"Again I ask," Gazzy said, looking at me like I was crazy. "What are you talking about?"

"Gazzy, close your eyes and think back to when we were at the school." I ordered. "Try to remember exactly what it looked like. Then compare it the this place." Gazzy complied and closed his eyes. There was a moment of silence and then...

"Dammit!" he exclaimed, his eyes snapping open. "She's right! We have to get Max out of here." Nudge glanced around, her eyes wide.

"Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod!" she gasped. "How? What are we gonna do? If there any other bad experiments, there's no way we're gonna be able to take them all and protect Vicky."

"I can take care of her." I said quietly. Four pairs of eyes snapped toward me. "With my mind control, she's safer with me than anyone else. And you know it, Fang." I added as soon as I saw him open his mouth to protest. His jaw snapped shut and I could almost hear his teeth grinding in frustration.

"Well, gang," Gazzy said, smirking. "I say we split up and look for clues!" I rolled my eyes.

"Despite the fact that you stole that from Scooby Doo," I said, smiling slightly. "That actually sounds like a good idea."

Max's POV

Everything hurt. I couldn't move and I couldn't see. I could hear voices, but not the ones I wanted to hear. Where was Vicky? Fang? Nudge? Iggy, Gazzy, Angel, or even Total? Hell, where was I?

Ugh, I thought dimly. It smell's like antiseptic. I took another sniff. And toast.

"Ah, Max." a male voice said cheerily. "Your awake. I was afraid that I was going to have to pour cold water on you." I opened my eyes and looked over at the man.

He was fairly old, probably in his late sixties. He had brown/grey hair and wrinkles. In all honesty, he looked look an older version of Jeb. He had the same green (?) eyes and kind, fatherly smile.

"I'm doctor Xander Batchelder(?)." he was still smiling as he removed the restraints that were pinning me to the bed. I sat up, rubbing my wrists, but didn't bother to try to do anything else. Something told me that this man wasn't going to do anything to me. "I believe you know my son, Jeb?" I froze. Jeb?

"Y-yeah." I stuttered. "He's my..." What? Creator? The man who gave sperm to help make me? I shuttered at that one. There was no way in hell I was saying that. "Father." I finished lamely. Xander's eyes widened a fraction.

"Interesting!" he exclaimed. "I have a granddaughter! How?"

I considered saying 'Well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much..' but I would be lying.

"I was an experiment," I said quietly. "My mom and Jeb donated the...uhh... necessary requirements to allow me to be made. Where am I?"

"A lab." a female voice said, frightening me (sortta).

"Caitlyn!" Xander scolded. "Don't scare her. I doubt Jeb would like us scaring his daughter." The women looked as shocked as I had.

"Jeb doesn't have a daughter." Caitlyn said stiffly. "He only had Ari, but he expired years ago." I winced.

It had been almost seven years, but I still found it hard to accept that Ari was dead. Despite the fact that he spent the majority of his time trying to the flock and I, he was still my little half-brother and he helped us big time in the end.

"Don't talk about my little brother like he was just an old piece of meat." I said quietly. "Just because he was an Eraser doesn't mean that he wasn't a person. He was more of a human being then you are. At least he considered everyone a person." I didn't mention that he may have thought of himself as more important.

Again, Caitlyn looked shocked.

"I'm sorry." she whispered. "I didn't think."

"I noticed." I said coldly before turning to Xander (my grandfather...?). "Am I allowed out of here? I have a daughter and family waiting for me at home." Caitlyn and Xander looked skeptical. I rolled my eyes. "I'm not going to kill any one! I just want to go home! And I'm hungry!"

Caitlyn handed me a tray of food, which I began to scarf down.

"There's a reason we brought you here, Max." Xander said. "Four years ago, Jeb took sperm from Fang and an egg from you, for a reproductive experiment, much like you were. The experiment was kept under lock and key until you destroyed the labs around the world. Caitlyn and I escaped with the experiment and raised him. But we never let Gabriel call us mother or father. We thought that we should save that you, Max. His mother."

My mouth fell open, causing partially chewed food to fall out of my mouth.