I was still crying as I got dressed. This was completely hopeless. "It's not hopeless, Max," Angel said from behind me, making me jump. "You didn't give up when the whitecoats took me." Oh, yeah. That seamed like a lifetime ago.

"I could go get him," Angel said thoughtfully.

"How?" I asked. Oh, yeah. "You can, like, transport there, huh? But you don't even know where he is."

"I didn't know where you were, either," she said innocently. "I just imagined I was with you."

I shrugged. "Okay."

Hopefully this worked. I old everybody else the plan. "Angel!" Total complained when he heard she was going. "If you go, nobody will be here to... to... to let me vent to."

Angel explained that she would still be there, just with Fang, too. "And you can vent to Max, too," she said, smiling at me.

"Iggy, Gazzy, you've been... quiet lately. What kind of a bomb did you make now?" I asked them, raising my eyebrow.

"None, actually," Iggy said, smiling. Yeah, right.

My phone began to vibrate- a text message. I looked at the screen. It was from Fang! I read it slowly.

Max come some evil place. soon please love you

I began to cry again. This sucked. "Angel," I said between sobs. "Go. Now."

She nodded and closed her eyes in concentration. Then she opened her eyes- wide. She walked around like she was there. I get it- whatever she did there, she did here. "It's okay, Fang," she said, kneeling.

Come on, come on. I thought, crossing my fingers and praying quietly. If this didn't work-- if Angel got caught-- then we were toast.