Hey everyone, it's CJ. This is my first Maximum Ride fanfic, but I have been reading it for years. It was inspired by "CONTEST OF A LIFETIME!" by "WingsWithADarkSide" by the way good luck with your story. I entered their contest they used one of my ideas but I would like to make my own story. This isn't out of bitterness or hatred the person who won had an idea that was great. Not out of bitterness or hatred, I'm not like that. In this story Dylan didn't die in a car crash. Read and review, I will answer to them. ~CJ~

Chapter One

Amerile (Ame-reel-ay) Jessica (AJ)

To find the Flock was my mission, to find them. You may be asking right now, who I work with Itex? Dr. G-H? Your wrong I only work with one person, and that person is yours truly, me. Your probably confused right now, I am coming on the middle of things aren't I? Let's begin about five precious years ago; when I was still…I guess you could say normal. I was the first-born to Belissa and Patrick Jenkins in Knightstown, Indiana. I had two little brothers Bobby and Martin and a little baby Sister Cecilia. I was thirteen when she was born, and around the time when everything changed. I walked to school with my best friend Dylan every day, but around Christmas I felt as if we were being watched I told Dylan and our other friend Liza. They just told me I was being stupid, so I ignored the growing feeling in the pit of my stomach. That what it was like until June at the end-of-year dance. I went with Dylan and Liza, Liza had been asked to dance by Hunter Green she didn't seem to notice that Dylan and I crept out of the building to the forest in the back of the school; we had all used to take that shortcut to our houses when we were younger then our parents told us not to. Sometimes Dylan and I would walk to the creek and talk about things. He was my best friend; we walked to the creek and sat on the same log we always sat at and we talked for I don't know how long it was, but we realized we should be getting home as it was starting to get dark we started the walk back home, the dance was probably over or wrapping up. I didn't care, Liza was the only reason we were there she use to always drag us to these annoying socials. We were walking back to our house and me having the impeccable hearing, I heard a tiny twig snap. I stopped I said to Dylan,

"Did you hear that?" he rolled his eyes.

"Geez AJ calm down it was probably just an animal or something." He said pulling my arm, I nodded I began to walk again. We continued to walk until about three minutes later I heard something louder, footsteps. But it was different, like walking bricks. I turned and looked at Dylan he seemed to have heard it too. We both exchanged looks and the stupid thing, we ran. We ran to the end of the forest knees buckling from exhaustion. I was attempting to take any air I could but I was almost like my lungs wouldn't let me. My head was pounding, my heart pumping. I turned to Dylan, he didn't look much better. I heard the thuds again, I was helpless. I turned my head to see tall dark shapes, I felt a small pinch on my left shoulder like a needle and that's when everything went black.

I woke up in a white room smelling of antiseptic covered in tubes bruises were all around my arms and legs my muscles felt like Jell-O, soon a tall man with dark skin and glasses. I couldn't hear him; there was this ringing in my ears every time he spoke. When he noticed I couldn't hear him he took a needle out of the back of my neck, I almost gasped in horror. He smiled at me and passed me a tray of scrambled eggs and a bagel. I literally inhaled it; I didn't realize how hungry I was. Not even bothering to ask. He said,

"You need you strength for the operation." I stopped right there, operation? I put the plate onto my lap.

"What operation?" I asked my mouth still full of eggs. He laughed; I was starting to get suspicious.

"We are going to fix you up, much better than those… anyway eat up. Your friend wouldn't eat so his operation didn't end smoothly."

My friend? Oh my gosh, Dylan.

"What did you do to him?" I yelled.

"The blood transfusion failed, and we lost him. We're going to try and clone him. Unfortunately that could take four to five years." He said that like it was no big deal. He killed Dylan, my best friend was dead and gone how the hell were they going to clone his body? Why did they even want his body?

"What? You killed him! You…You!" I wanted to kick the guy so hard that he will NEVER

"Calm down, we are making sure the same thing won't happen to you." I shrieked a high blood curdling shriek, which I honestly didn't know I could do.

"You killed him! You're sick! How can you even live with yourself! I hate you!"

"Calm down like we said…"

"Calm down? How can you say "calm down" when my best friend since I can remember is DEAD! This is your entire fault! Get me out of this hospital now! Where are my parents? Do they know where I am?" the mysterious-evil-psychopath chuckled. Why did he chuckle so much? He seriously needed to get a freaking hobby, so he won't kill completely innocent people who have lives! I was loosing my mind, my sanity was slowly slipping away but I held it together. For Dylan I thought.

"My dear… this is hard to tell you but in Knightstown, Indiana, Dylan Stockland and Ariel Jenk…"

"Amerile!" I shrieked

"Yes, yes Amerile Jenkins never existed…"

"What you mean "I never existed"?" he sighed and shook his head.

"We erased everyone's memories, you OR Dylan never existed." I was shocked, big fat salty tears rolled down my cheeks. They erased my family's memories of me? Who does that? Yes, NOBODY is that sick, but apparently this guy was.

"Who the heck are you anyway?" the man stiffened and laughed nervously.

"Now do think that matters," I frowned this guy was weird.

"Well then, I suppose you owe me enough to answer what are you going to do to me?" I slowly and discreetly I fingered a large needle on the table. He began,

"Well we going to enhance your DNA…" he continued to rant. I looked out the window, it seemed breakable. Only if I had known… The weirdo was still ranting, about who knows what. I acted quickly I threw the needle at his arm the man let out a low grunt. He collapsed and I ran, skidded to a halt at the window. An alarm sounded, I could her shouting. I grabbed the closest thing to me. The fire extinguisher, I smashed the window and looked behind me. People in white coats came in, I looked at them. One scrawny guy in glasses says,

"Don't jump, the fall alone will kill you." He was probably right, but I knew that I needed to leave more than anything and jumping off a building would get me out of this H-E-double hockey sticks hole, so be it. I said,

"Go to (enter swear word here)"

So I jumped, unfortunately I was wrong jumping off a building couldn't get me out. I'll admit I have attempted to escape after that. I didn't bust myself out, Jeb Batchelder did. He came to me at night he stayed with me for a year, how to survive on my own, how to use my use my abilities, self defense, how to use my wings. I'm sure you've all read about Max and her flock so wings aren't much of a shock. While her mission is to save the world my mission is to save her. You see Max is going to die, well unless I do something. I need to get to her before, the others do. It's my job to bring Fang's Flock and Max's Flock together. Since obviously they won't work together, I need Max out of the picture for a little bit. Just to get to get them together. Until next time.

Yours Truly,

-AJ

Like it, hate it? Review, please. -CJ