Yay! My first crossover! This first chapter is kinda long, but hey, the more details, the more you can paint a pretty picture inside you're head! Takes place after Max and before Untamed. Here is the full summary:
Max and the flock are heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma to search for info on their new enemy, Mr. Chu. But then unexpected happens; Max gets specially Marked by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx, and is sent away from the flock to the Tulsa House of Night, where she meets Zoey and her gang. But when strange events occur, and Stevie Rae and the other undead fledglings get their humanity back again, Max and Zoey must join together to stop Nerfret and the darkness that surround the House of Night from taking over. Will they be able to do it? or will all hope crash and burn? And what does Mr. Chu have to do with this?
Disclaimer: I do not own House of Night or Maximum Ride or any characters in both series
Chapter 1
"Max? I'm staaarrrrrrrrrrving! Can't we go find like a McDonald's or something?" I heard Nudge say and, as if on cue, her stomach gave a loud grumble. It was almost dark out, maybe about seven. We were flying (You know, without a plane. A quick intro: Me and my 'flock', Fang, and Iggy(who's blind), were maybe 14, just like me, Nudge, who was roughly 11, the Gasman (don't ask), who was about 8, and Angel, who was in the 6 range, were all 98% human, 2% avian, aka: bird. And yeah, we all have wings and can all fly.) over the eastern part of Oklahoma. We were on our way to Tulsa to search for some info on this guy called Mr. Chu (I still laugh every time I hear that...) who so happened to have something to do with the world coming to an end. And I keep being told that I have to save it. The world, I mean. No pressure or anything.
We had been flying for a few hours already, and Nudge gets hungry faster than the rest of us do. And it was getting dark anyway, so time to find a place to hunker down for the night. "OK guys, look around for a Mickey D's or some fast food place," I said, because I'm just that good of a leader, "And find a place to hunker down for the night." I heard a chorus of "Yeahs," and "OKs," and, out of the corner of my eye, Fang nodded silently. He wasn't what you would call the 'social' person of our flock. Thin and pale as a vampire, and wears mostly black, like most Goth people wear. And recently, I've been going out with him, but on our first date, it ended with M-geeks (crazy, blood thirsty robots that were designed to be the next 'super human' or something like that.) coming after our butts.
Five minutes later, instead of a McDonald's, we found a Sonic that was almost, but not quite, deserted. With my raptor vision, I could see a small group of two girls, one had long black hair and looked partly Indian and had tattoos that framed her face, which were the color of sapphire and intricately woven(did I just seriously just think that? I'm so not the type of girl who goes around using thosewords in my head). The other girl had long hair, too, and looked like a Barbie doll who spent alot of time in front of a mirror. Both were maybe about 16. And a old lady, also with long, gray hair, that looked to be a grandmother to the tattoo girl. They looked like they were waiting on someone.
We flew over to the back near the Dumpster, hovered for a minute, and then dropped with lightning speed. When we were around 30 feet from the ground, we snapped out our wings and floated lightly to the ground, landing silently. Nobody would notice. After that we covered our wings with our old windbreakers and walked around the building, trying our best to act casual, as in "Me? Fly? Nah."
I walked up to one of the kiosks and pulled out my very own handy-dandy-never-seems-to-run-out-of-money credit card, and I pressed the button.
"Welcome to Sonic, How may I help you?" a very way-too prepy lady's voice crackled though the little speaker.
"Umm…Can I get…" Suddenly I coughed very loudly and violently. Fang looked at me worriedly, as did the rest of the flock. The group of people that I saw coming in looked over with curious looks. When it was over, I mouthed to Fang, "I'm fine". He nodded and stepped back. I tried again. "Can I get four…"Again, I coughed loudly, but not as violently as the first time. Ugh, I hope I'm not catching anything.
When that was over, Fang looked at me and said, "Just let me handle it."
"OK," I said.
He walked over to the kiosk and said, "Can I get four SuperSonic Cheeseburgers, three Large Jumbo popcorn Chickens, and two Route 44 Cokes."
"Umm…OK…" the lady said slowly, "Would you like anything else?"
"Yes," He looked at me, "What do you want?"
"Umm…Same thing," I replied.
"OK, and Iggy?"
"Same," Iggy said.
"Gazzy?"
"Yurp," he said, and suddenly the air smelled like dead fish. Literally.
"Jeez, Gazzy, did you have to that in public?" I held my nose while I said this, so it sounded all nasal like. "And what the heck is 'Yurp'?"
He gave me a huge smile and high-fived Iggy. Boys. So now you know why his name is the Gasman.
