Chapter 9

MAX POV

"Max… Max wake up." Someone is whispering in my ear. If they know what's good for them, they'll leave now.

They start to nudge me. "Max wake up now…. C'mon Max" I angrily turn around and ignore them. Apparently they don't understand the implication of angrily turning around and ignoring them! And then in the blink of an eye I'm on the cold hardwood floor with a probably bruised head and very satisfied smirking Fang hold up the blanket that was keeping me warm. Keyword: was. He is so dead. I think he saw the murderous look in my eyes because he instantly turned to run but not before telling me there was a flock meeting in the office in 5 minutes.

I groaned, rubbing my head as I sat up and went to go get some coffee. I don't usually drink coffee, having my morning workout to get me pumped for the day out in the field, but now that I have tried it, I know exactly what Nudge is talking about. Only I hope to the heavens that I don't end up all energetic and unable to be quiet for more than five minutes like her.

Drinking my coffee in a mug I quietly walk to the office where the rest of the flock is waiting for me with various excitement levels. By which I mean, Fang looking as impassive as always, Nudge practically jumping up and down from excitement, Angel falling asleep again, and Iggy and Gazzy looking way too tired to even comprehend what is going to be discussed at this meeting. Speaking of which…

"Why are we all up at… 3 o'clock in the morning Nudge?" I ask. My annoyance is clear in my voice as take my seat next to Fang.

"Well I just thought that the news I have found was important and could possibly decide our future. A "thank you" would suffice; I mean you all don't have to be so grumpy! I was up all night working on this and all I get is a bunch of tired, ungrateful, blank stares from all of you?! That is just plain rude if you ask me and plus since you are being like this maybe I will just keep this ever important news to myself until you all are in a better mood to hear what I have to say!" Nudge finishes her rant, looking pleased. I'm not sure if it is because of the fact that she thought she just owned us, or that we actually let her finish her rant because we were all too tired to bother slapping a hand over her mouth.

Although I hate to admit it, she has piqued my interest. "I did not get woken up this early for nothing. Nudge what is this important news you have?"

"Well I was looking through the international law enforcement database and saw that a fugitive notice has been put out on us! In the USA of course only, so far but we should probably leave now since it hasn't become big news yet." Nudge explains with a sort of worried look on her face.

I sometimes wish I didn't have to be the leader because everyone looks at me with expectation of a brilliant plan, when the reality is that I just got this information at the same time they did. Thanks to Nudge, she sort of nudged me (A/N: Get it? So cheesy…) in the right direction with her suggestion of going out of the country. I stood up to address everyone -whom started talking once Nudge announced the news- and they instantly looked at me. See what I mean? It is so unnerving having people depend on you all the time, thank goodness I have Fang to lean on or we'd all be in trouble.

"Alright! I say we take Nudge's suggestion of moving out of the country. We will be going to Canada today; we're catching a cargo boat out of the docs this afternoon. Pack all you need and prepare to leave, we are leaving within the hour" I say in my "it's my decision and not yours" voice. That's the perk of being a leader… no one back talk you.

With that everyone left to go pack up all one backpack of stuff they had. And I turned to look at Fang who was surprisingly looking a little sad.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. I was concerned, I mean Fang NEVER shows emotion and now he looks like he is about to cry. As soon as the words come out of my mouth his face goes back to the impassive look he always has on his face.

"Nothing… I'm going to go pack." He gets up to leave but, I stop him.

"Fang I saw your face! Your façade doesn't fool me. Now what is wrong, why are you sad?" I make sure my concern overrides my annoyance in my voice. I need him to open up to me.

"I just this is the first time we really have done things normal teenagers do… and it was just nice to relax for once." Fang looks so broken now. It is quite surprising considering that he is usually a passive, stoic person, but something must have really bothered him.

"Where is all this coming from?" Fang turned to me suddenly, anger written on his face.

"Did you think to tell them we were leaving?" I was speechless. "No right? Because we are just going to up and leave them, just like the Agency did to us…" Fang looks down at me with pain in his eyes. "They were nice to us; they took care of you, of us. How can we just leave?"

"Fang I know that you were betrayed in the past but telling them… it would just endanger them more! Especially since they would have been hiding fugitives! Think about their safety Fang" I am determined to pull us both together! I'm going to leave a note to thank them; my mother didn't raise me to have no manners.

Fang nods and then he went to go get ready. Wow that whole exchange was totally not expected at all… weird. I gather my three outfits and stuff them all in my backpack.

I walk to the door where everyone else is waiting and we all go out of the door. I look around the friendly house where we had spent so many normal times and then close the door.

Here we go.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry about not updating, I have to be in the mood to write otherwise it is crap. I didn't want to force you guys to deal with all my bad writing. So review if you want FAX or Niggy in the next chapter!

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