Maximum Ride: Max

We've heard the story from Max's opinion, people have wrote about Fang and his point of view, but what does the six year old mind reader think, the girl who hears everything, and who is the most powerful (and power hungry). So what does she have to say?

Chapter One

I tried to ignore what everyone else was thinking, to keep out of their heads, I really did, but sometimes it was just too hard to resist. What I could resist though was the temptation of Nudge's head. As I had previously found out, her mind was even more annoying than her mouth. She was constantly rambling on about something, even if she wasn't saying it out loud.

Max, well, her head was quite a peaceful place when she wasn't planning where we were going to go next, or worrying about someone in the flock, but since she was almost constantly doing those things, I had learned to steer clear. Of course, it didn't help that Max had this canny ability to sense my presence and she got really mad if I heard her private thoughts, like those ones about Fang. I giggled quietly to myself. Those two were so desperately in love but neither of them believed the other loved them, no matter how many times I reassured them. And to think, they could be deep in a relationship if they had a little more confidence, or if stupid Fang told Max he loved her. That was all she was waiting for, I knew that if he said those three words, Max would instantly cave, but no matter how many times I told him differently, he still believed she would run a mile if he so much as uttered the words.

I've pretty much already summed Fang up, and most of his head was still full of thoughts of Max. Not being able to resist, I concentrated more so I could hear better.

Man she's beautiful, and so powerful, and look at those wings! She really is amazing and I love her so much¸ why can't she just accept that she has more than brotherly feelings for me too and maybe we could begin to get somewhere.

I once again found myself giggling quietly, and to tease him (and hopefully embarrass him) I acknowledged in his head, projecting my thoughts, that I had heard what he had just thought. I then saw him glance over at me and shoot me a death glare, but I just ignored it and grinned widely.

Angel! Get out of my head, and stay out!

He thought, almost shouting and I heard the rage in his voice/thoughts, so I decided it was time to get out of there, so he could continue with his loved up thoughts. I flicked quickly to Iggy, but soon became bored as I realised he was planning how to make his next bomb. Apparently, it was going to make Max so mad because it was so 'bad' that he wished he could regain his sight just to see her expression. I should warn Max later, I'd like to see Iggy smiling then.

I didn't even bother entering Gazzy's head, I knew it would be almost identical to Iggy's, whether he was planning the next bomb to make with his 'best bud' Iggy, or thinking through his next prank that he was going to pull on Max. I sighed, boys were so immature, apart from Fang of course, he was the best.

I think I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Angel and I'm not sure how old I am, but I think I am around six or seven. Me and my brother Gazzy (or the Gasman) were the only blood related people in the whole flock, but everyone else was still family. Max was my mother figure, and although I certainly didn't tell him, I viewed Fang a little bit like a father. Iggy was my older and very irritating blind brother, and Nudge was my talkative older sis.

Right now we were flying through the air doing a fun air show for the CSM (Coalition to Stop the Madness) and Nudge was being her usual motormouth self and Max and everyone else were ignoring her as usual. Suddenly, I felt a tugging sensation in my gut, I closed my eyes and suddenly saw a bullet racing towards Max, it shot straight through her chest and she screamed a heart wrenching scream before closing her eyes forever.

My eyes snapped open, boredom already forgotten, and I launched myself at Max, knowing I only had minutes to save her life. I landed on her back in between her wings and she was forced down by the sudden impact of my weight. She looked up at me and smiled, still thinking that I was messing around, then suddenly her face went blank, no longer smiling and her eyes widened slightly. I knew she had heard the bullet whiz past and I slipped off her, knowing she was no longer in danger.

Suddenly, I was overwhelmed by Fang's screaming and protective thoughts. Man, that guy was so worried, and guilty. What on Earth was he guilty for, it's not like he was the one who had shot at her. I then realised that he was only guilty and blaming himself because apparently, he should have noticed something. Whatever, I sighed. If I told Max how protective Fang was of her, she would totally freak, but as always, she remained completely unaware.

If I was the leader, I could do so much better, I knew the whole flock inside out and knew exactly what we all were capable of, not that Max didn't, but still. I was pulled out of that line of thought when I heard Total (the dog) yelp. My heart literally flew into my mouth (who knows, maybe it had wings like me). No one knew how much I cared about that dog and if something happened to him. I just shook my head. No, Max would deal with this, and I looked up to see that she already was.