Summary: When Max leaves the Flock to investigate the Kira case on her own, what will she do when a mysterious stranger introduces himself as the greatest detective in the world? Why is his successor giving her the chills? and how can this help bring down Itex?

Never have i ever been a wonderful manga artist/writer. Nor do i write those wonderful books about those six flying children and their dogs. Therefor, i own neither Death Note or Maximum Ride.

Max

Alone. In Japan. Tons of Erasers, everywhere I looked. Or was I paranoid? It was hard to tell. I had come to investigate the Kira case that had become so widespread throughout the world. And to find that one guy, what was his name? L or something. F maybe? And how was the flock since I had left them?

I shifted in my tree, trying to get more comfortable. If I thought much more, my brain would explode. Metaphoricly. I shifted again, and took out the laptop I had taken with me. Fang would kill me for it when I saw him again.

If I saw him again.

I scowled and pulled up Fang's blog. I read the most recent post:

You are reading Fang's Blog. Welcome!

Today's Date: Already Too Late!

Max, where are you???

Yo, Max, where are you? Since you've been gone, the Erasers have stopped chasing us, it seems. But that means theyre after you, Max. Where'd you go? Nudge isn't talkative, Iggy's cooking skills have slipped, nothings exploded in two weeks, and Angel is moping around.

I miss you. We miss you. Please come back, Max.

Fly Back Home,

Fang

I just sat there looking at the screen. I realized that in that short post, I had begun crying. Crying! Where was the sense in that? I never cried. Before I could think, my fingers flew across the keyboard:

Fang:

Im sorry I left: There was something that came up. Im pretty sure it can help defeat Itex, but If it dosent I might not make it back. I couldn't take that chance with the whole flock. Kill me if and when I get back; this is something that I have to do alone.

The One and Only,

Maximum Ride

I shut the laptop and stuck it back in the backpack, and tried to settle down into sleep, and was awoken when a clawed hand pushed me out of the tree.

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L

Something was off.

L could not place it; He just knew that something was different tonight. He sat at his computer, hunched up so that he could think better. He knew by experience that this was the best way for him to think. Something subconscious clicked; and his finger unbiddenly flew across the keyboard. He let them write themselves. If this was connected to the Kira case, he would be one step closer to solving the mystery that had taunted him for so long.

But what he saw didn't make sense. It was the name of a childrens park down the road. But, L thought, what if?

What if this was useful? What if this could tell him how Kira killed? What if? Questions raced through L's head. His wide, dilated eyes stared at the screen. Finaly, he pressed the com button.

"Mr. Yagami, Light and I need to borrow your car. It will only take a moment, we have an errand we need to run."

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