Max POV
I started spinning around in circles, looking for them. I didn't see any of them. None of them. Not even Evan! I felt tears dripping from my face. How could I let this happen?! I busted through the door into the Recovering Mothers floor lobby. [I'm not sure if that's a real floor in hospitals...I just felt like saying it. Hehe! Continue.] I walked over to a corner to see my mom laying on the ground unconscious, yet again. I walked towards her and shook her shoulder.

"Mom? Mom?" I whispered. My voice was shaky and low. I'm still pretty weak from, you know, giving birth and all, but I guess my adrenaline was what had me going enough.

She groaned and her eyes fluttered open. "...Max? Oh, Max! I tried to keep them away from the babies but they hit me! I'm so sorry! My poor grandchildren!" She looked truly upset about this. There's only so much she could have done. She's no match for an Eraser.

"It's okay." I said as I helped her to her feet. I can only imagine how my face must look right now. And at the moment, I don't care. I just lost all of my kids. One five year old and two newborns. Give me a little slack.

We walked inside and everyone looked at me. Most of them shocked by my expression. Fang walked to me and wrapped me in his arms. I stood there for a second crying, then I clutched the back of his shirt, and bawled my eyes out. The rest of the Flock came in for a group hug. This time it didn't help.

After about twenty minutes, my eyes wouldn't produce tears anymore. I guess they're all gone. I ran out of tears. We grabbed a couple of things and started to jump out the window. Iggy carried Ella because he always did now, Mom went down to get her car and go home.

The flight was complete silence. I miss Evan flying next to me, getting a little too close sometimes that our wings touched. I only got a glimpse of the twins' wings. Charlotte's were black with white feathers peeking through here and there, and Jamie's were white with black feathers peeking through. It's funny how they got opposite colors like that. I almost burst into tears again, thinking about them.

When we got to our house, Iggy took Ella up to their room. I went and sat on the couch with my knees against my chest. I stared blankly at the T.V. Angel and Nudge sat on the floor in front of me. Gazzy sat in the chair. I was surprised Nudge could keep quiet this long. Better take advantage of it.

Time to start planning. It's obvious that they're at the school. No doubting it. Point blank, Iggy makes a huge bomb, we get the kids, and blow the whole fucking place up. I don't even care who's in there. It'd be unfortunate if other experiments were there, but they might die soon anyway. Then we come home, I have Angel brainwash them so they won't remember anything from that fucked up place, and live on happily ever after. Evan can enroll in school, and I can raise Charlotte and Jamie in a good home. I felt some shaking on my left shoulder. I ignored it. Nothing mattered until I got my kids back.

"Max," It was Fang shaking me. Well, he mattered. And the Flock. And Mom. And Ella. Okay, some things still mattered. I kept my face impassive and I turned to him.

He sighed. "It's gonna be okay."

I just turned my head and continued staring at nothing. I heard him sigh again and a little later, Iggy came back down.

"She's asleep." he confirmed.

I stood up and grabbed one of our emergency bags like a robot. Fang, Iggy, and Nudge did the same.

"You two stay here. You look tired." I told Angel and Gazzy. They nodded. I ruffled Gazzy's hair and kissed Angel's forehead. I tried to smile, but only ended up with a twitch of my mouth.

We headed out the door and into the sky. It was around nine in the morning.

"Where're we headed?" Iggy asked.

"The School. California. We're getting rid of this place once and for all." I growled.

He nodded.

Luckily Arizona isn't far from California. We had just reached the border when Ari a.k.a. The Voice spoke.

Max.

What's up Ari?

I'm so mad they took my nieces and nephew. They're gonna hear it from Jeb.

Oh, they won't be hearing anything when we're done.

Huh. Maybe not. But I tracked exactly where they are. You should be able to get them with no problem.

Thanks.

Evan is in a crib of sorts, and the twins are in play pins. None of them are in dog crates. I promise you.

That's a plus.

Yeah. Evan has couple of deep cuts. Your gonna have deal with those when you save him. But the twins are in excellent shape. They're all being fed and treated quite well. I'll schedule a meeting so none of the whitecoats will be able to stop you. I also set up a hunting session for the Erasers. They should all be out of your way.

Wow. Thanks a lot Ari. But the fact that you know all this kind of scares me.

