Chapter 1

School was exactly what everyone thought it was, a place to hang out and be with friends for an extended time of six to eight hours. But it had an unfortunate technicality: we actually had to learn. Something not all kids had the attention span to do, like me, for instance. After years and years of running from evil scientists and dodging the clawed hands of Erasers, it was not so surprisingly hard to sit still in one of the uncomfortable chairs strewn around the small room.

I ignored the teacher with practiced talent and kept all of my attention on the task at hand: winning the starring contest I had going on with Fang, err, Nick.

"Maxine." Okay, maybe I still needed a little practice. I recognized my "name" being seethed out of Mrs. Orla's crooked yellow teeth for the fifth time before I looked up. Fang whooped silently and leant back into his chair.

"Yes, Mrs. O?" I answered back at politely as I could, seeing that she had just made me lose the Starring Semi-Finals.

"The front office called for you," she said, holding out a piece of paper. I rolled my eyes in a bored fashion, using it as an opening to glance at Fang. His face was virtually blank, but for those who are Ninja in the art of Fang, you could see the slight twitch in his eyebrows. He was just as confused as I was. So, getting up I strung my backpack over my shoulder and took the note from the teacher before exiting the room without another glance.

The walk to the office was long and weird. I know, I know, Max you're hardly one to talk. Yeah, but I thought the word applied in this particular situation. From everyone that I passed I would receive a cautious glance over the shoulder, with what I would consider, a little bit of fear in their eyes. What ever the reason was for calling me to the office, it had to be something someone had already knew about.

I scoffed, if Iggy had decided to pull another prank on me, he was going to get it when we got home. Pushing through the double doors, I entered the cold room known as the front office and immediately turned towards the reception desk.

"Can I help you?" The lady on the other side asked, looking up above her computer screen for just a moment. I shrugged, not really knowing if I should answer the question and instead said:

"I'm Maxine Martinez." The lady glanced at me again; only this time her brown eyes reflected exactly what I had seen on the passing students. Fear.

"Through those doors," she said pointing behind me. "Principal Reynolds is waiting for you." The principal? Oh, jeez. What did Iggy and Gazzy do this time? I nodded and turned towards the doors, striding up to them quickly before catching a quick glance of a T.V. in the far back of the room.

"—You have seen these six kids, the senate is asking you to please confine them until the authorities arrive. Remember, YOU may be saving lives..." I was dumbstruck as my picture scrolled across the screen, followed by fuzzy pictures of Fang, Iggy and Angel. Nudges and Gazzy's were just as clear as mine. Well, that shows you who are the cautious ones, right?

I suddenly knew why I was being called into the office. A slight glance out the back doors would reveal a half dozen police cruisers and a small glimpse of the hall way I was about to enter would signal all the officers to go into action. I turned around immediately and ran out the double doors, hitting them with a loud SMACK! My own fear spiked as I ran across campus towards the classrooms known to be for the younger students.

"Flight!" I yelled loudly, followed by some words that we had made up in the School. Words that I hoped would reach the kids ears and help them escape whatever danger they might be in at the moment, weather it be failing a spelling test, or being bombarded by police tazers.

As I kept running, I heard padded footsteps and was relieved to see Angel quickly catching up to me with Gazzy not that far behind. I continued to scream as we raced through the hall towards the back entrance to the school—and my classroom. The one I had left Fang alone in. Iggy and Nudge joined us just as fast as we were running and I was relieved when we rounded a corner and Fang was just punching the lights out of some administrator twice his size. My heart must have grown two sizes seeing him in such a defensive mood.

As we reached him the administrator fell to the ground, unconscious. Fang grinned crookedly at me before we both kicked the back doors open, sending them flying a good ten feet in front of us. I tore off my jumper and quickly unfurled my wings, jumping into the sky as soon as I saw Angel reach the fifteen-foot mark. Making sure I was the last one up, I pumped my wings hard and catch some better lifts. Soon enough we were soaring high in the sky, circling the school.

"Holy..." Fang mumbled as he glanced down seeing the school almost entirely surrounded by police force cruisers. What had we done? Was all I could ask myself as I led the flock away from the school and to the place we had been staying for nearly four months with no interruptions. My mom's house. Dr. Martinez.

Hello there Eyeliner_Vampire here! So, Daydreamer and I were in English class with our friend Sabrina(who is also helping us) and we thought that James Patterson was losing the over-all plot of Maximum Ride, and we decided to make what we think the next book should be like.

Well, thats all for now. Stay tuned, and fly high!

-EyelinerUsing_Daydreamer