MAXIMUM RIDE AT THE ATM: Fang's P.O.V.

I had been standing in line here for what felt like a lifetime, at the ATM, or "money box" as Angel called it. Directly behind me was Max, listening to Iggy's iPod with her eyes closed, singing at the top of her lungs and very off key:

"WHAT IF I HAD A THING ON THE SIDE!?

MADE YOU CRY!

WOULD THE RULES CHANGE UP OR WOULD THEY STILL APPLY?!?

IF I PLAYED YOU LIKE A TOY?!

SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD ACT LIKE A BOOOOIIIIYYYYYYY!

I resisted a very strong urge to cover my ears: if Max caught me doing that, I would be dead poultry. Instead, I decided to keep an eye on Iggy, who was inching closer and closer to the woman in front of us who was taking forever. Admittedly, she was very attractive, or at least I thought she was, but I couldn't be sure since she wasn't facing us. Taking a deep breath so as to sustain patience, I silently wondered what Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel were doing. I was absolutely, 100% sure that it wouldn't be classified as "good."

Iggy was now practically leaning on what's-her-face in front of us. She turned around.

"Hielo, Ai am Lilly Joe! And vwat is yore niem?!" she greeted us in a voice that drowned out even Max's horrible singing.

Iggy gave a kind of shocked/surprised yell as he leaped back from what I had previously assumed was a woman. But seeing it's face, I couldn't be sure. It definitely had the huge, brown, long-lashed eyes that would never fit on a guy (he would be considered gay), but they were wide on top, and looked completely insane. Also, its mouth was wide, and its lips were incredibly thin. The thing appeared to be trying to look down us, even though we were, in fact, taller than... her?

"Vwat ees rong?" it said in a deep, gravelly, heavily accented voice. "Yoo hafv nothink to bee afreid ofvf!"

Was this a guy or a girl?

"Her voice soared to a much higher pitch.

"Yoo vwant to kno weir I cuome fromm? Mmm? I KOME FROMM DE SKY! DE SKAI! DE SKAI-AI-AI-AIAIAI!

This person was crazier than Max. Maybe it was experimented on.

"Ai like yielo, de culur yielo!"

Yeah, she was definitely experimented on.

I took a deep breath.

"Look, um, lady, Lilly Joe?" I began, unsure. What kind of name was that anyway? "I was just, uh, wondering, if... like, when will you be done with the ATM?"

"ACH! Ai vwass dunn miebi two hours ago! Ai juss' laik de smell off de machine!"

"Oh... uh... that's really... wow, okay. Can I use it now?"

She smiled an amazing distance across her face, managing to not show any of her teeth. "On won condishen!"

"Uh, sure..." I replied, not knowing what I was agreeing to.

"Cann I kuome with you after? After? After!"

"Yeah..." I said, picking up our newly found credit card, realizing that we couldn't do anything about it because Nudge wasn't here. "MAX!" I yelled, snapping her out of her singing state, causing everyone in the In-N-Out to sigh in relief. "We just wasted our time, let's get out of here fast," I whispered to Iggy. We left, Max trailing behind us. As we took to the sky (not caring about showing our wings, this was an emergency) we heard the voice of Lilly Joe.

"Vweit for me! For mee! I lovff you!