A/N: Okay so I get online this morning, hoping to have at least one review for this story. Instead, I come to find out that I have FOUR! So thanks to: Nifty One, Priestess Kohana. Plainlyironic. Asrule.

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Well, on with the story. I don't think it's 1,237 words like the last chapter, but it's almost as long. Here you go!

Chapter 6

The Kiss!

I walked with the men in white coats as if I was in a trance. I kept wondering if the flock had gotten away, or if they were still in the building. Finally, as we entered a room with pure white walls, I realized what was happening. They were planning on changing me. I lowered my gaze as Jeb stepped out of an adjoining room.

"Max, I'm so glad you've decided to accept Ari's offer of becoming one of us," he said, smiling proudly like any father would. "You won't regret it, I promise."

His promises are packs of lies.

It's about time, Voice! Tell me how I'm supposed to get out of here!

You don't.

I froze.

What-What are you saying?

It's going to happen, Maximum. You'll become what you fear the most.

I felt hands grab me and I struggled violently, attacking first one, then another man as they all started towards me. No way was I going without a fight! A chair I hadn't noticed before came into my line of vision and I struggled even harder.

"NO!" I screamed over and over again. "STOP! PLEASE STOP!"

"Red alert! I repeat, red alert. Intruders have escaped. Intruder alert!"

I grinned with relief. They had gotten away. As I loosened my grip, the men managed to grab me and place me in the chair, snapping the restraints on so I couldn't move. My face turned pale and with baited breath, I waited for the injection. Noises from outside the door could be heard, but I didn't care. This was it!

"MAX!"

My eyes snapped open at the sound of the voice I had waited for so long to hear.

"Fang?" I whispered, hopefully.

Other sounds penetrated the walls as I heard the rest of my flock call out anxiously to me. Tears pricked the corner of my eyes as I heaved a sigh of relief. They came for me! They wanted to save me!

Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Max.

Stupid Voice.

Hey! Don't go calling-!

I blocked it out, for I had more important things to worry about than it yelling at me. One of the lab-coated men was getting awfully close to me with that needle and I didn't like it. I tried desperately to break the restraints, but it was no use. Only a key in the control panel by the wall would let me loose and I doubted the Erasers or men in white would give me the chance to kick their butts.

Just as I was about to give up all hope, the door was kicked in and the five people who I thought I'd never see again rushed inside. I was about to call out, when the man in white placed a gag around my mouth.

Perfect, I thought, sarcastically.

Think of it this way, Max. You still have me.

Don't remind me.

"Max! Max, answer me!"

Fang was shouting in my ear. It was then that I realized that the gag was gone and my restraints were no longer in effect. The remains of my bonds were clutched in Fang's hand. All of a sudden, the ajar doorway filled with Erasers. More than I could count. I turned to Fang, my heart constricting in my chest. What if I never got to tell him? Quickly and without thinking, I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him square on the lips. Noises died down around me as a feeling like I had never felt before rose inside me. A feeling that had long ago been buried. It occurred to me later that Fang had grown taller than me. While thinking this, I reluctantly pulled away from Fang, who was still a little shocked at my little show of affection, and I hurriedly went off to help the others.

Iggy and Gazzy were holding their own, Gazzy giving Iggy ideas as to where the next charging Eraser was coming from. Angel was using her mind-bending abilities to confuse her opponent, and Nudge was teasing hers. That still left, oh, about a few good twenty. As I was getting ready to charge one Eraser, I felt a strong hand land on my shoulder. Immediately, I turned to find Fang standing there, a small smirk on his face. He nodded to me and I nodded back, each of us understanding what the other was trying to say. If this all went wrong, no matter what, we'd go down fighting. If one of us died, we'd all go with them, as a family, as a flock, together.