Hey everyone. I'm writing the wonderful 6th Maximum Ride book called Fang, which I hope will come out really soon. For those who don't know the summary, here it is… oh and I didn't write this summary; I just got it off the internet—
Being a kid with wings--constantly on the run--has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the Flock makes her fear the worst. Then, a cryptic message from a young girl arrives, warning them "The sky will fall." And as if an impending apocalypse weren't bad enough, canny birdkid Angel makes a dire prophecy about Max's soul mate: Fang will be the first to die. Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But can the team weather the storm, or will the turmoil rip them apart for the last time?
So I'm writing both this and The Lightning Thief in Annabeth's POV and so I might take a while to write both this and that and post both, and you're probably wondering why I don't just stick to one book, right? Yeah, but I can never stick to just one book; it gets boring. And The Lightning Thief doesn't have any Percabeth in it and Fax is so much more interesting. You all know that. Oh, and I don't really know what color Max's hair is to be exact; sometimes it's referred to as blonde, dirty blonde, or brown-blonde streaked so I don't know and if you guys could correct me that would be great…because it would be so embarrassing if I was wrong. So I hope you enjoy it, and if you do and you get angry at me for not posting frequently, I'm really sorry. I'll try hard; but only if you guys like it okay? Sorry I'm talking way too much…I mean writing…anyways… sit back and enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN MAXIMUM RIDE!
Chapter 1
I spread my wings out and inhaled deeply. The cold wind whipped against my face, blowing my dirty brown-blonde streaked hair back. I spread my arms behind me and willed myself to go faster. My wings fluttered around me, and I felt light, like the whole world had been lifted off my shoulders. And honestly, the earth totally was on my shoulders. I was, supposedly, the one to save the world. Yeah, seems like I'm joking, but I'm totally not. I smiled as the wind tickled my chin, and allowed myself to just float in the air.
Suddenly, I felt something soft brush against my right wing. I looked up to see Fang staring at me with a slight smile on his tanned face. His midnight black eyes glittered and the golden flecks in his eyes melted and mixed into the black. His black hair was naturally messy, his fringe hovering right above his eyes. He was wearing the usual; black jeans, black shirt, black tennis shoes, black everything. My eyes raked across his torso (force of habit) and I sucked in a deep breath before smiling back at him. I resisted the urge to just stare at those muscles of his.
"Yo," he told me calmly.
"Hey," I replied.
"So…where are we going now?" he asked me.
"Well, I was thinking while we were resting in D.C., that I really hoped that we could—" I began.
"Visit your mom and Ella?" he finished.
"Am I that predictable?" I asked with an annoyed smile. He always seemed to be able to read me, like a book or something. He really knew me well.
"We haven't seen them in like months, so I think we should go pay them a surprise visit," I told him.
He nodded slowly, reaching out to grab my hand, his thoughts elsewhere. Without thinking, I blushed, and heard him chuckle. He stroked my warm cheek, smiling at me with as much love as he could muster. I couldn't believe that I turned Fang from an emotionless cool guy to a love-struck, full of emotion, cool guy.
"Guys, you can't even go a minute without being all lovey-dovey with each other can you?" Gazzy moaned.
"Oh shut up! I think it's sweet!" Nudge squealed. Gazzy made gagging noises and I shot him The Look.
"Like I was saying, it's so adorable! Oh-my-gosh!" she emphasized, pausing for the big outburst, "What if you guys marry! Well, actually you probably will. If you do, I'm gonna like totally be in charge of decorating your marriage. I can't wait! It's going to be so soon. Angel, Ella, and I can be flower girls and we can wear beautiful mauve silk dresses with pretty lavender flowers and gold thread laced into our hair! Oh and remember when we were shopping the other day in D.C.? I saw this beautiful pink dress that—" Iggy had reached over and clamped his hand over her mouth, rolling his unseeing, glazed blue eyes.
How he knew exactly where she and her mouth were, I do not know. It was freaky how accurate that blind kid was. Nudge slapped Iggy's hand off, and cowered as I glared at her. She gave me a sweet, but fake smile and glided over to Angel. She started chatting off and when Angel giggled, I had a pretty good idea what they were talking about. I looked at Fang when I heard him snicker, and I blushed again. Wow, I was becoming a big mush. I was still glaring at them. Angel peeked up at me, smiled angelically, and looked back at Nudge.
My heart wrenched as I stared at her. I immediately felt weak, like I was about to plummet to the ground. My baby was becoming older. She was so adorable, so innocent (well, not when she fought) and so dependent on me. Now everything was changing. She was becoming really independent. I tried not to feel so sad, but tears welled up in my eyes anyway, threatening to spill over. Thankfully, Fang was staring down at the busy roads. I wiped my tears and sighed.
