"Reversed Family"
A "Maximum Ride" Drabble Series
By Kayti Katilla
Special Note/Warnings: Please remember that this is a genderbend story. If you find this offensive, please click the back button. This drabble series contains slight OOC-ness and AUs. All of the Flock have last names, and I will occasionally switch between the names Fang and Nikki for personal purposes. Try and enjoy!
Disclaimer: "Maximum Ride" is the property of James Patterson. This story is not making profit and is merely for entertainment. Thank you.
~Drabble One: Time of Month~
"Nikki, please come out of your room."
A lean brunette boy stood out in the small hallway of his home, glaring at the door in front of him wearily. Nikki, his 'sister', had snapped at him in the kitchen a few minutes earlier because he pointed out that she was walking funny; like something was wrong with her. And it was in front of the entire Flock, too. He thought it was a stupid reason to get mad, so he trailed after her to her room. Unfortunately she locked it.
"Nikki," he called. "Please." He knocked on the door once again, slightly wincing at the immediate reply of, "Go away Max!" from the other side.
"Fang," he tried again, using the girl's preferred name. "What's wrong? Did I do something?"
"Nothing. Now leave."
"Fang…"
"Maximum Ride, leave me alone!"
Max twitched and huffed angrily at her use of his full name. He countered back. "Don't call me that, Nikki Walker!"
"My name is Fang!"
"Nikki~, Nikki-"
"Shut up!"
"You shut up!" Max snapped, kicking the door in blind frustration. He quickly drew it back, hissing at the throbbing pain in his toes. "Shit!"
"Ah-ah, Max, language."
"Whoa!" Said boy did a double-take, whirling around to face one of his other 'sisters', Iggy. Well, not exactly face her; he had to crane his neck up just to get a good look. As if sensing his shock and displeasure, she blinked her blind eyes at him innocently.
"Well, Mother Max, putting aside your obvious pain, how is it going with Fangles?"
"Not good." Max admitted. "She's still mad at me for no reason, and no matter how hard I'm trying she won't say anything worthwhile."
"Hey!" Fang's voice rang out from inside her room.
Iggy ignored her, and flipped strands of long straight hair over her shoulder. "Hm," she said with a thoughtful look on her face. "Perhaps I can help you out. Mind telling me the date?"
Max told her that it was around the end of June.
The strawberry-blonde let a slow grin creep across her face. "Ohohoho, so it's that time of month for her, is it?"
The brunette suddenly felt uneasy. "What do you mean?"
Iggy just let out a bark of laughter. "Yo, Nikki." She leaned closer to the door in an attempt to be quieter. "Do you need help with anything?"
Silence. The girl continued. " Like, you know-"
Suddenly the lock clicked and the door jerked open to reveal a blushing teen with unruly black hair. "S-shhh!" she hissed, flustered. "Don't say it out loud! It's embarrassing!"
"It's okay," Iggy told her nonchalantly. "I won't say it, I was just teasing you. You sure you're fine?"
"…No."
"I can help you; I dealt with it last week. I have some extra… supplies, if you need them."
"I actually still don't know how to-"
"I'm sorry," Max interrupted, thoroughly confused at the interaction playing out before him. "What's wrong with Ni- er, Fang?"
The taller of the two girls spoke up before the other could say something that was incoherent and stupid. "She's fine, she's okay. Just some... girl things." Iggy smirked. "You understand, don't you Max? Girl things."
"Oh." Max took in Fang's bright red face and Iggy's smug one. "Oh." Then he thought back to the kitchen incident, and how Nikki had been acting before he had even said anything. Girl things…Time of month, he realized, face burning. "Oh."
"Mhm." His sister hummed lightly. She shoved him back towards the kitchen. "Go and watch the little ones, Mother Max. I'll take care of Nikki here."
Then the door to the bedroom closed again, leaving Max alone in the hallway to suffer quietly.
The blush on his face wouldn't die down for several minutes.