Hi! Umm...well...I know that I shouldn't be posting a brand spanking new story when I haven't been updating my other ones. But, I PROMISE, that I will update ALL of my other ones TODAY! Yay! Okaaaaay, so I'm only posting this once:

DISCLAIMER: I, xmoonlightxwingsx, DO NOT OWN MAXIMUM RIDE.

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I unlocked the apartment door and walked in. I hung the keys up on the hook, shrugged off my jacket, and looked up. I saw two people on the couch, talking intently, looking up upon my arrival.

"Rileigh! So nice of you to join us!" the woman called, her light green eyes twinkling.

I scowled. "Gee, Mom, I feel so special. You leave us for six years, and then come back like nothing has happened. I'm sooo glad to see you!" I exclaimed, sarcasm laying thick in my tone.

"Rileigh," dad said warningly.

"Rileigh, I understand that you don't like me—"

I cut her off. "Don't like you? It's more like hate," I growled.

"But," she resumed, "I left for you and your brother's protection."

"Our protection? The only thing you did was hurt Lex and I."

"Rile, come sit," dad said, gesturing to the seat beside him. I crossed my arms and set my jaw.

"Why should I?"

"Rileigh Emerson!" dad shouted. I inched toward the couch, careful not to go by my mom. I sat down rigidly, staring at the wall above her head.

"Rileigh, I need you to listen and listen carefully." She waited for acknowledgement, but continued anyway. "Lex is dead." Those three words made me snap my head toward her and stare at her, shocked.

"Lex can't be dead. He told me that he wasn't going anywhere last night. He promised!" I cried, trying to keep any tears from welling up. "You're lying!" I tried desperately.

She looked sadly at me. "I'm afraid not. I called Lex last night to warn him that they were coming. Once they found me, they tracked down my family. It's only a matter of hours before they come for you, Rileigh. They found Lex coming home from work. You're in—"

"NO!" I yelled, leaping up from the couch and heading towards my room. She grabbed my arm with a shockingly strong grip.

"Listen to me, Rileigh. You're in heaps of danger. I held them off for eighteen years. That's why we were always moving, always changing our names. Every time they had a lead on me, I made us move."

"You're insane," I whispered, trying to convince myself.

"I'm not. There's a whole different world out there that you don't even know about. A whole different world that I've been hiding you from for the past sixteen years."

"And Lex was part of this world, wasn't he?"

She nodded, letting go of my arm. "What am I? What is this world?"

"You are 2% cougar and 2% avian."

"Show them to her, Dylan," dad said calmly. As she rolled her shoulders back, fifteen foot wings exposed themselves, touching wall to wall in our living room.

"Oh. My. God," I breathed. They were pure white, with light green and white primary feathers. She furled them back up, and then showed the cougar. Her green eyes became cat like, her fingernails and canines elongated. It made you want to shrink back into the wall.

"This is what you are," she said when she was back to normal. "This world is genetically enhanced. Maximum Ride thought she saved the world from the whitecoats. She didn't. In fact, Maximum Ride and her Flock were murdered by something sixteen years ago. And now they're after us."

"But why?"

She looked at me, her green eyes unnerving. "Because Maximum Ride is your grandmother. She's my mother."


DUN DUN DUN! Okay, I'll post the other chapter to this when I have five reviews. I already have it written, so REVIEW IF YOU LIKED IT. IF YOU DIDN'T, STILL REVIEW! The green button is very lonely. :[