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Nudge was testing the knives she dug out from under her bed two hours later, casually sharpening them and then strapping them to some part of her body. Fang was deep in thought as he had been for a while now, I'd tried to get him to snap out of it but it wasn't any use so I'd left him to it. No doubt he was thinking of some elaborate scheme to get us out of here without any casualties. I on the other hand was trying to figure out a way to get his arse as far away as possible. I knew he wouldn't go no matter what I said; he's just so damn stubborn that way. So there we were patiently waiting for the attack that would either kill us all or give us the information we needed. I was going for the former of the two if I'm going to be honest.

The room was eerily silent so all three of us jumped about ten feet in the air and Nudge had a knife aimed straight at the offending phone that had decided to ring.

We breathed out in relief and Nudge picked it up. There was more silence for a while as the person on the other end talked and Nudge's expression changed several times before she cleared her throat and held out the phone in my direction.

I frowned and she gestured for me to come get it. "It's for you." She said and I took it from her, cautiously speaking. "Talk to me."

"Hello Max." I swear I almost dropped the phone then and there but managed to compose myself before it fell from my fingers.

"Who the hell is this?" I snapped into the receiver and got a sad chuckle in reply.

"It's been long time, Mouse."

My heart was thumping hard in my chest and I clutched the phone so tight that my knuckles turned white.

"Who are you." I demanded one more time but my voice didn't hold the hard edge it had the first time.

"You need to run, Max." the man whispered before the line went dead leaving me standing there in the middle of the lounge, chalk white and feeling like I was about to pass out.

Fang sensed this and gripped my shoulders to keep me upright.

The phone tumbled from my hands and landed with a thump on the floor but I wasn't paying much attention, my head was still swimming with so many questions and accusations it hurt. "Max," Fang breathed in my ear when I leant against him, my legs feeling like jelly all of a sudden, "What happened?" he asked, confusion and worry lacing his words.

"I-I-" I stuttered, unable to form a coherent sentence. I just talked to my dad who died six years ago… and then I blacked out.

Fang's P.O.V.

"Max!" Nudge gasped when she almost crumpled to the ground. I caught her and held her tight.
What the hell just happened! I screamed at myself, unable to find a reasonable explanation for Max's reaction to the call.

Picking her up I laid her down on the couch and knelt beside her, Nudge was still frozen on the spot watching Max with fear.

"Who was that?" I asked softly and she seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in.

"I don't know." She breathed, "It was some guy, asking for Viviana Forester."

"That's her real name." Wow, way to state the obvious huh? What? I was just a little shocked after Max's collapse ok? I brushed a few strands of hair out of her face and made a decision. "We need to get out of here."

Nudge didn't argue, instead she nodded stiffly and practically ran out of the room.

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Max only came round a few hours later when we were once again in a car trying to put as much distance between us and The Hunters as possible. I was in the back seat with Max's head on my lap and Nudge driving. She kept on nervously glancing in the rear-view mirror every few minutes, worry etched on her usually happy face.

I stroked Max's hair absentmindedly, not taking my eyes off of her. I breathed out in relief when her eyelids began to flutter. It took a few minutes for her to open her eyes but I had never been so relieved in my life when her chocolate eyes concentrated on me.

She frowned slightly and her head lolled to the side, "Wha-appened?" she slurred, squeezing her eyes shut before opening them again.

"We were hoping you could tell us." I murmured and she looked up at me again.

She thought for a few seconds before gasping and shooting up before I could stop her. Instantly she groaned and clutched her head.
"You need to take it easy." I told her pulling her back down so that she was lying again.

She didn't bother trying to get up again and there was silence for a while.

"Max, what happened?" I asked gently when tears welled in her eyes.

She shook her head and blinked them back, refusing to let herself cry.

"Nothing." She mumbled, "It doesn't matter." She brushed it off and refused to look at me.

The subject was dropped for a while and most of the ride was silent but when Nudge was just about ready to keel over from exhaustion I offered to take over. She didn't object and scrambled into the back seat, falling asleep instantly.

Max was in the front seat so that Nudge could have more room and with her fully asleep I thought this would be a good time to try and get some answers out of her.

"Are you going to tell me why you feinted?" I said glancing at her but she was facing away from me with her forehead pressed against the window.

It seemed to take hours for her to reply and when she did it was barely a whisper, "It was nothing."
I growled softly, we both knew that was total crap.

After another agonising silence she spoke again. "It was my dad." She choked out and I frowned. "What?"

"My Dad he-he told me to run." Max was on the verge of tears again so I pulled over and gave her my full attention.
"Max, your dad's…" I trailed off, not really wanting to finish that sentence.

"I know, but it was him." She whimpered helplessly.

I didn't really know what else to do, I needed to comfort her in some way so I patted my knee and she climbed into my lap, resting her head on my shoulder.

"It's ok." I whispered as she let the tears fall. "It's ok."

And that, my dear readers, is what happens when I have a shitty first week of school, three days of camp and writers block. Now in order to remedy this horrendous disease I need…come on you know this one…YES! IDEAS and REVIEWS! Yay for all those that guessed right! Lol, so please review with idea's guys I am so stuck right now!

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