This is the final chapter, I have really enjoyed writing this story, I want to thank all my reviewers, and readers.

I will miss this story and I don't know how some of you will feel about this chapter, but here it is, review, even if this chapter is horibly crappy and you hate it, I won't be mad, review one last time please.

Not so Nice Walk in the Park

Fang pov

"Dad!"

"Fang!"

"Angel! I was calling him!"

"Whatever Grif."

"Dad!"

I looked up from my computer to see Griffin standing in front of me. "You have to come play with us." He told me matter-of-factly.

I smiled at him. "What are we playing?"

"The racing game." He told me.

I closed the laptop and followed him into the living room, sitting down beside him I picked up the Xbox controller. "Okay Grif, I'll play but only if you want to lose."

Angel laughed from her place on the floor, "Fang, he is the best you don't have a chance." She told me as she selected her car.

I shrugged, "Yeah, you keep telling yourself that."

We picked cars and the race was on. Griffin, as always, was kicking butt.

We had one lap left when someone knocked on the door and Fox barked to let us know. "I'll get it." I said as Griffin paused the game.

"Hurry, I am about to win." Griffin told me.

The person knocked again.

"Hang on!" I called to whoever was on the other side. Fox was pawing at the door and barking madly in excitement. Fox, drop it." I commanded. He stopped barking immediately. "Good boy, back." I commanded.

He trotted away from the door but stayed beside it waiting to see the visitor. He sat down to watch.

I opened the door watching him wearily as I did so, "Stay. Sorry I-" I stopped mid sentence as I saw the person standing on my doorstep. My breath caught in my throat as I stared her. This was either a really good dream or a really bad one.

Her mouth hung open in a small o as she stared back in me in nearly as much shock as I was in. It was most likely the facial hair and the hair cut that astounded her. She recovered her voice before I did. "Fang?"

Griffin ran over to me at that moment, "Dad, come on,"

Fear ran through me as he ran up to me. "Uh, take me out; you can play with Angel for now. I'll play later. Go, go now." I whispered, praying that she didn't recognize him. She was dazed and her eyes didn't leave mine.

Griffin grinned, "Okay. Come Fox." Fox followed his master back to the living room.

"My gosh, it really is you." She whispered.

This couldn't be real. There was no way. I continued to stand there in shock.

Fear flashed in her eyes, "do you know who I am?" She asked, her voice no more than a whisper.

I nodded. Of course I knew who she was I could never forget her. I didn't know what to do though, what could she possibly want? She couldn't want him. She didn't know about him. What if she did? What if that was why she was here? My blood ran cold.

She wasn't though she couldn't be. She just stood there staring at me. Staring at me like she cared, like she had missed me. I made a decision to take a chance and grabbed my jacket, "Angel, I'll be back, Keep Griffin safe." I called.

"Kay Fang."

I stepped outside and shrugged into my jacket. "We can't talk here." I told her as I locked the door behind me.

She exhaled in relief. She looked horrible. "What are you doing here?" I asked as we walked down the street.

"Looking for you."

"Why?"

She looked down at her feet, "I-I need you. I miss you I've missed you ever since I left you." She whispered.

"What do you mean you need me Max?" I demanded. "You haven't needed me for five years, why do you suddenly need me now?"

"I needed you the whole time, I was wrong to do what I did. I realized it a month after I left you. Then they caught me."

My defenses were already falling I was having a hard time not taking her word for it and taking her back, because I wanted her back. "You could have told me that last time you saw me." I pointed out.

"You said to leave, and you weren't there, it was like you were a whole different person. And I- I had-" she stopped and looked down.

"You what?"

"I had just lost my son." She whispered. "I was depressed and confused and broken."

I laughed humorlessly at the idea of her being broken. "You weren't half as broken as I was." I said bitterly.

"Really, because I'm still broken and you don't look very broken to me, you look like you've been pretty d*** happy with your son!" She yelled in a whisper.

I shook my head. "Max you're an idiot. Is the hair really throwing you off so much that you don't even know me anymore?"

"No, what's throwing me off is that you have a son and that you looked pretty happy with him!"

"Gosh Max! I can't believe you! Yeah, my son makes me happy, he is my son! But he doesn't take away the pain he doesn't completely heal the wound. I'm still broken I still can't knock on a freaking door! I'm still not who I use to be."

Something flashed in Max's eyes at the door comment, as if to say, 'it really was true' but I was too overwhelmed and worked up to notice. Then she became the Max I know and love, the one that never backs down and will go up against anyone. She yelled back at me angrily, "Look Fang, I was wrong okay, I'm sorry. I never should have kicked you out. I shouldn't have listened to you when you told me to go. I am sorry. But I've been looking for you for four years and I finally found you. They looked for you with me for a year, but then they decided that you didn't want to be found; Iggy is in charge of them now. They are staying with my mom but they miss you too. They want you back too, they think they are respecting your wishes. Angel hates me, you hate me, I hate me! But here I'm and I'm sorry."

