I figured I should update now, because you guys probably want to hunt me down and kill me now… so here.

Max POV

The knife simply bounced off my skin and shattered. Angel screamed, and lunged at me again. Suddenly, a huge Eraser intercepted her, knocking her down. Of course, this all happened in slow motion for me because I can register things in my genetically modified brain extremely fast.

"Angel!" Gazzy shouted, and ran at the Eraser, but he was knocked down as more Erasers rushed out of the bushes.

I'd known they were there, of course. Just another part of the plan for the Flock to trust me more. I tackled the Eraser holding Angel, throwing him off her. He flew back, knocking down more Erasers behind him before hitting a tree and going straight through it. Okay, so I probably could have held a little more, but I honestly hadn't used much of my strength.

"Fang!" I heard Nudge scream, and my head whipped back. Then I saw what Nudge was screaming about. Fang was pinned down in a horde of Erasers, protecting Nudge. Blood streamed down his forehead, and he was barely holding out against the Erasers.

I jumped fifteen feet into the air-yes, without wings- spinning and doing a bunch of other fancy stuff, right into the mob of erasers. Keeping my perfect fighting stance, I cleared all the Erasers in a few seconds. I bet Chuck Norris couldn't do that. Actually, I knew he couldn't. Once, in the REC, they'd brought him in to fight me. He was down in under a second.

I kicked and punched, knocking down more Erasers. They're really not smart, and they've got nothing but wild punches and kicks. I really didn't understand why the REC used them so much. After a minute, the fight was over. There were piles of Erasers at my feet, and the remaining Erasers had scattered. Aww… that was too bad. I didn't even get to use my powers on them.

"Max? What the hell was that?" I heard Fang demanding. Oops. Maybe I should have held back a little….

Fang POV

I couldn't believe what I'd just seen. The flock and I were all extremely strong, and we were all excellent fighters, but Max… it was almost scary what a good fighter she was. I could tell she was extremely well trained, and she hadn't been lying when she said she was strong. She'd hurled an Eraser into a tree so hard, he'd broken the tree. And I knew she was holding back, by the way she was fighting. She probably could have taken down all the Erasers in a few seconds, but still…

"Max? What the hell was that?" I asked, in awe and shock. It was a good thing she was such a good fighter, but what if she turned on us? We wouldn't stand a chance…

Max looked slightly surprised, but she composed herself. "You're bleeding, and the rest of the flock is hurt. Let's fix that first," she said, concern in her voice.

I'd tried to put it off, but my head was really starting to bother me. "Yeah," I agreed reluctantly. I got the first aid kit out of my back pack and began to stick Band-Aid on everyone. When I got to Max, she just shook her head.

"Not a scratch," She replied, a little smug.

I began to treat myself, and I realized the blood was getting pretty heavy. It had already soaked through the gauze I'd put on my forehead to stop the bleeding. I frowned. That wasn't good.

As if reading my thoughts, which she probably did, Max looked up. "That looks pretty bad. Do you need some help?" She asked, her eyes focusing at the blood, which had started dripping back on my forehead, even with the bandage.

I shook my head, but instantly regretted it. My head spun, and my vision turned blurry. I grabbed a tree branch to steady myself, stumbling.

"Woah, you okay, Fang?" I heard Gazzy ask me through the ringing in my ears.

"Yeah, I-I'll be fine," I managed through the intense pain in my head.

My knees couldn't support me anymore. I sank to the floor, my knees collapsing underneath me. My head was exploding in pain, and I saw bright bursts of light. The world faded, not into blackness, but into red, and I drifted out of consciousness.

"Fang! Fang! Wake up!" I faintly heard Nudge crying, sobs muffling her words. "Wake up! Please!"

"Fang? Fang!" Gazzy was yelling, his voice high.

"This is isn't good…" Iggy was murmuring.

Faintly, so quiet I wasn't sure I'd heard her correctly, I heard Max whisper, "Oh, Fang. I'm sorry. Sorry…"

Max POV

Oh, Fang. Why'd you have to go and faint? I thought. I wasn't worried, I knew he would be fine. One of my powers was I could heal any wound, and I'd done that to Fang. He was sleeping now, and he probably would wake up in a few hours.

The flock, so far, hadn't noticed Angel was gone. They would soon, though.

The flock murmurs softly to each other, not yet trusting me enough to include me in the conversation. It didn't matter, though. I could hear every word they said.

"Iggy… Will Fang be okay?" Nudge asked, concerned, but not enough to keep from talking on and on. "I mean, like, what if he died? Then Max could lead the flock, like old days! Ooh, I wonder how that would be like! Having a girl leader…" Nudge was spouting nonsense, as usual.

"Fang's fine, Nudge. Max's healing-thing she did on him will heal him," Iggy said, sighing.

I heard Gazzy fart, and then Nudge screamed: "ZOMG! Gazzy, you're disgusting! This is gross!"

"Sorry! A man's got to do what a man's got to do," Gazzy said, laughing.

"Does that mean scaring away any possible girlfriend?" Nudge retorted, "Not that you'd have one anyways."

"Hey!" Gazzy shouted.

I heard scuffling, which I figured was Gazzy chasing Nudge around.

Then, I saw Fang stir. He sat up, wincing, and I went to go help him. "Hey, sleepyhead. Sleeping Emo-ness finally awake?" I ask. I realized I felt a little relieved because he was now awake. Why? I knew he'd be fine. Shrugging off the feeling, I helped Fang get to his feet.

Fang mumbled about the emo thing, before asking: "Why did you say sorry?" That really caught me by surprise. He'd heard me? He'd been out cold! How could he have heard me?

"You must have been hearing things," I lie, "Probably loss of blood." I didn't even know why I'd said sorry. Had I, Maximum Ride, heartless assassin, felt guilty? No, I don't feel emotions like that. I don't.

Before I could say anything else, Fang asked yet another question: "Where's Angel?" Oh, crap.

HEHEHEHE! CLIFFY CLIFFY CLIFFY! LALALALALALALALALALA. I am on an evil streak, not updating for a while, ending with a cliffy… MWAHAHAHA. This is also why you do not give me Red Bull or anything with caffeine in it…

Anyways, where's Angel? It's sorta obvious….

What are the people gonna do with Angel?

Should Fax be in the next chapter? Or should I torture you guys more?

I want fifteen reviews, people! Otherwise I won't update for two weeks, and by then I will be one vacation, probably not being able to update for a month… so review or no update.