A/N: Hello Readers! Sorry i haven't published in awhile. Life has been absolutely insane! Here is the next chapter. Please Review! :)

There were two sharp knocks at the door. Angel spun around in her chair and stared intently through the door into the men's brains. Come in.

Angel's henchmen, who she had dubbed Moe and Bo because she didn't care what their real names were, carried the small boy into the room. He was wriggling around sharply, hitting them with every chance he had. He kept squawking loudly, his feathers ruffled on the top of his head. Angel snapped her fingers, causing Mo and Bo stepped back, releasing the boy. He huffed and fixed his yellow Mohawk.

Angel smiled. "Hello Mr. Heath."

The boy nodded. "Angel."

She waved him to sit across from her. He gave her a strange look, sitting slowly. "What is this about?"

Angel sighed dramatically. "You know exactly what this is about, Michael." She held up a manila file. "This," she whispered, passing the folder across to the boy. "This is why I need you."

Michel picked up the folder slowly. He reminded Angel of a sloth she had seen on TV with how slow he was moving. He looked over the cover and nodded.

"Well?" Angel muttered impatiently, "What do you think? Do we have a deal?"

Michael nodded again, looking up at Angel with a devious smile. "I believe we do Ms. Ariel. I believe we do."

Moe and Bo glanced at each other, exchanging frightened looks. They had never hear such evil laughing come from such young and innocent looking children.

MAX.

"Whaaa…?" I opened my eyes, not moving much because I knew that as soon as I did, the pain would come again. The light above me was too bright and I was way too light headed to stand anymore pain. I found myself sitting in a plain white room, the only hint of color being the faint yellow and pink border along the ceiling and the dark lump, also known as Fang, sitting next to me. A tube was hanging down from a large plastic bag filled with light blue goop. My eyes followed the tube… to the inside of my elbow.

I shut my eyes tight. This is about when I screamed. It's also when the headache shot back through my head. I could hear Fang yelling for someone and felt his hands on my shoulders. I'm dying, I thought to myself. Dying, dying, dying-

There was the sound of shuffling feet enter the room. People surrounded Fang, who was holding my hand, and I and started shouting medical nonsense. I was definitely in a hospital. Fantastic.

A female, most likely a nurse: "Doctor! She's-"

Manly-Man voice: "Hand me that!"

I was out of it in a moment. I could no longer move, but I could hear all that was going on. Including the ever-slowing beep in the background of the rest of the chaos.

"Max! Listen to me," Fang was whispering in my ear. His voice was hoarse and I imagined him looking serenely calm, even though I knew he felt different. He could always hide those emotions I showed best. "Stay here, Max! Please! Stay with me! We need to stop Angel and get Dr. Martinez and go back together! We have to go home! Stay here, Max!"

Where else am I going to freaking go? I thought to myself. I'm hooked up to some tube and surrounded by white-coat-esque people in a School-like environment and I can't even move!

But then it hit me. I really was dying.

Nurse lady. "She's losing a lot of blood!"

Fang. "Where? How is she losing blood!"

A man's voice. "The incision we made near her heart. She needs emergency operation-"

Angry Fang. "And you didn't tell me you were doing the BEFORE you cut open her chest!" I heard something fall. "YOU CAN'T KICK ME OUT!"

FANG! You can't tell me to stay and then leave! LET HIM STAY! PLEASE!

Manly voice. "Son! We can't have you stressing the patient-"

Pissed off Fang. "How can I freaking stress her out if she is out cold because of you, you dumba-"

Man. "Security!"

Nurse. "Doctor! She is stabilizing!"

There was silence in the room, with the exception of harsh breathing and the beeping, longer and closer together. I heard someone sobbing quietly.

"Please, Doctor," Fang whimpered. It was the saddest thing I had ever heard and I could feel my heart breaking to hear it. "Max needs me. I need Max. I can't leave her…"

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.