Hello! I have another one shot songfic for you today! I'm really bored so why not? This one shot takes place at the end of Angel when Max and the flock and Fang and his gang are parting ways. Featuring Vienna by The Fray.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride or the song Vienna.


Max POV

Angel was gone. I didn't want to believe it but she was gone. She was my baby. But now she's just another lost soul that can easily be forgotten. And it was all because of the Doomsday Group.

"We're taking off," Fang said. "The cops got some of the DG organizers, but not whoever or whatever was supposed to be the One Light."

The day's last one way ticket train pulls in

We smile for the casual closure capturing

"Gazzy filled me in on what and—on what he'd learned at their headquarters. So we're going after that."

"Huh," I said unable to offer more of a reaction.

"We have to kill the plant at the roots," Fang said. "or it'll just grow back"

There goes the downpour

There goes my fare thee well

His face was lined and grim, his voice flat. He'd always loved Angel so much. Like we all had.

"Oh," I said and I got wearily to my feet, feeling old and hollow and like I would never be happy again. I don't know what I was expecting, but Fang and I sort of came together in a brief, awkward hug.

There's really no way to reach me

There's really no way to reach me

There's really no way to reach me

'Cause I'm already gone

I clung to him, relishing the milliseconds in his arms like they were hours, then I stepped back.

"So I guess this is it," I said almost inconherently.

There's so many words that we can say

Spoken upon long – distance melody

"Yeah," Fang agreed, and my heart sank. I'd actually hoped he'd just say for now. "Be safe," he said. Then he looked meaningfully at Dylan.

This is my hello

This is my goodness

Maya waited with the gang, and I knew I owed her. I went and stood in front of her, watching as her eyes met mine.

"Thanks," I told her.

She nodded. And that was it—we were too alike to need anything more.

"Take care, guys" he said to the rest of the flock

There's really no way to reach me

There's really no way to reach me

There's really no way to reach me

'Cause I'm already gone

More tearful good-byes, and then they were gone. I blinked uncomfortably, feeling grit in my eyes, Then I turned to the flock. I swallowed hard. "I need to find Ella," I told them. "And my mom. And maybe even Jeb."

Maybe in five or ten yours and mine will meet again

Straighten this whole thing out

Maybe then honest need not be feared as a friend or an enemy

But this is the distance

This is my game face

Slowly, one by one, they nodded.

There's really no way to reach me

I let out a breath, wondering if I could even get airborne.

There's really no way to reach me

Dylan came up to me. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and took one of my hands in his. His hand was large, warm, and comforting.

Is there really no way to reach me?

I looked down at it and felt hot tears prick the backs of my eyes, then ran down my face.

Am I already gone?

They made tracks through the sweat and the blood. I let them fall.

So this is your maverick

I looked up at him and nodded, and then we got ready to fly.

And this is Vienna


So…bad? Good? I know a lot of you don't know the song but I thought this fit the ending not only because of the whole separation between Fang and Max but also the emptiness everyone feels from what happened. So read and review (if you want more of these one shots). Oh and look on my profile for to vote for what songfic you want me to do next.

~C. R. Sage