AN: Please read the following. VERY important!

New Characters

I am going to add more characters to the story. Not many, but a few. I will kill off several of them, though, since it's so much fun. :P

I WANT YOUR INPUT.

Character names, personalities, looks. Do you want a guy to hit on Max and have Fang get jealous? Do you want Iggy to get a girlfriend? Do you want Total to get a girlfriend? (I've been trying to add him in my chapters lately. I forgot all about him for about for about four, and I felt bad. Did you notice?)

I can come up with these ideas on my own if I have to. If I do not like your ideas, I will use my own. I most likely will use yours, though. THEY WILL NOT BE THE CENTER OF THE STORY. I have a whole plot worked out. These will just be sidestories. You know, those sticky little challenges we authors force our characters to go through on their way to solving an even bigger problem? Yeah, those.

PLEASE REVIEW WITH YOUR INPUT, OR I WILL JUST DO WHATEVER I WANT. I MAY JUST MAKE MAX FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE IF I DON'T GET ANY REVIEWS. :P

Thanks! Please enjoy the chapter!

DISCLAIMER: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson.

CLAIMER: Any new plot ideas in this story are mine, unless otherwise noted.

Chapter Nine

Sure enough, the School was in front of us in all of its evil glory. It was now or never.

"Alright, guys. Let's go save Fang."

The kids all nodded solemnly. Iggy and Gazzy flew down to the School, placing bombs around the exterior, which they would set off after we got out. I figured we might as well get a head start on the whole 'saving the world' thing.

Very good, Max.

Urgh. The Voice knew all the best times to pop in, didn't it? At least it didn't send jolts of pain this time. Guess it approved of my blowing up the School.

"Be careful!" I called out to the boys' retreating backs.

I then turned to the girls. "Alright Nudge, remember; you yell, we'll come running." Nudge was going to stay in the air and warn us if she saw anything suspicious.

"I know," she answered.

I nodded. "Let's go, then, Angel."

Angel and I crept through the halls of the School, careful not to be seen. I had chosen to bring Angel along since she could control the minds of whitecoats, but she wouldn't be able to do so on Flyboys, so we had to be careful.

"Do you hear anything, Ange?" I asked.

She shook her head sadly. "Well, I've heard what I think is him. He's really upset. His mind is blocked, though. I can't ask him where he is."

"Maybe we can find a whitecoat, and you can force them to tell us where Fang is," I suggested. Angel nodded, and we continued down the halls in pursuit of a whitecoat. Funny, usually it's the other way around.

We finally came across one fifteen minutes later. I had been beginning to worry; I had told the others to come help if we weren't out in an hour, and we were eating up our time fast. The woman turned to see who was coming down the hall, and opened her mouth to call for help when she realized who we were.

"You will not tell anyone we are here," Angel began, her voice deathly quiet. The woman's eyes glossed over slightly, and she nodded.

"Tell us where Fang is."

"Room forty-six B."

I glanced at the room number to my right; forty-two D. "Ask her how to get there," I whispered.

"How do you get there?"

The woman pointed to the hallway we had come from. "Down there, the last door on the left."

I nodded, letting Angel know that we were done with the woman.

"You may leave now. Do not tell anyone that you saw or spoke to us."

The woman nodded, turned on her heel, and speed-walked down the hall.

"That is one freaky power, Ange," I told her.

"Thank you."

We re-traced our steps, ending back up in the 'B' hallway. Following the woman's instructions, we headed for the last door on the left.

"Anyone else in there?" I asked. Angel shook her head. "Alright. Stay out here. Yell if you need help, force anyone coming by to leave and not tell anyone that we were here."

"Here it is," I whispered. "Anyone in there, besides Fang?" Angel shook her head. "Okay. Stay out here, Angel. Mind control anyone who comes by. Yell if you can't handle them."

"Alright," Angel replied, stationing herself outside of the door. I turned the doorknob and opened it slowly. I slipped into the dark room, just barely making out a figure in the middle of the room.

"Fang?"

AN: Wow. Now I'm dying to type more; I have a faxy idea in my head. :P I'm going to go do homework. I actually have a lot tonight, so I'm not sure if I'll get another chapter up. I'll try my best, though. Reviews always encourage me to update, though! Please review. :P

Oh, and sorry for the short chapter. :P I thought this was going to be long, but I only got a little bit over 500 words.

Oh, one more thing. The longer you take to review with the stuff from above, the longer I take to update. :P I know. I'm evil. :P But I'm getting sick of getting about two reviews per chapter.