Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter! This is where everything starts to get, somewhat exciting. Emerald will not be doing the disclaimers today because she has Swine Flu…

Emerald: I do not! I just have a slight head cold.

Me; She has Swine Flu. So anyway, I don't own Max Ride or any other famousy thing. I own my flock and Swiney over there.

Emerald: IT'S NOT SWINE FLU!!!

Ugh. My head hurt so bad. So did my arms. And my legs. And every other part of my body. I opened my eyes. Poppy, Harry, Chase, Jake and Dreamer were staring down at me, concerned expressions on their bruised faces. One, two, three, four, five…Five. Just five.

"Where's the flock?" I said, too quickly. It came out more like "Wheredaflo?"

"Huh?" Jake said, "Emerald, if you can hear us, please try to speak in a language we understand."

"Where's the flock." I said, my head hurting worse. "I mean, the last thing I remember was falling out of the sky. Who caught me? I mean, I'm not dead, so obviously someone caught me…" Great, now I sounded like Harry.

"Emerald!" Harry said.

"What?" I asked, sitting up and looking around. No flock.

"Emerald, they're gone. They took them." Poppy said, tears in her eyes.

That silenced me completely. I opened my mouth, and some weird choking noises came out. Iggy. Angel. Nudge. Gazzy. Max. Fang. I tried to talk again, aiming for "Well, we need to go kick some ass!" but achieving only "Wha-How?"

"After they took you down, a chopper came for them." Chase said, scowling, "They were just too quick for us and them. They were in the chopper before any of us knew what was happening."

I felt sick. How could they? They had kidnapped the flock. And, even worse, we had helped them do it. If we had fought harder, hadn't given them blood, this wouldn't have happened.

Well, now I was going to fix it. I stood up, then the world swayed and I leaned on Harry and Jake, feeling nauseous.

"What's happening?" Dreamer asked.

"We're going to go get them" I said. Chase sighed.

"Um, we didn't hear were they went." He said.

"Why not?!" I demanded.

"Uh, in case you didn't notice, we were all a bit preoccupied!" Chase snarled at me, "Maybe you should have been listening more carefully!"

"Stop it, just stop it!" Poppy yelled, stepping between us. "Do you two ever do anything but argue? And what are you grinning at?" She demanded at me.

"I just had an idea." I said.

"Well, spill!" Jake said.

"Just 'cos I can't remember right now, doesn't mean I can't remember." I said slowly.

There was a pause, then Harry said, "What in the name of God are you taking about?"

"My flashbacks." I said, "How many times have we seen the flock kidnapped by our own clones? I believe the answer is, at the most, once."

"Brilliant!" Poppy said, punching the air with her right fist.

"Well, go!" Chase said, now grinning.

I took a deep breath, concentrating on the fight. Almost at once, I was pulled into a memory.

"It's almost as if they don't want their friends to come to the school!" I heard the other Emerald scream. Then, with all the effort in the world, I pulled myself out.

"So, guys." I said, "Ready to storm the school?" There were cries of "Yes!" and Harry said, "Now that's what I'm talking about!"

"Let's go then!" I yelled, lifting Dreamer. She was heavy. Chase and me would have to take shifts or something.

And we took off, on our way to our little corner of Hell.

Done!!! Next chappie coming soon! Say bye, Emerald!

Emerald: COUGH, COUGH, COUGH!!!"

Me: Swine Flu. Well bye people!!!

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