Ok I used names of real people who are out there... so if you are one of these people then … I'm sorry if I got your character wrong or you are offended! I just needed the names because they were posted in the front of the maximum ride books!

Neways I hope you guys enjoy this cause I worked pretty hard on it! And I already have a lot of it written out! So read review… I can take bad news. Little fact I hate it when people post reviews that correct all my grammatical errors, but if you see them then I missed them so if you do want to point them out in a review that is great cause I can go back and fix it.. I'll just leave my temper out of it; because you guys are just trying to help… enough said here is my story!

Inspiration: life is beautiful, by Vega 4 (check it out!)

Prologue:

This was it! Our only chance to escape had finally come. Every New Year's Day the white coats bring in the babies that survived the treatments, giving us the chance to get outside of the bolted door.

Hadley (also called lee) gave the nod, and I quietly unlatched my cage door, and moved out to unlatch the others.

They held their cage doors closed as I stood next to the bolted door, against the wall, and waited for the nurses who brought in the babies.

My gaze fell on the others. Brigid had her bottom lip stuck out in a nervous pout, her chin trembled a few times but her eyes stayed determined. Andrew sat in the cage next to her, with one of his baby hands curled around the metal door and the other stuck through one of the holes touching Bigid's. His pure baby eyes could not mask the fear he felt.

Maryellen had her head on her knees, and her toes wrapped around the bottom bar of her door, holding it closed. Nervous tears slowly ran from her pale green eyes down her pale white cheeks. Her hair was a blond curly mess. Meredith who was next to Maryellen tried to copy her stance yet keep a brave face.

Griffin's cage was on top of Brigid's. He sat slouched in the dark corner of his crate, using his toes as well to hold his door closed. He wore a calm mask, to hide his jumbled emotions. Wyatt was next to him above Andrew's cage. He laid on his stomach with his legs bent up the back of the crate. He looked really relaxed but I could tell by his muscles that flexed that he was ready to pounce.

Monina (who we call Nina), and Piera, sat back to back with the crate walls between them. They were masters at not just looking calm but being calm as well. Of course if I could see the future like Piera and read minds like Nina, then I might not be that nervous either.

"The future always changes." Piera said as she looked at me. Creepy! Still can't get used to that, but those are our twins for ya.

Then my eyes went to Lee's as I waited for my mark. He showed no fear, or nervousness, just because he was that good at hiding it. But somehow I always knew when he was nervous or afraid.

He nodded slowly and the door unbolted and flew open. A petite nurse walked in pushing some crates on wheels in to the dark room.

I mustered up as much speed as I could and stopped the door from closing. The others sprang from their cages, Lee, and Wyatt took the nurse down and locked her in my cage, while the others piled out of theirs. Bigid put Andrew on her back and ran to my side. The twins grabbed the babies, and Lee grabbed hold of Griffin's arm to lead him out of the room Wyatt and I fallowed from the rear.

You may be wondering why we were so nervous… simple usually six male nurses escorted the one female nurse. But these weren't just any nurses they were... creepy to say the least. Heck creepy enough to make some pretty tough mutant kids cry at the thought of trying to get past them.

Jen had arranged for use to get out without too much of a fight, but we had an understanding that plans don't always go…as planned. But she had held up so far by getting those creeps off our backs.

We took some stairs that lead up to the main part of the building where things got complicated. You see we had always been underground and have never been inside the upper part of the lab. But it was clear, just like Jen had promised!

We made our way to the front of the building and pushed the doors open. Fresh air and rain poured over us soaking us to the bone. Headlights shone bright in front of us and we all froze. "Jen." I sighed and we all took off in a mad dash towards the car that stood about half a mile away from us.

We were half way to the car when flashlight beams blasted us and guns clicking filled the air. We could hear the wicked snarls all around us, and my worst fears were confirmed.

Erasers got their names easily. They had the ability to erase somebody's life without anyone even seeing. They were fast and strong; ending lives in seconds was what they were made for. Half wolf half men, what more could you expect?

Jen's face was just barely visible behind the headlights. She got a determined look on her face and slammed on the gas driving straight towards the men with guns and erasers!

"No!!" our screams were drowned out by gunfire as the car swerved into a tree. It windows all shattered and Jen's lifeless bleeding body was pressed against the dash board.

"Up and away!" Lees voice was fast and strong and we were flying through the trees in seconds. Tears streaming down our faces, mixing with rain drops. The trees provided cover from their bullets.

We finally had our chance to lose them as we came upon a huge body of water. We could see a house at the other side, as lee pointed. "Fly fast." And we did, but there was a catch. We would be in their line of fire for at least a minute. Enough time for sixty bullets to be fired …at least.

Gun fire rang out as we flew from the cover of the trees, and just as I predicted we were in their range. We mostly got flesh wounds from the bullets, but Lee got shot in the shoulder, making it impossible to flap his left wing.

I grabbed his hand and pulled it over my neck, and folded my right wing. I wrapped my right leg around his left and we soared like that for a while then in unison we flapped our wings, his right and my left, leaving his injured wing hanging. Sure we probably looked like a really fat deformed bird …but it worked!

"There! It is safe there!" Piera said as she pointed to the house. None of us second guessed her, and we landed on the roof. "We just have to wait awhile." Piera said, so we did. Lee went unconscious in my arms while we waited, and so I only pretended not to freak out.

Not long after that a big black hummer pulled up the driveway and men dressed in black all piled out. Half went to search around the house and the others banged open the door to search inside. We could hear another voice shouting and glass breaking.

It only took them about ten minutes to search the house and even less to search the outside, of course they missed one spot. They drove away in search of us elsewhere.

I looked at the twins and they nodded, so we piled on to the porch and knocked gently on the door. I still held Lee in my arms his blood making my shirt a permanent red.

"I told you never to come back here you m***** f******! My lawyer is going to have a lot to say about this!" I frowned at the little kids …sure they had heard worse, but I try to guard them from that crap for as long as I can.

I knocked again this time not as gently. "What the hell do you waaaant……" he stopped his sentence once he had flung the door open and had seen us standing covered in our blood. He stood there stunned for about a minute so I decided to break the silence first.

"I'm Gabrielle Charbonnet, and this is my family…we kinda need your help." I lifted Lee a little in my arms to prove my point.

"Of, of course come in." he held the door open and we trudged in.

"Thank you so much Mr.….?"

"Paterson. James Patterson."