Disclaimer: I am just a fan. I could never write Maximum Ride. Nor do I claim to.

A/N: Well then, this be chapter 12. Do enjoy it. I can't wait for the Maximum Ride movie. Hopefully I'll get lots and lots of reviews once this is finally completed. At the moment, I'm working on a new Kingdom Hearts fan fiction. So I'm excited about that. Well, enjoy!

The next day, I was surprised to see Angel walk in to my room. She smiled ever so sweetly, but I couldn't help noticing that she was free to roam around. Something was up.

She trotted up and sat down in a chair next to my table. I smiled. "Hey Angel."

She grinned back. "Hello!"

"What are you doing free?" I asked.

She leaned in close. "Can you keep a secret?" I nodded. "I'm working pretending to be on Itex's side in case anything bad happens so I can get Max and the others out of here."

"Oh I see." I grinned "That's a good plan."

"Yeah, it is." Angel agreed, nodding her head her little curls bouncing. "Max thought of it."

"So are the others okay?" I asked, worried.

"Yes, they're fine. I think Ari took them to look around."

"What do you think of Ari?"

"I think he's changed." She smiled "He's really nice."

"Yeah. I hope so." I said quietly.

Angel got up "Come on!" She unlatched my straps. I felt a surge of excitement rush through me. Was she going to let me out? "I'm supposed to take you on the tour. Maybe we'll run into the Flock on the way." She winked.

I got up quickly; glad to be free of the table. I rubbed my arms. They hurt from being pressed down so tightly. I never wanted to be strapped to that thing ever again.

We walked out of the door and through the white hall ways. This place looked almost exactly like a hospital.

Angel showed me some of their hideous and strange experiments, but I was too nervous to really look at any of them.

The two of us turned a corner and ran into Max, Iggy, Fang, Nudge, Gasman and Ari.

Nudge was the first to speak. "Arthur!" She ran to hug me.

Gazzy quickly followed suit. "We were really worried about you!" He exclaimed.

"I'm okay." I promised. Although, I honestlyy wasn't sure if I was.

I looked up at the older members of the Flock. Fang's face was stone, like always. Max looked surprised and Iggy was smiling. "Hello again." I greeted quietly.

Iggy ran up to me "Look what the cat dragged in!" He chuckled and slapped my back a little too hard.

I smiled sadly, although he couldn't see it. "I'm glad to see you too."

Walking up to Max, I gave her a small look of uncertainty. "Hey Max."

She grinned "Hi Arthur." I figured that this was enough. She wasn't exactly the hugging type.

But neither was Fang. He smiled at me, slightly and nodded his head.

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