Aj: First of all, thank you PeetaPercyFANGirl for your sympathy because I'm sick. All of my readers are welcome to send me sympathy reviews…

Anika: Just shut up and update. Nobody cares that you're sick.

Aj: Hurtful!

Was it just Fang or did Gazzy's hair look just a shade darker? And did Nudge's mocha skin look more chocolaty? Also, did Iggy's pale skin look slightly tanner? And were Max's nail's painted black? They weren't the flock, Fang knew that now. They were the kcolf and this was another of Grey's sick and twisted tricks. It also meant that the flock was still alive. Fang's feet became free and he plucked Angel from the ground and began running with her still screaming for Max who Ari 2 had just gruesomely killed.

Fang ran with her all the way up until they reached the twelfth floor. She was crying loudly until Fang told her in his mind that they were the kcolf. She wiped her tears away and put on a brave face as if Max was there. Fang actually felt a pang of guilt that the kcolf was dead. It just proved he was a terrible leader because he was only with them for a week.

"Fang, do you really think Max and the others are okay?" She asked. Fang nodded, but Angel put her hands on her hips.

"I know you're lying Fang." She couldn't help but smile though.

"Can you read their thoughts?" Fang asked. A spark seemed to go through Angel's eyes.

"What's the point in trying? Gazzy was broken, Nudge was broken, I was broken, and you'll probably be broken soon enough. There's no way we'll win. We should just give up. There wasn't much hope in the beginning and that was when we still had Max." Angel said, depressed. Fang knew something was wrong immediately. Usually Angel was hopeful. The real one anyways, but these days nobody knew exactly who she was.

"Angel, Max has always been like a mother to you. Nudge has always been like a big sister to you. Iggy has always been like a big brother to you. Gazzy is your brother. That's reason enough." Fang explained. Lately, he was a talkative one.

"Fang, you're just going to leave us heart broken again anyways. Then someone else will find us again and this whole cycle will repeat and that's if we even complete the impossible task of beating Grey. All I want is to go home and pick some strawberries." She replied. Fang knew there was no getting through to her so he picked her up again and began to run down the hallway, with her just hanging in his arms, limp. Not everything is hopeless Angel, Fang thought.

When they got to the thirteenth floor, Fang set Angel down onto the ground gently and she rubbed her temples just like Max would. Fang leaned down next to her and whispered in her ear, "Don't try to be like Max so much. We don't need two of you."

She smirked at him and they looked around the hallway as if they would see the next torture. It looked completely normal which was just about as reassuring as a psycho trying to kill you. They walked at a fast pace through the hallway, but Fang couldn't stop himself from telling Angel the truth.

"I don't think you're completely the same. I don't trust you either." She looked at Fang surprised.

"Well at least I haven't broken the flock's hearts by leaving and then coming back." She retorted.

"Yeah, you have Angel. By betraying them over and over again."

"I was being controlled by Grey."

"Were you?"

"Of course I was. What are you even saying?"

"Iggy said you didn't look like you were even fighting it anymore."

"I thought it was hopeless after a year Fang."

"Deep down I think you wanted the power."

"Yeah, so what. Everyone wants a little power. I'm not going to kill any one in the flock though."

"Really?"

"Really." Fang then realized what was going on. They were playing Grey's game. He was making them tell the full on truth. He looked at Angel trying to break her out of it, but nothing happened. She still looked just as angry with him. He shook her shoulders, but that only confused her.

"Angel. This is Grey talking. He's messing with our heads." He explained. A glimmer of realization flickered in her eyes and they both began to run before it over powered them again. Angel was struggling to keep up with Fang, but was running pretty fast for a seven year old. They came to the linoleum staircase and eagerly climbed up, knowing that they were almost to the top. Fang couldn't help, but feel happy that Max would be okay soon along with the rest of the flock.

This reality was shattered when they reached the fourteenth floor. There were four flat screen TVs along the walls that each had a flock member's picture on it. The one that had Gazzy's picture showed a clip of Angel betraying him and the flock for Grey and then a clip of Fang leaving the flock and him crying his eyes out. On the screen with Iggy's it showed a clip where Angel was about to slit Iggy's throat and then a clip where Iggy had to listen to the flock crying about Fang leaving and Max bottling up her feelings most of the time.

On Nudge's screen it showed Angel tearing the flock apart by the seam and the second clip showed her sobbing over Max about Fang leaving. Max's screen hurt Fang and Angel the most. It showed when Angel was pointing the gun at Max and the second clip showed Max crying on her bed because of Fang leaving.

"You two hurt the ones you supposedly love more times then I can count. Fang, does that count as breaking your promise to Max from all of those years ago?" Grey mocked. Fang glared at nowhere, hoping that Grey could see it. The two walked along until they reached the staircase to the fifteenth floor.

"This is it." Angel said.

"Let's get the flock back." Fang told her.

"Total too." Angel added as they began running up the steps.

Aj: I know it's short, but I'm not supposed to be up especially since I'm still sick. (Sympathy reviews are appreciated.)

Anika: Before Aj gets too dramatic and starts 2012 a year early let's get on to the questions because I can't go to sleep until this is finished.

Is Aj eviler when she's sick?

Are bedtimes stupid?

What is the worst pain you've ever felt?

What is the best Maximum Ride fanfiction and who wrote it?

Does Justin Bieber wear a wig?

Aj: See ya' tomorrow where I will be home sick again so I will finish this story either tomorrow or Friday.

Chapter Countdown:
3 chapters left. –Aj.