Here's chapter 4 guys!

Max POV:

I was going to KILL Jeb and bring him back to life just to kill him again. I saw red as I stomped down the stairs with Fang and Ig. Then I spied that traitor moaning on the floor clutching his ribs.

Good one Fang. I thought when I saw his bloodied mess of a face. I grabbed him and threw him into the wall with such force I'm surprised he didn't black out again. Fang then snatched his collar and threw Jeb hard into the coffee table.

'Wait guys, we actually need him conscious to interrogate him.... then we can beat the crap out of him.' Iggy's logical voice cut through our 'kill Jeb' tirade. Fang sighed and picked Jeb up by his collar and lobbed him in the direction of the couch. He 'missed' and Jeb landed on the floor, cracking his jaw against the side table.

'Spill,' Fang said in a deadly voice, staring at Jeb with such a cold stare that even I can't pull off. Iggy had equally a scary stare which was creepy because he was staring at the exact position of Jeb's gray eyes.

'Now, guys i can explain –'he started to say in slow calm voice with blood trickling out his mouth from his jaw wound. Fang cracked his knuckles with murder in his eyes and Iggy took a menacing step forward. He quickly sped up his speech.

'What the hell was in that drink you gave Nudge?' I said in an ice-cold voice with my scary eyes that creep the rest of the flock out most of the time.

'Maximum, I keep trying to tell you, the only thing in that drink was dissolved painkiller...'

'Uh, good try Jeb – not! Now what happened to Nudge!'

'Okay Max, really, uh, I don't know. The only explanation is, well it's hardly likely, is that Itex might have given her some sort of power surge, I guess you could call it. We went through it a few years back and everyone decided against it because it was far too dangerous and no one really knew what it would do.' He cleared his throat nervously. 'You see, a power surge is when a micro chip implanted in your bodies –invisible to x-rays – is suddenly re-boosted and the hybrid with the chip is either killed or... well it never worked so we don't know what the positive outcome would be...'

I felt my legs collapse under me, Fang caught me and I fell onto the couch feeling numb. 'Nudge...' I heard myself whisper hollowly.

'What signs did the experiments show before they... died?' Iggy choked out, his voice cracking like a twig at the end.

'Well, I'll have to examine her before I say anything.' Jeb said purposely marching up the stairs to where one of our family members could be on their deathbed. I forced my legs to move and breathing fast I followed him. We reached the bedroom where Angel, Gaz and Ella were pressed together with wide eyes having heard our whole conversation. I reached over to give them a hug before turning to Jeb.

'I'm sorry guys... it doesn't look good. In fact it looks exactly the same to the others; I'd give her maybe... a day, day and a half.'

Angel burst out crying, as did Gaz and Ella. I sobbed into my hands and I saw tears stream from Iggy's sightless eyes. Fang gently sat down on the bed and smoothed Nudge's frizzy hair down with long fingers, his head dropped and I saw a crystal tear fall onto Nudge's almost gray face.

No, no, no this can't be happening... I'll wake up and this will all be a horrible dream. Nudge will be up and talking way too much and sleeping in, being a normal sometimes moody teenager... our family will be perfectly complete again and, and now I'm rambling on again like how Nudge used to... No, no, no!

I managed to pull myself together somewhat to hear Gazzy's raw and chocked voice whisper 'Will-will she wake u-u-up?'

The reply came back and I sobbed even harder. 'It's not likely'replayed again and again in my head. Why, why, why did it have to happen to my family?

For the rest of the day we sat around the bed, not moving just watching her live what could be her last few hours. No one said a word and the only noise came from our muffled sobs. Iggy sat cross-legged on the floor beside Angel and Gaz who were clutching tight onto each other each sobbing their little hearts out. I was wrapped tight up in Fang's stone arms and I could feel him silently shaking from time to time.

After around six hours, no one was really counting; Nudge began coughing violently, a real hacking throat wreaking cough. We all rushed to her side and tried to think of something to do. 'Uh, uh, uh, uh....' I stammered really scared that now might be her time. Jeb had gone out to get something and Ella had tagged along to give us some alone time with Nudge; no one really listened to him explain whatever they needed to do.

