L.B.: Hey.

Fang: You. Are. So. Mean.

L.B.: *hugs Fang* Sorry Fnick.

Fang: Why do you always do this to me?

L.B.: Because I love you. Now, I do not own Maximum Ride, here's chapter four.

Chapter 4

Fang felt as if his whole body was on fire. He thrashed in the grip of the man as Dylan injected yet another burning liquid into him with a hypodermic needle. After two more Fang couldn't move. The burning had become so bad he wouldn't have been surprised to see an actual fire. The man let go and stood up. "Don't worry Fang. I'm going to end it soon. After that there will be no more pain. In fact there will be no more anything." He smiled and left the room. As the man went out of the room he gave Fang a look that held a note of sympathy and then he was gone.

"Come on Iggy." Nudge walked up to him. None of them could get a word out of him. All he did was sit on the bed and stare straight forward. He didn't respond to their words, he didn't react when they touched him, nothing. Max had gotten annoyed and given up for the day. It had been a week sense they had taken him and Fang. He didn't know where Fang was or what Dylan had done to him. Iggy wasn't about to give Max the satisfaction of a breakdown so he had completely closed himself off to them. Nudge had known this was a bad idea from the start but whatever Max said was what they did. It seemed the only one besides Max and Dylan that thought this was good was Angel. Nudge decided it had gone on long enough. She went to Gazzy's room where she found him looking sadly at some pieces of an explosive. "Gazzy we need to stop this." She whispered once the door was closed. "I know. Iggy doesn't look like he's alive. It's scary. And I don't even know what they did to Fang. But how?" Gazzy looked at her and she saw how grownup he looked for a ten year old.

The house was completely dark as Nudge and Gazzy made their way to Iggy's room. They let themselves in and found the way to his bed where he was sleeping. "Wake up. Iggy come on." Nudge gently shook him and he opened his eyes. "Get up Iggy. You have to be quiet, everyone is asleep. We're leaving." Gazzy pulled on Iggy's arm and he got up. "What?" he whispered. "We're getting you out and coming with you. We talked to Jeb and he's going to get Fang." Nudge whispered as they silently walked through the house. Once they were outside they took running leaps and were in the air. Nudge grabbed Iggy's hand to lead him to the place Jeb had said they would meet.

The man led Jeb to the room where Fang was and unlocked the door. "Why are you helping me?" Jeb asked as they both checked to make sure no one was watching. "What Dylan is doing is bad. He's hurting that boy." He let Jeb in and closed the door behind them. Fang was unconscious curled up on the floor. Even in his sleep he looked like he was in pain. Jeb tried to wake him up but Fang was too weak to stay awake long enough to get him out. The man came up behind Jeb, "Let me help." Jeb moved out of the way and the man picked Fang up. Fang moaned as he was moved and the man looked worried. "Fang it's ok. We're getting you out." They left the room and quietly snuck outside and away from the building. "What is your name?" Jeb asked the man. He was still carrying Fang and didn't seem tired at all. Jeb decided that he had to be from the school or a place like it. "Alexander." They reached Jeb's car and Alexander put Fang in the back. "Well Alexander, I'm Jeb and thanks for helping with Fang." Alex nodded looking back towards the building. "I couldn't let Dylan continue that." Jeb looked at him contemplating if he could be trusted or not. "Do you want to come with? I'm going to take Fang somewhere safe. And Dylan might be pretty mad to learn that he's gone." Alex thought about it and got a frightened look on his face. "Yeah." He got in the front passengers seat and Jeb drove off.

Iggy heard the car before Nudge or Gazzy did. "There's someone coming." He said as a car came into view. "It's Jeb." Nudge said standing up. The car stopped and Jeb got out of the driver's side. A man they didn't know got out of the passenger's side. He stood behind Jeb. "Guys this is Alexander. He helped get Fang out." Jeb said walking towards them. "Is Fang ok?" Iggy asked. Jeb looked at Alex silently saying that he needed to answer. "Umm...He should be. Dylan didn't do anything to the extent of killing him." Iggy didn't look happy. "He's sleeping right now Iggy. He needs to rest." Iggy was starting to protest. "If you woke him up now he would just be in pain." Alex said before Iggy could get a word in. Iggy was silent after that. "Iggy it will be ok. Let's just get somewhere safe first. Nudge I told you where to go." They walked back to the car and got in. "We'll see you in about twenty minutes." Jeb said and started the car.

Alex carried Fang into the house and laid him down on the bed where Jeb had said. Iggy sat next to the bed and grabbed Fang's hand. "Are you going to stay there until he wakes up?" Nudge asked standing next to him. "Yep." Iggy said and rested his head on the bed. Nudge sighed and sat next to him. "I'll stay with you."

Fang opened his eyes groggily and looked at his surroundings. He wasn't in the room where Dylan had been keeping him. He felt something warm in his hand and looked to see that Iggy was holding his hand. He saw that Iggy was sleeping sitting next to the bed. He removed his hand from Iggy's and Iggy woke up. "Fang?" Iggy felt Fang's hand touch his cheek. "Hmm?" Iggy grabbed Fang's hand and held it in place on his cheek. "You're awake." Iggy climbed in the bed and lay next to Fang. "Yeah." Fang put his arms around Iggy and held him close. "Are you ok?" Iggy asked sounding worried but he returned the gesture. "Yeah. And you?" Iggy sighed relieved. "I'm fine they didn't do anything to me." Nudge woke up silently. She saw Fang and Iggy and smiled to herself. Iggy guided Fang's face up to his and kissed him. Nudge couldn't help but think how cute they were. "I missed you." Iggy said after breaking the kiss. "I missed you too." Fang answered. With that Nudge pretended she had just woken up so they wouldn't know she saw them. "Nudge. You're awake?" Iggy didn't move from his spot. "Hi Nudge." Fang looked at her. She gave him a small smile. "You're ok then?" She asked Fang. He nodded and she started towards the door. Before closing the door they heard her whisper, "They're just so cute." They laughed.

Dylan slammed the door and stomped down the hall. "Alex! Where is Fang?" When there came no reply Dylan threw open the door to Alex's room. Upon seeing no one there he slammed the door and growled. He stormed out of the building and took a running leap in the air. Max wasn't going to be happy to learn that Fang was gone.

L.B.: Don't hate Alex. He really is a good guy. Go on Alex, introduce yourself.

Alex: Hi...

L.B.: Alex is my OC. The only person I own in this story. Anything to say Alex?

Alex: Don't kill me. I only helped Dylan do all that because it was my part in the story. I don't hate Fang.

L.B.: Well, please review.