"OK…" Fang was trying to keep from laughing, "So make that four times what I just ordered."
"OK…anything else?"
Nudge came over and said, "I'll have…how many chicken strips are there in the chicken strip dinner?"
"Four, Ma'am."
"OK, then I'll have four chicken strip dinners, three large sizes of tater-tots, and two Route 44 Dr. Peppers."
Angel came up with Total, Our miniature talking/flying/annoying dog. Again, please don't ask. It's a really long story. If you don't know, just read the freaking books. That's the reason why they are there for you.
"I'll have the same!" Angel said.
Total barked in agreement. I was glad he didn't speak, so we can keep with the whole "We're just normal kids with a dog and not mutant bird kids with a talking/flying dog on the run." thing.
"So make that three time what she ordered," Fang continued, "Did you get it all?"
"Umm…" The woman sounded like she wasn't sure about us, like we were just some pranksters pulling a joke on the. "Is this a joke?" she said finally.
"No, this isn't." Fang said. I was smiling. I thought it was funny how everyone gaped at how much food we ate. The looks on their faces…
"OK…your order will be out in a few." And with a tiny little click that only could be heard by us, she got off the line.
I sighed in contentment and gave a little cough. Jeez, I really hope I don't come down with something. I don't want some exotic disease that only birds get. That would be a major set back.
Everyone was chatting happily and there was no one trying to attack us, Erasers(human-wolf hybrids that keep attacking us, but are exstint now.), Flyboys (Robo Erasers with wings), or M-geeks. I was leaning against Fang, and he had an arm draped around me. For a little moment, I worried what tomorrow would bring. What will we find there at the Institute about Mr. Chu? Will we even find the Institute?
Don't doubt yourself, Max. Doubt is the worst thing that could go though your head. Especially when your about to go on the offence.
Why hello there, Mr. Voice, so nice of you to ruin the good moment. Yes I have my very own Voice inside my head, telling me what to do. What, you don't have one? Just go to the pharmacy section of your local Wal-Mart and ask for a can of "Mr. Voice". The only possible side effects are grenade-sized explosions that make you feel like your brains will scatter if you don't hold your head inside your mind. And what do you mean by that?
In a few minutes something will come and change you life forever, and then you'll know.
Know what?
You will see. Jeez, I hate it when he/she/it(Cause I really don't know) does that.
Fang turned to me and said, "Voice?" Cause he just knows me that well. I nodded. "What's he telling you this time?"
"Just more fortune-cookie crap."
He nodded, just as Iggy lifted his head. "There's someone coming." He spoke. Since he was blinded forever by the lab's, Aka: The School,(Where we got in our 'condition') mad-scientists, what we call the whitecoats, who were trying to 'improve' his vision, he was our usual alarm system to anyone/thing that tried to sneak up on us, since he has more sensitive ears than any of us. So when he said this, I instantly jumped up and did a 360 in place. I didn't see anything. Nothing. Zilch. Nada.
I turn to Fang, who obviously went though the same process that I just went though. He got the same results as I did.
"Where is he?" I asked Iggy.
"I dunno, I can't hear 'em anymore."
That was weird. But I didn't let down my guard.
Suddenly, I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and I turned around to find a guy with the same tattoos as the girl and the muscular guy, except his were a little different, three feet away from me. Instantly I jumped up and did a roundhouse kick to his gut. He easily dodged my kick with incredible speed. Fang and the others quickly got up and attacked him with all their might. He quickly dodged them as effortlessly as he dodged my roundhouse. Dang, was this guy fast! Faster than anything we had come across. He dodged them with the speed of light, maybe literally. I could see that the flock was tiring out fast. So I quickly jumped back in and tried to get in some good punches.(Just so you know, I had observed this all within a matter of about 4 seconds. He really was fast)
Suddenly, he was gone. I was just punching air. I did another 360 to find that he had completely disappeared. Where the heck did he go?
"Where the heck did he go?" Gazzy said.
"I dunno, maybe we scared him off," Iggy said hopefully.
"I dunno, either, but whatever he was, he's gone now."
Or so I hope. I thought to myself.
He will be back, my annoying Voice said.
When? I asked, expecting the usual not-answering-any-of-my-questions-when-I-wanted-it-to thing. And guess what happened. Nothing. Surprised much?
There was a tap on my shoulder and I turned around to see the guy there again. How does he do that? I wonder very briefly, because no sooner than I had turned around the guy said in a loud, deep but ringing voice, "Maximum Ride! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night!" He then pointed one long, bony finger at my forehead, and all hell broke loose inside my head, which made me black out.
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