…ANOTHER FEW MINUTES….

I was dragged into the School, pushed down a hallway, shoved in a crate, before they finally removed my gag and bonds. I turned to the left slightly to see…..ANGEL!

"Oh my gosh Angel!" I exclaimed, turning toward her. She turned as well, smiling slightly.

"Angel, are you okay?" I asked her.

Her mouth quivered. "I'm okay, I guess…."

Then on the other side, Max, Fang, and Nudge were dragged in and put in cages. Angel turned to her.

"Max!" She exclaimed happily.

"Angel! Oh my gosh, sweetie are you okay!? Is anything wrong?!" Max looked close to crying. She reached out her fingers through the cage, trying to touch Angel's fingers, but she couldn't reach.

Angel nodded. "Nothing's that bad except you got a large size cage. I only got a MEDIUM."

She was so brave. I smiled slightly, forgetting the fact that we were at the School again. Angel was okay, and we were together, and Iggy and Gazzy could save us. I needed to signal them.

I concentrated as hard as I could. Iggy….Iggy…..Iggy…

"Snow!" His voice was worried. "Snow, are you guys okay? What about Angel, we're coming to rescue you soon, okay?"

"Yeah, we're okay for now. Angel's right here, she's okay too, just underfed and stuff…Hurry up Prince Charming." I sent him a sarcasm smile.

He laughed in his head. "Okay, we're coming."

The connection broke. I laid back, exhausted. Angel looked at me curiously. "What was that, Snow?"

"Messaged Iggy….doing long distance mind reading is exhausting." I smiled gently at her.

She gave me a look of awe. "I've never tried to send one that far before."

"I have," I smiled. "Once."

I remembered signaling Angel when she was first kidnapped…I was so worried. I was still worried.

I smiled at her. "I'll help you control your mind powers. I learned to use mine years ago."

She smiled. "Thanks Snow, I would like that."

"No problem," I sent back into her head.

Then I heard nothing. I looked at Angel. She looked paralyzed with fear, her mouth slightly open but nothing coming out. Tears leaked out of her eyes as the man from my vision walked past my cage and over to Max's.

"Oh Maximum Ride, how I've missed you," he smiled warmly.

Who the fuck is he?! And anyway, I remember that voice from before, saying "Snow….I miss you so much….come back to me…." Was that this guy? If not, who was that? He sounds familiar, have I met him before?

I DON'T EVEN FUCKING KNOW AND WHO THE FUCK IS HE I CAN'T EVEN READ HIS FUCKING MIND WHY THE FUCK CAN'T I!?(When Snow gets pissed, she curses a lot. Younger peoples should not say that word. All right. Goodbye now.

The guy opened Max's cage for her and led her down the hall. She shot me a conflicted glance. What the hell was going on?

"Who was that guy?" I asked Nudge.

She looked at me with worry. "Jeb Batchelder."

I felt angry at the mention of the name, even though the name was unfamiliar. "How is he related to you guys?"

Nudge sniffed. She was crying a little. "Years ago, he broke us out of here. We got to live with him and he was nice. He was like a dad but he disappeared and we thought he died but he's a…a…..a TRAITOR!"

She burst into tears. My blood boiled. I knew him.

The middle of that night, as Jeb was helping Max and the others, he found me.

"Who are you?" I had asked him. He had barely glanced at me, and tried to move onto the next door, but he was stuck in my room. I knew how to unlock the door, but I was stuck in the cage. He groaned in frustration.

"I know how to open that door," I had said, my voice shaking a little. He had looked at me quickly and opened my cage door.

"Open it, now!" He commanded me. But I wanted something.

"Get me out of here," I asked him. He turned to me in confusion.

"What?"

"You heard me, take me with you," I asked again, looking at the kids in front of me.

He sighed. "Fine."

I had squealed in delight. Happily, I typed in the combination and started to turn around. But then I was hit in the back of the head with a pipe, and I had forgotten the whole thing the next day thanks to that bump.

But I remembered now.

I put a hand to the back of my head, feeling the small bump. It hurt. I growled in frustration. "AGHHHHHH!" I screamed.

Fang looked alarmed. "Snow, please calm down."

But I couldn't. I wouldn't. "He left me for dead!" I screeched. "He took you and left me to suffer!"

Angel tried to calm me, but it didn't work, I hated him, I HATED HIM!

Jeb came back with Max. She looked annoyed and angry. I was glad. But Jeb was here, and I wanted revenge.

"YOU LYING BASTARD!" I screamed at him. He glanced at me. "YOU TOLD ME YOU'D TAKE ME WITH YOU!" I screeched with all of my pent-up anger. His face turned harsh.

"I didn't need you," he snapped. "I only needed them. The USEFUL bird kids."

Ohhh…he did not just say that.