Hello faithful reviewers and people who can't be stuffed to review but read the fanfiction anyways *cough* I'm not a hypocrite at all *cough*…

Sorry it took so long, but I was suffering from writers block.

Here are some mentions: Ashara and Tracie my really annoying friends.

Oh and for people who like funny Maximum Ride fanfictions like mine, read Darker than Midnight by M1dnite… so funny. Not many chapters at the moment but hilarious.

Chapter 7:

Max POV

I was in a stark white room. Fluorescent lights flickered overhead and the room looked a little worse for wear, filled with stale air, as if it had been empty for a long time. As far as I could tell there was no furniture in the room, apart from the steel table I was tied down to. I tried to move an arm experimentally but it was no use. I was tied down too well.

A familiar panic rose up inside of me. If there was one thing I hated, it was being utterly confined. A noise from the corner of the room, out of my sight, attracted my attention, but no matter how much I strained, I couldn't move from the bonds.

I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself down. What was the last thing I remembered? I remembered being at school, not feeling very well, and then… Fang cornered me in the maths corridor… asked me what was wrong… then it was a blank.

I probably had collapsed… but why was the real question.

A chuckle from the end of the room distracted me from my musings. I froze, the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end… I knew that chuckle.

I gently turned my head to its limit and there was Fang. Sitting in a chair next to me. I could've sworn that he wasn't there a minute ago. Damn Fang and his awesome ninja skills.

"Fang," I said hoarsely, my throat sore from no use. "Where am I? What's happening?"

He chuckled darkly again, and for a second I swear I saw a glint of red in my eyes. But then it was gone.

"Why Max, you really don't need to know where you are. And as to what's happening… well you'll find out soon enough."

My forehead furrowed in confusion. I could feel a pounding headache coming on, but I ignored it.

"What do you mean Fang? Get me out of here." I nearly shouted.

"Oh, poor naïve Max, I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, if I let you out, you would escape, and that wouldn't be good for my master."

My breath hitched and I looked up at Fang. It was still hard to see him properly, but I could just make out his face.

"M…m…master?" I asked, my voice quavering.

"You'll find out soon enough, and then the world will be rid of you and you're family." He whispered darkly and suddenly he was gone.

Tears pricked in my eyes and I let them fall. They had my family. The only people I had left.

The lights went out and for a second I was submerged in complete darkness, and then they turned back on. But instead of the empty room, seven people surrounded me. Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Lissa, Brigid and… Dr. Ter Borcht.

"Well hello Max," he said. "I'm afraid it's time to die."

Suddenly they all raised knives, the sharp edges glinting horribly in the flickering lights.

As they stepped towards me, I finally opened my mouth and screamed.

"Max! MAX!" a voice penetrated through my consciousness, nearly inaudible, as I could hear a girl screaming in the background.

I opened my eyes weekly, shying away from the bright lights. It took me a second to realise the screaming was coming from me. I shut my mouth abruptly.

Blurry figures danced at the edge of my vision, and I could hear a faint buzzing noise in my ear. The buzzing suddenly cleared and I could hear voices instead in the background.

"…emotional trauma…severe damage…might be admitted…" I voice said. I blinked a couple of times, and the figures became clearer.

I sat up quickly and was overcome with nausea. A hand gently guided me back down.

"Careful," he said. I looked up at him and recognised his face.

"Get away from me!' I shouted, cowering away from him. I recognised the faces of Iggy and Nudge standing behind him, looking at me worriedly.

"All of you get away!" I shouted again, and I erupted into racking sobs. The buzzing in the background reappeared and I curled up in a foetal position, only just aware of the blanket covering me.

Darkness overcame me and I welcomed it, relishing the numbness that came with it. For a couple of seconds, the world was still there, and then I was gone.

Yes I know it's short, but it wouldn't have seemed right if I added a bit more.

This is kind of a filler chapter, and Fang POV in the next chapter.

Please review.

Btw. I wrote this whole chapter in science. Yay me. Feel free to point out any mistakes.

~BookNerd7~