I'm helping Jeb try to bust them remember? We still have access to everything from him working there. He's helping as much as possible.

Sure. Great.

Alright. They're in Building 3, Hallway 7, Exam /Observation Room 16. Got it?

Yup.

Good. Now you're coming up on it. Good Luck. I've planned all you need to help you.

Thanks little bro.

This should be easy.

Got it.

I felt Ari leave my head, and had a little more hope than I did when we first started out. They're okay. None are hurt except Evan maybe. He has a few deep cuts but should be okay. Fang looked over at me for the thousandth time since we have been flying and saw that slight hope in my eyes. A smile tugged on his lips. I gave a small one back.

I looked down and saw about five buildings. They had large numbers on the tops for helicopters. I saw a huge 3 on top of one. I pointed and said, "That's it guys. Going down," I tucked my wings in tighter and tighter as I descended. Fang was right on my heals when I hit the ground. Ari said everything was planned so this should be easy. I walked around to the back of the building and saw a few whitecoats there smoking. Guess you can't smoke inside the torture chamber. The door behind them was ajar. Perfect!

I looked at Fang. He gave a small nod agreeing with me. We walked slowly behind the freakish scientists, quiet as mice, and then.....

WHAM! Knocked em right in the head. They both fell to the ground unconscious. How many people have I knocked unconscious/ killed today? I lost count. Darn.

We slid in through the door and walked quietly down the hall. The signs said that this was Hallway 6. There was an arrow pointing to the left that said Hallway 5, and an arrow pointing to the right that said Hallway 7. That was easy.

Obviously, we turned right into Hallway 7. My heart sped up. I began walking faster.

Room 29....room 28...room 27....

I ran a little because none of these were gonna be Evan, Charlotte and Jamie's Room.

Room 20....room 19....room 18....

A little more...

Room 17....Room 16!!!!!

Yes!!!!

To my utter astonishment (sarcasm) the door was locked. Another reason why I brought Nudge.

I waved her over and she began doing her magic. The lock came apart easily. I told her to stay at the door to watch. I pushed it open and ran in. It looked like a freakish brainwashing nursery-

"MOMMY!!!!! DADDY!!!!" Evan yelled. God I missed that voice for, like, 8 hours.

I ran over to his crib, which was locked by the way, and got on my knees.

"Hey, Baby! I'm so sorry! We're getting you outta here. I promise." I found the keys sitting on an observation table and unlocked his crib. He stood up and jumped into my arms. I kissed his head and smoothed his hair.

"I'm so sorry," I whispered.

"It's not yo fawts, Mommy." he crooned. He was comforting me! Isn't that what I was supposed to be doing?

"Thank you, baby." I let go of him and looked down and saw blood. It trailed up to his leg.

"What happened, Ev?" I asked.

"The big furry guys said I was being smart so he skatched me. He skatched my arm too." He said pointing to 4 small lines going across his arm. I sighed.

I turned around and saw Fang holding Charlotte and Iggy holding Jamie. I steadied Evan against the crib and ran to them. They looked the same. Still peaceful. Charlotte still wouldn't open her eyes. We have no clue what color they are.

"Hey, Ev? Did Charlotte ever open her eyes at all?" I asked. I'm a little worried.

"Nope." He replied.

"Huh. Well. Let's get you bandaged up and get out of here." I ripped apart one of the spare blankets and tied the strips around Evan's arm and leg. He winced some, but didn't cry. That's my boy. My little soldier.

I picked him up since I'm guessing he can't walk too well, and we started down the hall, out the same way we came. Nudge had Jamie now.

"Ig?" He pulled put the bomb and said we have about thirty seconds before the place blows. We were out in about eight. I wrapped one of the blankets I took around Charlotte and Jamie and we took off into the sky to watch the demolishing of the School.

Iggy had a brilliant smile on his face.

"This is my first explosion I get to actually see since I was at the School." he explained. "How ironic that I'm blowing up the place that made me blind in the first place."

I hugged Evan and he wrapped his little arms around my neck.

"Hey Ev?" I whispered to him.

"Yeah?" He said, waiting patiently for the school to blow.

"Happy Birthday." I said, then the School exploded into millions of pieces. We were high enough up that it didn't touch us, though the sound did. Fang and Nudge covered the twins' ears.

