Hey y'all! Sorry I took so long to post this! Thanks to my lovely reviewers, I truly appriciate it! Now, about this chapter. Many POV changes. Hopefully it doesn't get too confusing. Also, I decided to use the Cullens in my story. I think that's all! Read on! -Max
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*Fang POV*
"When are we going after Max?"
I looked down at Angel. I didn't have an answer for that. My only answer was, "I don't know."
"I bet she'll escape and make her way here by herself," Meri offered. I nodded.
"Most likely," I agreed.
Angel got this really mad look Max used to have when she was extremely annoyed or mad at something I'd said or done. Her blue eyes were narrowed and she looked deadly.
"We need to go save her now," she cried. "Max won't escape from the School on her own this time! Strong, deadly experiments are guarding her! And she's too weak to leave without help! Our help! If you don't want to save her, fine! But me and Gazzy are gonna go get her!"
I sighed. "Ange, come with me." I led the girl away from the others and down to the library. I really needed to talk to her.
"I know you don't like Meri," I started. Angel snorted, rolling her eyes. How much more like Max could she get? Especially considering it's been so long since Max lived with us… I continued. "And I know you miss Max. She'll be fine, though. You know that and I know that. Don't worry about her."
I reached out to place my hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged away from me angrily.
"You're wrong!" she cried, storming out. I sighed and went back the living room. Meri and Nudge were sitting and watching some chick flick, giggling and making strange girly noises at certain parts. I heard Angel upstairs talking to the new kids. Raz, Iggy, and Gazzy were nowhere to be seen.
I sat next to Meri. She snuggled up close to me. I wrapped my arm around her waist and pretended to watch the flat screen TV. My thoughts wandered to Max, though I tried not to think about her, especially when I was sitting next to my fiancé.
Max… You'd better get here soon. These are your kids here. I don't know anything about them. And I don't know what to do about Angel. She keeps saying we need to save you, but from what? What could possibly be strong enough to keep you, of all people, locked up? I think she might just be lying, though. I know how much she misses you…
*Angel POV*
How dare Fang not believe me! AGH! I wish Tyler had seen Meri at the School. Then he'd have no choice but to believe. Her gift comes in so handy sometimes…
"Lumi, I'm going to the School to get Max," I announced. Lumi and I were sitting in my room, me on the bed and she at my desk, drawing.
"I thought so," she replied, nodding. "I'm coming too. I can show you where to go."
Illuminate packed a small backpack with a change of clothes, diapers, and a dozen filled baby bottles. I shook my head, a smile on my face. That girl was closer to being a mom at ten then I was at twelve.
"Angel?"
I turned to the door. Gazzy stood there, grinning from ear to ear. I rolled my eyes at him.
"How many bombs do you have?" I asked. My voice sounded a little excited. We were finally getting revenge on the School!
"Couple dozen," my brother answered innocently. I rolled my eyes again. "Iggy has almost a hundred." That surprised me a little. They had enough recourses to build that many bombs? And without Fang finding out? Impressive.
"Is Raz coming with us?" Lumi questioned.
"Yeah," Gazzy answered. "He's got fifty bombs too."
"I hafta talk to Bree before we go," Lumi announced. She handed me Tyler and ran off.
I sat on a small couch in Lumi's bedroom. Gazzy joined me and flipped on the TV. Iggy joined us a little while later. Lumi came back, another much larger backpack filled with food. Raz came last.
"Fang's coming up to make sure everyone goes to bed," he informed us a few hours later. We nodded and hurried into our separate rooms. I climbed up onto my canopy bed and hid in the covers, my back to the door. I evened my breathing out so it looked like I was asleep. We had planned to leave after everyone else were sleeping.
Almost an hour later Iggy entered my room. I climbed out of bed fully dressed and followed him down the hall to Lumi's room. Everyone else was there. We silently climbed onto the windowsill and jumped into the sky, our wings snapping open instantly.
