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As I promised, here's the next chapter today! This one wasn't too fun to write; the next chapter will be. We might give Max some powers! And Fang too! :)

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Max POV

I swam to a rocky ledge, pushing the freezing water aside.

I sat, shivering, and I stared at the beautiful place that I was in.

It was a huge cavern. One half had a floor of water and the occasional rocky island. There were vines hanging from the ceiling, seeming to sparkle in the dark.

The other half, however, held a treehouse-looking loft, hanging by a few vines. The cabin was made of dark, aged wood, and was wrapped up in vines.

It was adorned with chains of delicate purple and blue flowers that hung all around it.

The cabin hung above the water, gently swaying, though there was no breeze. Its reflection was clear and prominent in the water, though there was barely any light in this cavern. It seemed to have a white glow that shone around it. It seemed… almost holy, somehow.

"Hello?" someone called out. I fainted.

Iggy POV

Angel was standing in front of our group. She clapped her hands, and cleared her throat.

Everyone's heads snapped to look at her.

"Now that Max is gone, I'm your new flock leader," she announced, smiling smugly.

I frowned at her.

"What?" Nudge said. I heard her stand up to face Angel.

"I'm your new flock leader," Angel repeated, as if she didn't understand what Nudge meant.

"Good," I said. "I was getting tired of Max."

What did I just say? I wasn't trying to say that. I tried again.

"Angel, you'd be a great flock leader," I exclaimed.

I was inwardly freaking out. I could feel Gazzy and Nudge gaping at me. I didn't know what was happening to me. It was like someone else was controlling my body.

Greetings, Iggy, said a woman's voice in my head.

I wanted to run away. I wanted to fly, I wanted to punch something. But I couldn't. My body was stuck where I was, with that stupid expression of approval on my face as I looked at Angel.

Max POV

Someone was shaking my shoulders. Ugh.

"Max?" I froze. I knew that voice. So well.

"Max?" came another voice, a woman's voice that sounded like a flute. A voice that I didn't recognize. I immediately opened my eyes, sensing danger. The first thing I saw was Fang, leaning over me, with concern in his eyes. Oh my gosh, Fang?

I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead. Fang's here. I'm dead.

Then I looked over, and there was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, kneeling by my side, with a hand over my forehead.

"This is Max?" she said softly to Fang.

He nodded slightly.

"F-Fang?" I stuttered, looking up into his beautiful dark eyes. They were like open windows to his heart. I let out a slow sigh.

"Yo," he said. As if he had never gone out of my life. As if I'd just returned from buying groceries or something.

Before I knew it, Fang had picked me up in his arms, and he was flying up to the holy cabin in the middle of the cave.

Angel POV

You're welcome, she said.

Oh, so they're controlling Iggy too now? Yeah. That's so great.

You need his support, she scolded.

I didn't give a shit about what these stupid people thought! Ever since they got into my mind, I hadn't gotten stronger. I'd gotten weaker. I wasn't happy anymore. Yeah, I had more powers. Yeah, now I was flock leader. So? I wasn't happy.

Are you sure about that? I heard the other voice, the man's voice, say.

Yeah, are you going to make me expire then?

Angel, this is about you. This is what you want. You might not see it, but you want this. We are simply helping you, he said.

I groaned inwardly. No wonder Max hated her voice.

Suddenly, I felt a strong pain in my arm. I gasped, then looked down.

A string of words was written on the inside of my elbow.

"I have control."

Experiment 11, we control you, the man and woman chanted together.

Max POV

This room was like heaven. It was twice the size it seemed from the outside. It had a large window in the side (no glass), and it had one hammock. I wondered where Fang slept.

I was still 99.99% sure that I was dead.

"You are probably thinking that you are dead or dreaming," the woman said. I was still struck by her beauty, and felt a twinge of jealousy.

"Well, Fang should be dead, but he's here and alive. I just committed suicide. That's why I'm dead," I said, trying to stare her down.

She merely smiled. I had the impression that she was not 20 years old, as she looked.

"Well, first let me introduce myself. Once upon a time, I tried to commit suicide. I jumped off the same cliff as you. I regretted my choice as soon as I started to fall. I landed here."

I nodded.

"This cavern is unusual. It is impossible to escape. There is a spiritual wall between the outside world and this cavern," she continued, looking into the distance.

"This cavern grants immortality," she said. "I came here… about 100 years ago."

"Wow," I responded.

"I am unsure of how you will be treated, but this cavern has granted me powers. I can fly without wings. I can heal myself and others," she said, looking at me as if asserting my abilities.

"So, we're stuck here forever?" I asked.

"No service," Fang responded, pulling out a phone.

I smiled at him. Stuck or not stuck, I was here with him. I was complete again.

I was Maximum Ride again.

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