I know you guys are going to beat me if you ever see me. I'm sorry it's taken so long, I'm not going to make promises anymore cause obviously I'm terrible at keeping them. I'm doing dual enrollment and I have 3 college courses plus my 4 at high school too much damn work. Anyway... I finally did change chapter 4 if anyone was waiting for that. I do not own Maximum Ride. Here ya go everyone!

Fang's P.O.V

I awake to hearing shrieks and cries. I look around and see myself clutching a large broken branch to my chest. I hear an unfamiliar voice and then I remember what occurred last night. I hear footsteps walking my way and I quickly jump up and garb whomevers throat was behind me.

There's a scream.

"I...I…don't mean...you any harm…can't breathe…"the voice begins to fade.

I loosen my grip, but only a little, "Who are you? Why were you sneaking up on me?" my eyes darken as I demand answers.

"I told you I mean you no harm. Release me." The girl before me begins to struggle in fear.
I push her up against the wall and move my hand from her ankle up and around her leg to her inner thigh.

"What the fuck are you doing?" The girl screams and struggles some more.

"Checking for weapons." I growl as I continue to search her whole body.

"I have no weapons! Release me!" I can hear fear in her voice.

As I turn her around so her backs toward me and I check her other leg and inner thigh I feel her shake. I look up to see tears fall down her face. She can't be this terrified of me if she was sent to kill me. Hell if she was going to kill me she would of done it while I was asleep. I look at the nearest falcon that just stares at me cries out quietly, then stares in the direction of pile of fish and a small fire. Alright, alright. I loosen my grip from around the girl's arms and step back.

"Who are you?" I demand angrily.

"I…I'm just a loner." She looks away from me.

"I saw it."

"Saw what?" she glances up at me.

"The scar. The scar of where your wings should be.

I see fresh tears glaze her eyes over. "They're gone. They've been gone." She looks at the floor again. "I understand if you don't trust me. I get it. I've been on the run just like you have been. I just needed somewhere to spend the night, and at first I didn't think anyone was here. I made us…you breakfast." She points in the direction of the fire and pile of fish.

I relax some, but continue to be very observant. "If you're lying I will not hesitate to kill you, you understand this, right?"

She nods her head and begins to walk to our supposed breakfast. I follow in behind and place the stick down on the ground. For some absurd reason I smile faintly as I see the mysterious blue eyed figure walk over and begin to prepare my meal. The falcon that I had stared at earlier cries out to me again.

"Yeah, I know."

Max's P.O.V.

A bright light shone up against my eyes and I could hear loud noises coming from the distance. Angry noises.

"Alek?" I slowly opened my eyes allowing them to adjust to the dawn brightness. I look around and see him nowhere.

"How the hell do you know what's good for the Flock? You don't know shit about us!"

Iggy…

I quickly get up and head towards the yelling. Only to walk around a tree and see Alek on the ground and Iggy with bloody knuckles.

"Iggy what the hell did you do?" I run over to Alek's side and see his bruised and bleeding lip. I glare up at Iggy.

"Don't look at me like that. He got damn well what he deserved." Iggy's vacant eyes burn into mine.

"What did he do to deserve this?" I demand.

"He started saying how he's better than me and Fang at protecting the Flock and how I should stay the hell out of his way, because he loves you and doesn't want me near. Which is fine, I don't go after whores anyways. But you know just as well as the rest of the Flock that I can protect you guys." Iggy finishes fuming. By now Angel, Gazzy and Nudge were awake and staring at all of us.

I stare at him in disbelief, and then I stare at Alek.

"Alek, Iggy is right about one thing. He did help protect this Flock for years, you cannot deny him that. As for staying away from me, he's like a brother to me. He would never take me from you."

Alek stares at my face for awhile. "I'm sorry…I let my temper cloud my senses.' He stands up and walks over to Iggy, holding out his hand. "I'm sorry Iggy. You are just good if not better than me at protecting the Flock and Max. Forgive me."

Iggy glares at him but like a man, reluctantly takes his hand and they shake.

Fang's P.O.V.

After we had eaten a silent breakfast together I walked out to the edge of the cliff and stretched my massive black wings. I feel eyes on me and see the girl staring at me in bittersweet happiness. I look out over the cliff's edge and see all the happy families of falcons that were nestled all together. A small ache crept into my body but I quickly shook it off. No, she decided to take him over me. Plus the Flock is better off without me. I turn back and stare at the girl. I stare in wonder as she gently smoothes out the feathers of a young falcon fledgling. She senses my eyes on her and lifts her gaze to meet mine.

"I know, you don't have wings, but, would you like to come with me?" I offer my hand to her and she takes it slowly with a look of disbelief on her face.

"I promise I won't be a burden." She says shyly as our fingers touch.

"You can cook, that's no burden to me." I try to smile kindly. I bring her closer to me, and even though I thought I should fear this beautiful stranger, I could not help but feel happy and trustful towards her. Maybe my survival skills have become dull.

She stares at me as I laugh to myself. "What's so funny?" she demands timidly.

"Oh, nothing in particular just that I think I've turned into a nut for taking you with me." I pull more closely into my arms and she blushes. "Hold on." I whisper into her ear.

"What are you doing?" she asks as I pick her up and jump off the cliff. As we fall she wraps her arms around my neck and hides her face in my chest. I unfurl my cramped wings and the wind catches all fourteen feet of them. I flex my wings climbing up into the air.

"You know…you can look now." I say calmly.

She removes her head from the protection of my large chest and stares at our new surroundings. "It's beautiful." She says just above a whisper.

"So are you." I quickly closed my mouth not believing what I had just said.

She stares at me and blushes but doesn't say anything back. I see a few stray tears fall down her face, "I've missed this so much." She says not really talking to anyone.

Soooooo yea! There you go. Again I'm sorry, and I'm not going to ever make a promise about updates again cause I can't seem to stick to them. Well how do you like it? I know Fang is out of character here, but hey a new story means new changes and new personalities. Next chapter should be interesting…maybe you will find out Fang's new power…powers. Please comment. I'll try to update soon, but like I said, no promises. Oh and chapter 4 got re-edited finally!