Hey everyone! You'll (finally) found out what happened to Fang in this chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, LOL-ninjas-stole-my-homework, Eclipsevampire, alex1jude, brebreisme, and CloudyWind732984. Sorry for not updating, but I've been super busy with homework, basketball, more homework, and babysitting. I swear, my math teacher is out to get me. Wearing Garfield slippers. Long story, don't ask.

Max's POV

I woke up with a major headache. And not the my-kids-were-screaming-all-night kind of headache, the kind I used to have, with the stress of saving the world and all. I sat up quickly, banging my head on metal. Owww…That hurt more than I expected it to. Wait a second, why was I in a cage?

I hesitantly ran my fingers over the bars, feeling for a weakness. I couldn't find any. Not one little design flaw. Crap, the whitecoats had gotten smarter. Just then, I heard something moving in the cage next to me. I gently tapped against the metal, hoping to get a response.

To my surprise, whoever was on the other side quickly tapped back.

"Hello?" I whispered, not wanting to alert the whitecoats.

"Yea, I'm here with a brain too." Was the stranger's response. That voice sounded familiar…I quickly squashed any thoughts of hope down before I could remember.

"Guess it's good to have a brain in a place like this." I whispered back.

"Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes I wish I didn't know what was going on here, and couldn't process it." Guess stranger guy had a point.

"Guess so." I mumbled, I hated looking stupid.

"But, I'm pretty glad I have a brain." I could almost hear stranger guy smiling.

"Anyways, I guess since you're the only one here I know of, besides the whitecoats, we're going to have to work together." I reasoned.

"You have no idea how long I've waited for someone to say that." Stranger guy's voice got more quiet.

"How long have you been here?" I pressed my hand against the cold metal, shuddering.

"Longer than anyone with a family should have to." I felt him closing off, not talking to me anymore.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm almost positive my kids are going to try some stupid rescue mission to bust me out of here. I won't leave you here alone. But I hope to God they don't come, I can't risk having them getting caught. If I don't get out…" I trailed off, realizing I was ranting.

"If you don't get out what?" Stranger guy prompted.

"They're all that's left of my family. Zan-my nephew won't let my daughter come here without him, if he lets her come at all. If they all get killed, who will tell the rest of the flo-family?" I kept almost trailing into Flock-speak, telling this stranger everything about me.

"I'm sure Evangeline will be fine." The stranger pushed his fingers through his bars, and bent his wrist sideways so he could slip them into my outstretched hand.

"I hope so…wait, how did you know my daughter's name is Evangeline…" For the first time in five years, I felt hope surge through me. The second I grasped his hand, I realized my hope was genuine, and this stranger wasn't strange at all.

"Max?" He whispered, almost nervously.

"Fang?" I whispered back, feeling my eyes fill with tears.

"Yeah." We both responded at the same time. The tears ran down my cheeks openly now. Just then, a Eraser walked over to us, slapping our hands away from each other.

"Both of you, out now." He growled at us, unlocking the cage.

I tensed my legs, getting ready to leap for escape.

"Don't think bout running for it Missy. Electric fishing nets surrounding all rooms and buildings. Only Eraser finger print can turn it off." Crap.

I slowly jumped down from my cage, immediately turning to Fang's cage. I saw him, as though I had never seen him before. He looked different, but better than I would have expected, considering he spent five years here. His eyes were still dark brown, but seemed darker almost, harder. His cheeks were gaunt, it was clear he had not been eating enough. His hands and arms were scared with deep angry red marks. I hoped for once that the whitecoats had done that to him, and he wasn't suicidal.

"Oh Fang." I whispered looking up at him. "What have they done to you?"

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