Disclaimer: I don't and never will own Maximum Ride

Hey I'll try not to bother you, but I have a poll up. And I would also like to thank-you personally for reading on. And to my first reviewer Kitkino86. Thanks everyone. Okay I shut up now.

Previously: When I couldn't stand the sleep deprivation anymore I allowed myself to close my eyes and I passed out almost immediately.

Can life go on?

The next day when I woke up the first thing I noticed was that the TV wasn't in the room anymore. My eyes swept the room to make sure everything was the same as before. All of the flock members were still there.

Iggy just laid there and stared at the ceiling with unseeing eyes. He had a curious look on his face as if he couldn't quite figure something out. Nudge, one bed over, fidgeted in her sleep from a dream. Angel to her left was singing silently to herself, but as soon as I realized that she stopped and she turned and looked at me. The look on her face could have made anybody cry. She was acting as tough as she could and she never cried, but her lower lip was trembling violently and her eyes had a thin sheen of water over them.

"Fang", she whispered. I could tell that Iggy had definitely heard, but he didn't say anything, he just continued staring at the ceiling.

"Yes, Angel?" My voice cracked and my throat was sore. Would they ever give us some water?

"Where's M-Max?" I could have sworn I might have started crying if she hadn't been sitting there, when the first tear slid silently down her cheek as she choked out Max's name.

"I don't know, sweetie." With those few short words, I could swear, I could see her only hope shattering. And with that she laid back down and closed her eyes. I knew she wasn't asleep, but she was done talking so I looked to my right at Gazzy. He looked at me and then just turned away. I was at a loss.

Over the next couple of days the nurses came and went, we were fed through IV's, because they didn't want to free us from our bindings. Two and a half days later Jeb came. It's one of those moments that you think he really came again? You'd think he'd be done by now. Anyways, he explained everything to us although nobody talked to him. We even did our best at not even noticing he was talking, which was one reason why it didn't sink in faster.

He was going through it all for the third time before it finally clicked, it was true. Angel was sobbing and Gazzy was sniffling. Nudge was openly weeping and Iggy had a shocked expression on his face. I had no idea what my face looked like. I must have looked like hell. I couldn't believe it, but a lone tear made it's way down my cheek.

I still didn't truly believe it. This was just another test Jeb was putting us through. That's when I lost it. My unspoken rules of silence coming to an end.



"I'm done with your tests! Let us go!" Jeb just stared at me. That was before he noticed that I had managed to slip my hand through the restraint, leaving painful raw skin behind. He started to back up when he noticed trying to get out of my range. I quickly released myself and stalked toward him.

"Fang, calm down", his voice trembled ever so slightly as he tried to reason with me. When he saw the cold fury boiling in my eyes, tried to turn and flee.

"Where is Max?" I yelled at him as I grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.

"I told you already, she's in a coma. There's nothing you can do." Somehow he had regained control over his voice even though he was in an even more compromising position.

"What did you do to her?" He could easily tell I was beginning to panic.

"We were just running some tests…too many anesthetics. We did all we could." He was talking so quickly I missed half of it but it was enough. I let go of his arm and he collapsed on the floor while grabbing his injured arm.

When I turned back around the flock was in hysterics, pulling at the restraints as hard as they could with no avail. That is except Total. He gnawed his was through a band on his front paw and quickly finished the other one off. I walked over to Iggy first and started undoing the knots.

I could tell they were asking me questions, but I wasn't listening, I was thinking of Max. What was it like to be laying there, not able to do anything at all. Her life was practically over and I knew nothing to help.

I could feel Angel wrap her arms around my waist after I released her. I pushed her hair out of her face and said, "Let's go", while walking out of the room. The others followed immediately. We ran into several white coats, as we sprinted down the hallways, but they all stepped aside when they saw clearly how angry I was. At that point I was ready to tear down a wall to get to Max and in the end that wasn't entirely necessary.

Angel heard her first, but then at that it was just her mind. She wasn't thinking anything that Angel could interpret, so we pressed on until we found her room. She was strapped to a gurney like the rest of us were several minutes ago. The difference was, she was surrounded by medical equipment, and she was in a glass bubble. I walked up to the glass and pulled back my arm to hit it as hard as I could, so I could get her out of here. The second my fist came in contact with the glass, excruciating pain shot through my arm and spread throughout my body. Being Fang I didn't make a sound, but I did fall to my knees in pain.

The shocks stopped after I had fallen, but it felt as if a remnant of it was still there. Holding me as its victim. I could feel the pain echoing throughout me as a tensed my whole body against it. It started to fade as I reopened my eyes to see five pairs of concerned eyes.

"Fang, are-" Nudge was saying, as I interrupted her sharply.



"I'm fine", I snapped, standing back up. We tried again for another 20 minutes, me as the guinea pig, touching it every time we thought that we had figured it out. I would have kept everyone searching for a way in, but we all heard the approaching footsteps of Erasers.

As all of the others sprinted into the hallway, I stayed behind to whisper, "I love you Max".

Hope you liked it. Yet again sorry for the shortness. It takes just slightly longer to write it than to read. Well anyways, thanks to everyone who has reviewed. And last reminder, there's a poll up. I'll try and update about everyday, but I won't be able to keep that up on the weekdays with all of the homework I've been getting.