Ummm, Sorry? I won't even bother with crappy excuses. I'll just say sorry and give you your chapter.

Now, Ella Marie Mason I definitely still want you to Beta but I felt so bad about taking so long on this one I skipped it. But i'll beseind ing you chapter 26, etc.

Fax n Jace thank you so much. All of your review really insprie me a lot. And if you had an account you would have gotten an preview for reviewing both of my stories. Also I'll work on making them longer but this one was mostly filler. Sorry about the shortness. Fax. Nope, but I wouldn't put if past them.

Mo you deserve credit for a lot in this chapter. Thanks for the couch idea *smiles evilly* It was great. and I forgot about the possiblilty of other powers so thanks for jogging my memory. You too would have gotten an preview you had an account. THanks for reading both stories.

FandandMax-luver (Sorry if I got that wrong) this story is almost over so I'm not sure how much Fax there will be, but the sequel will definitely have a lot.

Now with out further a do. Chapter 25!!! Enjoy.

Max POV

I won't give you the boring details of the hundreds of European plants. So I'll fast forward. And for your reading pleasure I'll include a quick recap. Australia gave us Sasha. This brought our little newbie number to three. I couldn't decide whether to love or hate this girl. You see, a day after we brought her back to the warehouse Fang's couch got 'stolen'. According to my sources (cough Angel cough) Sasha helped Fang chuck it out the window. An act that had Nudge mourning the couch for hours and resulted in me and Fang having to share a bed. The little devil even gave him the idea!! This thirteen year old had spunk I'd give her that. Sasha was part cat complete with the yellow cat eyes, sharp canines, and retractable claws. And joy of joys she had a developed power. While Nudge can manipulate metal, Sasha can manipulate flame. Like we needed another pyro. Her light brown hair and tan skin completed the package. The funniest part though was her accent. She said mate and everything. Gazzy had a field day with it.

A week later came Itex Germany addition. We only had one plant left in Germany. The original head quarters. Like we hadn't already had enough cheery memories of that place.

Our second to last stop had had experiments, but there were no stayers. All the stupid fighting started since someone had to guide the Americans back to America.

I stood in a forest near the wreckage of the Itex building. Everyone else surrounded me.

"Look one person has to go while the rest of us take the last Itex, and there is no way I'm going." I said making my point clear. Me Leader, Me Stay. That's all there was to it.

"Well I have to stay." Iggy said. True. We needed the bomber.

"Me too." Vision chimed in. Vision equaled visions. I turned to Fang."What if there's a fight?" he hissed obviously not happy with what was coming.

"I think I could help with that." The quiet voice came from behind us. Even the heads of the experiments whipped around. It was Jinx.

"Vampire boy." Fang muttered. I ignored him. Who knows what goes through that boy's mind sometimes.

"What? How? Explain." I told Jinx in my eloquent way. Cause last time I saw him he was about to be blown up. Can't blame a bird kid for being at least a bit confused.

"I've been following you guys since Maine. I just caught up." Jinx said in his impassive tone. Ok well that made sense. I guess. Though I would still like to know how he escaped from being blown to bits. As I opened my mouth to ask him, Fang started to speak. Well maybe another time, then.

"There is no way he's staying if I'm not." Fang spat out. I could tell he was riled up, heck even Iggy could see it. Which is saying something since he's bli-. Oh never mind. But I could tell this bothered him. I silently sighed. I don't know if I could handle a repeat of last time we saw Jinx. Sure I knew Fang wouldn't leave, but guy drama in general was not my forte.

"Then I'll lead them back to New York." Jinx said, ever the logical one. Fang didn't like this either.

"NO."

"Then I stay and help fight."

Fang was torn. If this hadn't been so serious I would have been on the ground laughing. The look on his face, well, I guess you'd have to be there. I looked back and forth between the two. Jinx calm, Fang pissed.

Surprisingly for once I didn't know what to do. I looked at Vision. She caught the look and went into referee mode.

"Fang just go back with them. We'll be fine here."

"But-"

Vision went into glare mode.

They had a stare down for at least a minute until Fang pulled back.

"Fine," he nearly growled, "But if anything happens expect an I told you so." Then he stalked off before saying goodbye. The experiments followed. Well he would be a ball of sunshine to come home to.

"Max, it's good seeing you again." Jinx whispered in my ear.

I turned around to face him.

"Look Jinx, thanks for helping us but after this is all done-"

He cut me off. That is really starting to get annoying.

"It'd be best if I went off on my own. I understand. Just remember I'll be around if you need me." He said. Before I could reply, he had swiftly ran off to join the others.

This was going to be a long couple of days. I really hoped Iggy had packed some chocolate.

*Cringes* Sorry about how short it was. I'll do my best to update soon. I'm going for Monday. We'll see if I make it. Please review. It defintely inspires me to write. Also, 200th reviewer gets sneak peek of Traiterous Eyes once I start writing it.