Hey everyone! I want to take this time to thank AtrumVenator and moonshadow427 for helping me with this story. I couldn't do this without you so everyone, give them a great big round of applause! We'll just imagine we're hearing it.

Well enough dillying and dallying, let's get to it!

But first... I don't own Blackbird, Filav Andros, Eris/The Chimera, Lucas (because I'm almost positive he'll show up in here somewhere), or anything/anyone from the Maximum Ride books. (gasps for air) I do however own everything else.

Filav Andros nervously knocked on his boss's door. He didn't know why he was nervous, after all he was bringing good news. On the other hand, his boss was kind of crazy. The things he had the scientists create were all amazing, but at the same time, terrifying. No single man was ever meant to possess power to do such things, even if every creation was a success.

"Come in," said a voice on the other side of the door. Andros opened the door and looked around the office. It was much bigger than it had been when he was director of Itex. Big enough, apparently, that it was able to fit an arcade in it. His boss, or The Guy (his alias that was well known to every law enforcement agency in the world), was standing in front of a Time Crisis 3 game shooting at the screen with one of the guns. The Guy glanced in Andros's direction then back to his game.

"Filav!" he said as he cheerfully shot the animated bad guys. "What's up bro? Did you bring me good news?" Andros nodded and smiled.

"It's finished." The Guy looked up from his game eyes wide with excitement.

"You're kidding me!" he said before fist pumping like a child would. "WOOOOO! THAT my friend is EXCELLENT news! I love you right now!" He grabbed the game's other gun and handed it to Andros. "Here you go man. Multiplayer time!"

"Oh, no I really shouldn't." Andros started backing away. He had never been that good at video games and besides, the other projects still required some work to done. "I should really get back to the lab. There's still plenty to do with the other projects and I should really get to work on them."

"Awww, come on Filav, live a little man!" The Guy said, as he returned to his game. "You're my holmie, you're my guy, you're my bro. Let's just play a round as bros, man. Seriously, you're not director of Itex anymore. In here is where you are completely free from having to be all serious and work obsessed."

"I don't know sir…"

"Filav, you are the second in command here. Come on dude! Relax a little! Take a break from the projects, the work monkeys in there know what they're doing." Although he wasn't actually convinced, Filav caved and grabbed the gun. There was something about The Guy that affected all of the scientists and workers at Itex. It seemed, at times, that they were under some sort of spell when he talked, like they couldn't resist playing video games when he asked them to, or they doubled work time to the point of exhaustion whenever he gave the word. It was what made him a great director.

"So, how are the other projects coming along?" he asked Andros while they blasted their animated rivals with machine guns.

"Fine so far," Andros answered. "I think we're a little behind schedule with the Beast. Too many men were concentrating on the army and the Gen 2 Super Erasers. But, since the army is complete, we'll get back on track soon."

"Sounds good, sounds good, and how about our little guest… Eris was it? The Chimera I mean?"

"Still locked up and unconscious. Tests have proven to be a success. Her DNA really helped us in creating the Beast. Poor girl, she doesn't even know she's part of the greater good by helping us to achieve the destruction of mankind." Andros emptied his fake gun's barrel into the enemies only to shot for the third time. The words, Game Over, flashed on his screen.

"It takes some getting used to," The Guy told him sympathetically. "How about one more try?" Andros almost took the gun but he was saved when another worker burst through the door.

"Sir!" he was out of breath but he sounded excited. "The Beast... it's ready. We're going to let it loose and see how well it does it's job... in building 5B."

"Thank you Murphy!" The Guy turned to Andros and smiled. " So much for behind schedule right? Let's go Filav. I'm so excited to see what happens!"

When they arrived in building 5B, they went to the very top. A dome made of chains closed when they got there and about thiry experiments were all pushed inside, heavy iron doors locked beneath them. They knew exactly what was about to happen and they were all banging on the walls and doors trying to get out, but to no avail. They all froze when they heard another metal door opening and they all turned. Standing there was a man who looked like he could be a non green Hulk on steroids. He wore cargo pants and a giant pair of boots. His facial features were very intense, especially his eyes. They were black and piercing, those of a killer.

The door closed and bolted shut, and the hunt was on.

The Beast was on the experiments in a second. Some screamed and ran but others got ready for a fight. They were The Beast's first targets. He bit with his snake fangs and slashed at them with his claws and soon, all of the fighters been killed.

A couple of experiments were running but a small part of The Beast's chest opened up and they were soon caught in a web. His palms opened and what appeared to be wasp stingers came out. The two in the web struggled to get out but only got themselves more stuck. They had no chance and they were dead in a second.

There were only about fifteen experiments left, five of which snapped out wings and flew to the top of the building but couldn't escape. The Beast would deal with them in a minute. He focused on the ones on the ground. His claws made quick work of all of them except one. It created a sword out of thin air and slashed an arm off of the killer standing in front of him. The Beast looked at his severed arm and it started to shrivel away while a new one started to grow. The Beast then turned back to the experiment, and slashed him with his claws again and again but the experiment still didn't go down until finally, the fangs of The Beast sank into him and poison filled his blood stream.

The Beast looked up and unfurled his wings. He took off after the flyers, killing them all one by one until all they were, were splatters on the floor below.

The Guy watched all of this happen along with the other whitecoats. They all cheered when it was over. The Beast was ready. The Gen 2 Super Erasers were ready. But most importantly, the Blackbird Army was ready. The end was inescapable for the humans and anyone who attempted to help them. He turned to Andros.

"Keep improving The Beast until there's nothing left to improve. Send the Super Erasers and the army out. Initiate Codename: Second Apocalypse." Andros smiled and went to do so.

SO! How was it? Review review review! And then review one more time just in case! Our heroes will be introduced in the next chapter and I hope to have that up in two weeks at the absolute very latest.