Hey Guys it's me, Dragonheart3. I'm still new around here, and I'm blindly finding my way around here…

Anyways, I see that my first chapter was a little on/off with the past/present tense, and some spelling errors…well I'm good at spelling but since I couldn't see to get the words down fast enough, I messed up in some places. As for the past tense, well, I'm not that great at English. Probably like a B or something. Stick with me!! Well, onto the story!!!

Fang's POV

It was dark out, and since Max fell asleep so quickly, I'm on watch. It's so quiet out here. A good time to think. My computer is in my bag, but I'm not gonna check my blog right now. I'm just gonna relax as best as I can for now.

I looked around towards the flock. We had a little fire going, keeping everybody warm. Iggy and Gazzy were fine. Check, check. Angel, Nudge, check and check again. Total. Check. Max…

Max was here, but she seemed to be very tense, unable to relax. Her face was tense as she slept, like she was having a bad nightmare or something. Her breathing was fast, faster than usual. Slightly jagged, like she couldn't get enough air in her lungs. I sucked in a breath.

Slowly, I went over to where Max was sleeping. Her bandages were was red, the blood already went through it. Her wings were also red, splashed with her own blood. I grit my teeth. The fly-boys were carrying a gun!? I should have paid better attention to everybody, especially Max. I shouldn't have let her get hurt. I checked her forehead, only to pull my hand away quickly. She was burning up! Ok, not good.

I rummaged through my bag, to get a small cloth. I poured some of my water on it, and put the wet washcloth on her forehead. She seemed to relax a little, but not much.

Her breathing was still slightly jagged, but they were getting better now. She was probably in a lot of pain. Ugh! Max, was in pain, my Max…

Whoa. I did not just think that. Ok, yes I did. I realized quite a while ago, that I may have more than sisterly (sisterly or brotherly? Well you get the point) feelings for Max. She got hurt because I wasn't to help her. But that's not going to happen EVER again. And then she almost fell to her death…

I need to increase my speed, my strength, EVERYTHING. I need to get better in order to protect my flock. I will do anything.

And then, the sun began to rise.

Max POV

Ugh. I was sore, and stiff all over. I struggled to get up, and winced, but I pushed myself up anyways. I'm not that pathetic. A white washcloth fell from my face. What the heck? Oh well. I still felt slightly dizzy, but nobody needed to know that right? I'm not going to drag my flock down. I'm the leader right? I need to set an example.

I looked over. Everybody was still sleeping, except for Fang. I looked over at him. He felt my gaze and looked towards me.

"Were you up all night?" I asked.

He shrugged. Geez. Just because I'm injured, doesn't mean I can't sit up and watch. "You could have woken me up." I accused him.

He shrugged, then said, "I'm fine. Stop worrying." I scanned his face for any signs of sleepiness, but as usual, I couldn't find any. This was coming from a guy who almost NEVER showed his emotions.

"So, where to?" He asked. My brain reeled into action. "We're not that far from mom's house, so we can crash there. It's got to be an half hour trip, right? We can make it." I said.

"I'll wake everybody up." He said, then he started to gently nudge everybody awake. Everybody started to wake up, rubbing their eyes, and yawning and stretching.

I waited for it. 3. 2. 1.

"Max? I'm hungry." Said (GUESS WHO IT IS).

"Yes Nudge? We're going to Dr. Martinez's house. It's only a half hour away, can you make it?" HA. I betcha knew that was Nudge asking that question.

"Yeah."

Everybody was getting up, stretching their wings. "Okay, are we ready to go?" I asked.

"But Max, how are YOU going to get there?" Angel asked. Crap. Um…let's see. I have a couple options here:

1) I could walk there. Taking forever. Either meeting my flock there, or dragging them down with me.

2) I could try to fly.

3) Fang could carry me.

I quickly eliminated options 1 and 3, so I tried to stretch my wings out. Before I could even open them, Fang was at my side, holding onto my shoulder. "I'll carry you. It's faster than walking, plus we don't want to add anymore damage to your wings than they already are. It's not that far." Well if he put it that way…

Iggy snickered, and Total whistled. (He can WHISTLE. Who knew? Well I guess if he could talk, he can do pretty much everything else.)

"Um, ok then. Let's go." I said, feeling uncertain as Fang swooped behind me and picked me up, bridal style. We launched up into the air.

Having fun, Maximum? Great. The Voice was back. No. I thought back angrily. This is necessary. I don't WANT to, it's just necessary.

Whatever you say, Maximum. Don't forget there's a world to save.

Hello?!? I'm freaking wounded here!! How about I heal up first?

Well, don't take your time. People are dying.

I mentally rolled my eyes. Whatever. Not to the people dying, but to the Voice. I knew I had a world to save, and I'm going to take FULL responsibility of that, once I healed up.

"Geez, you're hot." I quickly glanced up at Fang, and froze. It takes just three words to bring me out of my conversation with the Voice. "What?" I say.

Fang took one look at my expression then said, "I mean you're burning up."

Oh. Phew. On one hand, I was totally relieved that that was the case. But somewhere deep inside of me, I was feeling kind of empty, like I wished he actually MEANT it like that…

Ok, Max. Get a hold of yourself. You do not think of Fang that way. You—

--Are totally crazy about him. Finished the Voice.

SHUT UP VOICE! BUTT OUT OF MY PERSONAL LIFE!!

The Voice didn't answer. Way to get a girl angry like THAT. I mentally snapped my fingers.

Fang looked down at me to check on how I was holding up, which was very good, thank you very much. "We're close. Expect to be there in about five minutes." Fang announced.

I closed my eyes. I was starting to feel really dizzy again. My head was spinning, and I couldn't seem to control it. I was dead tired.

Then by the air current changing direction, I knew we were heading down to the ground. Then, just as quickly we landed. Fang put me on my feet. We were here! At mom's house. I could already see mom and Ella rushing out to greet me. I was smiling at them, when I suddenly felt scorching pain in my injured arm and wing. So much pain and dizziness, I quickly blacked out, with the ground rushing towards me quickly. In the few moments before I blacked out, I heard a distant screaming…

Hey guys! I decided to leave it at a cliffy there! Please R&R!! For some reason I feel as if I'm not giving enough!! Can I make the chapters more interesting in any way?? Stick around for more!!