Authors Note: So here is my first fanfiction for Maximum Ride and I really want some feedback for it. So don't be afraid to give me some critiques and if you have any ideas for the story, like what you think should happen in it then just tell me in a review and I will give you credit for your ideas.
Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Ready to go.

I woke up that morning with a smile on my face. Today was the day. 20 years ago, Fang and I had gone to a wedding. He left early and when I came home, he was gone.. He had left a note saying that it was better for us to be apart but in 20 years time, if we were still alive that we would meet at Lake Mead. Well, I had no idea if he was still alive but I had a feeling. Fang was smart enough not to be careless, reckless and stupid when danger was around. He was a good fighter and he was a good thinker. I just hoped he hadn't found anyone else. What if he thought I had got together with Dylan? Dylan was part of the flock now but he was nothing more to me. Just a member of the flock..

In the last 20 years, a lot of things had changed but one thing that hadn't changed was my feelings for Fang. I wondered what he looked like. Did he still have those magnificent black wings that looked like they could stretch out for miles? Did he still have those eyes that were so deep I felt like I could just dive into them?

Since Fang had been gone, the flock had still stayed together (including Angel and Dylan). The school had brought back new and improved erasers, robots and human avian hybrids. We had fought them all and had survived. We´ve had few major injuries, just some black eyes, a few broken arms, nothing much worse than that.

I snapped out of my thoughts and got out of bed. I was going to have to go explain to the flock that they weren't coming with me. They thought they were coming with me but if Fang was there, I would want to be alone with him and if he wasn't there.. well, I didn't really want to think about that..

I walked into the bathroom and looked myself in the mirror, I didn´t look old. I didn't look like I was in my thirties. The school had "programmed" us so we didn´t grow pas our teenager stage when me and Dylan met. They thought that we would just live happily ever after in our teens together. Haha but they were wrong. I had no feelings for Dylan whatsoever, I mean he was cute and everything but he wasn't my type.

I finished brushing my teeth and hair then walked into the living room. Everyone looked excited and ready to go; they hadn't seen Fang in 20 years too. I guess I never thought it must be hard on them too, since Fang was like their brother basically.

I looked over at Nudge and Iggy holding hands. I smiled; they had got together around five years after Fang left. I could tell Nudge was totally in love with the way she looked over at Iggy and her eyes glowed. Iggy was now able to see as those eyes that Nudge had found on Itex that Dr. GH made worked. My mother did the surgery, there was only a 25% chance that the brain would actually respond to these new eyes as this type of surgery had never been done before but luckily enough Iggy´s brain seemed to like these eyes so now he can see.

Angel also had a boyfriend, Jack. He wasn't a hybrid like us. He was just a normal teenager but he was sweet. He was cool with the whole wing thing and he came over almost every day to hang out. He was really good to Angel, he didn't mind taking her to the mall and dragging around the store with her. He was falling in love with her, I just didn't know if she felt the same way... I mean she wasn't evil anymore or anything like that, she just didn´t get serious with guys yet.

Well, the gasman was single but happy with it. He had a bunch of friends (that included girls), he just didn´t care about a girlfriend right now. All of his friends were human so it was just kind of hard to have human friends if all of a sudden you might have to do a little up and away action.

And for Dylan, well... he is apparently still in love with me, but you can´t blame him since that's the way he was made. We were supposed to be made for each other but he knew I didn´t feel the same way about him. The main thing was for me to be happy and being with Fang made me happy so he would just have to get over it. Even if he tried to get over it for me, I knew he would still be jealous.

I looked up from my thoughts to see the whole flock looking up at me, they expected me to throw myself into some pep talk about how we needed to all stick together and watch out for incoming danger. I felt bad but I just had to go alone. I know that the whole flock cared about me and would want to help me feel better if something went wrong but I´m the kind of person that needs the alone time most of the time.

"Okay guys, I know that you want to come with me to Lake Mead but I want to be alone. If Fang isn't there then, I will want to be by myself for a little while to think things through and if he is there, well... I think we will want to be alone for a while to talk and stuff..." I said.

The whole flock looked at me, they looked disappointed but I knew they understood and of course Iggy lightened things up with a joke, "By 'and stuff' you mean making out, right?" Everyone laughed and I rolled my eyes at Iggy as he chuckled.

I grabbed my small duffel bag from my room which I had packed with a spare pair of clothes, my toiletries and some food that would last me for a few days. I looked at each one of the flock and stopped my gaze on Iggy, then Dylan. "You two are in charge in case of any danger, but that doesn't mean you can boss everyone around, okay?" I said looking especially at Iggy who just grinned at me. I wasn't one for goodbyes so with that I dropped out of the window and headed for Lake Mead.

What's going to happen? Will Fang be there waiting for Max at Lake Mead? Will he still feel the same way about her if he is there? Will he have found someone else? Well... I guess you´ll have to wait and find out. Reviews make me upload faster!

Bekah xox