Disclaimer: I do not own max, or anything mentioned in the MR series
Chapter one
Have you ever flown? With wings? Probably not; but it is so amazing! It is- there is no word to describe it really. The closest thing I cant think of that's anything like it is riding on one of those glider-thingies. It is awesome to feel the wind rippling my feathers and the rays of the sun gently rolling off of my back.
"Max!" called Gazzy.
"Hmm?" I asked, shuffling out of my trance.
"Where are we heading?" he asked me.
"Umm," think Max. Make up something quick. "It's a surprise?"
Great. Real smooth, Max, real smooth.
He huffed and flew over to Iggy, probably to discuss bombs or something.
As you all know, I'm Max. It's been a year since you left us above Lerner's School. My baby is now 7, and her brother is now nine. Talk-a-lot Nudge is now 12. Ig, Fang, and I are 15- or they could be 15 and I could be 16, I don't know. Total now has black wings, but can't use them for more them an hour at a time. He's God knows how old.
"Max?" came a quiet voice right above my ear.
I jumped and turned over. "Yes, Fang?"
He pointed behind us. I took a look and saw Nudge and the Gasman about to fall asleep in midair and Iggy holding a sleeping Angel and Total. Oops. Had I really been ranting for that long? Wow.
I turned to Fang and said, "Find a place to land."
"Okay."
I looked down, searching for a clearing or something to spend the night in.
"Max, there," Fang said, pointing downward. Aww- it was a small clearing with a brook running along the edge into a small grove of trees.
15 minutes later, I was searching through my pack, looking for some food when I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up straight.
"Hey Fang, do you have any food in your pack?" I asked, wondering whose pack had the food.
"Lemme check," he answered, sloping away to his pack. He searched through it and a little black box popped out. I was about to ask him about it when I heard the all too familiar voice of our friends the Flyboys.
"Shit," I muttered, "Ok, everyone up in the air!"
Fang put all the stuff back into his pack, except the little black box.
Quickly, I grabbed the thing, put it in my pocket, and shove Angel into the air before launching into the air myself
Well, I thought grimly, let the battle begin.