Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the Maximum Ride series. I am not getting paid for this. This is purely for fun.
CHAPTER 1:
Strangers
"I want to go and pick strawberries today," Angel said firmly, scooping up a forkful of scrambled eggs. "They're ripe now."
"Okay, Angel, I'll go with you," said the Gasman. Just then he let rip one of his unfortunate occurrences and giggled.
"Oh, jeez, Gazzy," Max said disapprovingly.
"Gas… mask!" Iggy choked out, grasping his neck and pretending to asphyxiate.
"I'm done," Fang said, getting up quickly and taking his plate to the sink.
"Sorry," the Gasman said automatically, but he kept eating.
"Yeah, Angel," said Nudge. "I think the fresh air would do us all good. I'll go too."
"We'll all go," Max said.
Iggy suddenly stiffened in shock, making Max and everyone else go on edge as well. Listening, no one else noticed anything unusual. Please don't be Erasers, Max pleaded silently inside her head.
"Erasers?" Fang whispered to Iggy.
"Who else could it be?" Iggy whispered back.
The Gasman listened hard as well. "They wouldn't have been able to get here without a chopper. Even I would be able to hear that."
A soft knock came at the kitchen door from outside of the house. Strangely, the knock seemed hesitant, as if the visitor didn't want to scare them. Polite Erasers? That would be new.
Fang looked over at Iggy. "How many?" he whispered.
Iggy looked frustrated. Then he started communicating in code. He shrugged. I don't know. He held up one finger and shrugged again. One, maybe. Suddenly, Iggy seemed to hear something else and added a second finger to the first. Two…
"What do we do, Max?" Nudge whispered in alarm.
Max thought for a second. Then she shrugged and looked at Fang. She pointed toward the front of the house. "Out the front?" she asked him in a whisper.
Before he could answer, another knock came and a female voice yelled out, "We're not going to hurt you! We just want to talk! We're like you!"
They all looked at one another. After a moment, Fang rolled his eyes and mouthed, "They must be lying." All of a sudden, they all heard an argument start outside. They couldn't tell what the argument was about though.
Once the argument stopped, they all tensed as a male teenager maybe three years older than Max appeared at the kitchen window. Before any of them had a chance to either run or start a fight, nineteen-foot black crow-looking wings unfurled from the strangers back.
They all jumped in surprised and froze for a long time. Iggy was the one who broke the silence. "What's going on?" he whispered in frustration, not seeing a thing.
Gasman was the one the one who answered. "He has wings," he said in wonder.
Nudge spoke next. "Maybe they are like us," she said softly.
Fang just stared at the wings without speaking or moving.
Angel cocked her head at the stranger, then she looked at Max. "I want to let them in," she said aloud.
Max didn't know what to do. Whatever she decided would have an impact on everyone. She decided to leave it up to a group vote. "Do we let them in, guys?" she asked them, still whispering.
While Nudge and Angel immediately nodded, Fang and Iggy immediately shook their heads. Max looked at Gazzy. After a second, he slowly and uncertainly nodded. That left her vote. After debating for a moment, Max walked to the door hesitantly.
Anyone who'd been sitting stood up just in case. Fang tensed, but Max noticed he didn't try to stop her at all.
"Max," Iggy protested apprehensively, shaking his head again.
Taking a deep breath, for better or worse, Max opened the door.
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I hope you enjoyed the start of this story. I don't know the next time I'll update however. My Vampire Diaries fanfiction is more important to me because I'm in love with Damon Salvatore.
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