Maybe this was a bad idea… No I have to do this, I need to see them. He kept thinking over and over again while flying over a lake to where he had finally tracked the Flock. He had been looking for them for about six months, that was when he had enough money saved up after he got Max's letter.
His parents cried and begged him to stay but he knew that he couldn't, knew that he had to go and see her again.
He was coming up to the cave that he had seen them land in for the night, and at first he was afraid that he had missed them again. When he landed he froze trying to listen if there were any sounds, that's was when he heard a gasp come from the back of the cave.
He took a step forward and heard something take a step back.
"Max? It's me, Fang. Are you here?" He asked his voice full of hope and desperation. He heard them gasp again and slowly step forward.
"Fang? Is it really you?" She asked, she sounded like she had been crying. He felt a need to run up and hug her and tell her he was sorry and he never should have left. But he didn't because he thought that he was still dreaming and if it was a dream then he didn't want to wake up anytime soon.
"Yeah… Max, please come into the light so I can see you," he asked her, taking a step back so that he as in the light again.
When she step into the light he gasped and grabbed her into a hug. She was covered in blood and bruises and dirt, tears were streaming down her face and she looked like she hadn't eaten in two days.
"MAX! What happened?!" He asked after he had gotten over his shock.
"They took them," she sobbed into his shoulder. "They took them back and I couldn't do anything about it! My babies are gone and you were gone and I didn't know what to do! Oh Fang…" She pulled back and looked into his eyes. "You are real aren't you? You aren't another hallucination, right? I can't take another one…"
He looked at her, eyes wide in disbelief. "Of course I'm real! And as soon as you are better we are going to get the flock, do you still have the Maximum Ride card? If you do then there is a hotel about ten minutes away, I can carry you. If not we will have to make do here…" He broke eye contact with her and looked around the cave.
"Yeah I do, that's if I can find it in here." She said drawing his eyes back to her. "Fang I missed you so much, I can't believe your back!" She said, hugging him tightly.
He sighed playfully, "first you cant believe I'm gone and now you can't that I'm back? Max, Max, Max…. Tsk, tsk." She laughed and hugged him even tighter (if that's possible) and kept asking if he was real. Finally he had to tear her off and set her down near the edge, and started to look for the credit card.
When he found it he scooped her up and flew back to the hotel he had seen on the way there. They landed behind it and he reluctantly put Max in a tree and went to get a room. They would think it normal for two 18 year olds to share a room while she was looking that bad, they might have even call 911 to take her to the hospital.
So when he was done with that he picked her up and took her in the back entrance so that no one would see her beat up body. When they got to the room he laid her down ever so gently on the bed and went to get a towel to start washing her off while her bath was running.
Once she was clean and clothed he put her back on the bed and looked at her wounds. She had a broken rib, sprained ankle, broken wrist, and a loose tooth. When Fang saw this his blood boiled and was starting to see red, so he said he need to get some ice from down the hall, so that he could get some air and calm down.
When Fang came back she was sound asleep so he turned on the t.v. He knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep, not after seeing what they had done to her.