A/N: YOU SHOULD KNOW THE DISCLAIMER BY HEART.

CHAPTER 12

SURVIVAL OF THE SICKEST

BY: SALIVA

"Right now, your face is in the clouds, I'm shouting out loud.

I'm the one you counted out of the race. Oh wow, take a good look at me now, should've never had a doubt. Is that you I hear screaming my name?!!

MAX P.O.V.

I opened my eyes slowly. The last thing I thought when I was hit hard was I love you Fang. Fang and Iggy were by Leslie, she seemed to be talking to her. She went to sit up but Iggy pushed her back down, then they came over to me. "How are you feeling Max?" Fang asked. "Like crap." "You know you got lucky." Iggy said. "How? I got the crap kicked out of me." "Leslie healed you; you would've died if it wasn't for her." "How the hell could I've had died?" "You were bleeding like crazy." I looked down at my shirt then my pants, both soaked with blood. My blood. There was a giant hole in the side of my shirt and a small scar that was barely visible.

"How long have I been out?" "Around 10 hours." Fang replied as Iggy left. "That's the only scar you have now." I checked my left arm at Fang's comment. The scar from when I had tried to take out the chip by myself with a seashell was gone. "Wow! How did Leslie do that?" "No clue, I'm just glad that you're okay." I fell asleep after that. I guess we now know her other power.

This morning I awoke to Iggy pouring a bucket of cold water over my head. "What the hell Iggy, What was mumphfph…" He put his hand over my mouth. Everyone was tense. Then I heard the rumble of an off-road vehicle. "Hide the wings Max!" Iggy whispered. I looked around to see that everyone else's wings were hidden. I did the same. I felt a sharp stabbing pain as my wings retracted into my back with sooth flesh, rippling over them. There. I got up just as a Hummer (mind you that this is the first version of it. So it is like really bad for the environment, anyway,) came out of the woods spewing mud with its back tires.

It slowly came to a stop. I got ready for the worse to happen (because it usually does with my luck,) when Mom, Jeb, and Ella stepped out of it. I saw that Ella's face was tear, her eyes darting around, fear shined in her eyes when she looked at me, starring at the blood. Oh crap "What's wrong?" "You covered in blood, why are you covered in blood?" "We were attacked by flyboys and some new thing that couldn't fight for its life. I'm okay though thanks to Leslie." "Who's Leslie"