I'll Do Anything For You

The flock reached the School in a few short hours, it wasn't that far away if one flew. Fang led them forward with the simple and easy plan- attack the building, find Max, and get out. If he came across Abraham or Brigid, there would be no telling exactly what he would do but Fang tried not to think about the what ifs. He had to get Max back.

They rushed towards the gray building. Just behind it was the fenced in area that the flock had flown from. The parking garage that Iggy and Gazzy had blown up years ago had been rebuilt. How did this School go unaffected after Itex's defeat? Without staying long on the question, Fang and the rest of the flock flew up to the roof.

Iggy stepped forward, master of the art to picking a lock, he instantly began working on the door that led into the building through stairs. They were lucky the door was there, their second plan was to blow up the roof like they had done to Mr. Chu's building. In a few seconds, a record probably for Iggy, they were pulling the door open.

Fang led them forward. His heart was racing and sweat was dripping down his face. He was trying not to be angry at the thoughts of what they had done to Max. Angel was beside him with a serious look on her face. She didn't seem like the eight-year-old that she was in Fang's mind. She was ought to get revenge too. Max was Angel's mother- no matter the facts that worked against them, Angel was Max's baby. Fang knew that.

Iggy followed the back. Gazzy and Nudge in the center. With his advanced hearing from being so blind for so long. He counted their footsteps, memorized what they sounded like, so he could block out their sounds and focus on the unknowns that might give them advantage if an enemy attacked. Fang knew Iggy was doing this.

Fang led them a dark hall, being one of the oldest, he had memorized the halls well just like Max and Iggy probably had. He took a left and then a right before taking another right and walking straight for some time. If everything was where it was meant to be, than Fang was heading towards the room with the cages. Hopefully, they weren't keeping her in the room the flock had been in during their last visit to the School where they tried to convince Fang and everyone else that it was a dream.

He tightened his fists as he moved forwards towards a door. There was no window to look inside, as if to block the horrible secrets it kept inside. Fang reached and grabbed the doorknob. The rest of the flock held their breath.

Then he swung open the door and entered. His heart and stomach dropped. Abraham, Brigid, and many M-Geeks stood there pointing their guns. He wouldn't let the flock fight (as much as he wanted to fight himself) because no one was bullet proof. "Give up, Fang." Before he could even respond to Abraham's words, a strong force smacked the back of his skull and Fang was knocked out.

Stupid- he told himself, for ever getting in this and letting the flock get captured so easily. "How could you?" A voice rang out to his dizzied, aching mind. Fang's eyes dart open to find Max sitting in the center of her cage with her head bent because it was so small. She was glaring at him. "How could you just walk into their trap? Fang, you shouldn't have come to save me." There was something in her voice that Fang knew she wasn't telling him.

"I'll do anything for you," was his simple reply. He noticed now that tears were close to forming in her eyes. He looked around, rubbing his head, to find that besides Max, he was alone. "Flock?"

Max shivered, "I- don't- know." She inched towards the edge of her cage that was closest to Fang's. There was a good amount of space between them though. He didn't care. He crawled towards his edge and reached his arm out towards her. Max's arm went towards him.

Both of them, for minutes, stretched and screamed trying to tough the other as their fingers remained only a few inches apart. Fang realized quickly though that Abraham had done this. He had purposely placed their cages that far apart so Max and Fang couldn't hold on. He could almost hear his father's laughter.

"Max," Fang whispered, still trying to reach her. He didn't wait for her to say anything else, "I'm sorry." He saw her hand drop and he did the same. They stared into each other's eyes for the longest time trying to find hope and comfort. It was so hard when they were back in the School, back in cages, and the flock was missing.

"They'll be fine Fang," she simply answered as if she was talking to one of the younger kids instead of Fang who could tell when she was just saying something out loud to reassure herself. Max said things like that because Fang knew, she believed if she said it enough times it would come true.

"Don't worry," a deep voice echoed through the room off a speaker phone.

"This is just an experiment. Your flock is in the real room where we keep cages."

Then, there was a strange buzzing sound.

Max and Fang's cages swung open.

They both walked out feeling the fear in their veins. Fang reached out and grabbed Max's hand. There were no visible doors. "Here is what we're going to do," said the voice on the speaker phone, "No food or water until one of you defeats the other."

Fang pulled Max closely behind him. "No," was his growled response. He wouldn't, he couldn't hit or fight Max. Maybe when they were training or in an actual argument but even then he didn't really try to hit her. Max's hand reassuringly squeezed his hand as if someone how they would get through this. From what he saw, they were in a dark, large room with no visible doors.

"We refuse to fight." Max called out.

Her voice strong and sure.

"Eraser, M-Geeks, someone, take them back to their flock. They will not be given food or water until they agree to the fight." A light gas filled the room until Fang and Max had no choice but to breath it in. Within seconds, the two of them passed out.

They were still holding hands.