A/N Thank you guys so much for the reviews! I had a good time reading them but for those of you who put questions in them could you please elaborate? Sometimes I'm just completely lost. Thank you all for reading this story! Enjoy.
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Max POV
The light in the hallway made the curtain covering the cart see-through on the inside. We were rolling down the hallway. I turned my head to see Sam dressed in a long white lab coat over his newly changed black t-shirt and dark pants. A surgical mask covered the bottom half of his face but if you studied him close enough you could tell it was him, his piercing green eyes working against him. We rolled down a few quiet hallways and then I heard voices.
"The security systems have been down for the last fifteen minutes!" One voice spoke frantically.
"Hopefully, no experiments escaped." Another voice responded. I clamped a hand over my mouth to cover the sound of my breathing as two white coats zipped passed us and down the hall.
"She's not in her chambers." An all-to-familiar voice said gruffly.
"What do you mean she's not in her chambers? She was locked in with no windows or possible escape!" Another voice spat.
"I mean she's not in her chambers." Ari and Dylan came walking around the corner. They had their heads turned towards each other but as I looked at Sam I could see him stiffen. My hand clamped harder down over my mouth and my body went ridged.
"You, sir, have you seen experiment 629 anywhere?" Ari pointed towards Sam and he stopped the cart. I couldn't breathe. Sam shook his head and cast his gaze downward. His eyes told me to run when the time was right. Ari noticed the glance and his eyes followed Sam's gaze. Sam nodded and I burst out of the cart. I heard a loud; "AHH!" behind me along with crashing metal and Sam sprinted to run next to me. My legs pumped hard and my breathing picked up speed. Sam led me down an assortment of hallways until we were headed toward a door that read EXIT. The pounding of feet behind us pushed me forward. I slammed into the closed door and burst into the outside world. Searchlights were everywhere and a high fence closed me in from the woods around the facility. Sam came up behind me when we reached the fence. He laced his fingers and knelt so I could step on his hand. After I was boosted about halfway up I grabbed onto the fence and started to climb. Sam started at the bottom and worked his way up with me. I had just reached the top when I heard the exit slam open again. I whipped my head to the side to see Dylan sprinting towards us with a gun in his hand. Sam was halfway to the top. Bullets whizzed past me and I threw my leg over the fence. One bullet grazed my arm and I winced in pain. Blood spilled from my wound but pure adrenaline helped me ignore it while I threw my other leg over. Letting go of the fence I dropped to the forest floor. A few seconds passed and Sam joined me. We sprinted into the maze of trees.
After a few seconds of running I heard someone else hit the ground and come sprinting after us. The loud pop of a gun rang in my ears and I willed my legs to go faster. It wasn't enough, though. Dylan came rushing out of the bushes and barreled into Sam. They both fell over and the gun flew from Dylan's grasp. Sam threw Dylan off of him and then it was war. They circled each other in fighting stances while I searched for the gun. Sam threw a punch at Dylan's head but he dodged it. He used the force of Sam's punch against him and raised his fist making Sam's gut fly into it. A groan of pain escaped through Sam's lips and I searched frantically for the gun. A few more groans and then I heard a THUMP! A foot connected with my gut and my breath whooshed out of me. I clutched my stomach.
"How's that you nasty little bitch? How's it feel to be kicked?" Dylan kicked me again this time with more force. That was definitely going to bruise. Before I knew what was going on Dylan was on top of me pinning me to the ground. "It's time to have a little fun." He grinned maliciously. His mouth came down on my neck and trailed sloppy kisses from my ear to my collar bone. I struggled under his wait, disgusted and panicked. His tongue came and licked up my jaw and I shivered in mortification. Just as his lips came down on mine Dylan was thrown off of me. I sat up and stared at the scene before me.
Fang POV
I sat in a van watching all of the cameras at once looking for any sign of Max. The police found a lead that led them to this one building out in the woods. There were images of the outside concrete structure and a few placed in the woods. One image of the woods caught my eye and I examined it closely.
"There!" I said as Max and two other men came into the picture. One of them men was tackled by the other and Max scrambled down to her knees. She searched on the ground for something while the two men were fighting. The blonde one was getting his ass kicked by the brunette and was soon on the ground. The brunette I recognized as Dylan and the blonde was Sam. Sam lay dazed on the forest floor and Dylan stalked over to Max. He kicked her in the side and I just about pissed myself.
"Aw, hell no." I said and before anyone could stop me I was out the door. I ran through the forest and looked frantically for Max and Dylan. I heard a person struggling and looked in the direction of the noise only to see Dylan licking Max. She was underneath him trying to wiggle from his grasp. Right as he kissed her I ploughed into him and knocked him to the ground. My fist met his face and his head snapped to the side. I rammed my foot into his side and he doubled over. I took that chance to slam my fist into his nose. Blood squirted everywhere but I wasn't finished. I punched him in the gut a few more times before connecting my fist to his temple and knocking him out cold. I was breathing hard from the welled up rage and then I remembered Max. I turned to see her watching with her jaw open along with wide eyes. She quickly recovered and I ran towards her. Her arm was bleeding and I looked it over quickly. She grabbed my face and held it so that I looked at her. I wrapped her in an embrace and she held onto me so tight that I could barely breathe but I didn't care. I had my Max back and that was all that mattered. I stroked her hair and the tears started to steadily stream down my face. Max tensed and ripped my head back to look at me.
