DISCLAIMER:

Max sniffles. "Angel…Iggy…all those other names…"

Gabby giggles. "Disclaimer, no owning, et cetera, et cetera…"

Max POV

"Angel! Nudge!" I screamed. I looked around through my tear-filled eyes. Only Fang was here with me. Or was I dreaming again?

Being Max, I pinched myself. Shoot. I was still awake.

Tears shook my body. Fang is here, the voice said, to help and comfort you.

"But he doesn't remember!" I yelled. I realized I said that out loud, then I turned back to my mind. He can't help me.

He knows the way. You can teach him how you used to be, with him, the voice mused.

"Max?" Fang asked. I turned to him. I know he didn't remember, but I put my arms around him. I tucked my head into his chest, and cried. I looked up once, to see his face. He was shocked, but his eyes glistened sadly. "Max…?"

"Why?" I whispered.

"Why what?" He sounded concerned.

I turned my head to the rain dripping ceiling, trying not to catch his eye. "Why must you not know, why is my flock gone, torn to pieces? Where is my heart, and how can you not realize what we had?"

He tilted his head, looking up also. A raindrop hit his cheek, and I thought a tear came down with it. "I don't know…I can't solve this puzzle. A five-hundred jigsaw is impossible for me, and that's what this is, but I can help you fill in what I can, the small pieces, the edges…I will tie this to my heart…I promise, I promise I will save you…"

Another tear ran down my face. But this one was of awe. Fang never gave me this wisdom. But he had a heart, I know. I looked at him. "Thank you."

"For what?" I smiled at him. Our eyes met, and he didn't have to say anymore.

I stepped back, pulling apart my arms from his body. "Can we go home before we search for them?"

"Yes."

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Angel POV

Somewhere NOT Over the Rainbow

"Max…" Gazzy sighed, Fang… My brother put his head down. I sat in his lap, my legs dangling off his. I may be thirteen, but I still feel small enough to cry sometimes, like now.

Iggy sighed. This is total crap…Remember not to curse, even if my mind-reader knows the words…Max is gone, Fang's brain is dead, so he's not helping her. I still can't see, I want Ella…I miss our home…I don't know where the hell anything is here.

Nudge was silent. Even her mind, I couldn't get a read on it. It was like when the TV breaks down, the slight bzzing sound of lost communication. I sighed; Gazzy rubbed my neck with a hand. The other was wiping his eyes of unshed tears. I loved everyone here, but I still felt like my heart was empty, Max usually helped me out.

I turned my mind to the guard. I need a raise, this job is tiring. And boring. I watch mutants to get paid only five dollars an hour…I blocked him, and then cried audibly. All minds shut up, thankfully.

"…and this is where the genetically enhanced human species are." Mutant freaks… A woman outside the hallway said, motioning to the glass door. She had short black hair, a little spiky, like Alice from Twilight. But this was definitely not a future-seeing vampire. A whitecoat.

"Ah. And I see you have most of The Flock here," a familiar voice said.

No dur, Sherlock! The woman thought, her brown eyes flickering. "Yes, including the youngest."

"Congrats, success. Now may we go in?" The man said. I realized who it was. Dr. Chu. I had met him once, when Max nearly killed him. She let him go, for a promise of never trying to 'take over the whole world'. He failed at that, thankfully. He actually EPICALLY FAILED.

He and the woman, Margaret, as Mr. Chu said, walked in the room quietly. Hello, we're here, and we know you are, so don't go all Super Spy on me.

Mr. Chu's eyes sparkled evilly as he tried not to run to us. He stepped in front of our cage, smiling strangely. He opened the door, using a card scanner instead of a key, and then stepped in.

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Max POV

"Fang…" I mumbled. I was laying all on the back of the small blue corvette my mom had bought me. He was driving on the deserted road, and we were almost to our deserted home in the middle of deserted town. I love the word deserted for some reason…

"Yes?" He asked; one hand on the steering wheel.(The other on my heart! Not!)

"How far…?" I pulled my hand to the cup holder. I grabbed the can of coke, then swallowed slowly.

"Five or so minutes." He turned up the radio. White Horse came on. We had Taylor Swift on in the CD player. He hummed to the tune, his voice sounding out quietly. I loved his voice, I realized. I loved him, but that I knew. The way his hair curved, the midnight blackness of him…

"Mm…kay," I yawned. I was so tired I couldn't even think. I shivered. My body was cooling down- fast. My heart fluttered, then my body convulsed.

"Max! What's wrong?!" Fang saw me. I shuddered, my body was shaking.

"Max!" He said again.

I tried to reply, but my eyes lolled around spastically. I shook again, and then all was black.

Look! A little FAX! Yay! OMG what happened to Max?!

Not even I know, not even I know...

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