Aj: I'm sick and trapped at home so you guys are getting an extra long chapter today and you'll also be getting a ton of updates. I might even finish today.

Fang and Angel both swiveled toward Iggy after they heard what he said, but they still couldn't possibly believe it.

"What did you say?" Fang growled.

"I wish she died." Iggy said again in Fang's face. "I wish that Max had died in the school instead of being successful. I know part of you both wishes that too. I mean did you just see that. We would've been happy. I could see whenever I opened my eyes. You died Fang! Angel, Gazzy, and Nudge turned evil! I lost my sight! Erasers have shredded you more times then we can count! Is Max worth it if we wouldn't even know she existed?" Iggy ranted. Fang punched him in the nose.

"Of course she is! Are you even listening to yourself? Max is like your sister! Are you really going to be the whiney blind baby now? We were all tortured at the school Iggy. We saw two more years of horror then you did that we wish we were blind for. Grey is just messing with your head and it sound like it's working. So go. Run off to Grey. But he won't change anything." Fang yelled at him. The two bird kids gawked at how may words he said. Iggy set his nose and glared at Fang harder then he glared at the white hallway.

"Fine. C'mon Ange." Iggy began walking away, but Angel stood her ground.

"No. I'm with Fang." She whimpered. Fang could tell that she slightly agreed with Iggy. Iggy glared at them both and turned around. He then stalked off away from them, but walked into a wall. Fang smirked because he deserved it. How could he say those things about her? Fang hoped with all of his heart that this was just Grey trying to separate them and it wasn't Iggy's true feelings. Angel laced her small hand into Fang's large one.

"It isn't. It's Grey." She reassured. Fang gave her a rare smile and they started off to see the wizard, the terrible wizard of RAVEN. Angel giggled at Fang's wording. The two walked along the hallway until they came to the steps. Angel looked at Fang and Fang looked back at her and nodded. She nodded back putting on her brave face and the two started running up the steps. The two paused when they reached the final step though. They both knew that the second they touched that floor they could be against Grey again, but it was a risk they would have to take. For Max, Nudge, and Iggy. They stepped onto the ninth floor and weren't surprised to see a blinding light.

Fang remembered when him and Max first met. Fang was looking emotionlessly at all of the other poor souls trapped in dog crates like him. He was slotted to be terminated that day if he didn't beat the school's best creation. He was determined to show no mercy towards this other experiment though so that he could live. It was a fight to the death so Fang would have to make sure that whoever it was couldn't touch him.

A scientist came by his crate and opened the latch. Fang got out and the white coat shackled his wrist with a shock collar so Fang wouldn't try to escape. He walked obediently in front of the white coat until they reached the arena. Ten white coats were on the outskirts writing on clipboards. In the middle of the ring was a normal looking girl about Fang's age inspecting her nails with a bored expression on her face. Around her ankle was a metal cuff that her foot was nonchalantly trying to be free of.

Fang prepared to fight her and got into a fighting stance, but she just looked at a white coat with a remote in his hand. He pressed the button once the doors sealed shut and the cuff came off. Fang again waited for her to take up a fighting stance, but she just stood there. She was shaking her head no and her eyes were moving towards the white coats. She seemed to be trying to tell him something, but Fang charged her without a second thought so his own life would be spared.

She rolled her eyes and gave him the, idiot, look. Right when Fang was about to tackle her, she jumped up and didn't come down. He looked up and saw brown speckled wings flapping. She was like him. He leapt up also with his black wings propelling himself up in the air and he grabbed her leg. Her brown eyes showed a little surprise, but more awareness. She tried shaking him off roughly and Fang tried to stay up. He could only use his wings to get him up high or stop falls. He couldn't fly. Knowing that he would fall soon, he tried his last resort. He opened his mouth wide and bit as hard and deep as he could.

She whimpered, but otherwise show no reaction and seemed to understand that he couldn't fly. She landed on the ground, with him in tow, and then flipped him over and stomped on his back. He waited for her to kill him off, but nothing happened.

"I'm not going to kill him. He is a human being and he has rights. If you're going to kill anybody, kill me." She yelled. Fang had a great respect for her at that moment, but he wondered what she meant by human being.

"That isn't necessary Maximum." A white coat with glasses perched on his nose interrupted.

The next day, the girl's cage was moved next to Fang's.

"So Fang, I was thinking that you and I would make a good team and could escape together…" She started.

"Fang?" He asked.

"So he talks," She mumbled. "I named you Fang because of the scar you gave me." She explained and moved her white pants to show him a mouth-sized scar with indents for teeth.

"Escape?" He asked next as she rolled her pant leg back up.

"Yup. We're human beings after all being tortured in this place. We deserve better and we will escape." She explained.

"To what?" Fang asked. They both knew that the school was the only place.

"A white coat told me about this astronaut, Sally Ride. They go up into space on huge rockets that make a big explosion when they're taking off that go on for like a mile or two…" She started to explain.

"Your point?" He asked.

"The school doesn't have any rockets. Which means that there are other places. And where do you think the school gets its food? They don't make it. You and me could get out with each other. What do you say?" She finished. She held out her hand through the crate's bars waiting for him to shake it in agreement. Fang took it and the agreement was permanent.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"Max; Maximum Ride."

