Ok this is my first published story so… here goes! Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. I'm, sadly, not James Patterson :'(

Chapter 1

Faster! Faster! Faster!, yelled my mind. My body, unlike my mind, wanted to stop. I wanted to give in to my body but I knew that to stop was to surrender.

The sound of bloodhounds following me made my blood curl. I was fast, faster than every one in my school, but not even I could escape a bloodhound. Yes, I thought, there is a forest ahead, I could lose them. I ran and ran until my lungs were on fire, my arms were torn to ribbons (by being scratched so many timesby branches), and my legs were about to give up on me.

Just a little longer, I urged myself. I had lost them but I kept running. I didn't know who I was running from or where I was. I saw a hilly clearing up ahead and was already claiming victory.

That is, until I saw the people I was trying to get away from. One of them pointed his gun at me and shot. Instead of a normal gunshot, 'Wake up Max!' rang through the woods. When the bullet hit me, I felt the ground move under me. I was blinded by a bright light.

'Goodbye world' was my last conscious thought.

Sorry it's so short. It looked way longer when I wrote it. Anyway please read and review…..