A/N: Hey guys! I wanted to thank my fabulous reviewers again! I also wanted to tell you guys that I've already figured out how the rest of the story will go. So I'll be ending soon-ish. But don't worry, after this story I'll probably write more Maximum Ride stuff so it'll be all good! If you guys like this story you should check out my other stuff! I hate to be advertising, but I have like 5 reviews for all of them so… Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 10
Falling asleep with Fang on her mind probably wasn't the best choice.
All night she had dreams of Fang, and how things were before Dylan showed up.
When Dylan finally woke her up, she screamed, "Fang!" before she could stop herself.
Fang's eyebrows rose in shock, but other than that, as usual, his face didn't betray his emotions.
Dylan's face, on the other hand, showed exactly how he was feeling.
Angry, upset, offended and then jealous were all things Max could read from his expression.
"Umm… sorry. What's happening?" Max muttered.
Dylan wouldn't answer, or look Max in the eye, so Fang replied, "We're about to head out."
"Oh. So, does everyone know the plan?" she inquired, looking at her troops.
"We had a plan?" Gazzy inquired.
Max nodded to Nudge to explain.
Nudge stepped forward and explained, "I'm going to hack into Ella's phone and track you guys. I will also be relaying directions to Max. Then I will use the computer to figure out their defense system. Now, I'll try to shut it down, but be careful in case I can't. You guys will sneak in, find the professor guy, beat some information out of him and then sneak back out."
"Sounds simple enough," Fang mused.
"Good. Then let's head out," Dylan said tersely.
Fang shot Max a look that said 'I thought you talked to him," and she shrugged.
For a brief moment, Fang's eyes flashed something that Max couldn't decipher.
Hope? Maybe even love?
Also in that brief moment, Max wondered what would happen if they got back together.
Fang had only been running from changing their relationship. He thought they'd change it for the worst.
What if they could fix their problems? Not leave the flock again on their own or waiting to be in private before kissing and such would solve their prior problems.
Max quickly shook it off and tried to hold on to what she had almost felt for Dylan a few days ago.
"Let's head out," Max said.
Almost instantaneously the entirety of who was going took off into the air.
Max turned on the phone and dialed her mom's number.
"Where to?" she asked Nudge.
"Go left until I say stop," she replied.
After almost an hour of Nudge playing GPS, they could see the Lab.
Unfortunately though, it was more like a palace.
"Damn. That is huge," Fang said.
That pretty much summed it up.
"Nudge, how are we gonna know where to go?" Max asked, worried.
"His office is one of the rooms on the third floor," she replied.
"That makes it easier. What should we look out for?"
Nudge paused before responding, incredulously, "Nothing. There is no defense."
"What?"
"I know it doesn't make sense but my computer isn't picking anything up. Be on your guard."
"Max, something's off," Angel said.
"What?"
"I'm scanning for minds and I'm getting the same thought," she replied worriedly.
"What thought is that?" Dylan inquired.
"They are all thinking about having meatloaf for dinner," she replied.
Max looked at Fang, confused. His expression matched hers. His brow furrowed in confusion.
"It's almost like…" Angel trailed off.
They reached a window and Max found that it was unlocked.
"That's weird," she muttered.
She motioned for them to follow and ducked into the window.
"Angel, where is he?" Max whispered.
'I think that one," she pointed at the door in front of them, "But Max, the hallways are empty. It's like-"
She was cut off by a grunt of pain coming from Gazzy.
Max turned to find someone holding and bending his wings.
Fang was the quickest to spring into action. He swung a leg at Gazzy's attacker and hit him square in the face. He crumpled to the ground.
"My wings," Gazzy muttered feebly.
"They were expecting us! Gazzy can you fly?" she exclaimed.
Gazzy shook his head and Dylan sprinted over to pick him up.
"Up and out!" she shouted before more attackers filed into the hallway, guns blazing.
The group dodged bullets left and right, all the while searching for a window.
They slowly, but surely backed themselves into the room they came in.
Angel jumped out of the window, followed by Dylan, who was still holding Gazzy.
They hovered outside of the window, waiting for Max and Fang.
Max prepared herself to jump, when she heard Fang grunt with pain.
To her horror, Fang had a bullet lodged into his wing.
"Fang!" she screeched.
Fang slammed the door shut and Max shoved the desk in front of it.
It was holding, but it wouldn't be for long.
Max helped Fang stand and she brought him to the window.
Almost immediately she knew that they would never be able to support his weight.
Max refused to leave the now groggy Fang.
"Go," he commanded.
"I can't-"she choked out.
He smiled and pecked her on the lips. Even this small embrace sent shivers up her spine.
When he pulled away, he used all of his strength to shove her out the window.
Max quickly got herself airborne and she prepared to go back to him to find him shut and lock the window.
The barricade broke and the scientists grabbed Fang and started dragging him away, while ithers struggled to open the windows.
"Max!" Dylan screeched, grabbing her arm.
"There's nothing you can do. Let's go."
Max nodded weakly and flew away begrudgingly.
She couldn't stop thinking about his kiss. Or his face when they took him.
She flew the duration of the trip back to the cliff blinded by tears that she promised herself she'd never shed for Fang again.
Yet she shed them anyway for their recreated bond.
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