*Just wanted to say I start about halfway through the 4th book, with an altered chapter 42 to be exact, page 142 or something in the hardcover. Everything in the first 3 books is in their lives, as is all of whatever's in the 4thbook up to that part- minus the Uber-director and everything concerning him. His character, his business, his employees and entire story, none of that will ever be brought up in my fic, he doesn't exist here.
~Feel free to skip the following paragraph if you're good with out the "I own nothing" spiel. It's a drama-filled world out there and we are all just doing our best not to get sued in it.
Maximum Ride, and all associated characters are from author James Patterson and a series of books he's written concerning them. Avatar: The Last Airbender is A television series of I am merely a fan, was created by: Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.
Sources: IMDb
Brief Note:
I picked up my first Maximum Ride book back in '07-'08. (Middle school) I. loved. (LOVED) This. series. Favorite books in the whole world, Numero uno on all my charts! Now, I don't know If it's just me, because I got older, or James, because he's getting older but they are just not doing it for me anymore. *sigh* I just wanted you guys to know that I am A true fan, I like James Patterson, and I like Max. I have read all of the Maximum Ride books (some more than once) excluding Nevermore. Unfortunately, by the time that came out I had stopped caring. [It was very sad. I used to want to be her best friend now she just sounds very whiny and irritating. I don't know, It's probably just me but still.] I mean if you think it was good and worth the read feel free to comment about it and I might consider picking it up in the future; In the meantime, my fanfic: The main hill I had to get over was where to start. I wanted to remain very, very true to the books and the characters even though with all the messiness between Max, and Fang, and these mad scientists and Dylan- It just made the last, like, two books very painful, like I was forcing my self to read and enjoy them, much less re-read. But still- where to begin? Do I begin in the beginning of Angel and instead of Jeb and Dr. Gub-Hub trying to get Max laid, they bring news of a generation called "Benders"? Or do I go a little further back and start at the beginning of Fang where, instead of flying directly to sunny old Chad, they stumble across an Earthbending village? Why not go back to the end of book three and have Max find the boys with some company on that cozy little island of the coast of North Carolina. Ultimately I didn't want to go back too far, I'm not trying to rewrite them as my own characters or anything or just erase ALL of their history. I finally decided that The Final Warning was really as far back as I was willing to go and I hope you enjoy the cross-over.
Now, someone who doesn't know better might think that playing with penguins wouldn't really do a lot to prevent the apocalypse, but hey, we were just there to help. Where you ask? Well thanks to the lovely Dr. Martinez, also known as my Mom, my flock and I were as far south on the globe as you could possibly go, land of the cold, white, cold, icy, freezing cold tundra. Welcome to Antarctica! Did I mention how freaking cold it was?
"Look at this! I'm a penguin!" Angel yelled, flinging herself onto her stomach and sliding down a steep, hard-packed snow slope. She raced incredibly fast towards the bottom where about twenty emperor penguins waited for her flapping their wings.
"Me next!" shouted Gazzy (also known as the Gasman, for reasons I wont go into here). With the foresight of a true 8-year old, he didn't wait for Angel to get out the way, he just threw himself down the slope, cackling maniacally. He collided with her, of course, causing her to skid into a few penguins who, frankly, should have been paying more attention. Two of the big heavy birds went down, one right on top of Gazzy. It was impressive, I heard his breath whoosh out from where I was standing taking scientific notes. These penguins were hefty little suckers.
"How's it going?" Brian Carey- the dive specialist -asked, snowshoeing up to us. He and Sue-Ann (the ice specialist- what ever that meant.) who was with him, both had clipboards and special pens that wrote in extreme weather. Like, say, extreme cold for instance. Thanks again Mom!
"They're so cute, aren't they?" Sue-Ann gushed as she reached down to pet one of the fuzzums little chickums.
"Adorable." I agreed scanning the whiteness again out of habit.
Nudge and Iggy were hunched over something at the ocean's edge. I sighed hoping I wouldn't end up being the one to have to tell Nudge she couldn't keep one of these as a pet. Just then Iggy stood up cradling something as he followed Nudge over to me. I stepped off to the side, flashing a quick glance at Brian and Sue-Ann who were busy laughing and watching Gazzy and Angel.
"What's up?" I asked carefully eyeing the fuzzy looking penguin that Iggy was carrying.
"Max, we were just playing with the baby penguins by the water, and then this one jumps out and it looks kind of hurt, but then Iggy realized it was different and I don't know if it's supposed to be like that, and I know there is different kinds and different species but we didn't know for sure and- "
"Nudge." I said touching her shoulder. I was about to ask her to take it from the top, slowly this time, but then I saw it. This penguin was-
"Geezum, Are they supposed to have four of those?" This penguin had two wings on each side. Well, not wings, wings but still. Yeah, I guess I'm a little bird-ist. It had a gash on one of it's flipper-wings. It wriggled around a little and Iggy was doing his best to keep it from falling down to the ice.
Sue-Ann walked over to check out the commotion, all smiles of course, until she saw the animal and the what-exactly-is-going-on-here look I was giving her.
She rushed over and lightly touched the penguin. "Brian!" she called back. Then turning back to us she said "Where did you find this?" in the most serious tone I've heard this entire trip.
"It jumped out of the water." Iggy said
"A better question might be, what is this exactly?" I cut in, matching her no-nonsense tone. "Or how about, what are you guys really doing down here?"
Brian caught up with us and had much of the same initial reaction as Sue-Ann running a hand through his floppy brown hair. They exchanged a look and I was getting madder by the second. Still no answers.
Finally, Nudge said "Are you guys experimenting on penguins?" sounding like a weenie human kid being told Santa Claus isn't real. I'd give her a sympathetic hug later. Right now I was waiting for an explanation.
Sue-Ann gave her a weak smile and shook her head. "No sweetie, of course not!" she handed Brian her clipboard then stepped towards Iggy and held out her arm's, lightly brushing his hand. "May I?"
He hesitated a moment but then held it out to her and she cradled it, Inspecting the damage. "It's not what you'd think."
Brian touched her arm and looked at her, eye to eye for a moment. "Sue." He whispered. She just gave him that same weak smile and then shrugged turning to look at all of us.
"I guess we're just going to have to trust them to keep our secret Bri." She winked at me "I think they can handle it."
I started to open my mouth to ask what the hell they were talking about and why she thought winking at me like we were in some cheesy BFF sleepover movie was okay but Brian cut me off.
"Guys, why don't we head back to the base and see if we can help this little guy out, huh?"
"And I promise I'll tell you everything." Sue-Ann said turning to Nudge but sparing a glance at me.
I looked up and saw Angel was already looking our way. "Pack it in guys." I thought at her, knowing she could hear me. "We're heading back- playtime is over."
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