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Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride *sobs* James Patterson does. This makes me sad.

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Max's POV

I saw the surprise in the midnight eyes of the oldest boy's eyes. It almost made me think twice about punching him. Almost. I swung my fist at his face with all might. I felt grim satisfaction as I saw him wince with pain. I swung my leg around to kick him in the stomach, when he grabbed me over and flipped me over in the air. Wow, he is strong. And just like that we locked into deadly battle mode.

I have no idea how long the fight lasted, it could've been minutes or it could've been years. I remember constantly checking on Nudge and Angel making sure they were okay. They were doing fine, and we were all evenly matched, maybe a little too evenly matched. No one was winning and no one was losing. We just kept fighting at a stalemate.

I was furious now. Why couldn't the school just leave us alone? We were tired, hungry, and hadn't bathed since god knows when. Yet we were stuck fighting kids that were probably as miserable as us.

"Max!" Angel urgent voice made my stomach twist.

"What's the matter Angel?" I asked trying not to panic. Was she hurt?

"No, I'm not hurt, but Erasers are coming!" She shouted. Lovely.

I looked at the boy I was fighting and I swear it was like we could communicate just by looking at each other. Right then and there I knew he didn't work for the school and that if we wanted to survive the Eraser's attack we would have to work together.

"Nudge! Angel! Stop fighting." They looked up surprised. "We're gonna work together with these guy to fight the Erasers." I really, really hoped I was right about them not working for the school.

"It's okay Max. We can trust them." Angel told me. I nodded and then looked at the boy.

"You ready for another fight?" He asked me.

"Do we have a choice?"

He smiled wryly. "Nope. By the way I'm Fang. That's Iggy over there." He motioned to the blind kid. "And that's Gazzy." He pointed to the boy that looked like Angel.

"Max." I held out my hand and he shook it. I glanced up to see about 15 Erasers flying towards us. "Looks like it's time to fight."

As we flew straight into the battle I couldn't help but feel a little, I don't really know how to describe it, maybe happy or comforted. Something just felt right about having Fang next to me as I fought.

To tell the truth I was glad the others were there. It took half the time to defeat the Erasers, not that Nudge, Angel, and I couldn't have taken 'em on our own, but since we were tired I allowed the boys to help us.

"Your gonna fall now." I heard Angel tell one of the Erasers. He gave a terrified look and then began to plummet towards the Earth below as. I flinched as I heard him hit the ground.

"What's that about?" Fang muttered to me.

I was kind of in the middle of keeping an Eraser from tearing me apart. So I gave him a quick I'll tell you later look and returned to battle.

Finally after what seemed like hours of fighting the Erasers had all retreated or been sent to their deaths by Angel. I couldn't help but glance at her when I thought about how scary she was getting. She smiled at me like an angel. Yeah right, we all know she is anything but an angel.

"Report!" I shouted.

"Well an Eraser tore my favorite sweater up. What a jerk!!!! And now I have to use my stupid pink sweater even though purple is my favorite color . . . . ."

"Nudge!" I cut in.

"Few bruises but besides that I'm fine." She mumbled.

"Angel?" I asked.

"I'm okay. My arm hurts though. I think I might have sprained my wrist."

I nodded at her then looked expectantly at Fang.

"Um . . . . . I'm okay. My nose is bleeding, but other than that I'm fine."

"Whoa, Max you're a miracle worker. That's the most Fang's said all month." Iggy chimed in. "Oh and by the way, I'm fine."

"I'm good." Gazzy said.

Fang looked at me expectantly. "What?" I asked.

"What about you?" he asked.

I was about to answer with a roll of my eyes and an "I'm fine" but I never got the chance, because right then pain shot through my brain. My head felt like it was being torn apart and I felt myself fold up my wings and drop from the sky like a rock.

"MAX!" I heard Nudge and Angel cry.

My only thought was the hope that I might hit the ground soon and the pain would stop. Right when I was about to hit the ground I felt strong arms wrap around me and pull me upward. I managed to look up for a split second and saw Fang carrying me to safety. That was the last thing I remembered before I blacked out.

Yay! a cliffhanger! REVIEW or else you will never know what happens!!!!! MWA HA HA HA!!!!!!!! Don't worry, I won't kill off Max; that would make me too sad. Seriously though, review.