A.N. Hi! I'm back with my second story! For those of you who have read my other story- Marriage changes everything- I am putting on hold for a short time because I have no idea how to continue it… yet. I do promise to try updating it a month at the most. Ok, now I was just lying in my bed thinking and I randomly came up with this story idea! I really hope you like it. Now… on with the story!
WARNING: there is going to be very slight language. No F word.
Disclaimer- I don't own Maximum ride or Twilight (Duh)
Max P.O.V.
I stared blankly through the bars of my cage at the wall in front of me. Yes, I said bars. I am currently in a cage at a place I like to call the School. About a week ago the flock and I were captured by what we like to call Erasers. And no, I am not talking about the pink things on the end of your pencils. I am talking about the evil human-wolf hybrids that the School created to work as guards and executioners. Now, I could spend hours trying to explain everything to you or you could take the time to read the other books.
Ever since the flock and I got captured the scientists have run millions of tests on us. I was definitely not in the best mood. To make matters worse, the scientists had had enough of our "impertinent" behavior and decided that we should all be "terminated".
Jeb of course had argued that we could earn them a lot of money and after a lot of consideration they had decided to have a huge auction in our honor. We felt pretty darn special. The auction was scheduled for today. Rich freaks from all over the world would be gathering to place bids on the "legendary bird-kids" This was going to be interesting.
I could hear footsteps coming towards my cage and I figured the auction was about to start. Jeb and about 6 other Erasers had come over to our cages with some rolling carts. I watched as one by one the flock was loaded onto the cart in their cages. I was loaded last.
Jeb didn't say anything at all; he didn't even make a sound. I made sure not to look at him; I didn't want to look at my "Dad" right now.
The second we were all loaded the Erasers pushed the carts out the door and down a series of confusing hallways. After a while we came to a stop outside large metal doors. I knew these doors well; these were the doors to the Arena. AKA, the huge room where the scientists would shove different experiments in and force them to fight.
The doors opened and the erasers pushed our carts in. I immediately tensed and looked around. Over the top of the Arena was a large clear dome. Right outside of the dome there were bleachers, filled with approximately 8 guests plus a bunch of scientists. One was Jeb.
My cage door was opened and two hairy eraser paws reached for me. The second they touched me I swung my head around and clamped my teeth around his hand. He growled and tried to pull away but that just caused me to climb out of the cage, never letting go of his hand.
I could hear surprised murmurs passed throughout the crowd.
I was beginning to taste blood when about 3 other erasers came over and struggled to separate the first eraser and me. They finally succeeded in pulling me off and dragging me away.
The erasers hand had a huge gash in it that was bleeding heavily. He stomped out of the Arena mumbling about "Termination".
I was starting to stand when I heard the directors' voice come over the loud speaker.
"I apologize for Max's bad behavior. She is quite a handful. Now, in this very arena are the six legendary bird kids. Before we start the auction we will be giving you a demonstration of their strength and special abilities. Starting off we will be having the "Flock" fight a group of 30 Erasers. When the buzzer sounds the fight will start." She announced.
This was going to be rather interesting. I looked around to see my flock standing around me, all in fighting stances. I then looked ahead to see a group of Erasers being led into the arena. It didn't surprise me that we were being forced to fight, but what did surprise me was that at the front of the group was Ari, my brother.
I glanced up into the bleachers to see Jeb looking just as surprised as me. Ari and I locked eyes and I could see the shock written all over his face.
"Is everyone ready to begin?" The Director asked. I turned to look at her and let a low growl escape my throat.
"You know I won't fight him." I snarled, motioning to Ari.
The director smirked and continued. "You will if you want to live." She was really starting to piss me off. "Now, let the games begin." And with that the buzzer went off.
The flock and I immediately charged forward and attacked the eraser closest to us. I spread my wings and took off into the air. I could hear the gasps from the audience. I positioned myself before dive-bombing at the group of erasers. I knocked several erasers to the ground before going back up. I noticed that Ari was standing back and not fighting. I would try to leave him out of the fight at all costs.
