Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum ride.
This is my first time writing a story about these guys and they might be a little bit OOC. Please read and review!
Max's P.O.V.
How could I let this happen? How could I let Fang go all by himself when he was in vital danger? If anything happened to him, it was going to be all my fault.
He was on a rescue mission, but not the one you think.
Angel is usually the one to be grabbed by Erasers. But not this time. This time instead of him going to rescue Angel, he was going to rescue Nudge.
My little talkative Nudge, gone. It was quiet here without Nudge's constant talking. It was horrible. The fact that Nudge was gone was my fault too! If I hadn't sent her and Angel to get strawberries out of the woods, she wouldn't be gone.
I offered to go with Fang but he insisted I stay here, that it was too dangerous for me to go with him. We were sitting in my room -Iggy Fang and I- talking this over.
"Max, don't argue. You aren't going and that's final." he'd said, glaring at me.
"Fang, don't be stupid. If I don't go you'll be an easy target. You could be attacked from behind and you won't be able to handle it. Now if I was there, I would have your back and you would have mine. Wouldn't that be better than going at this all alone?"
"She has a point, Fang." Iggy put in. At least one person was on my side.
"It's too dangerous for her!" he shouted at Iggy. I knew he wanted me to stay out of love. For fear that if he didn't make it back, at least I was safe.
"Fang, come on. Please, let me go!" I pleaded.
"No." he said strictly, in his 'quit talking' tone. I ignored his tone completely.
"Fang! Why are you being so ridiculous?"
"Because I love you!" he shouted. His face showed sadness. "If I die, I want to die knowing that I came at that alone and that you were safe with the rest of my family." he whispered.
"That is exactly why I don't want you to go alone." I whispered back. "I love you too and if you died I would know it was all my fault."
I started crying then. It was late and Iggy left the room. Fang held me in his arms and kissed the top of my head. I fell asleep in his arms that night, only to wake up and find a note in his place.
Max,
Gone to rescue Nudge. Stay with Iggy, Angel and Gazzy. I love you. I don't want anything to happen to you. Please don't come after me.
Love you lots,
Fang.
Fang's P.O.V.
I told Max that she was to stay there and I knew she probably wouldn't listen to me. She was just stubborn like that.
I held her the night before when she started crying. I let her fall asleep there while I watched her. She slept and I watched as she dreamt. Her beautiful face was streaked with tears and as I looked into her beautiful face I knew that I had to go alone.
And that was exactly what I did.
I left her a note practically begging not to come after me at all. I loved her too much to give her the same fate that would probably be awaiting me.
Death.
I knew there was a good chance I wouldn't make it back and so, as selfish as I was, I wanted her living, even if that meant without me.
I wrote her a note and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The kiss woke her up some and she began searching. Knowing what she was searching for, I bent down again and pressed my lips to hers for just a second. She seemed to smile in her sleep but she kept dreaming.
I left her like that, dreaming about me kissing her.
I had a feeling I knew where they took Nudge. And that place was a place Max had promised they would never go back to. But what can we do? They still want us dead.
I didn't want to think about where I was going to I thought about Max's face when she was dreaming. She seemed more peaceful than when she were awake. She was still tense, but not as tense.
What would she do if I died on this rescue mission? Would she blame herself? Or would she blame me?
I hated to think that she would blame herself. That was redundant. She had nothing to do with me going alone. I wanted it to be that way.
But no matter what I wanted, no matter what decision was made, she would somehow twist it so that it was all her fault. I felt like going back and making it clear for her that this wasn't her fault. That I wanted this and that it was my decision. But I knew my self too well to know that if I went back I wouldn't want to leave again unless she was coming along.
Love is hard. Especially if it's Max.
But somehow, no matter how complicated she made it, i still loved her. And even though i came without her like she wouldn't like, that was still true.