free one and we kept walking. He was silent, really thinking about something. I waited for him to drop the subject like the old Fang I knew.

But finally, he spoke up. "Max?"

"Yeah?" I turned to face him.

"I just wanted to tell you that I will always protect you from crazy guys like Dr.G. and anyone else we cross paths with. I know you're tough as nails and all, and you don't want to admit it, but sometime you're gonna need a guy to back you up. That'll be me. No matter what happens or what kind of crap you get yourself into, I will be there. I promise." He gave me a sincere smile that just gave my heart butterflies. This kid really got me. And boy did he have me. I leaned over and planted one right on him. He was the slightest bit shocked, but in an instant he wrapped his arm that wasn't holding our bucket of coins around me and kissed me back with all his might (which by the way, is a lot).

I melted right into his arms. Why couldn't life always be like this?

After what seemed like forever, we broke apart laughing at the fact that both of our stomachs growled.

"Wanna get some food?" Fang said still half-smiling.

My heart melted again. "When have you ever heard me say no to food?" He let out a stifled laugh, grabbed my hand again and we headed towards the closest restaurant. Both of us were beaming, which for Fang is a full smile. Even though life sucked right then, it was so much less sucky with Fang, the one person I completely trusted and loved so much, by my side the whole way.

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