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Max's pov
I reached the phone and dialed as fast as I could. "Pick up, pick up." I hissed.
And he did. "Um, hello? Is this the front desk or something?"
"Dylan!" I cried, hoping I sounded distressed and upset.
"Max? What…why…how did you get this number?"
"Um, that's not important! Listen, Dylan, something awful has happened."
"What? What's happened, Max?"
"Ari…someone kidnapped Ari!"
"Oh no…are you ok, Max?" I have to hand it to the guy: he actually sounded concerned. Could've been an actor.
"No…it gets worse, Dylan. After we found out Ari was gone…Fang dumped me."
"Oh, Max, I'm so, so sorry."
"I should have listened to you, Dylan. I have to see you, can you meet me?"
"Yes, I'll meet you, I'm not far." He sounded thrilled. Jerk.
"Meet me in the thick bunch of trees that you found me in the other day, when I was coming home from the store. You know the place, right?"
"Yeah, I remember. I'll be there in an hour."
"Perfect. I'll see you then." I hung up, and punched the air. "Moron!" I had to get back to the flock, and we'd set up our trap.
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Still Max's pov
I hurried inside the house. All the others were waiting. "Well?" Iggy asked.
"He bought it." I said. "He's such an idiot. He's meeting me in an hour. You guys have to be ready."
"We'll be ready." Nudge said.
"What do you need us to do?" Angel asked.
"He's going to meet me in the thick bunch of trees I found him in the other day. There are plenty of shadows for you guys to hide in."
"Sounds good." Ella said.
"We should go set up." Fang said. "We've only got an hour."
"Fang is right." Jeb said. "We should go."
1 hour later
I was waiting for Dylan, who would be there any minute. The others, except for my mom, who had stayed home with Star, were hiding, waiting to pounce.
I spotted him in the sky. "Here he comes." I said. I watched as he landed in front of me.
"Max." Dylan said, coming toward me.
"Dylan." I said, giving a fake, yet convincing, sob. "Oh, Dylan, thank god you're here. I need you."
"I'm here for you." Dylan said. He hugged me, and I had to fight not to pull away. This guy had kidnapped my son. My baby. I hated him.
"Ari's gone." I whispered.
"I know." Dylan said. "Do you have any leads at all?"
"One." I said honestly. "The others are working on it."
"That's good." Dylan said. "Are you going to be ok?"
"I will be now that you're here." I forced myself to say. I really do hate this guy.
"I'm here for you, Max." Dylan said. He leaned forward as if to kiss me. I put up my hand.
"Dylan, wait." I said. He stopped. "I need you to do something first."
"Anything." Dylan said breathlessly.
"Now!" I yelled. Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, Jeb, and Ella all jumped out of the trees. Dylan looked up, startled, and Ella jumped onto his head. Angel grabbed his ankles, and he fell over into the sack that Fang was holding. Fang tossed the sack to Gazzy who held it while Iggy tied it closed with rope (how the blind guy tied a knot, I have no idea). "Good work." I said.
"Thanks." Nudge replied. "We haven't gotten to do anything like that for a while. It was kind of fun."
Jeb took the sack containing Dylan from Gazzy. "Come on, let's get him back to the house."
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We tied Dylan to a chair in the kitchen. "What now?" Angel asked.
"We get him to tell us what he did with Ari." I said. "And we don't leave him alone until he cracks."
"He still has the sack over his head." Ella said, looking at Dylan.
Fang walked over and pulled the sack off of his head. Dylan gasped for air. "You nearly suffocated me with that thing!"
"I'm trying to care, Dylan, but I just can't." I said.
"Max, what is this about?" Dylan asked angrily.
I lost my temper. "You know damn well what it's about! You kidnapped my son!"
"What? No I didn't!"
"Yes you did."
"Max." Angel said quietly, but I ignored her.
"You took him from me. You took Ari, and you are going to tell me where he is, and then you are going to pay for taking him." I said.
"I swear Max, I didn't take him!"
"Max." Angel said again.
I ran forward and grabbed Dylan by the collar of his shirt. "Tell me what you did with him!"
Angel stepped forward and pulled me off of Dylan. Fang came up behind me and put a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down, it's going to be alright." He whispered in my ear.
Angel met my eyes. "He's telling the truth. He didn't take Ari."
"No,no,hemusthavetakenhim." I thought. "Idon'tknowwhereelsetoturn."
"But if Dylan didn't take Ari," Ella said, "Then who did?"
Angel shook her head. "I don't know."
Trembling with anger, I punched through the window. The glass cut my hand, but I didn't feel the pain. "I know." I said.
I locked eyes with Fang. I knew he was thinking the same thing. "Are you sure?" he asked.
"Deep down I think I knew from the beginning." I said. "I just didn't want it to be true."
"I'm confused." Nudge said. "Who took Ari?"
I shared looks with Fang and then Angel, who could hear our idea. Then I looked out the now broken window. "The School." I said. I didn't look at them but I could imagine the terrified looks on their faces. I turned away from the window and started out of the kitchen. "We leave at dawn."
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