Max POV
I held onto Fang for dear life and when I felt my shoulder becoming wet I tensed. Fang never cries. I ripped his head away from my shoulder to confirm my suspicions and sure enough big tears were rolling down his cheeks. I stared in shock for a moment but soon I felt tears forming in my own eyes.
"I missed you so much." I cried as I buried my head back into his shoulder. He gripped me just as tightly and continued to stroke my hair.
"I was so worried about you. You mean everything to me Max. Don't you ever doubt that. I love you more than I love myself. If you weren't in my life it would be boring and have no meaning. I love you. I love you. So much." Fang sobbed and I pulled away to stare into his eyes. He didn't need me to say it. My lips crashed onto his own and the kiss was filled with passion and love and hunger and devotion. When we pulled apart we were breathing hard. We clung to each other until we were joined by others. I had to tear myself away from Fang so I could hug the rest of the Flock. They all cried and hugged me tightly. After my tears ceased I was exhausted. My head was pounding and the world was spinning. Strong arms picked me up bridal style and I smiled weakly at Fang.
"Wait," I said suddenly remembering something. "Don't forget Sam. He helped me escape. I wouldn't have escaped without him actually." I said and Fang's arms tensed. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned into his shoulder. "Please," I whispered. The policeman that had joined the Flock here said something into their radios and a few minutes later paramedics arrived with two gurneys. One came up and wrapped my arm in gauze while I studied the scene. Dylan's unconscious body was strapped to one gurney and Sam's partially conscious one was strapped to the other. Sam told the paramedics to stop by me and I reached my hand out to touch his shoulder.
"Thank you," I said, barely above a whisper. He nodded and then the medics took him away.
On the car ride to the police station everyone was silent. Fang held me in the backseat and I clung to him. The Flock sat around in the van while Jeb drove and my mom sat in the passenger seat. A police car escorted us in front and one followed behind us for precaution.
As we reached the police station my palms grew sweaty. I didn't want to have to relive that. I started to shake slightly and Fang's arms tensed around me.
"What's wrong?" He asked quietly. I shook my head. "Max, you can tell me anything."
"I can't. I can't go through those memories again, Fang. I CAN'T." I said and looked deep into his eyes. He cupped my face as he looked at me.
"I'm going to be by your side the whole time. It's over, Max. No one is going to take you from me again, that's for damn sure. If we're to make sure that those cretins get behind bars where they belong then you have to tell the police officers what happened. I would never have you do anything you didn't want to do unless it was absolutely necessary. Trust me. After all this is over you won't ever have to speak about it again. I promise." I nodded and kissed him. I deepened the kiss and though it was gentle, it told him that I was forever his and he was forever mine, and I did trust him with everything I had. He reciprocated, telling me he understood. I broke away from him and tucked my head under his chin for the rest of the car ride.
After speaking with the police and telling them what happened we went home. My parents dropped the Flock off one-by-one and Fang and I were last. They watched to make sure we made it safely inside, then left. Fang stood behind me as I looked around. Nothing had changed. It was as if he hadn't even breathed since I left. I walked and ran my hand across the couch that I never realized I would miss so much. I looked at all of the pictures on the mantel and tears gathered in my eyes. I rubbed them away and walked to the bedroom. Fang followed behind me and sat on my bed as I stood next to my dresser. I grabbed some clean clothes and muttered something about taking a shower. I wrapped a plastic bag around the gauze that covered my wound and stepped under the rushing water. As I washed all of the sweat and dirt and fear off of me from the last few days I examined my body. I had small cuts running up and down my arms most likely from the concrete when I was first snatched and a big ugly purple and blue bruise was forming on my stomach right where Dylan kicked me. Not to mention the lack of skin and a tiny bit of flesh where the bullet had grazed me. I choked back the sobs that threaten to take over and turned the water off. After changing into my clothes I stepped out of the bathroom and saw Fang lying on the bed. He was wearing nothing but his flannel pajama bottoms. His head turned to look at me when I exited the bathroom. My dirty clothes were set in the hamper and then I lied down in the bed next to Fang. I pulled the comforter over us and snuggled deeper into him.
"I love you," I said and looked up at him. He craned his neck to look down at me and whispered a small "I love you, too." Before kissing my forehead and humming the same lullaby that I sang for him in the hospital. The soothing sound of his voice lured me to sleep but just as I was losing consciousness I heard Fang's quiet words.
"I will never lose you again."
A/N So it wasn't as action packed as I promised but there was still a fair amount of action and I made it extra-long! If you can guess what significance Max's experiment number has to her that would be like Jeti-mind trick creepy and awesome. I'm thinking this story is coming to a close pretty soon so if you haven't reviewed, a review in these last few chapters would be amazing! I love reading them and even if they don't have a suggestion that's okay. I love you all and hope you are happy when you see that I've updated. :)
~TAGGWRITC (Kiara)