A/N Hah sorry for the cliffie. But that was a total dun dun dunnnn moment. That was like, okay cue the dramatic music. But here's the next chapter. Thanx for the loyal reviewing.

Max's POV

"Max?" Nudge asked. I tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness washed over me.

"Nudge, what's wrong?" I asked, closing my eyes to regain myself.

"Max, the boys are gone." Nudge said. I opened my eyes and jumped to my feet, the sick feeling in my stomach only growing.

I looked around. Their backpacks were still here, but they weren't. Angel was holding Gazzy's backpack crying. I walked over and pulled her into a hug.

"Shh, shh. It's okay. We'll get them back." I told her. She cried into my shoulder, but nodded. I looked around again. There was no sign of a struggle. Chloroform. The instant blacker-outer. That explains my dizziness.

"Ange, hey Ange, do you know where they could be?" I asked calmly. She shook her head then wiped her eyes and concentrated.

"They actually aren't that far from here. I can hear them. They are all worried. Want me to tell them we're coming?"

"No Ange. We'll surprise them. Nudge, you and I will carry the backpacks. Angel can carry her own and Gazzy's, but we'll empty Gazzy's a little. I guess I'll carry Total as well. Let's find a safe place to leave the bags." I told them. They nodded, and we set off to find a place.

It didn't take that long. After we left the bags there, we headed to where Angel heard the boys' thoughts. Nudge was surprisingly quiet as we flew, and I silently thanked her for that. When we got to the place Angel said the thoughts were loudest, we met up with some unexpected guests.

"Mouse!" Nudge squealed. Mouse squealed too and they hugged.

"Were your guys taken too?" Mel asked. Her eyes looked a little puffy. Angel nodded.

"Well then, that's more power added to our rescue team. Plan?" I asked Raven. She thought about it and relayed it to me. I smiled.

"Okay guys, here's what we'll do. Nudge and Mouse, you guys are going to find files on everyone. Angel and Mel, you guys are going to make sure the white coats stay clear of us. Angel, signal me if someone come in the direction I am in. Me and Raven are going to search different sides of the building to find the boys." Everyone nodded.

"Hello. What about me?"

"You'll come with me and Mellow." Angel said. Good, because he wasn't coming with me.

Angel and Raven controlled the few white coats at the entrance, making them pretend we worked there and let us through. Once inside, we each split off in a different direction. Raven went left, I went right, and everyone else went straight, only to separate and another intersection.

I casually walked through the halls, dodging as many white coats and cameras as that came, with help from Angel. Then, without warning, a white coat turned around the corner. Inhaling quickly, I stepped into the shadows of a dark hallway, trying to remain unseen. Long seconds passed as I waited, holding my breath.

Fang's POV

I opened my eyes to a bright light. I don't like bright. Blinking a few times, I sat up, and automatically realized I wasn't in the clearing anymore. Stupid white coats.

I looked around. Iggy and Gazzy were still out, and I noticed they weren't the only ones.

Shadow, Cloud, and Blaze were in the room with us. Only Shadow was awake.

He heard me moving, even though I am fairly quiet, and looked up.

"Just us?" I asked. He shrugged. Immediately I knew that they didn't get Max or the others. Why target the guys? Raven was surely more powerful than any of us, and Max was fairly strong herself.

I sat there. We were in what looked like a giant glass room. Only Shadow told me had punched the wall and it hadn't done a thing. Well that blew. There was air in here, coming from somewhere. But even the white coats knew better than to make it too big, or visible.

After awhile, everyone was up, and as much as I hate to say this, there was absolutely nothing we could do.

Then someone came around the corner. A smile lit her face as she saw us in the glass chamber.

She came.

Max's POV

They white coat had passed without looking over at me. A bit frightened of going back down that hallway, I turned and continued down the dark one I was in. as I turned the corner a familiar face caught my eye.

I had found them. Both groups. I smiled as I lightly jogged over. It looked made of glass. But if it was, Fang and the others would already have broken out. So I highly doubted that.

