A/N: this chapter is being rewritten cos it sucks. ok? the rest of the story is a lot better.

The Ride Legacy

Prologue

What happened? After losing Angel, Max just couldn't take any more stress. The flock and Fang-gang were still searching through the rubble when Max finally broke down.

She had sat on a piece of wall and cried, muttering about how she shouldn't have let Angel spy on the Doomsday group. Fang tried comforting her, but Max went into a rage and almost killed him. Dylan tried singing, but it didn't work like it had before. I think Max might have some old Viking Berserker blood in her somewhere. Anyway, the strong girl had to slam her into the ground and knock her unconscious. I'm not sure what happened after that, but after going back to find Ella, there was even more trouble.

Ella was still a semi brainwashed zombie, but with wings. The fast girl did the "Scream of Sanity" while running around Ella. Max was still depressed. Having Ella back just meant she got reminded about her mom missing a lot more. 'Max… The world is in chaos, and the Doomsday Group are causing most of the trouble, but all the Gen-77 kids want freedom; that's why they follow the cult.' Max's Voice was right, the kids wanted freedom without restraint. But Max knew there would need to be laws, governments and such after the apocalypse. But what was the apocalypse? The poison gas seemed to be the only viable cause so far. 'The end of the world is coming, soon.' The Voice had said, 'Only you will be able to restore order. Jeb and Dr. God were right you know. You need a dynasty, a legacy. Something to continue on, even when you no longer live.' I haven't been told anything about how Max went through with saving the world, and I'm not sure I want to know, but I'm thankful for one thing.

Sometime near the end of the adventure (in the middle of a make-out session with Dylan, ((eww!)) somewhere in Europe), she said the greatest thing ever: 'Dylan… Bah! Screw it. I'm going to Germany.' And so they went and, uhh, did you know what… but the flock only had a couple of happy days in Germany before they teamed up with the Fang-gang again and got rid of that so called 'One Light'. Then there was the Apocalypse.

Meteor showers. Most were small but the planet got bombarded for almost a year straight. The bigger meteors didn't do the most damage through impact, as many would have thought, but instead it was the heat that was the main killer. The ground dried out quickly, and the surface became more and more desert like and time went by. Underground cities were formed, and sea levels rose by about 15 meters, it would have been 20 but the asteroids were hot enough to evaporate 5 metres of it. Lots of land was lost, but there were heaps of earthquakes. Maybe in hindsight the underground cities weren't such a good idea. They got flooded and tended to collapse in the quakes. Amazingly, the internet and most wireless connections still worked long after the Apocalypse.

What was left of the world was just a burnt out carcass. Shells of buildings and wreckage of civilisation littered the landscape. So this is the new DC.

Welcome to the wastelands.

disclaimer: i dont own maximum ride... or the flock... but i named the fang-gang! i think... but i dont own them either. i own nothing but a thrilling prolouge at this point. im rambling, i have shugar rush :D

sorry if this chapter is crap, but dont worry, the rest of it is a lot better; i just had to set down a bit of history, you know?

review! tell me what you think!