A/N: I'm really sorry this took so long. I've had finals, big evil geography projects, and a lot of insanity. But here it is!

P.S. Wrote this before the third book.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Maximum Ride characters. I don't own the Maximum Ride anything. I do have copies of all the books but that's it.

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"SHUT UP!!!!" I screamed inside my head. The Voice had been giving me a lecture on how going to The School was pointless because Angel had teamed up with the white coats. I really hope I will eventually get the freaking chip removed so this stupid Voice will be quiet and give me some peace. "SHE'S NOT ON THEIR SIDE SO SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!!!!"

"I just won't help you anymore." The Voice said.

"Pssh, like you help!" Nice comeback on my part. The Voice remained silent.

We had been flying for a long time and nobody had said a word. Nudge was still silent—I'm beginning to wonder if she's lost her vocal chords or something. Gazzy was playing with his Gameboy, trying to get his mind over the lost of his demon sister (again). Iggy, Fang, & I were sort of talking. More like telepathically planning our route, though that didn't seem to work. Total remained in Fang's arms, not saying anything.

I finally broke the silence, "Anyone want a candy bar?" I pulled out 5 chocolate bars. These kids are chocolate fanatics and guess what, nobody wanted one. "Come on, guys. We can't just sulk all day." Gazzy looked up from his Gameboy, and then looked back down.

"I don't want to go through this again, Max," Nudge said. Wow, she actually spoke! "None of us do."

"I know you don't but all we can do is go to the School and find her." I replied.

"GOD DAMMIT!" Iggy shouted. Everyone stared at him, mouths gaping open. "WHY CAN'T THEY JUST LEAVE US ALONE?! WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BUST IN ON OUR HAPPY MOMENTS AND MAKE OUR LIVES LIVING HELL?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!" Iggy struggled for a moment before the tears started to slowly make their way down his face. It takes a lot for Iggy to cry. I flew near him to try to give him a hug, but he rejected.

"Maybe we should stop…" I said. We all started to fly down, towards Ella Martinez's house.

The problem when you think that everything sucks, everything gets suckier.

"Erasers!" I shouted at the flock.

"THIS IS WHAT I MEAN!" Iggy shouted. Iggy had a point—we did nothing to harm the School or the whitecoats or the Erasers. They just hate us for running away. If they knew how it felt to be trapped in a cage for the first ten years of their lives, they would probably be doing the same thing that we've done. God, wake me up from this nightmare.

"Hi Ari," I said to the betrayer. "Can you leave us alone for once? We're having a rough day." The Eraser army started to laugh. Then I felt a hard punch at my head and everything went black.