I'm sorry this has taken so long to post. I wrote it out a month ago on vaca, but i've been so busy with the musical i'm in that i havent had time to sit down and type it out. agian, i'm sooo sorry!!!!! please don't hate me!!!! anyways, here is the 3rd chapter, and i hope you like it. please do review and tell me what you think! or just review to yell at my lateness.

The Beautiful Smell of Melting Metal

Fang and I jumped up and started attacking the Erasers left and right. There must have been thirty or more. I quickly kicked one in the stomach, in my effort to get to the adjoining door. I saw Fang smash an Eraser into the wall out of the corner of my eye as well. I continued to make my way to the door-which was heavily guarded-kicking and punching anyone who was in my way, when I heard Nudge's scream.

"Get away from me!" I shouted as I slammed my hands over an Erasers ears, and dodged another's claws.

"Nudge!" I cried out. "I swear if you hurt her," I had to duck again as an Eraser came at me. Falling onto the bed-I didn't make it far past the Eraser Wall- I stood up quickly and surveyed the situation.

Fang was in the corner by the bathroom, taking on nearly ten Erasers. Another ten or more Erasers were guarding the adjoining door, and nearly fifteen were stationed through out other areas of the small room. Oh, and did I forget to mention the fact that half of those fifteen were coming towards me?

I was just about to jump off the bed and attack an Eraser whose back was towards me, when Ari leapt onto the bed out of nowhere.

"I knew I'd get you here eventually," he smirked as he walked closer to me.

"What the hell are you going on about?" I backed away, poised to fight.

"The bed," he came closer, claws out. "I knew we'd find ourselves here."

"Yea, I don't think so," I kicked my leg out, hitting him squarely in the jaw.

"Oh, but I do," he said as he caught my foot on my second kick, and twisted it down, bringing me face first into the bed.

"Shit," I groaned into the comforter. I was pretty sure that he had just broken my ankle.

Before I had time to get back onto my feet, Ari flopped down on top of me and slammed his fist into what would have been the back of my head, except I turned to face him at the last second and it ended up smashing down the right side of my face.

Bringing up his claws, he grabbed my face and made me look at him.

You may be wondering why I simply didn't punch him back, or struggle harder, but truth was that I couldn't. He was on top of me-his knees pinning my hands down. And because he weighed so much more than I did, I couldn't somehow manage to throw him off, though I was kicking my legs and thrashing around best I could.

"I always said I liked 'em feisty," he pressed down on my skin causing five little beads of crimson to appear.

"Get off of me you sick freak!"

He took his free hand and pressed it against the top of my shirt.

"Who needs scissors when you have claws?"

Realizing what he meant, I started to thrash around even harder.

Where the hell is Fang?

He pressed a claw down, ripping my shirt, and skin, as he slowly-tantalizingly- made his way down my chest.

"Get-off-of-me!!" I tried to kick him even harder, anything to make him let go of my shirt, but it didn't work.

When Ari moved a fraction to the side, I saw why Fang wasn't helping me; he was being detained by fifteen of the Erasers.

Ari stopped after only four inches, and made to rip my shirt the rest of the way.

Good thing I fell asleep with my bra on

I wasn't going to utter a peep, I wouldn't let Ari have that satisfaction.

Although I was freaking out in my head.

"Leave her alone Ari!" Fang growled, trying to unhook himself from the Erasers.

"Why should I?" Ari asked. "She's so much more fun like this."

Ari brought his hand up to my face and started stroking my cheek with one long claw, leaving a trail of crimson. My blood started to run cold. I didn't know what he was going to do to me, but I did know that I couldn't get out of it.

"Don't lay another hand on her you disfigured monster," Fang could barely control his anger. I had never seen him like that before.

"Here's the deal Bird Boy," Ari spat, as he moved his hands down to my neck. "You either comply to our deal, or I rip out Max's throat right now."

"Why Max?" Fang asked.

"We actually need all of you freaks, not just Max."

Ari motioned to the Erasers by the adjoining door, to open it. They all stood back from the door, giving me a clear seeing path into the room.

It was a nightmare.

"No!" I screamed, and tried to jump up, earning myself a small cut on my neck. But if your family was all bound and gagged and thrown to the floor, I think you'd scream too. It was like something from one of my worst nightmares-literally.

Nudge and Angel were thrown in a heap at the end of their bed, both still seemed to be knocked out. Gazzy and Iggy were sitting up straight and awake, though they had a cut lip, and Gazzy had a bleeding nose. There was no trace of Total anywhere.

