A.N Thank you for reviewing guys! I'm looking for a beta right now, so soon you won't have to put up with any mistakes I miss:D cheers!

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Dopeycookiemonster- Sorry I got the idea to make something else go wrong in Max's life. But thanks for telling me your thoughts and just for you I'll skip a bit and make some FAX in the next chapter or the one after that haha:)

F MY LIFE!

I wake up to see that it'd stopped raining. I notice that we're in the exact position we fell asleep in and don't feel like moving but I know that I have to. Then I remember that we left the flock.

I shoot up quickly making Dylan jump back some and the jacket that he'd put on me fell. "Well good morning to you too" he tells me rubbing his eye and yawning.

"Sorry, yea good morning. But we have to leave now, we left the flock and what if something happened to them" I say getting worried and walking towards the entrance.

"I think they'll be fine Max" Dylan says picking up his jacket and coming to my side.

We took out our wings and lifted off shortly after. I was trying not to pour out the speed, he was trying to keep up, and to tell you the truth he was actually doing a pretty good job at it.

About fifteen minutes later…

"NO GODDAMNIT, WHY!" I shout at the empty bathroom. Dylan and I had quickly checked all of the rooms in this stupid apartment thing and came up with the same result. Empty, all fucking empty!

"Max calm down, I'm mad too but we'll find them. It'll be ok" he says trying to calm me.

"No, it's all my fault! Every time I leave, something always goes wrong! And this time I knew we were being watched. How could I be so stupid?" I say, my anger now turning to sorrow as Dylan sinks down to where I just now realized I was on the floor.

I was sitting on the floor with face in my palms feeling like an idiot and he wraps an arm around me saying "it's not your fault Max; don't beat yourself up for it. Anyway, it's my fault too and I know it's horrible but we will find them. I swear my life on it. You know how much I love this flock, you all took me in, and I'll do anything for you."

That did make the hopeless feeling in the pit of my stomach lighten a bit, but now I felt like an idiot for breaking down like that when I was supposed to be finding whoever did this. "Thanks Dylan" I tell him as I try to regain any dignity I have left and get up, grabbing his hand to pull him up too. "Ok first we have to find out who took them, let's spread out and look for clues. You stay up here I'll look downstairs, k?"

He nods and smiles getting out of the bathroom and going to look.

About half an hour later I was taking a break because I was looking in the same places over and over again and I was getting ready to scream and scratch at the walls or something. So I sat on the couch and looked up at the door.

How in the hell could I have missed something like that?

We had gotten in through my window so we didn't pay much attention to the front door in our desperate (and failing) attempt at finding the flock. But the door had a huge hole where the door handle had been. There were also a few scratches in the middle and a piece of semi crumbled paper stuck in the handle hole.

I turned my head over my shoulder to the stairs and screamed "Dylan!"

As I was walking to the door I heard him run down and I think he stumbled "Yea? Did you find something?" He asked while I was smoothed the paper out.

"Um I think I did" I say deciding to not bring up his stumble. I look at the paper which read-

'Max,

If you want to have your flock to be safe again, come to these coordinates.'

Dylan and I quickly went to the laptop and typed in the coordinates at the bottom of the page. They were somewhere in Wyoming, not too far away, that was good.

Right then my stomach decided it was an excellent time to feel hungry and growled. I remembered we hadn't eaten anything at all today and it was already like twelve "let's eat something quick and then go."

"Ok" He says walking to the kitchen. I grabbed some turkey from the fridge and he grabbed bread. I ate four sandwiches and got up "hey could you make a few more so we can take them on the road?" I ask him. He nods while chewing his fifth sandwich and goes back to the kitchen.

I quickly go to my room and grabbed my back pack so he can put them in. My stuff was already all in there. We always keep our things packed just in case we have to leave in a hurry so I knew everyone else's things were packed too. I left my bag on the table so Dylan could fill it with the food and then went in to everyone's rooms and grab their bags. I walked in the living room while stuffing Iggy, Gazzy, and Dylan's bags in Nudge's, then added the laptop in there too.

She had begged to get a slightly bigger bag so she could fit in two extra shirts. I finally gave in when she showed me a bag that was literally weightless and promised to not talk for the rest of the day. And plus, the bag was still considered somewhat small.

I put Nudge's bag on the table as Dylan zipped up my pack. He held it out to me with one hand and reached for Nudge's with the other "no, I can carry it" I tell him, while reaching for the other.