After knocking out several other erasers I landed back on the ground with my flock. We had already gotten rid of half the erasers when I glanced up at the bleachers to see the audience focused intently on the fight. I turned back to the fight just in time to get kicked in the stomach, knocking the wind out of me.
"Dang it!" I mumbled as I spun and hit the Eraser with a round house kick. I watched as he dropped to the ground unconscious. He totally deserved that.
After that I jumped back into the fight full force, attacking anything in sight. I watched as the rest of my flock jumped into the sky to attack. I flew up and joined them and we repeatedly swooped down and knocked the Erasers unconscious. It only took a few minutes before Ari was the last Eraser standing.
"Finish him off Max." The director commanded. I looked over at Ari who nodded. I cringed and landed a few yards from him, this was not going to end well.
I watched at my flock landed as well but keeping their distance, giving Ari and I room to fight. "I'm sorry." I whispered, to low for anyone but Ari to hear.
"I forgive you." He answered, just as quite.
I made the first move, trying to hit him in the left shoulder. He simply stepped to the side, not even trying to return a hit.
I spun and kicked my leg out, effortlessly sweeping his feet out from under him. I jumped on top of him, pressing my knee into his ribs to hold him to the ground while my hand made a fist, ready to punch.
I pulled my arm back and stared at him, waiting for him to fight back. He simply lay there, not moving. He wanted me to win; he didn't want to hurt me. I looked at my fist and realized what I was doing; I was going to hurt my little brother.
I slowly lowered my fist and stood up. I could hear the director ask what I was doing but I ignored her. I reached out my hand to Ari. He stared at me like I had lost it, and maybe I had, but that didn't matter. Ari was my brother, and there was no way I was going to hurt him just because some psycho told my too.
Ari slowly reached up and grabbed my hand with his bulking eraser paw. I grinned and helped him to his feet. I hear the director ask again what was going on.
I turned to her, glaring daggers. "I am done paying your stupid games. I am not some play toy that you can use then throw away. No matter what you do I will never hurt my family." I ground out angrily.
She seemed shocked by my defiance but quickly recovered. "You have no choice but to fight him Max." She smirked.
I simply grinned at her stupidity. "You told me to fight and I did. Not once did you tell me I had to hurt anyone." She instantly noticed her mistake.
"Fine, have it your way. I suppose we should continue with the auction. If you are interested in buying then please exit the bleachers to your right and come down to the arena for a closer look." She declared smugly.
I watched as the 8 guests exited the bleachers. It took them a few minutes to walk down to the arena. In the mean time I walked over and stood with my flock. Ari had already left along with the rest of the Erasers.
Finally the doors opened and the visitors walked in led by the director. The director escorted the guests over to us. They all seemed pretty normal to me. Only one stood out, while everyone else had tan skin, his skin was pale white. His eyes were a honey gold color and his hair was blonde.
The thing that stood out the most about him was that he was wearing a white lab coat. That pretty much meant he was either a doctor or mad scientist. I hated him already. My thoughts were interrupted when the director started to speak.
"Before we start I will give you a quick overview of the Flocks gifts. After that we will start the bidding, any questions?" I swiftly raised my hand. The Director turned to me and with a grimace said "What?"
I smiled and answered "Do we get any say in this?" I motioned to the flock. She stared at me blankly like I had just asked the stupidest question ever. She gave me a quick no before turning back to the guests.
"Now, starting with Max, she is 14 and the leader of her flock. She can fly at speeds of around 300mph. She can breathe under water…" The director was getting annoying so I tuned her out. I didn't need to hear her ramble on and on about how amazing we were.
She finally finished rambling and announced "Time to start the bidding! We will start the bids with Max at $5,000." I watched several people give bids, the price rising rapidly. The bidding for me finally ended when I heard the director announce "Sold, to Dr. Carlisle Cullen." I looked over and saw the blonde in the lab coat smiling. Great.
