I don't own Maximum Ride, unfortunatly. James P. rocks. :)

I woke up from my deep sleep and found myself lying on the ground with my sleeping bag on top of me. I rolled onto my back and looked up at the tall trees covering the sky. I slowly sat up and saw everyone sleeping around a small fire that was set up in the middle of the camp. I was starving, and hot dogs were sitting a few feet away from me. So I got on my hands and knees and stood myself up to go and get them. But as I stood up, my head started to spin and I fell down and landed right on my butt.

I started to get really frustrated. I punched the ground with my fist without even thinking. "Ow. Damn." I guess I had punched the ground harder than I expected.

"Having fun?" A dark figure said as it came towards me. I could tell it was about to laugh.

"Hi." I said in a harsh tone.

"Hi." Fang grabbed the hot dogs and sat down beside me smirking.

"How do you feel?"

"Great." I said sarcastically, grabbing them out of his hand and shoving one in my mouth.

Fang smiled at me, trying not to laugh.

"Shut up."

"You know, after all of this, you should really consider signing up for ballet classes."

I hit Fang, but I couldn't help but smile.

Fang started to look serious again, "What happened yesterday?"

Those words lingered in my head for a while as I tried to remember what did happen yesterday. Then I thought back and remembered falling, and my horrible brain attack. My body started to ache when I thought of it. I took in a deep breathe and blew it out.

"I'm not sure. I was fine flying for a few miles, and then my head started to electrocute me, or something."

"Electrocute you?" Fang looked at me weird.

"Yeah, it was a lot worse then the usual head thing. This was like that times ten, and everything hurt, not just my head."

We both looked at the ground.

"I saw things this time too. They were like these images of things that I had never seen before."

I told him what they were. He held his head in his hand and looked at me.

"I don't where they came from."

The image of the brick building suddenly flashed into my head.

"And there was also this building that I saw that I've never heard of. It's somewhere in DC."

Fang raised his eyebrows and had the look on his face that he has when he's thinking. He always seemed to have a certain look for every little thing he does or feels.

"So, do you think we should go there and check it out?" He said finally.

I thought about it. Part of me didn't want to, but the other part of me was a little curious of what I might find.

"I don't know." I said as I stuffed another hot dog in my mouth.

We both looked at the ground. I started to pull at the grass and Fang was throwing a rock back and forth between his hands.

"Oh, and thanks."

He looked up at me confused.

"For what?"

"For yesterday." I said quietly.

"Well, I told you I wouldn't let you fall and die."

He looked up and smiled brightly. I smiled back, feeling my cheeks get warm.

"But it was sorta hard to catch you since you weight a ton."

I dropped my mouth open. "You jerk." I said hitting his arm and laughing.

"Hey, I'm just kidding. Sorry." He said laughing as he tried to back away from me.

Then all of a sudden he stopped and looked around.

"What's wrong?"

"Shhh, listen." He whispered.

I listened and heard footsteps coming toward us. Fang got up and stood in front of me with his wings pulled out a little. I tried to get up, grabbing Fang's shoulder for support as I stood.

"What is it?" I asked quietly.

"I dunno."

Before I could answer, I felt someone grab my arms from behind me and pull me back.

"Fang!" I screamed.

The kids heard me and scrambled out of their sleeping bags as Erasers started to close in on them.

"What the hell is goin-"

"Shut up." An Eraser voice snapped from behind me. It was painfully holding my two arms back, and I could feel my shoulders start to pop out of place.

"Max!" Fang yelled as Erasers starting to grab him as well.

"Hold on!" He struggled to get away, but they grabbed his arms and held him back too. The Erasers suddenly started to put him into a bag. I saw him try to get out, but I knew he wouldn't.

I looked over at Iggy and Gazzy. They were thrashing around as Erasers started to put them in bags as well. Nudge and Angel were already taken away, but I could here them screaming in the distance.

"NO. WAIT! STO-" I screamed as duck tape was placed over my mouth.

I started to cry in frustration. I was trapped, and so was everyone else. Once again, I had failed to save them.

"You weren't made to fail Max. There are bigger plans for you. But you have the power to change them."

I listened to the 'voice' as I was being shoved into a bag. I was in darkness, and there was no way out. Someone then picked me up and threw me into a van. I tried to scream, but my mouth was closed shut with tape. The engine started, and it began to move.

I didn't know where they were taking me. But I had to find my flock. I would not let myself lose them again.

Not a lot of Fax. Sorry about that. But, I wanted to try to stay true to the characters, well sort of. hehe. R&R PLEASE! feedback is nice:P