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350th Reviewer: IggyIsAwesome13 - I'll actually have to go back and count all the reviews...haha, I've got plenty of time!

"Your voice is so far, it seems I swallowed red.
Surely, just like this you melt into the night.

It seems to be red that has dyed and ran down my fingertip.
I take you into me.

When the clouds break off, the tears overflow.
I clung to you tightly as you blurred little by little."

- Glow [Miku]

Aha, this the true ending guys! Playing 'Glow - Guriri' right now might actually be a good idea even though it's not in English. So enjoy and thanks again for all your continued support! I love all my reviewers! Enjoy the long-awaited chapter with a twist-ending!

[EDIT:] I am so sorry! I didn't mean to make anyone cry or almost cry! I didn't think it was that sad...or moving D: Good thing? Bad thing? Ugh! *hands cyber tissues to crying readers* Man...none of you guys liked that I killed Max, huh? Goodness, you guys sound so upset!

~LonelyButLovely

P.S. I honestly don't know about an epilogue...well, bye! I had fun writing this story!

I looked through the glass, pressing my hand on it. I knew this face, I knew it well. I knew it because I saw it over and over again. I still couldn't accept it. I couldn't accept her. Not her. Why her? Of all people in the world, why did it have to be her? I stared at the stupidly pretty chestnut brown hair that fell around her shoulders and then at the wings that were slightly closed. Her eyes - though unopened - were the beautiful brindled brown with flecks of gold and framed by dark lashes. I used to idolize this girl. I used to wish to be her. I used to wish too many things and now...and now everything fell apart. Everything fell apart when she saw him and he saw her.

"I hate you," I whispered to her. "I hate you so much."

But...but I share one thing with this girl. And only one thing.

"You're so lucky," I whispered stubbornly blinking back stupid tears. "Stupid...why am I crying?"

This girl, Max, shared the one thing that mattered most to me. So much that I'd do anything to see him smile. I haven't talked to Fang since I walked into his studio and found her pictures all over again. This girl had to take everything didn't she? She already took my dad from me. Jeb couldn't stand one moment being with his 'real' daughter and instead spent time with his 'special' daughter. And I found Fang one spring day as he was lingering near the wall that surrounded the facility. He held a purple flower in hid hand and had one of the gentlest smiles I'd ever seen.

I fell in love with him at first sight. Go on. Hate me. Hate me for loving another. Hate me for falling in love with the wrong guy. Hate me for falling in love with Fang, a boy who probably made living here bearable and became my first love. Probably my last too. Just say it, all of you out there listening to me, say, 'I hate you, Lissa.' I hear it all the time...what's a hundred more going to hurt?

"Fang, I love you," I clenched my fist. I love you so much it hurts. It hurts me so much to do this but...I need to see you smile again. I need you to wear that gentle smile you always wore. I need you to...I need you...I just need you Fang. Even if you can't be mine.

I took a deep breath and wiped away my tears. Brushing back my red hair, I dropped my hand from the glass tube and turned to the machine beside it, pushing down the glowing blue button. There was a click and the beeping sound came to a halt. I stepped a little ways back and watched as the tube stopped humming and the figure inside began descending slightly, the air supply depleting rapidly.

I had to do this. I had to do this so Fang would look at me once more.

I squeezed my eyes for a second then watched the tube slide back into the floor. Max hovered there for a moment then began slumping forward. I quickly caught her - she was light obviously. Her wings drooped to her sides and lifelessly dragged on the tiles.

I clenched my teeth and positioned her so that her arm was around my shoulder and I dragged her limp body down the hallway. I've lived here all my life as well so I know the layout. I know when the cameras turn on and off, when they turn and when they switch. I know everything here like the back of my hand. I made a quick right and went down the long hallway to where the elevator would be. I had precisely 7.8 minutes to execute my plan. Any longer than that and we were both toast.

I quickly entered the elevator, tapping in the code for the upper floor. I leaned her against a wall and sighed. Most of the employees were on a lunch break at the moment and only a select few were able to go to this floor - like me. The daughter of the head scientist. I don't think I'll survive this however. I think I'll be retired. But if I see his face one last time...

Ding!

I slung her arm over my shoulder again and carefully exited the elevator. Now, straight down this hallway...a left here...another left...turn right here...three doors down...I fished the keycard from my pocket and slid it into the lock. I tapped in my dad's code and was allowed acess without all the fancy scanning and voice recognition. The door slid open and revealed four other beings.

