Would You Kill For Life?
Summary: Begins in an Itex building. Max is trying to find out what experiments have been taking place. The rest of the flock is with her. And then something goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Max looked around a puzzled look on her face. She swore she heard beeping from somewhere… She looked around but the infernal beeping continued and didn't cease. Max kicked a desk in the office in frustration and it fell over. On the bottom was a gray box. It wasn't too large, just a bit bigger than a shoe box. But what scared her was the digital timer. 33:03…33:02…33:01…33:00…29:59… it continued to count down. Max turned to the flock.
"It's a bomb." Was all she had to say.
"Well why don't you let me and Iggy defuse it we can…" Gazzy started but Max cut him off with a look.
"I can't risk you guys getting hurt. I'll do it." Everyone just looked at her as she worked on the bomb. Several minutes later its casing was off revealing a maze of wires. Many of them were just fakes to trip up anyone trying to defuse it.
Max continued to work on the bomb. She looked at the timer and stood up. "I want you all to leave, now. Don't argue, and don't ask about me. I'll be fine, you'll see." Max said with a sad smile. No one argued. They all walked out. Fang looked back to say something, and caught a look at the timer. 03:01…03:00…02:59… Fang tried to say something but was pushed out.
Gazzy, Nudge, Angel, Iggy, Fang, and Total looked at the Itex building. They had left Max 2 minutes and 56 seconds ago. They were waiting for something to happen when the bomb triggered. The entire Itex complex burst into flames. It burned down with the Flock watching. They stood with tears in their eyes. Max had sacrificed her life for them. They knew they would never see her again…