[A/N] Hey Guys, there are few things you need to know before you read this Fanfic. I haven't added Total in this story. This takes after MR4 and of course Itex is back. Everyone in the Flock is all a year older. Max, Fang and Iggy are 15, Nudge is 12, Gazzy is 9 and Angel is 7.I'm an Aussie and this is set in America, so I'm sorry if I get some details wrong, please tell me if I do! And last of all, the spelling might be a bit different. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride

Nudge was first to go… It happened when the sun was setting three months ago. Like always, we were on the run from Itex. But that evening we were more exhausted than usual. We had fought three groups of Erasers at different times during the day, and then we flew for 9 hours straight, hoping to find safety. But there was none.

Ever since she was taken by erasers, I blamed myself. If I hadn't sent her to collect some wood, alone, she would have never been captured. We finally noticed an hour later when Gazzy asked where she was. How could I be so stupid? I didn't even notice when one of my family, who counted on me and trusted me, disappear. I tried to convince myself that she was merely lost in the woods, not captured, not taken. Iggy hadn't heard any voices that meant she didn't scream for help. Maybe if Angel were awake, maybe she would have heard her desperate thoughts. But she wasn't. While I went berserk, shouting and feeling guilty, Angel stirred from her sleeping spot. During the flight she fainted for exhaustion and Fang had to carry her to our new camp.

According to Iggy, when Gazzy broke the news to her, she broke into tears. Tears that not even Gazzy could stop. But who knows, he might have been lying. I doubt it though; Iggy never lied unless it had something to do with bombs. While Angel was sobbing, Fang and I had already taken off to look for Nudge together. We thought that if we split up we would both get caught. It took us hours to search the whole forest. But we came back to faces filled with hope, empty-handed. Nudge was gone.

Surprisingly, Angel held out a small card in her quivering hand. As I read, my blood boiled. They will pay. Oh, they will pay and when they do, they'll never know what hit them. Sensing the anger rushing to my head, Fang snatched the card out of my hand before I could scrunch it up into little pieces.

"We have experiment B32179, or as you call her, Nudge. We will never be giving her back." He read aloud from Itex's famous business card. Once he finished, I could see his jaw tighten and his knuckles show. He was furious. For minutes we stood there, surrounded by giant trees taking time to process what just happened.

A few minutes later, Angel gathered enough courage to speak, "M…Max, what are we going to do now? I mean, we have to go after Nudge! 'Cause no matter how hard I try, I can't hear her! Where is she!?" bursted Angel as her tears ran down her face like rain. She wasn't the only one who was crying. Gazzy was trying to hide his tears; he tried so hard to be strong. But from where I stood, I could see him crying. He was just as shocked, sad and devastated as Angel – his sister. Iggy was getting teary as well, but he didn't show it. The only clue he gave was a watery line that ran down his face. Next to me stood Fang, with Nudge taken to God knows where, he could still keep his mask in place.

As I comforted Angel, I was close to tears myself. "Come on guys, get some rest. Tomorrow's going to be a rough day." I squeaked, struggling to get the words out."Iggy, Fang, just sleep, I'll take the whole watch. I don't think I'll get any sleep tonight anyway." With that I sat down and leant my head against the sturdy oak tree.

Minutes passed and snores arose. I guessed the others were already asleep. My head was starting to throb from all of the thinking. I needed to create a plan and fast. "Hey, are you okay?" asked a hoarse voice, scaring the wits out of me. I should've known he wasn't asleep.

"Fang, I can't think of a plan that ends up with us getting Nudge back without losing anybody on the way," I complained shaking my head violently.

Grabbing his black laptop he sat down next to me and started typing. "Ok, why don't we start looking for the nearest Itex compound and then we'll figure out the rest."

"Can't sleep either?"

"Yep."

"Do you think they'll take anyone else?"

"I sure hope not… All I know is that we need to be careful and extra alert."

Sighing in agreement, I spent the rest of the night staring at the stars, wishing for things that would never come true.

But 13 days later, they took someone else away from me…

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