"Max, I don't hate you." I said quietly. Why did it have to be her? "I never hated you. I just don't trust you anymore."

"Well what can I do to make you trust me?" Max demanded.

"I don't know Max."

"Well do you think we could just try to be friends for a little while?"

I shrugged what could it hurt, "Sure."

"So how's your life been?"

"It's okay I guess, it isn't good, but it's okay. It has its moments. Griffin has his moments. Angel has a boyfriend."

"She what?"

"You heard me."

"Is he okay?"

"Yeah, he's young, carefree, and he gets embarrassed easy. But he likes Angel a lot and she likes him. I checked him out, checked his mom out, and his cat."

Max laughed, "Speaking of pets, what about that dog of yours?"

"Fox? Angel got him for Griffin last year for his birthday."

"Hm, I never thought you would be a dog person." Max mused.

I shrugged, "I'm not but the look on his face when he saw it was worth it."

"What about him? He is obviously yours, so who's your girlfriend?" she asked, her voice was tight.

"She left me."

"Why?" Max asked sharply.

"Same reason you did."

"Oh," Max fell silent and we continued to walk. "I'm sorry." She said quietly.

"Don't say that."

"Why?"

"Because you don't mean it."

"Yes I-"

"No, you either don't care about me, Which is most likely, or you do care about me and you are jealous." I stated.

Max was dumb founded by this statement.

"Well are you going to tell me which one it is?" I asked bitterly.

"I'm jealous." Max whispered.

Something in her words sounded true. "Do you fly a lot?"

"Not anymore, it hurts to fly. I only fly when I have to."

I turned down a dark alley and stopped in the middle of it. "Show me your wings." I commanded.

"What? Why?" She asked confused.

"Just let me see them." I said.

She shrugged and let her wings spread out behind her.

My eyes widened, they were exactly like Griffins only the black on the back was a copy of the inside. I had known they were similar but not like this. I had missed her wings.

"What?" Max asked checking out her wings herself to make sure they weren't deformed.

I shook my head, "They are different than they were last time I saw you."

Max shrugged and started to continue down the alley.

"Max wrong way." I said.

"Why?" Max asked. "Why not go my way?"

I shrugged, "That way comes out on the pier which goes to the beach."

She immediately turned and started walking the opposite way. "So tell me about your son." She said. She seemed to choke out the last word.

"Griffin, he's amazing. He has his mother's eyes. His mother has the most beautiful eyes in the world." I said watching her chocolate brown eyes intently.

I saw pain flash across them.

"He is smart, and he is extremely mature for a five year old. Like we were. He is just as stubborn as me. He makes snap decisions like his mom did. He is always getting into trouble, falling in the trash can, snapping his wings out when he shouldn't, taking dangerous dives, stuff like that. He learned to fly before he could walk and to talk before he could crawl."

"Wow, he sounds like a really amazing kid." Max said quietly.

I nodded, "He is."

Max fell silent for a while. "Could I meet him?" She whispered some time later. "Griffin I mean.

Oh crap.

"Why would you want to meet him?" I asked not letting my reluctances show.

She looked stung. "Because whether you believe me or not, I do care about you and I want to meet your family." She said quietly but firmly.

I shook my head. "You really care about me?" I asked.

She nodded before she turned and pressed her lips to mine. My hands went to her waist pulling her closer to me immediately. I didn't care for that moment. I didn't care that she didn't really love me, that she would leave me again. More broken than before. All I cared about was her. I kissed her like there was no tomorrow and she didn't pull away. She stayed in my arms and kissed me back. I loved her. I loved her more than anything in the world. Not breaking the kiss, I pulled us back into the shadow of the ally and spread my wings, wrapping them around her. As far as I was concerned at that moment, she was mine again. I had always been hers.

Eventually we broke apart breathing hard. "You can't ever leave me again. Ever." I whispered as I looked deep into her beautiful chocolate eyes.

She nodded, "Not even if my life depends on it."

I smiled and hugged her. Then I pulled back and smiled once more, "Let's fly."

"I haven't flown with two wings in so long." Max mused.

I laughed, "Neither have I." with that I ran and leaped into the sky. She followed.

"Hey Fang! I love you!" She yelled.

I nodded smirking. "I love you too. The only difference is that I never stopped and you did." I shouted back to her.

"But you did, you had too. You have a kid!" Max pointed out confused.

I shook my head, "I have our kid. He is the son they told you you lost. Angel and I rescued him the day we rescued you."

"You knew he was alive and you didn't tell me?" Max demanded looking murderous.

I nodded. "In my defense, I was half dead, and you would have taken him and I wouldn't even have gotten to name him." I said hoping she didn't kill me.

"Wait. Our son? That was our son? You and me? That little boy with the black hair was my son too?"

