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HEY FAX FANS! HAVE FUN WITH THIS... I DID. IT'S WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD CONTINUATION AFTER ANGEL.
THIS IS A LETTER MAX WROTE DURING HER WATCH AT NIGHT WHILE IGGY, GAZZY, NUDGE, AND DYLAN WERE ASLEEP.
IT'LL FOLLOW-UP W/ A STORY IN THE FOLLOWING CHAPs :D
disclaimer: I do not own the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.
Fang,
Please, please, please come back.
You know that I don't usually beg, but I need you. Our flock needs you.
Iggy isn't at his jokey, casual, intelligent best, Nudge has become like you in her communication characteristics, and Gazzy… no child deserves a life like the one he has got. His gray-blue eyes have a glassy appearance to them as they stare out into space, void of any trace of emotion. I'm scared for him Fang…
My life is nothing without you: my right-hand man, my best friend, the person who'll always pick me up if I fall, the only person I truly trust. Nothing goes right, and, no, I would never admit this otherwise, but the truth is that I'm lying to myself saying that I have everything under control, but I don't.
You said that I'm at my best Maxness and not my best leaderness when I'm with you, but that can't possibly be true. Without Fang, there really isn't Max in me. If there isn't Max, then there isn't any Maxness. And without Maxness… there can't be any leaderness in me.
I want you to know that I can never love Dylan. No matter how hard he tries, he'll never fill up the empty space that is yours.
Fang Ride… if you repeat what I'm about to tell you EVER… to ANYONE, then I will personally hunt you down and make sure you will hurt in unfortunate places for the rest of your birdkid life:
I need help. I need help in keeping my flock together and boosting their morale. I need someone who can take care of me…
Dylan is fulfilling that role right now, and if you're okay with that, then fine… I will go to Germany and have golden babies with him… but if you don't want that… get your ungrateful ass back into my life.
I'm not me without you and I hope I have given you enough reasons to come back. If these aren't enough, here's another one:
I love you.
I have loved you ever since you put Spiderman band-aids on my cuts back at the School; ever since I pushed you off of the canyon by the Arizona E-house to see if you could fly (when Jeb started to scold me but you took all the blame); ever since we used to have "who could eat more apple pie" contests; ever since your stupid self lay dying on that stupid beach with stupid pools of blood around you… (you scared the hell out of me and I had to kiss you cause I didn't have a syringe full of adrenaline); I have loved you ever since forever.
Until the end,
Max
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING! TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK... AND I PROMISE IT'LL ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE :)