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-MAX'S POV-

We had checked into a hotel, and as soon as we got to the room I flopped down onto the bed.

I was so exhausted, it was not even funny.

Like I've been tired, but I don't think I've ever been this tired.

Fang walked into our room, he decided that we should share a room. I knew he wanted to share because he was worried sick about me. I knew he wanted to keep an eye on me; he was worried I'd do something stupid.

"Max?" I did not look up at him I just kept my head buried into my pillow.

I felt him jump onto my bed. He started to rub my back between my wings.

"Max, do ya wanna go and eat?" Fang asked me, I turned to look at him, and he saw the tears that were running down my face.

I shook my head no, and Fang just continued to look at me.

"Max?" He questioned me again. I just could not do this anymore. I broke down once again.

Fang pulled me into his chest. I did not hold anything back. I just sobbed and sobbed into his shirt.

I realized that I had not said really anything in the past few days.

I did not really have anything to say.

Fang just rubbed my back and held me closer to his chest. I tried to dry my tears.

"Max, I'm worried about you. I've never seen you like this; I mean you've never been this quiet."

I kept my face hidden I knew he was right.

"Max I don't care what you say to me I just want you to say anything. I don't care, call me a jerk for leaving, yell at me, and scream in my face. I don't care I just want to know you will be ok."

I still did not say anything, I had nothing to say.

I did not want to talk; I felt that my voice had given out.

I never wanted to talk ever again.

So I just kept my head against Fang's shirt and let him hold me.

-FANG'S POV-

It had been a few hours since we checked into the hotel, Max had, had a little break down… again.

I had stayed with her until I felt like I was going to pass out, from lack of food.

So I was now walking up and down the streets waiting to picking up a pizza for Max and me, just killing some time.

My shirt was still wet from where she had been crying. I felt so bad for leaving her but I had too, I knew my guys would check in on her and if there were any problems I would just fly back. So now I had some time to think.

I was really freaking worried about Max, like it was driving me insane not to be with her. I did not want her to do something stupid.

Max had been so weirdly quiet; I don't think she has ever been this quiet.

She is always telling us what to do, or telling me that I'm such a jerk for leaving or comforting the kids.

She is constantly talking because she is constantly leading.

But know she has given up on both. I guess there is no reason for her to lead anymore so I guess she just feels there is no need to talk. I just wish she could still be the kick butt leader she used to be.

I'm hoping it's just a phase, that maybe as she accepts the fact that the flock is gone… that maybe she will be semi normal again… wow I sounded so heartless right there.

But really I know how Max feels, I mean I feel terrible, I feel like crawling into a cave and shutting out the world completely. But I can't I have to be there for Max, if I feel like that I know she must feel a thousand times worse.

She practically raised those kids singlehandedly. So maybe Jeb was there for like 2 years… but he is dead to me.

Yeah she had me and Ig, but I think we both know she did more than Iggy or I did.

In her mind at times she probably thought she was raising Iggy and I too, hey give us a break we were 12 years-old guys, not exactly the most mature and responsible people out there. We were better than most 12 year-old guys but still, not by much.

The flock was part of her.

The white coats might not realize it but they killed part of Max back at the school too.

I sighed coming back to the real world leaving my thoughts in the back of my head.

Yeah not as easy as you might think… now I was totally depressed you probably could not tell on the outside that I had just lost 4 out of the 5 people that I actually care about, but I did. No matter what I might look like.

I quickly picked up the pizza and headed back to the hotel quickly, I decide to walk, and I was not up to flying right now.

I walked back, trying to avoid my thoughts by looking around the town, seeing if there was anything interesting.

Nothing really interesting, but whenever I looked around I would pick things out of the crowds and stores that reminded me of the kids and Ig, not trying to but the stuff just seemed to jump out at me.

Like a toy store, I thought of Angel and her creepy mind powers.

Or a fancy restaurant, I thought of Gazzy and how he had picked that really fancy restaurant in New York. Wow what a disaster.

