Authors Note: Okay, I looked on my stats thingy and it said a bunch of people have read or looked at this story, so I figured I should update. But only one person has reviewed, and even though that made me so happy, it would be nice if I got some more, with constructive critisism, ideas, or just what ever you want to put in a review. Plus, I think I'm gonna put some Fax in here, so advice would be appreciated.

Fang POV

In a split-second I made my decision. I quickly threw Total up in the air,

yelling "catch", and dove once more after Max. But I had been delayed, she was too far ahead.

No, I couldn't give up, I was only fifty feet behind her.

Forty feet behind... thirty... twenty... ten... almost-

but the ground was suddenly way too close. I reached out, trying to grab Max, any part of her as long as she didn't hit the ground full speed. Her arm was the only part I could reach.

I grabbed it and quickly spread my wings, trying to pull up.

My wings caught the air with a huge jerk, I felt Max's arm break, and it felt like my wings had been ripped from my back. We hit the ground with a thud, and that's all I remembered.

"Oh my gosh are they dead?

They can't be dead, cause', like, Max is the leader and Fang is so strong and-"

"Nudge they aren't dead, so shut up!"

" How do you know?"

"I can hear them breathing."

There was talking.

Someone was talking too loud and my head hurt too much.

Everything hurt too much.

I opened my eyes to see four worried bird-kid faces peering down at me, plus total, who was in Gazzys arms. "You're not dead!" Nudge cried joyously.

"Told ya" Iggy replied. "Max!" I cried, sitting up way too fast and nearly passing out again.

"She's alive" Iggy said quickly.

I looked over at Max. She looked broken, lying face down in the dirt, not moving.

"Max, wake up" I said, crawling over to her and rolling her onto her back.

Her face was bloody and pale, and from the looks of it at least an arm and a leg were broken.

But she was breathing well, and there didn't seem to be any serious trauma.

I looked up, and saw everyone staring at me, waiting for instructions. Right, I was in charge now.

"We need to get her to 's" I said.

She wasn't badly hurt enough that Dr.M couldn't handle it, plus if we went to the hospital, there's the whole issue of them finding out about her wings.

Not good.

I gently picked her up, trying to be careful of her injuries. "Let's go" I said, and jumped into the air, unfurling my wings.

Everyone was silent as we flew, even Nudge, which was like, a miracle.

I was leading the flock, my internal sense of direction telling me where to go.

The Gasman pulled up next to me, looking at Max with worry etched all over his face.

"Is Max gonna be alright?" He asked in a small voice.

He looked so young and scared.

"Yes" I answered simply. "How do you know?" He looked doubtful. The fact was, I didn't didn't look fatally injured, but still pretty bad.

I mean, she could be bleeding internally, dieing, as we were flying.

I couldn't imagine Max dead, Max couldn't die, I couldn't be the leader, plus Max was my best friend and-

I was freaking myself out. How did Max do this leadership thingy?

I realized I still hadn't answered The Gasman's question.

How do you answer a question like that?

Obviously not with the truth, because I didn't know that Max would be okay.

I settled on the simplist answer.

"Because I just know" "Okay" Gazzy said, flying off to rejoin Iggy.

He had just accepted my answer, trusting that what I said was true.

Now you have to be okay, Max I thought, looking down at her limp body in my arms, they're trusting me that you will be..

She still hadn't woken up, or stirred at all. I was getting worried.

Usually it only took a few minutes to wake up if one of us was knocked out,

maybe longer if they got hit harder.

What if she never woke up? That thought scared me.

She will wake up, Fang Angel said in my head. I can hear her. She wants to wake up, She's worried about the flock. Thanks, Angel I thought back.

Can you tell her that everything's all right, that we're all fine?

I'm not sure if she can hear me, but I'll try,andshe left my head.

Soon 's house came into view below us.