"So back to our deal," Ari said lazily. "You stop putting up a fight, and let us bound you with the others, or I'll rip out Max's throat."

I could see Fang's eyes dart between Ari, clearly trying to se if he was bluffing and me. I had a sickening feeling that he would actually rip my throat out. I don't know about you, but I personally like having my throat. I would really rather he not rip it out. Though it's not what I want that matters, it's what's best for the flock that matters most. And as much as I wouldn't want to admit, it would be better if Fang fought them off, that way he would at least be on the outside and able to help the others.

"Fang," I whispered, careful not to move my neck since Ari's claws were still pressed against it. "Fight, and escape. You know it's for the best. The flock will need help."

"Don't even think like that Max," he whispered, barely suppressing his rage.

"Well Bird-Boy?" Ari pressed his claw harder on my neck, causing more blood to trickle down the side. I tried as hard as I could to keep my face indifferent and not show the pain I was feeling. Unfortunately, that plan didn't work very well. Fang must have seen my eyes flair in pain, because he managed to throw all the Erasers off in his blinding rage, coming right for Ari.

"You take one more step," Ari pushed my neck into the bed with so much force, I was sure he had crushed my windpipe. That fear wasn't lessened any when I tried to take a deep breath, and found that I couldn't. I could only take shallow breaths, and every time I did, a stabbing pain would erupt in my throat. I bit down hard on my lip to suppress the pain and worry that was creeping up my whole body.

Fang stopped in his tracks. I saw his eyes dart toward my mouth, and was numbly aware that blood was flowing down my chin.

"One more step and I'll crush her throat," Ari leered at him. "So-do we have a deal?"

"I-" Fang started but was cut off.

"Max, please don't give up," an Eraser in the other room started talking. I turned my head to look-which I regretted instantly. A stabbing pain erupted from my throat, leaving me gasping for air. "You can't let Ari kill her Fang. We need her."

Looking over at Angel, I realized what was going on. She was still laying down on the ground, appearing as though she were passed out, but her face was tight with concentration. She was feeding her words into the Erasers mind, and forcing him to speak. She had essentially taken over his mind.

"What is this?" Ari growled.

"Take the deal Fang," the Eraser, or Angel, continued. "We can't save the world without her."

"I was never going to not take the deal," Fang whispered, staring straight at Angel. "We're a flock, and we stick together-all of us." Turning back towards Ari, and me he added, "No matter what Max thinks is best."

I saw the Eraser crumple to the floor and Angel's eyes snap open, a tiny smile working its way up her features.

"We have a deal then? You stop resisting, and Max will live?"

"Deal." Fang agreed.

After they finished bounding and gagging us, they threw us like trash into a large crate with metal bars, and tossed that into a helicopter that was on the roof of the hotel.

The pain in my throat started to subside some, as I continued to take short, shallow breaths, not wanting to test it. In a couple hours it would hopefully be healed. Ari had stopped just short of actually crushing my throat.

"How is everyone?" Fang asked looking around, once we'd all managed to move our gags so we could talk.

"I'm alright," Nudge spoke up first. "I didn't really have time to fight back, so I didn't get injured much."

"I'm alright too," Angel said. "Though I'm worried about Total, I don't know what happened to him…"

I could tell that she was holding back tears.

I wanted to comfort her, tell her that he's all right, but I couldn't speak yet.

"Total's all right," Gazzy whispered. "I shoved him in my bag before any of the Erasers saw him."

"But where's your bag now?" Angel asked quietly.

"I think they might have thrown it in here with us," Nudge answered. "I saw them grab our stuff and dump it behind the pilots seats. He should be up there."

"I hope so…" Angel trailed off into silence, staring at the metal bars that enclosed us.

"How bout you, Iggy, you alright?" Fang turned to look at Iggy who was sitting between us.

"You mean other than being thrown into yet another crate, and then thrown into a helicopter?" A flicker of a smile showed on his face. "Yea I'm alright. Just cut my lip fighting them."

"Is your throat better Max?" I could see the worry in his eyes.

I nodded my head.

"What happened? How did they find us?" Nudge asked quietly.

"I don't' know Nudge," Fang answered her, as I rubbed her arm, trying to make her feel better.

"I do," Angel whispered, almost inaudibly.

Here it is, I thought. She's going to tell them all that it's my chip.

"I picked up something in Ari's mind…"She trailed off.

"Well?" Iggy looked at her impatiently.

"He was thinking about how he was really glad that there tracking device had lasted this long." She shot a quick glance at my arm, thinking that I wouldn't notice, then continued, " and he was wondering how we hadn't figured it out yet."

