I guess I need to put a disclaimer in here, huh? I was trying to put it off as long as possible but it's nagging at the back of my brain to put it in, so I will.

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride. Although, if James Patterson would were to give me it, I'd be overjoyed and I'd make it so that so no one had to put these things in here and you'd all be kissing the ground I walk on. Just saying.

Um, you'll see in this chapter that I took Ella and Dylan out of there because, really, there's no way to incorporate them with the plot at the moment. I'll probably put them back in later, though.

Celeste: Hey everyone! Guess whose back!

Nudge: ME! I'm back!

Celeste: For all of you who think it's just Nudge, it's really a person her name is…

Nudge: JOCELYN!

Celeste: OW...god. My ears Nudge!

Nudje: Kay enjoy!

Fang POV

"Fang, I need to tell you something"

Max looked at me and I nodded encouragingly. She took a deep breath and laid down so that her head dangled over the side, her hair swaying around and effectively blocking my view of her face.

"Okay, here goes nothing," She started, "Well, I tend to come her a lot and I get bored so I have some on my friends here load up a desk with recent case files.

"When I found them they were all relatively boring. You know, insurance frauds, bank robberies, and stolen cars. That kind of thing, but there was only one the caught my eye."

She brought her hand up and brushed some hair out her way to look at me. Her voice was smaller now, "Um, there was one. A….man….killed five people. Nobody knows why. They all seem so random. They all have no connection, different ages, locations, jobs, and what not. They tried contacting the family but they couldn't find them for some reason."

(I knew no one would read this unless I put it at a random spot so ATTENTION: ELLA AND DYLAN DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE IN THIS FANFICTION…just…erase them from your minds as of… NOW….…anyway, keep reading 'cause you guys rock)

"So what does that have to do with anything that's been going on lately?"

"Well… His name is…. Come on Max! Suck it up….." She took a deep, long breath, "His name is Nickolas Walker."

At first I thought she was only joking, playing some elaborate scam she's been cooking up for days now, planning to scare the crap out of me. But as I looked back on all of the avoiding, tears, and guilt, I knew she wasn't joking.

I stared at her, my eyes frantic and wide, as she brought something from behind her and let it fall onto the cold, metal table. She slowly brought the lid open with a finger to reveal a large, single paper sized photo of my dad. His hair was tussled, eyes staring lazily into the camera of his latest mugshot,. I stared at it, not wanting to believe what she said.

My mood quickly changed to anger when I realized that Max had kept it from me for so long. That quickly diminished though as I realized that I would have probably done the same thing.

Really it wasn't her fault. She came across it on accident, didn't want to hurt my feelings or ruin my time with her so she just decided not to tell me. It was totally okay.

Who am I kidding, any normal person would be at least the slightest mad at her. Curse Max and her amazing beauty and perfectness. It only took her three short weeks to get me to fall head over heals for her.

Max was the first to speak up, "Look, Fang, I would have told you sooner. Really, I would have but I didn't want you to hate me. And you looked like you were having a great time with us and JJ is okay, and you know that's a lot coming from me. But, oh god I don't know. Oh no, you do hate me, don't you!" Her voice raised every word and by the end she was shouting. "Fang I'm sorry! Really, really sorry! Please don't…be…...mad" She trailed off as I moved closer to her.

"No, I'm not mad. Really, I'm not," I brought my hand up to brush some of the fallen hair out of her frightened eyes, "I probably would have done the same thing. And really he was an ass to my family and I can't say I'm not surprised but I'm sure many people saw that one coming"

My previous thoughts clouded my mind, Max and the fact that se actually cared about me being my soul priority.

(I had Nudge write this 'cause I couldn't bear too. It's cute and makes the chapter not as serious)

"Fang, what're you doing?" Max whispered her face turning bright red. When I thought about her question I realized something... I realized that I had no idea what I was doing. For once in my life I was just doing, not thinking.

"I don't know Max. I really don't know." I whispered back, pulling her closer. I could tell part of her wanted to resist but she didn't, her body going against her better judgment, which would be to stay far, far away from me in my current state of complete stupidity.

"Fang, what if someone walks in?" By now our foreheads were touching.

"I really don't care." She was going to object but I closed the small space between us and kissed her. At first she hesitated but soon gave in. She played with my hair, tugging at it and messing it up. I put my hand on the back of her neck to deepen the kiss. Not a good idea since that was the only thing keeping us up. We fell, Max on top, and onto the table, my back making an audible thud against the hard metal of the table. I chuckled and pulled away. We were both breathing heavily

"You know Max. I completely forgot what you said just now." She smiled and put her forehead to mine.

"Yah, me too." After that no one spoke. It was a comfortable silence and it wasn't broken for maybe a few minutes, until... "Crap!" Max yelled getting up and pulling me along with her.

"What?" I asked back in my normal Fangish tone, but .

"There are cameras in every room!"

"So?" I said not getting her point.

"So... There are cameras in this room!" She yelled, furiously fixing my hair.

"Yah. So wha-" I stopped short just releasing that meant out little make out session was recorded. "Crap." I said letting some emotion show in my voice. Max nodded vigorously, grabbed my hand and ran out of the room, leaving all thoughts of Nikolas Walker in the room.

We ran though various halls, passing people and sneaking past security guards, when finally we got to a room that said 'Camera Room DO NOT ENTER!' Max tried to open the door but it was locked. I heard her curse under her breath. She bent down and started picking the lock, when the knob turned and the door opened to reveal a smiling Nudge, JJ, and Iggy.

"Oh Fu**" We said at the same time.