So this is quite literally a story I came up with right off the top of my head, but the stupid plot bunny wouldn't leave me alone 'till I posted it, so here it is.
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own Maximum Ride.
IGGY POV
SLAM! Iggy suddenly found himself up against a tree. How did I miss an eraser? He thought, after all, there was no way he was that distracted.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" A voice growled right next to his ear. Yep, definitely an eraser. The blind bird kid was so caught up in his battle plan he almost missed the next question. "Did the school send you? Huh? Cause if they did you can just forget it. There's NO WAY we're going back there. Ever. Got it?"
Iggy started, "What the hell are you talking about Eraser? What is this? Some sort of sick mind game? Get the blind kid to believe your some sort of rogue villain set on escaping those sickos, have me lead you back to my family, and then kill all of us? Or worse? I'd rather die!" Iggy spat at this eraser. The hand on his throat loosened.
"What? You're not...but..." the voice strayed off, confusion clear, well fake confusion, Iggy thought bitterly. Suddenly, his captors hand was around his wrist. It dragged his arm towards something. Then, his hand scraped fabric. What? he thought, what is this? His captors hand dragged his over the fabric, and then feathers, no, not feathers, wings.
"You're not an eraser." He stated, his voice almost silent.
The voice, which Iggy now admitted, although threatening, did not have a certain wolfish characteristic, replied, "No. No I'm not. My name's Lyric. I'm 98% human and-"
"2% bird." Iggy finished. "Yah I know. It means you have wings. Like my family. Like me."
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LYRIC POV
"Show me." Lyric demanded. "I don't believe you." After all, she didn't. He had to be lying. There was no one else like her, like-
"There's NO WAY I'm leading you to them! Just because you're not an eraser, doesn't mean you're not still evil." The boy ranted.
"Not THAT stupid. I'm not a complete idiot. Show me your wings. I don't believe you. "
"Oh." The boy said, and to Lyric he sounded sort of chagrined. "Could you let go of me first?"
With the sudden realization that she still had one hand around this strangers wrist, and the other arm pinning him against the tree, she jumped back, blushing furiously. The boy didn't seem to notice, in fact, he didn't seem to see her at all. Earlier, she thought, didn't he say something about being the blind kid?- She was yanked out of her thoughts, AGAIN, as the tall boy in front of her shook out his wings.
Much to her own embarrassment, she gasped. "I'm soooo sorry for attacking you! Lyric started, "I didn't realize- I thought- I mean I didn't know you had wings..."
The boy shrugged, "Don't worry about it. I'm Iggy by the way."
"Nice to meet you." Lyric opened her mouth to say something else, but a voice cut across hers.
"IGGY!" IGGY WHERE ARE YOU!"
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GENERAL POV
"IGGY!" Max screamed, where did he go? It wasn't like him to take this long with something...unless...
"Max, Iggy will be alright, right? I mean, he couldn't be hurt or anything...He's probably just playing a joke on us, and he's going to jump out and grab our shoulders. Wouldn't that be awful? I think I would freak out if-"
Smack! Another successful diversion to Nudge's ramblings. Of course, she had to cover her mouth first...
"Angel, are you picking up any of Iggy's thoughts? Is he hurt or something?" The blonde haired child in question tilted her head to the side.
"He's not hurt, he's really confused though. He was sorta distressed earlier, but not anymore, so I don't think he's in danger...He's almost like...trusting now. Not really, but like...not scared..."
"Where is he?" Max questioned, going into super-ultra-leader mode.
"Just beyond these trees, in the next clearing, but there's something I need to tell you-"
"Come on guys! He's just over this way!"
"But Max! I need to tell you something first! There's someone-"
"Later Angel! Let's make sure he's okay first..." With those words the flock entered the clearing.
The scene that greeted them was definitely NOT what they were expecting. Iggy was standing next to a tree at the opposite side of the clearing, facing the rest of the flock. Next to him was a girl, about an inch or two shorter than Max, with fairly long, auburn hair, blue eyes, and wings.
"I tried to tell you..." Angel murmured.
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LYRIC
Iggy and I had just turned towards the yelling, when a group of kids walked into the clearing. A girl about my age stood in the front. She was obviously the leader. A little blonde haired girl stood slightly behind her, toting a beat up teddy bear. On the leaders other side was a dark skinned girl with a poof of dark hair. The mocha skinned girl was clutching the hand of a blonde haired boy, looking remarkably like the youngest girl. Standing slightly behind the rest of the group was a dark haired boy, about the same age as the leader.
"Who. Are. You." The leader asked, in a clipped manner. Lyric just stared at her for a moment, stepping slightly behind Iggy. She had never met someone like this before, and thankfully, it was Iggy who eventually spoke up.
"Max, this is Lyric. She's like us. I just sorta ran into her. I mean, yah, we tried to kill each other first, but we're totally cool now. Right Lyric?" He slung his arm over the girls shoulders. He wasn't sure why, but he really didn't want Max to strangle her. Lyric simply nodded mutely.
And then, yet another group of people entered the clearing.
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GENERAL POV
Max immediately went on the defensive. She pushed Nudge and Angel behind her, while Fang grabbed Gazzy.
On the opposite side of the clearing, a very confused Lyric found her view suddenly blocked by the shoulders of a certain blind bird kid. Max looked towards the new "threat", trying to determine whether or not she should force the younger kids to do a U and A now. Within moments, she realized that that would definitely not be necessary. The three children standing on the other side of the clearing were tall and thin. The oldest looked about the same age as Nudge. He was a blonde boy, with dark eyes, and tan skin. Standing slightly behind him were two kids, both with dark brown hair, and hazel eyes. They seemed to be about Gazzy's age, and the only obvious difference between them was that the girls hair was pulled into a pair of high pigtails, while the boy had his cut short.
While Max had been analyzing them, it seemed that the oldest boy was doing a little analysis of his own, and when his eyes landed on Iggy and Lyric, his face contorted with rage.
"LET GO OF HER!" He screamed, flying (although, not literally) towards the two.
Before the flock could even react, Lyric peeked her head over Iggy's shoulder, and exclaimed, "Gabe! HI!" Gabe stopped short. The rest of the heads in the clearing turned to stare at the auburn haired girl. Still smiling, she said, "Iggy and friends, this is Gabe, Mello, and Dani! They're my family."