Chapter 7

"Would you like a drink? Some tea? Coffee? Soda?" The president asked calmly with his hands together on his desk.

"Water would be fine." I said trying to sound calm even though my paranoia levels were shooting through the roof.

Why? Well here I am in a room with the most important person in government, surrounded be guys in suits and black sunglasses and they're probably got a gun on them. Besides that, I still have no idea what he wants from me. Or even why he's talking to me and not Max? I mean it's her job to save the world and all, so why me? Honestly, why not even Angel? She's got that grown up attitude and maturity to talk to him.

Not saying I don't, of course.

"Um, Mr. President-"I started to say.

"Please Fang, just call me James." He said with a smile. I knew he was trying to make me feel comfortable but it so wasn't working.

"Okay…James, not trying to sound rude or anything but why am I here?" I said hoping that didn't sound like I had better things to do.

"Well Fang I wanted to know some stuff about Itex, if you could tell me?" He said getting out a piece of paper and pen.

"Of course, but why aren't you asking Max? I mean if you know me you have to Max." I said watching carefully at what he was doing.

"How did I know you of all people would ask that? Well you see, from the sources we have, we know that Maximum is in Switzerland with the flock, having some alone time you could say. Being that case, we decided to do some research on your background and strangely we couldn't find anything." He said starting to write down my name on that paper and the time and date.

"What do you mean you couldn't find anything?" I said remembering Angel telling me about my mom had me at a young age and never knew I was alive.

"That's what I was wondering too. You see all we did find was the reports of you missing when Jeb Batchelder took you from Itex and hide you away with Max." He said when my water bottle got handed to me by a pretty lady in a nice dress.

"Well what else is there? I mean I lived with Max and the Flock for years! Really nothing more." I said starting to open the water bottle.

"Actually I wanted to tell you something that you probably don't even realize." He said putting down the pen and digging into his desk. He pulled out a fill and opened it and handed it to be. "This is a file when you arrived to Itex saying you met Max for the first time."

"Ok," I said looking at the paragraphs and paragraphs of stuff about me. Like my blood type, Wing span, and even favorite color. Surprisingly it was black.

"Yes, but look at it a little closer," he pointed to the top part of the paper. "It says you arrived at age seven. That means you didn't even meet Max until you were seven."

He was right. Right in front of my eyes it said age seven.

"Now time for my question?" He said leaning back in his chair and picking up the paper and pen. "Do you remember anything before you met Max?"

I looked up at him blankly. "I…..I…."

I can't believe it…..I don't remember my childhood.

"It's ok Fang, we had a good feeling that you wouldn't remember. Well that isn't the only thing I wanted to talk to you about." He put down the paper and pen and got out a contract looking paper. "We have noticed that you and your new group have started to become Itex's new target."

Were we really? Huh, I didn't notice.

"Being that, I have come to a reasonable conclusion and decided….," He turned to look me straight in the eye. "Fang I want to help you, I really want to be your ally. That's why I want to provide you with protection."

"James, I can't have guilt of one of your men dying because he was protecting me or my group," I said for the first time saying what just came to my mind…..I know, I know, Max in the making right?

"That's just it I'm not going to provide you my men, I'm going to make YOU one of my men," he started to smile.

"I don't follow," I said, he doesn't want me to get into politics because god knows how well that will go.

"Well I want to send you and Ratchet and two other guys to a boot camp like training area?" He said sliding the contract over to me. "It will provide you a decent self-defense and I will start to fund you."

"Okay wait, why can't Kate and Star and Holden go? And yes the training sounds good but what do you mean you'll start funding me?" I said sitting up straighter and finishing the water bottle.

"The reason they can't go is because I have something bigger for them and that is to expand your blog and get more and more people to notice your life! I really think you should do this Fang! I will start paying you for the things you do. When I say that I mean I will fund rallies, I will fund base camps you can start, and I will fund weapons and gear."

I look down at the contract at where the signature blank was. "Why are you giving this to me and not Max?"

He looked at me straight in the eye, "because for some strange reason Itex is more afraid of you now."

I sat in silence for a while. Are they more scared of me because I killed Maya? Or is it something else. Thinking hardcore about it I came to a conclusion. "James, can I come back tomorrow so I can think about your offer?"

"Of course but I would feel more comfortable if you stayed in a hotel where I know you'll be safe." He said handing an envelope to me. "Take this and open it outside and follow the directions so that if anyone is watching they wouldn't know who gave it to you."

"Of course Sir," and with that I got up and walked out of the building. After all that we discussed in the room that I got flown to by a provided plane and was provided a room for the guys to stay while I was doing this I walked out side of the white house and looked up at the blue sky. I could have been thinking of a million things right now but one thought couldn't leave my mind.

Why couldn't I remember what I did before I met Max?