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Max's POV
"I HATE YOU!" I yelled as a scientist told me what horrible thing they were doing to me. They were entering me into the 75th Hunger Games. A fight to the death on live TV. Not even that, a Quarter Quell! There will be 2 victors, one male and one female, pulled into the reaping and 2 new tributes.
They pulled their sneaky little tricks so only my name was entered into the female reaping. No other new female child will have a chance of being selected for District 12. No one even knows who I am, let alone I have wings! Yeah, you heard right. WINGS. 'Cause these wackjob scientists have nothing better to do in their time besides graft avian DNA into a child. And keep them in a dog crate, poking them with needles, and running tests on them all their life.
See what a lucky girl I am? I get to be abused all my life! How fun, and exciting is that! Not.
"Now Maximum, we have to see how you will do under life threatening circumstances." The scientist named Jeb warned me. I was furious. They want to see how I do under "life threatening circumstances", huh? Well, let's see how they do protecting themselves from an outraged 14 year old bird kid. I kicked the crate door and broke it and jumped out of my cage. What surprised me was that they didn't even try to get me back into the crate. How annoying! Can't they even put up a decent fight? Jeez, if I knew they didn't fight back I would've broke out many years ago!
Jeb smiled and said, "You're free to go Max. Just be there tomorrow at the town center for the reaping. Or we will have to hunt you down." I knew that was a threat. The Erasers (half wolf half human hybrids, who are not a pretty sight to see) would be after me if I didn't show. I made a break for the exit as fast as I Max the mutant bird kid could run. That's all I needed to leave, an exit.
See ya later, suckers!, I thought as I found the back door, ran through it, and took to the sunlit skies. Then I realized this is the first time I ever have flown outside. My heart swelled with joy and I felt the rays of sun hit my body.
Sentimental aren't I, eh?
It felt good to stretch my wings. How about this; it felt good to be out of a freaking dog crate for the first time of my life!
I flew out over the forest of District 12, taking in the sights of the forest and my District in which I've never seen before. I decided to land near this lake in the forest. I looked around and saw a coat hanging on a tree. Hey, a free coat! Why not? It's a great cover up for my wings!
I took the coat and put over me. I walked around, looking for shelter for the night when I saw something. Fruit, sitting in the middle of the ground, calling my name. This is really my lucky day, besides finding out the fact I have to kill people and possibly will be killed on live TV for people's entertainment.
I ran toward the fruit, but before I could get to it I was lifted into the air by my foot. From a snare. Now, isn't that pleasant?
"Damn!" I snarled and tried to rip it off my foot. It's useless. It's on it pretty good. I have to give credit to whoever set that snare down. They know how to hunt.
"You know, stealing is punishable by law." a voice said from down below. I looked down to see a boy, bout 18, leaning against the tree. I struggled a little more.
"You know, sometimes law doesn't protect from child abuse." I retorted, thinking about the 14 years of experimentation on me.
"Well said." he said and went to come help me down. He took out his pocketknife and cut me down from the tree. I screamed when I started falling down from the tree. I'm so pathetic. I had the ground with a hard thud. I landed right on my wing!
"Ouch." I mumbled and stood up. He watched me with a bemused expression.
"Why did you steal my coat? And how did you get up there?" he asked with a grin.
"You know, most people say 'hello' when they see a stranger." I said.
"Hello. Now answer my questions, please." he said and leaned against the tree again.
"I took the coat, because I was cold, and I ended up there, because I saw food on the ground. Hey, I was hungry! And by the way Mister Interrogator, who are you?" I snapped when he laughed.
"Gale. Gale Hawthorne." Gale introduced himself and held his hand out. "And you?"
"Max. Maximum Ride." I said and shook his hand. Then he frowned.
"I've never seen you before, Max. How old are you? 16? 17?" Gale asked.
"I'm 14." I replied. His eyes went wide in amusement.
"You look older than that. Actually, you look older than Katniss Everdeen." He said with a smile. My brow furrowed and I frowned.
"Who's Katniss?" I asked confused, and he gave me a look of disbelief.
"You're saying you don't know Katniss Everdeen. Where have you been all your life?" he said in disbelief.
Um, I don't know. Maybe in a dog crate in a mental psycho owned lab?, I thought, but didn't say out loud. Instead, I said, "THAT my friend, is classified information." I said, pushing my blonde hair behind my ear.
"Um okay. Well, the sun is setting and I really have to get home, so bye." Gale said and took off in the opposite direction. What can I say? I guess I have that affect on people. I found a nice sheltered cave and fell asleep super fast.
And I didn't even have one nightmare. Though that would change sooner than I would have expected.
