Flashback- Fang POV

"His resistance is incredible," one of the whitecoat's said to another, who was taking notes on a clipboard.

"Indeed," the note-taker replied, "He dealt with the eraser beating and the workout." I stirred, my eyes flittering open tiredly. My body felt like it got caught under a steamroller, it hurt so much.

"The others came no where near this limit," the first one said, leaning down to my level, "Fang here is defiantly something different." He smiled at me, "Aren't you Fang?" I growled at him, wanting to kill him and his despicable friend. I wanted to get out of here.

"Don't growl you filthy freak," the man said, his face turned to disgust, "Show me some respect!" I looked past him, at the dog crate across from mine, the one containing a girl my age, with dirty blonde hair. She looked at me with a worried expression. Max…

I smiled at her gently; trying to show her I was okay, but subtle enough for the whitecoats not to notice our communication.

"Don't act so smug, boy!" the whitecoat growled, kicking my cage, "I'll be true to my word, don't test me!" He kicked my cage again, harder, making me jump a little.

"Get some rest," he said with a sneer, "You'll need it." He laughed and he and the other left the room.

"Are you okay?" Max asked quietly, "I was so worried that you wouldn't come back."

"I'm fine Max," I whispered, struggling to sit up.

"Fang's invincible," Iggy, who was in the crate next to mine, said with a smile. It had been a year since they operated on his eyes, rendering him blind. Max still looked worried.

"Max I'm fine…" I reassured her, "Nothing will ever happen to me…"

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Max POV

I shot up dazed by the dream that had just occurred. I breathed heavily, making sure I hadn't woken anybody up in my panic. Nope, they were all still asleep. I was supposed to be keeping watch, but I had accidently dozed off. I'd been lacking sleep lately, worrying too much about Fang.

We found the little crater he made when he hit the ground, and had followed some footsteps toward the town of Forks, but they disappeared after a mile or so, so we were unable to find him. I was so worried about him; I didn't want to leave him behind in this place.

Those stupid erasers! They just have to ruin everything for us! The image of Fang being caught in those two explosions was burned into brain. None of the rest of us could have survived something like that, but Fang was different. He was stronger, tougher; he was Fang.

I looked over at Iggy. Poor guy; the bruises and scars over his body were obvious. He had taken quite a beating from an eraser while we were ambushed. We bandaged him as best we could, and hopefully his bruises and gashes would heal as quickly as normal. He would twitch every once and a while, and murmur something in his sleep. I sighed and leaned my head against the tree I was seated against.

"Come back Fang… I miss you…"

Fang's POV

I was dying; that was the only possible explanation for this unimaginable pain. Everything was aching, and begging for a swift death that just wouldn't come. How many ways can a vampire die? Is it that hard? Just kill me Carlisle, give me a quick and painless death….

Carlisle POV

"I've never seen this occurrence before in all of my years. Fang, a vampire was in the process of returning to human! This was incredible, but it seems to pace has started to slow down somewhere in the middle. Could it be possible, another half-mortal, half-vampire (half-bird) creature just like Renesmee?

I have no idea how he will end up like, how his actions will be. For three days now he has been lying on the couch, twitching in obvious pain, but never making a sound. His wings were still blocking all of Edwards and Jaspers powers, so we didn't know exactly what was happening to him inside his mind.

His eyes have turned to the brown he originally had before the transformation, his skin was growing darker, returning to an olive-colored skin. But there was no blood-flow, no heartbeat.

We also found out why Alice saw him in a vision. The wings block all powers that effect Fang's mind and body, but only when they are unfurled. When they are unfurled, it's like a shield surrounds Fang, protecting him from all of the gifts that in some way affect his mind. Alice's abilities work exactly the opposite way.

She is able to see his future and his choices when his wings are out and unfurled! When his wings are folded up, she's sees him as a half-breed, and thus, can't see his future. For some reason when he is unfurled, she can see everything in his future.

