Sare POV

Five people stood up, Alex: livid with rage; Sare: hurt, angry, and betrayed; Angel: pure shock; Fang: rage and regret; Max: love, despair, hurt, anger.

I'll give you three guesses as to who it is and the first two don't count. One, Marian. WRONG! Two, Jeb. WRONG! Three Ari Batchelder. Absolutly freaking right! Alex and I stood - we had broken through the now weak ropes - there with rage and hurt locking us to the floor of the enormous semi. Angel had the most devastated look on her face, as though a grown-up going through great dissapointment in a child. Max stood slowly and stretched her arm out, despair clear on her face. Fang stood watching he carefully, wanting to make sure that she didn't do anything rash.

"Ari?" Max said, tears streaming down her face.

What the hell? Why was she so attached? Something, my concious maybe, screamed at me that she didn't tell us everything. I suddenly felt the trust that I'd felt towards Max evaporate before I could even think that it would be gone. How could she do this?

Fang put a hand on her shoulder and softly said, "Max? Max, he's not the same. He's not the same. Listen to Angel! Let her in Max. Let her show you. Max? Max? Come on, Max. You have to see." Wow, by the end of this he was begging.

"No, no. Stop, no!" She was clutching her head. Her knees gave out. "Stop, stop!" She was actually in agony. She curled up on the floor, clutching her head in hands. Having the most defeated expression on her face. "Fang, make him stop! Make it stop! He's doing it! Stop! Stop!" Maximum Ride was on the floor sobbing. Okay? There was definantly something she didn't tell us. However, Ari had an evil sneer on his face. Fang was standing in a protective crouch over her, as were the rest of her flock, though behind instead of in front.

"If you value your life, mutant, you'll step aside." Ari said, automatically going into a hunting crouch as Fang snarled menacingly. A sign that he was not moving unless Pegasis came prancing out of the rainbow, hidden by the massive hoard of Erasers standing behind it. "Or," he said noticing that Fang was not going to move. "I could kill her. Though Father would be dissapointed, but what's new?" Fang snarl almost made me run for it, almost.

"Where is your dear old father, I'd like to have a word with him Mutt." Jeez, Fang really could be terrifying if he wanted to.

"Speak of the devil. . ." Ari said, backing away and swiveled his head - he had been staring at Max the whole time - and looked at a new approaching figure. Max stopped sobbing and moaning in agony and started taking in deep ragged breaths, Fang picked her up and set her down right next to him. " And the devil shall appear." Ari finished.

"And what word would that be, Fang?" A middle-aged man in a white coat appeared from the line of Erasers.

"Oh, I don't think it's me you should be talking to."

"Well then come outside for a word," he waved his hand and he bonds holding the others dissapeared. The leaders - Max, Sammi, Payne, and Alex - went out first and stood closest to Jeb. Followed by their Seconds' - Fang, Zack, Rob, and Jason - who stood directly behind them. Those of us who were more furious than rational - Angel and I - stood right next to them. Whilst the others guarded our backs.

"Hello, I see some familiar faces: Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, Angel, Zack, Sare, Trevor, Payne, Rob, Ember, Elizabeth, Alex, Jason, Ariana, and Kyle. How nice to see you all! But I have a feeling, that it is you, Samantha and Maximum, who most undoubtably wish to talk to me. Is it not?"

"What is he talking about?" Sam silently asked Max, but Jeb still heard and answered.

"Have you not told her, dear Maximum, who is in your paternal side of the family?" Jeb questioned, and his eyes crinckled as if he was smiling because he had just told a joke.

"I have not told her, Jeb," Max put emphasis on the name ' Jeb ' as if to make it a dirty word. " As I am very ashamed that I am related to some of the most foul-beings on this Earth. And, I would certinaly not want her to know this devastating news until, it seemed absoultly nessary. As it is now. Sammi, you are related to a stupid greedy arrogant horendous fool named Jeb Batchelder as a father. And an Eraser with a multiple personality dissorder that happens every time he comes back from the grave named Ari. But, feel free to call him fleabag, Mutt, and anything else you can think of. Now," Max continued as if nothing of that short speech as everyone in all the flocks' - besides her flock - had their mouths hanging down below their toes and their eyes widened in disbelief. I probably looked the same. "I would like to ask how my charming brother made it back alive this time, considering that he has been in a grave for a year!" Though Max was keeping up the strong macho look, her voice broke on the word ' grave '.