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Max

There's dust all around, we're all still covered in rubble from the explosion. I look around. "Report!" I try to yell as loudly as I can, but all I get is a feeble squeak from my voice. I clear my throat and try again. "Report!" I try again.

"Here!" I hear Gazzy yell near me.

"Here!" I hear Nudge and Iggy yell to my left.

"Here!" I hear Dylan yell 20 meters behind me. I wait for Angel to call, but all I hear is silence.

"Report!" I yell again. Once again I only hear 4 voices. Panic rises up in my throat as I yell, "Angel! Angel!" as I start digging through the rubble. The flock, realizing that Angel had disappeared started digging with me as well. Fang got his gang together after a while, they believe Angel is dead. That set my blood boiling. Didn't he care about Angel? After all he had been in our family all his life and now he sets off again with that clone?

"Keep searching, we'll find her!" I cried out, tears streaming down my cheeks mixing with the sweat, blood and grit on my face. "I'll find you baby, I'll find you!" I muttered to myself. Hang in there, we're coming! I called out to her in my mind. I kept searching, and searching, my mind shutting off and my body taking over.

"Max?" I heard Dylan call me softly. "We've been searching for 9 hours, take a break."

"I have to find her, I have to find her!" I yelled, bordering on insanity. I couldn't believe it! It was as if she had known that this was going to happen. She was starting to be the Angel I knew and loved and now she was gone. No she isn't gone, I told myself sternly. If we keep searching, we'll find her eventually! I felt someone grab me and sit me down.

"Look Max, the flock is tired and you are too. Let's go to a hotel and come back tomorrow. I'm sure that with some rest and some food, we'll have more luck in the daylight." Dylan said softly. I looked at the flock. All of them looked dead tired, covered from head to toe in dirt mixed in with blood and tear streaked faces. Gazzy, my little trooper was still lifting rubble although he looked like he was going to fall asleep. I knew that Dylan was right.

"Okay guys, we're going to a hotel, recharge and come back tomorrow." I said, trying not to break down. I was met with silent nods and everyone turned to leave except for Gazzy. I walked over to him. "Come one Gazzy, I'm sure we'll find her tomorrow when we can see again." I said sadly.

He sobbed into my shirt, "She's my sister, I c-c-can't believe sh-she's gone." he stuttered.

"Angel's a trooper, I'm sure she's okay." I said trying to comfort him. He nodded and turned to leave with the others. "Alright, up and away guys." I said my voice cracking. We flew to the nearest hotel that wasn't blown up and checked in for the night. The flock took showers and ordered food but with no spirit. Dylan offered to take first watch and I settled into a short dreamless sleep.

Angel

"You are superior to all of those of your kind, Angel." I heard a voice tell me. I had woken up in a building that looked a lot like the school. "You are far more powerful than we expected and much smarter as well." The creepy voice said again. "I am sure you will accomplish much with us."

"Who are you?" I asked the voice.

The voice chuckled and then said, "You will soon find out. Now tell me, how did you do on the little mission we sent you on?"

I gasped, immediately regretting it when a sharp pain shot through me from my sides. "Y-y-you're him. The One Light." I stuttered.

"Very clever indeed, I didn't expect you to put that together for a couple more minutes." One Light said. "But you also know a very good friend of mine, Jeb."

I understood now, One Light, the Doomsday Group, they were all Dr. Gunther-Hagan. As realization spread across my face, I also knew how much danger I just put the flock in.

"You are a smart one indeed, little Angel. That's why you are here; you are going to join us. Imagine the team we will become, we will be unstoppable." Dr. Gunther-Hagan said.

"I will never join you!" I cried out.

"Ah, now, now, dear Angel, who said you, had a choice?" Dr. Gunther-Hagan chuckled darkly as I realized I was wearing a shock collar. "But, I'm sure you will warm up to the idea eventually. I want you to replace Max and once I wipe the world of all the humans, you will be the leader of the flock that is, after all what you want isn't it?" I wanted to shake my head. I realized that Max was the perfect leader for our flock and power no longer enticed me as it once did.

"I don't know." I said uncertainly.

"You will have an hour to think, if you don't join us, then we will have no choice but to have you and your little flock cancelled." He said coldly.

Max, I'm so sorry. I put us all in danger now. Please, please don't hate me. I thought to myself. I could almost see the worry and panic on her face and on the flock's face. Wait a minute, I actually can, I look down and see Gazzy's arm? What the heck is this?

Ah, it seems you have a new power. My voice told me.

What power would that be? I asked it.

I think you know. It said.

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