We discovered this when Fang fell; his wings folded up before he landed, and Edward and Jaspers gifts took effect. When he was lay down to rest, his wings unfurled like springs when I flipped him over to examine his back. Instantly he was immune to Jasper and Edward, but Alice saw everything in his future, like a giant explosion in her mind.

I will continue this journal later, it is currently 8:57 a.m., and I will continue my work tonight if there is any improvement or something worth noting." I clicked off my tape recorder and sat it on my desk, before heading downstairs to check on Fang. He was still out cold, but no more changes in his body had occurred. One of his wings was curled up under him, while the other was over the side of the couch.

Alice and Jasper were sitting in the loveseat, and Bella and Edward was playing with Nessie on the floor. Emmett was watching some football game on the television, and I heard Rose and Esme hustling around in the kitchen. Suddenly Emmett cheered loudly at the TV, jumping up and shouting. In his excitement, he kicked one of Nessie's rubber toys into the wall, where it bounced off, and shot towards Fang.

Before any of us could do anything to catch the toy, Fang's wing, the one reclining off the couch, shot up straight, and blocked the toy, before returning to its original relaxed position. All of us just stared at Fang, who was still out cold. I blinked, and approached Fang slowly.

Edward stood up, and watched the wing, as I slowly reached my hand out to touch Fang. I stopped 6 inches from his body, nothing. His wing didn't move at all.

"Wow…" Jasper whispered. Even Alice who saw everything that happens before we do seemed shock.

"Um, no one throw anything near him," I told everyone carefully, backing away from Fang, "I'm going to be upstairs if someone needs me." They all nodded, and I walked back to my study. I had to call somebody.

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Edward POV

Poor Fang. He was just a kid, and he was forced to endure this life. It couldn't be easy. I looked down at Nessie, who was also watching Fang with a slightly frightened look.

"Max…" my attention snapped back up to Fang, as did everyone else. Fang was talking in his unconsciousness.

"Max no…please come back…" We were all quiet, listening to his words carefully, "Max! Please! I need you….I….I love you! Max! Max no! Come back! Please! NO!" Fang roared this last no, and his body started to thrash around on the couch.

"Carlisle!" Esme screamed from the kitchen. Carlisle ran down the stairs, and the moment he ran to Fang he was thrown backwards. Fang's wing had thrown him back. Emmett and Jasper tried to jump to Fang, trying to get restraint on him, but the wing just knocked them back with no effort.

It was moving so fast we could barely see it. It was like his wings had a mind of its own, a mind that was designed to protect Fang in every way, from anything that could cause danger. I suddenly remembered the bullets, the wing moved to block those, and then the toy just a few moments ago, and Jasper's power and my own power!
His wings could sense the danger, and move to resist it.

"STOP CHARGING HIM!" I roared at everyone. They all stopped to look at me, as I approached Fang slowly. None of them were hurt, just in shock and confusion. The women were standing back, not wanting to get close to Fang.

"What is it Edward?" Carlisle whispered. I continued to edge forward slowly. I got to about three feet away and stopped, the wing hadn't moved. The room was silent except the moans and thrashing from Fang's body. I took another step, then another, then I was finally close to Fangs body. The wing hadn't stopped me. I remained calm, and pressed Fang's shoulders down against the couch,

"Fang, quiet," I whispered, remaining calm, while still watching the wing, "It's okay Fang. You're safe. She'll come back, Max will be back soon." He seemed to calm down, and we all felt relieved. I backed away slowly.

"What was it Edward?" Bella asked, running to my side, and embracing me.

"His wings are… are like protectors…" I whispered, "They keeps Fang safe." Emmett let out a sharp whistle, sounding impressed.

"They block your powers completely," Carlisle, whispered, "Because they feel like they're intruding Fang, and they find your powers, hostile…."

"And Alice's visions?" Rosalie asked, eyeing Fang warily.

"They don't sense any threat, nor cause any…I still don't understand how his wings could do any of this…they're mostly feathers…."

"Okay so you're saying that his wings protect him from hostile actions right?" Emmett asked, slowly approaching Fang.

"Emmett careful," Carlisle said, "We don't know what those things can do!"

