I do not any G.I. Joe or Maximum Ride characters.

Okay, I have to say this fast because I don't have a lot of time. I'm Max. Me and my family Fang and Iggy (both fourteen.), Nudge (11), the Gasman (8) and Angel (who thinks she's 7) are mutant Avian hybrids. That means we are 2% bird which means we have wings. Okay, so now that we have that covered I can continue.

I karate chopped the back of the M-geeks head. Its robotic eyes closed and its light went out. I immediately roundhouse kicked the robot next to me. I saw Angel back to back with Nudge. Fang punched the top of his M-Geek's head and it crumpled.

Concentrate Max the Voice said. Yeah, I have a voice in my head. You got a problem with it? Well so do I.

I barely dodged the punch to my head. I quickly took care of it.

"You guys. Take cover." Iggy yelled. Immediately we all jumped in the air as Iggy threw a mechanical object. The bomb set off and then they were all splat.

"Yeah! They're all extra crispy now." The Gasman cackled. Even though he's blind, Iggy high fived Gazzy perfectly.

"Actually some are still moving." Nudge pointed out. Some were crawling around trying to get somewhere or find us.

"Then let's make like a banana and split." I turned to Fang with a slight smile.

"You're a comedian." His face was impassive. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Let's go." I flew ahead and the Flock followed. Okay so now I can explain. We had decided to explore more of the world so we began to fly. We flew to Egypt and were crossing the Sahara Desert. We took a pit stop in an oasis. As in a piece of green and water in the middle of a desert. Not the band. That would just be way too awkward. Then the M-Geeks attacked and well, you know the rest.

"So how do you think they're tracking us?" Iggy asked.

"Dunno. My chip is out so can't be me. Unless I have another. That would suck."

"Maybe they're following Gazzy's scent?" Angel giggled.

"Hey. This is actually good considering that I ate beans." Gazzy cried. The rest of the Flock giggled while I rolled my eyes.

"Well keep it down. The atmosphere has enough pollution." We flew in silence for fifteen minutes till Nudge broke it. As usual. She timidly asked.

"Max? What's that down there? I thought it was our shadow but it's all wrong. You see, down there?" I looked to where she pointed at the ground where there was a fast, dark moving object. I realized what it was but then it was too late. The next moment the air was full of bullets. I dodged them but two certain bird kids weren't fast enough.

"Max!" Angel yelled her eyes already full of tears. "Get them! Get Gazzy! And Nudge!" I cursed under my breath. The Gasman and Nudge were both plummeting to the sandy earth. We immediately dive-bombed after them. We were fast but not fast enough. I used my warp speed and they got closer. As I grabbed the Gasman I saw his eyes were closed and his shoulder was bleeding. My heart constricted. No please! He's just a kid!

"Maaaaaaaaax!" Nudge yelled. She was flapping one wing and the other was bleeding. I've had my wing shot and let me tell you. Not fun. I grabbed her around the waist and then I noticed we were way to close to the ground. I tried to pull up but I was going way too fast. I thought for a split second. I turned on my back and held Nudge and the Gasman on top of me. I landed on my back and wings and heard several cracks. The pain I felt was excruciating. As I blacked out I heard my name being called a lot. If I was dying then well crap. Maybe it was Ari calling my name. I would love to see him but my Flock needed me and apparently the world. And I kept hearing another name as my minded blacked. A guy named Joe.