Third Person POV.

"Max?! Max?! Can you hear me?! Max!"

Max was lying on the dirt, in a ball. She had her hands around her head and her eyes were squeezed shut. She could barely comprehend what was going on around her. She tried to open her eyes, but couldn't see straight. She was drifting away from the world around her. She could feel herself becoming more and more distant.

All of a sudden, Max heard a voice, Jeb's voice. He was yelling at her. All she could hear was his angry voice.

"MAX! YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME! DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO NEAR NEW YORK! YOU ARE IN PENNSYLVANIIA NOW, JUST KEEP HEADING EAST! GREAT DANGER WAITS IN NEW YORK! IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE FLOCK, OR YOURSELF, YOU WILL NOT GO! THIS IS YOUR WARNING MAX! DO NOT IGNORE ME! YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! I WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THESE MASSIVE HEADACHES UNTIL YOU GET AWAY! SO I SUGGEST YOU LISTEN!"

Then, everything was quiet, and Max's headache was gone. It was over. Max slowly removed her hands from her head and opened her eyes. She saw five worried faces around her. Max went to sit up, but the rush was too much, so she dropped back down.

"Max? What the hell happened?" Fang was talking in a hushed voice. "You nearly gave me a heart attack."

"It was Jeb."

"What?"

"Jeb, he did it." Max's breath was short.

"Did what Max? What happened?"

"A headache."

"Like before?"

"No, worse. And no flashing images."

"Oh, wow. Worse?

"Yeah. And it was all Jeb. He did it."

"Jeb?"

"Yeah."

"What was it about?"

"I'm not 100 percent sure, but he said not to go to New York."

"Why?"

"Don't know. But he was serious. He was yelling at me and said if we get too close, he will give me another one of those headaches."

"Wow."

"Yeah, I know. He said we shouldn't go if we want to live. He said to keep heading east."

"Live? If we go to New York, we will die?"

"Guess so."

"Oh."

"I vote we don't go to New York!" Gazzy looked nervous and scared.

"Are you kidding?! I want to! We can take them down! I want to find out what's going on! And besides, what if it's a trap? What if they want us to go east?!" Iggy's face was full of curiosity.

"There's no way in hell I'm going! I am NOT going to let myself have another one of those headaches!"

"What?! You're always Ms. Don't Follow the Rules! You always do the opposite of what those demons say!"

"If you felt what I just went through, you would never volunteer to let it happen again!" Iggy looked pissed, but he kept his mouth shut. Max was thankful he did. She just wanted peace.

"Okay guys, we need to get out of here. Let's find a place to stay for the night. It's getting late." Fang still looked worried about Max and didn't know if she would be okay. But it didn't matter, because if she fell he would be there to catch her.

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Fang POV.

After an hour of flying, Fang spotted a cave on the side of a steep mountain. Perfect, it's hidden and hard for anyone (who can't fly), to get to.

"I see a cave! Follow me!" Fang dropped a good 20 feet and swooped to his left. He gracefully landed on the cliff. Everyone landed and observed the cave.

"It's kinda small, don't ya think?" By the expression on Nudge's face, Fang could tell she really didn't want to stay here.

"It's fine Nudge. We needed to land, Max needs her rest."

"I'm fine." Fang could here the defense in her voice.

"I just meant you went through a lot. Besides, we all need to take a break."

"Okay, whatever."

"Me and Gazzy will go look for food. Nudge, Angel, and Iggy, go look for firewood. Max, you, uhhh…"

"Stay here and do nothing? Thanks a lot Fang! I'm fine! I can wait to sleep! Maybe you're the one who needs sleep! Because it's taking a lot for you to realize that I AM JUST FINE!"

"Max,"

"Don't you Max me! I am perfectly fine! Why can't you see that?! Do you want me to not be okay?! So you can be the leader?! Is that what it is?!"

"MAX! DON'T EVEN SAY THAT!"

"I just did." And with that, Max flew into the night leaving the flocks' open jaws, and Fang's broken heart.


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