A/N Hey I'm kinda new at this but we'll see how it goes. :~)

Disclaimer: Of course I'm not JP, so I don't own Maximum Ride.

Surprise!

No matter what happened to us we would always stay together. The flock had always had six members and it always would. Or that's what I thought.

"Max come on, come on!" I heard someone screaming beside me. "Get UP!"

I rubbed my eyes and rolled over to find Nudge jumping up and down. "What? What is it, Nudge?"

"Just get UP!" Nudge said as she pounced on me.

That snapped me out of it. I sat up and looked around. We had crashed in a cave last night after flying for hours. We were currently on our way to Cape Cod in Massachusetts under the authority of my beloved voice. Why we were heading there, I really don't know.

The cave was small, but big enough for the flock. It looked out over a wide canyon. Beyond the canyon there was endless rolling hills. The sight was pretty breathtaking, but to be honest, when you're starving and you sleep in caves all the time it wasn't anything new.

Nudge and Angel were both in front of me jumping with anticipation. Everyone else was nowhere in sight.

"Uh guys…," I asked, "where is everyone else?" Usually Fang and I were up first and we discussed the day to come. But, none of the boys were anywhere to be seen.

"That's for us to know and you to find out," Angel told me.

"Seriously guys, just tell me what's up."

"Nope," Nudge said. I think that was the shortest thing she's every uttered.

Angel said, "Max just get dressed and come with us.''

Get dressed? Yeah cause an on-the-run mutant kid who sleeps in caves has such a HUGE wardrobe to choose from in the morning. I didn't even have more than one set of clothes right now. "All right, I'm ready," I said with an exasperated sigh.

"Well, first we're gonna have to blindfold you," Nudge said with an evil grin. They were driving me crazy.

Angel pulled a red blindfold from behind her that she had been hiding. The blindfold looked like a scrap from an old t-shirt. Angel inched closer and wrapped the blindfold around my head.

"All right, no peeking! No walk about five feet forward and on three open your wings," Nudge ordered. I walked forward what I guessed was about five feet. I wonder how Iggy does it. They each grabbed one of my hands. Nudge on my right, Angel on my left. I curled my feet over the edge of the cave.

"One…Two…THREE!" I snapped my wings open and felt the familiar rush of wind all over my body. They let go of my hands and Nudge said, "Now just stay close to us and we'll tell you when we're close."

About five minutes later, I couldn't take it anymore. My stomach was growling and reminding me just how hungry I was. And yes, I'll admit that I was a little scared. Yes, the indestructible Maximum Ride was scared of a little surprise. I'm guessing Angel was listening in to my thoughts because she started giggling.

"Come on guys, just give me a little hint," I begged.

"Relax Max. We're almost there," Angel reassured me.

A moment later I smelled something familiar. The scent was some kind of food. Iggy must be around here somewhere. Wherever 'here' was.

I felt Angel and Nudge grab my hands again. "All right, 2 o'clock and about 300 feet down," Nudge said.

We began a fast descent and we hit the ground before I knew it. Beneath my feet I could feel grass and the scent from earlier was much stronger now.

"I'm gonna take the blindfold off now," Nudge said.

"It's about time…," I muttered. Nudge came closer and grabbed hold of the blindfold.

"One, two, three!" I felt the blindfold come off and I looked around. I had to blink a few times.

My mouth dropped and I couldn't believe what was before me.

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