A/N Hey it's Haily!(hehe that rhymed) So, so, so, so, so, sooooo sorry I took so long I had writers block and not enough time. Ok, ok I had plenty of time because for those of you who read Iris Musicia's stories, you know I have been hanging out with her. Peace Kurt! Anyways, sorry for the wait and here is chapter 4.

FPOV

I was in complete shock. One second I'm comforting my best friend. The next Max is flying away crying.

"Fang, what's wrong?" Robin asked, wiping the tears and smeared makeup from her face.

"Nothing. I thought I heard something." I half lied. We sat in silence then after about a couple minutes, then we left. About half way out of the park she grabbed my hand. I didn't pull back. I needed some comfort right now.

When we reached her house, I kissed her forehead and told her thanks. While I was walking home, I started to think. Shouldn't something like that bother me—I mean the girl I loved for about as long as I lived saw me kiss my best friend I met two months ago.

-Flashback-

I was just moving in so I thought I would walk around, check out the town a little more before I made my final decision on whether to stay here or not. I walked into the appliance store to buy a laptop. When I was looking for a laptop, I noticed a girl staring at me. I turned to look at her.

"Hey, I'm Robin." She said, sounding friendly enough.

"Hey, I'm Fang." I replied.

"Like, blogging bird-kid Fang?" she asked. When I nodded she looked a little surprised.

"Really? Hmm . . ." She started walking around me. "I read your blog. I never thought you would look like this." The only thought that ran though my head was: Oh shit not another stalker fan! And then the next thought was: Is she a whitecoat?

"Don't worry, I'm not a creeper or anything like that. I read it because I have nothing else to do but work here." It was like she was reading my mind.

"So, I do have one question." I gave her the 'go on' look. "I want to know how you and Max are going. I mean, I know you obviously left the Flock. That was your last post, but I mean . . ."

"We broke up." I shrugged, making it look like it didn't affect me too much, but it did. It actually really hurt to think about.

"Well, hey, you wanna go get a coffee?" she asked in a friendly way. I decided she wasn't a whitecoat.

"Sure," A coffee would be nice. We started talking, and it turns out we had so much in common— except for the whole wings part.

-End Flashback-

Why did I just let Max go? No, I was the one who left— she wouldn't be safe around me. That is what broke my heart the most; the fact that I couldn't protect her. What was wrong with me?

I reached my apartment walked inside, and then fell onto bed. I was drained. I fell asleep instantly.

. . . I was running to save her. No matter how hard I pushed, I just couldn't reach. I was chasing her through an endless twisting maze. It was the School. When I finally got close enough to reach out and grab her I fell. I kept falling and falling and falling forever. The only thing I could see was her looking down at me smiling evilly. Max.

I hit the ground and my eyes snapped open, her name whispering in my ears. I was breathing hard and sweating, and I was cold. I looked over at the clock, and it said 5:30. I groaned and got up. My head was killing me. I walked into the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face. It felt good, but I still felt dizzy from the headache.

It only got worse when I heard the worst most blood curdling scream that I recognized instantly as Nudge. Why would Nudge be screaming here? She was hundreds of miles away, or was she? My protective instinct overcame rationality.

Even though I was only in pajama bottoms, I ran outside and unfurled my wings. They carried me higher as I scanned for the source of the noise. I followed the smashing and yelling (amazing nobody else heard it). It took me a few minutes, but when I got there it looked pretty under control.

Gazzy had one Eraser that was easily hacked down by a punch to the face. Nudge and Angel had taken on three Erasers, fighting together. Iggy was punching and kicking, and not a single blow missed and Eraser's hairy body.

Max had three Erasers; you could barely see her hands, they were moving so fast. I noticed the last Eraser had broken away from Angel and Nudge and was making its way up behind Max. I moved swiftly behind the Eraser and snapped his neck with my elbow. It actually hurt. God, I had gotten soft.

When the fighting died down, everyone turned to stare at me before I made a leap for the broken window. I didn't know why I was running away from what I'd been waiting for ever since I'd left, but I was. I heard wings rustle behind me and I flew faster. I dove into the park to hide in a tree, using my ability to become camouflaged. Nudge landed in the clearing a couple feet in front of me. She was bruised pretty badly, and had a nosebleed by the looks of it. She sat down on the ground and started to cry. She folded her wings around her, like she was trying to shut out the world. I was about to jump down when I heard someone in the distance. I tensed up, staying camouflaged, getting ready for the worst. Nudge looked up and snapped her wings tight to her back.

The person came down the little path and I recognized her immediately. Robin walked over to Nudge and sat down next to her.

"I always used to come and cry here too." Robin said softly, looking up at the trees, starting to lose their leaves for winter. Nudge remained silent. Robin continued.

"It's a nice quiet place. You wanna talk?" Robin asked. Nudge looked up and nodded.

"My life is, like, so not normal," She sobbed. "Me and my family have been, like, homeless for a long time. And it's just not fair! My dad left us and our mom hasn't been the same ever since. We're falling apart," Nudge wiped her eyes, but her tears kept flowing. Robin nodded and looked concerned at the bruises blossoming on her face and bare arms, and she was shivering. Nudge noticed Robin's look. "There were these boys on the street and they, like, beat me up for fun, but I ran away. I'll be okay, I don't need a doctor."

Robin nodded, but her eyebrows arched. Then she looked up at me. Not just at the tree, but seriously right at me.

"Fang, you can come out of the tree." Robin said softly. Nudge looked up in amazement as I leaned forward and appeared. How did Robin know I was here?

"It's okay, Nudge. I'm sure Fang has a good explanation for why he left. Guys, you really have to hide better. Yes, even you, Angel." Everyone was shocked, but stepped out from their hiding spots hesitantly. "Don't get hasty, Iggy, there's no need for the bomb."

"What do you want you piece of filth?" Max snapped

"I don't want anything the white coats do." Robin added innocently

"You see before you all get riled up even more let me explain. My sister and I were experiments. Luckily I made it out because I was in the little jail that you set free under ground and we all got away. Well most of us my sister was too weak she couldn't move from the medicine they had her on." She paused it was obvious she was trying not to cry. "That's why I follow Fangs blog." We all looked over at Angel who looked like she was trying not to cry here self.

"She's telling the truth. They have done things far worse to her sister then any of us had encountered." Flashes of being in cages went through my head.

"Only she had to endure it longer."

A/N: Well that put a twist on things. Ok so there was chapter 4! And guess what the best part is you guys don't know what will happen Mwahahahahah. Hoped you liked it!

Love,

Haily (I):) haha it's a monkey

P.S. Shout out to Iris Musicia who has a new story and I'm in it briefly but I like it anyways. The story is called "Destruction of Kiris".

P.P.S. Thank you Iris for BetaReading for me! I hope you liked the end change! Ok WTYL (write, to, you, later).