Chapter 1

Note: All right peoples. My sister wrote this story and wanted me to post it because she can't make an account (don't ask why cause I don't know). Okay I hope you enjoy it and review it cause she would love to hear feedback seeing as this is the first story she has ever written.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride.

Max P.O.V
My cell phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and placed it at my ear.
"Hello?" I asked. The other end of the line sighed.
"Hey Max. How's the flock?" asked Jeb. I inwardly groaned. Out of all the people that I didn't want to talk to, #2 just had to call. (#1 is the Director, who is currently chained up in her own dungeon with her boyfriend Omega.) It's been four years since we destroyed Itex, but Jeb and my mom (Dr. Martinez) have been hearing from their sources, who ever they might be, one of Dr. Chu's friends is working on polluting the ocean, around Cape Cod.
" We're fine. No flyboys or Erasers have shown their ugly faces up yet," I replied smoothly. I knew Jeb flinched when I said Erasers. His seven-year-old son, Ari had been morphed into an eraser and there was nothing Jeb could do about it. In Germany when we battled the Director, Ari's expiration date kicked in. Yep, you guessed it, we all have expiration dates. When they come around the date shows up on the back of your neck, and you only have a few weeks or days after that to live.
" Max, how far away are you and the others from Weston?" he asked. I looked around us, using my awesome bird navigation system.
" About 15 minutes away, why do you ask?" I questioned. He chuckled,
" That's my Max, always keeping her guard up." I silently snorted.
" Max, I'm going to pass the phone to your mother. There are a few things about your under cover lives that she needs to classify," he said. I laughed. We are now spies saving to world.
" Put her on," I said. In the distance I could hear Jeb yelling for my mom.
" Hey sweetie. How's everyone?" she asked. I smiled. Did I mention that I have the coolest mom ever? No? Well I will.
" In the backpacks I gave you are the cloths, and school stuff you'll need. Also there are a few envelopes with a few papers and some stuff. Do. Not. Lose. Them!" she said, her voice serious. I gave a small laugh.
" Don't worry, I won't. Anything else?" I asked
" You started school in a week, so you can rest and maybe go shopping for some new cloths for school. Angel and Gazzy are enrolled in the middle school together, since Angel is tall enough to pass as a middle scholar. She and Gazzy are supposed to b twins. Nudge is going to the high school with, but not as a senior, as a freshmen. Remember that I left you guys my old car. Do not let Nudge, Iggy, or Gazzy do anything to it," she said, sternly. I laughed, causing Angel and Iggy, who were fly closest to me, to look at me. Iggy shook his head and flew ahead.
" Do you still have the address I gave you for the house?" she quickly asked.
" Yeah. Oops, sorry mom I have to go. We're landing outside to town," I said. She said good-bye and hung-up.
" Okay guys. We're landing here," I said, tilting my wings down. Oh did I mention we all have wings (all meaning, me, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman or Gazzy, and Angel.) We all grew up at the School. A horrible place where scientists do experiments on humans. We were six of their experiments. We all got wings. We're 98% human and 2% bird, which gave us wings that we can fly on and super light, hollow bones. Raptor vision, keen hearing, more strength than your average man, and internal navigations systems all came in the package with us. Some of us got a little more than others. Angel can read minds, control minds, talk to fish, breath under water, and morph into a different little girl and a tropical bird. Iggy is blind (poor dude). He can see the color if he's touching the color, he can also see perfectly against a white back round, like snow. Gasman lives up to his names. I would rather not describe his "special" talent. He has a digestive problem. Nudge is magnetic, and can sense who used something before her when she touches it. Fang, Mr. Dark and Emotionless, can disappear if he remain still for long enough. I (Max) can only fly fast, really fast. 220 mph to be exact. I'm also the leader of the flock. Those are my wonderful talents. We swooped lower, landing in a forest near a grayish beach. Fang pulled a map out of his pocket and looked over it.
" So where are we?" I asked, walking to his side. He pointed to a part of Massachusetts that was split into two parts: main Boston and suburbs.
" We need to walk into town and find my mom's house," I said, heading off into the trees.
" Wow. Walking stinks," grumbled Iggy. I rolled my eyes and smirked. I didn't even look at him. I mean he wouldn't even see it, he's kind of blind. We stopped walking when we reached the highway.
" We need to head north toward the Weston border. About a mile south of that is where my mom said the house would be," I said, stepping out on to the small sidewalk. Walking really did stink, but we can't attract attention to ourselves.
" We're here," said Angel stopping by a small trail, leading deep into the woods. I walked back to her side, looking through the trees.
" Everyone stay here and I'll go check it out," I said. I handed my backpack to Angel and walked into the trees. The path seemed to go on forever. I came to a small clearing. Near the edge of the clearing sat a medium sized house with two floors. I smiled and whistled using my hands to bring everyone to me. Total was the first one to arrive, followed by Iggy, Nudge, Angel, Gazzy, then Fang bringing up the rear. I gestured to the house. They all smiled, except Fang. He never smiles, but I'm not surprise there. I pulled my backpack off Angel's shoulder and pulled the keys for the house out too. Unlocked the door, the entire flock piled in. We all set out of the bedroom hunt. There was one extra bedroom next to Nudge's room left. We decided to turn that into a computer room so Fang could blog whenever he likes and I can keep in touch with Ella (my half sister) and my mom.
" MAAAAAAAX!!! I'm hungry!!" yelled Nudge from her room. I dropped my bag on my bed and walked down stairs to the kitchen. The refrigerator was completely stocked. My mom thinks of everything. Since we are taller than our normal ages and fly a lot we need to down at least 3,000 calories everyday.
" Mr. Chef!!! Get your butt in the kitchen and whip us up some lunch!!" I shout down the hall in the direction of Iggy's room. You may wondering why a blind boy is the one cooking. Well no one else can and let's say, he's pretty dang good at it. Iggy walked down hall, hands stuffed into his jeans pockets.
" Mr. Chef… that's a new one. How about Mr. Superb Chef," he joked, walking past me. I scowled, but it was wasted on him.
" So what do we have to whip up today?" he asked, looking at me. It's rather scary how he does that.
" Use your imagination. Check in the refrigerator. It's completely stock with about anything you can imagine," I said, walking up the stairs to my room. After shoving all my cloths (not that many) in the closet, I opened the window looking out. Out side my window had a smallish landing. The landing also connected to Fang's window. The roof was flat enough to sit on. I slung over the railing and sat on the roof. I wanted nothing more than to stretch out my wings and lie in the sun, but people from the highway might see.
" So you have found the roof already," said Fang climbing over his part on the patio. I looked up at him, his dark eyes reading my face.
" Let's take everyone to the beach tonight," I said as he sat next to me. He nodded, giving me a smile. Not a simple smile, a full showing teeth smile. My heart melted. His smiles were so beautiful, it made my day just to see him smile at me. Now I've officially gone soft (how lame am I?). Fang stood up, walking to the edge of the roof.
" What's wrong?" I asked, following him. He pointed to the edge of the clearing.
" Someone's watching us," he said dropping his arm. I walked back inside, leaving him to watch the forest. I walked past Angel coming out of Nudge's room, listening to our only iPod. I smiled at her and smoothed out her hair. Nudge stepped out of her room, bambi eyes plastered on her face.
" Max can we pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaase go shopping for some new clothes and swim suits since we live next to the ocean now?" she asked, bring her hand together like she was praying. I rolled my eyes and nod. She squealed, punching the air. I groaned. I would have said no, but she got me with the eyes. I walked back to my room and pulled out my Max Ride Card. I walked back to the kitchen to find Angel, Gazzy, Total, and Iggy eating hotdogs. I grab a few, eating rapidly.
" Okay, we're going shopping. Everyone in the car in five minutes," I said, spinning the keys in my hand. Angel squealed, dropping what I think was her seventh hotdog and ran to her room. I groaned, resting my head in my hands.
" Nudge got with the bambi eyes again, didn't she?" said Iggy, clearing up the kitchen.
" Every time," I mumbled.
He chuckled " You are going soft Max." Gazzy and Total walked out to get ready. (Total is a dog, how he need to get ready, I don't know.)
" I don't think they're gonna allow Total to go in the mall," said Iggy, his back toward me. I straightened my back tilting my head.
" No really, what makes you think that?" I asked. He laughed. I stood and walked to the garage. Moments later Angel, Nudge, and Fang came in, followed by Iggy, carrying Total and Gazzy. I opened the car and we all piled in. Driving was, yours truly, shotgun was Fang, behind was Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy. Behind them, like sitting in the trunk was Angel and Total, our smallest flock members. The car could hold seven people so we were good.
" Punch in the gas and lets go!!" shouted Nudge, grabbed my seat head and leaning forward. I pushed her back.
" Nudge, calm down. I want to crash through the garage door just like the next person but we can't because we don't own the house," I said, opening the garage. Nudge giggles and sat back again, eagerly waiting.

