Maximum Ride: So, I've been thinking about letting someone else take over my book series. We're 6 kids (and one dog) on the run, and we really can't do much with the money. You wanna take it? --points to random person--
Me: --looks around, confused-- Me?
Maximum Ride: Yeah, sure. --shrugs-- You look like an average girl who doesn't have any wings and isn't on the run from Erasers.
Me: OMG? SRLSY? I OWN IT NOW?
Maximum Ride: Sure.
Me: REALLY?!!!
Max Ride: NO! --laughes evilly and pulls off mask to show Eraser Max (mark II)
Me: --pouts--

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Disclaimer: So yeah. I don't own it.
POINTS UP True story by the way.

A/N: This is my first Maximum Ride fanfiction EVER. Ok, I lied, I'm writing two at the same time, so it's my first and second. lol. Anyways, this takes place after MR 2. The flock heads over to a deserted island, but even in the most reclusive of places, they find trouble. TOTAL FAXNESS, because I believe Ari is Max's brother. Otherwise I'd ship Mari. lol, how weird of a name. I have strange passions.
BTW, I lied about the true story thing. lol. ME? MEET MAXIMUM RIDE(well, Eraser Max)? How gullible are you? lolz again.

I'm not weird, really.

Anyways, just read it please.

REVIEWS ARE LOVE! I LOVE REVIEWS, I WANNA MARRY 'EM. (as stated before, I have strange passions.)

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"Walk away from it. Let's find an island. Drop off the screen."

I had trouble believing it was actually happening. Us, the flock, staying on an island for a few months. It almost felt like a vacation. I scoffed internally, as if we could ever be that normal.

I wanted to hug Fang for his come through with results. I didn't actually believe he'd look for an island for us to stay on. He wasn't exactly the tropical kind. The small secluded area was a few miles off of Florida, really small island wise, but of course big enough for all of us. Fang had it all planned out: when we needed food, we'd fly to a secluded beach about 30 minutes north (for us), with a big city only a few minutes walk away where we could by food and supplies without too much recognition.

"This is so cool!" The Gasman cried out as Fang and I set up some shelter in case of rain. The younger ones and Ig sat in the grass, watching the beach from a distance. Angel and Nudge were playing with hats they made out of some tall grass, and I wasn't sure whether to roll my eyes or laugh. It's not like we really were on a vacation.

"Can we go play in the water Max?" Nudge asked excitedly, pulling off her grass hat.

I looked out worriedly to the sea. The waves didn't look too big, and the day was still young. I sighed. "Sure."

"Yay!" Angel cried out, as the 3 youngest ran out to the water.

"Ig?" I asked.

"What?" He realized what I was asking him. "Aw, come on. It's not like I can even see what's going on there."

"Please?" I asked, rustling the branches so Iggy could hear that Fang and I were setting up camp. Ig gave a sigh of frustration and got up with an annoyed look on his face.

"Wanted to get some alone time with me, huh?" Fang teased. I looked at him in surprise, my mind going blank for a moment.

"Um..." I shook my head. "I never got to thank you, did I," I said, my thoughts getting back on track.

"For what?"

"For this...for finding an island with all that stuff going on. And figuring everything out...and helping me out..." I babbled on a bit, realizing I had a lot to thank him for.

He gave a small smile, and then turned back to his work.

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"And then, Angel sent a whole SWARM of fish our way, and there were these really pretty ones, they were blue and yellow, and they had cool fins, and Gazzy and I were chasing after them, and Angel called a DOLPHIN."

"Dolphin?" I asked. "I thought Angel could only speak to fish?" Wow. Did that sound weird or what?

"No, it was a dolphin." Gazzy grinned, roasting a marshmallow until it was black.

"Don't drop it in the fire," I warned Gaz, and he caught it on a paper plate right before it fell. Fang gave me a look that said, Stop-acting-so-motherish-and-let-them-learn. I rolled my eyes.

Angel sat with Total in her lap, stroking his dark fur. Total had been napping all day long. Sun + soft sand can do that to a dog. Total yawned and looked around.

"It's dark?" He remarked in confusion.

"It's been night for a while now," Ig replied.

Total yawned again. "What's there to eat?" He asked. Fang rolled his eyes and Nudge started up again.

"It's so pretty outside," Angel remarked, looking up at the sky.

"Yeah, I love watching the stars. We don't normally get to see them from the caves, and even when we were staying at Anne's house, they weren't as pretty as this. Are we gonna wake up earlier to see the sunrise!? I've always wanted to see it on a beach, I hear it's really pretty, and last time we were at the beach, we didn't stay that long, well, because of Max, but before that, we woke up after the sun was up..."

I tuned her out as I watched Gazzy feed some burned marshmallows to Total. I gave him a glare and he glanced up, a guilty look on his face. As my mind trailed off, I gazed off into the sky, thinking distantly about what was going to happen, how long we'd stay here...how I would save the world.

"Max?" Angel's voice caught my attention. "How long are we going to stay here?"

The question brought the attention of the whole flock.

"A while..." I truthfully answered. Ok, truth was, I wasn't sure we'd be here for long at all. My eyes fell to my arm quickly, thinking about the chip. When I lifted my eyes, I caught Fang's dark ones, giving me a knowing look. I quickly looked away as the focus went to Gazzy, who continued where Nudge left off.

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I woke up with a sudden gasp, trying to remember where I was as my hands grasped sand. At some point in the night, I'd rolled off my blanket and into the cold sand. I heard a body shuffle and sit up, and I turned to my side, where Fang sat, looking at me curiously.

"Can't sleep?" He asked.

"Fine." I muttered.

"This is what happens when you give your sleeping bag up to buy cookies." He smirked. I rolled my eyes and turned over, my back facing him.

"Go away..." I mumbled. I felt my blanket shift as he moved closer to me. He rolled me over, a serious look on his face now.

"What happened?" He asked.

I said nothing for a moment. Sitting up, I brushed my hair out of my face. I avoided his eyes, carefully minding my feet as I wiggled sand out from beneath my toes.

"Nothing...just..."

His intense stare sent shivers down my spine. I continued.

"I dreamed that you were all captured. Except me. And...I was chasing you. But I could never catch up." I glanced up into his dark eyes and helplessly got sucked in by them. Dang him and his smouldering eyes. I blinked, unable to tear my gaze away. It was as if some unbreakable connection was holding our gazes together. His eyes were soft and sympathetic to my words (an emotion not often showed by Fang). I'd never looked into Fang's eyes for so long: their dark color reminded me of chocolate...or coffee.

There was a sudden shuffling a few feet from us. Our connection was broken as Ig sat up and pulled his blanket off. He stood and meandered off to our designated bathroom spot, muttering something under his breath. I looked away quickly, staring off at the distant ocean. Did Fang and I just have a moment?

I turned back to Fang, opening my mouth, but before I could speak, he spoke. "Night Max," he softly said, his face dazed. I realized mine was probably the same, and we turned over, backs facing each other.

I had a lot to think about that night.

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A/N: It was really short. I know. Well, it was short for me. I'll update soon, but I'm not sure how soon. R&R please, because I LOVE reviews. :D