Everyone jumped up when I came over. It was so odd, being on one side and having them on the other. I placed on hand on the cold glass pane, and looked around. I couldn't see any way of getting out. I frowned. A buzzing noise, dull, not in my head, outside of it, sounded.

My frown of confusion became one of fear as I realized what it was. A mini missile was coming at me. I had been up against these before. They lock onto you, and no matter what you do, they don't give up. I took my hand off the glass chamber and took a few steps back. But I wasn't quick enough.

Raven's POV

I had picked up on Max's thoughts, extremely happy that she had found them. I followed her thoughts, down a few hallways. I was running down a dark one when I saw her looking petrified. Then I saw the missile heading straight for her. I knew I wouldn't make it into time to stop it, so I grabbed out at the air, miming grabbing the missile. At the same time that it exploded, I used my other hand to push Max backwards. All while running.

I stood at the edge of the hallway, one hand still up where I had pushed Max, the other still gripping the air like the missile. The smoke surrounded me and I used my mind to imagine it clearing away. When the smoke dissipated, I kept my position for a few seconds, before lowering my hands and walking back to give Max a hand.

She took it gratefully and stood up.

"Thanks. I needed that." she said. I just nodded and shook of some post-explosion dust. She pointed at a chamber I noticed that our friends were in it.

Everyone looked relieved, even Iggy. I motioned for them to stand back.

I placed my hands on the cold glass and closed my eyes. Focusing on every particle, every inch of this side, I bent my mind around it. Then, with my mind, I pulled the glass towards me, creating a shield around me and Max.

The glass shattered in all directions, raining down on us. The boys ran out, mine wrapping me in a hug, Max's doing the same.

"Where's everyone else?" Shadow asked us.

"Mel and Angel, and Total apparently, are taking care of the white coats, keeping them away. Nudge and Mouse are on file search, and well, we're here for you guys." Max told them. I nodded. We had purposely left Fray at the house.

We met up with the girls in the lobby. Nudge and Mouse rambled on about what they had found and at the same time telling everyone how much they'd missed them, even though it had been less than a day.

Mel and Ange blushed, well more Mel, when me and Max thanked them for keeping the white coats off our tails.

But just as we were heading out of the building, white coats and Flyboys charged us. Apparently, when I shattered the glass, a silent alarm went off. That's not good.

We ran out the door and jumped up. We started flying when a gun sounded. There was a small gasp and then Max started falling.

I pushed everyone and everything on the ground back into the building and Fang flew down and caught Max. She was bleeding heavily out of a bullet wound in her stomach. I knew right away that it was fatal. She wasn't dead yet, but she would be soon.

Nudge led us to where they had hidden their backpacks, and Fang and Iggy immediately started treating Max's wound while everyone else stood back, afraid, the younger ones crying.

I made up my mind and walked over to her body, just barely breathing. Fang was still trying to stop the bleeding. I knelt down beside him and placed my hand on his. He looked up at me. Very gently, I removed his hand from Max's wound.

I placed my hand, ever so gently, on her stomach, the blood seeping through my hand. I closed my eyes, and focused on the wound healing itself. I focused on her life force, which was quickly diminishing, and replaced it with mine.

With my mind, I pushed my life force into Max's body, very slowly, feeling her wound close up beneath my hand. Her breathing became more steady, her heartbeat normal. But she was still dying, the damage done.

Placing my other hand over my first, I focused on adding more of my life force to hers. I knew what I was doing was dangerous, and the darkness was already ebbing into my mind.

I pushed more life force into Max, completely healing her, before I collapsed sideways, breathing raggedly, and my heart beat erratic. Then I let the darkness wash over me, already numbing the pain I know felt.

What had I done? I had taken in all Max's pain and suffering, and used my life force to keep her alive. You only have a set amount of life force your entire life. Once you get rid of some, you can almost never get it back. Almost.

A/N hah. I kinda like that chapter a lot. I hope you did too. Reviews are lovely. Again, 4 reviews if you want another chapter.