Max P.O.V

Beneath my feet, torn to shreds, body parts detached. My flock lie there helpless, not breathing, not moving, silent. I couldn't make out much of anything. It was dark. I was frozen in place in shock trying to comprehend what had just happened. Is this real? I continued to question as the silence overwhelmed me. Here in the middle of this vast forest. I had thought it was going to be safe. We had set up camp a few miles down the trail. Living here for weeks, happy. It didn't take much to satisfy us as long as we were together, and breathing. It's all over now. Done. Game over. The school has won at last. Though maybe they want to finish me off too or just see me suffer. At this point, I don't care.

"M-max." My eyes widened. I could barely hear Angel saying my name. I quickly scoped the area finally spotting her. "M-max." She said again. I ran to her fast. She was in bad shape. Her wing was halfway ripped from her back, I could see right through her hand, not to mention the great big gash on her abdomen. She was bleeding profusely. I could tell that she was in tremendous pain. I sat down next to her, slowly moving her head to my lap. "Everything hurts Max." Tears began to form in my eyes no matter how hard I was fighting them back. "I know Angel, it will all be over soon. I promise." Stroking my fingers through her blood stained hair. "It's going to be okay, I love you don't you ever forget that." I whispered to her. Her consciousness began to fade away. I began to uncontrollably sob. My heart sunk deep into my chest.

My whole life purpose was to protect my family, the only people I have ever known and loved and now, they are gone, non existent, dead. Again it was silent. I was frozen. What do I do now? I have nothing and nobody. I can't just leave them here. I sat there unknowing what to feel, to think, to say or do. Hours past of silence. I hadn't moved a muscle. The sun began to sprinkle through the trees allowing me to see the horrifying remains of my flock. I have seen some pretty screwed up things in my lifetime but nothing like this. Fangs head to the far left of me, eyes still open. His body behind me, limbs hanging on by shreds of skin. Iggy, to my I immediate right torn in half at the waist. Gazzy, lying next to Fangs body in a pool of blood. Poor Nudge, hanging from a tree branch by her wings that were almost torn off of her body. Totals little body crushed underneath a big rock. Taking in my surroundings I started to hyperventilate. I closed my eyes tight continuing to breathe. There was an unsettling feeling in my stomach. I held onto my stomach tight but the feeling got worse.

Suddenly I felt something on my right shoulder. "Everything is going to be okay, I'm going to help you." Said a concerned voice. I was still trying to catch my breath clenching my eyes tight. I felt arms slowly pick me up. Then I heard wind furiously passing my ears. Who ever this was ran unbelievingly fast. Angels blood was all over me and now getting all over who ever this was. They obviously didn't care that I had wings considering the fact that my wings had been out this whole time, then again this could be some creep from the school for all I know. My breathing slowed. The sound of the wind began to fade. We had come to a stop. I opened my eyes. The man set me down to my feet. He looked concerned. He was tall with dirty blond hair. His skin was fairly pale. He looked too perfect with his copper colored eyes. "I'm Carlisle." Said the man. He half smiled. I blinked. My eyes began to wonder to the big red blood stain on his seemingly nice white dress shirt. "It's okay, I have more shirts just like this one. Are you hurt?" I shook my head no. "Why don't you come inside and get cleaned up? I can promise you that you will be safe here." He said determined. I didn't say anything. He opened the door and motioned for me to come in. I paused for a moment. Who was this guy, and why is he so willing to help me? Maybe it's a trap, he could be working with the school. I took a deep breath. I had nowhere else to go. Swallowing my pride I had decided to walk through the door.