. . .

At the mall we split up into groups. Fang, Iggy with Total, and Gazzy went the boy's section and the rest of us went to the girls section. Nudge ran all over the store, grabbing this and that. It was a nightmare. I grabbed a few more jeans and shorts and a few shirts and I was ready to go. I waited with my small bag next to the changing room while Nudge tried more cloths on. (Big surprise!) She came out in a soft cotton pink and white dress. I have to say she looked really cute. She changed into her old cloths again and shoved a black shirt into my hands.
" Nudge, I think you got the wrong person. Fang is the one who likes black," I said.
" Ha ha Max, very funny. Please try it on," she said, taking my shopping bag and pushing me into the changing room. The shirt was a halter top with Fly written across it in rine-stones. I had to say, beside the color, it was a really cute shirt (you see! I'm losing it!!!). I could hear Nudge shushing some one outside. I stepped out with closed eyes. I opened my eyes, seeing Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, and Total outside with Angel and Nudge behind them. Gazzy looked amazed, Fang looked shocked in a good way (I think.) He showed emotion (big shocker.) I blushed stepping back into the curtain. Nudge stepped forward.
" WOW!! Max you look totally HOT!" she said happily. I blushed even deeper when another boy in the store wolf whistled behind them. Fang's face returned to its usual emotionless self. When he heard the wolf whistle, his jaw tightened and his hands clenched into fists. I changed back into my plain blue shirt. We finished shopping and piled back into the car, driving home. When we got there it was late. Iggy whipped up a quick dinner and then we all piled fists, then went our separate ways to crash. We spent four more days in our house not going out a lot, except to the beach but during the night always. Angel made some new friends, a tuna and a gray nursery shark. The shark was a bit scary. It tried to bite Gazzy a few times at first but then she befriended it. We all thought Gazzy was a goner.

