I know this one's short, but i kinda got caught up in the ruch and couldn't wait to pump this out. Like blood, sweat and tears. BLOOD AND GORE! if you want to know what that's about, ask me or anonymouse13, we both came up with it! hope you like this one!MR

Disclaimer: Me no own Max Ride. Can't get more basic.

Max's POV

Some people can't seem to take a hint that my bed only has enough room for one person… me. " What are you doing here, Damien? I thought I told you to get lost. Actually, no I didn't, my exact words were, 'If I ever see you again, I will personally skin you alive after killing your sisters in front of you with your eyes taped open'. Now, I'm going to be nice and give you a second before I take up on that little offer…"

"No need, babe. I'm not here for that, much as I'd like to…"

"I heard that."

"That's why I said it, babe. Anyway, it turns out I've got some information about the little friend of yours downstairs."

"Let's hear it, and then I'll decide whether you make it out of here alive."

Now, I'm not stupid. I know better than to trust Damien Foster about something so huge. I want to hear it from the horse's mouth. And I know just how to get it.

Fang's POV

I was getting whipped again when suddenly my tormentors were ordered out of the room and I was carted to my holding cell. It was one of those relics that could be a set for a western movie, but it still kept you from getting out and contacting anybody, so I was stuck.

Then the most wonderful, disturbing and odd thing happened. Maximum Ride was brought bound and gagged into my holding cell! "Max," I breathed, " What happened to you?"

She started sobbing, " We went to Cincinnati… and there were Erasers… and they shot Ari… I lost him… found a group… sent for recon… caught… here…"

I hugged her tightly to my chest and let her sob into my shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Max. I'm sorry for leaving… I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't want to hurt you."

She stopped sobbing eventually and gave me a sad smile. "Thanks. It means a lot to hear that."

Then she gave me a peck on the cheek and sat up. But I wanted more of her, I wanted to hold her, to let her cry on my shoulder made me feel like I could really redeem myself in her eyes. I tried to mask my bit of disappointment as she got up and sat against the wall next to me. "So what happened to you?"

"I left, and went to LA, got caught up in the Scarlet Angels, then I came up the ladder and became leader. We've been trying to take out Itex, but some of our people have been disappearing around here, and then we heard about the Outsiders, so I came up here by myself to came and find out more, then I got captured."

"What were you going to do after you found out about them?"

"I was going to have the leader captured, and maybe killed, and take over. They have a much better set-up and it'd help us dismantle Itex if we had their resources…"

I stopped as she brushed her lips against mine, and then she stood, pulling something out of the back pocket of her jeans. In a flash she was on the other side of a door with a revolver in her hands, the sights trained at my chest. She gave me a smirk. " That's what I needed to hear, Fang. You were stupid enough to think you could waltz up here, BY YOURSELF, and kill me? I've seen you be stupid before, Fang, but this pretty much takes the cake."

Then she pulled the trigger.