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Chapter 25

"Max!"
I blinked, and looked up, seeing Fang's face above mine. It took me a minute to realize that Fang was supporting me to stand up. He was holding literally all of my weight.

"Max, what's wrong?" Fang asked, total and complete seriousness on his face, along with a look of panic.

I took a deep breath to try to calm myself, but no matter what I did, the words kept running through my head.

Die.

I'm going to die.

I'm going to die today.

I'm going to die today. As in Thursday, wait…is it Thursday? Or is it Wednesday….maybe Friday…

"Fang?" I looked up at him, "What's today?"

He looked at me in a weird way, "Thursday. Why?"

Ha! I knew it, it's Thursday!

"Max…" Fang's voice brought me back to the situation.

Oh, yeah.

I'm dying.

I looked down, not meeting his eyes.

I can't tell Fang, he'll die before I do if I told him. And the kids….oh gosh, the kids would be mortified.

I can't tell them, no one.

"Nothing Fang." I said smoothly, trying to stand up again.

Fang kept a hand on my waist in case I collapsed or something. When he saw that I was okay and wasn't going to pass out he let go and took a step back.

"Max, what happened?" he crossed his arms over his chest, telling me he wanted an answer and I wasn't leaving till I gave him one.

I sighed, trying to look annoyed, "Nothing Fang it was just the Voice telling me some nonsense."

"Fang knows that you don't have expiration date. He knows you're not going to die from that." The Voice suddenly said, "Well, he still has doubts, but he's trying to think positive."

"Thanks for telling me," I muttered, "Now shut up and go away."

Fang gave me another look, making me roll my eyes.

"Fine, the Voice told me that I don't have an expiration date. That's I'm not going to die from that...thing." I didn't really know what it was called, besides an expiration date.

Fang raised a dark eyebrow.

"It's true!" I insisted. Which it actually was true.

"Okay." He finally said.

"Okay, good, now let's go."

I was anxious to see my Flock. Who knows when a battle is going to take place and I'm going to die.

Me.

Going to die.

Today.

On a Thursday!

Fang led me to a small opening in the forest, were above was clear from all brush so we had a plain view of the sky. I could see my Flock through the gap between the trees, and I immediately shot up in the sky.

They started flying towards me when they saw me, screaming the whole time.

"Max!"

"Max!!"

"OMG!! It's MAX!!"

"Where is she?"

I chuckled and flew over to Iggy, "I'm right here." I hit him on the head with my wing.

"Ow! Hey!" he rubbed his head, smiling the whole time.

"Max!" Nudge tried as best she could to give me a hug, "Max! Oh, my gosh! We were so worried! Fang wouldn't let us mess with you while you were asleep. All I wanted to do was brush your hair, but Fang was like, nooooooooo." She exaggerated the "no" and rolled her eyes.

"Max?"

I turned to my baby and smiled at her warmly. I could tell she was itching to give me a hug, but didn't know if it was okay.

Jeez, I was only out for two days and Fang turned them into silent soldiers. Well, maybe except for Nudge…

"Come here Ange." I said, grinning a little.

She smiled big and flew over, tucking in her wings and dropping into my arms. She wrapped her skinny arms around my neck and held onto me tightly.

I hugged her back, pressing my face into her soft blonde curls.

How can I leave her?

How can I leave them?

I let Angel go and she opened her wings, beating them hard to stay aloft.

I hugged Iggy and the Gasman too. Gazzy was so excited he let one rip and we all had to fly higher to escape the stench.

"So what's the plan El Capitan?" Iggy asked, once we all could breathe again.

I grinned, "I think we shoul-"

Angel suddenly fell onto me.

"Angel?!"

My heart stopped. Is she hurt?

Then I heard it.

The faint whistling sound of a bullet.

"Erasers!" Angel yelled, jumping out of my arms.

I turned towards where she was looking and saw nearly 50 Erasers flying towards us.

Uh oh…

Wait.

Erasers? But didn't we just explode that facility thing and the School where all of them were? How did they find us? How are they even alive?

"They're leftover Erasers." The Voice said, "They still have their orders programmed in their minds. Those orders can't be over controlled either."

Well ain't that just peachy.

Then a light went off in my head.

"This is what you were talking about, wasn't it Voice?" I said, feeling my heart rate speed up, "I'm going to die in this battle right?"

There was a long pause that seemed endless.

"Yes, Max." it finally said, "This is where you die."

I clenched my teeth, "Then I'm going to give them a butt load of crap before I actually kick the bucket." (A/N in case some of you didn't know "Kick the Bucket" means "die." Just a little tip thingy so you guys won't get confuzzled!)

"Okay guys, I think this is some of the last Eraser there is. So let's give them a heck of a fight." I told the Flock.

"And because this is the last time I want to see you guys fight for what's right before I die." I mentally added in my head.

"Get ready guys." I said, and watched as everyone took their fighting stances.

Then we attacked.

(A/N Since this is the last chapter before the epilogue I'm making it super long. So no more cliffys! Please review still!)

"Max! Watch out!"

I ducked just as an Eraser swung its hairy fist at my head. I pulled my fist back and punched the big Eraser in the temple, knocking it out. I nodded to Fang in thanks.

The whole time I've been tense and paranoid, looking behind my shoulder to see if I was going to be attacked. I guess you would too if you knew you were about to die any second.

I kicked an Eraser hard in the shin. It screamed in pain, and then I head butted it in the stomach. It looked a little confused as it fell to the ground.