"Oh please!" Emmet said with a laugh. He raised his fist high above Fang's torso, ignoring the shouts of protest, and in a blur he swung his fist down. There was a smash, followed by Nessie's shocked scream. Emmett's fist had came down and connected to Fang's wing, and it sounded like stone on metal.

"Owww!" Emmett roared, "That actually hurt me!" We were all startled into laughing at Emmett. He frowned at us and mumbled something before stalking back to his seat next to Rosalie. Alice gasped, and we all looked at her, bracing ourselves for her vision.

"His flock, I know where they are. They know he is alive and think he is heading east. They're going to go that way." She glanced at Carlisle pleadingly.

We need to stop them before they leave him behind Carlisle!

We have to go after them, and show them what he is, they'll accept it hopefully.

Fang would be devastated if he knew his flock left him behind, he may do something rash…

All these thoughts came rushing into my head, and I agreed with them all. Fang was going to make a lot of mistakes if he were to go looking for his flock, and people could get hurt if he smelled their blood.

"We need to find them," I announced, standing up. Jasper, Emmett, and Alice all nodded in agreement.

"Where are they Alice?" Carlisle asked after a moment, "How far?" Alice concentrated for a moment.

"17 miles north, 3 miles west, in a cave on top of a mountain peak," she said, reopening her eyes. Carlisle nodded.

"Then myself, Edward, Alice, and Jasper will go, and tell them to come back with us." We all nodded and stood up to leave.

"How long do we have Alice?" Jasper asked.

"An hour at the most, they're leaving when the sun goes down, so they don't run into any trouble." Jasper kissed her on the cheek, and Carlisle kissed Esme. I smiled, glad I had someone to kiss goodbye now, and to promise to be back soon. I kissed Bella passionately on the lips.

"Be safe Edward," she whispered to me.

"Always…" I whispered back. I hugged Nessie and kissed her head, and ran out the door, Carlisle, Jasper, and Alice were right behind me….

Max POV

This was it. This was the end; I know it. The erasers were outside, 20 of them at minimum. Iggy and Gazzy had no bombs, we were all too tired and hungry to fight, and Fang wasn't here. We had nowhere to run, nowhere to go. We were planning on leaving tonight, and go search for Fang to the east.

"Don't give up Max…" Angel whispered, "It'll be okay…" I smiled at her and gave her a side hug.

"I know it will baby," I whispered. I could hear the erasers yelling orders outside of the cave; they were about to charge. We only had one trap set up, one trap that would keep us safe from one charge.

"Max," Angel whined, "I told you, we'll be fine. Stop worrying." She winked slyly at me. Sometimes I felt as if these kids kept something from me all the time.

"Yeah," Iggy said, leaning against the rough stone wall, "We wouldn't let a small army of erasers corner us without any form of escape." I grinned at him.

"What do you have in mind?" I asked slyly. He grinned in my direction and pulled a big ball from his backpack. It was the size of his palm, and was covered in shiny metal, with a simple fuse protruding from the top of it. I laughed in surprise.

"You've been holding out on me. What type is it?"

"A mini-nuclear device," he stated simply. My jaw dropped. A what?

"I'm kidding Max, it's your simple IG76-92K Combustible Explosive." He grinned at me, knowing I didn't understand a word of that. I narrowed my eyes at him, but was relieved at this good news.

"How big is the range?" Nudge asked curiously.

"If we wait for the right time, after our first trap goes off, it should clear out any remaining erasers." Iggy and Gazzy laughed and gave each other high-fives. I rolled my eyes. Those two goofballs.

"Get ready! Remember, the director wants Maximum and the mind reader! The rest, do whatever you want with!" I heard the voice, and assumed it was this groups little "pack leader".

"Go get them!" he bellowed, and we heard the footsteps of the erasers charging into the cave. Snap. One of them hit the trip wire, and we heard the rockslide go off. We had set up a bunch of rocks in a trapping mechanism that was triggered by a thin piece of wire.

