A/N Hey, anyone reading. Well this is my first fanfic so go me! I haven't had the courage to submit one but I've finally decided to give it ago. I'm just going to write it as it comes to my head. So here goes …

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Maximum Ride or any of The Flock but hey there's only so much one brain can think up at a time.

The Ride That's My Life

Chapter 1: The Ride is Over.

May I ask? Would you people who are reading this at this very moment think that you were crazy if some annoying little voice started talking to you and you started talking to it back? Definitely would be the answer. But for me it most definitely is not. I guess it comes with my abnormal life.

I'll introduce myself …

My name is Maximum Ride. Or just simply Max. I spent the first ten years of my life in a dog cage that was far too small for me. But when I was outside that dog cage I was horribly experimented on and my childhood ripped away from me piece by piece. For I was I genetically mutated avian-human hybrid.

Or more simply 98 percent human and 2 percent bird.

But that 2 percent bird has had a huge impact on my life. I now have a 13-foot wing-span and can fly. That goes for the rest of my flock. Fang, Iggy who's blind, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel. Now we were on the run for our lives from genetically engineered Erasers – half wolf, half human – and the School that had kept us captive for so long.

"Max." A voice erupted my thoughts. I quickly spun around in the air to see who had spoken; Fang.

"Yeah?" I asked. Fang had a peculiar look on his face that made me tilt my head.

He sped up and landed in my wind pocket. Great. He's probably going to start questioning me. Are you okay? Headache? The Voice? In those clipped sentences I could be pouring out my deepest darkest secrets to him. Just what I need.

"I think we should rest up for a while. The flock is getting tired." Yay! No confessions today. I looked around at Fang's words. They were beginning to slow and their wings were drooping.

While I was too busy talking to myself I had neglected to make sure my flock was okay. I'm such a proud, stubborn idiot who -

"Hey, Max. You're just having a rough day. That's all." I smiled at him. How is it that he can read me like his favourite book? He always keeps his emotions under lock and key and never showed any facial expressions. Just to get a smile out of him is hard work.

I turned my head to speak to the flock. "Yo, Guys." Their heads perked up at my voice.

"We're gonna find a cave to rest up for the night." They smiled and picked up the pace.

"Happy?" I asked Fang. He gave me a half smirk but that was equivalent to a couple of hundred smiles.

"You know, Fang. If you smiled a little more than mayb – " I stopped midsentance. Brain explosion. God, it hurt. More than usual, if possible.

I heard a whimper and an echo of please kill me; please kill me in my ears. But they sounded far away.

I tucked my wings in and I began the quick decent to the ground below me. The wind whistled in a mocking tune pass my ears and the ground loomed ever closer.

I didn't seem to notice though, 'cause remember brain explosion and all not doing much to help me appreciate the scenery, let alone notice the ground growing bigger.

Notice how I've mentioned the ground growing closer twice now? Earth to Fang! Save Me! The girl falling to the ground in need of saving!

I waited for Fang's masculine arm's to wrap around me. To hold me till the pain eased and save me from the death that was closing in on me.

But those strong arms never came. Instead the last thing that I was going to hear was that stupid voice saying "You can't always rely on Fang to be your saviour. He needs one too."

Oh, God. Was this some sick and twisted way of my voice telling me that Fang needs help?

Well Voice, I answered. Death ain't gonna help Fang, 'cause hey! I'll be a corpse with nobody for you to annoy!

Well people … The ride is over so soon. Notice the pun. Oh, well. Can't tell anyone if I'm dead.

The darkness finally enveloped me before I reached the ground and ceased my pain. I could no know more.

But little did I know that death would not consume that easily...

To be continued …

A/N Well what did you think? Like it, hate it? You can abuse me or compliment me. JUST REVIEW! And don't you hate it when you're watching your favourite TV series and at the end of an episode where your favourite character either lives or dies and it says in those haunting words To be Continued … Well, I finally got to do it to somebody else! But you won't have to wait long for the next Chapter cause I'll be writing it once I get off the computer. Please review! God, I sound like I'm begging … Sheesh what have I sunk to. Go my first story!