The director continued to start bids on the rest of the flock, Fang Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy. They all ended with Sold, to Dr. Carlisle Cullen. By the time the bidding started for Angel I was half expecting him to be broke. I watched as he made bid after bid on Angel. Stupid rich freak.
Finally it ended with Sold, to Dr, Carlisle Cullen. Well, at least we were all going to the same place. I watched as all the guests, besides Carlisle, were escorted out, all glaring at the doctor. Carlisle was staring at us with interest.
I saw the director walk over to him and whisper something. I watched him cringe. I struggled to listen but all I could hear were snippets like 'tracking' and 'chip'. Whenever mad scientists combined those two words when talking about you, you knew it was bad.
I began to slowly back away but was stopped when hairy eraser arms wrapped around me from behind. I immediately started struggling. I looked over at Carlisle to see him staring at me with sad eyes while the director stood there smirking.
I felt myself being dragged out of the room. This was not going to end well. I could see the rest of my flock also being pulled away. Suddenly we stopped and I realized where we were. We were right outside a lab room.
I watched as the flock passed me and went to other rooms while I was forced into the room in front of me. The second I was inside the door slammed shut behind me. There were more erasers in here and a scientist.
I was lifted off the ground and shoved onto the metal table in the center of the room. Within seconds my arms and legs were strapped down. As soon as I was strapped don the erasers left. I looked over at the scientist to see he was preparing a needle. I cringed as he walked towards me with it.
"It's nice that you want to numb me and all but I'm fine." I mumbled. The scientist smirked.
"This shot won't numb you; it will just keep you from moving. You will feel every ounce of pain." He laughed evilly, how cliché!
I watched as he jabbed the needle into my right arm, not even trying to be careful. I cringed slightly but I didn't cry; I was way past that.
Within seconds I couldn't move at all. He pinched my arm and I could feel it perfectly. It looks like he was telling the truth. I watched as he rolled over a cart with an array of things on it. Out of all the things, two things caught my eye. A scalpel and some sort of a tracking chip. Crap.
The scientist slipped on rubber gloves before picking up the scalpel. "This is going to hurt…" he mumbled before pressing the tip against the skin on my upper arm. I winced as he began to drag it down my arm, making a deep incision. I felt him pull at the hole and resisted the urge to cry out.
I closed my eyes as he picked up the chip. I could feel his fingers as he pressed the small device into my arm. Most people would have been in hysterics but not me; I grew up with this kind of stuff.
When he was finally done he stitched up the wound quickly. I was feeling a bit woozy from the loss of blood but other than that I was fine.
The door to the room opened and a few erasers walked in. They came over to me and began undoing the restraints. The second I was free I tried to jump up and run but an eraser grabbed me by my hair and pulled my back.
I was dragged from the room by my hair. I struggled to stand up but was unable to due to the fact that every time I moved my hair got yanked.
We finally came to a stop outside a white door. The eraser opened it and threw me in. I hissed in pain as I landed on my right arm.
I struggled to sit up and look around. The first thing I noticed was that my flock was sitting beside me. They all had stitches identical to mine on their arms. Angel was even crying.
The next thing I noticed was that there were 2 other people in the room. I immediately gave them my attention. One of them was Jeb. I heard a low growl escape from between my teeth. The second person was none other than Carlisle. It didn't surprise me that he was here but what did surprise me was the fact that he looked worried, as if he actually cared how we felt.
'Hey Angel?' I sent her.
'Yeah Max?' she silently answered.
'Are you getting anything from Carlisle?' she took a moment before answering.
'No, I can't. It's like he isn't even there.' I resisted the urge to gasp as I turned to look at Jeb and Carlisle who were watching our silent exchange.
"Jeb, would you care to tell us what exactly is going on?" I asked non-chalantly. Jeb sighed before answering.
"I can't tell you much Max, it's not my job, but I can tell you that you and the flock will be going to live with Dr. Carlisle Cullen and his family. You will be on your best behavior, understood?" I rolled my eyes at his stupidity.