After everything calmed down, Iggy yelled, "That. Was. Freaking. AWESOME!!!!!!"

Everyone laughed except Fang who chuckled in his way.

"I know Uncle Iggy! That was so cool! I wanna try!" Evan said excitedly.

"NO!!!!" We yelled at the same time. That reminded me of something...

"Hey, why didn't you just melt the crib bars and get out?" I asked Evan.

"Cuz they gave me this stuff and it made my soopa powas (super powers) not work."

Now I'm really worried. What if his powers don't come back? I looked at Fang. We shared the same concerned expression.

"Okay, this is great and all," Nudge said, looking at Jamie, "But my niece is tired and so am I. You should be too Max."

"I am. Okay guys. Let's find a hotel. There's no way I'm gonna make it all the way home. And I'm starving."

"Me too!" Nudge said.

We flew for a while then landed when we saw a city. A hotel was close by.

Fang was holding Evan and I was holding Charlotte who refused to open those eyes that I knew were beautiful, like her sisters. Jamie on the other hand, loved looking around and being alert to all the new things.

We walked through the glass doors and it looked pretty decent. Not shabby, but not too fancy. Perfect.

I walked up to the counter and there was guy, again he looked about my age, and a girl who also looked to be about my age.

"Can I have two conjoined rooms please?" I asked. I really hoped he didn't try to hit on me.

"Sure. That'll be $20.95. But if you go out with me tonight, we can just share my room."

"I don't think her son would be too happy about that," Fang growled.

The guy looked completely shocked. "Oh, I, uh, um-"

"Yeah. I don't think my boyfriend and my sister and brother would appreciate if I left them with my newborn babies either." I added, making him more uncomfortable.

"Here's your key. Enjoy your stay," He said super fast.

"Thanks!" I replied, putting on a charming smile. Fang death glared at him.

The key said rooms 322 and 323. Me, Fang, and the twins took Room 322. Nudge and Iggy said it was okay if Evan roomed with them. He'd be fine.

We walked in and I saw the huge bathroom with a shower and said, "Will you be okay with them for a few minutes? I want to take a shower."

"Yeah, go ahead."

I set Charlotte in Fang's arms who was sitting back on the bed, holding Jamie as well.

The bathroom was nothing fancy, but the shower was huge. It was an overhead shower, with adjustable water settings. (That sounded so fancy!) I undressed, and stepped in, turned the water and set it to massage. I saw the steam come up from the heat of the water. I let the water fall on my back for a while, letting the water massage my back. It felt so good. Today was the longest most painful day of my life. Emotional, physical, and mental. But suddenly it felt like all those things just went down the drain with the water. I turned the water off, feeling refreshed and calmed. I dried off some, put my underclothes on, and wrapped in the towel. My hair was still dripping wet, but it was still very hot.

I walked out and opened the doors to the balcony that looked out on the city. The breeze poured in.

When I turned back around, I noticed that Fang had his shirt off. The heat bothered him too. I just stared at his chiseled body for few seconds. He smirked but he was looking at me too, and I knew it. I didn't blush this time. I walked over and layed on the bed with him. Jamie was laying on her back, looking around and smiling. When she looked at me, she started laughing. I couldn't help but smile.

"Hey, Jamie," I said. She laughed. Charlotte was sleeping face down on Fang's chest. He was looking at her. Confusion in his features.

"What're you thinking about?" I asked him.

"I was wondering why she never opens her eyes. I'm so curious."

I smiled. "Me too. Like, she eats and everything, but she doesn't open her eyes."

He nodded, still looking at her. Then I got an idea.

"Let me see her," I said. He picked her up and handed her to me. I layed her next to Jamie between us.

"Charlotte," I whispered. "Charlotte, it's Mommy. Can you please open your eyes?"

Her eyes twitched a little. I looked at Fang, getting excited.

"You try," I told him.

He cleared his throat and said, "Hey, Char. It's um, Daddy"-he winced when he said that. He must think Daddy is a too emotional word- "You know if you wanna open your eyes, I'm waiting."

Her eyes fluttered but didn't open. I shook her stomach a little. A smile played on her lips and her eyes fluttered more, a little more open.

So I shook her stomach and crooned, "Open your eyes Charlotte!" In a soft voice.

Then she opened them.