Hi! Sorry for not updating in FOREVER, but I had a lot of stuff to do like chores and working and everyday stuff like that. Anyways, I realized that I forgot the disclaimer for last chapter. Sooooooo,

Disclaimer: I don't own the Maximum Ride books. But the idea for this story and whatever is not in the books is all mine. Get it? Got it? Good.

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Chapter 3

Fang. He's here. Right across from me. I got hit by a series of emotion then: Happiness, sadness, anger….. love…. No. Not love. That's the last thing I feel for that jerk that crushed my heart. But not only that, but leave his family. The flock. He can hurt me, but what about them. I hate him! But still, could I just leave him here? He may be a selfish, heartless jerk, but does he really deserve to be here? Stuck here until the scientist work him to death? I may hate him, but how am I going to save the world with hate and revenge in my heart?

"Good, Max. You're becoming wiser. You're finally becoming a true hero." the Voice said. A true hero? What did that mean? Not like the Voice is going to tell me.

"Is that Fang" Dylan said, interrupting my thoughts.

"Yes it is."

"That jerk." I heard Dylan mumble under his breath. "Is he coming with us?" he said a bit louder.

"Yes. He can escape with us. But once we're away from here, he can go back to wherever he came from." I decided. No way is he accepted back into the flock. And plus, in his letter he said that if I ask him to come back, he would, but he will just leave again anyways. I'll just save him the trouble by not asking.

"Max?" I heard in my head. I instantly knew it was Angel. She must be awake.

"Yes, sweetie?"

"How are we going to get out of here?"

"I've got a plan. Just don't say it out loud because there are microphones everywhere." And then I just told her the whole plan. She was pretty excited but getting to use her mind control powers, but I told her that just this once it's ok to use them.

"Ok, Maxie. I'll be good." She said. But of course, right then she saw Fang.

"Oh my gosh, is that Fang? Omg, he's here! He can come back with us, and then you two can get married! You know, even though he left, he still is totally in love with you." Angel yelled in my head.

"Gosh, Angel! My head already hurts enough without a seven year old bird girl screaming in it!"

"Sorry, Max. I'm just so happy. Fang's back!"

"No he's not Angel."

"He's not coming back with us?"

"No. He can escape with us, but after that, I don't want to see him ever again."

"But he still loves you so much! I know that you do too."

"No, Angel, I do not. And neither does he."

"Then why is he thinking it?"

"He's asleep."

"Yes, his mind is a little foggy, but he is still thinking about you. About how much he misses you."

"Look, Angel! He's never coming back to the flock! Got it? Never! And stop reading people's minds, ok? Now just leave me alone!" I yelled at her in my head. She looked sad.

"Sorry, Max." She said in a sad voice in my head. I instantly regretted yelling at her in my head, but she dissevered it. Reading people minds and telling other people stuff like that. But I still couldn't help but wonder. Fang still loves me? My heart started to race. No! Stop it! I don't love him anymore! And I will never love him again! But my heart didn't slow down. Then, the rest of the flock finally started to wake up.

"Max? Where are we?" Gazzy asked.

"We're back at the school, Gaz." I replied.

"Back?" Iggy said.

"Yup."

"Omg! We're back at the school! How are we going to escape? I mean, look at this room! No way are we ever going to be able to escape here! You have a plan, right Max? I mean, I was getting my hopes up because we went so long without getting an attack. Omg! Are they going to kill us? Are we-"

"Nudge! Shush!" I said. Jeez, that girl can talk.

"Sorry." Nudge said.

"How are we going to get out of here?" Iggy asked.

"Don't worry. Me and Angel have a plan. But we can't tell you because there are microphones everywhere. Don't worry. We'll be out of here before you know it." I said. I couldn't help but take a peek at Fang's cage. Fang was sitting there staring at me. Wait, how long has he been awake? Nudge and Gazzy noticed me staring at something and followed my gaze and gasped.

"What? What?" Iggy asked.

"It's Fang!" Gazzy said.

"What about Fang?" Iggy asked.

"He's here!" Nudge said.

"Really? I knew there was another body here, but I didn't know it was Fang." Iggy said getting a bit angry. I guess I'm not the only one that hates Fang.

