I've Been to the End and Back

by for the love of Iggy

A girl finds her way into the FAYZ and dies after a week in the desert. Two days later she's in Edilio's hands and alive again. And the part that scares the FAYZ captives the most: she has wings.

1. Where food, water, and I no longer exist

Okay, so I'm officially an idiot. I promised I would quit fanfiction, start to close up all my stories, and then realize I have the perfect idea for a Maximum Ride/Gone fanfiction.

I. Am. A. complete. Moron.

Disclaimer for the WHOLE story (aka: don't expect another one): I do not own Maximum Ride or Gone. I only own my plot, my OCs, partially some setting, and this extremely retarded keyboard.

Chapter 1: Where food, water, and I no longer exist.

Cursing, I swung my foot out of a snake hole. Why snakes live in holes is a mystery to me. I bent down to take a look at my ankle and groaned when I saw the swollen and bruised skin. I would need to wrap it before I could start walking again, but being all alone in the desert I didn't exactly have a hospital in my pocket. Silently damning all of this snake's kin, I pulled my shirt over my head with much annoyance, revealing a white tank top underneath. Sweat dripped into my eyes as I tore the shirt into one long strip and bent down to wind it tightly around my ankle.

The pain was a welcome distraction from the unbearable hunger and thirst that wracked my body. I had been alone in the desert for one week and two days. At this point I would've happily eaten that snake and its damned kin I was so hungry. There was no way I could go one more day. My muscles were cramping, my mouth was as dry as the ground under my feet, and my face was crusted with dried blo0d. My lips were crac ked and I couldn't stop myself from stumbling every few feet on the rough landscape.

I am slowly dying. Slowly, painfully dying.

I am so close though, there is Perdido Beach. Where the rumors are Sam and his enemy and brother Caine reside. I may have penetrated this impassible obstacle, but I can't survive a few days in the desert. I laughed dryly at the humor of it all. I made it into the FAYZ.

I need to get there, to know that I even made it far enough to see the beautiful church. I felt my foot catch on a rock and I fell hard, hard enough to draw blo0d in my mouth when my chin smacked the ground. My muscles struggled to lift my emaciated body then collapsed under the meager weight. I need to get up but my body, it's too weak.

I failed.

My eyes close slowly, like in a movie, as I unwillingly welcome a sudden dea th like the stranger it is.