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Chapter 1. Bye-bye Itex!

Max POV

"Run, run, run!", I shouted to my flock. They all raced past me, running faster than you could ever imagine, me following behind them. We raced through the hallways, doors opening all around us with people shouting after us. You could even hear the growls from the robots that were usually in my nightmares. "Angel, what happened?", I shouted. "Iggy did something, I wasn't paying attention!" Alarms were sounding all around us, the hallways pulsing red from lights on the ceiling. Just imagine those action movies you see where the hero infiltrates the fort and he's found and the alarms go off, only a lot more…..actiony. Hey, I didn't go to school, give me a break! "Iggy! If we survive this, I'm gonna kill you, then bring you back to life and kill you again, that's a promise!", I screamed over the deafening noise. "Hey! I couldn't see and stepped on this button thing!Don't abuse the blind guy!", he shouted back. Beside me, Fang half-smiled for about half a second, then it disappeared just as fast. We all sprinted around, trying to find an exit, since our mission was complete. Unfortunately, alarms sounding wasn't part of it.

You're probably wondering what's going on. Hopefully, you already know the background information on my flock and me. If you don't, then read the books. I spent valuable time making those, so at least read them! If you have read my books, then you know that the flock and I consist of Nudge, The Gasman, Iggy, Angel, Fang, and moi, Max. We are mutants, coming from an incredibly creepy place called the School. You would also know that we are trying to save the world from the evil company, Itex, which wants to create an apocalypse, or wipe out the entire human race.

Right now, we were running through the halls of the main Itex branch, (we're absolutely sure this was the main place) after successfully planting one of Iggy and Gazzy's bombs in the heart of the building. According to Iggy and Gazzy, it would blow up the entire building, which I thought was pretty impressive. Although, you can't underestimate those two pyromaniacs. But right now, if we didn't find a way out of this place, it looked like it would blow us up too. "Gazzy, when is the bomb going to explode?", I shouted. " In about 50 seconds!", he screamed back. Grreeaatt, and we hadn't found any sign of an exit yet! About 40 seconds later, Nudge, who was in the front, shouted, "I see an exit up ahead! It's wide open!" "Gazzy, how much time?", I screamed. "10 seconds!", he screamed back, looking at the clock thing-a-ma-jig. I cursed loudly, then shouted at the top of my lungs, "RUN AS FAST YOU CAN!" This gave the whole flock energy, for we ran faster than we ever had before, the exit door Nudge had pointed out getting larger. "7 seconds!", Gazzy screamed, sounding very frantic. 1 second later, Nudge launched herself out of the door and into the air, snapping out her wings. Yes, wings. Read the books people! One by one, the rest of the flock quickly flew out. I got out last, just as Gazzy said "3,2,1!" As soon as he said one, the loudest noise I had ever heard shook the earth and the building exploded. The pressure pushed me farther into the sky, making me lose control. Luckily, I felt two sure, strong arms grab onto me and bring me up to where the rest of the flock was. I looked up at Fang gratefully, and he just half-smiled and quickly pecked me on the lips. When he let me go, we all flew a few hundred feet away from the building and then looked back. Even from here, the heat was still smoldering. Iggy and Gazzy whooped, then high-fived. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "Man, that was awesome! Dude, you should see the building right now!", Gazzy said gleefully. "Even though, I definitely heard that explosion and can feel the heat! That was epic!", Iggy exclaimed back. Angel and Nudge were dancing around, singing "we did it, we did it!" over and over again, their wings beating in rhythm. While they were cheering, I was just staring at the huge fire and burning bits of building. Embers were flying everywhere. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Sure, it seemed a bit too easy to me, but I didn't worry about that. I couldn't help but smile, knowing that we had finally saved the world. I now didn't have to worry about keeping my mom and Ella safe, or keep worrying that an Eraser, Flyboy, or M-Geek was after us. It was finally over. While I was thinking about this, Fang came and stood beside me, entwining our fingers together. "Happy that it's all over, right?", he questioned, once again reading me like a book. I smiled brightly at him. "Yup, now we don't have to run any more and think of ways to destroy Itex. We've done our job, now the School can leave us alone." He smiled back at me and brought our hands up and kissed my knuckles. "And I'm sure that you want us to now stay at Dr. M's house?" I chuckled and kissed him on the lips. He rested his hands on my waist while I threw mine around his neck. Our wings flapped together. When I pulled back, I said, "How do you know everything I'm going to say right before I say it?" He half-smiled again and said, "Well, that could be because I've known you since we were small and in dog crates." I shook my head teasingly and said sarcastically, "Ah, such wonderful memories!" He half-smiled again.

