*Slight Nevermore spoilers"
After three years Fang leaves his gang, Star and Kate betray him in the hope of surviving the wipeout of the Human race; Maya was killed by Ari (a clone) and Fang left Holden and Ratchet in the hope that he doesn't draw them into more danger.
Fang POV
I took my phone out of my pocket and scrolled through the various numbers I had in my contact list until I found "Max 3" I took a second on how to open the conversation, pondering if she would even pick up her phone, in the end I decided to take my chances and go with the flow.
I pressed the illuminated green call button and put the phone to my ear.
Max POV
"Is everyone ok?" I called anxiously over my shoulder as I turned around to check the flock. We had been ambushed by a group of erasers, mainly Ari's clones, nothing we couldn't and hadn't handled before but it was always good to double check.
"I'm fine" Nudge called back wiping blood from her nose and re-positioning her hair.
"Same here" Iggy and Gazzy said simultaneously
"I'm good too" Angel said "But Celeste is all mucky and she is in desperate need of a bath!"
"So nothing too serious" I said rolling my eyes as I turned around to see the 9 year old hugging the teddy-bear to her chest.
Out of the blue my phone started to vibrate from my pocket, I grabbed it looking at the caller ID, "Unknown number".
"Hmmmm this is probably my mum guys" I announced
Everyone gathered round as I answered the phone and put it on loudspeaker.
"Hello, max?" an astonishingly familiar voice came from down the line.
My heart stopped when the realization hit me and my thumb instinctively hit the red "End call" Button on the cheap Nokia phone.
The rest of the flock looked up at me with wide eyes full of questions, but I was frozen on the spot, a part of her then remembered the relationship I once had with Fang, but then that emotion was crushed by the endless sleepless nights and sadness that I had felt when he left, almost two years ago. All these emotions bubbled up inside me causing a sudden anger at the pit of my stomach. I tossed the phone to the flock and walking deep into the forest where I could get my mind straight.
Fang POV
"Hello, Max?" I said as she answered the phone, there was a short silence and then all he heard was the long beep informing him that Max had hung up. He sighed; he knew he should have seen this coming. He pressed the recall button on his phone.
"Don't hang up!" I said as the phone was answered once again but he was surprised at the voice that answered him
"Ummm…. Fang this is Angel." Came the voice from the other end of the line "Max is well… unavailable at the present time." Her voice had matured over the two years he had been away.
"Oh… well that doesn't matter, do you know where you are?" I replied as I realized that being welcomed back into the flock was not going to go smoothly.
"Yea, well I think I do" She started to give Fang the information he wanted (Couldn't think of any place in America, live in England :/) she ended with a question of her own "Why do you need to know?"
"I was betrayed by some of my gang and the rest bar two are dead so I decided that I would come and rejoin the flock" I said casually as he was interested to hear their responses.
He heard some shouts for joy from nudge and the others and realized that they didn't mind
"Fang, we all missed you so much!" Angel said "But its not us you have to persuade to let you come back its Max, do you know how distraught she was after you left? She could barely manage a smile. Over the past two years she has been recovering and trying to lead the flock without you. Even though we all know that you were more than her wingman, you two had something special, as she's been trying to heal the hole you made when you left. My words of advice would be that she wont forgive you easily but you just have to give her time."
"Thanks for the heads up Ang, ill try my best." I said as I hung up the phone knowing it was going to be hard but I would do anything to get my Max back. I took off into the sky and started the long journey to where the flock was.
Max POV
I tried to bottle up my emotions; I was supposed to be the leader, the motherly figure that everyone looked up to for support. But the sudden appearance of Fang had brought back many happy memories but also just as many bad, like how I felt the days after he left, like just a shell of what I used to be. A tear fell from my eye. I don't often cry or weep but when I do there better be a good reason. I wiped the tear away as I heard voices calling my name. I stood up from the log I had been sitting on and tried to shove my emotions down into the pits of my stomach. The voices got closer till the flock appeared in the clearing where I had been sitting.
"Max there you are!" they chorused
"Yea sorry guys, just needed some time alone." I said as I sniffled slightly
Don't worry Max we know what your going through Angel said into my head. I looked at her and smiled
"Did fang tell you what he wanted?" I said
"Yea, he's decided to come back to the flock" Nudge said with a giant smile on her face. I was happy to see her happy… wait…
"What!"
Thanks for reading dont forget to R & R and can someone please tell me a good american location to set the story!
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