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Everything was a blur, everything was happening too fast. Voices were muffled, a silent ringing in my ears. My arms wrenched behind my back and my knees forced to the ground. Ari snapped the handcuffs tightly around our wrists, forcing us into the back of the semi truck. The door was slammed shut and the engine roared to life. I couldn't believe what had just happened…Angel.

"I'm gonna kill them! I will tear their throats out!" Gazzy screamed. "How could they do this?!"

"Gazzy, I'm so sorry, we're all sorry, but screaming about it isn't going to help any." Iggy tried to calm him down, but Gazzy only cried onto his shoulder, his small body shaking with every breath. I looked over my bruised and battered flock. Fang was across from me, a cut on his jaw bleeding still. His dark hair hung in his eyes as he tried to calm Gazzy down. Nudge was crying on me as well, her tears soaking through my shirt. The only one missing was Angel, my baby…

Tears dripped down my cheeks as Angel's eyes lost their light, staring up blankly at me. I squeezed her tightly, hoping with everything I had that she would wake up again. But there was nothing I could do. The bullet had been a direct hit to her heart and she was gone. I felt Ari's rough hands dragging me away and snapping on the cuffs, forcing me onto the ground next to Fang, who was still fighting against him but got a sharp hit in the head. He shook his head and then looked over at me, his eyes full of concern and anger.

"Angel!" Nudge screamed but was shut up by a punch in the stomach. Anger had already exploded inside me, but there was nothing I could do…

Ari shoved me hard into a large cage with plexiglass walls and concrete flooring. The handcuffs at least had been removed, leaving behind small cuts around our wrists. We all shared the same large cage at least. All of us were in the corner trying to get a grasp on the events of today. Angel was gone, she'd never come back again. I sat by the others and watched Fang pace back and forth in the cage. I stood up and walked up to him, catching his arm. He looked up at me and I pulled him into a hug, holding him tight. I leaned my head on his shoulder, him patting my back.

"Thing's will be ok." He whispered, I could already feel tears rolling down my cheek. I squeezed my eyes shut and took a death breath, breathing in Fang smell. I could feel his fast heartbeat, each breath he took. It took everything inside me to keep from bursting into tears. I heard the main doors open and I glared at Jeb as he walked in.

"You're a murderer!" I yelled at him and he just looked at me.

"Max, please believe me when I say that it wasn't me. Ari acted on his own, I had no intention of harming any of you." He said but Fang glared at him.

"That's a lie, Jeb!" He growled at him and Jeb only shook his head. "You just wanted her out of the way!"

"Fang, please hear me out,"

"Shut it! I'm not listening to any more of your lies!" Fang yelled and I watched Jeb walk towards the door of our cage. Fang moved in front of the others, me at his side.

"You need to get out of the way, I need to see Gazzy." Jeb said and I glared murderously at him.

"You aren't getting anywhere near any of us." I warned him. He sighed and walked out of the room. A few minutes later, a whitecoat walked in and pressed a few buttons on a computer in the room. Suddenly a hissing sound filled the room.

"Its gas." Fang muttered and I could already hear the others coughing.

"Try to stay with the others." I said, dizziness taking me over.

"I'll try to." Fang muttered, leaning against the cage wall. Dizziness eventually turned into blackness and into nothing…

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