AN: Here's another one:P I still have writer's block, but I think this chapter came out a little bit better than the last one.

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DISCLAIMER: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson.

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

Chapter Twenty-Four

About an hour later everyone was up, dressed, fed, and in the air. Despite the Flock's wishes we were heading towards Colorado, about a day's flight away, as long as we didn't take too many breaks. Angel and Gazzy, the only two who had gotten a full night's sleep, were chasing each other through the air, doing twirls and flips, while the rest of us watched, each lost in our own thoughts.

"Angel, come over here for a minute," Fang called out, interrupting her mid-flip. She nodded and did a quick loop in the air to fly back to Fang and me.

"Yeah?" she asked, looking up at us with her big blue eyes.

"We need you to check out Serena and Jayden for us," Fang said.

Angel's small forehead crinkled slightly, confused. "I already did. Nudge had me do it when they first joined us. I thought you had asked her to have me read their minds."

"Oh…" I said. Nudge really was growing up; she had been the only one in the Flock who actually remembered to check out the new members. "Well, can you just do a quick scan of their minds again? We think that Serena might be with Itex."

"Alright, Max," Angel agreed, looking over at Jayden, her eyes glazing over. We waited for a minute, then her eyes focused again, a confused look on her face.

"What is it, sweetie?" I asked.

"He's not with Itex, but he really hates Fang. I don't know why, though, his thoughts are really jumbled up. It was something about having to beat Fang at something…" She looked at me fearfully. "He's not going to try to hurt Fang, is he?"

"No, he just doesn't like me very much. It's fine," Fang assured her. "Can you check out Serena, though?" Angel nodded, and her eyes glazed over once more.

"He doesn't like you," I teased Fang. He rolled his eyes at me.

"Of course he doesn't. He's jealous."

"Of what?" I asked, joking.

"My amazingly good looks," he replied with a grin. I rolled my eyes and pushed him, causing him to fly off course for a minute.

"Hey!" he said, laughing. I just smiled innocently at him.

"She's fine, too," Angel said after a few minutes later, her eyes focusing.

"Are you sure?" I asked. What had the Voice meant, then? It said she was going to try and stop me from saving the world, which would mean she was with Itex, right?

"Yeah. I was really careful. I didn't find anything in there. She's really upset, though."

"Why's she upset?"

"Because she thinks that everyone is mad at her. Well, except for Iggy." I nodded. Serena wasn't altogether wrong. We weren't mad at her, we were just mad at how she was making Iggy act.

"Thanks Angel," I said. She flashed a smile at us, then turned to join her brother in front of the Flock.

"If she's not with Itex, then why doesn't she want us to destroy them?" I asked Fang once Angel was out of earshot.

"I don't know. Maybe she doesn't care if we destroy them or not. She never said anything; the Voice just told us that she was going to," Fang reasoned.

"I guess. It just seems like it's too easy to destroy Itex. Maybe they're using Serena to stop us, instead of Flyboys?"

"Wouldn't Angel pick up on that?"

"Not if Serena knows how to block part of her mind," I said, looking over at the girl, as if I could read any hidden part of her mind with a glance.

"I just don't feel like Serena is a threat. It has been too easy to save the world, but I don't think it has anything to do with Serena."

I shrugged. "I guess we'll find out soon enough. Here she comes."

"Max?" Serena asked as she approached, looking pointedly at Fang. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure," I said. Fang flew off to the side a bit, understanding that she didn't want him around while she spoke to me, but stayed close enough so that he could hear what we were saying.

"We shouldn't destroy the Itex in Colorado," she said in a rush, refusing to meet my eyes as she spoke.

I glanced over at Fang, making sure that he was listening, which he was. "Why not?" I asked.

"I'm not sure. I just have a really bad feeling about it."

"Why?" I asked, slightly annoyed. Didn't she get how bad Itex is? "Itex is terrible; they're the ones who gave us these wings, who made Iggy blind, who preformed test after test on us! Destroying them will be a great thing."

"I know, I just can't help but feel that something bad will happen."

"Nothing bad will happen. We just need to get rid of them once and for all."

Serena looked away, not wanting to agree.

"All right?" I asked, needing to get an answer.

"Fine," she said, sighing heavily.

"Hey guys?" Gazzy called out from ahead of us.

"Yeah Gaz?" I asked, turning away from Serena to face Gazzy, who had stopped flying mid-stroke.

"Flyboys. Ten o'clock."

AN: I'm putting in some Flyboys for those of you who wanted them. :P Oh, and sorry if you guys got mad about the whole 'Iggy used to like Max' thing. It has no relevence to the story, other than making Fang realize how Iggy must have felt. Don't worry, there will be no Miggy. Or Fudge. Or slash. Or Niggy (though at times there is one-sided Niggy, like Nudge's crush. But nothing will happen.)

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