This is my second fanfic so please no flames. It is based after the end of the 4th book. Adventure, suspense, thrill, and of course, Fax.
Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride. The characters belong to James Patterson. I just like to mess with them a little.
"Ugh." I muttered into my arm as I woke up from my dream.
I won't bore you with all the details: it wasn't good, just depressing. I groaned loudly and rolled onto my side, my back pressed against the cool cave wall. A dark figure was at the mouth of the cave, tinkering with a small object.
"Gazzy, put the bomb away." I ordered as he glanced at me with his big, blue, innocent eyes.
"What bomb?" He asked, pretending he didn't have anything. "Max, I just couldn't sleep."
I glared at him, but inside, felt sorry for the gasman. He had been through a lot for an 8 year old kid. Then again, we'd all been through a lot.
"C'mon Gazzy." I said, my gaze softening a bit as I ruffled his unruly Mohawk. "Try to get some sleep."
He nodded. "Okay, Max." He trudged to the back of our small cave in the Appalachian Mountains and sat down hard.
"Hey, sweetie," I said, walking over to him and giving his hand a big squeeze. "It's going to be alright. We'll make it through. Remember, theres always a plan."
Years of lying with a straight face helped me say that. He just nodded, but I saw a gleam of hope in his eyes.
"Good night, Max."
"'Night, sweetie."
He turned over on his side and was soon breathing deeply.
I checked out the rest of the flock, and for once, everything seemed to be in the right place. Akilla was sleeping curled up next to Angel, who was slowly morphing in and out of her bird girl form. Iggy was sleeping with his hand on Nudge's shoulder, a bit of drool escaping from the corner of his mouth. Nudge was mumbling something about last names and peanuts, and on the far side of the cave was Fang. I could only see where he was because of the laptop floating off the ground, a soft glow coming from its screen. Then, of course, there was Total. He was lying smack dead in the center of the cave, snoring loudly and occasionally talking about the coffee in France, as his baby wings flapped with each breath. I sighed, and lay down next to Fang, and closed my eyes.
Connections are good, Max. Great, I thought. The Voice was back.
Voice, hello, you're back I see, and even more cryptic and annoying. Is there anything else that is utterly confusing to say? Good. Now, I'm going to get some sleep.
Max… the Voice began.
Sayonara! And what do you have against global warming anyway? I knew the Voice well enough to know that it would not answer. Now then, I thought briskly. Back to sleep-
You are hunted, Maximum Ride. You will not last long if you don't complete your mission soon. Start at the Itex branch in Maine. You will know where to go from there.
The inhuman voice faded from my head and I rolled my eyes. I had defied death and impossible odds before. The Voice really knew how to make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Most people would worry about those words, but I wasn't most people. I glanced at the outside of the cave. I only had a couple more hours of rest. Curling up beside Fang, I closed my eyes and slept.
The star like things the asterisk thingys
The second time I woke up, I felt fresh and wide awake. Jumping to my feet, I made a fire where Gazzy had been playing nuclear scientist last night.
"Everybody get up!" I yelled, smashing together two rocks. "We're leaving soon! Let's go, go, GO!"
When I woke everybody up, I liked to do it with a bang. Everyone sprang to their feet, ready for action.
"Oh my god, Max!" Nudge began, taking a big breath. "I had the coolest dream! Itex and all the people that wanted to kill us disappeared! We all found our parents and lived together in a big house!"
I smiled at Nudge, letting her enjoy her fantasy.
"That would be awesome, Nudge."
Iggy walked over to the fire and asked "Do you want me to take over?" indicating the scrambled eggs with his hand.
"Sure." I said, feeling relief to handing the job to Iggy. He actually knew how to cook. Then something occurred to me. "Iggy, how did you know where the breakfast was?"
He frowned concentrating for a long moment as he glanced in the direction of the eggs. A smile slowly started to creep onto his face.
"I can see yellow! That's awesome! Max, do you think that over time I'll be able to see completely?"
"I hope so!" I yelled to him, grinning from ear to ear as the rest of the flock clustered around and congratulated him.
Everyone was so happy for him; he got a part of everyone's food. I laughed along with the rest, throwing in a bit of bacon too, but something was wrong. I glanced at Fang, and he gave a slight nod. I tapped the back of Iggy's hand twice and started walking stiffly towards the cave entrance. The others, catching the drift, followed. The Voice's words came back to me and I started to run.
"Up and away!" I shouted over my shoulder as my wings snapped open and I jumped into the air. Even in danger, it still felt great to fly like this. I looked down and saw about 50 invisible warriors, gleaming slightly in the suns early glow. And to make things better, they all had machine guns.
"Angel, can you mess with their minds?" I asked hopefully looking at her as bullets whistled by my head.
"I'll try!" she yelled at me, but didn't look very confident.
"Guys, don't fight, run! Gazzy, now would be a good time to use your odorous power for distraction!" I yelled to the flock. "Fang, how is Akilla doing?"
"Fine." He answered. "Total is really helping!"
Total was flying below Akilla, pushing her back legs into the air. A cloud of sickly green colored gas billowed into the air, courtesy of the gasman.
"Whew!" I yelled, pinching my nose. "Nice one, Gazzy!"
He turned and nodded at me as we flew above the cloud, which had coated the ground like a thick fog. I laughed.
"Suckers!"
The flock nodded, laughing too.
"Let's go, guys. We're going to the Itex branch in Maine."
They looked confused, but nodded.
Well, Voice. It looks like you really meant it. I thought.
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