"Max don't be stubborn right now! I know you can carry it, but this one's yours and we don't have time to argue right now. Just take it!" he tells me holding my bag closer to me.

"Don't tell me what to do!" I tell him but grab my bag anyway, for the sake of time, but glaring at him.

As if realizing what he just did he says "sorry" and looks down at the floor.

"Whatever" I say and go to the door. He follows me and we both take our wings out seeing that no one was near. I squat and jump forcefully into the air. Flapping my wings only twice, I'm already ten feet in the air when Dylan finally takes off.

We had about four or five hours of flying and I wasn't planning on taking a break. Good thing we weren't out of shape.

Five hours later…

We were close to the coordinates that we were sent to so I made us go down. We hid behind some trees so we could eat something before going in and to hide the bags. We had already eaten some of the things when we stopped about two hours into the flight. Turns out we (mostly me) weren't meant to fly more than about two hours. Mental note: I have to train the whole flock to fly longer distances.

When we finished eating a sandwich or two I hid the two packs in some tree and went down to Dylan "ok, you ready?"

"Yup" he said nodding once.

I take a deep breath and say "ok, let's do this." We take our wings out again and fly to the top of the building that we were supposed to go to. Considering the lack of guards, I'm guessing that already this is a trap. I mean I knew it was a trap already but this was a kind of trap in a trap… If that makes sense… Well whatever we're on top of the frickin roof and my flock is inside of this building, so trap or not we're going in!

We look around for some place to get in through for a minute until Dylan calls me over to a vent in the middle of the roof that he got open. I go in first and wait for him to squeeze in too and close the vent up behind him.

We crawl in there for a while until the vent splits into two ways that both go down and seem thinner so it looked like either way we went, it'd be hard (if even possible) to get back out of. "Which way do you think we should go?" I ask Dylan behind me.

"I have no clue, it's your call" he tells me.

Well if we pick the wrong way I guess we could just find a way out and go from there. Ok then we'll go lef-'go right Max'

I usually hate the voice but this time it wasn't being all fortune cookie on me so, Oh My Gosh!

'Voice, Your back!' I think at it.

'Max, go right and you'll get to the flock quicker.'

Well I guess it didn't want to talk. We'll go right then "we're going right."

"As you wish" Dylan says behind me and I start to crawl to the right.

I had to squeeze some, but I made it through the thin part, and instantly knew I wouldn't be able to get back out "ok, it's your turn now" I tell him trying to turn around a little.

"Ok" he said hesitantly. He got his head through but when it was his shoulders' turn he started to struggle. He got part of his chest through when he really got stuck and I tried to turn all the way around to help him.

I found a way to turn around but when I saw him I knew he wouldn't be able to go through. I might be able to push him out though "ok Dylan, listen to me. I'm going to push you out and then you have to get out ok?" He was about to argue so I added "you can find another entrance, but I can't get back out."

"But Max I don't want to leave you" he says almost begging.

"Don't argue with me" I say sternly as I push his shoulders out. I stop for a second to say "you're gonna have to help me a little here."

He unwillingly starts backing out while I push him and he finally gets free. He tries to turn around but the vent is too small so he just starts backing out saying "I'll find you as soon as I can." I nod, turn around and begin to make my way through the vent.

I pass a few holes in the vent that look down into rooms but they're all empty. When I got to the fifth one I was expecting to see an empty room so I was pleasantly surprised to see some movement when I passed it. I stopped crawling and went back a little so I could get a better look in the room.

Ahhh! There they were! I was so happy that I almost started to scratch at the vent for it to open. But I quickly remembered to check out the room first.

The whole room was a cream color it actually looked pretty homey. There was one door that was closed and probably locked. There were four couches, one on each wall of the rectangular room and a table with some magazines on it in the center. There was also a plant in each corner of the room, the whole thing looked a little like a waiting room. Iggy was sitting tensely in the middle of the couch facing the door, Gazzy to his right. Nudge was curiously looking at the magazines and after a moment she cautiously reached for one.

When she looked back up she saw me and looked for a few seconds while I put my finger to my lips then pointed down at the vent and grabbed a bar. She nodded and quietly went back to where Iggy and Gazzy were. She whispered "don't react, Max is up in the vents and she needs help getting out, tell Gazzy" he told Gazzy and right as Gazzy was about to say something Iggy put his hand up in a hush motion. They all stood still and right as I was starting to think that maybe Iggy's hearing really was going away, the door opened.

