Caught
Song: If I Die Young by The Band Perry
Max smiled at Fang for the last time, then her last breath escaped her, warm chocolate eyes closing slowly. Fang dropped his head in his hands, and was silent otherwise. Angel, Gazzy, and Angel all were oustide of the room. Their faint cries could be heard through the door. Iggy's blind eyes were paler than usual, dull with tears. Fang lifted his head from his hands, and walked outside of the room where Max lay permanently still. Angel, through her grief, gasped at him. His cheeks were slick with tears, and he was dropping more salty tears. He walked out the door, glanced back, then shot into the sky. He flew forward, not even bothering to make his flight smooth. His dark thoughts were clear to anyone who bothered to look at his usually unreadeable face; not her. Through everything in this apocalypse, he had treated her coldly, warming up to Maya more and more. Then he'd received the call. Max was badly injured. Maya had finally gone mad, stabbing Maximum in the chest, right above her heart. He had taken the news quietly, figuring that she'd make it anyway. But eventually, an update reached him. She...his Maximum Ride, was dying. The unthinkable was happening. She had asked the others to leave the area, and she had her final words with him alone. And it had broken him inside.
"Pretty serious." she had said weakly. He nodded.
"I'm gonna be...gone in a few minutes. Anything to add?" she had said. He had broken down, his voice trembling.
"Max, Max, Max. Don't leave." he whispered.
"Too late, I suppose." she said. He took her still warm, soft hand in his.
"Maximum Ride...whatever happened was to protect you. I love you more than my words to can say. Please, please allow me to apologize. For everything. Anything...anything that ever bothered you or angered you. I don't love Maya. Never will." he said, gazing deeply into her eyes with his own dark ones.
Max smiled. She sat up gently and and kissed him on the lips.
"No..." Fang said breathlessly and quietly. Max's last words left her heart.
"I'm caught this time." she said. He kissed her full on the mouth, strongly, willing every bit of life to return to her. She smiled again.
Then in the moment that had been long awaited came yet too short.
She left him.
A/N: Okay, okay...you knew that I had to do this chapter sometime, right?
Review if you cried reading it, 'cause I did.
ALSO: Look out for a new Maximum Ride story...;)