Sorry it took me so long to get this next chapter out.

Hope you didn't absolutely hate it.

Total sniffed the ground all around where Fang had spent the night. The furry beast snorted once or twice more before glancing up at Fang and saying, "Well I definitely smell you here! Maybe a little bit more of you than any of us would like to know about..." He trailed off meaningfully.

Surprisingly, Fang found himself blushing again despite the fact that didn't think he'd done anything wrong... he'd just spent a night of passion with the girl of his dreams beneath him. What could possibly be wrong with that?

Fang refocused on the little dog as he began speaking again. "Problem is, I don't smell Max. I smell a female, but not Max." Total muttered and trotted over to Fang, flying up to sniff every inch of exposed skin. Total growled and shot into Angel's arms.

"What is it, Total?" The truly angelic girl asked the little dog.

"The female I smell all over him is the same one as the one I can smell off the ground." Fang opened his mouth to repeat the fact that he'd spent the night but Iggy held up his hand, effectively silencing the other boy. "The female is not Max." Total said, clearing up any confusion.

Fang's mouth dropped open and he shook his head. "You're wrong." He whispered, pleading more than stating a fact.

Gazzy glanced back and forth between his sister and their currently leader, trying to figure out which side Angel would take. Fang's or Total's.

"Angel?" Iggy asked, his meaning clear.

Angel frowned and bit her little lip. "Fang truly believes that he spent the night with Max... except Total says it wasn't really Max."

Fang made no sound as he dropped to his knees and pressed his forehead into the ground.

Iggy, realizing Fang was in no condition to continue the search for Max, took charge. "When was the last time anyone saw Max? Lunch time." He asked and answered himself before signaling for other answers.

"She made me dismantle another one of my toy's just after lunch." Gazzy answered after a moment of careful thought.

After intense concentration Angel answered for herself and Total. "She took us for a walk about two and then-"

"She helped me with something!" Nudge blurted before Angel could answer for her.

"Oh!" Angel blushed right along with Nudge, realizing the other girl didn't want her sharing her secret.

"Right..." Iggy trailed off, like a boy, he didn't know what they were talking about. "Fang?" He whispered comfortingly into his long time friend's ear as he squatted down along side the other boy.

"I don't know, I just don't know." Fang mumbled almost incoherently as he held his head in his hands.

"It's okay, Fang." Angel said as she sat down and wrapped her little arms around Fang. "We'll get her back." The young girl declared fiercely, not a doubt in her mind.

Fang ran a hand through his already tousled hair and blinked. "Yes. Yes, Angel. We will get her back." The words were slightly more forced than Fang would have liked but as long as it was spoken out loud it had to come true... right?

Max re-awoke hours later so stiff and sore that she was having some trouble breathing.

"Hush my darling, Mira. Just relax and drink some water."

Max didn't have the strength the fight off the tainted water he poured down her throat. The liquid was foul tasting and made it impossible for Max to move has he stripped her and forced her down before forcing his way inside. Not that Max could have fought back even if she hadn't drank the water. Parker had done an extremely good job of beating her senseless without breaking or permanently damaging any part of her.

"Ha! Finally submitting and obeying, aren't you my dear." The man cooed. "It wasn't so bad now was it?" He asked as he stroked Max's cheek and forced her limp hand to fondly an equally limp part of his anatomy until it was no longer limp before finding his way inside her again.

Max found she couldn't lift her head nor force words from her lips. She could cry she found out as tears poured down her cheeks as it started all over again. The pain lessening as the humiliation grew.

The look alike watched gleefully as the little flying mutt followed all the false trails she's spent all night laying rather than sleeping beside that handsome young man she'd lain with.

"Look's like I didn't waste my time after all. Much better things to do than sleep!" The girl muttered as she took to the air and flew north, confident that she wouldn't be discovered by anyone least of all the flock below.

"She's gone." Iggy declared suddenly.

"Thank you holy Barkulus." Total muttered and continued speaking before anyone else could steal his spotlight. "She lay 'false' trails all over the place trying to confuse me. Now that she's headed back to where ever she came from I should be able to follow her trail through the air. That is, if we hurry up and leave because I've never tried to sniff someone out with a breeze."

"Let's go then." Fang said quietly and jumped into the air not waiting for anyone else as he headed north, the same direction Iggy had said the girl had headed. The girl Fang had slept with last night... his first.

Fang had been saving up until Max was ready, and before anyone comments on how cheesy that is, Fang whispered his love for Max. He would continue to love her until his expiration date.

And everyone who is anyone already knew that.

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