At that exact moment Nudge's pale eyelids fluttered weakly open. I gasped and felt weak at the knees, my baby was waking up! She tried to prop herself up on her shoulders and I opened my mouth to tell her to please stop before she hurt herself even more but Gazzy beat me to it. 'Nudge, don't move.... you had a, uh, an accident.' He said gently with hope evident in his voice.

'M-m-m-max' she gasped. I nodded furiously and grabbed her hand tightly. 'I feel weird and.... and I don't think I'm going to be okay.' She whispered weakly.

'Look Nudge, I wish I could say that I'm sure you will get through this but I can't. However, the fact that you're even conscious is a major plus and I can't guarantee it's not going to hurt or be hard but I can guarantee that whatever the outcome, which probably will turn out fine, we will always love you and you'll always be my little fashion diva.' I finished with tears in my eyes.

'B-but what h-happened?'

'You were given a 'power surge' from The School and your body is either going into shock or..... Or rejecting it.' Fang whispered slowly, all of us wincing from the sentence we didn't want to hear.

'Don't panic baby, we'll fight this together and then everything will be fine and we'll be fine and you won't have to worry about this because it'll all be fine and-' I cut myself short realizing I was rambling in panic and fear of what might happen if everything did not turn out fine.

'Yeah, we'll get through it together as a family,' Angel added and together we all leaned in to gently hug her. Suddenly she started shaking, small tremors at first but it developed into huge body jerking tremors. Nudge screamed a pure long high scream full of the most unimaginable pain ever. We were all frozen with shock and terror. Again.

Is this it....? My thoughts ran wild.

Finally she stopped and drew in a shaky breath. 'I don't think I'll be here for much longer,' she whispered softly. 'Max, I think- I think I'm going to go or whatever now.'

'No Nudge! Don't say things like that! You can't- you can't leave...' Angel threw herself on her sobbing uncontrollably and looking more upset than I had ever seen her. Ever. Fang carefully extracted Angel from her and held her gently rubbing her back as she cried and hiccupped into his shoulder.

Nudge closed her eyes for a moment and seemed to be trying to restrain herself from screaming aloud again in pain again. 'Max, you are the best ever, a fantastic leader. Fang, you're one of the best fighters I know but try and smile a bit more, for me. Ig, you rock and are the best blind blower-upper dude in the whole world. Gaz, you're the best little brother and 8 year old pyrotechnic I could ever have. Angel.... you are my best friend ever. I love you all so much but I don't think I'm not strong enough to beat this thing...' Nudge trailed off twitching and jerking from the pain.

She started chocking again and blood started gushing out of her mouth as she coughed violently. Fang rushed over and held a wad of tissue to her mouth while Ig helped her into a sitting position. The rest of us just watched in shock and horror as she slowly lost consciousness still coughing.

Nudge's whole body suddenly tensed up and I saw Fang and Iggy exchange a worried glance before lowering her onto the bed carefully. She sucked in one last shuddering forced breath and then stopped. She just stopped breathing.

No!

The room was quiet for a moment, all of us terrified and frozen hoping to hear another breath. It didn't come. For about ten seconds no one moved then we all were a flurry of activity. Ig and Fang started doing chest compressions and CPR like their lives depended on it, using that genetically enhanced speed all the while communicating in low, fast really worried voices. Angel started screaming in terror and Gaz started to hyperventilate and squeeze my hand because he was too scared to make any noise. I sprung into action, grabbing the phone and punching Jeb's numbers like there was no tomorrow, because for Nudge that was fast on its way to becoming reality.

'Gaz, get mom on the phone.... Now!' I roared at him, now terrified because Nudge wasn't breathing yet. He fumbled with the phone and I heard it go straight to voice mail. Jeb wasn't answering either. 'No!' I screamed because almost two minutes had passed and the guys hadn't had any progress.

Then the windows exploded.

Well? How did I do everyone...? I hope that was okay, I've been working on the middle part all week but I'm still not 100% happy with it..........

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