A/N Big thanks to all of the new reviewers...I guess chapter 10 was a pretty big hit xD Thanks for the thoughts, they do mean a lot.

About 29 opening up...just wait. Within the next 2 chapters or so, you really understand her. Keep reading, don't give up on this story.
My goal is to get to a total of 10 reviews before I post chapter 12, but this is a short chapter, so I'm not expecting too much.

DISCLAIMER: See the last chapter. I'm not going to repeat myself.

Thanks again everyone, and happy reading!

-ellie

MAX POV

It's not that I don't trust 29 to bring Iggy home. But the possibilities were endless….we had never seen 29 fight, so what if she got caught with too many Erasers? And she wasn't used to guiding Iggy, so anything could happen to him…

I let out a breath I hadn't know I had been holding when they landed on the ledge. I let relief wash over me. But the relief was stopped cold when I saw their faces.

Iggy's was drawn and horribly worried, his sightless eyes darting around uselessly.

29's looked like it did when the whitecoat entered our room, 2 years ago.

Cold.

Emotionless.

Inhuman.

All I could say was : "What the hell happened?"

Iggy POV

"I don't want to talk about it?"I asked weakly.

"But-"

"Is she okay?"

"What did you do?"

"What did he do? What did she do?"

Their questions spewed out. I held up my hand, and they fell silent.

"We're all fine." I said firmly.

There was a silence, until Max said. "Why doesn't Gazzy, Angel, and Nudge go to sleep? It is late." It was only 5:00PM. But they understood. I heard them retreat to the back of the cave, and Max led me out to the ledge were myself, Max, Fang, and 29 all sat.

When neither 29 nor I spoke, Fang spoke up.

"Kai, what the hell happened?"

"29." She said softly. "29." She more firmly. "Not Kai. Never Kai. 29. Experiment 29."

Back to square one.

FANG POV

I don't know what happened, but Iggy had better have a good explanation. Kai (I still refuse to call her a number.) hasn't said a word since her declaration of her name change.

She wasn't dead yet. But, damnit, she was dying.

Faster than any one of us could save her.