Chapter 1

Facing imminent death really was—is an everyday thing for me and my family, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, Total- our talking dog, and me the great Maximum Ride.

I know what you're thinking "wow she's full of herself" but if you lived like we did—do you wouldn't think that's "full of myself." You see we grew up in a lab, like, well, lab rats, in cages. Being chased by erasers, and no not the rubber ones, the ones that also were made in a lab, only they are trained to kill us.

It's like going against your own team but whatever. We escaped from what we call the School which is the labs I previously talked about. We are on the run, alone, 6 kids, one blind one, one mind reading six year old and our talking dog, oh but did I mention we have wings and that none of us know where we truly came from, of course I didn't.

Get ready for the maximum ride, welcome to our nightmare.