Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. I wish I did. I dream of owning a book period. But I don't. Sorry.
A/N: Hey everyone. I thought I'd take another shot with Maximum Ride. I'm please about how this one worked out. It is very promising. Don't expect a chapter every week. I will try to write several chapters so that I have slack. Please read and review. I will give you a cookie if you do. Hehe. Enjoy. Please tell me what you think.
No longer. I couldn't stand this. The School was too much for me. It was night and I had been able to pick the lock on my cage. "No one will notice..."I thought.
I opened the cage and it emitted the familiar rusted metal sound. I couldn't tell you how many times Ari had snuck me out into the rain to punish me. As I quietly sneaked out, I saw my friend, Gabriella looking out at me. She was partial lizard. Her cage had been next to mine for a very long time. We had become friends and she was the only part of The School that I would miss. She stared at me. She said nothing; she had lost her voice years ago when they had worked on her, but still, I knew exactly what she was thinking. "Where are you going?" Her worried eyes asked.
I looked into her eyes "Listen, I'm sorry Gabi. I have to leave. I will come back for you though…Someday." I said softly. For a moment I thought about it. Could I really do that? Could I really come back for her? Maybe not…I couldn't be sure. Even Gabi knew that. Her eyes told me. I started again "If I don't…remember me." She nodded solemnly, her eyes still full with concern. "Goodbye Gabi." I squeezed her hand and sneaked out of the room before any of the other mutants could see the tear that went down my cheek. "It was dark and it's okay to cry," I told myself. No matter. It was over anyway.
I crept down the hospital white hallways. All was silent. I opened a door quietly. I turned to see several computers still online. Perfect. I sat down in front of a computer and peered over the monitor. There was a window. It looked out onto a long platform that led to several bird cages. The testing room. I grew up there. It was where some of the mutants were put when they were still being worked on. I remembered the fear of seeing nothing but black below and above me. About once every week a doctor came to check on these patients. But there were more rooms like this. More mutants that were being abused. It was painful.
I focused all my attention back to the computer. Something inside nagged at me and told me that this was too easy. I didn't care. Some of the work had already been done for me. The rest was easy. I clicked on the icon that said 'experiments,' then clicked on 'avian experiments.' There, I saw seven experiments, including my own. I printed out each and every one of pages of the information on the other bird children. I was not shocked that there were more like me… More like pleasantly surprised. I needed to find them…and fast. Lastly, I printed out my own. Next to each one of the names, was a small rotating picture of the experiment. I memorized the pictures and the information, in case I should lose it. It was important. Very important.
I hurried out of the room, as fast as I could. It was time to get out of here. I walked so fast that I neglected to notice that I walked through a red security beam. The sirens started howling. I fumed for a moment and broke into a run. All around I began to hear yelling. I ran faster. They'd set the Erasers after me.
I heard the unmistakable voice of Ari yelling. He knew what had happened. He knew exactly who had gotten free. "You idiots! It's Arthur!" There was silence. No one knew my real name. Heck, no one knew the name I had given myself. Cherubim.
I ran as fast as I could. I could hear the Eraser's big furry feet pounding after me. I pushed open a door and felt open air. I was in what Ari called, "the playground", the only actual place where they let us out of our cages. It was only to make sure out legs still worked and to see if we'd been defective or not. Not that it really mattered to them. I stuffed the printed pages in my pocket and prepared to take off.
I snapped open my silver wings. They stretched in the open air. They hadn't been out in a while. They caught on to the air, just as the Erasers, Ari and Jeb rushed through the door. Ari yelled insults after me. Some of them are not fit to write down on paper. Jeb just stared at me. I knew he cared nothing about me which was more than he offered to Ari. He loved the Flock. I was about to become one of them. He was in the middle of admiration and anger. He was angry that his last experiment was leaving. But he still admired seeing me fly. He thought his experiment was complete. But as he became more distant and more distant, I frankly didn't care. I was going to find the Flock.
A/N: I do hope you enjoyed it. I think this is going to be a great one. Please do enjoy.