"You're never going to find them Fang." Star said. She, Holden, Kate and Ratchet were walking along the sandy desert below. Fang and Maya were flying above them looking every which way in search of the flock.

"Yeah, I mean have you seen how big Australia is man? They could be anywhere!" Ratchet yelled up to him. Fang brought them along to help look but all they've done so far is complain about the heat and how much their feet hurt.

"Or they could be right there" Maya said pointing to a spot somewhere to her left. Fang looked and saw four figures sitting in a circle on the ground below. Four? that can't be right thought Fang.

They sped up to reach the group. Kate, Holden and Ratchet had trouble keeping up but Star easily matched their pace.

They soon landed beside them. Nudge, Iggy, Dylan, Gazzy but no Max.

"Fang! Oh my gosh it's been like forever since I've seen you. No wait that's a lie. I think it was only three months. Or was it four months. No I think it was three. Well, either way it felt like forever. What are you doing here?"

Fang ignored her question. "Where's Max?" he asked.

"Dunno." Said Iggy before stuffing his face with a handful of chips.

"What do you mean you don't know?" asked Fang, his voice rising now.

"They took her" said Dylan somberly.

"Whose they?"

"I don't know who they were exactly. We didn't see what they looked like. They were wearing masks."

"Well why didn't you stop them!" Fang yelled at him. Dylan was taken aback by Fang's sudden rage.

"I, I tried." he stuttered.

"Well you didn't try hard enough!"

"It wasn't his fault Fang, lay off him!" argued Nudge.

"Well he's the one that's supposed to be so skilled at fighting. Aren't you like programmed to that or something! If you're that good then why couldn't you stop them. Would you rather save your own ass than save Max?"

"JUST SHUT UP!" yelled Dylan. Everyone stopped to look at him. It was very rare that Dylan lost his temper like that.

"I tried my best okay! I know it's my fault. You don't have to rub my face in it. But I didn't do it on purpose. I'd rather it was me than her. I would do anything to keep her safe. Unlike you." said Dylan. He had gotten to his feet by now and was standing a few feet away from Fang.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Fang angrily.

"It means that you just ditched her when she needed you. You said you were doing the right thing for her by leaving but you were just doing it for your own selfish reasons. And you didn't even have the guts to tell her straight to her face so all you leave her is a freaking letter!"

Fang froze. He didn't know that Dylan knew about that. "I did that because I had to. It was best for both of us if I left."

"Oh really? So the best thing for Max is for her to miserable? I would never ever hurt like that. And if you really loved Max then you wouldn't have hurt her like that either."

By that time Kate, Holden and Ratchet had just caught up with them and were trying to catch their breath. "Uh, we're going to go find some food or something" said Maya. She threw a quick nervous glance at Fang and then grabbed Star and Kate and led them off in another direction. Holden and Ratchet quickly followed.

"She deserves a whole lot better than you." Mumbled Dylan barely loud enough for anyone to hear. That one sentence made Fang snap. He swung his right fist and hit Dylan square in the jaw.

Dylan aimed a hard kick at Fang's ribs and he keeled over struggling for air. He was about to reciprocate when he was grabbed from behind.

"Iggy let go of me!" he snarled but his grip never slackened. Gazzy and Nudge each had one of Dylan's arms and were desperately trying to hold him back. Suddenly Nudge gasped and let go of Dylan's arm.

Dylan and the others followed Nudge's gaze and they all froze. Angel and Max were standing right there, just a few feet away from them.

"Angel?" Nudge asked, unsure whether she was imagining things or not. Angel nodded and Nudge ran over to her and wrapped her arms around her. "I can't believe it's you!" She sobbed into Angel's shoulder.

Gazzy was next to hug his sister. He too was crying. He was then followed by Iggy, Dylan and Fang.

"We missed you Angel" he said as he hugged her. He gave her one of his rare smiles and then let go. That was as mushy as Fang ever got.

Fang then turned his gaze to Max just as he saw her collapse.

"Max!" he yelled. He rushed over to her side and was quickly joined by Dylan. It took a while for the others to realise what was happening.

Fang looked over her cuts and bruises trying to find the source of all the blood. He found that her nose was bleeding quite badly but that was no reason for her to collapse. He noticed one of her hands was clutched to her stomach.

He pulled her bloody hand away and his breath caught in his throat. She'd been shot. Now that her hand was way the blood flowed more freely and soon the sand around her was stained scarlet.

"Max! Please, please open your eyes!" Dylan pleaded. Fang noticed his voice was about an octave higher than it was before. Dylan took Max's head in his hands and wiped away all of the blood. Max's eyes fluttered open a fraction of an inch but then quickly closed again. Dylan breathed a sigh of relief. She was still alive. Barely.