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Chapter 21

Nudge's POV

"Tell us where they are!"{ I commanded bringing my hands to Maya's neck. She coughed and sputtered, refusing to talk.

"I-am-Max" She chocked, struggling underneath me.

"Wrong!" Gazzy took a knife and slashed her blonde streaked hair. She squeezed her eyes shut and tears began to leak. Fake Fang struggled in the corner. Arms, legs and Wings bound together.

"Where are they!" Iggy commanded. He shook her shoulders and she shook her head. This was useless, she wasn't going to talk.

"This is a waste of time" Gazzy dropped the knife and rubbed his bloodshot eyes. We didn't sleep last night. We had to run around the house(which is now in shreds) trying to catch Maya and fake Fang. When we finally did, they wouldn't talk!

"Wait" Iggy whispered. "Hand me that knife" Gazzy tossed the knife to Iggy who nudged me off Maya. Iggy got in her face and held the knife to her neck.

"Where are the REAL Max and Fang?" He growled, ice edging his tone. Maya shook her head and eyed the knife in complete fear.

"Where!" Iggy pushed the knife to her skin, careful not to cut her. Yet. Angel watched the fake Fang with Mini is her arms. Angel tried controlling their minds and reading them but, she couldn't. They learned to block their minds or something.

"They are at Rockwell Headquarters in Boston Massachusetts." She blubbered.

"More specifically" Gazzy sneered.

"Its on the outskirts. Its disguised as a astronomy tower. Iot has a big glass dome where they keep all the mutants. They call it Boston A tower."

"Thank you" Angel smiled sweetly. She pressed a piece of tape to Maya's mouth and Iggy flung the knife across the room.

"Lets go" He whispered darkly.

"Wait!" Maya gasped from underneath the tape. "They might've killed them!"

"Ignore her." Angel muttered "She's only trying to scare us" On that happy note, all 4 of us jumped into the sky. Boston was a long way away. Hopefully they really weren't dead.

Max's POV

I sure felt dead. I rested my head on the ground and closed my eyes. Dylan's little escape plan failed. And here I was laying in my little dark room wishing for food. The last time I'd eaten was when Gabrielle gave me that tray of food yesterday. For a bird kid who eats a lot, I was starving.

"Out time" Gabrielle opened my door and motioned for me to get up. Every 5 hours, they made me go outside for an hour. Even if it was 3 in the morning.

"Wonderful" I muttered.

I reluctantly got up and followed Gabrielle to the end of the hall where he unlatched the air tight door. He pushed me out into the sun lit dome. Crowds of paid mutants surrounded me. They were true freaks. I didn't want to get paid to look like an air balloon.

"Hi Max" Ah great, I spun around to Kelsie. Her hair was a solid shade of black. Her use to be white skin was tan. They only way I could still tell it was Kelsie was her voice and amber colored eyes.

"Tell me" I urged, remembering what she told me before whitecoats shoved me back into my little dark room.

"Tell you what?" She asked confused

"What's the info on Fang?" I asked, grabbing onto her arm. She looked at me like I was the lockness monster who just ate a school bus.

"Oh" She began to smile and giggle "That information. They were bringing me to the dome and I saw them sticking needles into his arms. He was either asleep, or dead on the table." Kelsie gave me a smile. Thats nice. So its possible he could be alive, but probably dead. I could feel my throat closing up. I wouldn't cry.

"Thanks. Thats nice" I muttered, beginning to turn away.

"Max" Kelsie mused, grabbing my shoulder. "Things are going to get bad. Very soon. Very quickly. If I were you, I'd prepare for the worst." On that happy note, Kelsie turned away, striding off with her black hair trailing. I swear, tomorrow it'll be blue. She was seriously freaking me out. If she were me, she's prepare for the worst? I don't know what that was suppose to mean, but all I knew was, it wasn't good.

Flock POV (basically, 3rd person, no POV)

"Im starving!" Nudge complained, rubbing her stomach.

"Quit whining" Angel commanded, almost like she was the leader. One day she was going to be the leader, Angel thought. She'd had her itty-bitty taste when she kicked Max outta the flock but that didn't last very long.

"We're going to find Max and Fang even if it kills us" Iggy murmured. He had been seriously sweating over the fact that they might actually be dead. Whitecoats were mean, vicious, cold hearted. If they didn't need Max or Fang anymore, it doesn't take much to slice em in half and kill them.

"How are we going to break in?" Gazzy asked, scratching his head full of permanently ruffled blonde hair.

"We'll find a way" Iggy smiled, aiming downwards. Nudge looked to where he was going, spotting a big glass dome. The word Boston A Tower written across the side.

"We're here" Angel smiled, clutching Minimum to her chest. "Its time to kick some whitecoat butt"

Max's POV

"Shows over" Gabrielle tossed me into an unfamiliar room. Not my small black hole. I felt outta place. Stacks and stacks of boxes surrounded me. All of them labeled B.A.T. Whatever that was suppose to stand for. I ran over to the window and peeked out, expecting to see the big glass dome. Instead, I looked over the city of Boston.

