Aj: So I decided to update again and I want to thank Elegrabea for your suggestions. My friend, John, wanted me to have Max get captured at the end and since I owed him for helping Anika while I was incapacitated I had to put it and some of his other ideas in here like Fang getting captured too. The driving force is still saving Angel, but now they are testing her by taking Gazzy and Nudge as well. Also, she has not moved on from Fang, but she doesn't trust him so she's trying to keep him far away. The clones I wanted to have a bigger part in this, but they don't really interact with Max as much as they do with Fang and he trusts them because if they wanted to try anything they would have when he was trapped and I imagined that Max would have told him about Max 2 turning good after Germany when they were swapping stories. They are also still alive, but Grey is planning on killing them. Max is a little OOC because as I explained in the last chapter every time she absorbs a power she starts acting less and less like herself. I think the OOC ness began after she absorbed Angel's powers accidentally so it was meant to be like that and I've been trying to not focus on her power a lot because I didn't want it to be Mary-sue like, but they are going to try and get rid of it because Grey injected her with it. [Takes a deep breath.]

Anika: Geez Nudge, anything else you want to say?

Aj: I hate you.

Previously: "Hi Max." Angel greeted with a herd of about thirty erasers behind her. "Are you going to give in the easy way or the hard way?"

"Angel! Listen to me this isn't you!" I pleaded with her. Her eyes remained dull and emotionless. It hurt every fiber in my being. Every strand of DNA that I was programmed with and born with. Every second I looked at her, flashes of memory spiraled through my brain. When she kicked me out of the flock. How she looked at me at Gunther Hagen's after she betrayed us. Her seemingly endless stream of trying to take over the flock and for two days succeeding. Her pointing the gun at me, not even caring if she murdered me in cold blood. Her about to slit Iggy's neck and then stab me. Where was Angel? Was she even fighting anymore? Or did she lose herself completely? The latter was NOT an option.

"How would you know Max? You and Fang were making cow eyes at each other for a year before he ditched us. You didn't care about us." She raised her voice slightly at the end.

"Oh really? You were on the verge of mind controlling Fang and I to get together if we hadn't when we did. And if memory serves me right, who was about to slit Iggy's throat a month ago. You or me?" I reasoned smugly. Her eyes were filled with bloodlust. She didn't even think to send the erasers after me because of it. She full on lunged at me. I winced as I popped my knee out where her chest was coming at me and she dropped to the cracked pavement.

"You'll pay for that Maximum." She growled, seeming like a full on demon.

"Angel. Stop yourself for a minute and think of what you're actually doing," I ordered in my no nonsense tone. My hands were placed firmly on my hips as if I were scolding her for not cleaning her room in the good ol' days before she was kidnapped.

"You are about to kill me. Who basically raised you? Me. Who turned you into a little demon that has no problem in murdering your family just to kill millions of more innocent and not so innocent people? Grey. What do you want? Not what he turned you into, what you used to be a year ago."

"Max. I'm sorry." She apologized dropping her arms and looking about to cry. She ran up to me and wrapped her little arms around my waist. I kneeled down and hugged her back and she buried her face into my shoulder.

"You really are pathetic." Angel whispered in my ear. My eyes popped open and before I could do anything she kicked my neck making it slam backwards into the concrete. I probably got whiplash. Her fists flew (not literally) to my face, slamming down with a ground splitting impact. I was getting dizzier and dizzier with each punch to my head. I tried to spin around onto my hands, but a furry paw pushed me down. Angel spun to face the eraser.

"She's my kill." She ground out through her teeth. While she was distracted though, my legs clasped around hers and I twisted so she fell flat on her face. I then rolled onto my feet and got into a defensive position. There was no way I would fight my baby. Ever. I wouldn't let her kill me though. She flashed her black eyes at me and I flew into a nearby building. You know how it looks really cool on TV where the wall crumbles underneath them from the impact, but they hardly look affected. Well, it's a lot different in real life. I was struggling to breath, but it felt like I couldn't. I think my lungs were damaged in the impact. My face was red and I was getting mucho lightheaded.

What was a bird girl to do in these situations? Well, in my experience I fight until the light leaves your eyes, but I was like super glued to this wall because of Angel's telekinesis. Her light footsteps pounded against the damaged pavement as she came in for the kill. A grin was spread across her face as she thought about my utter demise. When had I ever given up hope though? Well, a few times, but I NEVER let it show. I was always strong to help every one around me, but this time there was no one here to see my act of bravery. I was entirely alone, but I wouldn't let my baby be trapped like that forever. It killed me that she was like that for this long.

I refused to use Grey's Christmas gift to fight against her though. I would just be doing what he wants and for those of you who know me, I do not do what people want me to do. It would mean that I couldn't save anyone though if I didn't use them. I wouldn't wait for anyone to come and save me though. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm usually in distress, never a damsel. I would get out of this like I used to before. When Ari was trying to kill us with his parade of misfit toys. Think Max, think. What would you do? I held in a grin and broke all of my mind barriers so that Angel would be able to read my mind.

She literally looked confused and suspicious as to why I did that. It was exactly what I wanted. I waited patiently as she rifled through my thoughts so that she would be less cautious. I made sure that she couldn't read my plan though. One…two…NOW! I shrieked bloody murder mentally loud enough that I was giving myself a headache. She whimpered and lost her concentration as she covered her ears. I dropped to the ground on my feet and grimaced as I felt the pain in my lungs. She was a violent little girl! I would be so proud if she had hurt the bad guy and not me.

I heard powerful flapping above me and my head shot up. Fang and Iggy were descending down to our mini battle. I inwardly smiled at the thought that they were all right and that I had back up. I couldn't do this without them. They skidded on to the ground and then came running towards me. It had to be urgent if Fang was actually showing emotion.

"Max!" Iggy yelled as erasers encircled them, surrounding us all.

"It's Celeste! We have to burn Angel's bear to get her back." He told me, but then realized all of the breathing.

"About thirty erasers surrounding us on all sides. They're about eight feet taller then us and six feet wider. Their weakness is that they only listen to Angel." I informed him so quietly that I couldn't even hear myself. I knew that Iggy did though, because he nodded.

"Fang, Iggy, you fight all the erasers you can and I'll burn the bear if Iggy can supply a fire." I ordered. Iggy grinned and then handed me a raisen.

"Smash it on the ground and get out of the way. It'll make a three feet by three feet fire. Just big enough to burn Celeste." He instructed.

"Got it. Be careful you guys."

"You too." Fang said. They ran off to the outer ring of the circle where the erasers had pretty much made a wall and I looked to the dead center to see Angel. The fight for Angel had begun.

Anika: No major cliffy?

Aj: I'm slowing the pace down a bit. Answers: Freddy Krueger. (I totally agree!) Not too long, but long enough. TFW was really only the disappointment. Tie. Kill Dylan either way.

Anika: So for the past few chapters we've been giving you all five questions to answer, but this time we want you to ask US five questions. If you want it to be specifically Aj or me say so on the question. Those who do this will get a virtual cookie!

Aj: Also in your review tell us what you like most and what you like least about this story so far. We are listening! See ya' tomorrow! –Aj.