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(Fangs Pov.)

We left the store, and were headed for lunch at some place with a weird name. I was trying to pronounce it in my head until I got frustrated, and gave up.

"Were are we going again?" I asked.

"Taki's," Clary said.

"And what's that?" Angle asked. "I know Max was thinking about it yesterday, but I still don't know what it is."

"It's a restaurant for shadow hunters, and downworlders. It's the best restaurant in the world by the way. I give it ten stars. It's always the place to go when you're hiding from Isabelle's cooking," Jace said.

"So Isabelle's a bad cook just like Max," Gasman asked.

"Let's put it this way- I'd eat Max's food over Izzy's any day."

"She's that bad," Iggy eyes popped out of his head.

"Worse."

We walked farther and soon we came to this building. "This is the home of the best food ever," I asked, looking up. "It looks like a prison."

"That's what I said when I first came here," Clary said, looking at it.

"Why should you care," Max said, eyes hungry for food. "It has food, good food, and it's cheap. And they don't look at you when you order ten things off the menu like you're some insane person. It's a nice change, actually" Max walked in, more like ran. She threw open the doors, and stood in the doorway, arms held out, smelling the air. "Oh, Tiki's. How if missed you so."

Inside it looked like a normal dinner, to my surprise.

"What was that about it looking like a prison?" Jace asked.

"Nothing," I mumbled, looking around. Max sat us down at a table by the window. She waved at a girl, waving her over.

"Can we get some menus over here," she asked. The girl nodded, placing water on the table, smiling at Jace, making Clary glare at her.

"I hate her," Clary mumbled.

Jace laughed. "Don't say that to loudly," he said. "She might put something in your food later."

"All the more reason to pour it over her head," Isabelle said, sliding into the spot next to Max. "Alec and Magnus will be here later. So what are we all getting?"

"She hasn't brought our menus yet," Gassy said.

"What kind of food do they have here?" Nudge asked, taking a sip of the water in front of her. "Is it like Mexican food, or Chines. Or is it like a burger place? Do they have hotdogs here? I remember when we first came to New York, and we had, like, a hundred hotdogs. They were really good. Then we went down, and had the roasted peanuts. They were good too. So were the burgers. They weren't as good as the hotdogs, but they were still good. Oh, remember that restaurant we went to? The one they kicked us out of us because we ordered to much food? It wasn't are fault we were really hungry. I mean, we were on the run, hadn't ate in who knows how long, and we're human- bird hybrids. It's not our faults. Then they called over security. I mean seriously? Security? It's not like were criminals. Well, maybe we are, seeing as we stole money from that one guys account, but that was because he was a jerk, and all, and not to mention all the other things we did, like…"

"Damn girl," Isabelle said, holding her head in her hands. "How do you do that? How can you just keep talking? I didn't think it was humanly possible to talk that long in one breath."

"You and me both, Iz," Max said, patting her back. "You and me both."

The girl came back with our menus, and I flipped to the back, and was confused. "Blood, positions, uncooked meat?" I said. "What kind of restaurant is this?"

Max took my menu, flipping it open, breffly touching my hand. Man that felt good. "There is the human food," she said. "And don't eat the faerie smoothies."

"Why," Angle asked.

"Because you'll be running up and down the street naked, with antlers on your head," Jace said. Then, realizing what he said, added, "Not that it's ever happened to me."

(Gasman's Pov.)

After eating (food was amazing, by the way) we headed back to the Institute. Once we got there, Max went to the library to see if she could find Alec and Magnus, who had not-so-mysteriously disappeared. Why'll she went and did that, we waited in the corridor.

We waited for about five minutes, until we heard a voice yell, "You're back, you're back!" I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a nine year old boy tearing through the halls. He ran right up to Jace. "So," he said. "did you go demon hunting? Did you kill anything? Come on tell me."

"Hey, Max," Jace said ruffling his hair. (A/N: sorry, I couldn't kill little Max. if his presence still bothers you, you won't be seeing him much anyways.) "No we didn't go demon hunting. You didn't miss out on anything."

"Did you still kill something?" Max asked.

"No, sorry kid."

"don't call me kid." Max crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm nine years old. Old enough to go demon hunting."

"No, you're not, Max," Big, older, girl, Max said, entering the room. "You're too young. And before you say "Jace killed his first demon when he was ten," let's go over some things. First: You're not ten. Second: Jace had been training his whole life. And third: If Jace is as amazing as think he is, then you should know that he is a amazing fighter, and that he isn't like other shadow hunters, making the demon hunting rules different for him. He also has angle blood, so he can fight better than the normal shadow hunter. And if you want to be like him, you'll have to train. Got it?"

"Got it," he mumbled. "I guess everyone with Angle blood kills a demon the first time they see one. Clary did, Jace probably did. And I know you did. You just as good as Jace. Maybe better."

"Thanks. Now go play."

"Who are they," He asked pointing to us.

Max paused for a second. "Tell you later. now go on."

Max ran away. "Why'd you send him away Max," I asked. She looked at me, then at Izzy, Jace and Clary. "We need to find Alec. There's been activity down in Central Park. We need to go check it out. I didn't want Max freaking out, asking if he can come with us."

"Understood," Isabelle said. "I'll get the gear." She walked off.

"So, are we coming with you," I asked. "Me and Ig could make a bomb."

She looked at me. "No. You're staying here. Too dangerous."

It was like she was the leader again. "But Max, that's not fair."

"What's not fair about it?"

"You're not our leader anymore, Max," Angle said, crossing her arms over her chest. "You can't tell us what to do."

Max looked at Angle, eyes full of fresh pain. Clary stood watching, Jace mesmerized. She quickly covered it up and said, "No, Angle. I'm not the leader. You kicked me out." We all flinched. "All the more reason for you to stay. This isn't your fight. It's mine now. And you're staying at my home. So, ether you stay here, and not follow me, or you can leave right now, and not come back."

Everyone was silent. Isabelle had come back, and Alec had just arrived. They were all waiting for Angles response.

Then Fang spoke up. "We'll stay," he said. "Just be careful."

(Fang's Pov.)

We waited for hours in the library, waiting for them to get home. When Iggy heard the elevator, we all jumped up, running to meet them. What we came a crossed killed me inside.

"Max!" Nudge yelled, looking her over. "What happened?"

Max was bruised and bloodied. Her cloths were torn, her eye was swollen shut, and her lip was bleeding.

"What happened," I asked again.

"We came a crossed some vampires," she said.

"That doesn't explain why you're the only one beat up."

"After words I went to go find one that got away, and…"

"What!" I yelled.

"I ran into some Erasers instead."