Hey, thanks everyone for reviewing my story :) This chapter has no song. It was going to. But I didn't want the chapter to be like ten pages long… SOOOOO yeah. The next chapter will have a song. I promise!

-Jade

Max(POV):

I'm in a… dog crate I believe. I wasn't sure. It was to dark. Come on give me fire… I thought snapping my fingers. Come on, come on, come on! Finally a flame started on my fingers. I've have got many powers in the past three years. You will learn more about them later though. I was in a crate. Not a dog crate but you know those weird wooden ones? Wood… I smiled. I carefully lit my whole hand punched the wood. It easily broke and started to catch on fire. I lit my whole body next. This power was horribly scary at first. I'll admit that. I rapped my arms around my legs and put my head down, curling into a ball. I blew out a deep breath. The fire spread quickly. Soon all that was around me was ashes and a room. A white room. With metal tables and everything. Other crates were around me as well. Five to be exact. I should help them out shouldn't I? What if they are Erasers though. I defeated Itex two months ago, but some Erasers got loose and were still after me. I have to help them out though. Not the Erasers but if someone is IN there. I can't just leave them… I'll do one. Just one to see if it's eraser or no. I can't light it on fire though cause the thing (What should I call it if it's a flower or something? I'm not calling it a he/she/person just yet) in there will burn…

I put my hand out as in to say 'stop'. I thought, open, the crate fell apart. A girl's head snapped up. She had long, curly hair that went to her hips. Her eyes were round and blue. She looked, familiar. She was young. Maybe, ten? Nine? "I'm nine." She said nodding. I smiled. A telepath.

"Hi." I said smiling. I knelt down to her. She flinched and tensed up. "It's okay. I promise I'm not a doctor or anything of the sort. I'm here like you." She relaxed just a little. Her face was dirty. I wiped away some of the dirt on her cheek. "What is your name?"

"Angel." She said quietly. Angel?! "Yeah that's my name, what is yours?"

"Maximum. Maximum Ride." I said looking down.

"Max?!" She yelled jumping up. She looked like she had gotten hit in the face.

"Yeah." I whispered getting off the floor. I thought she was mad. I really did. But she ran up to me and hugged me really hard.

"I th-th-thought I-I wou-u-uldn't ever see you again.." She paused a lot to sniffle and she also stuttered. I wrapped my arms around her small body.

"You'll always see me. I wouldn't just leave you. Has Itex ever took you before two months ago?" I let go of her and back up to look at her.

"Yes, right after you left. They wanted you but took us. We were tortured. Horribly. We were there for a month but-" She stopped. I hadn't noticed how mad I was. My whole body was covered in fire.

"Sorry," I mumbled trying to calm down. Slowly the fiery flame went away. "New power," I stated, "continue."

She nodded and continued without hesitation. "We were there for a month but the place caught on fire and we escaped." My eyes went wide. I remember that!

They captured me. But I didn't fight back. I needed to go there. That's when I learned my power with fire. I was being tested on in the maze. It was made of ferns, I think. You know those REALLY big bushes? I started feeling hot. Like I was on fire. Go-freaking-figure. I fell to the floor. They were electrocuting me but I couldn't feel it. Suddenly I was on fire. Yada yada, place got on fire.

"Max you caused it?! You were there?!" I nodded in reply.

"Are the others in the crates?"

"Yes."

"'Kay. Watch this." I put my hand up, open. A boy was in there. Tall, muscular, strawberry blonde hair, and crystal like eyes. IGGY! I knelt by him and put my hand on his shoulder. "Iggy?"

His eye's widened like dinner plate. He didn't say anything. He just grabbed my arms and pulled me to him. Hugging me to his chest. I smiled hugging him back. We were in a weird position. I was kinda kneeling but I was half way on him.

"Max I missed you! Why did you leave!" His voice was muffled because he had is nose in my hair. Something wet hit the top of my head. He was crying! I thought I taught them better…

"You did Max! Just, everyone was hold their emotions in! It sucks. I could feel their emotions racing. It was weird. No one talked that much or anything!" Angel said reading my mind.

I knelt back letting go of Iggy. His pale face was dirty except the lines where his tears went down. I rubbed his face softly and kissed his mouth in the brother sister manner. I missed my pyro. "Hold on." I said softly.

I went over to two of the crates. I put both my hands up, open, the crates fell apart. Nudge and Gazzy were in the crates. "Open your eyes." I said. They opened your eyes.

"Max? OH MY GOD! MAX! I missed you! I knew you were going to leave but I wasn't sure when! Where were you?! Couldn't you warn me and Angel you were going to leave? I mean you were gone for, like, four dang years?! But-"

"NUDGE!" Gazzy yelled.

"Nudge… You haven't talked that much in years!" Angel said excited and surprised.

"One more…" I said half-heartedly. Angel came up to me and grabbed my hand. I didn't notice how tall she was now.

I raised my hand and commanded, this time out loud, "Open." The crate fell apart and something was in there….

Cliffyyyy. Mauhaha :D

Nudge: Is it… him.. Or an It or an eraser or jeb or Ella or the whole school?! OMG could the school fit in that little tiny crate I mean I was crouching in that little thing! It was sooooo small a mouse would be like, "oh my god, oh my god! Save me, save me! Ah! -dead-" Poor mouse…

Jade: Nudge, Child. That was the most random thing… EVER. I mean I talked about unicorn once and it turned out into a talk about homework. Hah. It was awesome… Yeah….

Nudge: WAIT, UNICORNS?!

Jade: I just said that…

Hollow: *poofs in* OMG UNICORN! *poofs away.*

Nudge and Jade: What. The. Fuuuhhh?

Anyways.. Thanks for reading it! R&R please!!!!