We flew fast for an hour just to get away from the house incase Fang, Nudge, one of the kids, or Meri somehow heard our departure. None of them did. I was please with our escape.
"I think it'll take about two days to get their," Lumi called out. She looked calm and angelic. I smiled. That's how Max always thought of me. Angelic.
"Where's this School?" Iggy wondered.
"They're in our old School," I answered. "It was rebuilt."
"Great," Iggy muttered sarcastically.
Here we come, Max, I thought. Hang in there.
*Max POV*
I was back in a cage. You'd think the Whitecoats would go easy on me, considering I was pregnant. Again. But no. Why would they do that?
Dylan was crying silently across from me. Jeb wouldn't leave the poor boy alone. I hadn't seen him cry so much since he first showed up here with wings five years ago. It made me nervous and worried.
Neither of us spoke. I just thought, retreating inside myself. Everything was antisepticy here. Claustrophobia was driving me crazy. I was ready to murder the next person to look at me. You'll never truly understand the feeling unless you've been through what I have, and I really doubt you ever have.
I watched as two experiments, the Whitecoat's newest creation which they called Zetas, came and took Dylan away. He didn't even bother trying to fight back. The Zetas were too strong for even me to fight, and that's saying something.
Dylan came back sometime later, looking confused. He was shoved into his cage. The Zetas left.
"That was… odd," Dylan finally commented. He frowned.
"What'd you do?" I wondered. Dylan shook his head.
"I took some intelligence test," he answered. "But it was easy. Too easy. Like it was made for three-year-olds."
"That is odd," I agreed. "Why would they give you such a simple test, though? Your IQ is off the charts."
"That is what I don't get," Dylan said.
I nodded. I've seen him take tests made for the world's smartest people in just a few minutes. He's solved impossible math problems with a single glance at the problem. So why would they give him an easy test? It made no sense.
We were silent for awhile. Neither of us slept. We just sat in our respective cages and thought.
Dylan finally ended the silence when he gasped. His eyes widened and a look of fear crossed his face. I narrowed my eyes. What did the Whitecoats have in store now?
No… Dylan thought to me, anguished. They have brought the Immortals here.
You know, you never really did tell me about them, I reminded him. Might as well know what I'm up against here.
They are extremely strong, Dylan told me. And fast. When I fought them I could not even scratch them. The white-dressed ones are siblings. Same as the black-dressed ones. The older two fight the same way you do, using pure strength and speed. The younger two use their minds to fight and control others, up to a point. They are not as strong as I am when it comes to telepathy, though. As far as I can tell they have no weakness, do not need sleep, and do not need to eat.
I sighed. Great. They finally have created something even I might not be able to beat. I closed my eyes, leaning against the metal bars of my prison. Is there no hope?
*Fang POV*
Angel leaving really annoyed me. She took everyone from my Flock with her, save Nudge, Lumi, and the baby, too. I couldn't even leave to go after her! Meri refused to let me go alone, and I couldn't leave the little kids by themselves. This whole deal was driving me crazy.
I sat in my office, head resting on my hands. Meri was rubbing my shoulders, trying to relax me. It didn't work at all. It only made me more tense.
Meri, evil? Not possible. We're engaged, for crying out loud! Angel has everything wrong. I hope…
"Don't worry, Fang," Meri whispered. "I know for a fact it'll work out fine. Jeb told me so himself."
My eyes shot open. Meri froze, realizing her mistake.
"Did you just say Jeb told you?" I demanded slowly, unsurely.
"I did, didn't I?" Meri chuckled. Before I could move I was trapped, thick metal cuffs keeping me locked to the chair. "Sorry about this, dear. We only need to exterminate the others. You can stay alive. They'll let me keep you as a pet. Your Max won't die, either. Yet. Her body is still very useful for science."
"How could you?" I muttered. "I can't believe I believed you over Angel."
