hey, this is my first fan fic. please R & R. no flames plz. I don't own Max ride.
Chapter 1
I looked over at my flock, they were all safe and sleeping. I yawned and turned to watch another hawk soar out in the clear blue sky.
The desert was dry and bare but, nothing compared to the endless white of Antarctica. It was also much warmer. I mean, people here think 32 Fahrenheit is cold. Have they ever been in 32 below? Uh, No!
Anyway, did I mention that I really hated the cold, and the snow, and the whiteness. If I didn't, you probably guessed it.
So, now we were in a cave near Lake Mead, where we had stayed with the hawks. The Voice had told us to come here. Recently, the Voice had revealed that it was, in fact, not Jeb Batchelder, my father. I mean, talk about mixed signals.
Now, I had first watch, while the rest of the flock slept. I glanced over at my flock, Iggy, who was blind. Nudge, mouth moving, even in her sleep. Gazzy, boy, did I hope that he could control that stink bomb of his. Angel, in her favorite form, bird girl, now she could even sleep as bird girl. Total, tiny wings showing, he could fly a few feet now. Akila, a malamute, who Total was totally in love with. And Fang.
Fang I actually couldn't see. He was so still when he slept that he blended into the dark rock of the cave. Fang used to be my best friend, my right hand man, the only one who understood me. But, now, things weren't so great between us. Sure, he was still my best friend and could read me better than anyone, but… Back in Washington, D.C., Fang had kissed me, again. And, I had just ran away. And I felt jealous whenever he talked to Brigid Dwyer, a scientist in Antarctica. I really needed some time to think about Fang and me- together.
"Max?" little Angel opened sleepy eyes, simultaneously changing back into her normal self.
"Yeah?" now the rest of the flock would soon wake up.
"I need to talk to you about-" she was cut off.
"Max!! I'm really hungry! Do we still have some of those Pop Tarts that we got at that store? Remember how that store had the best soda ever!! It was cold and icy and we were all sweaty and hot and-" Nudge had woken up.
I sighed and laughed at the same time. "They're in the bag" We had gotten food with money that my mom, Dr. Martinez, had given us.
Now, everyone was awake. Angel frowned and looked at me. Using her mind reading abilities, she projected a thought into my head, "I really need to tell you something Max."
"Later sweetie," I thought back.
The next day, we went flying with the hawks. It was everyone's favorite thing to do. The hawks were a thousand times more graceful than any of us were. They soared and swooped with us, like we were their family.
Iggy was joking with Gazzy. They were playing tag- except, if Gazzy caught Iggy, he would unleash his huge "stink bomb". Iggy, was trying really hard to stay away- despite being blind.
Fang was back in the cave with Akila, he wanted to update his blog. He had plenty of time to do that later. Fang seemed to be spending less time with the flock these days. It really worried me, I mean, Fang was always quiet. But, now he seemed to hate spending time with me. I couldn't tell though, Fang could read me, but it was hard for me to read him.
"Max?" Now Angel angled her wings to face me, "What I was gonna say this morning, it's about Fang. I picked something really weird from him. It was like when I hear your voice in your head."
I frowned, I had never asked Angel to listen to my thoughts when the Voice was talking to me. Apparently, she could hear everything. Angel, was starting to scare me. She was only six. She was also a six year old who lacked training in the ethics of mind reading. Not that there really were any ethics to that.
Angel laughed, "Am I really scary Max?" she smiled, "But, Max, in Fang's head I heard something. It was really weird but, it sounded like he had a voice in his head too."
For a second, my wings stopped beating. "Whaat?" Then I started to flap and stopped my fall.
"He has a voice too Max. And you know what? It sounded like the voice of the Uber-Director. He died though, didn't he. The director, in the hurricane."
I turned from Angel. This was so odd. And headed back to the cave to find Fang. We needed to talk. Now.