Hi! This is the second chapter, and it's going to be in both Fang's and Max's POV. It's gonna get more and more unfortunate, according to my plan. It might change though! So please give me some suggestions if you don't mind!

The plot of this whole story is kind of confusing. It's after the book Angel, and yes, unfortunately, Angel still dies; I'm sorry. But Fang is back with the flock (except Angel), who are now safe in a temporary house. And Dylan never existed.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride—James Patterson does. I'm just a faithful little fan of Max Ride. :D

So here it goes!

Fang pov:

"Hey, Max. You awake yet?" I opened Max's door, in my unusually enthusiastic voice. I know, it's weird, but hey, I was excited.

Inside the room, it was empty. Max was nowhere to be seen. The window was wide open, and cool wind was blowing wildly into the room. Where was she this early in the morning? I checked the kitchen, and again, nobody. Where was she?

I tried to stay calm, I mean, she could be anywhere. She was probably just flying around, enjoying the cool weather. I jumped out and unfolded my huge wings, and went searching for Max.

Time passed, but still, no sight of her. I tensed. Where did she go? What if, what if… she was in danger? I panicked, and continued looking for her. Still, she was nowhere. Oh, no. Oh, no…

For what felt like hours, I searched and searched for Max. I came back home, informed the flock about Max's disappearance. Everyone seemed in the state of shock. Nudge whimpered and cried, and Gazzy's face fell. Iggy's face hardened.

Nudge bursted into tears. "But… but… we've already lost Angel! How can we lose… no!"

"Hey, hey. We don't know anything right now. Let's just… wait and see. That's the best we can do," Iggy comforted her, though it wasn't convincing.

I rubbed my face with my hand and grunted in frustration. If this was some kind of a joke, I was going to kill her. But something told me this wasn't.

I stood up immediately, my decisions made. The flock all looked at me, surprised.

"Iggy." I said seriously. "Stay here with the kids and don't go anywhere. And stay out of danger until I come back."

"You're going? Where? Do you even know where she is?" Gazzy asked worriedly.

"Fang," Iggy shook his head. "Just stay here. You can't do this."

"She might come back," Nudge added hopefully.

"No, she won't. She's back in the School." I don't know how I knew that, but I felt sure of it. It was like a little Voice inside my head telling me that. "I can get her. No. I have to. Just wait."

And without another word, I ran out and opened my wings. I let myself into the sky, and I promised Max silently, no matter what, I'm going to get you out.

Max POV

I opened my eyes. I shifted, and saw that beside me was a shivering girl. Her face looked messed up, mutated, her eyes looking inhuman, and her arms were covered with… some animal fur. I felt a pang of pity.

Where am I? Who is this mutated girl next to me? And worse, who am I? I flexed my arms and legs, and felt as light as feather. Blinking, I wondered where I am. I stood up and tried to walk out, when I felt a metal chain around my ankle pulling me back. What the? Now this was really confusing. I had no idea what was happening to me, much less who I was.

Then I heard a voice talking. It was a man's voice, somehow familiar, and he was keeping low of the volume, like he didn't want anybody around to hear.

"Jake, was it successful? Is Max's entire memory erased?"

"Everything's gone well. She probably doesn't even know who she is. It's very unlikely for her to bring her memory back."

I tensed. Were they talking about her? Did they erase my memories? And why? Questions were filling up her head.

A man stepped in the room. He was wearing a big white coat, which seemed very unpleasant. He looked around the room, and when he saw me, he stopped.

He looked into my eyes. He had soft brown comforting eyes. "Maximum Ride." My body pricked hearing that word. What's wrong with me?

"Who are you? And what am I doing here? What do you want me for?" I looked up at his dangerously friendly-looking face.

He was silent for a moment. Then his lips curled up into a smirk. "Why, Max. You're here to accomplish a very important task."

Was it really bad? I'm really sorry about my bad descriptive writing, but I've tried my best. In the next chapter or so, Fang and Max are going to meet!

Please review! Give me some pointers, too! My story will depend on your reviews.