A.N- Alright, just to let you know, this is not what I think Ratchet is like (I don't even remember exactly what his character is like). I think he's completely OOC in this chapter, but I need to make him do this to add some drama. I know I said this would give you clues, but this will probably tell you exactly what will happen (two things btw)… Oh well, enjoy^_^ Also, no one has said anything about the drawing… Was it that bad? Should I not finish the other?

Thank you kind peoples for your reviews!: bananaisdabomb, lax4life22, and sjkjabkhnsfbkhfks(nice name btw). Angle will turn up when Itex comes into play.

Kate's Take

(Kate POV)

I couldn't believe this was actually happening to me.

No, it had to be wrong…

"Kate? Are you done, can I come in?" I hear Star say from behind the bathroom's closed door.

"No, hang on." I say as I put the thing in my pocket before opening the door. "Let's go on a walk. I need to get some fresh air." I tell her casually. She nods, understanding that I had to talk to her where no one could hear.

Holden was cross-legged on the hospital bed, watching TV with the volume turned up all the way. Maya was laughing with the now present Dylan (I don't think I've seen her laugh before…). As soon as I walked out of the bathroom, Dylan looked back at me with questioning look and mouthed 'are you OK?' as Maya turned and screamed at Holden to turn the volume down. I nodded a 'yes' and looked towards the window.

Ratchet had been looking out the window and as soon as I looked, he turned to face us, "Can I come with you all?" He asked from the complete opposite side of the noisy room.

"Actually, I need to have some girl time. Is that alright?" I whisper.

"Fine, but you owe me now." Ratchet says winking. I briefly smile back, and then turn away towards the door with Star's hand in mine.

"Hang on you two. Where are you going?" Maya asks with a serious face, looking away from Holden.

"We just need to go outside for a while; we've been in here too long." Star answers.

"Before you go, you all should hear this." Dylan says.

Maya nods and motions for everyone to come closer.

"Well, Fang's with Max right now, waiting for her to wake up with Nudge. I left because he wanted to be with them for a while, and he told me to catch you all up to speed." He pauses and looks around at us, who nod in anticipation. "Max is pregnant, again." He says, and lets it sink in for a bit.

"Again?" Star asks, disbelievingly.

Dylan nods, unsure whether she was being sarcastic or not.

Maya rolls her eyes at them and the pauses. "Wait, so is it yours?" She asks a little scared.

"He could be." Dylan says with a grin. "Or he might be Fangs…" He adds, the grin sliding off his face.

"Slut!" Star coughs.

Dylan gives her a death glare that makes her swallow audibly.

I look to my left to see Ratchet's reaction and I'm a little shocked to see anger.

"So what are we gonna do now?" Holden speaks up from beside Maya, sounding like the innocent little boy he usually was.

"I guess whatever Fang thinks is best." Maya says bluntly.

"Why would he do something like that? Now we'll probably have to postpone our mission for God knows how long!" Ratchet growls.

I'm shocked even further. Is that what he thinks the child is? Nothing more than a nuisance?

"Shut up Ratchet, I'm sure Fang wouldn't have done something like that!" Maya yells. "Dylan?" She asks, less confidently now.

"No. He didn't, we didn't do it… Well, not completely on purpose anyways." He tells us. "We were like drugged or something, by Hans. It wasn't like last time though, where Max was just impregnated by Hans in some way. It was really… Us…"

"Oh." I say, understanding what he meant.

"You could have resisted." Ratchet mutters under his breath.

'He's such a hypocrite.' I think to myself.

Dylan sighs. "Whatever, I'd like to have seen you try. Just come over to the flock's room later. We're all supposed to meet up there." He says, and walks out.

We all sit there in silence, until Ratchet gets up, walking to the window and slamming his fist into the wall.

I roll my eyes. "Star, let's go." I say angrily.

Star looks up at me, confused, and then back at Maya. "We won't be gone long." She says and runs to catch up to me at the door in about five milliseconds.

…

We were walking on a side walk, a block or so away from the hospital when Star finally spoke.

"You took it?" She asks casually.

"Mhm." I answer, taking the thing out of my pocket and dump it in a metal trash can.

"So it was-"

"Yup." I say.

She doesn't say anything for a while as we keep walking.

After a while she looks up at the sky. "He didn't mean it you know. He just got a little carried away that's all, it'll be fine." She tells me with a smile.

"I hope you're right." I say, looking up to the clear blue sky as well.

…

The door opens and we all look towards it.

Nudge walks in cheerfully, with Max and Fang talking behind her.

Just as Fang walks close enough, Ratchet grabs his arm and pulls him to our group. Leaving Max with a confused and slightly peeved look on her face, but she keeps walking towards her flock.

I can't help it, I stare at her. So do the rest of us as Ratchet whisper-screams at Fang.

I'm trying to keep my face free of any emotions, but I already know that I'm failing and that I probably look like a scared little kitten.

Star grabs my hand in hers, whispering that everything will be OK.

I nod confidently and turn back to Fang.

He has a bored expression on his face as Ratchet carries on whisper-screaming at him.

"What's wrong with you man! What are we going to do now, huh? Just wait for Max? We joined forces for a reason, do you remember that Fang?" Ratchet says. "We should just leave them-"

I hear Nudge scream something about the baby and look back. Star apparently had too because she looks back as well. We turn back to our group quickly though, when we hear Fang cut Ratchet off.

"Don't!" Fang hisses, anger contorting his features, and moves closer to Ratchet. "We are not leaving the flock, especially right now. You hear me?" He whispers furiously. "I am the leader of our band; I call the shots, alright? If you don't agree with what I'm doing, then leave! I'm not making you stay." He says, narrowing his dark eyes. "But if you want to be part of this group, to stop Itex and end the DG, then you have to do what I say. And right now, I say that we have to stay with Max and protect her!" He finishes, looking down on Ratchet.

"Fine." Ratchet gives up. "But we don't have much time. This is only going to drag us down." He whispers, crossing his arms.

"I don't care if it kills me. We're staying." Fang says with finality.

I smile at that.

I'm happy that Fang wouldn't leave Max, even when there are more important things to do. No matter the cost, he'll stay.

It might be a stupid thing to do at the moment and bite him in the butt soon, but I know he'll never regret it.

Then I look at Ratchet and see that he's still angry.

What am I going to do?

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