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"Fang! Fang, where are you?" I yelled though the empty shed.

It was the only place I hadn't looked yet that he would go. We used to play in here all the time when we were little. It's out the back of Fangs house and in here we used to play damsels and dragons.

"Fang, if you're here, say anything," I yelled.

"Anything," he muttered from the back of the shed. I ran over to where the voice had come from and knelt down beside him.

"Nick, where have you been?" I asked as I touched his face. He moved away and I felt slightly hurt.

"Nick? Really Maxie? What happened to Fang? Your best buddy Fang?" he mumbled.

Something was off about him, he seemed drained of energy but still I said, "If I had of, you would have bitten me." Oh come on, like you didn't guess that's how he got that name!

"Don't think I'd be able to even grab your arm at the moment," He whispered.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Serrated saws are very sharp," He replied weakly.

"Huh? Fang, you're not making any sense," I said.

"Right thigh," He said. I still didn't understand. He told me saws are sharp (which everyone knows) and then he says about his right leg… I don't get it.

A hand, wet and gooey, slipped into mine. It was Fang's, I would know the rough calluses anywhere, but the substance was too thick to be water. It was more like the consistency of- NO!

"Fang, where?" That's when everything clicked together. He cut himself on the saw as he came in on his right thigh… HIS RIGHT THIGH!

I pulled the leg of his tracksuit pants up to reveal a deep gash oozing blood. I rolled it over twice so it was a bit like a pad and pushed it firmly to try and stop the bleeding, making him wince.

"Sorry," I whispered as I slipped the phone Ella had leant me out of my pocket and called emergency services.

"Press one for police assistance, for fire issues, press two." Oh, come one! Stupid voice automated system. I pressed the number that corresponds with ambulance people and gave the address.

"Max? You didn't… did you?" Fang asked.

"What?" I responded and moved closer.

"You didn't kiss him, did you?" He whispered.

I shook my head before realizing he couldn't see in the darkness. "No," I answered. "I didn't and I still don't want to."

"I wanted to believe you, I did but something kept telling me that what we had was too good to be true."

The sirens sounded as they pulled up and moved him into the ambulance.

***Angel POV***

"Angel, he's not here," Gazzy tried to reason but I wouldn't listen. Fang had to be here, it was one of the only places left. We were walking down the creek that separated Fang, Iggy, and our houses from Nudge, Ella, Max and Ari's.

"Angel," Gazzy sighed.

"What's going on?" Ari asked. Oh, so having my… I don't really know what to call him but having him here makes everything so much better.

"She won't come," Gazzy explained.

"Ari sighed. "Go with Iggy, I'll take it from here," Ari explained. Ergh.

I went back to searching the reeds. "What? Do you think he drowned himself or something?" He asked.

I didn't turn around, just kept looking for any signs of him. "He loves Max a lot, Ari. He'd do anything for her, he has feelings that you would never be able to understand."

"Ouch, your words wound me," Ari mocked. "Where has this sudden cruelness come from?"

I turned on him. "I have no idea! Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you don't give a damn about me!" I yelled.

"When we got together," I continued. "I thought I'd found a warmness that would take me away from all the shit I had with Rudy. But you're worse! You don't even attempt to make me happy, I can't believe I went so long like that!"

"Do you really think this is how I want to be around you?" He snapped and I flinched at his harshness. "I love you, Angel, but we could never be together for real!"

"Why? Because you're way out of my league?" I accused.

"No," His voice was softer now. "Because you're way too good for me."

My heart fluttered at the sound of those words on his lips.

"I've done so many horrible things. To my friends, to my parents, to everyone I love. If I love you more than all of them put together, so much I feel I can't live without you, then what bad things could I do to you?" All of the fight drained out of him as he cupped his face in his hands.

I stepped forward and pulled his hands away. "Look at me." He shook his head no. "Ari, look at me," I demanded with more pressure. He slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at my hands holding firmly on his wrists then up to my face. "You won't hurt me. I know you won't."

"But what if I lose control?" He asked.

Ari has ADHD. If something, even the slightest thing, sets him off, he can't stop. (AN: I know that most people aren't like this but this part of Ari is based on a guy I know. I talked to him and that's pretty much how he summed it up.)

"I trust you enough to believe that you won't."

He wrapped his arms around me and nuzzled into the crook of my neck.

"I love you," Ari mumbled.

"I know… now."

***Ella***

"I mean, seriously, who falls asleep in the middle of making out? You don't do that! It's just the way it is!" I whisper-ranted to Nudge as we searched the bushes by the stream near our house.

"That's so messed up," Nudge agreed.

"I told mum, about Iggy falling asleep not the other stuff, and it turns out the thing that I gave him makes people drowsy. I mean, there I was thinking my boyfriend had a rare disease that causes him to pass out every time he gets too excited when in reality mum made a booboo with the name of the drug!" I was almost yelling by the end of the sentence. I looked around to make sure none of the group had heard me.

To my relief, Iggy and Gazzy were nowhere to be seen and Angel and Ari were hugging by the lake.

"Look, honey, what you need is a plan for revenge."

"But I don't want revenge," I said.

"Yes, you do," Nudge assured me.

"I do?" I asked.

"Yeah, ya do. And I have just the plan to do it."

Nudge's plan, however, was cut off by her phone ringing. She picked it up and put it to her ear.

"Max? Where are you?" she asked before a short pause. "At the hospital? Why?"

"Why is she at the hospital?" I asked before getting the finger… no not that finger. The shut-up-I'm-on-the-phone finger.

"Uh-huh… uh-huh… Oh, gosh, we'll be right there!" She hung up and flagged everyone over.

"What's going on?" Iggy asked and I reframed myself from glaring at him.

"Fang's in hospital."

And just like that, Iggy falling asleep was the last thing on my mind.

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FANG: And me!

ME: Nah duh! It's the MAXIMUM RIDE archives and you're a MAXIMUM RIDE character so ya think!

FANG: calm down!

ME: 5, 4, 3-

FANG: Oh crap, better run guys.

ME: -2, 1. FANG DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!