Set shortly after the third book, Fang is silently attacked, without even him knowing. Afterwards, he finds himself becoming more and more angry with the rest of the flock, leading to an unexpected battle between him and Max. Total Fax at the end. Plz R&R!
Fang stood in the shade of the trees along the beach in North Carolina. He was overjoyed, but seeing as he was himself, he wasn't showing it. He observed Gazzy playing in the water. The kid was laughing and splashing the water high. Iggy was standing on the beach, rubbing his hand on the ground for shells. Once he had found one, he threw it with perfect precision at the direction of Gazzy's laughter. The shell would skip about 10 times across the water before finally sinking. Fang sighed. It was all over. According to Max, Itex was defeated. For good hopefully.
"She so owes me!" Fang though, chewing on his apple, "Without my blog, she'd be toast right now. Ah, speak of the devil." He smiled and backed up a bit in the shadows. He could see the shadows of three other avian-hybrids floating across the sky. Gazzy looked up, and smiled.
"MAX! ANGEL! NUDGE!" he shouted. The youngest male of the flock ran out of the water, and ran across the sand, "Iggy they're here!" Iggy looked up, his intense hearing picking up on the sounds of the girl's wings flapping. Nudge landed first, and basically collided into Gazzy with a hug. Then she moved onto Iggy, and Angel landed with grace and delicacy behind her.
"I missed you so much Angel!" Gazzy said, not even trying to be stoic about the situation.
"I missed you too Gazzy!" Angel said, hugging her older brother. Gazzy looked up; he heard shouts. Max landed in the sand behind Angel, practically yelling at Total the talking dog, who was zipped inside her jacket. She unzipped it, causing Total to fall out, and Gazzy nearly laughed. On Max's white T-shirt was a big yellow stain.
"Couldn't have held it in could ya?" she yelled at Total.
"It was cold! And I was tired!" Total yelled back, his tail sagging.
"Well I guess we need to find some doggy diapers for ya huh?" Max snarled, before zipping her jacket up, and smiling at Gazzy.
"Max!" The Gasman yelled, and he ran over to the girl who was basically his mom.
"Hey Gazzy!" Max said happily, tears drifting down her chin. She really never cried unless under certain occasions, and this was one of those occasions. She let go of Gazzy, and then moved over to Iggy, "I'm so glad to see you again guys! But don't you ever leave me again, or I will rip your entrails out and eat them!"
"Deal!" Iggy said, pushing away from Max. Fang smiled down at rest of the flock from the shadows, before suddenly clasping his hand to his neck.
"Ow," he said. He rubbed his neck, "Stupid bees." He smiled back down at the three girls.
"You're late," Fang said, stepping out of the shadows, "2 o' clock MEANS 2 o' clock! We need to get you a watch Max." Max looked up the sandy hill at her best friend, before breaking into a sprint, her feet squeaking as it made contact with the sand. She embraced Fang tightly.
"Don't ever leave me again," Max, said in a tiny voice.
"I won't," Fang replied, holding her in his strong arms, "I won't. Not ever."
1-Mile Away- 3 and a half Minutes ago
"Do you have visual?" A man in a flashy suit asked. The man sitting next to him, who was looking through a pair of high-tech binoculars,
"Yep, right where they said they would be," he replied. He put the binoculars on the ground, and opened a large metal case at his feet. He pulled out a long slender sniper rifle.
"And you're positive this chip will work?" the first man asked worriedly, "They'll have out heads if it doesn't!"
"Don't worry," the 2nd man said, looking through the scope of the rifle, "The prototype will do exactly as programmed."
"Alright then, open fire when clear." The first man said, looking through the binoculars.
"Roger that sir! Itex is about to get a new play toy!" He carefully aimed the rifle, and pulled the trigger. In a silent burst of smoke, a 2,000,000-dollar special, government-designed chip was soaring through the air at 500 FPS. The first man looked back through the binoculars, and smiled. He could clearly see the one called Fang standing in the shadows on the beach. He also clearly saw the chip slam into his neck, and melt into his skin.
"Mission Accomplished." The man said, "Let's get out of here."
Later that Night
The flock sat around a large campfire they had made on the beach. Max and the girls had just finished explaining the story over what happened in Germany with excruciating detail.
"And what did you guys do?" Nudge asked, gloating, "Nothing! You shouldn't have split from us!" Angel and Total nodded in agreement.
"Yeah I see what you're saying," Iggy said with a smirk, "Lets say we DIDN'T split up. Then we all would've been captured, and probably killed! And we would have no one on the outside to help us."
"Yeah!" Gazzy agreed, "Without us, you would've been killed! So you should thank Fang and his awesome blog!" Max sighed and nodded at Angel, Nudge, and Total.
"Thank you Fang," they said in perfect unison.
"Your welcome," Fang said boredly. He rubbed his neck. It had been really sore, "Maybe just stress," he thought. He felt angry for some reason though.
"So where to now?" Nudge asked tiredly, laying back in the sand.
"Arizona," Max replied, "I want to see my mom and sister."
"So what its all about you again!?" Fang asked angrily. This sudden outburst caused everyone to look at him in shock. "Where did that come from," he thought in amazement.
