Fang returned, carrying Jeb's old files.
I looked at the others and Nudge began blabbing.
"You know, if they wanted to kill her, or kill all of us, they could have. They had guns. They wanted Angel alive for some reason. They didn't care if we were alive or not. I mean, they didn't go out of their way to make sure we were dead, is what I'm saying. So that makes me think we have time to go after Angel again," Nudge began explaining her thoughts on our chances of rescuing Angel. After she saw the map to the School, she babbled at full speed. "Oh. Yeah. We have to get Angel back. We can't let her stay there—with them. They're—monsters. They're going to do bad things to her. And put her in a cage. Hurt her. But there's five of us. So the rest of us have to go get hmph—"
Max covered Nudge's mouth and thenI quickly asked, "Max, what's the plan?"
"OK, Fang, Nudge and I are going after Angel," Max began. "Emerald, you, Iggy, and Gazzy will stay here and hold down the fort on the off chance Angel escapes and makes her way home."
I growled. "Now listen here, Maximum Ride," I snarled. "I'm the oldest! You know that! I should be the one leading the rescue mission! Not you!"
"Emerald, you're not the leader," she snapped back. "I am."
I glared at her and the others—Fang, Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy—all hurried into one of the bedrooms.
"Max, why can't I come?" I demanded.
"Because you just want to come for revenge!" she snarled. "You just want to avenge your precious Yero! Face it, Emerald! Yero is dead! You'll never see him again!"
"Don't talk about him like that!" I yelled. "And by the way, Maximum, I don't ever want you to ever say his name again!" I snarled, running into my room, fighting tears. Even after nearly six years, hearing Yero's name still hurt.