Thoughts/Mental messages: Max, Fang, Angel, JEB/VOICE, Xavier/Professor X, Jean Grey, Other,

Maximum Ride/ TMNT/ X-Men Crossover

Helping.

Max's POV

Once again we were on the run and we ran to the big apple. Again. This is starting to get really old. Always running.

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, MAX?

I don't know, maybe something normal? I thought, Could you leave me alone for a minute, Jeb, I need to think.

Déjà vu. I rolled my eyes. We sleeping in the subway again?

Most likely. I didn't notice how dark it was until Fang commented on that and I knew that the younger set would need to rest soon. Total was resting in Iggy's arms. He was getting better at flying but he didn't hold out as long as the rest of the flock. My guess was that it was about ten at night. I was just about to tell the flock that we were going to set up camp for the night when Nudge looked down.

"What's going on over there?" Nudge pointed, "It looks like some kind of fight." That was the shortest speech she had ever given. Usually she was a chatterbox. Always going. When I looked down to see what she was talking about I saw at least twenty guys in black ninja suits fighting four green guys wearing different colored masks.

HELP THEM, MAX!

Which ones? I asked just to annoy Jeb. "Come on guys." I angled my wings to help me dive faster. "Twenty against four? That seem fair to you guys?" I asked as I landed.

Fang was right behind me, "How about we even the playing field?" The rest of my flock landed soon after. I tried not to freak out when I saw the green guys up close. They were not human. Angel, are they mutants? Like us?

Sort of. Angel sounded uncertain, that made me a little nervous.

One of the mutants, the one wearing a red mask, said, "Look, who ever you are, we have handled these clowns before. So get your fine-feathered butts outta here."

"No way, José." With that I launched a roundhouse kick to the chest of the ninja who was dumb enough to charge me.

"Heads up!" Iggy yelled. Before I knew it Iggy threw a low level explosive, homemade of course, at a few ninja taking care of five of them.

"AAAGGGHHH!" I looked in the direction of the scream and saw the guy with the purple mask had a gash in his arm that looked about two inches deep.

"No one gets to slice my brother except me!" The red masked one attacked fiercely on the ninja who slashed his brother.

"Raph, watch out!" the one wearing the blue mask yelled while throwing something at one of the ninja.

Total was even helping to take out some of them. Finally the fight was over. My flock and the brothers were still standing, exhausted but still alive.

"Why can't they just leave us alone?" The one with the orange mask sighed.

"Do you really need an answer, Mikey?" the one with the blue mask said smiling.

"Shut it, Leo." Mikey said, in a better mood, elbowing Leo in the stomach.

"Hey guys, Don is bleeding real badly." Raph brought our attention back to the injury.

Iggy went over to Don and examined the cut "Might need some stitches. It's pretty deep."

I instantly reached into my backpack, grabbed some gauze and wrapped it tightly around Don's cut. Do you think we should get my mom? She's at a vet convention here. Maybe she can help. Fang just shrugged. I sighed, "I know someone who can help you…"

"Look, kid, we appreciate that you helped us out, but we can take care of ourselves."

"My name is Max, and don't even go down that road with me, Leo." I guess I sounded kinda silly. I mean this guy is in charge of his brothers and I just bossed him like I'd boss Gazzy.

You know you can't take him to the convention.

Fang was right. If I took Don to the convention everyone would freak out and I doubt that he would like living under the microscope anymore than we did. Angel, where do they live? As soon as Angel gave me directions to their home, I took off in the direction of the vet convention. Fang, you're in charge. Let them take you to their home.