I don't own Maximum Ride. James Patterson is the best. Yay, now on we go….

"Where are they?" Jeb screamed.

The other 'whitecoats' looked around at each other.

"How could they have escaped? I thought you guys secured the rooms."

One whitecoat bravely looked up, "We did Jeb. Max got out of the operating room by punching Bob out cold."

A little smile swept across Jeb's face. He liked the fact that Max was so strong. He was proud of his little girl, his creation.

Just then, another whitecoat ran into the room panting.

"What is it Sally?" Jeb said concerned.

Sally was one of the more respected scientists amongst School. She had found many new advances in the scientific field.

"Fang's gone. He got out. All of the Minions are spread around the field dead."

(A/n: Minions are mini-lions mashed up in one word. I know it's weird, but hey, I guess it works :P)

All of the whitecoats looked at her in shock. The Minions are supposed be very dangerous. That's what Jeb had created them for. He had made them to join the Erasers in wiping out the flock. They had left them in the arena with Fang, and the goal was to get rid of him. Fang was just a distraction to Max, and she didn't need anymore distractions. She was supposed to save the world.

Ari had been injected with a powerful enhancing serum a week ago. This was to create Ari's ability to take the form of another person's body. He was to then replace Fang, and go off with the rest of the flock. In the place of Fang, Ari was to try to lead them to more dangerous situations. The ultimate goal was to get rid of all of the kids except Max.

"How can this happen? What did Ari do wrong?" Jeb said furiously.

"We found Ari at the end of the hallway. He was lying on the ground unconscious. We ran him to the recovery room and quickly revived him. He then told us that Max had figured him out."

Whispers filled the room as Jeb stood there gaping at her. He was trying to figure out what had gone wrong with his brilliant plan. Then a light bulb went on in his head.

"Send Ari up here please. I have a new order for him."

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We walked quickly down the hall towards the closet. The footsteps we had heard died down, and eventually stopped.

Fang still was holding onto me. I think he was giving up the tough guy act a little bit, and it was about time too. We eventually got to the door and I pulled it open. Fang walked in first and turned on the flickering light. I stepped in and peeked out the door to look down the hall again. It thankfully looked clear, so I closed it and turned the lock.

Fang was sitting down against the wall. He was holding a rag and dabbing the bloody cut on his chest. I grabbed a robe from the top self and sat down opposite him.

"Does it hurt?" I asked as I saw him wince every time he touched it.

"Sorta, it's not bad though."

"Do you want a new shirt?"

He looked up at the robe that I was holding in front of him. He nodded slightly and grabbed it.

"Do you wanna tell me what else happened now?" He said as he carefully lifted off his old shirt.

I looked down at my lap.

"Okay."

I told him the whole story about finding everyone, plus Ari. Fang stared at me with wide eyes. I don't think I've ever seen then that wide.

"Wow."

That was all he said.

"Wow? Fang this is crazy! What is going on at this place?"

I realized that I was yelling at him.

"Sorry." I said quietly.

He just starred at me blankly.

"Well, I don't know what's going on. But, we have to find everybody first."

"Yeah, but I'm a little, I don't know, scared I guess."

I was embarrassed to reveal my feelings to him. But he surprised me and nodded. There was an awkward silence for a while. Then I looked at his stomach again and saw that he was bleeding, again.

"You're bleeding." I smirked.

Fang groaned and started dabbing his chest again.

"Don't do that. That makes it hurt more."

I moved over to him and took the rag from his hand. Then I carefully laid the rag on top of the cut and pressed down a little. He groaned again.

"Oh yeah, and that makes it feel so much better." He said sarcastically.

"Oh shut up." I laughed.

He grabbed my hand and moved it away.

"Thanks, Mom." He said in a funny voice.

I glared at him. "Be quiet."

He flashed a nice smile, and laughed a little. It was kind of weird seeing Fang smile and laugh like that, but it was a little comforting too. 'Whoa, let's not go overboard there Max." I told to myself.

"Max, there are plans being made. You need to get ready and go."

"Go where? What plans?"

Of course, the Voice didn't answer back. What's the point of having a voice, if it doesn't answer your questions?

"My voice says we have to go?"

Fang raised his eyebrows. "Where to?"

"Um, I don't know, but I'll think of something."

Yeah, that was very leader-like of me. Not know where the heck to go. I stood up and brushed myself off. Fang got on his robe and slowly tried to get up.

"That's a nice color on you." I said as I smiled pretty. He just glared at me.

Then suddenly there was a loud bang on the door. The handle started to jiggle, and it sounded like someone was throwing themselves against it. I looked up at Fang. He looked back at me and nodded. I grabbed his arm and held it tightly.

"Hang on." He whispered.

Then the door suddenly swung open.

"Hello you two."

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