Hello. Ok so this is my first one and if it sucks I'm sorry.

Disclaimer for whole story: I am not James P. and I am not going to repeat myself throughout the story. Cause personally I find there is no point to these things.

MAX POV

The night sky was full of stars, but my attention was elsewhere. To be specific it was directed in front of me. It was focused on the boy with midnight eyes that I had run from twice. No more though. I came to terms with my greatest fear and secret. I Maximum Ride am in love with Fang, so I leaned in and…

That was when I woke up. Please tell me you knew it was a dream cause I sure didn't. Gasping for breath I looked around me at my sleeping flock. Iggy was on third watch, Gazzy fast asleep next to him on the ground. Nudge, Angel, and Total were also snuggling together on the ground. Then there was midnight eyes himself. Fang was sleeping on the branch below me since we both preferred trees. Ironic in more ways than one.

The best part about that dream was the fact that it was just a dream. I mean come on, I was about to kiss Fang! And I said I loved him, which I don't. I think. Wait, what am I saying, of course I don't. Saviors of the frickin world who also happen to be mutant freaks do not fall in love. Love makes things way too complicated. Yet, a small voice always wonders if I'm using my skills of deceit to lie to myself.

And no it's not the Voice, this one is actually my own. I'm surprised that it hasn't chimed in with a useless piece of annoying info. After giving us coordinates to Washington State, it has finally shut up.

During my deep thinking, I hadn't noticed that I was inches away from the edge of my branch. You can guess what happened. I fell. Right on top of Iggy.

"Holy crap! What the hell are you doing Max?!" Iggy yelled, effectively waking the whole flock. As soon as they caught sight of us they started laughing hysterically, except for Fang, who smirked.

"I fell," I hissed back, "do you seriously think I did this voluntarily?"

Iggy laughed as he whispered "You're right, Fang's a bit more your type." On that note I scrambled up, running into Fang, making Iggy laugh, and Angel grin.

"Well, since we're up, Iggy make breakfast" I ordered getting rewarded by a satisfying scowl.

As all the kids finished waking up, Fang grabbed my arm and forcibly dragged me to a secluded tree. "Why are you so jumpy this morning?" His voice was just above a whisper, his eyes staring into mine. "Who says I'm jumpy?" I jut out my chin as I reply, shrug out of his grasp, and go back to the others.

"So, Ig what's for breakfast?" I calmly ask indicating that the previous incident was to be forgotten. "Well, Max-" but he was cut off by the sound of buzzing from above us. Flyboys. Crap.

"Erasers, too" Angel added after reading my mind. "What? I thought they were using those electro dorks." Gazzy commented with a very confused look on his face. Nudge too, was looking confused. "Who cares, lets just kick but. U and A!"

There were 150 flyboys, and a few erasers. I started kicking and punching not even paying attention, just trying to survive.

Fang was working on fifteen flyboys, Iggy was fighting three erasers at once, Gasman was throwing bombs (first Iggy now him. Jeez), and Nudge and Angel were teaming up to take our enemies down. Total was helping out the girls by biting ankles.

We were doing great, but eventually we would start to tire. By the time we got it down to fifty, we were losing pretty badly. Suddenly two bird-kids came swooping in, and in ten minutes we were back on the ground. Iggy was working on wounds while I started on the new comers.

"Who are you?" I ground out. The two were a boy and girl. Both about my age and looked to be twins. The guy was tall shaggy red-brown hair, and green eyes. Let me say that those were definitely some eyes you could get lost in. I heard Angel giggle. The girl was a bit shorter with short dark brown hair, and the same eyes. The boy had white wings with black tips, while the girl had pure gray. I'll admit they were pretty. I don't know about you, but I do not trust pretty people.

The boy spoke. "I'm Rust and this is Vision. When we saw you guys ditch the mutant school, we decided to follow." He paused and took a deep breath. "Can we join your flock?" I looked behind me, they were stunned, except Angel, who I'm sure already knew.

I did know. Max, say yes.

Why should I?

Because you know it's the right thing to do.

Stay out of my head!!! Miraculously, it listened for once.

What? Max are you ok?

Sorry. Voice made a reappearance. Continue sweetie.

Ok, well, they saved us, and are telling the truth. Please. I have a really good feeling about them.

That was when I made the mistake of looking back at her. Seeing the dreaded bambi eyes, I sighed knowing I would regret this later.

"Fine, on a trial basis. I'm Max," I then began pointing at the flock, "that's Nudge, Iggy, Angel, Gasman, and Fang. Oh, and the dog is Total." I heard Total mutter "How rude." I choked back a laugh and continued. "Now that that's settled, lets set up camp." I had a feeling this was gonna be a long night.

That night we sat around the fire as the twins began their story. Rust spoke first. "We escaped the school a few months back, and we were found by those government people. That's really all."

Sounds like another Fang. Oh joy.

"Why are you named Rust? Is it cause of your power? Can you rust metal? Cause I can control metal, so I'm not sure if that would really-" Gazzy clapped a hand over Nudge's mouth.

Rust just laughed, and continued. "I'm named Rust cause of my hair. And actually my power is a lot different. I can turn invisible." Our eyes widened. "Even when you move?" Gazzy whispered. "Of course."

This was bad. Invisibility was Fang's power, and I have a feeling he is not too happy about this.

Iggy broke the awkward silence. "What about you Vision?" Is it just me or did Iggy just blush. "I can project visions into people's minds. Meaning I can make people see things." Vision looked at the ground as if we would….well, I don't know but she looked ashamed. That is until…

"That's so cool." "Seriously? You should make Gazzy see pink." "Oh man, you so gotta show us." "Very nice." Vision smiled and added "You guys can call me Vissy."

The talking continued until it was time for the younger ones to go to bed. They all fell asleep with a chorus of "welcome to the flock"s. I looked around. Iggy was talking to Vissy while Total was in her lap looking up with admiration (She had called him the most handsome, brave, and dignified dog she had ever met. Even I had to admit, the girl was good.) I could feel Rust's eyes on me while doing my 360, but Fang was no where in sight.

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