Fang POV:

I can't believe how stupid that was! "Max! Fight back! She's only human, you want to kill her!" I shouted, but the Director wasn't only human. She was part Galapagos Tortoise. So although she moved quite slowly and we went quite fast, her weight alone could stop us from destroying her before she got away with Max.

So Angel was right. The Director is at the Institute. And coming here may have just cost Max her life. Grr!

I gritted my teeth and tried not to think about it. instead, I focused on bypassing the Director so I could bar her way into the Institute. I made it just in time to see Max being thrown down the stairs and the door was shut in my face.

I felt paralyzed, and sank to my knees. No, it couldn't be. Max the Leader, Max the Invincible, Maximum Ride the Great, my girlfriend, has just been taken hostage in our enemy building, by the enemy we have been planning to get rid of. It's just so not fair! We're finally together, she finally realizes she loves me, and Max is taken from me for what could be forever.

Angel came up beside me and saw my teary eyes. I never cry, so she knew what happened right away. Nudge came over with giant eyes. "I promise we'll get Max back for you, Fang. I promise. We can't live without her either, you know that?" That mad me feel a little better, but I couldn't get the image of Max being tossed down the steps like a ragdoll out of my head. I realized at that moment that I was now the oldest. I had to be the leader. I stood up, brushing off the dirt. "Okay, guys, I-" I was cut off by Angel, who said that I should go back to the train tunnel and wait for them there so I didn't have to see her if Max was hurt. I agreed and went back to the subway area. Who was going to lead, Angel? She's only six! They'll never get Max back!

The others don't know yet, because Angel and I have kept it a secret, but she can see the future. She saw me dead and the rest of them alive. Is this the part where I die, because I'm sad over Max? They can't see me die, they just can't. I'm going to have to leave them to get Max, in case they die, or I die. I'll leave them and fall asleep in peace, forever...