I hope you like this new story! This is the preface, so it's gonna be short! Sorry! Just be patient!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Maximum Ride!

Preface: Letting Go

His eyes sparked red with anger. Maybe curiosity was burried somewhere in those endless pits of black…and fire. I could see the flames envelope everything that was sane.

Something was inside him. Something was taking him away from me, making him evil, all in one. He smiled at me and pushed me against the wall.

"Fang…" I whispered. "You can stop this."

He shook his head, threw his head back, and laughed. "No I can't!"

When he looked at me again, his eyes were full of tears. He stroked my face with the back of his hand. "I'm so sorry Max… Please, forgive me…"

And then I felt the worst pain in my life. So it was true. You really do die for the ones you love.

I laughed with no humor. And then everything went black. The whole world was dark, blank, and scary. The last thing I heard was my laughter, and his sobbs.

He didn't want to do it. He had to do it, to save himself…