One, a little girl known as Angel, stared at me expectantly. Her blue eyes stared into mine and she instantly understood everything. The other three began rising as well and gawked at me. I shifted uncomfortably on one foot to the other. Iggy - the strawberry blond blind - quickly took Max from me, lifting her into his arms with a curt nod.

"I'm so sorry," I whispered stepping away.

"No," Angel came to me and held my hand. "Thank you so much, Lissa."

I looked away. "W-well, I don't think I'll ever see you again. All of you have five minutes to get out. I hope I don't ever see you again."

Angel only smiled and let go of my hand. 'Thank you.'

I nodded, knowing about her mind-reading abilities. She probably already had the layout and escape route in her head. I stepped away from the opening as they all filed out, nodding to me and quickly moving. Nudge gave me a hug and whispered thank you before leaving and I watched as all five of them disappeared down the hall. I smiled to myself.

"It's over," I whispered. It's all over now. There's nothing else to say but...Fang, I love you. And I'll do anything to make you smile. Just smile like you always do, please.

"...be okay. It's okay. We're all okay."

I felt arms around me. I felt someone holding me. I heard his heartbeat. I opened my eyes slightly. I saw his chest, his warm chest. I opened my mouth to speak.

"Hey...what's the big idea?"

There was a chorus of, "Max!"

I smirked like I always did and we came to a stop. Iggy set me down. I stood for a second on my wobbly legs and clutched onto Iggy again. "Sorry...noodley knees."

Iggy chuckled. "We're just glad you're back."

"We were so scared Max," Nudge added.

'We thought you died.'

'Me? Pfft, I can't die yet.'

'That's good to hear.' Angel giggled.

Iggy picked me up again. "No time to waste. We have to get going. How far are we Angel?"

"Almost there," she called back as they ran.

I was too disoriented to run; I'd only slow them down.

Angel took us up a staircase and flipped open a keypad, typing in a password and opening the door. In came light and out we went. I felt the breeze first. For the first time, we were actually outside without any restraints. It took us all a moment to gather reality before Angel snapped us back to the task at hand. They all began taking off one by one - me as an exception as Iggy held me tight. I closed my eyes.

Free. Free at last.

"You okay?" Iggy asked.

I smiled. "Never better."

I crushed the paper in my hands, my eyes full of unshed tears. I'd been here for what felt like eternity. Footsteps sounded behind me.

"Fang...hey."

I turned, brushing my eyes on my sleeve. "What do you want?"

Lissa only smiled and held out her hand. Her eyes glistened strangely. "Hey, Fang. Did you know I love you?"

I tried not to frown but I probably did as she smiled again but this time disappointedly. "Thanks...I guess."

'Max is alive.'

'What? !'

'Good bye, Fang.'

'W-wait! Max is alive? Hello? Hello?'

"Hey, Fang, um," Lissa brushed back a strand of hair and blushed slightly. "This will sound weird but will you...?"

I smiled.

Lissa stopped her words as his expression caught her eye. Lissa brushed away her tears that were rapidly forming and threw her arms around Fang, taking in every last detail. She inhaled his scent, pressed herself into his chest and sighed before stepping back. This was how she wanted to remember him - smiling.

"Thanks," she whispered. "For everything."

"Lissa," he said, his focus on her, "what do you mean? It kind of sounds like..."

"Good bye," Lissa began walking away.

"Wait!" Fang pulled her arm and she turned. "I just...I don't understand what's happening but...but thanks Lissa. I just want to thank you and..."

She shook her head, pressing a finger to his mouth. He couldn't be her's and he never would...she was an android after all. She would never fully love him the way she wanted to. Only the way she thought she could. All this...? Well, it was 'fun' as they said it was. Human emotions programmed into her. Images that triggered other responses. They said she was made from the dead daughter of someone else...was that why she loved...? Shaking these thoughts from her head she blinked back the tears from her 'CRY' mechanism that threatened to spill and gulped. A programmed teenager that could act as human as possible but never BE human. A cruel life it was.

"Lissa..." he wordlessly leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead.

Lissa 'blushed' and was left standing there alone as she watched the boy she loved run back. She smiled faintly, and turned. As she got close to the entrance again, she immediately felt her insides locking down. Lissa stopped in place, slowly powering down. Falling backwards, the last image was the blue and innocent sky and everything went dark. And the smile playing on her lips was real.

Angel jolted as the connection with Lissa suddenly got cut off. She smiled slightly at first with the memory of the girl in mind but silently cried, tears brushing past her and falling back into the sky.

'I love you, Lissa.'