Alright so this chapter as I promised is longer and it does have Fax in it. If the story seems to be lacking action I swear I'm just building up to it; I'm just trying to give you guys something to look back on and say "I remember when the story wasn't dark; and had its happy moment's." Because after a certain point this story is going to get very dark. Let's reply to some reviews; shall we?

Wingz-and-a-Fez

oi, u call that a chapter! *humph* u better update soon to make up for it. and Fax would be nice ;)

Fezzes r cool ["]

I did call that a chapter and now I apologize for how short it was. Does this qualify as soon? Well then I did make good on that promise.

blaineandthepips488

Aww Zorua! This chapter made a little more sense now that you kinda explained the basics of the story. And it was really good!

Thanks for suggesting my story! You rock ;)

The basics are all you really need sometimes; I hope the Wiki helped if not I'm sure one of the readers of this story will be willing to help.

It's Fnicking Awesomeness

Hey! Yea, I know it isn't Friday, but... oh well :)

These seem pretty good- but you definitely need longer chapters and more plot stuff. But that will come in time, as you said :)

The only other thing I have to say is that make sure you use enough commas and semi-colons; some of yur sentences tend to be a bit... run-on-ny. Is that even a word? I don't care anymore. It's been a long weekend.

Hurry up and update- I want to know what's gonna happen.

Peace out, B (and Fang :D)

It's completely fine that it wasn't Friday; I'm just glad you read the story. Yeah they will come there will be points where the chapters are three times as long as this one. Thanks for the criticism; and no that isn't a word. Then get ready to find out B. Also I hope you don't mind but I'm going to steal your idea to ask questions during the chapter.

Alright guys I'll see you at the bottom as this author's note is already longer then the last chapter.

After lunch Max sat back in a wooden reclining lounge chair; her stomach full for the first time in what felt like years. She was content just watching her flock; Angel and Nudge were off in the corner playing with some dolls Dr. M had found, Iggy was talking with Ella a light blush on both their cheeks, and Gazzy had somehow convinced Fang to play catch with him up in the air.

Glancing once more at her sister and Iggy; Max couldn't help but laugh at the fact that if the blind boy could see, he would have no problem asking his sister out. The pyro said something sending Ella into a fit of giggles; she fell back onto the trimmed healthy grass. Max leaned back into the chair; deciding a nap was just the thing she needed. The scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted through the air; Dr. Martinez knew her oldest daughter well. The bird-girl grunted pulling herself from the chair going in search of the treated she now wanted so desperately.

Fang inwardly smirked watching his girlfriend go inside; she was addicted to those cookies. Turning his head back to the blonde bird-kid in front of him; he just barely caught the end of Gazzy throwing the baseball his way. Reaching up in an attempt to catch the red and white ball; proved to make matters worse the ball bouncing off the out stretched hand and plummeting out of reach, towards the still giggling Ella.

"Ella, watch out!" He shouted hoping beyond all that was possible she would move out of the way in time. What happened next shocked two and had the rest thoroughly confused. The ball stopped in midair like gravity had decided to do a half-ass job on it, and it alone. Ella's brown eyes not moving from the floating orb not even a foot above.

"Angel, did you just get another new power?" Nudge asked looking to her best friend; a jealous look held firmly on her face. Shaking her head was all the young girl could manage; the shock of who was making it float too much to believe let alone comprehend.

"Ella?" The blonde girl asked blue eyes locked on the stunned girl; trembling Angel got to her feet.

"Y-Yeah," she managed her voice panicked and strained. Walking up to the scared girl Angel took ahold of the ball; struggling for a second she was able to pull the ball away and down to her side. The whole of reality seemed to implode for the two of them at that moment.

"H-How did you do that?" Angel's voice was just above a whisper asking this. Ella almost didn't hear it over Iggy demanding to be told what just happened; yet she didn't respond. The mind reader's face hardened in concentration; a stunned silence filled the backyard for a few minutes until Angel let a defeated sigh rip through her.

"Can someone go get Dr. M and Max?" She asked turning to Iggy mentally sending him the images of what just happened. Nudge rushed to the door all the while calling the two like a five-year old tattling. The speechless unmoving girl on the grass began chanting a single phrase: how is this possible?

Max and her mom burst out the door not even a minute later. Both women's faces were wide with shock; though if one were to take a good look at Dr. Martinez's expression they would see something more, despair. The look faded in almost an instant; an instinct kicked in forcing her to make absolutely sure her human daughter had in fact developed some sort of power.

