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Chapter 2.

Fang was silent all through dinner - even quiet for Fang - Nudge had tried to beg it out of him, but to no avail. Angel looked sympathetically to him and my mom was keeping close tabs, she could sense something was wrong too. After he was finished eating, he quickly put his plate and glass in the sink and dashed up the stairs. I followed.

I tilted my head slightly standing in his doorway. "Fang?" I asked noiselessly. "Can I come in?"

Fang looked up and his eyes glistened with tears slightly, then they were hauled back and his face showed no emotion. "You always can." He muttered, and bunked along on his bed for me to join him. I sat quietly for a moment, then rubbed his shoulder and kissed him on the neck. "What's wrong Fang, who was she?"

My best friend and sole mate went ridged. Then he softened and wrapped his arm around me so I leant into his hard chest. Fang took a deep breath. "Molly's my twin sister and Lexa's her friend or something. They were the girls we saw when we were battling Erasers for a test when we were seven. The girls writing down and studying our moves. Studying our strengths and our weaknesses. When Jeb busted us out of there, I asked him if we could go and find Molly, but he told me her brain had overheated kind of, and she's died."

I gasped and squeezed him. "What are they? I saw they didn't have wings." I know Fang had just said the longest collection of words, I had ever heard him utter, but I wanted more. I needed more.

Once again, Fang prepared himself. "When we were in the womb, the needle was given to our mother after our cells had separated, so only I got the Avian gene. Molly wasn't effected, but I think, when out mother realised there were two of us, she gave us both to the school. Lexa and Molly were the first and last to be entered for the 'N.C. New Civilization experiment'. There brains were pumped with chemicals and stuff, so now they're really smart." I thought of how blank Lexa looked. I guess looks could be deceiving.

I needed to comfort Fang, but there wasn't much to say about that. It was terrible, but what could I say that he didn't already know. "At least you know she's alive." I smiled, heartbroken at his pain. Fang smiled back at me, and I could tell it wasn't fake.

"Yeah, she's alive." He cupped my cheek and kissed me softly. Fang pulled away, frowning slightly. "She may be my sister, but she was with Jeb and Dylan… we'll have to keep a eye on her."

I nodded then sat on my knees so I was taller than him, looked down into his eyes for a moment, then kissed him.

That night I had the strangest dream ever.

Molly had my hands tight, her eyes had glazed over with a cloudy white and her voice was pained, yet breezy. "You're going to die now Maximum." She whispered; her voice hit me hard, and it hurt. "Once we enter that room, you'll die. Just like me."

I stared at her confused. "That not a very good incentive for me to go in." I hissed.

Molly smirked and flicked her index finger to the door which flew open, sending papers flying around the bright, white room. She continued to point through the door, and as I focused my vision, I could see Angel and another girl, wrapped up in wires and whimpering with pain. "Is that enough incentive for you? Will you save Angel, or the world? Two little, insignificant girls… or billions and billions of un-expecting civilians." Molly's eyes started to swirl. "I know which one I'd pick."

"Angel!" I called into the room. "ANGEL!"

"Max?" She sniffed back, I could see fear, absolute fear on her tear stained face. I couldn't watch, so I stepped in, it was only a dream after all.

I heard Molly sigh behind me as I dashed into the room, pulling wires from Angel's body. "Jeb was right, you are blind. And not a cool Iggy blind." She sighed again. "Sorry, Max, but you run yourself with your heart, not your brain. I didn't want to have to do this, but I guess it's the only way to save humanity from your faulty jeans." She placed her palm towards me, then made a fist. There was no way to escape the pain and I screamed.

I awoke with a start, Fang was looking over the top of me, worried, behind him was Nudge and Gazzy, then Angel, then Iggy. They all looked concerned. The pain hadn't gone. I grasped my head with my hands and panted heavily. To my horror, a groan of agony left my lips and Fang lay me down on my back. "Max, is it the voice again?" He asked quietly in my ear. Mom and Ella entered now, showing the same emotion as everyone else.

"I-I dunno." I forced out, between clenched teeth. Soon, the pain began to stop and my breathing returned to normal. "Better." I muttered, my voice was pained.

The others left, except for Fang, who lay on my bed and held me to his chest and I was soon fast asleep.