"Boston eh'? I rubbed my eyes and turned around. They brought me to Boston. What could possibly be waiting for me in Boston? Suddenly, there was a loud bang on my door, making me jump. It quickly slid open and Dylan strode in. He was covered in bruises, one eye swollen shut.

"Lets go." He swallowed hard and grabbed my sleeve. He was panting heavily. Like he'd jus run a 20 mile race then popped up by my door. "Told'ja I'd come back for ya"

"Yeah, thanks" I muttered, rushing past him. We were in that same hallway. At the end, was the entrance to my black room, the other was the entrance to the dome. Only the door to the unfamiliar room in between.

"Were stuck" I whispered.

"No were not" Dylan leaned on the opposite wall and pushed hard on it. It began to dent, suddenly popping open to reveal a door. "Secret doors" He smiled.

"Brilliant" I muttered sarcastically. Why make secret door? Why not just lock them? Oh, right, I can break a lock.

Flock's POV

Iggy kicked down door after door, only finding random mutants. Some with green skin, some looking like stick figures, others looking like they had balloons underneath their skin.

"Creepy" Nudge muttered as Iggy resealed the door of a mutant with toad like skin.

"I have a feeling Max and Fang aren't in here" Gazzy whispered, tugging on Nudge's arm. Angel kept quiet, trying to read minds. Suddenly, she gasped.

"This way!" She motioned down the hall. Everyone broke into a sprint. Gazzy looked back, making sure no one followed.

"Here" Angel pointed to the largest door in the entire hallway. Across the front read : Important Experiment. Only open with permission from the Leader.

"You gotta know the pass code" Gazzy sighed.

"I got this" Nudge smiled, rubbing her hands together. She pressed her palm to the pass code screen and closed her eyes. "Got it" She then pressed a complicated series of numbers.

"Access granted" The small pad sang. The door opened with a loud sswooooooooosshh.

"Fang!" Angel cried. A tall hooded figure looked up. His face was red and blotchy. His normally sleek black hair was greasy from days without a shower. His skin was abnormally pale from lack of food and water. All in all, he looked like hell.

"We came to get you!" Nudge smiled, wrapping her arms around his waist. The whole flock cheered , smiled and happiness filling the small dark room.

"Whats the point" Fang whispered softly. "Max is dead"

Max's POV

"No im not!" I screeched, holding onto a thick metal bar. Dylan yanked on my shirt. I was not. Not not not walking through the whitecoat lounge thingy.

"Its the only way out Max, you have to" Dylan sighed

"I can just rot in my little black room." I laughed nervously. Was I tough? Yeah. Was I strong? Yeah. Would I walk through a room filled with whitecoats? Hell no. They would find out, we'd get caught and we'd both die!

"You can't Max. You have a son, the flock" Dylan looked over at me, releasing my sweatshirt. My throat tightened.

"But im missing a huge piece of the puzzle." I whispered, letting go of the pole. "Being here has taken my mind off everything"

"Being here took him away from you!" Dylan shouted. I covered my eyes, not wanting to show Dylan I was crying. He was right.

"Fine" I murmured, wiping my face "I'll go"

"Great" Dylan smiled. He tossed me a white coat and a hat to cover my face. I slipped them on, feeling like a sudden traitor. Hehe, I was a whitecoat.

"Act casual" Dylan muttered.

"Can do" I smiled at him. We pushed open the double doors and gasped. They were everywhere. Sipping cokes, eating lunch, playing XBOX on a flat screen, chatting, going over test results. It was like there was and endless supply of whitecoats. It made me feel jumpy. While I was mulling over the fact that we were surrounded by mad-scientists, I tripped over a step in the middle of the room. Who puts a step in the middle of the room? My hat flew off and everyone looked in my direction. Ah, shit.

"Its Maximum Ride!" One shouted. The whole room jumped to their feet.

"Get her!" Another shouted

"Hurry!" a 3rd yelled. Before I could even jump to my feet, I was tackled. I glanced up at Dylan was was also jumped on. They began to tie us up.

"Thats it Max" I looked up at Gabrielle. His arms were crossed, his eyes watched me with anger. "That was the last straw. I though we could be friends. That you would not be experimented on." A whitecoats lifted me to my feet so I could be face to face with him.

"No experiments huh?" I asked "You killed my brother!" Fang was like my brother. My brother that I fell helplessly in love with.

"All part of the process." Gabrielle sneered "We wanted you to feel isolated, completely alone. Thats why we sent Maya and Zax to fill your place. We killed Fang so you would be completely on your own. Alone. Apparently, we under-calculated." Gabrielle motioned to Dylan who was reluctantly being carried away by whitecoats.

"It worked" I growled "I felt alone, isolated. Like no one in the world could save me from the dying depression taking over me. My spot as Max had been taken. Now, in only mere Experiment X223. Lock me up forever then. Apparently im nothing anymore."

Gabrielle studied me for a moment "Lock her up. She'll never see the light of day again. Ever"

Ever. Ever is a long time. Haha don't really got a random comment for this chapter haha. Im sick so yeah, I dont feel good :( hope you guys feel ok :) my sick won't stop me from posting, you can bet on that. Night! Or Morning! Or afternoon! Wherever you are :)