I do not own Maximum Ride sadly. Though I love the books. So far, I don't think I'm going to have pairings, but that might change. Well on with the story.
PROLOGUE
I glanced into the cage next to mine where a pair of yellow eyes stared back at me. I knew what their owner was thinking only a few more minutes…. I heard distant footsteps and voices. My heart started racing as I recognized Bella's voice. It was sweet as honey.
"You really think this will work?" A soft girlish voice asked me from behind me.
"I hope so. If Bella knows what she's doing, there's no way this will fail," I replied, confident for the sake of my inmate.
The lock on my cage clicked and me and my inmate - three-year-old Boo - were led out. Boo was a Bird/Human girl. I'm the same thing, but a boy. She has light brown curly hair and big dark brown eyes. She's lived in this hellhole her whole life. I prayed silently as the rest of my friends were led out of their cages that this would work. I glanced at Hecate, a snake/human girl who lived in The Academy almost all of her 14-year-old life. She had yellow snake eyes and her skin was always scaly and green. Her hair was short and black. She gave me one of those I-hope-you-know-what-you're-doing looks before she was dragged in front of me.
The next two to be released from their cages were Salem and Tabitha. Salem was a Tiger/Human girl and Tabitha was a Jaguar/Human girl. They were both 15 and had lived in the Academy for 13 years. They were twins and though I'm sure they looked like each other at one point, now they didn't. Salem had green eyes and black striped skin. She could turn more tiger-like when she wanted, like an Eraser could turn into a wolf, but her skin always remained striped. Her hair was bright red and she loved daylight. Tabitha had yellow eyes, and normal skin. Her hair was jet back and she too could morph. The only difference was she was a jaguar, not a tiger. She wasn't a day person, she was more a night person.
The last to emerge from their cage was Spike. He was a Porcupine/Human boy at age 10. He-like the rest of us-lived here his whole life. He had spiky black hair and dark brown eyes. When he morphed, he got spiked all over his back and he could roll into a ball to protect himself. He didn't like to do that though, because it hurt for him to morph. He said it was like a million needles poking through his skin.
We all were led off down a long hallway. My eyes darted back and forth looking for a certain door. When I spotted it, I gave Bella a nod. She started to morph into the thing we usually feared. An Eraser. When the two Whitecoats saw what she was doing, they tried to ask her why. She didn't give them time though. She struck the one guiding me, Boo, and Spike across the face and we immediately engaged our plan. I Did a 180 turn and kicked one in the chest. I thought I heard a bone crack. I ignored it and got everyone out through the door before more Erasers and Whitecoats showed up. As soon as I was outside I spread my wings and grabbed Hecate and Spike by the hand. Boo spread her wings and darted up next to me. Tabitha and Salem morphed and blended in with the shadows of the forest near the Academy. We had a meeting place all picked out. Now we are on the run. My name is Talon. I'm here to tell you the story of my pack and me.
