Ok guys...so this is my first FanFic...go easy and take pity please! I love the Maximum Ride series (along with Harry Potter, Twilight, and the Stephenie Plum books), so I hope I can

DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, I do not own any of the Max Ride characters. (crying hysterically)

(Max POV)

We had been captured. Again.

I struggled pointlessly with the strong ropes tying my hands together behind my back. Sighing in frustration, I whacked my head against the cold gray cement wall I was pressed up against. I hissed at the pain that spread through my head and snuck a glance at Fang. He was giving me a look that clearly screamed idiot. I sighed again, this time in resignation. He was right, I was being an idiot. I closed my eyes, breathed in calmly, and tried to take stock of our situation. Then, Iggy came over and cut my ropes with pocket knife I didn't even know he had. I wasn't about to ask though.

For all of you out there who don't know me, I'm Maximum Ride, Max for short. Whitecoats are the only people who actually call me Maximum. I'm an Avian American, which is just a really nice way of saying mutant bird kid. I travel with five other bird kids, too: Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel. We busted out of the School a while back, and we've been on the run ever since. Every once in a while, we'll be taken to some evil lab, but we always manage to get out of it. Now, I know this is a lot to take in at once. You may be wondering how in the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks we managed to get into this kind of situation. Well, it's pretty much just like every other time we've been captured. Erasers came. We kicked butt. Erasers kicked butt better than us. Ergo, we had been captured. So, here we were.

I opened my eyes and surveyed the rest of the flock. Angel, Gazzy, and Nudge were still knocked out from the tranquilizers we had been shot with earlier. Iggy had his sightless eyes turned towards the door, probably listening for incoming footsteps. As for Fang, what was he ever doing? He was watching me with a carefully blank expression on his face, ready to help in whatever hare-brained scheme I came up with next. He he he.

Suddenly, we heard a scraping noise, then the door opened and a strict German looking woman ( oh yeah, that's original! ) stalked in. Her high-heeled black boots clicked smartly against the spotless stone floor. She stopped after she was just inside the doorway and stared at each of us in turn. When her eyes finally made it to me, I glared at her until she broke eye contact.

She cleared her throat loudly. " You are all scheduled for examination and then, termination. We are going to test Maximum Ride the most extensively. She will be first; we want her fairly recovered for her termination, and she's going to need a couple of days after this. "

Okay. So, for all of you who have read my previous books, you know that this is when sarcastic, rude Max kicks into overdrive.

"Oh thank you so much for giving me those couple of days. I'd hate to think I'd be anything less than perfectly healthy when you kill me." I heard Fang chuckle quietly.

"Throw out sarcastic remarks all you want, Maximum. You have one hour until a doctor comes for you. Spend it wisely. " And, with that cheery parting, she clicked her way out the door and down the hall. We heard the locks slip into place the second the doors closed behind her. I plastered a fake smile on my face and turned to face the others.

"So. Good to be back, huh, guys?"

Ok, so there's chapter 1. Be honest: like it? hate it? love it? not sure yet? I know it was kinda short, but I wanted to test the waters before I just threw it out there...Please Review! Thanks! Let me know if you want me to continue...