I slowly walked into Carlisles' home. His house was beautiful. Everything looked so clean and perfectly in place. The walls were a darker color. The furniture was a faint peach color. The darker walls and lighter furniture complemented each other well. I thought out quick escape routes just incase anything bad happened. The house had many windows witch made it easy. Carlisle seemed nice, but trust is to be earned not given. "How about I give you some clean clothes and you can take a hot shower." He smiled. I nodded. Following him to the bathroom, he turned the water on then left the room. About a minute later he came back with some clothes and set them on the sink. He then left the room again closing the door behind him. I took a deep breath. Stepping into the warm water felt so good. The feeling of the warm water on my skin felt incredible. I can't remember the last time I got to bathe in a real shower, yet alone with hot water. I washed the blood from my body. The water at my feet was bright red, I watched it intently as it swirled down the drain like a tornado. I felt bad getting his house all dirty. I cleaned all the blood that splashed to the sides of the tub the best I could. Soon enough I was clean. I grabbed the towel that was hanging outside the shower and put on the clothes that Carlisle had gotten me. The pants were plaid red and black with two strings at the top to adjust the waist size, they were a bit long on me. The shirt was just a plain grey T-shirt. That was a little big as well. I opened the door feeling the cold breeze on my face. I could hear Carlisle down the hall, It sounded like he was washing dishes. The smell of food began to fill my nostrils. "I don't cook much, but I figured you might be hungry so I made some frozen chicken for you." Carlisle smiled and set a plate of food down on the counter.

I sat down on the bar stool that was behind the counter and stuffed my face. I was starving. I looked up at him. He half smiled. I looked at the clock, it was about 10am now. I finished the last of my food. Carlisle took my plate to the sink. A knock on the front door startled me. "Alice? Come in." Carlisle said. He was still standing by the sink. Not long after that a pixy like girl had dashed in hugging Carlisle. "Alice, how are you." He said hugging her back. "I'm good. Who is this?" She let go of Carlisle and smiled at me. "This is..." He looked at me. "Max." I stated lowly. She ran up to me and stuck her hand in my direction. "Hi I'm Alice." I flinched away. She looked sorry as did Carlisle. I guess I may have some PTSD. I always seemed to flinch when someone who wasn't my flock approached me. I missed Fangs touch, and his gentle eyes, Angels little hand in mine as she would fly next to me, Iggy and Gazzys' jokes, and Nudge always wanting to do my hair, even Totals fluffy tail. I frowned. "Max?" Carlisle whispered to me. I must have zoned out. I shook my head back and fourth. "Sorry." I apologized.

"Why don't I show you where you can get some sleep?" Carlisle asked. I nodded and followed him to a bedroom. I had been up all night, I was exhausted. The room was a decent size. It had a queen sized bed centered against the back wall in between two floor to ceiling windows as soon as you walked in. To the right was a white dresser followed by a mirror above it. To the left was a closet. There wasn't much to this room it was plain. It seemed like no one had slept in here for a while. He closed the door and walked out. I lied down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

Carlisle POV

I closed Max's door and headed back to the kitchen. "She's pretty." Alice stated as she winked at me. "Something terrible happened to her. I'm just trying to help." I glared at her. "I had a vision." She said smirking at me. "What was your vision?" I was intrigued. "Well it'd be no fun to ruin it for you now would it?" She was still smirking. I gave her a half smile. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "I was just in the neighborhood and wanted to see how you were doing." Alice worried about me. I worried about Max. After seeing what she saw in that forest she has every right to not be okay. I can't even imagine what had to of caused that. This girl was beautiful she didn't deserve this. "Well I'm going to head out, I just wanted to check up on you." Alice chimed. She hugged me then ran out the door. I smirked, she was always dashing around and so happy. I'm happy for her.

hopefully Max had fallen asleep, I'm sure she was exhausted. I don't know what it is about this girl, but I'm drawn to her. I wanted to help her. She has the most beautiful wings. I've never seen anything like that before. Alice said she had a vision implying it was about me. I scratched my head. I wouldn't let anything happen to Max. After all, I am a vampire. I wonder how Max will respond to that. She seemed to be comfortable around me or just not caring. All I wanted to do was hold her and tell her that everything is going to be okay, but that doesn't seem like a option right now. I haven't earned her trust yet. Every time I'd get close to her she would tense or flinch.

