A/N: Okay I only got two reviews but i already had this chapter written, so i figured why waste it. Thanks for the comments, hopefully this chapter will be a bit longer, but I'm just doing it as I go so we'll see.
Disclaimer: Like last time sadly I'm not JP, all characters - Max and the Flock, the Flyboys etc - are JP's any other monsters not mentioned in the Maximum Ride books are my own.
Max POV
You're doing the right thing Max
Oh not you again. Where have you been anyway? On vacation?
That's not important. Do what you believe is right Max. It will all come together in time.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Max you okay" Nudge looked at me warily
"Yeah, the voice is back is all"
Great the voice is back which means I have to be doing something right. Right? Angel came over to me and took my hand, she tugged me down so that I was kneeling at her level and looked me deep in the eyes.
"What is it sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"Everything is going to be fine Max, I just know it" she brought her hand up to my face, she closed her eyes and I did the same. Suddenly there was a picture of our old house, the happy times we spent there. Flying through the woods at just over a hundred miles an hour - of course I can do more than that now - helping Iggy with the cooking - what a disaster that was. I hope this isn't a new ability of hers. When I opened my eyes Angel was smiling and so was I.
"It will be like that again Max, it will I promise" silently reassuring myself that I was doing the right thing Angel walked over to where her brother and Total were playing. Iggy and Nudge were beside the tree silently whispering about something, I would ask what later, although I'm not sure I want to know. Fang…well Fang.
"Fang? FANG where the hell are you?"
"I'm here Max. God there's no need to sound so worried anyone wold think you care" he'd done his disappearing act again, quite literally. It's like he's a chameleon or something.
"Don't do that! I sound worried because we've only just got back together as a whole Flock and I don't want anyone disappearing again. Okay?" wow where did that come from. This isn't me, I don't feel. Well I do, but I try not to show it, I have got to keep it together and under control.
The low buzzing sound brought me back to my self, flyboys where coming at us from above and fast. There was about fifty of them, so not that many but enough.
"Guys U and A now. Angel, Nudge take the left. Iggy, Gazzy the right. Fang you and I'll take those in the middle." Fang came up beside me as the rest of the Flock took their place.
"Max do you think this is a good idea splitting us up? You said yourself that you didn't want anyone disappearing" his usual set look softened but became more serious at the same time.
"They can hold their own, we've fought more than this before Fang. I believe in them and so should you"
Well spoken Max, but keep your eye on the goal.
Soon enough the flyboys were on us. Nudge, having mastered the whole magnetism thing, was making them smash into each other and plummet to the ground, Angel was fighting her little heart out, she may look cute but trust me she can be evil when she puts her mind to it. Iggy and Gazzy, they were doing the usual seriously I don't know where they keep all those bombs, I'm so going to have to search them later. Fang went straight into fight mode and I was aiming for the base of the spine, trying to diable them without much luck. The only consolation was that these flyboys were an old model and didn't have guns, otherwise we might have been in trouble.
They put up a good fight but the Flock overcame them with only a few cuts and bruises, most of which were my own. The flyboys littered the ground below us but something else was moving down there. This something was like a shadow flitting across the ground, I looked around at the Flock but they hadn't seen it they were too busy celebrating. When I looked back it was gone.
"Alright lets get out of here guys" I headed West without a thought to where I was going. We flew for what felt like hours passing over towns and small cities. Surprisingly none of the Flock complained about food pangs or being tired, hopefully they were still flying on the adrenaline of the fight.
We were passing over a forest when again something caught my eye on the ground. It was the same shadowlike creature from before, it stopped and looked up directly at us, with my raptor vision I could see it's face or more importantly it's eyes. They were bright white with a black slash down the middle, similar to a cats, our eyes locked and a searing pain started in my head blinding me, it was like when I first started to hear the voice but somehow it felt worse.
I felt my wings fold but there was nothing I could do, the air was whipping past me, I was falling to the ground and I couldn't stop. A piercing sound filled my ears and I soon realised that it was me. I was screaming my lungs out, but I couldn't get enough air into them to breath.
Suddenly strong arms were around me, but we were still falling moving too fast to stop. I was still screaming and I could hear something, no someone mumbling but I couldn't make anything out. The ground came upon us quickly, there was an almighty thump and then there was nothing but darkness washing over me.
A/N: Okay, I'm guessing you know whose strong arms they are but the question is what happened to Max? And who is this shadow like creature? Wouldn't you like to know. There is more still to come I promise, so please review and let me know what you think.
