Fang's POV
"Do you think unicorns are real? I bet they are! I think the School could find a way to create them. What about you?" I hear a gasp and then," What about bananas? Do you think unicorns like bananas? If I had a white unicorn I would name it Snowflake and feed it bananas!"

Wow Nudge could talk a lot. The whole time she had been talking, I had been watching Max out of the corner of my eye. She is so beautiful, I thought. The way her hair blows through the wind, the way she smiles, everything about her is beautiful. I look at Nudge again and see her turning towards Max.

"Maaaaxxx, I'm hungry! Can we stop at the next town we see? I feel like I'm gonna explode I'm soooo starving! Is it possible to explode from being so hungry? I bet it is possible! What if I explode? I bet Gazzy and Iggy would love to see something explode! Well not Iggy cause ya know, he can't exactly see. But anyways ca-"

At that moment, Iggy puts his hand over her mouth and I mentally cheer. "Of course we can stop soon, Nudge. I think we all need a short break before we get back on the 'road'."

I smile to myself. I had wanted to stop for a while now but I'm Fang. I don't whine or complain that I'm hungry and need to stop. That would ruin my rep.

I hear a gunshot ring out and turn in time to hear Max gasp and clutch her stomach before falling towards the earth below.

Without thinking, I tuck my wings in close to my body and hurtle myself after her falling figure.

(An: I thought about stopping it there but I'm not that evil)

Just as Max is about to hit the treetops, I swoop down and catch her. Unfortunately, we were moving too fast downwards for me to soar back into the sky and I had just enough time to cover Max with my body before we crashed through the branches.

By the time we had crashed down to the forest floor, I was covered in scratches and cuts and I think I had sprained my wrist, but it wasn't me who I was worried about. I crouched down next to Max and gasped at what I saw.

Max was unconscious and her skin was pale and clammy. She had small scratches too, and a fading black eye from an earlier Eraser fight. She had twigs and leaves tangled in her hair also, but that wasn't the main problem. She had a growing dark spot on the left side of her stomach just below her heart. She probably has no idea how lucky she is that the shot missed her heart. I saw her eyes crack open for a brief second and look right into mine before they rolled back into her head. I quickly checked for a pulse and almost cried out in joy when I realized she was still with me. I noticed that her leg was twisted at a funny angle too; it was obviously broken. I knew she needed some serious help soon or she wasn't going to make it.

I heard something moving through the forest towards me and automatically tensed, throwing myself protectively over Max. I glimpsed through the shrubbery some men clomping loudly through the forest. They weren't wearing lab coats and they definitely weren't supermodel material so I figured they weren't whitecoats or erasers. There were three men in hunting gear with a rifle and knife each.

"Hey Kyle, where do think that bird went down?"

"I don't know Joey, I thought it went down somewhere around here, but I don't see it anywhere."

"Maybe you missed after all."

"No Chris, I'm positive I shot it. We all saw it fall out of the sky."

I almost sighed in relief. So they weren't working for the School. The men who shot Max weren't trying to capture us; they were just hunters and thought we looked like birds. I needed to get Max some help soon but couldn't risk the men seeing us. I picked up a small rock and threw it as far as I could away from us and it collided with a tree 20 yards away.

"Hey guys, did you hear that? Maybe it was the bird."

"Or another animal that we could sneak up on."

The men quickly walked in the direction of the rock and I scooped Max up in my arms. I took off into the sky and searched for the flock.

"Fang! Are you okay? What about Max? Is she-"

For once, no one had to cut Nudge off. She had caught sight of Max in my arms and immediately stopped with the questions.

"We need to get to Dr. M's house pronto. Max is hurt badly and we can be there in an hour or so," I explained. We landed a short walk away from the a nearby town to could patch Max up so she could make it to Dr. M's without bleeding to death.

Iggy immediately set to work examining Max while I anxiously looked over his shoulder and Nudge and Gazzy walked to the nearest gas station in town to buy some bags of chips for everyone. I know that Max would not like for Nudge and Gazzy to go off without someone to watch over them but Max obviously couldn't go with them, Iggy was taking care of Max, and I- well- I needed to be with Max.

"I think she has some broken ribs too," Iggy said. "She must have broken them when you guys crash-landed."

Oh great, I thought. Just what Max needed was another injury.

Once Iggy was done patching Max up the best he could and everyone was back from buying food, I quickly wrapped my sprained wrist and we took off into the air towards Dr. M's.

I was flying through the air carrying Max bridle-style and I looked down at her. Even though she was pale, clammy, and covered in injuries, I couldn't help but think about how beautiful she is. I hope she got better quickly and I knew that if she didn't wake up, I would never forgive myself. I pushed the thoughts of her dying aside and tried to fly faster to Arizona.

As soon as Dr. M's house was in sight, I angled downwards and flew as fast as I could to their backyard. I pounded on the back door loudly and almost knocked it down in the process. Ella opened the door and grinned when she saw the flock and I, but her grin was replaced with a look of horror when she saw Max cradled in my arms.

"Mom!" Ella shrieked running into the house, "Come quick! Max is hurt!"

I stepped into the doorway and Dr. M came hurrying into the room. She gasped when she saw Max and dragged me towards the spare guest room where I placed Max on the bed. She started getting a ton of vet stuff out and worked on Max the best she could with such little medical equipment.

That night, we went to Dr. M's veterinary center which she promised would be closed. Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel stayed behind at the house with Ella. As carefully as we could, we draped Max across the back seat and drove to the vet clinic. There, Dr. M performed surgery on Max to get the bullet out of her. She cleaned all of Max's cuts and wrapped her midsection for the broken ribs. She also put a cast on Max's leg.

When we got back to the house, I placed Max back in the guest room and everyone stacked fists and went to bed. Nudge and Angel slept in Ella's room and Gazzy and Iggy slept in the living room.

I stayed in the guest room and sat in a chair next to Max hoping that she would wake up soon if she ever did. I glanced once more at her beautiful face framed by her hair and instinctively tucked a loose hair behind her ear. I gasped as she smiled I waited for her to wake up but when she didn't, I took her hand in my own and hoped for the best.

Sooo? How was it? I am a teenage girl so it was kinda hard to write from a teenage guy's POV. Review and I promise the next chapter will be up soon, as in tomorrow. 10 more reviews please or no updation so that means 20 reviews in total.