A/N Okay just for a second, the whole Flock has keys to each other's houses. Don't ask, because I don't know. Enjoy!
Angel's POV
I didn't have any work for the FBI today, so I lounged about all day. At 6:00 PM, I decided to go see what Max was up to. I whistled as I inserted the key into the lock. As the tumblers clicked, I reflected on how moody Max had been lately. She was acting excited and happy for awhile, to then grow distant and mysterious.
I opedned the door and walked into the entry hall of Max's small, modest house. Silence. "Hey Max, are you home?" I called, hanging my coat and purse in the little closet. I heard a slight noise in her living room. Reacting quickly, I switched into fighting mode as I crept over, tense and alert, to the living room. Had the erasers finally found us?
The sight that greeted me was far worse than an eraser invasion, though. Leader Max, Maximum the Strong, was draped over the sofa, crying stormily. I ran over to her, extremely worried. "Max, are you hurt?" I queried anxiously. She lifted her head from the cushions and shook it, still weeping.
"Not, -hiccup gulp- physically," she managed between sobs, rubbing at her reddened eyes. I looked into her mind to see what was the matter, and saw tons of pictures of… Fang. Two things were running around inside her thoughts. Why didn't he come? Today is the day…
"Max, I don't underst-" I started, but then it clicked. Max was crying about Fang's absence, and I was guessing that it had been about-
"Twenty years, Angel! He promised he would return to the Flock after twenty years! And he's not." She erupted into fits of tears again. I hugged Max until she had stopped crying, sending mental images of soothing things into her bedraggled mind. Soon, her tears slowed, and she sat hiccupping and rubbing at her pink eyes. Max rested her damp head on my shoulder. "Thank you Ange, for letting me be weak for a moment. I just…" Max trailed off.
"I understand. I know you loved him," I tried to comfort her. She nodded and told me she was going to go write a song to empty her heart. I knew she would feel better after, so I left Max alone to deal with her emotions. Once I had shut the door behind me, I opened my huge white wings and launched myself into the air. I needed to tell Nudge, Gazzy and Iggy to be careful around Max today.