Chapter 7

Fang POV

Max is resting. We are in a medium sized, colonial style house. The flock likes it here, being in a real house. I do not. I know that Max will agree with me when she wakes up. We are supposedly in Arizona, the woman said that. She also said that we are welcome here for as long as we want. She knows we're mutants, and she left after treating Max. She is probably going to town and telling the press. I hate normal humans; all they do is break promises and hurt my family.

MAX POV

My head hurts a lot, and my back is killing me. All I remember is a woman staring at me after we crashed and I landed on a very hard rock.

"But Fang she's so nice and she helped Max! You have to let us stay!" I hear Angel plead.

"No." Fang said, a man of few words. (A/N: the reason the beginning was so strange, Fang is not a big talker) I decided this was as good a time as any to make my miraculous recovery. I opened my eyes and sat up. Or at least tried to, strong calloused hands pushed me down; the owner of these hands wore a smirk. I glared up at Fang, "doctor's orders" he said as his expression darkened. I knew Fang had a hard time trusting strangers but now that we were betrayed he definitely was wary of people. He had a hard life before the Agency.

Flashback:

I stared across the newly furnished room at the boy who just walked in. He had black hair, eyes and clothes, but the reason I didn't feel welcomed was not because of that; but because of the aura of 'don't mess with me' surrounding him. But, my mother taught me to never be rude so I said hi anyway.

"Hi, I'm Max" I said with a small voice. Gah! I'm so pathetic. Apparently he thought the same thing, judging by the smirk he shot my direction.

"Fang" He held his hand out for me to shake. Determined to prove my toughness I squeezed a bit too hard. "Ow." He said pulling away. "I'm sorry okay" I smirked; we were going to be great friends.

End Flashback

After that I learned that his "uncle" had murdered his mother and father while he was hiding in his room. That night and beyond he told me he felt wary of everyone, and with all the blood and violence he lost his childhood innocence. I have always had a special connection with Fang and now I'm pretty sure he is remembering the betrayals in his past.

"Oh good you're awake." A woman walked into my field of view with an obviously Hispanic heritage and a warm smile. "I'm Dr. Martinez and I was informed about your wings and your head injury. You should rest for at least two days; and your family is welcome here as well as you." She finished and turned toward the door as another younger girl (spitting image of her) walked in through the front door.

She comes into the room and stands next to her –presumably- mother. "Hi I'm Ella Martinez and I would be glad to help you with anything you need." I smile and introduce myself and my flock to both of them. Then Fang raises his hand.

"Could you show me where the bathroom is?" Fang asks, with curiosity visible on his face. I wonder what he's up to. After Dr. Martinez leaves, the doorbell rings and Ella rushes to get the door.

"Maxzie, are you ready for our sleepover? Did you bring the nail stuff and the make-up stuff? OH this is going to be so fun!" Ella is squealing and 'Maxzie' is bring all of her stuff in and taking it upstairs. "Mom, Maxzie and I are going upstairs call us when dinner is ready."

"Ella! Don't you want to introduce her to our guests?" Dr. Martinez says forcefully.

"Oh, yeah; Maxzie these are Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy, Angel, Max and Fang. And they are visiting for a few days." Ella says passively. It's blatantly obvious to me that she just wants to get upstairs to start her 'night of fun' with Maxzie. Speaking of whom is really nice.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Maxzie!" She said in a cheery voice. After they go upstairs, we all turn our attention to Dr. Martinez.

"What would you like for dinner? I have fresh chocolate chip cookies in the oven for dessert but I am open to suggestions on the main course." She says, looking at us for our opinion on the food for our dinner.

"Mac & Cheese!" Gazzy yelled, excited to have a home cooked meal. Yeah, in case you didn't know I don't cook… at all.

"Yeah!" Nudge and Angel both yelled at the same time. This was followed by the ever so mature pyro brothers chanting "mac and Cheese, mac and cheese" for two minutes until Fang and I gave in. When Dr. Martinez went into the kitchen and the kids went off to 'their' room, Fang and I talked.

"I found a computer in the office, when Dr. Martinez took me to the bathroom. We should get Nudge to check it out later. We need to figure out what kinds measures the Agency is using to find us." Fang said. He was talking a lot and fast; a technique used often to throw off eavesdroppers, since from far away it's hard to pick up on the words. I nodded in agreement, upset that I couldn't do anything. But, Fang was always good at spying (and being stealthy) so it is probably best that he be the one doing the spying. Soon, Dr. M (as I have taken to call her) called us in for dinner. The macaroni was good, it was definitely from who knew how to cook, that's for sure. But…

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THE COOKIES WERE AMAZING! They just melted in my mouth and they were perfect. I totally ate half the batch, and I now love Dr. M so much more! The flock and Ella and Maxzie and Dr. M all laughed at me. I heard Ella say something like 'wow I guess she's new to your baking huh?' but I was too wrapped up in the goodness to care.

After the uneventful rest of the evening, Dr. M, Ella and Maxzie all went to bed. I called everyone over to the couch for a flock meeting.

"Okay, Fang saw a computer that Nudge is going to look at. We are trying to find out what kind stuff the Agency has put up about us; so we can avoid them better." I tell them. Fang and Nudge left to go off down the creepy dark hallway while I tucked Angel and Gazzy in to the air mattresses in the room.

Iggy and I waited until Nudge and Fang came back. "It's good Max, and I will look it up tomorrow. But right now I'm tired." She hugs me and then she and Iggy go off to bed. Fang gets me settled on the couch and sleeps right next to me. Slowly sleep over came me as I thought about how important my family is to me, and I would do anything to protect them.

I know I haven't updated, but I'm doing a double update this weekend so you better review because I need to know who you would like to meet Max (and Fang) in the next chapter. [P.S. not a good meeting.] Here are the choices: Sam would be really awkward (and embarrass himself), Dylan would be a typical player/jock and Ari would be a nasty arrogant pervert. Choose wisely. And a special thank you to Maxzie who reviewed and got put in the chapter! Now, as always…

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