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Hello, fan fic readers and writers alike. This is my first actual full-length fan fic for Maximum Ride. My sister is on here, Odet Mae. You may know her writing style – I don't write the same as her. I write more Fax - a lot more. So I hope that will please you. For now. This fan fic will probably will be horrible and I'll hate it, and it should be firebombed. But, we'll leave it up to my reviewers.

Okay, enough rambling from me.

L.Z.

P.S. This will have Fang and Max POV only. That might change, because I might want to put a 3rd persons view a couple times. Maybe even some of the rest of the flocks. Wait, I'm contradicting myself aren't I? Oh, well.

1.

"We need time to dream;

Time to remember;

And time to reach the infinite:

Time to be."

-Anonymous

Max's POV

Flying.

There is a reason people dream about it. But trying to explain how it feels, the exhilaration you get, the adrenaline rush – is like trying to explain how water tastes. Yeah, it's like that.

It's been a week since Itex. A week since the Voice seemed to shut up for good. A week since I fought Max II. A week since that horrible isolation tank. I shudder just thinking about it, if that's even possible while flying, but I guess so, since I was able to jump a foot in the air once in surprise while flying. Yeah, you might remember that.

We decided after much deliberation to go back to the old house, to see if the Erasers really did burn it down to ashes. I have to admit, I miss it. Not the house itself really – just the feeling when we were there. The feeling like everything was okay – at least for a little while. The feeling that we were a family. We still are – we're all together, and that's what matters the most.

Everything is so peaceful up above the clouds in the sky. It's like all your worries disappear – at least for a little while.

I like to think about stuff when we fly together – the flock and I. Stuff about before the Erasers took Angel. Stuff about all the things that have happened to us so far. Stuff that has happened to me.

I like to think about what's in store for us – are we ever going to find the flocks families? And, are we ever going to find out about me? Where I came from? Maybe the flock had real families – and not me. Maybe I was a test tube baby. I wouldn't be surprised.

"Max?"

I shook myself out of reverie, and looked over to see who had said my name.

Fang.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"Are you okay? You seem –"

"Out of it? Yeah, I kind of am," I said.

Fang nodded, and looked forward, out into the clouds. It was getting dark. And plus, the flock looked like they were about to drop out of the sky in exhaustion. How could I not notice?

"Okay team. We're landing for the night. We need to sleep and refuel." I said, and began to descend below the clouds.

There were no trees below us – just wide-open prairie that stretched as far as the eye could see. I hesitated, not sure if we wanted to be out in the open like this. But since I couldn't see anything else – we landed.

It was completely dark within the hour, but a full moon shone bright above up, bathing us in cool moonlight.

The flock ate some trail mix and some chips, and were asleep within minutes after eating what we had.

I sat leaning back on my hands, eyes closed, and small smile on my face, when Fang came over and sat down next to me.

"Hey," he said, "Want me to take the first watch? I haven't in a while."

"You took it yesterday. I'll take it tonight," I replied, laughing a bit. "Stop trying to be Superman. I'm not weak you know."

"I do know," he said quietly, and then looked up at me, "And besides, who claimed to be Supergirl, just because she could fly when she got out of the School, and who was gone for three days, playing Supergirl?" he said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

I laughed and sat up, punching him in the arm, and he laughed as well. His laugh was so great. I wondered why he didn't do it more often. I love his laugh. I could live on it. And his smiles. Those too.

"I'll stay up tonight," I said firmly, but smiling.

Fang grinned, and nodded, "Alright. G'night Max."

"G'night Fang," I replied, and he walked a little ways away, and laid down in the soft grass and went to sleep.

I stifled a yawn, and laid down with my hands behind my head, and stared up at the stars, until they faded away into sunlight.

Okay, so that's the first chapter. I hope you all really like it. I think it's okay, and I have high hopes that it'll get better, or I'll seriously firebomb it. Okay. So please review! I'll return the favor for your fan fic if you have one! A Review 4 A Review!!!

P.S. I just got Odet to read Twilight and now she's determined to steal Edward from Bella and marry him. For someone who refused to read that book, she seems a little crazy about it to me. But then, she's always been that way. XD