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Angel can read minds, and I believed this human over her! Ugh, Max will kill me when she finds out… I need to get away and get to the others! Before it's too late!
Meri left the room. She came back a few minutes later with the other kids. "Bye, Fang. I'll come back for you in a few days!" She left, blowing me a kiss, and locked the door. I groaned silently.
"Fang?" The voice belonged to the girl Breeze. She was calm. Max trained you well… "What do we do now?"
I thought quickly. We had no way of escaping. The windows in here were too small to break through. My cell phone was in the top drawer of my desk, but who could help us out of this situation…?
"Bree, get my phone," I ordered as a name came to my head. "Top drawer."
Breeze looked at me for a second, thinking, then nodded. She stepped over to the desk and opened the drawer, pulling out the black phone.
"Go into the phone book… Yeah, that's it. Hit the down button until I say stop… Ok, stop. Hit the green button. Thanks. Now hit the speaker button."
I waited for someone to pick up on other line. It rang for ten whole seconds before a velvety voice answered. Relief flooded through me.
"Cullen residence, Carlisle speaking."
"Carlisle, it's Fang." I spoke quickly incase Meri was still around. "We need your help. My fiancé turned out to be working for Itex, the company I told you about. She trapped us in my study. Angel, Iggy, Raz, Gazzy, and two new avians- I'll tell you about them later- went to rescue Max and another kid. I need to get to them before Itex does. Itex is planning on killing us."
"Ok, we will be over in a few minutes," Carlisle informed me. He spoke softly and rapidly for a few seconds. "We are on our way."
The phone clicked off. I let out a breath of relief. I hated having to call anyone and ask for help, but it was inevitable. The good thing about the Cullens were that they were super-strong. Vampires couldn't be defeated by Erasers, Flyboys, or anything else the sadistic scientists invented. They were the perfect allies for us.
*Bella POV*
I'm so glad Fang called us. I mean, his situation stinks, but no we have something exciting to do. I love being a vampire and all, but sometimes it can get a bit boring. Finding new things to do gets extremely hard after a while.
The Flock didn't leave too far terribly far from us. It only took about ten minutes for us to get to Colorado. Edward and I were first, of course, me being a newborn and Edward being the fastest Cullen and all.
"I only smell their human-bird mix," I told Edward. "I think Meri left."
"She did," Edward confirmed. "Let's go in."
We hurried inside the building, going straight to Fang's office. I pulled open the door, forgetting it was locked. The whole door came off the wall. If I were still human I would have blushed.
Edward freed Fang from the metal bands holding him down. I asked the strange kids and Nudge if they were ok. They all were.
"Who are you?" one of the two boys wondered. He looked up at me innocently, terror in his light brown eyes. "You're not from the School, are you?"
"That's Bella," Fang announced. "She's a friend. So's Edward here. Bella, Edward, these are Breeze, Jordan, and Vanish. They're avian-hybrids, too."
Fang started moving through the house after that, packing backpacks. He told us his plan as he packed.
"If it's possible, I'd like one or two of you to stay here with these kids," he said. "That way I don't have to worry about them, too. And, if you don't mind, I'd like a couple of you at least to come with me to the School. That's where the others are heading now. Max and this kid Dylan are being held there. We have to get them out."
"Rosalie and I will stay," Esme called out. Her voice was quiet. Fang's hearing was great enough that we didn't have to speak at human levels in order for him to hear. It was safer if we stayed quiet. "Everyone else will go with you. We will take the kids back to our home."
"I'll stay, too," Nudge added. "I really want to see Max again, but I think I'll stay with the kids to make sure they're safe." She turned to us. "But I don't mean you're not safe! I just want them to feel safe and not…"
"Nudge!" Emmet and I cried. Nudge blushed and looked down.
"Are you sure?" Fang questioned. Us Cullens nodded. "That's really good. Will you be able to see me in the air?"
"Easily," Emmet answered, grinning wide. He wanted a fight, I could tell. "It's hard to miss you."
