Chapter Four:

A/N: Yeah, Total totally didn't deserve to be in this story. He's not cool enough. Just kidding, I love Total. –FTH!


"What happened?" Iggy asked Angel as they all followed her through the clouds they were just laughing under. Angel sobbed.

"Max and Fang were walking – I saw it in her head – and then there were flyboys and they were everywhere…and they took them." Angel explained to the other Flock members. They all glanced at the back of her blonde curls. "C'mon they're going to take them to the School!" Angel said, and Iggy instantly was hit hard. If only he worked a few more hours on that…plan…then maybe he could have finished the last part of it, and the School and Itex would have been finished off by now. If only he had done that, maybe Max and Fang would be flying with them right now. If anything happened to either of them, he didn't know what he would do to himself.

"Angel, where are they?" he asked, flying next to her. Nudge watched him float past her with a sudden eagerness that he was going to stop next to her. He didn't. He just kept going towards Angel. She was always second best, wasn't she? Nudge shook her head, and Gazzy watched her, blinking in the wind.

"They were in the woods, and they walked out….there was a couple stores and stuff…I don't know exactly. She just kept going straight when she left. I'll try and find her with my head," she said, closing her eyes. Right then, right there, she looked like a little seven year old girl, sleeping in her bed, wearing pink Barbie pajamas, Iggy thought. She looked normal, like she didn't have wings, like she wasn't flying, and certainly like she wasn't searching through people's heads. Iggy sighed, if only they were normal. But if they didn't bring Itex down, who would? The other bird kids down the road? No, he thought, it was them who had to do it. This only made him fly faster. He had to find Max and Fang, and then he had to get home and continue working on the plan. He couldn't let all those experiments, and all those people down.

I woke up in a cage. Someone was touching my leg. It hurt to look up, but I could see Fang's legs cooped up and bent at the knee. His head was slumped to the side, and blood was gathered by his nose. What happened? I shook him awake. His eyes blinked open after a few moments.

"Fang, get up, we have to get out of here." I said, shaking his head gently. He moaned, and shook his head, wiping the blood from around his mouth. I looked around. Of course, I thought to myself, there are no windows, and I couldn't spot the door from here. There was a separating wall that stopped a few feet from the south wall. I assumed the door was on the other side, since it obviously wasn't here. Fang groaned again, and pulled himself forward, only to knock into a pole. His hand went to his forehead, and he slumped backwards. "Fang, be careful, I don't want you knocked out or anything," I said, slapping him on the shoulder lightly. "Now, how are we going to get out of here?" I asked myself, looking around for locks to pick or spaces to bust open. I came out with nothing. Zip, zero, none. Totally escape proof. I got up. At least they had the sense to put us in a bigger cage this time. I could stand without knocking my head on something, but I just barely an inch away from the ceiling. Then, I heard a door open. I sat back down, and slumped in the corner and shut my eyes. I listened intently as a series of locks clicked open and the door swing open. It sounded bulky, like a huge foot thick metal door. My eye lids were red against the bright light, and I scrunched them harder together. It sounded like high heels, but I couldn't be sure. They walked through the little archway in the separation wall and came into our side. I didn't dare move, and I barely breathed. I heard them walk up to the cage and peer inside. I prayed that Fang wouldn't ruin this. Three more seconds… I measured the with of the bar my head was lying against, and then, just as the stranger was turning away, I sprung to life.

The girl was a brunette, her hair messed up in a sophisticated looking affair. Her mouth was open in a wide 'o' as my arm stuck out of the bar and slugged her straight in the face, not before grabbing her shirt. I was holding her up, and I groped for a key. I came up with a card, showing her identification and pass code. Bingo, I said to myself, and broke it from the chain it was connected to. Her body dropped to the ground as blood spilled out of her nose. I looked around. There had to be a way to open this cage… I looked at Fang. He looked horrible. His eyes were dimly shut, but I could tell he was awake.

"Fang, c'mon we have to move!" I said, shaking him slightly. I saw the keypad, almost hidden in the corner. The whitecoat was stirring on the ground as I swiped the card. It instantly accepted and the door of the cage swung open.

"Ownage!" I punched the air with my fist and jumped out, holding Fang's hand and dragging him forward. "Fang, I can't carry you." I said, and he got to his feet. He shook his head and cracked his neck. He nodded, motioning me forward.

We slipped out the archway and into the other room. It looked just like our room, white walls, white floor, and not a speck of dirt anywhere. There was an empty cage in the back corner, as far away from the door as possible. Fang was looking around too, although there wasn't much to look at. The big, huge metal door was on the north wall. I walked towards it and tried to open it. No luck there, big surprise. I looked for a keypad, and I didn't find one.

"How are we supposed to get out?" I asked Fang, pulling on the latch with all my might. It didn't even click. Fang tried, and then we both tired. No luck still. I head my head with my hands, and then I heard a familiar voice invading my thoughts. Max, where are you? Are you okay? Max! Angel's soft sweet voice soothed my worries. I smiled, and Fang looked at me oddly. "I can hear Angel," I told him, and he grinned. I'm okay, Fang's okay. They put us in a cage, but we got out okay. We just can't get out of this room. The door's escape proof. Where are you? Talk to Fang. I sent her back my thoughts and waited. Ok, I will. Angel's voice was angelic, and that figures. Fang sat up straight, and I assumed Angel was talking to him.

I told him that you loved him. WHAT?

A/N: Sorry I thought Fang was a little tad bit out of character in this chapter... hes kinda out of it, but...anyways! Green button. Click it.

Sorry 'bout the dramatic ending - haha.