Well... this is exciting... I am typing in the car on the way to a place for my family vacation for spring break... who knows maybe I'll get more than one chapter done for you guys today ;)

Nineteen

FPOV

It was two days before the contest, and I had not heard a word from Max for about three days.

In truth, I was freaking out. On the outside I stayed cool and composed for the fans and my friends, but on the inside I felt like my head was about to explode.

Max hadn't been to school since our meeting at my house, along with her and the others joining the band. Nobody had heard from her. Not even Nudge who knows how to reach anyone at almost any disclosed time. I honestly didn't know how she did it but she was like some crazy hacker. She had even hacked some international computers to get some nasty rumors about the band to literally disappear.

Anyway, that aside, I decided to just go to her house today since the band needed to practice together anyway. So right after school ended I went to her house. I should have known it was a bad idea.

I knocked on the door and it was opened for me to come face to face with an older woman with bleach blond hair and about five pounds of makeup which didn't make her look any better. She was wearing a business suit that was a bit too small for her. Like as in it emphasized parts that a teenage boy would not like to see on a forty year old.

"Well hello there, how may I help y- Oh my goodness you are Nick Walker!" she said after taking a good look at me. She then proceeded to check me out which made me shiver. "Come in, come in! You must be looking for Lissa! Let me go get her. Oh, I am Victoria, Lissa's mother."

Before I could say anything about not wanting to see Lissa and seeing Max instead, Victoria had me inside and had me on the couch in their front room. The room looked... really clean... I mean, my family is rich and our front room looks like the three teenagers that live there took over... which we kinda did, but that isn't the point.

The room had pictured of Lissa, like everywhere. There wasn't a single picture of Max or her family anywhere. I could guess why, but I could still hope to fine one somewhere.

The clack of heals rang through the room again and I stood up and turned around to see Lissa standing there. Her red hair was straightened and looked like it was redyed that afternoon. Lets just say that her clothes were really immodest.

"Fangy!" she squealed, making my ears ring, "Did you come to finally ask me out? Or did you come for something else?" she was trying to purr on the last sentence. It only sounded really dumb to me. I really don't see what other guys see in this girl.

"Ah, no. Lissa I came here to see M-"

"Max isn't here. She wouldn't want to see you anyway."

"And why would that be?" I growled at her. She took it totally wrong, damn her fucking idiocy. She came up to me slowly and laid her hand on my chest. While I was slightly confused as to what the hell she was doing, she pushed me back down onto the couch, and before I could register she was straddling me.

"Oh, so you do want me."

God, this girl is a whore... I hope I didn't say that out loud.

"What was that?" Lissa whispered into my ear and the proceeded to nibble on it. That too made me shiver.

Deciding not to take anymore, I picked up Lissa roughly and threw her off of me. She landed on the floor on her ass.

"Stay the hell away from me Lissa. I don't like you, let alone love you. I love Max and if you want that discussing face to look the same tomorrow then I suggest that you tell me where she is."

Lissa just sat there not saying a word. This activated me even more and I stormed out of the house.

I was about halfway to my car when a small voice stopped me.

"Wait! I can show you where Max is." I turned to see a girl that was probably around seven or eight running towards me. When she reached me she grabbed on to my sleeve and proceeded to pull me towards the house again. When I didn't move she looked up at me letting me get a good look at her.

She looked like Victoria, but a lot cuter, with little ringlets falling around her face some of them stuck out a little to look like a halo.

"Please," she said, tears coming to her eyes, "help her."

Hearing the desperateness in her small voice, I did exactly what I thought was the right thing to do.

I picked up the little girl and let her cry into my shoulder as I ran for the house.

"Can you tell me which floor she is on?" I asked her quietly so that she could hear, but it didn't sound too harsh.

"Her room is in the attic." she said, whipping away her tears. "My name is Angel, by the way."

"It's nice to meet you Angel, you probably already know my name but, I'll tell you a secret." I put her down as I rounded the house remembering the window that Max had used to get out of the house a while back.

"What's that?"

"My real name is Fang, and I want you to call me that from now on."

"Okay."

I helped Angel into the house and pulled myself in after her. She took the lead and when into some secret passage that was in the walls. She led me all the way up to the top floor of the house an then back out into the open. We walked down the hall to the door at the end.

When the door opened I could feel my mask slip.

Max lay on the bed pale as a sheet of paper. There were cuts running up and down her whole body and the carpet was stained a deep red with her blood.

I immediately ran to the bed an picked her up. She was so light, it almost made my heart sink.

"Angel, I need you to lead me on the quickest path through the house, even if it leaves us in the open for a moment, we need to get her to a hospital."

Angel nodded and led the way back to my car. I lay Max in the passenger seat and turned to Angel again. I went down on one knee to her height.

"Angel, I need you to get some evidence of who did this, and then when I make sure that Max is safe in the hospital, I'll come to get you. Okay?"

She nodded and ran back into the house.

I jumped into my car and raced to the hospital.

R&R R&R R&R R&R and you will see what happens to Lissa and Victoria! And more importantly more FAX!

Oh and if you guys were wondering I was grounded because I have bad grades in school, it is also the reason why I haven't posted in a while. Sorry!

Fly On,

FangAKat