Me: Hi! We're back with yet another chapter, so take it away, Iggy!

Iggy: ecjarecke11 would like you all to know that she does not own Maximum Ride or any of the characters in this story, except for Misty.

Me: Thank you, Iggy. Now, back to the story, at the part where Misty and Iggy have just gotten captured!

Iggy: Oh, joy...

Misty POV

I woke up in a bright room, in a cage, and heaven knows I didn't take that very well.

Iggy was in one next to me, still out cold. I hoped that Max and the others had gotten back home safely. Then Iggy sat up, opening his sightless eyes. He couldn't see anything around him, but I had the feeling he knew where he was.

"Are you all right?" I whispered to him.

He shrugged. "You?"

"Well..." I paused. "Considering where we are, not really."

He nodded, but before we had the chance to speak Dr. Gunther-Hagen came into the room.

"Well," he said, "it seems you've woken up."

"No, really?" I said sarcastically.

"Misty," he sighed, "if you want to survive here, you'll need to have a little respect."

"Why do you want us, anyway?" Iggy asked. "Why not Max?"

"In truth," Dr. Gunther-Hagen said, "Misty was the most succesful hybrid ever created. More succesful than Max, even, and we didn't think that that was possible. So, we needed you two, the greatest success and the greatest failure."

"Your mom is a failure," I growled. I couldn't stand how he talked about Iggy like that, as if he wasn't in the room, as if he didn't even have feelings. Iggy stayed silent.

Dr. Gunther-Hagen paused for a minute. "Well, he said, "I have to leave. Someone will come for you in a while." With that he left.

Max POV

I sat down at the table in Dr. Martinez's kitchen. Everyone was upset- Nudge's face was streaked with tears, Angel had been silent all day, Fang was quiet- then again, he was always quiet, but this time in a mournful kind of way. Gazzy had refused to come downstairs all day. Dylan was also silent..

"Okay," I said, "we need to go get them back."

Fang nodded silently.

I hoped that they hadn't been killed yet. I hate to say it, but I hadn't realized how much we needed them until now.

"All right," I said, "I think that Nudge, Fang, Gazzy, and I should go. Dylan isn't quite advanced at flying yet, and since Angel is the youngest I think she should stay.

Angel didn't object, so I took that as an okay. I just prayed that Iggy and Misty wouldn't be all messed up by the time we got there. With them at the mercy of Dr. Gunther-Hagen, there was no telling what could happen.

We left around noon. I estimated that it would take us about five hours to get there, so we would be there around four-thirty. I hoped that it would give us enough time.

I felt better once we were on our way. Hold on, guys, I thought. We're coming.