Hey I got rid of the summary because the story line is going to stray from what I said it will be but it is still my version of book 3.

-Chewyring

-LINELINELINELINELINE-

MAX POV.

It has been a month since the whole clone, Itex, Ari blowup and I still wake up from nightmares about being stuck in that cursed isolation tank and my clone leading the flock while they think she's me. But you might be confused right now if this is the first time you are reading about me even though this is obviously part three of a series, but I will catch you up anyways.

Me and my family or flock as we call ourselves were part of a genetic experiment. There are six of us and one talking dog. There is me, Maximum Ride or Max for short, my second in command, Fang, our pyro, Iggy, our talkaholic, Nudge, my little trooper, The Gasman or Gazzy (don't ask you will find out), and my baby, Angel. Me, Fang and Iggy are 14, Nudge is 11, Gazzy is 8 and Angel is 6. I'm not going to beat around the bush so I will come right out and say it we are part bird. Exactly 98% human and 2% bird. We have wings and yes we can fly. But that 2% did so much more than just wings. Some of us have powers. Gazzy can perfectly mimic voices and even though I don't call it a gift he can make atomic farts. Iggy became blind in an experiment gone wrong and, well, we don't talk about that a lot, but he is actually really good at being blind. He can tell the flock apart by feeling our feathers or our fingerprints and he has super hearing. Well we all have raptor vision and hearing but his hearing is even better than ours. Angel can read minds and sometimes control them. And Total is our talking black Scottie who is Angel's dog. Now that you are all up to speed back to our present situation.

We are currently walking the streets of Poughkeepsie, New York looking for a small diner where we can get dinner and anywhere we can make camp. I am currently holding Angel since ever since my clone came into our lives she hasn't wanted to be more than ten feet away from me, and I don't blame her she is only six.

Then all of a sudden I hear the voice in my head chime in 'But she is a strong six year old who will have to grow up eventually' my only retort was 'yeah but I hope it is not too soon'. Yah see I have a voice in my head that is not mine and it doesn't belong there it sometimes gives me good advice but usually it is fortune cookie crap. I believe it has to do with the chip in my arm but I don't know for sure.

Nudge pulls me out of my inner rant with one of her rambles. She is talking so fast that I can't exactly catch everything but I do catch the phrases "I'm hungry…. When's dinner…. Look a small diner…. It's called Ritchie's." That got my attention and all I had to say was "Nudge where?" and she pointed to our left. I saw a small 50's style diner with a large sign on the roof saying 'Ritchie's'.

Once I saw it the whole flock saw it so without a word except for a few 'whoops' from the younger bunch we headed in. There were not a lot of people in the except a larger truckerish dude, a small frail looking elderly woman who was waiting tables, a bubblegum chewing teenage girl at the counter taking orders and a mother and her baby. No immediate threats but I still thought to Angel 'Angel, check their minds…' her only response was 'Okay' and I saw her face grow concentrated.

Within a few seconds she thought out to me 'All clear' and I motioned for the flock to go up to the counter. The teenage girl who's nametag said 'Addie' looked up with annoyance but it quickly diminished when she saw Fang and I knew she would be flirting with him in seconds. For some unknown reason I felt jealousy flare up inside me but I quickly pushed it down. Why should I be jealous of one of Fang's fangirls? I'm not, I can't be. 'Maybe you are, just accept that you like him.' I knew it wasn't The Voice but it was Angel. So I just calmly thought back 'Angel, sweetie, please stay out of my head'. As I looked at her she shot me an apologetic yet angelic smile.

This exchange only took a few seconds and I was brought back when I heard Addie's snooty voice ask us "What can I get you guys today." She directed the question at all of us as she stared intensely at Fang.

Nudge was the first to order. "I'll have two bacon cheddar cheeseburgers, a medium fry, a medium coke, a large chocolate shake, and a piece of apple pie." Addie looked skeptical about her ordering so much food but she didn't ask.

Gazzy ordered next and I just hoped he wouldn't let one rip so we don't get kicked out. "I will have an order of chicken fingers, a double cheeseburger, a medium coke, a medium strawberry shake and a chocolate chip cookie." Addie having already heard Nudges huge order still looked at him in disbelief but was expecting it.

