Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, so please do not sue.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but college and work are taking over my writing duties at the moment, but I hope to be able to get more writing done soon.

Chapter 3

As the flock flew towards Washington Max is still having conflicting arguments in her own mind, yeah you guessed it, with the voice.

'I don't know what you're talking about.' She said into the wind, with it howling so loudly none of the flock could hear her.

'Really? Are you sure about that? I am in your mind you know, I know things before you even realise it.'

Max looked over at Fang, he was just gliding, effortlessly. He looked so perfect just flying doing nothing else. She started to wonder what he was thinking. What was going through his mind when he was flying? Was he checking the ground below him as I do? Looking for erasers? Or was he thinking about his parents and what was to come? That was the main question in her head. The voice was gone now, but his words were still there. Was it true? Would he be the one who hurt her more than the others?

They were flying for a while when it started to grow dark.

"Hey guys." Max shouted as she flew closer to the flock. "Let's go down, there's a motel just up ahead, we can get some rest and sleep for the night on the card."

Almost immediately everyone flew to the ground. It still marvelled Max, even now, that the flock follow her orders without questioning them. They must trust her a lot, probably like she trusted them, with her life. That or they are just tired and hungry, she laughed at her own joke.

As everyone landed and folded in their wings, Max started to walk towards the door of the motel. She came back out with a set of keys five minutes later.

"We have the biggest room they have; it's normally for large families. There are two double beds and two singles. That means two get a bed to themselves, and the other four pair off and share a bed." Nudge ran past Max and grabbed the keys of her as she ran by. Max just shook her head laughing; Nudge had to get the best bed right? Just then Iggy, Gasman and Angel came running past. She knew they would want a good bed too.

Fang and Max were left behind walking next to each other in complete and utter silence, but it was comfortable, neither felt the need to talk. As they reached the room it was obvious that the others had chosen their beds. Nudge and Iggy had the separate beds and Angel and Gasman were jumping on one of the doubles. Max looked at Fang.

"Looks like we, get to share a double bed." Fang nodded.

"Looks like it."They walked in shutting the door behind them.

That night they all ordered a whole lot of room service, so much that it took two bus boys to bring it to their room with curios looks on their faces. After finished off their huge piles of food, all of the flock put their hands stacked on top of each other then separated to their beds.

They were soon of too sleep after the hard days flying and seeing Nudge's parents. Max lay awake, wondering if everyone else's meeting with their parents went just as smoothly.

Flashes of computer screens, the flock's names, addresses, photos and a picture of some mountain areas flashed painfully across Max's mind that night. She couldn't get it to stop, she held her head in her hands, worried it might explode and it sure felt like it would. Tears were streaming out her eyes, she couldn't stop them, and the pain was just too much. Suddenly she felt strong arms wrapping around her, she was being cradled to someone's chest as they were speaking into her ear. It was Fang. Then the pain stopped. She opened her eyes to look into his fearful ones.

"Are you ok?" He asked in a very concerned voice.

She nodded "Yeah, the headaches are getting worse, the flashes are getting more and more in depth. I don't know what to do to stop them."

He nodded "Just go to sleep ok?"

She lay back down, her head still on his chest. They both lay silently for a while, slowly Max drifted of to sleep with the sound of Fangs beating heart in her head.

Sunlight streaming through the dirtied windows wakes up Max. She is still lying on Fangs chest, his arm wrapped protectively around her waist. She didn't know whether to be embarrassed or not. Instead she got up and walked out of the door, no one was up yet, but they would be soon.

As she returned with everyone's breakfast she notices everyone is still asleep. Unusual for them, maybe it is earlier than she thought. All she had to do was walk past Nudge's bed with the food wafting slowly towards her and Nudge was up in a flash, soon followed by the rest of the gang. Max smiled and laughed. Predictable.

They leave an hour or so later. Fang didn't mention what had happened that night, but he did smile at her. As he did it, Max felt her heart beat skip a beat. The rest of the flight towards Washington was pretty uneventful.

Well, apart from Angel nearly dropping Total and Max caught Fang gazing at her with glazed over eyes, as if he wasn't really looking at her but was somewhere else in his mind.

"It's just below us now" Max said. They had reached their next destination.

Iggy's parents house.