Dr. Hans came in with Dylan being flanked from behind by two huge dudes.

WAIT DR. HANS?

Yes it was him! What was he doing here? What did he have to do with this? I'm so confused…

"You can stay here Dylan, with the rest of your flock. At least until Max decides to show herself" Dr. G says as he looks around the room "are any of you hungry?"

"What are you doing?" Dylan asked, probably shocked that he was holding them captive. He'd thought of the Dr. as his father before he joined the flock; we tried to make him see he's really the enemy. But I guess Dylan still failed to see all that he's done (killing Fang- cough cough).

"I'm not doing anything bad if that's what you're implying. Max may have brainwashed all of you to think that I'm a bad guy. But honestly, I'm really not. I am only trying to help save our future!" Dr. G.H exclaims. Dylan looked a little sad but didn't respond.

Seeing that no one reacts to that, he shakes his head a little and walks out, locking the door as he leaves.

Everyone was still for a moment until Dylan turned back from the door to look at everyone. I had moved a little so Hans couldn't see me and now I moved back so I could silently ask Iggy if it was all clear. Dylan's head shot up to look at the spot I was at and he smiled.

"It's ok to come out now, they're down the hall now" Iggy says from below as he gets up.

Nudge and Gazzy get up too and looked up to see me. They smiled and I smiled back. I looked at the vent and took the little bars out a little surprised they didn't have bolts. After I took them out I sat on the edge and then jumped down, landing on all fours. "Is everyone ok? I'm so sorry I wasn't there!" I loud whispered.

"We're ok, it's ok" Gazzy said smiling.

"Yea, it's ok. We were actually worried about you Max! I mean when we woke up you weren't there and we thought they got you too and then they took us here but you weren't here and they didn't tell us anything. And OMG Dr. Hans is involved so it can't be good and-"

"Ok Nudge I think she's caught up now" Iggy says.

"Hahah. Ok guys now we have to figure out how to get out" I say.

"Max, Max, Max. Did you really think we weren't aware of your presence here?" I hear a Hans say on speakers somewhere in the room.

A moment later he comes in the room with the two guards again. As he closes the door behind him I see that there are two more guards outside. The two guards in the room position themselves on either side of the door as Hans sits on the couch next to the door. "Please, sit. I have a few matters that I'd like to discuss with you" he says motioning to the couch opposite of his. I look at him for a moment so he adds "I would like you to consider it, but you only have to listen, is that ok?"

I nod hesitantly, say "I guess", and sit down slowly. Dylan sits to my right, Iggy to my left, Nudge on the arm rest by Iggy, and Gazzy on my lap. "Ok shoot" I tell G.H. when we all get situated.

"You remember you got pregnant a short while ago?" I tense at his words.

'Great way to start this Hans!' I think. What, had he done that? I bet he did!

"Well I did that" he informs me.

I start to get angry which made Dylan twitchy beside me, and then he made a low kind or growl noise from deep in his throat, wtf? I look at Dylan and he was glaring at the Dr.

"And it was Dylan's child" he says quickly, that made Dylan shut up. Wow Dylan…

"But now hear me out! As I told you before, the Gen 77 kids really need a leader, now more than ever. There've been on many training missions but they all always fail because they always argue and fight with each other. They need a head; a leader Max. They need someone who knows what they're doing and has experienced, like you with the flock. They need someone strong willed and tough, they need you Max."

I stayed silent and someone to my left coughed.

"And after you're gone they'll need someone like you, someone sure to take over where you left off. So there won't be violence when a new leader is needed." He paused for a second.

"We already went over this G", he made a face at the name but let it go, "and I already said no."

"Max we really need this!" he exclaims while scooting to the edge of his seat and waving his arms. "I've already lost Jeb's support in the matter; he says this kind of thing should be done naturally or something. But you have to understand we're running out of time! If at the very least you could produce an heir-"

"Ok even if I did agree to this, which I would never do, you're still not getting that I am fifteen! I already have things I have to do, I have to find one of my flock members, and I have to lead my own flock!" I tell him getting aggravated that he was still on this, after I told him no.

"Well Dylan could take over the flock while you're not able to, and then after the child is born we could take it off your hands so we could train it" he says like it was the most logical thing to do.