As with hotwiring cars, I will not share how this was done.

We heard the screams of erasers being crushed by the rock, but it was around the corner of the cave, and we didn't have to see anything. Thank god.

"Let's go," Iggy said. I was stunned for a second, before realizing this was part of his trap. We all stood up and moved together. We carefully stepped around the pools of blood seeping from under large rocks and moved towards the entrance of the cave, where a large, burly eraser stood grinding his teeth.

"Oh look," he snarled, seeing us approaching him, "Here come the freaks." I glared at him and kept moving.

"Look who's talking puppy," Nudge snarled back. I smiled at her, feeling proud.

"Get ready Iggy," I whispered, holding onto Angel's hand tightly.

"Don't try to run," the eraser shouted, "You're too outnumbered!"

"Wasn't planning on running," Iggy said with a cocky grin, his IG793 thingy behind his back.

"Oh? Were you planning on fighting? Surrendering?" The eraser was smiling now.

"Of course not," Iggy said with a laugh, striking a match behind his back. This though, did not escape the erasers attention, and he took notice to what Iggy was holding.

"Run!" he bellowed at his comrades, and they turned to take off.

"Not likely!" Iggy roared, lighting the bomb and hurling it at the backs of the erasers. BOOM! The entire ground shook, as eraser bodies flew in every direction. I smiled, and then gasped in pain. What was happening? I fell to my knees; everything seemed to be going in slow motion.

I gripped my abdomen tightly, filling a warm, thick liquid gushing from it. One of them shot me during the blast. I choked, and fell over to my side, with everyone crowding around me. The last thing I saw was not Iggy, not Gazzy, not Nudge or Angel. The last thing I saw was a pair of large black wings on the cliff edge, before I passed out.

Alice POV

Boom! We heard and saw the large explosion about a mile from the mountain. We stopped in our tracks and gazed at the fireball. I hadn't seen this, and now as I gazed upon it, the vision began to change. What was happening?

"Fang…" I whispered, and just then Carlisle's phone rang.

"What! Really? I don't believe… Is everyone okay? Okay good…we're almost to the cliff. I love you. Bye." He looked at us grimly.

"Fang woke up, and he's on his way here." I nodded, already seeing him arriving at the cave.

"He's up there now," Edward muttered running towards the cliff. We followed after him. The vision sure had changed, and what was an hour had begun 15 minutes at the most. I had never seen anything like this before…

We arrived at the face of the cliff, and began to climb up with vampire speed, grabbing at roots and footholds. We were halfway in 30 seconds. Edward made it to the edge first, vaulting over it and landing onto blackened rock. He was followed by Carlisle, then myself, then Jasper bringing up the rear.

What I saw next shredded my dead heart to pieces…

Fang POV

"We need to find them," I heard Edward say. Everything seemed to come more obviously to me. I wasn't in as much pain anymore, as if someone doused the flames burning my body. But who was "them"?

"Where are they Alice?" Carlisle asked after a moment. There was silence, before I heard Alice's light voice.

"17 miles north, 3 miles west, in a cave on top of a mountain peak," she said. On top of a peak? Who could they be… No, it couldn't be? Max? The others are nearby?

"Then myself, Edward, Alice, and Jasper will go, and tell them to come back with us." They were going to go rescue them, and bring them back here? Are they insane, I could hurt them!

"How long do we have Alice?" Jasper asked.

"An hour at the most, they're leaving when the sun goes down, so they don't run into any trouble." I have to stop them. I heard their footsteps running out the front door. I wasn't going to kill my friends, my family. I had to go after them! My eyes flashed open.

"Fang?" Rosalie asked, "Esme! Fang's awake!" I looked around. Everything had that new perspective to it like it did when I was changed, but things seemed different.

"Fang?" Esme ran to my sad, looking me in the eyes, "Fang it's okay, you're safe. How do you feel?" I shook my head, trying to think clearly. I looked out the large window wall. Bang! I clenched my head. Bang! Bang! The gunshot was screaming in my head. Where was it? Wait a second… gunshot…

"Max…" I whispered. Before Esme, Rose, Bella, or Emmett could do anything, I had lunged off the couch and was running through the door. My wings unfurled and I rocketed north, faster than I have ever flown. I saw the cliff approaching fast, and I could see Jasper, Alice, Edward, and Carlisle at the base of it.

