Prologue

"Fang," I screamed, "Fang help me!"

"Max! Hold on I'm coming," Fang yelled back.

I saw a huge Flyboy rushing at Fang. Before I could say anything, it slammed into Fang and he dropped like dead weight.

"No!" I was starting to cry. I wasn't going to lose Fang. I glanced around and saw Angel and the Gasman in cages. Crap. Ok, Um… then I saw Nudge and Iggy fighting.

Think, Max, think. I got it.

"Nudge, Iggy, grab Fang- U and A, and just keep going! Now!"

Angel, tell them to leave Iggy, Nudge, and Fang. Just take us.

Ok Max. I heard her small voice in my head. Then I felt her leave my head.

Then I realized that Iggy, Nudge, and Fang flying in the opposite direction.

"Angel sweetie?"

"Yeah Max," she said in a shaky voice.

"Tell Iggy, Nudge and Fang… that I love them,"

"Me, too," Gazzy said.

"Also, that we will find them as soon as possible," I said.

"Ok," she said.

A few minutes went by as she concentrated.

"They pretty much said ditto, except Fang, who just grunted," she said finally. She looked at me sadly.

"Max? Are we gonna get out of this," Gazzy asked.

"I'll do anything to get you guys out. If I don't make it out guys, go to moms, ok?"

"Right," they both said.

Day after day, they did tests on us. We ran and ran, until we collapsed. We sparred off with other experiments. We were going through hell. The worst part was that Fang, Iggy, and Nudge, had died three months after we were taken. They had come to save us, but were killed. They had showed us the horrid pictures of their broken and pale bodies. All three of us cried for hours on end.

One night I woke them up silently

"We're getting out of here guy," I told them.

"What time is it," Gazzy asked. I rolled my eyes.

"1:00 am Gazzy," I told him sweetly. "Now lets blow this joint."

We ran down halls as fast as we could. We burst through the front door and jumped to take off. We surged upward fast. We flew together, not looking back.

"Time to go see mom guys. Lets go."

"Yay," Gazzy and Angel said.

Gosh. I wish Fang were there, waiting for me. But he's not. He never will be, ever again. Tears streamed down my face as this realization came to me again.

We flew and flew for hours. Stopping every once in a while for food. I knew Gazzy and Angel couldn't fly much longer. I glanced over every few minutes until I finally gave in.

"Ok guys, there is a park up ahead. We can land and sleep for the night."

They only nodded, too exhausted to speak. I took watch all night. I was too stressed to sleep. I had a headache, too. Oh well, I'll deal. Angel and Gazzy needed rest more then I did.

When they woke up in the morning, we set off again. We were hours away from moms.

"I can't wait to see mom and Ella," Angel said to Gazzy.

"Me, too," he said. I smiled at that.

When we finally arrived at moms I landed gracefully on the ground. Wait; something is wrong, the house looks…charred…burnt.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Max? What happened?" Gazzy asked.

"I don't know Gasser. Lets go to the police station and ask."

We flew to the police station. They told us that mom and Ella moved after the house caught on fire. They didn't know where they lived now. Angel, Gazzy and I sat there and took that in. We finally thanked the man and left. We flew back to the house.

I sat there and cried, cried, and cried some more. We all did. Maybe we could find them. My thoughts were doubtful though.

Fang

I sat there thinking about Max. She was gone. Really gone, like forever. Six months ago, Max, Angel, and Gazzy were taken from me. Three of the seven most

important people in the world to me. It's not fair. I knew Nudge, Iggy, mom, and Ella were hurting, too. We've have been living and going to school at mom and Ella's for 3 months now. Just days before we got here, we found out that Max, Angel, and Gazzy were dead. 2 months ago the old house caught fire so we all moved.

There were still three empty bedrooms. I didn't like to look in them.

"Fang," Nudge said, "Why are you ignoring me?"

"What? Oh, sorry. Just thinking again," I said.

"Fang, you're gonna just go insane if you keep thinking of them," Iggy said.

"I know Ig."

"Hey guys its late, and you guys have school tomorrow. Time for bed."

"'K mom, good night" said Nudge, Iggy, and Ella

Mom looked at Iggy and Nudge. They left and mom sat next to me.

"Hey honey, I know you've been thinking about Max a lot." She said. "I know it hurts and you miss her." She started to cry and my eyes got foggy.

"It hurts mom. She's gone and I didn't get to say good-bye. The same with Angel and Gazzy. Its not fair."

"I know," she choked on that and I could tell she couldn't talk about it anymore.

"We should all get some sleep mom. Good night."

"Good night Fang, I love you."

I hesitated before saying, "I love you, too mom.