Angel went next but not before saying "Don't worry we will eat it all." Addie looked very shocked at that comment and I'm guessing Angel read her mind but this did not bother Angel and she went right on with her order. "I will have a hot fudge sundae, a double cheeseburger, a small fry, a cup of water and a hamburger (for total) and medium lemonade."

By this point Addie already had two pages of her notebook filled and was working on her third.

Fang went and it annoyed me to no end how Mrs. Prissypants (Addie) hung on to his every word. "I will have a large Pepsi, two cheeseburgers with onions, and order of popcorn chicken, a bacon cheeseburger and a large fry." Addie didn't even care HOW much food he ordered she just stared at him like he was a piece of meat.

Iggy went next "I will have a large fry, an order of chicken fingers, a double cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato, a large vanilla shake and a large iced tea."

By the time it was my turn to order Addie looked like she was ready to kill us for ordering so much but she held it in because, well I'm guessing, that she didn't want to look mean in front of Fang. So I took no mercy on her and ordered. "I will have two double cheeseburgers, a medium fry, a small salad, a caramel milkshake and a large cup of ice water."

Addie looked at us like she thought we were crazy for eating more than 100 calories a day and being this skinny. Well honey when you don't get a large home cooked meal every night, when you have the chance you would get like 20,000 calories for dinner too. Well more like 2,000 but who is counting we have different metabolisms so we have to eat more. It is that simple.

It took about 25 minutes for them to prepare that food and for all 25 of those minutes Addie was trying to get Fang to tell her his name and if he had a girlfriend, yeah I wish I was his girlfriend, WAIT WHAT! Where did that come from?! Then of course I hear Angel say in my head 'You and I both know where that came from, just admit to yourself that you love Fang'. All I could do was glare at Angel who innocently smiled at me from where I was holding her on my hip.

I realized in that moment that I might want to be more that Fang's best friend and sister. Angel smiled in triumph when I thought this and then I heard Nudge giggle and I knew Angel sent that thought to her so I glared at both of them now.

Our food finally came and I paid. The total was $64.97. Ha why should I care I just paid with the Max Ride card, took the food and went on my merry way with the flock trailing behind. I was SOOOO pissed when right before we walked out the door Addie ran up to Fang, slipped something, which I knew was a phone number, in his pocket and kissed him on the cheek. I tried to hide but I couldn't so Angel ushered me out of there as quick as she could before I could kill Addie.

We found a picnic table and since it was the middle of July here it was still light out so we didn't need coats or anything. Considering it took almost a half an hour to get our food I found it funny that most of us were done within 10 minutes. We were just so damn hungry I am not really surprised.

After dinner we realized we were currently in a campground that was surrounded by woods so we packed up threw out our trash and set out into the woods to find a nice clearing to sleep in.

We finally found a nice little clearing that you couldn't even see from overhead to sleep in and we got a fire going. It was about 10 pm so the second we rolled out the sleeping bags the younger bunch fell right asleep. Even on a calm day like today we do a lot of walking and flying so we are really always tired. Now to deal out watches. Right as I said "I'll take second." Which is the hardest watch Fang said, "Max first, I will take second and Iggy third."

I shot him a glare which he replied to with a look that said don't fight me just take first. To his surprise I didn't fight him I just said OK and took first. To be honest I didn't want second I just didn't want to give Fang the hardest watch, but if he volunteers for it I don't feel guilty and it is all good.

Iggy was the first of us to go to sleep after we stacked fists. Fang shot me a lingering look that was hard to decode then lay down and slowed down his breathing. He was not asleep and I knew it but I didn't care, I just had to take some time to sort out my emotions for him.

I knew I loved him like a brother but I did want to be something more. I was just scared he didn't feel the same way or the flock would feel alienated by us being together. All I know is that I don't want to be with anyone else and I don't want him to be with anyone else either. Tomorrow. I will talk to him about it tomorrow.

A.N. hey love it, hate it, have suggestions for it I really don't care but reviews are greatly appreciated since this is only my second story I have ever written. Next chappie will most likely have some fax in it so I'm really excited 'bout that. PLZ DON'T FLAME too badly.

-chewyring