Journal NOT a Diary!

Max's Journal

October 2, 2010

Mom came in to visit, pulling in Angel. Fang was awake, too. I hadn't told him about Angel's 'Breakdown', I didn't want him to worry about it when it was probably nothing. Then again, Angel did know some freaky stuff. She met my eye - it told me it wasn't just nothing.

"Never scare me like that again," she said, kissing both of us on the forehead. "I was reading my book when I got a phone call saying my kids were critically injured in a shooting! You about gave me a heart attack! I can't imigine what you were thinking! How could you honestly think you could kill her alone?"

"Sorry," I said. "But cindy's dead! Aren't you happy about that?"

Mom opened her mouth, but Angel beat her to it.

"Iggy and I couldn't have done it without them. They distracted the guards long enough for us to kill them."

"That isn't the point!" Mom yelled. "You should have told me!"

"You would have said no," I said, trying (and failing) to remain calm.

"Oh, and wouldn't that have been a shame considering how well everything went!"

I can't remember the last time I'd seen my mom so mad. I don't think Mom has ever been this mad at me before.

"Mom, we're all alive. Cindy's dead. We won't do it again. Can't we just be happy about that?"

Yeah. I can be deep.

Mom softened a little bit. "I suppose I should be happy that you are okay." A little smile formed on her lips. "As long as you won't do it again. I'm not happy about the fact that you went behind my back, but I'm proud of you." She hugged Angel and kissed mine and Fang's foreheads again before walking towards the door.

Angel started to follow her. "Angel, come back," I said. Angel froze and turned around, stalking back towards me. "What was that all about yesterday?"

She bit her lip. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Yes, you do. You're reading my mind."

She slowly lifted her head to look at Fang. His eyes widened and he shook his head. "No, Angel. We would never -"

"Yes you would!" Angel yelled. She buried her face in her hands again. "You would! Both of you have said so!"

I shot Fang a questioning glance, but he didn't return an answer. I reached out my hand and pulled Angel's away from her face. "Angel, what is it? I'm clueless."

"You - you and Fang - you said that -" She took a deep breath. "You were going to leave us, for good! You were going to leave us with Iggy! And you weren't going to come back. I read Fang's mind. He, he saw it. You guys were going to run away when you got out of the hospital and leave us."

"Really?" I asked, looking at Fang. I forgot all about his new power. But he could only see when someone's life was in danger...

He nodded. "Yeah. I saw it in the woods yesterday right before the guard shot you. That's how I reached you. But when we left... Dr. M would die."

I gasped. "How?"

"She would have commited suicide. She would have been so heartbroken that she would have hung herself in her closet."

Fear shot through me like a lightning bolt. Fang's visions always come true.

I don't know what happened next, maybe I passed out. When I woke up, everyone was gone, even Fang. I was alone in the hospital room. I'm shaking as I write this.

-Maximum