I nodded. "That's why we couldn't talk in the house. If you had seen his face , you would have known, or if you had seen the inside of his wings. They are a replica of yours on the inside and mine on the outside. He's smart too. Had he heard me call you Max, he would have put two and two together. He would have figured that you were the great Maximum Ride."

"Let me meet him. Take me to him now." Max commanded.

I nodded and spun back toward the apartment, smiling at the exhilaration of flying with both my wings again. I landed on the balcony railing, and jumped down to the ground. Max wasn't so graceful. Angel looked out at us and her mouth dropped open. I opened the sliding door and walked in to be attacked by Griffin in hug form.

"Is she back for good?" Angel asked.

I smiled and nodded.

Angel searched through max's thoughts for a minute before smiling.

Griffin leaned his head around my legs, which he was hugging in a death grip, and stared at Max. He then looked back up at me worriedly. "Dad, her wings are like mine." He whispered anxiously."

I picked him up and smiled. "Yes, she does. Griffin, this is Max."

"Dad, can I talk to you?" Griffin asked copying what he often saw angel do to me when she was annoyed. Angel and I laughed at him. Max was just staring at him like he was the world.

I turned to Max and smiled guiltily. "We'll be right back." I whispered before walking into Griffin's room.

"Like, Mom Max?" Griffin asked.

I nodded.

He nodded as well as he digested this piece of information. Then he grinned "Okay, thanks." He said. Then he raced back out of the room and into Max's arms. "Dad says you're my mommy." He told her excitedly.

Max grinned, "He's right. I am your mommy."

"Willy has a mommy, Dad said that everyone has a mommy but some mommies can't stay with you because they have to save the world." He told her.

"Well, you know, your dad knows almost everything."

He turned and pointed to Angel, "Do you know Angel Mommy? She's my sister-aunt." He told her matter-of-factly.

Angel laughed. "Your mommy taught me how to fly." She told him standing up. Then she ran to Max and Griffin and hugged them. "You really are back for good. I'm sorry I didn't believe you Max." She whispered.

Max put a wing on Angel's shoulder because her hands were full. "It was my fault Angel. I left you first." She whispered.

Angel pulled back. "I think you have almost been through enough for me to forgive you and I will for now." Angel said stepping back and flopping back down on the couch. I flopped down on the other side letting my head rest just below hers like always and called Griffin and Max inside. Max sat down in the chair beside Angel and I.

I watched as she watched our son and listened to him tell her stories. Her face was alight with joy and a smile was spread wide across her face. Angel tapped my shoulder. I mentally acknowledged her.

"She kissed you didn't she."

"Yep."

"Gosh Fang, even after five years she still has you wrapped around her finger." Angel teased.

I smirked. "She is staying right, she isn't planning on taking him away."

I felt Angel shake her head. "Not a chance. The kiss seemed to have the same effect on her that it did on you."

I smiled to myself. "Well I am just awesome like that."

Angel laughed.

Griffin hopped down from Max's lap and jumped on top of me. "Hey Dad, is Mommy going to stay?" He asked me.

"If she doesn't Angel will come after her like-well, Omega after Max." I said.

Angel and Max laughed. Griffin only frowned. "What's an Omega?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Griffin snapped his two four foot wingspan out, draping one over the back of the couch and letting the other hang lazily off the other side. "Dad, I want to go flying. You still have to teach me to jump onto the railing." He said.

"You still aren't tall enough."

"Yes I am, I grew three inches since last year when I asked you."

I rolled my eyes. "Three inches isn't enough." I told him.

Griffin rolled his eyes. "Da-ad." He moaned.

I shook my head. "Nope. I won't have you getting hurt because I let you try something I knew you couldn't do."

"Can we go flying anyway?"

I nodded.

"Yay!" Griffin jumped off of my chest and ran out to the balcony, climbing onto the rail. "Angel, Max, Flying time." I said pulling myself off the couch.

Angel jumped up and ran at my side to the balcony. Max was on our heels. Griffin stood on the railing impatiently. I vaulted up onto it and turned around before freefalling. Angel did her signature back handspring like thing and Griffin freefell face down.

Max hit the railing and looked over at us worriedly. I grinned at her and turned toward Griffin. "Now." I said rolling over and snapping my wings out. He and Angel did the same. We flew back up to where Max was standing on the balcony watching us.

After she got over Griffins wings she smirked at me. "Still a showoff, I see."

I shrugged, "Whatever, come on."

She flashed a smile at me and dove out towards me. She spread her wings. Griffin laughed and twisted away flying towards the open sky. Max veered after him followed by Angel. I hung back and watched. Max looked so happy. Angel had a look on her face that I hadn't seen in a very long time. Griffin flew back over to me, "Dad, come on!"

I nodded and flew after him.

I wasn't broken anymore. Part of the flock still wasn't there but we would go get them soon. There were still things to be taken care of and trials to overcome, but I would be taking these on with a clean bill of health. I was complete.

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PS: If I get the inspiration there might be one final epolouge chapter,

but intill poven otherwize this story is complete.

Skipp Out