"Fang, you're here! Yay! Now you can come back with us! It's so good to see you again! How did you get here? Did they knock you out and captured you like they did to us? Omg-"

"Nudge!" I said, "Fang's not coming back with us." I turned to Fang, "But you can escape with us." He just nodded with his emotionless mask on. But I did see a glint in his eye. Was it sadness? Hapiness? Love? No. Not the last one. Anyways, for the next few hours, we all just sat there talking to each other. Well, except for Fang who kept his emotionless mask on the whole time. But finally, somebody walked it. A scientist. Alone. Perfect. I nodded at Angel. She saw me, knowing what it means, and started to focus in on the scientist. At first, nothing happened. But then, the scientist suddenly came over to my cage and unlocked it. I got out while keeping an eye on him and started to stretch cautiously. I want to be ready in case his gets control of his mind again and attacks or starts running to get help. But instead, he just went over to Dylan's cage and unlocked it. A few minutes later everybody was out of their cages. The scientist then went to the door and unlocked it. He opened it and looked around in the hall, then waved us over. He started walking off and Angel started following him like there was nothing wrong, but I noticed something.

"Angel, where are we going?" I asked while I walked next to her while the rest of the flock, and Fang, followed.

"To the exit." She answered.

"How do you know where it is?"

"I don't. But he does." She nodes to the scientist.

"Wait. You can get him to show us the exit, without even having a clue to where we're going?"

"Yes."

Wow, she's getting a lot better at this. Especially since she hasn't done this whole mind control thing for a while. Or has she? She knows my rules! I'll have to talk to her about this later. Right now, we have to focus on getting out of here.

"Someone's coming." Iggy said suddenly.

"What?" I replied, "I don't hear anything."

"Yeah, but my hearing is better since I can't see. Now we have to hide, someone's coming!" The scientist suddenly went into the door on the left. We followed. It was dark, but I could make out desks that are full of papers and shelves full of jars. I don't even want to know what's in the jars! We all hide behind shelves and under desks. About a minute later, we heard a person walk by. Iggy's hearing is getting ever better. I don't think that's even possible! We waited for about three minutes before Iggy got up and went to the door and look out to the hall.

"I don't hear anyone else coming. We're good." Iggy said.

"Good. Let's go." I said. We all got up and went back to following the scientist. The hallway splits into three ways after about two minutes of walking. One left, one straight, and one right. We turned right. After about ten minutes of turning and going down different halls and hiding in a random room when Iggy hears someone coming, we get to the exit.

"Ok. Now let's just get outside and fly away before Angel's scientist figures out what happened." I said.

"Or I could just erase his memory." Angel said.

"What?" I replied. I must be hearing things!

"Erase his memory."

"You can do that! Since when?" Why didn't she tell me!

"I figured it out a few days ago." Angel said.

"How?" She knows I have strict rules about her playing with people's minds!

"I don't know. I just felt like I had that power suddenly. So, I tested it out on Iggy. It works!"

"That explains so much." I heard Iggy mumble under his breath.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I was starting to get real angry with that kid. I'm the flock leader! I should know everything right away!

"You just didn't seem in the mood, Max." she said in a angelic voice while giving me the bambi eyes. Oh, man. The bambi eyes! One of my weaknesses!

"Well, next time tell me when you get a new power or anything else like that happens. And no more testing on Iggy!" I said in a stern voice while actually giving up the fight on the inside.

"I agree!" Iggy said.

"Ok." Angel said in a sad tone while looking down. I instantly felt bad.

"Well, Angel. Erase his mind and then let's take off." I said in a calmer voice hoping to lift up her mood.

"Got it." She said a bit happier. She instantly focused in on the scientist. I could tell by the concentration on her face that she was really trying hard. I mean, this is a new power and all.

"Ok, let's go before he comes to his senses and realize we're escaping!" Angel said suddenly while rushing to the door. We all rushed after her and got outside and flew off. Right then we heard the alarms sound. Someone must of came in to check on us and realized we weren't there. Erasers came out of the building looking for us, but they were too late because we were high in the sky and getting far away from the school.

How did you like it? This chapter is bigger than usual I think. I'm just trying to make up for all those days I didn't update. Sorry about that. I've been so busy! Ok in the middle or something I'm just going to say, Max said Me and Angel instead of Angel and I. If you see little mistakes like that in dialog and thoughts and stuff like that, it usually means I made it on purpose because Max and the flock didn't go to school much so they may not talk properly all the time. Sorry, but thanks for reading! R&R!