Deadly Assassins: Mission Flock

This is the sequel to a story I wrote in school with my friend, if you like this story I will post the prequel but it doesn't have the flock in it just the OCs which belong completely to me.

The flock aren't in this story until the third chapter, just for your information.

This is my first ever disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride, that honour is James Patterson's but I sure do want it!

The story so far introduces five children: Lightning who is 15, Thunder is 15 also, Shadow who is 11, Blade who is 10 and Angel who is 8. They are assassins for the US Government and live in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. They are set a mission but they don't want to do it. Then there are loads of complications and the last chapters has a gun to Thunder's head, thinking he will soon die, he admit to Lightning that he loves her. Then Blade, the knife expert of the group, knifes the man holding Thunder in the leg, he drops Thunder but the gun goes off and unfortunately Angel is in the path of the bullet and dies. This is when the rest of them get home…

Lightning's POV

(Will be the whole way through with the assassins but Max's in the flock parts)

I fingered the necklace that held Angel's ashes. I still couldn't believe she'd gone; it was as if she would appear any moment hair bouncing around like always. Thunder pulled me closer and kissed my hair. I broke out into new sobs. Shadow, who had been the first to hold Angel when she was born, slammed her fist down on the table once more.

'It's not fair!' she shouted, then she ran out of the room, stomping up the stairs, into her room slammed her door shut and burst into more tears. Blade was curled up in the fetal position on the floor, shaking. Thunder, who had almost died in the same incident, had tried to hold us together when we hopelessly falling apart. Angel's murder had hit us all very hard. Especially Thunder and I, we took a very parental role in the group and so felt responsible for her death. Thunder felt pretty bad too, his life had been saved, so it seemed, in exchange for hers, as accidental as it was.

You're probably wondering what had happened, well I'll recap. We were being held hostage for not doing a mission and then I agreed to do it but there were complications and the next thing I know, a masked man has a gun to Thunder's head, he tells me he loves me, cliché I know! The next ten seconds were the worst. Blade knifed the man in the leg, he dropped Thunder but the gun went off. Angel, unfortunately, was standing in the bullet's path. We tried our best but it was too late.

I loved Angel so much and now each of us had a diamond necklace (even the boys) containing part of our Angel's ashes. It left a huge hole in each of our hearts; we are all each other has. Her room is practically a shrine to her. We sleep in there sometimes; her sweet scent helps to remember her. Blade keeps having nightmares about that terrible day, I sometimes do too. It is the worst thing that's happened to us, no doubt!

I snuggled closer to Thunder's chest. We stayed like that until tiredness kicked in. I stood up and went over to Blade. I picked him up and his arms snaked around my neck and he put his head on my shoulder.

'I miss her, Li, I really do,' he whispered barely audible, choked with tears.

'I know, Blade, me too,' I replied, taking him upstairs to bed. I had a feeling he loved Angel in a boyfriend/girlfriend type of way. I walked into Angel's room and laid him down on her bed and pulled the covers right up to his chin. I kissed his forehead and left. I walked over to Shadow's room and knocked on the door. A muffled 'come in' came from behind the door. I walked in. Shadow was in bed, sobbing her heart out. I sat beside her and rubbed her shoulder. She pulled her head out. Her face striped with black mascara and eyeliner streaks from the tears.

'I feel so guilty,' she admitted, 'I could've pushed her out of the way and saved her life. I saw it happening, I could've stopped it and we would be happy now, and…' she trailed off into new sobs.

'It's not your fault, sweetie!' I whispered. 'No way could you have stopped it, now get some rest, I'll see you in the morning.' I kissed her cheek.

'Ok, Lies, I will,' she sniffed. I smiled, that was a nickname they hadn't used in years. I gave her a hug and left her be.

When I got back downstairs Thunder pulled me into a hug. I sat on his lap while he played with my hair. Suddenly the phone rang, both Thunder and I jumped. I looked at the clock. One thirteen, it read. I sighed, only one person would ring at that hour. I took a deep breath and stood up, I walked to the phone. I took another deep breath and picked up the receiver. It crackled into life.

'Hello?' I whispered cautiously.

'Ah, Lightning, it's so nice to hear your voice again!' he said, already pushing his luck.

'Get to the point, already,' I said trying to sound bored.

'Sorry to hear of your loss!' he sounded amused, that's when my anger that I'd built up burst out.

'It was all you fault, you lying bastard!' I shouted, tears burning my eyes. Thunder was at my side at once, rubbing my shoulders, his breath was cool on my neck, it always calmed me down.

'Temper, temper,' he replied still testing my patience.

'Just tell me what you want,' I knew I was beaten.

'I've got a new mission for you!'

'We'll do it.' I'd learnt from my last mistake.

'The details are being faxed to you right now.' Thunder heard this and went to the fax machine.

'Great.' I was not looking forward to it.

'Good luck, Lightning. This is going to be your toughest one yet!' He sounded genuine.

'Yes, sir, thank you sir.'

'Oh, you do have manners!'

'You're pushing it now.'

'Very well, goodbye, have fun!' he said.

'Will do. Bye!' I ended politely even though I wanted to strangle him. I put the phone down and walked over to Thunder who was collecting the papers as they came through.

'I'll wake them,' Thunder whispered regretfully, kissing my forehead. I nodded and took the large mound of papers out of his hands. I read the first page.

Attention:

Here is your new mission.

Your targets are: The Flock

Names and Ages: Maximum Ride-15

Fang-15

Iggy-15

Nudge-12

Gasman-9

Angel-7

Reason: These six are genetic avian hybrids, with wings, they need to be retired. There have been many failed attempts to kill these freaks. You are our last hope.

Notes:

Fly to Antarctica

Good Luck

Great, killing kids like us! The youngest was called Angel, reading it made my heart ache, I couldn't kill her, but a mission is a mission. So, Antarctica, cold capital of the world, joy! Tired footsteps and groans came from the stairs. Thunder was carrying Blade. I pointed to the sofas, not trusting myself to speak without bawling. There was a copy of the paperwork for all of us. I handed out the sheets in silence. Everyone read them. The only sound was the occasional paper rustling. I read the rest of mine and then watched as the rest of them finished. After about forty-five minutes, we were all clued-up.

'When's the flight?' Shadow asked, breaking the silence.

'We're still waiting to find that out,' I replied tiredly, I hadn't gotten any sleep in days. 'Though it may be a good idea to start packing.' They all nodded and shot upstairs.

'Remember: Warm Clothes!' I shouted. The fax machine buzzed.

'Thunder, get my stuff,' I shouted again.

'Ok, will do!' he shouted back. We shared my room now, so it wasn't a problem. The fax machine buzzed again. I ran back to the fax machine and picked up the newly delivered paper. It was four e-tickets for a flight to Antarctica from the local airfield to us in Broomfield. It was leaving in two hours time!

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Beth

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