I on the other head got extremely dizzy.

We had been doing pretty good so far. There was about 15 Erasers left. I don't know how we managed to fight off the other...uhh…35? (Hey. I'm not good at Math. I've barely been to school.)

Gazzy and the Igster had been throwing bombs nonstop for about ten minutes, then they, for the first time ever, ran out of bombs and had to do it the old fashion way. Nudge and Angel were two nimble little ballerinas; they ducked every hit or kick, and came back with one twice as hard. Fang, well, was doing what Fang does best: Kicking every Erasers butt he could get a hand on.

"Voice, I still don't know how I'm going to die." I said conversationally as I scissor kicked an Eraser on the neck.

"You won't really see it Max..." the Voice started.

That's when it hit me.

No, like, it literally hit me.

As in this stupid Eraser just shot me.

Yeah…that.

Right as I was shot my eyes locked with Fangs panicked ones. It was like every sound had vanished, and it was just me and Fang in that panicky moment. I looked down, and touched the wound that was a little bit below my heart. I took my hand away from my stomach and saw it coated in blood. My eyes went back to Fangs.

"Fang." I mouthed, not being able to speak.

Then everything disappeared.

"Oh, so this is what you mean Voice."

************************* Not the end yet! **********************

Fang's POV (Well, of course!)

I knew what it was when I heard it.

A gun shot.

My eye's shot to Max's. I needed to know what her reaction was, so I would know what to do.

But I just saw Max's panicked eyes. Then I realized she was the one that was shot. I felt my eyes widen.

No, not Max.

She looked down at where she was shot and touched it with her hand. She looked back up, her eyes meeting mine, and with her hand painted in blood.

"Fang." I saw her mouth.

Then her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell towards Earth.

"MAX!"

I raced down to her instantly.

The whole time my mind was racing, thinking.

Max, please don't die. We can't have you die. I can't have you die.

I caught her with no trouble.

She was barely breathing, her body limp, blood flowing out of her.

I landed and set her down. I pulled her shirt up just below her bra line. (A/N don't think like that you people out there! It's not like that!)

I felt so helpless. I didn't know what to do. There wasn't doctor's close by that we knew of. No one.

"Iggy!" I yelled as loud as I could. Probably the loudest I've ever yelled in my entire life.

He flew down, being led by Nudge.

When they touched they immediately ran towards us. Nudge gasped at the sight of Max.

"Fang?" She asked slowly.

"Iggy get over here!" I yelled my voice in panic.

Iggy understood what was happening, I don't know how but he did.

He felt the wound, seeing how far it went and stuff like that.

I saw him take in a deep, shaky breath, "It's not looking too good." He said his voice tight.

No, Max. You're not supposed to die yet. None of us are.

"Nudge, see if you can get the bullet out." I told her, moving out of the way so she could sit by Max.

"How do I do that?" she asked, kneeling down next to Max's still body.

"Use your magnetic power thing." I told her in a low voice, trying not to scream.

She frowned before turning towards Max, "Ok..." she said, her voice wary.

"You can do it Nudge." Iggy said in a comforting voice.

She took a deep breath and concentrated on her power. She placed her hand right above the bullet wound.

If she pulls it out wrong Max could die….

Though Max could die no matter what we did…

Already it seemed like my heart was ripping apart.

"Where's Angel and Gazzy?" I asked Iggy as Nudge pulled the bullet out, catching it in her hand.

"They're still in the air, they're watching out for more Erasers, just in case."

Max suddenly gasped and her eyes flew open.

"Max!"

I instantly was at her side.

She was breathing hard, and shaking. There was a sheet of sweat building on her forehead too.

I threw my shirt off and tossed it to Iggy before pushing Max's sweaty hair back from her face.

Iggy started pressing on her stomach and she gasped at the new pain it brought.

I grabbed her hand and let her squeeze the life out of it.

"Fang?" Nudge said, sounding like she was about to cry.

I needed to get her out of here, she couldn't see this. She shouldn't see this.

"Nudge, go to Angel and Gazzy. Check to see if they are ok, but don't tell them about Max yet." I said, not turning to look at her.

"But Fang-"

"Go Nudge." I said in a steely voice.

I heard her hesitate, and then she snapped open her wings and flew off.

I felt bad about snapping at her, but she really didn't need to see her only parental figure lying on the floor dying.

"Fang?" Max said, looking up at me.

"I'm right here Max."

"Fang you need to take care of the Flock. Promise me you'll do that."

Iggy took his shirt off suddenly and placed it on Max's stomach to stop the bleeding. I didn't look at the wound, too scared to look.

I focused on Max, just Max. It was like Iggy wasn't even there.

"Don't talk like that Max." I said to her, "You're not going anywhere."

She grinned at me, "Face it Fang. Look at the odds. Oh look I see the light!" she smiled a little bigger, trying to cheer me up.

I just stared at her. Tears were forming in my eyes, but I forced them not to spill.

"It's not funny." I whispered, trying to control myself.

She placed her shaky, cold hand on my cheek, "I love you." she said in a strong voice.

I bent down and kissed her forehead, "I love you too." I gently stroked her hair.

Then she slowly let her hand fall to the ground, and her eyes fluttered closed.

A single tear fell from my eye and onto her cheek just as she became limp, and her grip on my hand loosened.

Then all my tears fell freely.

=( poor Fang!! Max died!! …or did she…

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