AN: Enjoy the chapter. :P

DISCLAIMER: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson.

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

Chapter Eleven

Fang abandoned the cage he had been working on and he was at my side in an instant. "Let's go, Max," he said, trying to pull me away from the cage.

"No! I have to save her!" I cried, fighting to get back to the cage.

"Max! Come on! We don't have much time!" When I still wouldn't come, Fang put one arm under my legs, the other under my shoulders, and lifted me from the ground.

"Fang!" I yelled, pounding on his chest. "Let me down!" He ignored my complaints and ran out of the room, down the hall, and out of the School.

I finally stopped struggling in Fang's arms, but he still held me. He took off at the top of the front steps, and his powerful black wings carried us away from the building, just as the bombs went off.

"Is Max okay?" Iggy asked as we became level with them. I turned my head and buried it in Fang's chest, ashamed that I had almost gotten myself killed again.

"She's fine," Fang answered for me. "She's just not up to flying right now. Just start flying east for about an hour, and we'll get a hotel room wherever we end up. Okay?" The kids all nodded and took off flying.

"Guys, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to set the bombs off. I don't even know how I did," Iggy said after the kids had flown ahead.

"Don't worry about it, Ig. They had already gotten to me; we were just trying to save some experiments. The locks wouldn't unlock anyway, so it doesn't matter." Iggy nodded, satisfied with Fang's answer. He flew faster to catch up with the kids, leaving Fang and me alone.

"So, you planning on letting me fly on my own anytime soon?" I asked. He looked down at me, a grin on his face.

"I wasn't planning on it."

"Come on, how can you carry me? The kids said that Iggy struggled with just fifteen minutes."

"Yeah, well, I carry you all the time. Plus Iggy's a lot weaker than me."

"Hey! I heard that!" Iggy yelled from the front of the Flock. Fang just laughed.

"You're in a better mood," I commented.

"What do you suspect? I just got to kiss the most beautiful woman in the world, and now I'm carrying her. I'd have to be insane not to be happy right now," Fang replied, placing a quick kiss on my forehead. I smiled up at him. It was good to have Fang back.

AN: Hope you liked it. Sorry it's so short. I'm not doing anything tomorrow, so I'm going to stay up and write. If I'm not too tired, I'll get another chapter up tonight. I didn't leave you with a cliffe for once:P

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