Chapter 1

Past: 2 weeks ago

Max's POV

"I can't believe he did it," I continued on, "I can't believe he's actually gone… he just left!" I looked right at Iggy and met his gaze. "I mean, he couldn't really…be gone…could he?" I questioned to no one in particular, her voice breaking. "He could not have left us….left me…."

 

I slid down the trunk of the old oak, pulling my knees up and sobbing uncontrollably. I just wished it was all a nightmare and Fang was still here, that he still cared about me….I suddenly felt strong arms go around me and I looked up. My eyes met Iggy's and suddenly his lips met mine and he was kissing me.

I was so stunned that I didn't kiss back and he pulled away, his face turning a chrism and an apologetic look on his face. "Max…I…I'm-" I kissed him back. I didn't have a clue why I was doing this, or why I hadn't felt this feeling for Iggy before.

It was because of Fang, I had been so caught up in Fang's feelings, and Fang's opinion, and what Fang thought about me…I didn't think about what anybody else thought about me…

We pulled away and looked at each other… "I love you, Max, I'm sorry Fang left you, but he's a dumbass to leave somebody like you, and I would never leave you…ever…be mine?" he questioned hopefully. I sat there, dumbstruck, lost in my thoughts until I came back to the real world and nodded my head. "Of course." I wrapped my arms around his neck, him smiling ear to ear, did the same.

"Are we gonna tell the flock?" he asked. "Uh…maybe we should wait a while…." He nodded his head and hugged her tighter….

 

 

 

Present:

I continued flying upward, my fury burning as my wings cast up the air. I'm sure that the rest of the flock was watching me soar upward. I'm sure they were talking about me, but I didn't care. Me flying off was better than me taking my anger out on them. At the rate I was going I was going to end up either screaming at the top of my lungs at Nudge or Angel, or beating the hell out of Gazzy or Iggy…probably not Iggy…. But somebody was about to get severely hurt.

They won't shut up!

It's constantly, "I can't believe Fang is gone', and "He can't really be gone!' and "He left us all!'.

No-frickin-duh! He's gone! Of Course he's gone! Fang obviously doesn't care about any of us! It doesn't matter though. We don't need him. He doesn't care, so we don't need him here. He can go off and do whatever it is Fang wants to do. Nobody's stopping him. Nobody's coming to look for him, because nobody cares that he's gone, just like he doesn't care about any of us.

I stopped. Just floating hundreds of feet in the air, and just focused on breathing. I had to calm down; I couldn't risk anyone in MY flock getting hurt, just because I'm not being the leader that I am, and doing my job, unlike some other member of the flock.

I got into sight of my flock and I saw Nudge lying on the ground, Gazzy standing nearby and…Angel was in his arms, and Iggy was lying on the ground about three feet away. WTF happened. This was my fault. It was all my fault. I ran to Angel, just because she was the baby of the group. She was unconscious…blood was pouring from the back of her head.

I gently picked her up, and Gazzy stood up with me. "I'm sorry Max, we didn't…We didn't see them coming…and-"

"Gazzy it's not your fault, but we have to get her to a hospital. Go check on Iggy and Nudge and I'll be back in a minute to help you."

He nodded his head and I flew off, carefully holding Angel, while trying to get the bleeding to slow. This was all my fault. Because of me, my family was hurt. They could die all because I'm so f*****g selfish that instead of staying with them when they're sad and upset, I run off like a coward.

I saw the hospital in the distance and increased my speed. Once, at the hospital building, I flew in and nurses ran to us. Angel was immediately placed on some kinda weird skinny bed…a stretcher, that's what it was called, and they told me I had to stay in the waiting area. That's bullshit. I'm her family; I have to be in there with her.

I remembered the rest of the flock still needed my help and I flew back as fast as I possibly could. When I got there Nudge was awake, but Iggy was still unconscious. What if they all died, and I'm all alone? What if everybody's gone? What if I was all alone?

"Uh...Max? We need to get Ig and Nudge to the hospital with Angel…" Gazzy said awkwardly. I looked around, realizing what was going on. I had spaced out into my own thoughts. "Yeah…sorry…uh..." I had to get my act together like now, before somebody else got hurt because of me… "You get Nudge, I'll get Iggy. The hospital's not too far from here."

We picked them up, and ran and leaped into the air. Rushing them to the ER, and hopefully they'll all be okay. Hopefully my flock will be alright…

Reviews

[marie]

Great job in portraying the characters maximum ride is a favorite of mine :) not exactly a fan of max/izzy but hey maybe I learn to like it :)

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:) Thanks!

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[Kyle Sky]

Very good. It lacks details but the dialogues are good. the story is good. I'm hoping to read the next chapter...