Disclaimer- J.P. Owns MaxRide not me. Sorry. Ooooh and the rhymes keep on rolling...

Author's note- So Maxride 3 is out and it has made my groove for the story feel weird. I have yet to read it, but I know the basic plot and have read chapters wherever I can. I thoguht about doing an entire 360 on this story, but I decided I'll just let it be pre-S.O.F.

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"Max where are we going?"

"Maaaaaaaaax, I'm hungry."

"Max, my wings are getting tired."

Ah, the flock. It was good to have them back.

I felt Fang's wing brush against mine as he glided up beside me, sending me a weary look," why don't you just answer them already?"

I smirked," why don't you?"

"Because my name isn't Max."

I sighed," alright, we're going..."

"Washington?"

"Texas?"

"Paris!"

"Paris?" I asked as Nudge shrugged.

"I heard they have a lot of nice stores there, did you know that they actually eat frog legs! Isn't that just awful? I mean for the frogs that is, oh, can we go to the Eiffel Tower Max please!"

I sighed," No Nudge, we're going-"

"Oregon?"

I shot a smirking Fang a look, and waited for anyone else to suggest where we were going before I continued," New York."

Iggy groaned, while Nudge squealed at the thought of the Big Apple.

'New York?'

Do you have a better plan?

'I'm just curious, why New York?'

Well, it's crowded, it'll give the flock something to do while I think, it has nice trees...

'You couldn't think of any other place could you?'

Aren't you ever quiet?

I mentally glared at my voice, if that was possible. It was quiet for a few minutes, maybe it had finally listened to me...

We flew a good few hours before Nudge's complaints about her empty stomach filled the air again, followed by Gazzy whining too. I guess it was contagious, and I didn't exactly want Angel using her freaky mind control to make us land somewhere and eat at a five star restaurant. One I was broke, and two, well I'm sure everyone remembers the las time we tried something like that. I'd rather not end up in the Newspaper, thanks.

So we landed, a little bit east of Ohio, In a woody area that wasn't too bad, not for us anyways. In fact, I liked it, a lot of tall trees surrounded us, it felt... safe. Iggy and Gazzy stretched themselves at the bottom of a mossy stump, the Gasman questioning whether moss could be used as an explosive... It couldn't, at least I was hoping that. I didn't here Iggy's reply, due to the fact that Fang had to scare the crap of me by coming up behind me a breathing on my neck.

"How's your shoulder? "he asked quietly.

I shrugged, only a twinge of pain was triggered by the action," fine."

He cupped my face with his hand, lifting up my head to look at him. My stomach did a little somersault the way it always did when he touched me, even like this. My head went fuzzy, but it wasn't the same as it usually was, it was more.. blurry, a kind of ache. It felt familiar.

"Eweeeeeeeeee," came Angel from the corner.

Nudge giggled, "don't look at people's memories then Ange."

I blinked, it did feel familiar, a bad familiar. Like when I got... brain explosions. Slowly my head felt like something was drilling into, hammering and rearranging my very skull. My hand flew up to it, hoping that it would burst right at this very second.

"Max!"

Maybe this was the reason the voice had listened to me, only to make my own mind unbearable. It hurt like, well it really, really, really, hurt. I hardly noticed when my legs turned to mush and could no longer keep me standing upright. Instead, when I expected to hit the ground, Fang grabbed me around my waist, lowering me carefully to the ground.

"Is she having another brain-attack?" I heard Gazzy ask, but Fang never answered. At least I didn't here him answer, maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but right now all I could see, feel, hear, was darkness. All around me.

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I watched in almost slow-motion as she began to fall, both hands now holding her head like she was afraid it would disappear. Quickly, without really needing to think, I grabbed her by her waist and helped her to the ground. Her breathing had changed now, it was slower, calmer, she had passed out.

"Is she alright?"

I looked over to the flock and gave a quick nod. Angel was looking at her oddly, squinting her eyes, like she was looking at a totally different person than Max.

"There's nothing."

I looked at her, the eight-year-old looked like she was about to burst into tears, I scrunched my eyebrows, "what do you mean."

"There's nothing, I can't see any of her memories, hear any of her thoughts or anything!"

"Relax Angel, she just passed out, I'm sure that's the only reason."

Angel shook her head fervently, blond locks flying everywhere," I always could before! Even when this used to happen to her, she was still in her head! What if she's d-d-ying!"

Nudge's eyes widened," do you think she's expiring?"

I narrowed my eyes at everyone for going on with the thought. Max couldn't die! She would never do that to us, never do that to me.

"Don't be ridiculous," I snapped," nobody in this flock is dying!"

Angel's sobs lightened up a little, but she was still crying her eyes out. Nudge looked horrified and was talking to herself in a hushed tone, probably to reassure herself. Gazzy ahd dropped a piece of moss he had recently acquired, looking over at Iggy. While Iggy, well, I had never seen him more pale my entire life.

I turned my attention to Max, her hair had been tussled from flying, bits and pieces of it were falling from her long braid. Come on Max, just open your eyes, prove them wrong. Don't let them think that. Max wake-up!

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My head still hurt a great deal when I could think again, meaning I was once more conscious. I tried opening my eyes, but when I had finally peeled one open partially, i shut it again, the lgiht burning them; sending an entire new wave of pain.

'Max."

What do you want?

'We need to talk Maximum.'

I need to open my eyes.

'This is excruciatingly important, I need you to listen.'

What?

'It's about the chip...'

Author's note- Alright, there's a new chapter of Malice, Envy, and Hope. I know it needs to be longer, and I should probably update quicker. Any thoughts on this chapter though?