"Umm," Max stammered, "I just thought we could go and see them." She was taken aback by this sudden burst of rage.
"Fine! Whatever!" Fang said grumpily, "Whatever the princess wants!"
"Hey I'm not like that!" Max shouted, her rage now bubbling up, "If it was your parents you found, you'd probably want to see them too! Now I find my parents, and you automatically despise me for wanting to see them?"
"I don't want to see my parents!" Fang yelled back, jumping to his feet, "If you remember, my parents were crackheads who gave me willingly to the School!"
"And all of sudden that's my fault!" Max snarled, "And where do you want to go Master. After all it IS all about you I guess!" The other members of the flock were looking back and forth from Max to Fang as each let out an outburst.
"As I remember, I saved your life!" Fang shouted, "And all I get is a 'thank you' and a 'lets go to Arizona to see my mom!'" Fang spat on the ground.
"What is your problem Fang!" Max asked incredulously.
"If I knew I'd tell you!" Fang thought. All this rage was suddenly flowing through him, "You know what Max! It doesn't matter what is going through me right now! I do know part of it is about you calling the shots though!"
"Fang are you okay?" Nudge asked, fear was visible in her large brown eyes.
"Shut up Nudge!" Fang yelled out the girl, "This doesn't concern you!" Nudge jumped a little, and put her head down.
"Don't yell at her," Max shouted, wrapping her arm around Nudge, "What concerns you, concerns all of us."
"Since when do you care about us!" Fang asked, mainly gesturing at himself, Iggy, and Gazzy, "If you cared about us! You wouldn't have let that cretin go with you!" Max's stomach dropped. Ari.
"Is that was this is about!?" she snarled, "Ari! If you didn't get the message, he's dead!" Her heart caught in her throat, thinking about that experience was painful.
"I'm glad he's dead!" Fang snarled back, "Maybe now he can peacefully ROAST IN HELL FOREVER!" Max couldn't contain herself. She grabbed a rock laying in the sand, and chucked it at Fang. Thump. Fang staggered back. The rock collided with his face, and by the looks of it, broke his nose. Blood was streaming down his face.
"Fang just calm down okay?" Iggy said, slowly standing up. Max was seething, and was carefully observing Fang, watching for any more outbursts.
"Shut up Iggy," Fang growled, glaring with a newfound hatred at Max. what was causing all of this!? That thought kept rushing through his head. Angel seemed to be petrified with fear, and she sat on the ground, with Total in her arms.
"Just sit down Fang," Iggy said, resting his hand on Fang's shoulder.
"Get your filthy hand off of me!" Fang said, shrugging it off.
"Fang why are you acting like this," Gazzy asked, horrified, "Iggy or Max or Nudge never did anything to you!"
"Oh be quiet!" Fang nearly screamed at the Gasman, "Its not like anybody loves you! As ter Borcht said, your just a freak!" Gazzy couldn't take it. He broke down into tears. Max was in plain shock. She walked over and wrapped her hands around Gazzy, glaring at Fang.
"Hey!" Iggy shouted, "What is your problem! Your just as much a freak as any of us!" Fang slowly turned her head at Iggy, fury was in his eyes. Blood was still dripping down his face.
"Say that again blind boy," Fang seethed. Max felt a pit in her stomach. Something was about to happen, and she knew it.
"What's going on with you?" Iggy asked, concerns in his voice, his sightless blue eyes were on Fang, "Are you okay? Fang what is going—Aghh!" Iggy was slammed about 4 feet backwards, and onto his back. Fang stood where he was standing, breathing heavily.
"Fang!" Max screamed getting up. Nudge had let out a small shriek. Iggy got up, panting. All fang had done was struck him across the face, and the force of the blow sent him hurling backwards. Fang jumped over to Iggy, grabbed the neck of his shirt, and hurled him back to the ground.
"Aghh!" Iggy screamed, colliding with the ground. That was enough for Max. She jumped in the air, and slammed Fang across the face with her foot. Fang fell backwards, but before he hit the ground, Max had slammed him across the face. Tears were already pouring down Max's face. She had no want to do this; it was plainly a need. With the third punch to the face, Fang collapsed backwards, unconscious. She fell to her knees, sobbing.
Iggy picked himself up off the ground. The usual joy that was in his face was gone. He limped over to where he felt the vibrations of the sobbing Max. He felt blood trickling down his face, and he felt his left cheek swelling.
"Whoa," Total muttered, getting up from Angel's lap, "Talk about anger issues…"
"Shut up!" Max screamed! Her voice was cracked from sobs. Her best friend was acting weirdly, and she had no idea what could happen to him. Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel were huddled together now, and all three of them were sobbing silently. Fang lay on the ground, his chest barely rising with each breathe.
"What's wrong with Fang?" Nudge asked, "Will he be okay?"
"I don't know sweetie," Max answered quietly, "I don't know what is wrong with him, and I don't know if he is okay…I don't know much anymore…"
Well I hope you all enjoyed this wonderful first chapter of a three chapter series. Please send some good reviews. Chapter 2 is to up shortly: )