"Hey Max!", Iggy shouted. We both turned our heads to look at him. "There are kids here, try to cut down on the PDA, will ya!" I broke away from Fang, standing beside him, my eyes full of fury and my fists coiling and uncoiling. Why he likes to tease us, I probably will never know. Iggy was standing a few feet away from me, taunting me with an evil smile. The kids just looked on, knowing that something was going to happen. "Oh yeah, and I heard you curse earlier, while the kids were around. You aren't a really good role model, are you Max?" That did it. I said calmly back, "Say what you want Iggy, but I still have to fulfill my promise from earlier." I watched amusingly as Iggy racked his brain for my earlier remark when he had set off the alarm. When he remembered, his face went from teasing, to genuine fright in about a second. He then quickly tore into the sky, flying as fast as he could. I shook my head. Forgetful pyromaniac. He forgot about my power. I took in some energy, then warp sped to him. I was there in about 1 and a half seconds, when he had been about 1 and a half miles away. Even without warp speed, he was still pretty fast. But I was faster. I tugged his arm back, him shouting dramatically "NO! I'm about to be ended! I wish to say goodbye to Ella, my only love, my wings, Nudge, Angel, Gazzy, Fnick, and mostly bacon!" I couldn't help but laugh. I heard Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy laughing too. Fang was probably half-smiling again, even with the Fnick remark. After my laugh, I composed myself and said, "Funny Iggy, but setting off the alarm could've thrown off the whole mission. And, I'm getting back at you for teasing Fang and me. So now, you must pay the consequences. I'm going to enjoy this." I grinned wickedly before snapping my fist back, getting ready to punch. I'm sure you can guess what happened from there.

*The first line in this whole story! HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY!*

A bruised and sore Iggy later, the whole flock was flying toward my Mom's and Ella's house in Arizona. Iggy was busy murmuring about how I could never take a joke. I chuckled. "Don't worry Iggy, soon you'll be back with Ella and she can coo to you and kiss all your boo-boos better!', I said brightly. Everyone laughed except Iggy, who just scowled at me. "You're just lucky I didn't land a punch on you or you'd be more bruised than me!" Fang chuckled, then said, "Iggy, I think you just admitted that you lost to Max." This got everyone laughing again, while Iggy turned to scowl at Fang. Angel frowned at Iggy, then turned to me and said, "Max, Iggy is thinking of ways to torture you and Fang." She looked at me and said, "Bad, embarrassing ways." Iggy glared at her with a shut up look. Nudge then started on her rant. "OMG Iggy, that isn't nice! I mean, they are finally together, don't bother them like that! I always think that they would make a great love story, which reminds me, I still haven't seen Remember Me. I mean the last time we were here in Arizona, Ella told me all about it, so now I want to see it so badly, considering that it's a love story and it has Robert Pattinson in it! I mean, have you seen him, he's so cute! Like in New Moon, he's so hot! He's also really pale, like snow. Oh! I wish I could play in sn-" Nudge was interrupted when Gazzy slapped his hand over her mouth and exclaimed, "Please Nudge! My ears are bleeding! You can tell me about Robert Pattinson and snow when dogs fl-, er, I mean, when pigs fly!" I chuckled, glad that he had remembered that we happened to have a dog that could fly back at home. Nudge frowned at him. But just as she was about to say something back to him, I cried, "Look! We're here!"

Everyone cheered. I tapped on Iggy's hand and said, "12:00, about 45 degrees." He just nodded and prepared to land. I knew he was anxious to see Ella. Just as we all started to land, I heard in my head, Don't feel relieved yet Max, things aren't as they seem. I sighed. I had hoped that the Voice would disappear after blowing up Itex, but I should've known better. Nice to hear you again Mr. Voice. Now, care to explain?, I thought back. But, like always, the Voice didn't answer. At first, I started to worry, thinking about what the voice had said. But then I decided that the Voice just wanted me to feel paranoid so I would go to the School for answers. So, I ignored what the Voice had said and turned my worried expression into one of happiness and excitement. The flock was already down in the lawn, receiving hugs from Ella and Mom, except for Fang. Of course, he still didn't feel comfortable getting hugs. When I landed, he rose an eyebrow at me. I just shook my head and shot him a look that said, It's nothing. After some time, he nodded, but didn't look convinced. I turned to Ella, who gave me a huge hug. "I missed you so much!", she exclaimed. I laughed, and hugged her back. "I missed you too, Ella. And, I think Iggy missed you a lot." She pulled back with hope in her eyes. "Really? You mean it?" "Of course I do! Say hi to him.", I said back. She nodded, then quickly ran to Iggy. I shook my head. They made a really cute couple. Before I could think anything else, my mom engulfed me in a hug. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her. When she pulled back, she asked, "Did you do it? Is it done?" I immediately knew what she meant. My smile got bigger, I said, "Yeah. It's all over." She smiled back, and hugged me again. She then said to everyone, "I'm glad you are all safe! Now, I have tons of cookies in the kitchen. Everyone come inside!" She didn't have top say that last sentence though, because we all ran into the house when she had said cookies. I couldn't help but smile. We could all live normally now.

Or so I thought…..

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