A/N

Me: I kind of forgot to mention this earlier; this story takes place after the second book in the series.

BFF: You forgot something else.

Me: Oh, yeah, I don't own MR either. JP does and I am extremely mad at him for messing up one of my favorite couples by throwing Dylan and Maya in the mix.

BFF: If you haven't noticed Wander can be a little forgetful at times and gets off topic a lot.

Me: Hey, I do read the chapters I wrote before I go add a new one to the lot. I like to keep my facts straight so I don't confuse my readers.

Me: I'm not confusing anyone am I? Please review and tell me if I am, ask me any questions you have about my stories and I'll answer them.

Chapter 2

Ari grabs my neck and holds me to him. I struggle against him and feel his claws dig into my skin. Red, hot blood pours from my wounds.

The Flock shoots down to the ground, quickly getting into their fighting stances and facing Ari. He has me facing towards them I can see their faces clearly. They're all angry and determined. Fang's face is twisted into a scowl. I wriggle about, trying to free myself.

"U and A, U and A!" I call out to my family, but they ignore my pleas. I can feel one of Ari's hands slowly brushing up against my wing and I shudder.

Then suddenly he grabs a hold of my wing and twists. There's a loud crack and I almost double over in pain. I cry out, tears welling up in my eyes. Fang lunges forward. Ari responds quickly by placing a hand on either side of my head. Fang stops immediately. He's actually showing some emotion. Fear. I glance around at everybody's faces. They all have fear in their eyes.

That doesn't settle well with me. Their fear scares me, especially Fang's fear. He was always calm and collected, now he was agitated and looked like he was going to fall apart.

I can see Erasers melting out of the darkness of the trees and head toward my family. The Flock notices and forms a circle with Fang still facing Ari and me. "U and A" I mouth to him. He shakes his head just enough for me to notice without tipping Ari off.

"Don't you even think of trying anything bird boy." Ari smirked and then whispers in my ear. "I'm going to kill you Max, the same way you killed me. I'm going to snap your neck." I saw Fang tense up, apparently Ari hadn't said it very quietly. I set my jaw. I was not going to die, not without some fight.

"Wow, dog-boy, very original." I spat out, but worry tainted the resolve in my voice as I saw the Erasers edge forward towards the Flock.

Ari shoved his elbow into my broken wing and I screamed out in pain. Fang rushed forward while Ari was distracted by the sick pleasure he took in hurting me and he punched Ari in the face. Then he grabbed me and dragged me back over to the protected circle the Flock had created, careful not to injure my broken wing anymore.

Ari, who had been knocked over by Fang's punch, got up angrily.

"U and A, guys," I said with a sigh. "And please listen to me this time."

They all nodded and then Iggy and Gazzy shot up in the air. Fang picked me up bridal style and the rest of us were about to leap into the air too when a shot rang out.

The next thing I knew I was falling. Fang collapsed to the ground and I fell on top of him, jarring my broken wing I screamed again, tears, again, forming in my eyes. I looked over Fang. He'd been shot in the shoulder. I breathed a sigh of relief that he was still alive. Thank God it wasn't any worse. I looked up, Ari was holding a gun. He shot Fang. Now I was seething.

Ari lifted the gun again. I screamed at the others to get up in the air, and then another shot sounded. My head turned and I saw Angel, my baby, (A/N Me: For those of you who may have never read MR, Max is a surrogate mother to everyone in the Flock, she's like fourteen) standing there, red blossoming from her chest. No. I cried out, but couldn't make a sound. She looked at me confused, then sudden realization flooded her face and she fell. I gazed at her stunned. I couldn't move. Her chest didn't move. My baby, my Angel, was dead.

Me: I can hear the hate letters pouring in!

BFF: *trying to keep the letter from coming in through the chimney* This is just like in Harry Potter! *squeals happily*

Me: I'm glad you are having fun. Anyways, don't hate me yet, you haven't read the whole story.