I walked up stairs. Quietly opening the door to Max's room, I peaked in. She was asleep with a frown on her face. I closed the door silently. I took a deep breath though I had no need too. I went to grab my laptop and sat in the living room. I began to update my medical charts. Hours passed. I had a bit of charts to catch up on. It was about 8:30pm. I was working on my last chart when I heard the sound of shattering glass coming from Max's room. I could smell blood. Quickly I slammed my laptop closed, grabbed a towel and rushed to her room. I was there in the matter of seconds. She had punched the mirror that was over the dresser. I pushed the towel to her fist. I should have kept a better eye on her. I'm sure she's emotionally unstable. I've worked with troubled people before but she was different. She was stronger than the rest yet so broken I could see it in her eyes. I'm going to do everything in my power to help her.

Max POV

I out stretched my arms and yawned. looking over to the digital clock that was on the end table, it read 8:32pm. I whipped the sleep from my eyes. I can't believe that my family is dead. All of them just gone. I'm alone. How did the erasers find us? Sighing as I swung my legs over the edge of the bed. I got up and stood in front of the mirror. Look at yourself Max. You're useless, and no one wants you. Fang, the one person who took all your pain away, who was the love of your life, is now dead. Gone forever, and never coming back. A single tear escaped my eye and slid down my cheek. I looked away from the mirror. I was ugly, I deserved this. This feeling of hurt, pain, and heartache. I looked at myself once more starring myself in the eye. I clenched my fists. The face I saw in the mirror was undeserving and lifeless. I took one more quick glance before taking my fist to the piece of glass that taunted me. As hard as I could I punched my fist into the mirror. It shattered beneath me as I sunk to the floor. My right fist was pulsing blood around the glass shards that had gouged their way into my knuckles. Carlisle rushed into my room. He had a towel ready, he wrapped it around my hand quick. "Come on." He helped me up and put his arm around my shoulders guiding me to the bathroom. I sighed. I sat down on the closed toilet seat. I glanced to my right noticing a splash of blood that I had missed when taking a shower. Carlisle carefully lifted the towel to examine my hand. I winced. He had an apologetic look on his face. "Once we get the shards of glass out you're going to need stitches." He said. He had a look of concern on his face. I couldn't look him in the eye.

Carlisle opened the cabinet underneath the sink and pulled out a black bag. "I'm going to give you something that will numb your hand." He said. He pulled a syringe out of the bag. My heart began to race. "Max, what's wrong?" He asked. He must have noticed the look of terror on my face. It felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. "No needles. Please?" I croaked. Panic in my voice. "I have to use a needle to stitch up your hand." He said calmly. "Fine, but no meds, okay?" I was worried that he'd disapprove. Carlisle put the syringe back into the bag. My heart began to calm. "I'm not going to lie to you, this is going to hurt." He said. I nodded, acknowledging him that I was ready.

Carlisle removed the towel from my hand once the bleeding calmed down. "Ready?" He asked. I nodded. I brought my knees to my chest and wrapped my left arm around my knees laying my head face down into my arm. I took a deep breath. He began to remove the shards of glass from my knuckles. I clenched my jaw. I've had worse injuries but this still hurt like hell. Moments later he began to stitch my hand. Now imagine having a needle pierce through your skin sewing you shut over and over again. Now imagine that, plus having to feel it each time it goes through your body. I winced each time the needle pulled my skin back together. I heard Carlisle set the needle down. I slowly looked up and let my eyes readjust to the light. My hand looked like Frankenstein. "Don't worry there should be minimal scaring." Carlisle said. "Thanks." I whispered. He put his bag back under the sink and stood up. "Max." I still couldn't look him in the eye. He then kneeled down to my level as I was still sitting on the toilet seat. "I know you just met me, but if you'd ever like to talk, I'd be happy to listen." He put his hand under my chin gently propping my head up. I met his gaze. Right then and there, I was ready to break. I looked away quickly. He removed his hand. It was silent for a moment. "Would you like some tea?" He asked. I shrugged. He held his hand out. I slowly took it. Carlisle smiled. "Come on."

I laid my head down on the edge of the couch arm waiting for Carlisle's tea. "Be carful, it's hot." He said handing me a red mug. It smelled like spearmint. I drank the whole thing. Carlisle and I sat here in silence for a good while before I became drowsy again fighting to keep my eyes open. Finally I drifted into sleep.

Okay 3rd time trying to upload this chapter via mobile, I think this is going to work now, my story is not finished, I am testing the upload on mobile but what do you think so far? R&R please