I landed on the edge of the cliff, looking at the wreckage surrounding me of charred eraser bodies.

"Fang!" Gazzy shouted from the mouth of the cave. Even from far away I could smell the salt of his tears, He and the others were huddled over Max's fallen body. Max!

"Max!" I roared, charging at the cave, "No! Max!" I slid into the mouth, landing in between Nudge and Iggy.

"It's not good Fang," Iggy whispered, his delicate fingers were gliding over Max's stomach, "She doesn't have much left…"

"Fang…" Angel whispered, "What happened to you…" I looked at her wide, blue eyes, and felt everyone else studying me closely, except for Iggy of course. I shook my head and picked Max up.

"Edward," I hissed. I spun around, Max in my arms to find Carlisle, Edward, Jasper, and Alice running towards the cave.

"Fang!" the four of them shouted running towards me. The rest of the flock moved back into the cave defensively. I shook my heads at them, and motioned them forward.

"It's okay guys, these are friends," I told them instructively, "Carlisle. This is Max; she was shot. She needs help, please help her…" Carlisle nodded and took the body from my arms.

"I'll do what I can Fang, it looks pretty bad." He looked at me gravely, his eyes filled with sadness. I quickly hugged my flock, before unfurling my wings.

"They're still here," I told Jasper and Edward, "And I'm ending it!" I took off with lightning speed, causing the ground beneath me crumble.

"Fang!" Jasper shouted after me. I saw him talk frantically to Iggy, and my blind best friend took off after me.

"Fang, enough!" Iggy roared, easily catching up with me, "It's no use! They'll keep coming back, over and over again. There is no use chasing after them." I ignored him, sniffing the air, trying to catch the scent. Iggy heard me and I saw his blind eyes peering at me oddly.

"What are you doing…?" he asked, a confused tone in his voice.

"It's who I am now," I answered simply, pointing in the direction the erasers were running, "You'll get used to it brother." I shot down, as fast as lightning. Faster than Max ever flew! I twirled in the air, feeling great at the moment, before bursting through the tree line, and crashing my feet into the back of an eraser.

I spun around and kicked a running eraser in the throat before he realized I was there. I dashed to the left and struck another in the shoulder, and I grinned at the breaking of his shoulder blade. I heard the sound of a gun being cocked, and before I realized what happened, my wings covered my body completely, like a giant black cocoon. I felt the bumps of the bullets colliding with my wings and grinned.

Finally the bullets came to a stop and I heard the sound of them reloading before snapping my wings open and charging the four erasers in front of me. I kneed one in his groaned, grabbed him by his neck, and hurled him at a second eraser. Two down.

I shot up through the trees, leaving the last of my prey to fear for the last moments of their lives. I closed my eyes, my legs completely erect in a pencil dive formation. I took a deep breath, and furled my wings up quickly, and fell like a statue through the tree line, and landed on top of eraser, snapping his spine.

My last target backed away from me, whimpering in horrible fear. He stumbled to load his gun. I smiled at him, which only seemed to scare him more. Finally he got a round into his SMG and that's when I stepped with lightning speed and kicked the gun out of his hand and into mine.

I swept his legs out from under him and pressed the barrel to his forehead. He was breathing erratically, fearing his death and imminent doom. I smiled at him, my finger curled over the trigger. But I was feeling merciful.

"Go. Run away coward," I whispered, which only seemed to freak him out more, "Go. Tell your boss to send her whole army, I'll be waiting for all you filthy erasers." He licked his lips nervously, pondering my actions.

I moved the gun, and backed away a few steps. He took a long look at me, wondering if I was going to do something, before standing up and sprinting away, whimpering. I threw the gun to the side, and shot back into the air.

Max was dying, and she needed me…