Okay, thank you to the few that reviewed. The reason I'm updating before getting to 50 reviews is because I'm a little annoyed at what some people have been telling me that I forgot about Max's hand... well, I'll have you know that I did NOT forget about it.

And if you pay attention, there isn't anything that says that she's using her hands. If it doesn't say anything about it, that usually means she's paying more attention to what's going on then her actual pain.

Sound like Max to you? Paying more attention to the flock and their wounds as opposed to hers? Yeah, thought you'd agree with that. Oh, and might I add that Max isn't even IN chapter 9! The hand doesn't come up until this chapter, of which I already knew what was going to happen.

And now on a happier and nicer note I would like to thank kashiena, Emberwillow14, and macO'Neill for reviewing on a lot of my chapters, I really appreciate your reviews!

Now onto the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride, James Patterson does

Max POV

Fang and I were flying up pretty high. If we weren't in the situation it would be pretty cool: just us flying over everything. I sighed and turned towards Fang.

"Do you think they're okay?" I asked, my voice shaking a little at the thought of what could have happened. I wouldn't usually show this much fear, but it was Fang... I could tell him anything.

He turned his face to me and upon seeing my expression, his usually emotionless features softened. He gave me a small, somewhat sad smile and flew a little closer to me. We were now so close that our wings were brushing together.

"I think they'll be fine until we get there." He stopped talking and there was a comfortable silence.

"Hey, how's you're hand?" He said, worry seeping through his words. I hadn't really thought about it because I had been so worried about everyone else. And now that it came to mind, I realized just how much it hurt. I winced and he noticed.

"It's fine." I said through my teeth. The truth was that I was hurting all over. My ribs felt like they were on fire and my head hurt really bad too.

"Max, don't lie to me." He said. I took a deep breath, which hurt very badly.

Fang POV

"Max, don't lie to me." I said when she tried to convince me that she was okay. I could tell she was in a lot of pain. I saw her take a deep breath and then she cried out in pain.

I flew under her really fast and caught her in my arms as she started to fall.

"Max?" I whispered. Her eyes were squeezed shut and her arms were around her middle. I knew right then that Omega must have kicked her there a lot harder then he kicked me.

She whimpered and leaned more into me. I could barely hear the next words she said.

"Please land." She said so quietly. I didn't respond, just did what she told me. I realized, as the ground came more into view, that this was where the cave that we stayed in when we came to get Angel was.

I flew into the cave and sat down. I held Max even closer to me as she started to cry.

At the School a few hours later

Nudge POV

The whitecoats came in early in the morning and pulled me and Iggy out of our cage. We were then dumped into separate cages. Later that day I was sitting in my cage when I heard footsteps coming.

My head shot up and I peered out of the bars of my cage. I saw a pair of feet walk through the room and stop at my cage. Instantly, fear filled me. The whitecoat bent down and unlatched my cage. I was then dragged out of the cage and pulled out of the room.

They hooked me up to a treadmill and kept shocking me to get me to run faster and faster. By the time I had been shocked thirteen times, I was about to cry.

The Gasman POV

I woke up just in time to see a whitecoat dragging Nudge out of the room. I looked around at the cages to see if they actually had captured the whole flock. Nudge as obviously somewhere in the building; Iggy was in the cage next to mine; and Angel was in the cage across from me. Max and Fang weren't in here.

Angel? I thought. She looked up and met my eyes.

Yeah Gazzy? She sent back.

Where are Max and Fang? She looked at the ground and appeared to be hesitating.

I-I don't know. She thought to me, I saw her silently start crying.

So you don't know if they're here? I asked her.

Meaning are they just in some other room here? No they aren't and they haven't been captured yet. She replied.

Well, then maybe we stood a chance if Max and Fang were still out there. Maybe they would come and save us like we did for Angel. Maybe they're on their way here now. Those thoughts really cheered me up.

I hope you enjoyed that chapter. Hopefully, I will be able to start updating more because I'm probably picking up my computer tomorrow. Please review!