AN: ILuvMyFangPlushie here.

Thank you CruellaDeVille for favoriting my story. I love your name by the way. 101 Dalmatians is my favorite Disney and my second favorite movie of all time.

Thank you kittychow for reviewing. I could be that crazy person. There are just some stuffed animals where when I look at them I'm just like "IT'S EVIL!" Like my sister's seal for instance. It has red eyes and it's so white and fluffy, I just know it's evil. It's just so round and fluffy and perfect. I really don't like perfect people, characters, or things. It just bugs me. Hehe.

Guys, I am so sorry for not updating for four days. I had this zoo thing on saturday, scouts on sunday, and on monday I have school from 9am-6pm then I had a dentist appointment. I actually had no excuse for yesterday though.

So, I am really really sorry.

Here is the Font key: Telepathic toy talking to each other will be written in bold italics. Telepathic toys talking to Angel will be in bold. Max and anyone else thinking back to the voices is in italics. Angel speaking telepathicly back to the voice in HER head is underlined.

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride, cuz if I did Max and Fang would have plushie versions of each other.

Enjoy.

Chapter 7: Painful Beginnings

Gazzy and Iggy make their ways back to the cliff. Waving their wings and communicating with the birds, they lead the hawk into the direction of the School.

Good. Good work boys.

Max stands with Jeb. She doesn't know what to say.

Jeb tells her of her destiny.

She stares at him in disbelief.

He brings Max back to her crate.

He asks her to trust him.

She doesn't and she probably never will.

The flock members look at Max when she returns to them. They wonder if she is okay.

They talk.

The whitecoats open the door and wheel in a cart. The Erasers grab the Flock members' crates and throw them onto the cart.

Max and Ari taunt each other.

The cart is wheeled into the yard. The yard where Erasers first learn to tear things apart.

Max bites onto Ari's fingers. She holds on.

When she let's go, Ari kicks the crate.

Max unlatches Angel's crate. She tells her to go. Angel scrambles out just as Ari slams onto her crate door.

Ari tears into Max's crate. Her crate tumbles down and hits the grass. Ari screams at her.

Max looks up at the sky. She sees a dark cloud and she smiles. She knows what that black cloud is.

The two boys lead their hawks to the school.

The hawks fly at the whitecoats and Erasers. They bite and tear into the enemy flesh.

Max yells at Angel. Telling her to leave.

Max unlatches Fang's crate. Then Nudge's crate.

Nudge flies up.

Fang and Max fight off the Erasers and whitecoats.

The hawks continue attacking.

They take off.

Jeb yells after Max. He tells her that everything is a test.

She doesn't believe him.

They make their way to Lake Mead.

Angel collapses on the ledge. She tells Max about her experiences at the School.

They stack fists.

Max tells the flock how thankful she is, now that everyone is back.

They two older boys look uncomfortable while the little ones hug her, telling her that they feel the same way.

They went to sleep.

They woke up to rain.

They ran and jumped and played in the rain. Washing away the blood, dirt, and tears.

They take to the air and they head east.

They're happy. Happy that Angel is back. Happy for flight. Happy that their stomaches are full. Just happy.

Too happy. She must not be too happy. Happy is bad. Now, it's time. Time to make our ways into our older girl''s mind. Permanently. But first. There needs to be some pain. A lot of pain. So much pain that she has to listen to what we say. Whether she really wants to or not.

The animals force their way into Max's brain. Slamming their thoughts into her thoughts. Pushing against the side of her mind. Breaking her and causing a blinding, pain and letting their presences explode their ways into her head.

Max falls.

She must not hit the ground. She must not die. Not yet. We still need her.

Before these voices have the chance to find a way to save her, Fang comes to her rescue. He falls after her and scoops her into his arms.

We might not have to kill him yet. We could play with his emotions a bit. Help this relationship along. Then. When he is mind is weak. We take over and we destroy him, piece by piece.

Fang carries her for a while.

After an hour, she starts to feel better.

They start roasting some things on sticks.

Max starts to fall asleep.

Now the little one must reveal all that she knows. Yes. It is time.

The voices implant thoughts into Angel's mind. Making her remember what she heard. What she heard from the whitecoats, deep inside the school. About their origins and parents and the Institute.

Iggy gets angry when she reveals this information to them. The others sit there and look at her in shock.

Angel apologizes for saying anything sooner.

That's because she couldn't. We didn't let her.

The voices bring calming thoughts into Iggy's brain. Telling him that she had her reasons.

She tells them the information. How they got their bird DNA put in, a small description of their parents, and where they can find out more.

She tells every one of them small bits of information that she had gathered from listening into the minds of those scientists. All of them but Max. Max feels left out and hurt. Because she wanted to know, so very badly.

But of course Angel wouldn't be able to tell her. Max has already met her parents. They already know that she exists. They know who she is. It just isn't the right time. Not the right time for her to know. Not yet.

Gazzy cries and wines. Iggy and Nudge look sad.

Everyone goes to sleep. Everyone but Max and Fang. He tells her what he thinks. That she is lucky. That it leaves all the possibilities open. Then he lays down. Ready to sleep.

AN: Hey guys, sorry for not updating in so long.

Also, sorry for the first part of this chapter. I rrealize that it was kinda boring.

I will update soon.

Hope you enjoyed it anyways.