Fang rolled his eyes. "Let's go, then." He quickly told his plan to the kids. We left, Fang in the air and the rest of us running over land.
*Dylan POV*
Max didn't know this, but I had another power. I know, big surprise, right? Well, this power lets me see the future. Sort of. I can never see it when I want to. And I can only see things that affect me or someone I'm close to. I haven't exactly figured it out yet.
When my latest future-sight came to me, Max and I were in the middle of a discussion. I felt my eyes glaze over as a moving picture and sound blocked my sight and hearing.
A dark, black-clothed winged boy and five perfect, stone-looking people were racing towards the School. The building was maybe a thousand yards away. A few winged-children rose up and met the flying boy. The hovered mid-air for a few minutes, talking. The marble-people on land stopped running. The flying-children landed. Sound came.
"That's the building?" the biggest of the marble people asked.
"That's it," the dark winged-boy answered.
"Let's break in, then," the red-headed flying-child said.
"We don't know where Max and Dylan are being held," an angelic winged-girl said sadly. "I can't find Max's mind anywhere, and I think Dylan's mind is blocked."
"Same here," the bronze-haired marble-person said. He sounded annoyed. Turning to the girl at his side, he added with a smirk, "Sounds a lot like you."
The marble-girl rolled her eyes. "So we have no idea where they are. That would be too easy, right?"
The dark winged-boy nodded. "Let's just break in and start looking around. Hopefully we're not too late…"
My vision ended there. I was very relieved, though. One of the winged-kids in the vision was Lumi. Another was Max's baby, Tyler. From what I learned from Max's memories, the dark winged boy was Fang. The red-head was Iggy and the angelic one was Angel. The other flying-kid would be Gazzy. I didn't know who any of the marble-people were, but I was glad they were here. The Flock would need as much held as possible in escaping.
Max, I thought. Good news. Fang's here. He has lotsa help. They're gonna free us.
Max smiled at me sadly. She refused to believe she'd be free anytime soon. I almost didn't blame her. After all we've been through, it only made sense not to count on being free.
I don't think I'll be getting out anytime soon, Max thought. They want this baby even more than Tyler.
I knew the School would put up a fight, but I doubted we'd lose to them. Fang's friends looked strong. There was no way they would lose… Right?
*Fang POV*
We were at the School. The worst place on Earth. I wasn't even inside the building and memories were already coming back to me. I'd almost forgotten how bad this place was. My need to free Max grew even stronger.
Edward's face grew more and more pained as we neared the School. Not only was he seeing all of our memories, he was seeing into the minds of most of the experiments at the building. I could tell he was shocked- and horrified- of what happens in this building.
"That's the place?" Emmet asked.
"That's it," I answered. The building of torture and worse…
"Let's break in, then," Iggy said. He sounded excited. No doubt he had tons of bombs on him. I knew how badly he wanted revenge on this place. As far as I knew, he wanted it worse than anyone.
"We don't know where Max and Dylan are being held," Angel whispered sadly. "I can't find Max's mind anywhere, and I think Dylan's mind is blocked."
"Same here," Edward agreed. He sounded annoyed. Turning to Bella, he said with a small smirk, "Sounds a lot like you."
Bella rolled her eyes. "So we have no idea where they are. That would be too easy, right?"
I nodded. "Let's just break in and start looking around. Hopefully we're not too late…"
I've been saying that a lot lately... Max, we're here for you now… Don't give up on me yet…
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Yay, the Flock is almost to Max! Will they succeed in saving her? Or will everyone be captured? Can Max fight off the Immortals and the Zetas? Or is she not as strong as they are? Will the Cullens secret be exposed when they enter the School? So many questions yet to be answered! You'll just have to wait and see! ^-^ If you have any questions concerning the Flock, the Cullens, or anyone/anything else in the story, please let me know! Oh, and please review! I love hearing from y'all! God bless! -Max