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A/N: Okay, I've been really busy this summer and haven't written a story in like 5 months, but however, I know how a lot of you really liked my Twilight Story, but I think that that way I'm going to do this is have a Twilight Story, then a MR Story, then maybe a PJO, so its kind of a cycle, but don't worry Twilight fans! I shall be back with your precious sequel!
6 kids entered a Wal-Mart that was only a few miles from their campground. Looking forward to getting more clothes and food, the younger ones were chattering excitedly. The three older ones were looking around unsteadily, on guard from their last encounter a few days before. The leader, a tall and athletic girl with blonde hair and soft brown eyes, looked to her left and right before entering. She noticed a girl around her eyes with a crinkled brow and a suspicious look her eye. Tapping the blonde boy's hand and whispering in the other one's ear, she said,
"Look out, we got a suspicious looking one at 3:00 o'clock," Max looked at the mystery girl once more then continued inside with her brothers and sisters.
40 minutes later, the 6 kids had gotten everything that they needed to last then for at least 6 weeks. Handing the cashier her credit card, Max noticed the girl again, having memorized her face. This time, the girl stared from her place on the bench by the doors with now with a happy glint in her eyes. Max gave her a sarcastic smile, but when the girl gave a genuine one back, Max started to get worried. The dark boy next to Max noticed the girl too, and whispered in her ear, "Eraser warning, I think we've been caught,"
"Not on my watch," Max replied calmly, still eyeing the girl from the bench.
Gathering her new belongings, Max shooed the rest of her flock along and out the door and tried to ignore the excited stare the girl was giving her. Oh crap, we got another one who wants to come and eat our brains out. Whoopee! This fun can never end, Max thought as she scowled.
Halfway through the door, she heard a soft cough come from behind her. Stopping for only a millisecond, she continued to ignore the girl and walk out the door. A louder cough came this time as Max heard the girl get up from the bench and start walk towards them.
"Excuse me," came a light voice from behind the six startled kids, usually they never tried to make small talk, they just saw you and attacked, "I'm usually not this rude and all, I mean I don't usually go and talk to complete strangers, but I have to say that you look a little familiar, and I think I might know you." The girl looked genuinely nice, but Max never trusts strangers.
"I highly doubt it," was Max's reply, stepping protectively in front of the kids. Slowly walking away at the girl's hurt gaze, the 6 kids made their way to the back of the building to take flight. But before they could, the light voice called again, and was starting to get a little annoying in Max's eyes.
"Really, I mean its not like I'm going to say we went to the same preschool or anything," Max snorted, as the girl went on, "pretty close, but really you look like someone I know. My name is Jenson Gynn, but you can call me Jen."
"Beat it, will ya?" Max was pissed now. I mean this Jen girl just had to come and annoy her, her flock was tired from the long flights and the battle a few days earlier, couldn't she just leave them alone. With that, Max turned on her heal towards her tensed flock.
"Why, that's not a way you would talk to an Eraser is it?" Max turned quickly and into fighting position, a low growl growing deep in her throat, "U and A if needed," she whispered to the flock.
The girl smiled, "Ahah! That got your attention didn't it?" Jen light-heartedly started to walk towards Max, the smile growing on her face.
"How do you know me?" Max asked with hatred in her eyes, she needed to know how these Erasers and Flyboys kept finding her flock, and if this girl had the answer then she could hold off from the killing for a second.
Ignoring Max, the girl walked right up the dark boy with black hair and serious eyes, a scowl playing on his lips, "Fang, correct?" Jen asked when she stopped short, pointing at him. When he nodded hesitantly, she answered, "Thought so."
Max sucked in her breath. Jen looked at her with perfect teeth and turned to the tall strawberry blonde.
Waving her arms and making faces at him, the girl noticed he didn't flinch. Throwing what Max (thought not admittedly) thought was a good punch straight to his nose. The punch was intercepted, of course, and the girl smiled. "Yep," she painfully shook her hand, "your Iggy all right." Jen then turned in the direction of the African-American girl, her smile faltering.
"Hmm, let's see, dark skin, crazy hair." Calculating for a moment, she smiled again. "Well Nudge, I heard that you were quite the talker, why so quiet?" There was no haste in the question but concern, which worried Max a great deal. Nudge edged closer to where Fang stood, not knowing what to say.
Turning her back to Max, Jen looked at the two smallest of the group and once again, shocker, smiled.
"Okay, now we have you two, the only two real brother and sister here," Jen looked them up and down, "Gazzy, I probably could have smelled you a mile away, but even so, the blonde hair and blue eyes are a dead giveaway, and Angel," Max noticed how Angel visibly relaxed, her mouth pulling into a smile, "the only one who actually knows what's going on right now." Jen winked then turned swiftly towards Max, who was still tensed and in a fighting stance.
"And you, well, to be quite frank," Jen smiled, "your Maximum Ride."