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Guess what? I bought Max Ride from JP!.... in my dream last night. I don't own anything besides my bacon and chocolate. :'(

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Iggy POV

We can give you your sight back, the woman said in a deceptively coaxing voice.

I didn't want my sight back. I wanted to stay blind! It would mess up everything if I got my sight back, and my life right now was too delicate to change.

Oh Iggy, stop lying to yourself, she continued.

I wish these people could just shut up so I could think! And maybe even control myself.

Angel was NOT a good flock leader. At all. She mind-controlled Nudge and Gazzy when they refused to follow her. And now some idiots at the school were mind-controlling me.

Iggy, this is for your own benefit. You will thank us later, the man said.

When Fang had left, no one in the flock had been themselves anymore. We were a broken family. And as we were trying to heal, starting to make the first stitches, Max had to go and leave. Then Angel took over, and now I'm mind-controlled.

It was nighttime. I was on watch. We were sitting in a tree; going to who-knows-where (Angel didn't tell us where she was taking us).

We all took turns keeping watch, except Angel. She didn't do anything – she just slept peacefully the entire night.

Everything was falling apart.

They shouldn't be controlling me. I knew I could fight it. If I could fight Angel, then I could fight them.

Iggy, your sight, the woman said.

Fine! I didn't care. I did most things, like cooking or making bombs, better blind. I didn't know what anything looked like – it would only confuse me.

No. I had to fight them.

I struggled to unfurl my wings so that I could fly away. They wouldn't budge. I tried to strain my muscles, but they refused to move.

No! There had to be some way…

Suddenly, I felt a searing sensation on my right arm.

I looked down to the inside of my elbow.

"I have control," it read.

We control you, experiment 8, the man and woman chanted together.

Shit.

Max POV

"Do you have a name?" I asked the woman.

She looked sad.

"I don't remember my name," she replied. "I was here alone for 100 years before Fang appeared in here."

I narrowed my eyes. "You're hiding something," I whispered softly.

She looked taken aback. "No," she responded, with a completely exaggerated expression of confusion on her face.

"Gosh, if you don't want to tell me, it's okay," I said with a laugh.

"As long as you're not with Itex," I continued in a low, serious tone.

She sighed.

Note to self: I need to find out what's up with that woman.

But for now…

"Fang. How the hell are you alive?" I demanded, whirling around to face Fang.

He shrugged.

WHAT?? He just SHRUGS? He was so arrogant and cocky sometimes. I deserved an honest answer. I snarled at him, putting on my Max glare that could stop an army.

He just chuckled. "You're cute when you're angry," he said.

"I hate you!" I exclaimed, smacking him on the head.

He smiled that crooked smile of his, and stepped out of smacking-range.

I sighed. Boys. "So, answer my question now."

He took a deep breath. "I went out for a midnight flight. These new erasers attacked me, and I couldn't fight them off. They dragged me off to that cave where we flew with the hawks. I played dead, and when they tried to take me back to the school, I fell and landed here."

Whoa, that was the longest speech I'd ever heard from Fang in my life.

"I – You – We – That's –" I tried. I didn't really know what to say. "I'm just so glad you're okay," I finally settled with.

I saw Fang look over the woman, and they made eye contact for a millisecond, but I caught it. I decided not to push it now, but I would have to look into that later. I was suspicious.

You didn't come across people that beautiful all the time. She had to be an experiment.

And Fang had to know something about her that I didn't.

"Earth to Max!" He shouted, snapping in front of my face. I blinked.

"Oops," I exclaimed with a slightly forced smile.

He looked at me with his beautiful dark eyes, and I looked up at him. He was still the same, amazingly hot and beautiful Fang. I let out a long sigh, as I memorized his appearance and the feeling that I got when he was near me.

I felt like I was forgetting every bad thing that had ever happened to me. It was like he'd never left my life. A real, genuine smile appeared on my face, and I walked close to him.

"Max," he whispered. I wrapped my arms around his neck.

I didn't even care about anything else. I buried my face in his shoulder, and he put his arms around my waist.

"I missed you," I murmured. It had been too long since I had been in his arms, too long since I had felt so comfortable, so loved.

He pulled back, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Max…" he started. "You have no idea what it's like to be without you. I need you to live."

I looked up at him.

"We're here together now, and that's what matters," I said in a concluding voice. I leaned back into him. I took in his smell, the refreshing scent of a damp forest. He leaned his head on top of mine, and I felt so complete.

I felt his head shift just a tiny bit, and his grasp around me became a little less comfortable. I pulled away just in time to see Fang and the woman exchange another one of those looks.

I was really impatient now. Because if this woman was some kind of monster, then we were in serious trouble. And if not… Well, let's just say Fang didn't exactly look at her as if she was 100 years old.

I felt like a jealous bitch. In fact, I probably was one.

Nudge POV

There was definitely something wrong with Iggy and Angel.

Since Fang left, Iggy had been a mindless machine, but now… Now he was an evil mindless machine. When he spoke, he sounded like a whitecoat.

And Angel… Something's happened to her, and it was shockingly similar to what had happened with Iggy. I was majorly freaking out.

This was, like, worse than wearing socks inside of sandals!

So now, we were following Angel. I'd tried resisting, but she had mind controlled me and Gazzy. MIND CONTROLLED!! I am very, very scared to my ex-best friend.

We had no idea where in the world Angel was going. I couldn't even ask her without her getting mad. I mean, I tried, but she just snarled and turned around.

I miss the old days sooooo much, but I knew my life would never be the same. Max was... gone, Fang was… gone, and now Iggy and Angel were messed up. I was scared. What if it was our expiration dates? Or if the scientists were mind-controlling the whole flock? What if I was being mind controlled too right now?

What if I was getting mind controlled right now?

Well, I got mind controlled by Angel before, but I had freedom right now. I could move my body however I wanted to move it, as long as I was following Angel.

I mentally shrugged. I didn't feel like I was being mind controlled now.

"STOP!!" Angel screamed.

I slowed down a bit, and looked down.

Holy Gucci.

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Tammy