This made me angrier than ever and I stood up quickly, forgetting Gazzy was on me and almost made him fall on the floor. I caught him though and then charged at the guy yelling "I would never give you my child you monster!"

Dylan had stood up too and ran after me, grabbing me from behind before the guards could get me. "My hands are tied Max, I'm running out of options and if you don't do this willingly well, we're going to have to force you" Dr. Hans says.

I was struggling half-heartedly against Dylan's grip when Dr. G got up. "You are not leaving us in here!" I yell at him.

He looks back and says "well it's only you we really need but if we let the others go they might try something."

"Guys, we're getting out of here!" I yell back and Dylan releases his light hold on my arms.

"Guards!" Dr. G screams. What a coward.

One guard that was inside the room grabbed my arm. I pulled away which got my arm free easily. I kicked him in the stomach which made him go flying with his arms and legs out in front of him, hit the wall, and lay there in a crumbled heap. "Really, humans?" I yell at Hans. Then the one guard outside the room grabs me from behind and this one's a little stronger, still human, but stronger. I try to elbow him or something but he has his arms around me in such a way that I can't move.

As I was doing that Gazzy had beet up the other guy inside the room and he was on the ground groaning in pain. Iggy had gone to the guard and punched him in the stomach making the air wheeze out of him. He regained his posture and took a swing at Iggy's face. Iggy caught the guy's fist in his left hand without even flinching as Nudge ran to them and kicked the guard's side making him hit the hallway wall with his side and slide down unconscious.

As a struggled with the guy on my back someone tapped him shoulder. As he turned Dylan pressed a stop on his shoulder making him slump down and release me. Dylan grabbed him and threw him by his sleeping friend by the wall. All in all it had only taken us about ten seconds to beat these guys up.

"Where'd he go?" I ask at no one in particular.

"I heard him run that way!" Iggy says pointing to the right at the end of the hallway.

I run there with the others following me. When I get to the end of the long hall and turn right and see Hans run inside a room at the end of that hall and close the door. "He's over there!" I say pointing at the door as I run. When we get there I pause at the door as they all pile in around me. I look grab the door handle and look back at my flock, they all nod and I open the door.

"Ohemge" Nudge whispers.

"What? What's going on? I can't see" Iggy says confused.

"There's a bunch of robots on both side of the room hanging from metal things. I think they're charging" Gazzy explains to him.

Hans finally shows himself at the end of this long room. He walks to the middle-back of the room and says "Ok Max, I'll give you two options. One you can stay here and help us for a while, I'll let the flock go, and leave you alone after you help us. Or two you can try to escape, I'll send all these robots after you, and I will get my way."

I freeze. There weren't enough robots to get us. I didn't know how strong they were but I had no doubt in my mind that Hans would put up a big fight for this. I look back at my flock. Iggy had on a begging look, Gazzy shook his head with a pleading face, and Nudge looked at me and said "no Max don't do it, you can't leave us, we can take him."

I looked at Dylan who had a questioning look on his face I shook my head at him and turned back to Dr. G; my mind now made up on what to do. "No Max, don't do this!" Nudge yelled almost crying as I walk towards Hans. Dylan put out his arm to stop Nudge when she started towards me "What are you doing? We can't just let her go!" she screams at him.

I stop when I'm close to him and he smiles. I reach in my hoodie pocket and his smile turns into a frown. I quickly grab and throw a knock-out smoke bomb I'd gotten from Gazzy's pack earlier and throw it at Hans as he screams "Maximum!" and swats at the air while walking backwards. I run back to my flock and wave them out as he hits the floor.

It took us a while to get out but there didn't seem to be anyone else around so we didn't get held up anymore. When we finally did get out I led them to where we'd hidden the bags. I put two others small explosives I'd gotten from Gazzy's bag back in and gave out everyone's bags. Then we took off to find somewhere to stay.

As we were flying I realized I hadn't told them something "hey guys, I forgot to tell you. In two days we have to go meet up with Fang."

"Yey!" Nudge squealed from behind. Gazzy and Iggy smiled but Dylan didn't react.

A.N. Hey guys sorry this one took longer but I had so much homework this week I don't think it was legal. I had it done yesterday but I don't know what I pressed and I deleted everything so I had to write most of the story again. No word from the betas I asked so I don't know about that…:(

Love yall!

~L