Through the Pouring Rain-Chapter 25

By MyNameIsCAL

---Max's POV---

Fang sat up. His left leg looked mangled. All that blood made me feel weak.

"We gotta get out of here," Fang said, calmly.

Did he not see all that blood? He wasn't going to make it out there in the cold. The snow had to be more than knee deep. But we had to go out or Itex was only going to trap us again. Fang was gripping his leg. We had run in a circle, back to where we started. I shouldn't have even bothered. I should have never left the flock in the first place.

Somehow, we made it to Arizona. Fang was barely conscious. We had managed to stop the bleeding, but he had already lost a lot of blood. The plane ride hadn't done him any good either. Mom met us at the airport. The only choice we had was the hospital, so we went. They operated on Fang while we sat in the waiting room. There was something off about the silence, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

And it was raining again.

I walked into Fang's room. His eyes met mine and then looked away quickly.

"Fang, I'm so sorry…"

He didn't answer.

"Fang…"

He looked up at me, his eyes intensely gazed into mine, full of anger almost. "Max..."

I waited for him to continue.

Fang shook his head and turned away from me. "Just leave me alone."

I didn't understand. "Fang…"

"Go away, Max."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to get hurt," I tried to reason with him. "I didn't know it would happen this way. I'm so sorry."

"Shut up," he growled.

He didn't believe me.

"Don't you get it, Max? We went in a circle, except I ended up in more pain!" he gripped the sides of his bed, the heart rate monitor began to beep rapidly. The door of his room opened and a nurse started to pull me out.

"Fang, I'm sorry," I repeated.

He tried to sit up, but the doctor was holding him down.

Fang pushed the doctor onto the ground with a swift flick of the wrist. "I hate you."

And that's when I gave up. The nurse pulled me out and told me to wait in the hallway. I walked to the waiting room, tears rolling down my eyes. Iggy was the only one there. He stood and I walked over to him. I felt like the life had just been ripped out of me.

"What happened?" He put a hand on my shoulder.

I shook my head, sobbing now. I felt his arms come around me, awkwardly. After a moment, Iggy allowed me to cry into his shoulder. His hand patted my back.

"Max, what happened?" he asked again.

I hold onto Iggy as if he's the only solid ground I have right now.

"Max," he repeated, worried.

"He said he hated me."

The End!!!

For now…anyone up for a sequel???----EDITED: The sequel, titled Thunder: Back Through the Rain, has its first chapter up. Check i out if you're interested.