"But do you know exactly what the tracking device is?" Fang inquired, glancing at me.

"Well…no…" Angel looked at me for a fleeting second. "He-he never specified."

"Then we can't make any speculations," he looked directly at me.

We all sat in silence for a while. No one wanted to voice what the other was thinking.

"Miss me?" a voice came from behind me, effectively making me jump and hit my head on the bars.

"Total!" Angel whispered.

"I waited until those oafs up there fell asleep," Total answered, before anyone could ask. "Gazzy threw me in his bag, and then they unknowingly threw me in here."

"Make yourself useful, and bite off the rope on our wrists," Fang ordered him.

"A simple 'hello' would suffice too," Total grumbled as he set to work.

With in minuets our hands were all free, and we started working on our legs. After we were rope free, we helped each other unbound our wigs. How that was going to help us get out of the cage, I have no idea.

"Oh Total, I'm so glad you're all right," Angel beamed.

"What-what's that smell?" I spoke up. My throat felt like it was pretty well healed, and I was getting sick of not talking.

"It's not me," Gazzy answered defensively.

"No-no," I took another sniff of air. "It smells-"

"Almost metallic," Iggy finished. "Like…melting metal…only, when does metal melt in a helicopter by itself?"

"I don't…" I stopped dead.

Fang's hand was resting against the bars; only it wasn't really resting. It looked more like it was going through the bars.

It was going through them.

"Holy shi-" Nudge started, until I elbowed her in the stomach.

"Watch the language," I told her. Then looking back at Fang, I said, "look at your left hand."

"What?" he asked confused.

"Just do it," I insisted.

"What's going on?" Iggy asked, irritation evident in his voice.

"Fang can melt metal," Gazzy said in awe.

Fang removed his hand from the bars and drew in a quick breath. There was silver, melted metal all over his palm, dripping down his fingers. He quickly looked at where his hand was resting, and saw a gaping hole.

"Sweet!" Gazzy exclaimed. "Now you can just melt a hole out the side and we can get outta here!"

"Good idea Gazzy," I smiled. "But I think that it would be better if we left through a hole in the bottom of the helicopter."

"We'll need a distraction though…" Iggy announced.

"Nah, I can just tell them not to check on us," Angel smiled sweetly. "I've been doing it the whole time, otherwise they would have caught us by now.

She really does scare me sometimes.

"You better not leave me out here," Total piped up next to Angel, but on the other side of the bars.

With in twenty minuets-or at least what felt like twenty minuets since we had know way of telling how long it really was-Fang had melted a hole big enough for Total to come through, and was now working on the bottom. He had melted a large enough hole through the bars for us to fit, and was trying to finish going through the helicopter when an Eraser happened to look back at us.

"Hey! What are you-"

Fang finished the hole, and a loud rushing sound filled the whole helicopter drowning out the Eraser. The hole was like a vacuum, we immediately hung onto the bars, and Fang grabbed Total, before he could be sucked out.

"Angel, GO NOW!" I yelled over the noise, as Angel let go of the bars and got sucked out. Next was Gazzy, then Nudge, then Iggy.

"Go max!" Fang shouted at me.

"No!" I shouted back. "You have Total, you go first. I'll go after you!"

he glared at me for a moment, but let go of the bars, and got sucked out the hole. I could hear Total's cries, and yells through all the noise.

"Ari!" an Eraser was yelling into a cell phone. "Ari, they got away!"

"By boys!" I shouted as loud as I could, then let go of the bars.

I took great satisfaction in seeing their faces contorted with rage, as I got sucked out.

Immediately opening my wings, I looked around for the others; they were hovering about 100 feet to the left, out of the way of the crashing helicopter.

"Looks like we might be over Nevada," Fang said. "Three guesses as to where they were taking us."

"You're talking a lot," I smiled. "It's nice, keep doing it."

"Do you really think they were taking us back to the-"

"Where are we going now?" Gazzy cut Nudge off.

"To Alaska," I answered instantly.

"Alaska?" Iggy said incredulously. "What's up there?"

"The largest National Park in America," I responded. "6.2 million acres of trees, and mountains."

so i hope you liked it. Don't forget to review and tell me what you thought of it!!! special thanks to:

Niffty One, Plainlyironic, Wings of Water- SKYE, Dragonology (nice name by the way), Restart, The-only-english-rose, WitherWings357, Supergirrl, Sapphira Adi, Priestess Kohana, Monster in love, RogueSummersLover, Meepisms, Maximum Ride All the Way.

Thanks to all of you! you totally rock my socks!!!!

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