A really short chapter. I'll probably post another one later on tonight. So yeah, I'm criss crossing POV's and problems and it might be kinda confusing but I kinda have to go with the flow here. Anyway, here ya go. I don't own Nudge or anything else Maximum Ride related.

*Nudge's POV*

"Nudge, wake up."

I turned over realizing that I was probably dreaming and tried to go back to sleep. I wiped the drool from my mouth just in case.

"Nudge! Wake up! We've got to go!" It took a second to register but then I recognized AJ's voice. Why did he sound so worried? He sounded like we should be in a really big hurry or something.

"AJ? What are you doing here? Your room is all the way across the house! You're going to get into trouble." I mumbled, rubbing sleep from my eyes.

"Babe, we're already in trouble. We've got to go. Come on, I'll explain later." My hand was all warm, and tingly, and sweaty when he held it and helped pull me out of bed. I landed on my feet and threw on my sneakers, since I was already wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants.

"What time is it?" I asked groggily throwing the few things I'd taken out back into my bag. Man, I need my brain to start working!

"It's almost midnight, but we've got to get out of here. We'll find a cave or something but we can't stay here."

We'd made down the stairs and across the living room. We could have jumped out, but I'm so sleepy I'd probably go splat. AJ ran in front of me throwing the fro t door open and skidded to a stop.

"I hope you weren't planning on going anywhere." Dr. Arkin stood in the door with a gun held to Jen's head.