I stood up slowly, still a bit woozy, and walked over to him. "Listen Daddy, there is no way that I am going to 'behave' for some rich guy who 'owns' me. I am not the innocent little girl that you want me to be, give it up." Carlisle looked surprised that I had called him dad while Jeb kept a straight face.
"Now Max," Jeb started. "I don't think you are innocent at all, you did try to kill your brother." That was it. Without another word I lunged. Even with a hurt arm I had him pinned to the ground in a second. His eyes grew wide as I drew my fist to punch.
Before my hand could come in contact with his face cold arms wrapped around me from behind and pulled me back. They were surprisingly strong and easily pulled me off him.
"You bastard! You have no right to point fingers! He was your son! You were supposed to protect him! You were supposed to protect all of us and we trusted you! We all thought of you as a dad and you betrayed us! You are the reason my brother almost died!" I screamed as I struggled to get at him again.
He was now sitting up with a sad yet annoyed expression on his face. "I am not the one that broke his neck." He said calmly. I resisted the urge to turn and attack Carlisle just to get to him.
Jeb smirked and stood up, dusting himself off. "Have fun in your new home Max." He muttered before turning and walking out the door.
Carlisle finally released me and I instantly jumped away from him. I spun to face him before talking. "Why did you stop me? He had it coming. He knew what would happen if he provoked me." He sighed before answering.
"I didn't want you to have murder on your hands." He whispered, looking sad.
"It's too late for that."I mumbled, to low for any human to hear. When I saw him cringe I knew something was up. "What are you?" I asked, leveling my voice.
He looked shocked. "What do you mean? I am a human of course." He said as if it was obvious although I could see the muscles in his jaw tighten, a sure sign of a lie.
"No you're not. When I attacked Jeb you easily pulled me off him. It usually takes 6 erasers to control me when I go into a rage like that. Also, explain how you heard me when 'I whispered? No human could have heard me." He looked deep in concentration as he considered what I said.
"When I saw you attack him I had an adrenaline rush. As for hearing you, I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't hear anything." I rolled my eyes and moved on, it wasn't worth arguing about.
"Whatever. So… what happens next?" I questioned. He glanced at the rest of the flock nervously before looking at me.
"The scientists have decided that you would have an easier trip to my house if you were asleep." He mumbled. I felt every muscle in my body tense. I was pretty sure I knew what he meant by 'asleep'.
"You're not talking about a natural sleep, are you." I said it as more of a statement. He shook his head sadly.
"We will use a gas. It will make it quick and easy and you won't remember a thing." He tried to smile but failed miserably. I stared at him in shock. Not because of what he had told us, but how worried he looked. Most of the scientist would have voted to have the erasers hit us over the head until we passed out. Carlisle wanted to gas us to make it quick and easy? Something was up.
"I have to go, in a few minutes this room will be gassed. Don't fight it, just breathe normally. Everything will be fine." He said before walking out the door and locking it behind him.
I was starting to get worried. I didn't like the thought of being unconscious with the scientists around. Just like he said, after a few minutes I began to see a gas seeping in through small vents in the floor.
I resisted the urge to cover my mouth or hold my breath. There was no was out of it and I just wanted to get it over with. I reached over and grabbed Fangs hand. He took his other hand and grabbed Iggy's hand. Iggy reached out and grasped Nudges hand. Nudge gave Gazzy a one armed hug before taking his hand then Gazzy reached out and took Angels small hand. We shared sad looks before sitting down.
Within seconds there was a sickly sweet scent filling to room. I took a deep breath and felt myself begin to get dizzy. I gripped Fangs hand tighter as I drifted into unconsciousness.
A.N. Finally! I am done with chapter 1! I hope you enjoyed it! I stink at editing so I have a beta for this story! Her name is 'polka dots are underestimated'.She is also my older sister! She hasn't read Maximum ride but she has read Twilight so she agreed to beta my story! That should make it a lot easier to read. Now… am I forgetting anything? Oh yeah! REVIEW!