AN: Again, sorry I haven't updated in so long. I'm not going to bother telling you my excuses because I'm sure you don't really care to hear them. So, here's the next chapter and I don't own MR.

(Fang's POV)

I woke up at six a.m. I stumbled into the kitchen, and instantly noticed that Max wasn't in here. "Where's Max?" I asked. The conversation we had yesterday had made me paranoid.

"Relax, Fang, she just went out on a flight." Mom said.

I smiled. Max was always so much more relaxed when she was flying. It always helped cleared her head. I got breakfast for me and Max, and walked into her room to wait for her. Max smiled when she saw me waiting up for her. She slid open the balcony door and sat next to me, grabbing her breakfast.

Max sat next to me and started eating. "Where were you?" I asked her.

She shrugged. "Patrol. Ever since Ari came back, I figured it would be good idea to keep a look out for other experiments or whitecoats. Although it will be near impossible for any of them to find me."

I nodded. "Well, we have to go to school, so hurry up." I told her, leaving her room so I could get ready myself. Nudge met us downstairs, and we all went out to meet Iggy, Angel, and Gazzy. Max was strangely quiet this morning, just listening carefully to the kids conversation.

"Why are you so quiet this morning?" Iggy asked her. So I wasn't the only one who noticed. The others seemed a little surprised, but looked intently at her. She shrugged. "Tired." she replied.

"I think you're rubbing off on her." Nudge said to me. "She's not talking as much as she usually does. I blame you."

I ignored her and focused on Max. I raised an eyebrow. Are you okay?

She gave me a tired smile. Fine, I just really am tired.

I felt my eyebrows crease some. Are you going to be able to make it through the day?

She nodded slightly, then broke eye contact, breaking off our connection. "I hate it when people do that." Angel said, frowning.

"Do what, sweetie?" Max asked.

"Have those silent conversations, because no one knows what they're talking about." she replied.

Max chuckled and gave her a knowing look. One that said one day you're going to find someone and do the same exact things. But she kept silent, only keeping her amused smile for a couple seconds before she frowned. I looked at her, trying to meet her eyes, but she was looking forward. I followed her gaze and saw a guy walking towards us.

He was the stereotypical creepy, mysterious guy. He had on a black hat, sunglasses, and a black trench coat, along with jeans and a dark green T-shirt.

"Maximum." he said, sounding surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Jared." Max said, nodding her head in greeting, thought the frown still stayed on her face. "I live here."

He nodded, and then a grin unexpectedly lit up his face. "Well, I came to tell you the good news." he said. "I've been working with the F.B.I. We've caught a whole lot more whitecoats. So many, in fact, that the School can't get back together. Even if they did, it wouldn't be for another couple decades. So all you have to worry about for now is finishing high school."

Max's frown turned into a smirk. "You always were one of the more adventurous types." she said.

He shrugged, but then he scowled at her. "We really could've used your help out there." he said.

"I was needed here." she replied.

"Why?" Jared asked.

"Jeb had a bunch of files and things. Stuff he'd taken from the lab. The F.B.I. put me in charge of keeping an eye on him. If Jeb decided to turn bad again, he'd be able to get the School back together much faster than any of those other idiots." she said calmly.

"I heard that he did turn bad again." Jared said.

Max shrugged. "In a way."

"I'm going to take that as a 'I'm in a hurry and don't feel like talking about it, so you need to move on your merry little way,' and get out of here. It was good seeing you again Max. And, remember, we could always use your help." he said, starting to walk away from us.

Max reached out and grabbed his arm. "Tell the chief that I'm staying here, but I'll keep a look out for anything suspicious." she said. "Tell him he doesn't have to worry about this sector."

Jared nodded. "I still think you're wasting your talents here. I mean, why was such fighting expertise and ferocity on a bunch of bratty high schoolers when you could be putting the bad guys behind bars." he said grumpily.

Max shrugged. "I'm done using my 'talents'. I'll only end up getting somebody killed." she said, her eyes darkening, probably because she remembered Ari.

"Fair enough. Keep in touch, Max." Jared said. Our little group parted to make way for him.

"Max, who was that guy?" Gazzy asked.

"That was Jared Greens. He's an old friend of mine. Another experiment from the School. Both of us joined with the F.B.I after we escaped. He joined directly, but I contacted them another way, since Jeb would've killed me if he knew. I heard Jeb talk about a lot of his old work buddies. I gave the F.B.I a lot of targets to go after from the School. I haven't seen him in forever though. It was very rare that I ever saw someone from the F.B.I. The chief ordered me to keep an eye on Jeb and the surrounding area." she replied, watching the way the guy had come.

I sighed. "When are the secrets going to end?" I murmured.

"Who knows?" Max said, shrugging. "I couldn't tell you about the F.B.I thing. It endangers the organization, as well as myself and all of you. There are those who are very hateful towards F.B.I agents." She shook her head and ushered us on to school. All of these secrets were really starting to tick me off.

AN: Sorry about the shortness. This chapter is pretty much just filler. I am having major writer's block. I don't know where to go next with this story. Review and give me suggestions if you want the story to continue! Please! Every suggestion will be carefully considered. Thanks so much!