Maximum Ride The Cave Sanctuary

Chapter 1

Flying can be the most amazing thing ever. It's awesome. When it's just you and the infinite, wide open clear blue sky. Well, you and your flock of mutant bird kids… but that's not the point. Anyways as I was saying. Yeah, flying can be the best thing ever. That is when you're not fleeing (like little winged mutant flees) for your lives from the beautiful Flyboys or not forgetting the ever so charming flying erasers. But I mean just flying free, or if your just thinking about nothing. It's bliss.

Right now was not one of those times. I was not enjoying flying one itty bitty bit. I cast a glance back over my flock and almost had to borrow an emo corner. Nudge was talking no stop to a cloud about another cloud, The Gasman was, well you can guess, Angel was experiencing the joys of controlling Total's mind by making him fly in circles singing carameldansen and Iggy was holding his nose while talking to Gazzy about the possibility of putting bombs in food. The most disturbing part was when he suggested trying out something in a vat of beans right in front of me or stealing a can or two from a Wal-Mart somewhere and carrying them around with us.

Is it just me who sees what's missing from the madness?

Fang was watching/ studying me closely. 'Awww boring spoilsport Fang' I thought cheekily to my self with a silent laugh, though it was quickly subdued. Was he watching out for another brain attack? Did he not think I could take care of myself any more? Or was it something else. Things had been weird between us recently. We still had trouble calling each other brother and sister in public (non mutants) because he had kissed me a couple of times. And I had kissed back, before running away of course. Ugh my brain hurt. I rubbed my forehead.

Oh well on the upside I haven't seen eraser Max since Virginia. But now, now what was happening now? I had become lost in a daydream when Nudge finally snapped me out of it.

"Max?" She asked, her big brown eyes staring into mine.

"Yeah sweetie?" I replied

"Where are we going now?" I looked around; all the others were staring expectantly at me.

Well, where do you guys want to go?" Everyone in the flock called out a different place, well everyone except Mr. Grumpy Wings who stayed silent.

'I'm gonna have to keep an eye on him'

"Ok!" I said in my leader tone of voice "Where haven't we been ye-"

I was falling. Fast. I tried flapping my wings as fast as I could. 'Work dang it work!' I thought desperately 'My wings! They're not working!' And just to make it worse, as if I wasn't already feeling like dying, my brain exploded. My scream was torture to my own ears. It was a blood curdling scream like an animal's. As I hit the upper branch of a huge pine tree strong arms encased me and carried me to one of the thick branches. A terrible whimpering, moaning sound reached my ears. It was like a dog being tortured, or a mutant. Then I realize - it was me.

Time seemed to stop but I was vaguely aware of voices and the sense of flight again.

'Stop it! Please let it stop soon! It'll stop it always stops, don't make me leave them!' I prayed silently in my head. Then realized I had spoken out loud when voices, soothing and scared filtered through the painful haze.

Fang. His image often flickered in front of my eyes especially when his voice infiltrated my pained mind. I couldn't take much more of this. I couldn't stay conscious. The numbing darkness was calling me. Almost unknowingly of my mind my eyes flashed open and I could see Fang's worried face above me. My body took a gasping breath.

"I love you Fang"

And then the darkness consumed me.