Brambleshadow- Hi! I'm Brambleshadow and I will be writing this story with Wingedgreekdragon! First of all, let's all remember that I came up with this idea.

Wingedgreekdragon- BUT I'm writing it. Let's not forget that.

Brambleshadow- whatever, that doesn't matter

Wingedgreekdragon- "glares at Brambleshadow" yes it does. Well, short facts- this story takes place after the third book of the Maximum Ride series, Saving the world and Other Extreme Sports, and during the fourth Percy Jackson and the Olympian book, The Battle of the Labyrinth. Throughout the story the POVs and change and since this is our FIRST fanfiction don't expect too much.

Brambleshadow- you forgot the disclaimer -I, BRAMBLESHADOW AND WINGEDGREEKMONSTER, DO NOT OWN THE MAXIMUM RIDE SERIES OR THE PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIAN SERIES.

Wingedgreekdragon- lets get started with the story already.

Brambleshadow- Here it is!

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Chapter 1: The Shots and the Splat

We were flying over the Pacific Ocean, six average, run-off the mill, mutant bird kids. Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy Angel and I, Max had finally decided that Fang's idea (gasp) might actually be worth considering. So now we had to find some decent island with no freakin' whitecoats. (or robots)

What the hell was that?! Adrenaline rushed though my veins when I realized that there was a boat following us. From up in the clouds it looked very small, but I knew that it was a very large boat, maybe around 50 to 60 feet long and 10 to 20 feet wide. (Raptor vision really helps when you 2 miles above the Earth.) I spied 2 dark blobs on the deck, and then, suddenly, felt a whoosh of air rush past my ear as something shot upwards. I was automatically in full battle mode.

"What the hell……. "

Iggy began falling like a stone from above me, a large pool of blood spreading from his left shoulder, where his wings and his body were connected. He was falling fast. We had to save him.

"Catch Iggy!" I screamed, 10x higher pitched than usual.

We streaked down in the direction he had fallen. With my super fast flying (read the other books), I dove past the rest of the flock and came to Iggy's rescue. I grabbed his good shoulder and arm and tried to slow his fall, until the rest on the flock caught up with us. After a panicked 30 seconds or so, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and caught up with us. They had a tattered blanket in their hands from Fang's backpack, and each one held a corner of the old, gray wool. They managed to get under us and catch us in it, all four of them calm and focused. I pulled myself out of the fabric, and helped hold onto it. We were still sinking, but at slower pace.

"We need to land now," Fang said

"Do you think that those were whitecoats?" Gazzy asked.

"Definitely," the whole flock replied grimly, even Iggy in the blanket.

There was another whoosh and Fang swore loudly. His right wing was bloodied and missing a chunk at the end. It was only the tip, but the bullet had done its job, Fang was losing control. We began to fall like six bricks dropped from the sky.

"We're going to splat on that island!" Angel screamed.

I looked down and cursed. Crap. Of all the luck. The island was getting closer and closer. This was BAD. Way understatement. I held my breath, ready to die. Please don't let God know about the time I stole Angel's ---

SPLAT. Everything went black.

Author's Note~

Sorry this chapter is so short.

Hopefully the next chapter will be longer.

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