Today is the big day!! We start school today. In the car I said good-bye to Gazzy and Angel at the middle school and the rest of us minus Total, drove to the high school. I walked to the office with Nudge, Fang and Iggy. We walked into the main office, with me clutching the paperwork my mom did for all of us. I stopped at the desk, and cleared my throat. The secretary looked up smiling.
" Hello. How can I help you?" she asked, pushing her keyboard away slightly.
" We're new to Forks and we need to enroll in the school," I said handing her the paperwork. She checked thru the papers, nodding.
" Maxine Ride?" I nodded when she said my name, " Nick Ride" Fang nodded, " Ryan Ride," Iggy nodded, " and Tiffany-Krystal Ride?" Nudge nodded. She smiled at each of us. When she saw that Iggy didn't smile back, she reread his papers.
" Ryan, are you blind?" she asked. Iggy snorted crossing his arms. He put on his best 'Duh' face. She nodded and picked up her phone.
" Please send in one of our IEP buddies. A senior, please," she said. After hanging up, she stood up and walked to a filing cabinet and pulled out a few blue papers and placed them in front of me.
" These are your school schedules. Your brother Ryan will wait here until our IEP buddies arrives to take him to class," she said, pulling out a yellow paper and placing it next to Iggy.
" Thank you," I said and walked out, leaving Iggy waiting for his new " buddy". I had none of my classes with Nudge and only a few with Fang. I had no idea about Iggy, he kept his schedule with him. First class, of my very long day in a tiny cramped school, was math (ugh!) then World History. This was a new teacher. The last one retired. Her name was Ms. Lohnson. I had math with Fang. I walked in, my arms full of binders and books. Ms. Lohnson stood from behind her desk.
" Class, This is Maxine and Nick Ride. They just transferred in from, Arizona I think? Am I right?" she asked looking at us. I nodded. She smiled and gestured to the two empty seats. I sat next to a small girl. She was short. The top of her head reached my eyes when I sat down.. Fang was sitting next to an ordinary looking girl, who was totally flirting with him. I clenched my fists, grinding my teeth. I don't know why I always feel jealous when different girls flirt with him. He wasn't my boyfriend or anything. Class started and the torture began. Math was horrible. I'm not stupid or anything, but I have giant holes in my education. It's not as bad as it seems but it can get annoying after a while. I got by, thankfully Ms. Lohnson didn't call on me. World history was better. Having traveled all over the world with a talking dog, who seemingly knew everything, you pick up a thing or two about history. I met Nudge in the halls a couple times but we didn't talk for long. At lunch, I sat with Nudge, Fang, Iggy, and Iggy's buddy Amanda. She had long light brown hair and was about my height. She seemed really nice, but then again so did Anne Walker, so I didn't try and be too friendly. We all had normal sized portions, much to Nudges objections.
" So what's up with your schedule?" I asked, pushing the saltshaker to Iggy's searching hand. He looked confused, but then shrugged, smiling.
" Fine. We have chemistry next," Iggy said. I raised one eyebrow.
" We…" I asked. Iggy shrugged, chewing thoughtfully. After swallowing he pulled his schedule out of his pocket, pushing it to me.
" Since Amanda is my buddy, we have the same schedules," he said. I raised both my eyebrows and handed him the back the paper. I looked up looking around. My eye rested on a table near the back of the lunchroom. I looked back to our table. Next class for me was gym. We were separated into four groups. We had (Iggy, Amanda, and me) baseball. And guess what, there were gym clothes. That's a first from the schools we've been to. I was second to bat. The girl before me kept missing.
I mean, really is it that hard to hit a ball with a stick? I shook my head and stepped up. My raptor vision kicked in. The ball slowed. I swung. I watched the ball fly. I dropped the bat and ran for my life. I don't know why but I felt so scared. It seemed look an Eraser's breath on my neck. When I stopped, it was some three steps away from home plate. I walked forward. The entire stadium burst into cheers. I punched the air with my fists. Amanda and Iggy were on the side, jumping and whooping. I walked back to the bleachers. Iggy pounded me on the back. The teacher came to me, holding a ball.
" Maxine, I found this ball two blocks down the street." He said, putting it next to me. I shrugged, smiling. I smirked at him. If he can't take a girl being better then him, well then screw him. The rest of the day went smoothly.

I pulled up in front of the middle school waiting for Angel and Gazzy. Gazzy came out first, talking with a group of boys about his age. I smiled and waved to Gazzy and Angel. They ran to us, shouting good-byes over their shoulders.

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