"Angel, how sure are you that it was Ella who stopped the ball without touching it?" She demanded watching the youngest member turn to her; eyes going wider upon meeting the vet's eyes.

"You-"

"How sure are you?" She interrupted; sending a cold glare Angel's way. The blonde felt a shiver run down her spine; the look had done its intended purpose in stopping her from revealing whatever she was going to reveal.

"It had to be; at the moment the ball stopped, it felt like she just reached out and grabbed it with her mind." Angel shrank back at a bit; the older woman felt bad yet said nothing in hopes no one else had noticed it.

"M-Mom, what's going on? Why was I able to do that?" Ella asked poorly disguised panic in her voice. Uncomfortable silence rolled through the yard like a fog. Angel and Valencia locked eyes; their mental conversation seemed to turn into more of an argument by the end.

"Enough, Angel; I'm calling him and that's final!" Dr. Martinez erupted loud enough make Max jump; Angel wasn't finished though narrowing her eyes she opened her mouth to add something else only to have Max interrupt.

"Who are you calling Mom?"

"Jeb," Dr. M answered watching her daughter's face contort to an unmasked rage; her fists clenching and unclenching; she took a moment to collect herself before speaking.

"Why can't you call John, or hell why not Brigid?" The flock leader demanded; wanting her sister to have nothing to do with the ex-white coat.

"Max neither of them studied genetics; plus no one has been able to get ahold of Brigid since Hawaii;" the older woman explained, pulling her cellphone from her pocket. Searching through her contacts, she paused, looking up to add one more note neither her daughter nor her daughter's boyfriend were there to hear it. She sighed going back to what she was doing.

After the contact had been found the call was placed; two rings later it was answered. "Hello, Jeb?" Dr. M inquired in a hushed tone; there was a pause as she waited on the other end to respond. "No, no one is hurt; it's something going on with Ella. I can't really explain what happened over the phone; could you come over here?"

Max and Fang landed in an empty part of the park; the trees provided perfect cover for them to hide their wings, without being seen. Taking Max's hand Fang began to walk towards, what he assumed was, one of the parks many exits. A gentle breeze picked carrying on it the scent of freshly cut grass. Children's laughter reached their ears; acting on a whim the quiet teenager pulled in the direction of the noise.

"Fang, where are we going?" Max asked uncertainty drenching her voice. Fang said nothing; continuing to walk towards the laughter. Approaching the playground; they worked their way over to the swings. Raising an eyebrow the bird-girl turned towards Fang?

"Really?" Freeing her hand she crossed her arms over her chest; she continued to stare. His face no sign of a joke; taking ahold of the chains on the swing for her to get on.

"Max trust me," he requested locking eyes with her; seeing no reason as to why she shouldn't Max found herself taking the offered swing. The children on the playground had not a care in the world; they didn't have a sister back home who could be taken away to be an experiment, and she envied them for it. The dark teenager took the swing next to her; taking in the almost exact same view as his girlfriend. Something felt off about it; 'no,' Fang corrected himself, 'it's almost like everything is off, almost forced.' Like the calm before the storm; he shook these ideas from his mind as quickly as they had come. 'I'm just being paranoid,' he mentally scolded, 'we beat the Doomsday group; what am I expecting Itex to come back?'

They sat in a comfortable silence, taking in the view for a few minutes; Max was the one to break it asking, "Fang, what do we do?"

"I'm sure that Ella is fine; it's not like your mom will let Jeb take her."

"I know that; I meant what do, we do with ourselves? We've saved the world, where do we go from here?" Turning she met her boyfriend's deep blue eyes.

"We live Max; we go to school, get jobs, graduate, get married, have kids. After everything we've been through; the cosmic powers at be owe us at least that." He reassured taking her hand in his. Both knew adjusting to a normal life would be difficult; but they knew that as long as they were together they get through anything.

Thus closed the adventure of Max taking the world back from Itex… I'm sorry but you have to admit that the way this chapter ends sounds like an ending for this story.

This chapter looks like completely filler but it's not I swear to you it moves the plot; though I will admit that the last like 35% of the chapter is fluff that's because later on you'll thank me for it. On that note this story will get dark, if there ever comes a time when you think I over step my rating just say so and this will go up to M. Time for the question of the chapter:

How long of a story qualifies as a long story for you guys?

For me it has to be longer then 150k+ words; and even then I can read it in a day. The longest story I've read in a day wasn't actually just one story it was a series of four stories totaling over 500k+ words took 8 hours but it was worth it.

The best is yet to come.

~Zorua