Chapter two

A.N. Chapter two!!! Oooh! I bet you're all wondering what's happened back at the cave! Now, should I tell you...hmm, yeah, might as well! Enjoy! R&R!!!

Disclaimer: (Forgot to put this in last time – oops!) I do not own Maximum Ride, unfortunately...I can dream though, can't I?

Angel's POV

"Wakey wakey, rise and shine." I heard a musical voice say.

Flickering my eyes open, I could see about five Erasers in the cave. By now, we were all awake, except for Max and Fang, who didn't appear to be with us. Oh no! Where are they? I thought. Nudge screamed as she was grabbed by a clawed hand.

"Let her go." I was standing now, using my mind control to make the Eraser put Nudge down. He looked confusingly from me, to Nudge, and back to me again.

"Let. Her. Go." I said, my voice toned with steal. The Eraser put Nudge down and stepped back. Fang, Max. Where are you? I kept thinking.

Max's POV

"Let. Her. Go." I heard. I looked over at Fang, oh dear, sounds like trouble. Again.

As we got to the cave entrance, I saw four, maybe five Erasers, one of them being Ari. Ari, always Ari.

"Hey! It's rude to trespass, Dogbreath." I said snidely.

"Max. I was wondering where you were. Did you go off to play hanky panky with Fangie?" Ari asked playfully. Man, I was gunna get yelled at for that later. Now that I had the Erasers attention, Fang was slowly closing in on the one closest.

"Why? Jealous?" I shot back. Now I really was going to get killed by Fang.

Fang whacked the first Eraser in the stomach, followed by a roundhouse kick, which would have hit his windpipe, but instead, broke his nose. Darn it.

We were all fighting now, well, everyone except Total, who was cowering behind a boulder. Mine and Fangs Erasers were down, which left Ari and two others A.N. Wow! I can count!). Nudge and Angel were holding up good, but Gazzy and Iggy could have done with some help, I was the help. Which left Fang and Ari to combat. Again.

Please don't get hurt again Fang. No matter how much I want to kiss you, please don't get hurt! I begged silently. Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel and I were left to watch/hear Fang and Ari's fight, I was ready to jump in whenever it started to look like the Avian-American's were loosing.

Left, right, left, roundhouse, right...Fang was winning, he obviously didn't think to kindly of the "hanky panky" Ari had talked about. With a run and jump, Ari was gone, followed closely by the other four Erasers. He obviously realised that he wasn't going to win this fight. I ran over to Fang, who looked like he was having trouble breathing.

"Fang, you okay?" I asked, not letting my panic show. I had better close my eyes too then, seeming as he can read them like a freaking book.

"Yeah, will be in a minute." He replied breathlessly. Gazzy handed him a bottle of water, he drank it gratefully. I sat down next to him.

"Okay guys, report."

"I'm okay." said Angel.

"A little scratched, but I'm good." was Nudge's reply.

"I'm fine." Iggy had said, looking down in mine and Fang's direction.

"Ditto." yawned Gazzy.

"Total?" I asked.

"Fine and dandy!" he said, coming out of his hiding spot.

"You okay now?" I looked at Fang.

"Yep." He replied, digging out an energy bar from his ever present backpack.

"What are we going to do now, Max?" Nudge asked.

"We're gunna have to go somewhere else, you all okay to fly again?" I asked, receiving a round of nods and yeps. Right, now where to go...Voice, any ideas?

"England" One word.

"How the heck are we going to get there?!" I said out aloud.

"Get where?" Fang said, obviously contemplating on taking me to the funny farm or not.

"England. The stupid Voice wants us to go to England." I sighed.

"New England?" Nudge asked, slightly confused.

"No, England as in Europe, right Max?" said Angel.

"Yeah, that's right Ange." I replied, rubbing my temples.

Fang's POV

"But, Europe is like, 70,000 miles away. Over sea!" said Gazzy.

"It wants us to go via airline." Replied Max, obviously stressed by the whole idea of us being trapped in an aeroplane for about 7 hours. Who am I kidding, we all were!

"How? I don't think The School were kind enough to supply us with passports." I pointed out.

"I might be able to deal with that..." Angel piped up.

"What's in England anyway?" Iggy asked. The one million dollar question – What was in England?

"How should I know?" now tired, Max pulled her knees up to her chest, and continued rubbing her temples.

"Headache?" I asked quietly, hearing a muffled yes, I put my arm around her.

I love you Max. Angel smiled broadly. Stop it Angel!

"Sorry, couldn't help it." Her smile toned down a bit.

"Okay guys, pack up. We're leaving in five," I said, Max needed to rest, but we needed to get somewhere safer first. "you okay to fly?" Max had her head buried in my chest. Still holding her head, she nodded feebly, trying to get up, I helped her. She looked at me and whispered a thanks. Those eyes, I could look into them for the rest of my genetically modified life.

Max's POV

Agh! I hate being such a weakling, especially around Fang!

So, we were going to England. Are you going to tell me why you want us to go to England, Voice? I questioned, of course, I didn't receive an answer.

A.N. Sorry I took so long! I was meant to submit this chapter Monday, but I couldn't work out how to send it! I have written more! I promise I'll get it up ASAP!!!! REVIEW! Lyra xxx