Fang also saw when they escaped. Jeb, the white coat was looking inside of Max's cage muttering to himself about the girl who was dying. The rest of the flock was looking scared at their leader, knowing she didn't have much time left. The white coats had injected something into her made by some scientist named Grey and it didn't look like she was going to make it. Fang was silently huddled up with his head in his legs not wanting to look at his best friend dying. Something surprising happened next, the cages clicked open.

"Come with me." Jeb told the six. They nodded and Jeb took Angel in his arms while Nudge and Gazzy had followed him. Fang and Iggy had put Max's arms around their shoulders and they quickly followed the rest of them out. Fang, Iggy, and Max burst through the school's doors and found themselves on a helicopter launch pad. They climbed into the helicopter and then heard small footsteps.

"Wait for me daddy!" The three-year-old Ari pleaded, but his father didn't listen and Ari was left at the school while the seven left it behind, hopefully forever. Fang looked down at the pale form of Max and smiled at fulfilling his promise. Jeb injected a needle into her and Fang involuntarily flinched.

"This serum will be permanent so that if Grey injects her with the same formula she won't be infected again." Jeb explained. Fang leaned down and whispered into Max's ear just before she woke up, "I'll never leave you or let anything hurt you again."

Fang heard Grey's voice inside of his head, "You see, I've been circling around the flock for as long as you can remember. Join me and you won't have to break your promise. You could stay in your good memories forever." Grey tempted. Fang knew that he had to try and wake himself up just as he saw Max kissing him on the submarine. He fought as hard as he could, but couldn't get out. Then he remembered what he had to do. Max and Nudge were in trouble.

That gave Fang the push he needed and the hallway came into focus. Fang fell on his knees and began panting. It was then that he noticed a figure trying to wake Angel up. Fang looked closer and realized it was Iggy. He was cautious to approach him, but Iggy sensed his movement and turned around just as Angel began panting as well.

"I'm sorry guys. Grey was messing with my head and when I was on this floor I saw all of my best memories were with Max and you guys." He apologized to the two of them.

"Iggy, sorry to break it to you, but you can't see." Fang joked. Iggy smirked and Angel hugged him around his waist, but flinched and backed away.

"That's not Iggy. It's Iggy 2." She realized. Fang looked surprised, but then Iggy 2 punched Fang in the ribs. Fang looked down the hallway and saw the actual Iggy was on the floor with blood trailing down his mouth. Fang kicked his legs under Iggy 2's and knocked him down on the ground. Iggy 2 was even more powerful then before though and right then, Fang couldn't risk him or Angel getting hurt. Run! He shouted in his mind hoping that Angel was listening. She nodded and the two started to run before Iggy 2 could follow them. The two ran down the hallway until they reached the staircase that would lead them to the tenth floor. There were footsteps behind them that were getting closer by the second so they both dashed up the steps without a second thought.

The second their feet touched the tenth floor the worst thing yet happened, nothing. Absolutely nothing happened to them but they knew something would happen and they just had to wait for the suspense. You know how when you know something really bad is going to happen any second the wait is worse then what's really going to happen? This was one of those times. That's when Fang realized what the mental torture of this floor was. The suspense of waiting for whatever was going to happen. Angel caught on also and they both smiled at each other.

They began to run towards the next staircase, but that was when they were proved wrong. They were running as fast as they could, but they weren't getting any closer to the staircase. It was like they were on a treadmill. Fang looked at the size of the hallway and figured that even though he would be majorly claustrophobic, Angel and him would be able to fly to the staircase. He told his idea to her in his head and they both took off, Fang's wings just skimming the edges of the hallway. It took them ten minutes to reach the hallway leading to the eleventh floor, but they landed just in time before the hallway became six feet skinnier.

They looked at the hallway in front of them and stepped inside. Everything looked normal enough so they kept walking until Grey's voice joined them once again.

"I have to say I am surprised at how far you two have come. Although, I couldn't say the same for Monique. Or the one you call, The Gasman. Or Jeff, your flock's blind cargo. Or your precious leader, Maximum. It has been quite amusing to see her slowly dying." Grey taunted. Fang's fists clenched when he mentioned Max and a tear ran down Angel's face when he mentioned Gazzy.

"How about I give you two a chance to say goodbye to them." Suddenly, with chains around their wrists were Gazzy, Nudge, Iggy, and Max. The four of them were unconscious. Fang and Angel tried to take a step closer, but they were paralyzed with shock. Ari 2 then came out with his craws gleaming and a wide grin on his face. Fang instantly knew what he was doing and began to try and move his legs, but they still wouldn't move.

Ari 2 walked over to Gazzy and Angel tried with all of her power to use her telekinesis, but Ari wouldn't budge. He then slashed The Gasman's chest until they knew he was dead. He then moved over to Nudge and opened her mouth. He grabbed her tongue with his paw and then cut her tongue out of her mouth. Then he slit her neck with his claws. Angel was screaming and crying, but wouldn't close her eyes. Ari plunged his claws into Iggy's chest, making blood come out of his mouth. Fang was screaming mentally in his mind when he walked over to Max. This couldn't be the end.

Aj: is it just me or am I even eviler when I'm sick. [Awkward silence] Well… Isn't anyone going to answer me? I'm lonely.

Questions:

Do you think I really killed the flock?

If I kill Dylan how do you want me to do it?

What do you think the cruelest torture I have done to the flock is?

Do you want me to make a sequel to this story?

Which couple is weirder? Bella/Edward or Jacob/Bella or you decide?

Chapter Countdown:

4 chapters left.