A/N: this is my first fanfic so read the first couple of chapters and review!
Disclaimer: i don't own Maximum Ride or any of the characters-even if i wish i did!!I do own the ideas for this story thouh sooo thats good enough 4 me.
Chapter 1----Sorting things out
Being a leader sucks sometimes-did you know that? I mean you guys out there living normal lives might be bummed when your put in charge of your little sister or brother for a night but I'm on babysitting duty 24/7.I mean there's only so much I can deal with here.
There's the evil traitor being my dad issue, the saving the world issue, the trying not to get killed issue, the expiration date issue, the Ari dying issue and my biggest worry-Fang, he'd changed……a lot and I guess I miss the old him.
Even flying didn't help to clear my head. Yes, you didn't read that wrong I did write flying, we're not the average bunch of kids. For anyone new on this journey, there's six of us, my family although we're not related by blood. Me (Max),Fang, and Iggy- all fourteen. Nudge-eleven, Gazzy-eight, Angel-six.
We were all experimented on back at an evil place called the school in California and now we have wings. Cool right- only now they want us back badly and we're being hunted by robotic killing machines called flyboys all across America and beyond. And since I'm the oldest I get the fun of making the decisions which determine whether we live or die-basically.
"Max, it's late and well I'm kinda hungry and tired. Well we're all hungry and tired and Angel's starting to feel sick and Iggy says he's about five minutes away from killing Total and using him as part of his next bomb cause he won't stop complaining. But anywho, I was wondering could we land cause we've been flying for ages and I feel like I'm gonna drop out the sky soon if I don't….." Nudge said before I got a chance to interrupt.
Nudge the chatterbox, when she started talking it was really hard to get her to stop.
"I know sweetie, we're all tired and hungry. We can land down….there and go to a shop for something to eat." I said pointing to a large woodland area.
After we all landed and Fang had got food we all sat around a fire Iggy made, he's good with stuff like that even if he is blind.
It was really nice for all six of us to be together again, eating food around a campfire-I'd missed that for the last couple of months. It was a week since the boys got back but things were still different somehow. I mean I'm glad Fang, Iggy and Gazzy are back with us but I just feel like I can't trust them anymore….well not like I used to anyway.
So we just sat there and talked for hours, about Itex, what to do next and what happened when we separated.
"Well anyway, then this weird guy comes across the café and we realize it's the guy from the subway and Fang asks him if there is a way to send a message to every kid in the world and he says yeah and then Fang sends a message to every kid asking them to help save the world….OWH…what was that for.." Gazzy asked Iggy who had just kicked him.
"Whoops ,was I not meant mention that?" said Gazzy sweetly after realizing what he'd just said. This I hadn't been told about, I dropped my hotdog I'd been eating and walked away from the flock into the trees.
I am sooo sick of Fang, he stole half my flock and now he wanted to steal my job of saving the world- boys are SO difficult! I sat down on a log and dropped my head into my hands-this sucked. My whole world just totally sucked lately. I used to feel so connected to Fang but lately I just end up wanting to strangle him.
"hey," I heard a voice behind me and Fang sat down beside me.
" Listen, Max….." he began quietly.
"You know what, I used to always feel like I knew you and that you were my absolute best friend in the world but lately you're not the Fang I spent years of my life with. I have saved your butt more times than you can count yet when it comes down to it you don't trust me. You didn't trust me about Ari or keeping the flock safe or even saving the world- you feel that you have to take over!" I blurted out not meaning to say half the stuff I did and by the end I was almost shouting at him.
There was a silence, I got up to go, this was Fang and I'm pretty sure he hadn't changed enough to apologize. I soooo needed a holiday!
"I'm sorry Max." Fang whispered so unexpectantly it made cough slightly and I sat back down again. "I never meant to do anything to make your life harder. I guess I was just doing what I thought was best- for everyone."
"I know, I just…i just thought you didn't care… I guess." I sighed. Me and Fangs eyes met for a moment and he suddenly shot me one of his rare smiles and I found myself smiling back.
"Course I care" he said quietly as I leaned my head on his shoulder. We just sat and looked at the stars and talked until I gradually fell asleep, my head still resting on Fang's shoulder.
