A.N- I put the poll up, so please vote for baby names! I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet but: I already have this whole story pretty much planed out, I just have to do all of the details to get it there. So I already know what the baby will be, look like, and their powers, but I still want to keep everyone guessing;) I also already know what I'm doing about Itex, the Doomsday Group, the voice, Hans and of course, Angel.

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Voice?

When I opened my eyes the next morning I realized that Fang was supposed to have woken me up by now. He probably wanted me to sleep more. That idiot…

My back was against a tree, Gazzy had his head on my lap and Nudge was curled up to my right. I tried to get up as slowly and carefully as I could, placing Gazzy's head down gently onto the grassy floor below.

I tip-toed over them and then finally looked forward. I saw that Fang wasn't sitting against the tree in front of mine, like he was before I fell asleep. I also saw that Iggy was awake and looking at me. He was also sitting against Fang's tree.

I smiled and started towards him, when my foot caught on something and tripped me up.

My hand flew out and caught a nearby tree and as I was standing up again, Fang suddenly materialized next to me. "Are you alright?" He said quietly, looking a bit startled.

I nodded, taking my hand away from the tree's bark. I looked at it and see that I'd scrapped it some, but it wasn't too bad.

"Wow, Max, you're getting really clumsy." Iggy joked, earning a glare from me.

"I'm sorry I didn't see Fang's invisible legs." I say sarcastically.

Iggy laughed, patting the space between where him and Fang were sitting, encouraging me to take a seat and join them.

I did and Fang yawned next to me. "Were you asleep? Oh my gosh, did I wake you up Fang?" I ask worriedly. "I'm so sorry."

He shook his head. "It's fine, it was time for me to get up anyway."

"Well, I'm still sorry that I tripped over your legs." I said and leaned my head on his solid shoulder.

"Don't worry about it." He told me, leaning his head on top of mine.

Iggy makes a gagging noise.

"Oh, shut-up Iggy." I said, softly kicking his leg with my foot.

I looked forward to the tree I had slept by. I saw Nudge and Gazzy sleeping peacefully in front of my tree. To the left of that tree, Dylan was sleeping with his back against another tree, and Maya's head resting on his lap. He had one hand on her head; meaning he probably fell asleep stroking her hair. In front of them all was Holden, he was lying on his back; his head on a backpack he had used as a pillow. Finally, Star and Kate were asleep with their heads leaning against each other, on the tree to our right. Ratchet though, was nowhere to be found.

"Where's Ratchet?" I asked softly.

"When Fang put me on guard duty, Ratchet woke up too and said he needed to do something." Iggy tells me.

"How long ago was that?" I ask.

"Hm… Maybe half an hour. Forty minutes?" He says, unsure himself.

"Do you think he's OK? What if they followed us without us knowing, and were just waiting for someone to stray away." I say nervously.

"Max, don't freak just yet. I'll go look for him." Fang says calmly.

"You want me to come with?" Iggy asks.

"No. You stay here and watch over the others." Fang says, getting up.

"You're not going alone Fang." I say. "I'll go with you, if you won't take Iggy."

Fang sighs. He looks at us and seems to be thinking something over. "Fine. Max, let's go." He says a moment later.

I nod and get up as well.

About an hour later, we were still looking around the forest. We still had no clues of Ratchet's whereabouts, and I was getting more worried by the second. Also, I was starving, which wasn't really making the baby happy either.

He'd been kicking me softly for the past two minutes and I was starting to get really annoyed. It didn't really hurt much, but it felt like a fly that just wouldn't go away. I mean I don't think he's a pest; he's just making me uncomfortable.

"What's wrong Max?" Fang asks, looking back to where I was standing.

"I don't want to walk anymore." I whisper, hating the fact that I was sounding so needy again.

"Oh. Well I was going to say that we should start going back anyway. I don't think he's here, or else he would have answered us by now."

I nod.

Even though we were going to walk back, which meant I could sit down, I still didn't want to go. But I just sucked it up and started walking.

'We'll have to meet soon Max.' I heard.

'Voice!' I thought loudly, if that's even possible. 'What are you talking about?' I ask and stop walking.

'We'll be meeting soon Maximum. For the baby.' It says, and then I feel it's presence leaving my head.

"What?" I scream. "The hell we're not!"

Fang looks at me with a questioning face. Then, in realization, says "Voice?"

"Yeah, and it says that we'll be meeting soon." I say angrily.

"So we'll be able to see who the voice is? Why are you mad about that?"

"It said 'for the baby'." I quote.

He scowls, "The hell it's not." He agrees.

"I wonder if the Voice was the one who sent the lizards." I wonder out loud as we walk.

Fang shrugs.

When we were close to camp, we heard something from behind us. Both Fang and I turn around and listen.

A few seconds later we heard the noises getting closer until we saw Ratchet in the distance. I breathed a sigh of relief and we waited.

A few moments later, Ratchet was by us and trying to catch his breath.

"Are they here?" Fang asks.

"The lizards, no. Some weird people, yes." He tells us.

"Voice?" I say, panicking.

Ratchet looks at me confused. "What?" He asks, his breathing now calmer.

"What happened?" Fang asks, changing the subject back to what was important.

Ratchet look at Fang, "This morning, I was going back to camp and I heard someone calling me, so I went to see who it was. It was these people that said they needed to see us all, especially Max. They didn't forces me or threaten me so I think we should see what they wanted."

Fang looks at me, as if asking 'Should we?'

I nod, "Let's go get the others."

LOVE YOU!

~L