I saw some teenage girls laughing and carrying about a million shopping bags, it reminded me of Nudge how she never got the opportunity to go shopping with friends, how she had always wanted a normal life.

Then right before I walked into the hotel I saw an eye doctor closing up for the day, and I immediately thought of Iggy, how he had never been able to see the world.

I quickly walked into the hotel and hurried to the elevator, that reminded me of Paris, and what a disaster that was. I jumped out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. I rushed down the hall to the room Max and I were sharing, opening the door slowly I walked in.

Looking towards the bed I saw Max had not moved from the position I left her in, I was both relieved and disappointed. She was face down on the bed, her head sinking into an extremely fluffy pillow.

"Max." I said softly not expecting a response, but really just to let her know I was back.

She picked her head up and glanced at me.

"Hey, I brought some pizza, you want some?" Max just shook her head.

So of course I put two pieces on a plate and walked over to where she was, I set the pizza right by her head.

As soon as she smelled the pizza her stomach growled, I crocked an eyebrow at her.

"Don't want any? You sound pretty hungry to me." Max glared at me, obviously defeated.

She rolled her eyes and grabbed the pizza. I smirked as I walked back to the table and grabbed the box.

I set the box on the bed so I did not have to keep getting up.

We ate in silence, but it was not the normal comfortable silence.

It was like that weird silence that settles when you are standing with someone you don't know very well and you just finished talking about the one thing you have in common… yeah just awkward.

Max rolled onto her back, she looked up at me from where she was lying.

I could see the depression in her eyes, the hurt, the sorrow, and even some regret.

I leaned down and kissed her forehead. Then I moved so I was lying down next to her, she immediately scooted closer and pressed her head against my chest, she curled up against me and we stayed like that.

I turned on the TV after a while, Max had thankfully fallen asleep.

After not sleeping for a couple days I knew she was exhausted, like beyond exhausted.

So I watched the news while Max slept.

Did you ever notice how depressing the news can be, like yeah I get it the economy sucks, yes there is crime in the world, and yeah there are natural disasters. But really I don't know how people can watch the news for more than 5 minutes and not get all depressed.

I turned off the TV and moved Max to the top of the bed. I covered her with the blankets and started to move to my bed. Max quickly grabbed my wrist, scaring me out of my wits.

She mouthed stay.

I nodded and climbed into bed next to her, she again curled against me and I draped on arm around her waist.

Then we were out like a light.

-ANGEL'S POV-

We were sitting in the same white room; they had given us our clothes back so now instead of being in all white we all had our t-shirts and jeans back.

"Nudge, what are we going to do when we get out of her?" I asked.

"Well I was thinking we need to find a way to get our wings fixed, so we can fly. Then I guess we can just go back to what we are good at, running and hiding." Nudge said, playing rock paper scissors with Gazzy.

"Oh great, back to the hole stay under the radar thing." Iggy said.

"Well you don't seem to have a better idea." Nudge said turning her attention to Iggy, glaring at him. The look was totally wasted on him.

I knew they were all freaking out on the inside.

I mean I was reading their minds… Nudge's thoughts were scattered and louder than normal.

Iggy's were so freaking depressing.

Gazzy's were just so upset, and mad.

I had a huge headache from Nudge's thoughts alone… Gazzy's and Iggy's thoughts just add to it.

I came back to the here and now, Nudge and Iggy were going at it, and Gazzy was nervously playing with the zipper on his jacket.

"Can you all just chill!" I said sharply. "Your thoughts are driving me freaking nuts! You all are going at it like, like immature brats."

They all just looked at me.

"Yeah you know our situation sucks… like this is probably the worst thing that could possible happen to us. But do we really have to argue! Yeah Max kept us kinda sane, you know when she was not losing her mind… my point is we need to stick together, we are still a flock."

Gazzy nodded. "I agree with Angel."

"Yeah Ang, I think you are right." Iggy said.

"Ok so it's settled, we will stick together and watch each other's backs. Got it?" Nudge added.

We all nodded, "Yeah got it." I said.

Nudge hugged me closer and we went back to sitting around, waiting to be released from hell.

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