Angel's bright blue eyes shifted to mine and she shook her head slightly, her huge golden curls bouncing against her thin shoulders. Her pale face was serious. Yup…that was my little mind reader right there!
Max, I always love you; you know that. Angel told me, telepathically.
I know, sweetie, but you're growing older and more mature. I feel like you don't need me anymore. Wow I sound like one of those old mothers who get all depressed and start eating buckets and buckets of chocolate and just watch T.V. the whole day…and moan that their kids are growing too fast. I mused.
Not true. I'll always need you. I love you more than anything on this planet. I felt a smile split across my face. Fang looked at me questioningly, and I just shook my head. He looked confused but just stared back down.
That's sweet, baby. Well, if you're done rummaging through my head... GET OUT! I thought. I felt a click and hoped that Angel wasn't listening in on my thoughts anymore. Then again, I couldn't be sure, so I tried to think safely around her.
"Voice?" Fang asked me when I nudged him lightly. Yeah… I have this annoying voice in my head that bosses me around. But, sometimes it's really useful, but still annoying most of the time.
"Nah. I wish. It was just Angel," I replied. He smirked and nodded, stroking my hand with his thumb lightly.
"You know…" he trailed off and I glanced up at him. He refused to look at me and I frowned. He looked kind of embarrassed.
"What?" I asked impatiently.
"We haven't really spent some time together…alone," he whispered, looking back at Iggy suspiciously. Iggy was "looking" at Gazzy and had his head tilted, probably trying to listen in on our conversation.
"Um, yeah. That's true," I whispered back. We quickly sped up until the flock were just tiny dots floating in the sky.
"I wanna take you out somewhere. Just you and me," he said softly, staring at me with those deep black eyes. I found myself lost in them. I felt like I was swimming inside the depths of the calm, black waters. The golden flecks were like the only sunshine there, and I felt like reaching toward it. Suddenly, I snapped out of it. Wow what was with me? I didn't notice that I was leaning into Fang, like I was about to kiss him. I pushed away from his chest, really embarrassed, but he grabbed me and mashed his lips aggressively, but softly onto mine.
I found myself closing my eyes, his strong arms snaking around my waist, making me shudder. It would be so much more romantic if my wings weren't in the way, but I didn't mind. I would do this any day. My fingers knotted into his black hair and I tilted my head to deepen the kiss. He held onto me tight, but I wanted him to hold me tighter. I liked the way his muscles felt, and I let go of his hair and rubbed my hands against his smooth, but hard shoulders. His tongue traced my lips, and I shuddered again. He suddenly pulled away, but I wanted to pull him back into my embrace. His face split into a big, goofy grin that was so contagious that I found myself grinning as well.
"That was…wow," he whispered.
"Yeah," I agreed. We haven't done that in a while.
"Yo! If you're done playing tongue hockey, can we go now?" Iggy's voice yelled, splitting through the romantic moment. I jumped like as if I just got zapped into reality. The entire flock was surrounding us; Nudge and Angel were grinning, Gazzy was gagging, and Iggy was just annoyed. Of course, he couldn't see, but Gazzy probably told him what was happening. Unless Angel sent him a mental video. I shot a glare at her and she giggled. My cheeks burnt red again, and I felt weak, and tried to become the strong leader again.
"Okay. Stop gagging and cooing and follow me. We have plenty of miles to cover and not that much time. We haven't seen any dangers or threats in three days. That's a bad sign. It means they're planning something even worse for us than before. And we should…" my voice trailed off as I saw something hurtling toward us in full speed.
"Scatter!" I yelled, pushing Angel away, who was gripping onto Total. He was dozing away in her hands, and had snapped awake when I yelled. He started yelling, and Fang told him to shut up. Fang dove down, Angel to the right, Nudge to the left, Gazzy went up, and Iggy went bottom right. I was so stunned when I heard the familiar pang of a bullet erupting through the almost peaceful morning. Something, much harder and less painful than a bullet, slammed into me. I hurtled down with the object clinging right onto me. Suddenly, something ripped through my wing and I let out a strangled yell as I felt the unmistakable feeling of hot, wet blood trickling down my arm. My vision was so fuzzy that I closed my eyes and felt myself hurtling down. The last thing I heard was, "MAX!"
Okay everyone. This is the end of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. If you were thinking, "What a dumb chapter" then tell me ways to fix it. I don't really care; I want you to be honest with me, okay? And feel free to throw in some ideas for the future chapters. I might need some…kk I'll post again ASAP! Maybe even right after this, because I'm excited about this story.
