A/N:

I'm back with the second chapter of this wonderful story! I have been working on this one for about... two and a half hours or more. I hope you enjoy it! Please leave comments and critisise!

DISCLAIMER! I believe that Maximum ride belongs to the wonderful James Patterson. I only own Rily, Daniel, and Mo (My Characters!)

Anyways...on to the Story!

-Rily

Chapter Two; Plenty of Time

Passing below them was the final grey, stone wall of a place they hated with a burning passion.

"If we never saw that place again, it would be way too soon." Daniel said, his face lighting up with a smile. Below them, people were running amuck trying to find some way to bring them back.

Rily let out a long needed laugh as she nodded in agreement. "Well, lets find a place we can crash for the night, and them we can go look for the flock."

Daniel gave a quick nod to show her he thought it was a good idea. "But remember, we don't have to find them right away, we could take a little vacation, just us, and enjoy being free. We have plenty of time."

"We could, but I think we need to get to the flock soon." She said to him.

Daniel nodded, but his heart dropped. He was hoping that she would agree to a week for just the two of them. He hardly got to see her when they lived in that dreaded lab, so he was looking forward to some time before they met the legendary Flock. He had always liked her, sense the first time they saw each other years ago.

Rily had never flown this long before, and her wing and shoulders were becoming sore. It was nearing night time now, the sun going down. She held her wings straight out, gliding downward slowly.

Daniel copied Rily, dropping toward the ground. This would be his first time too sleep anywhere outside of his cage in about…..ten years. His family was homeless and living on the street. He had been taken off the streets as a little boy and experimented on. He became a bird kid.

Rily had been in the same situation. She was living on the street with her own family, barely scraping by and two men came over to her and snatched her while no one was watching. She had been only four and a half.

They hit the ground running, totally out of breath. They had landed in an abandoned parking lot for a motel. It seemed to be empty so they walked over, letting their wings hang open, dragging on the ground.

"Home sweet abandoned building!" Rily said, slowly opening the door. She looked in, using the quickly fading light of the sun as her light. And sure enough, the only thing in the one room motel was a sleeping cat.

"Looks good to me!" She said, walking in.

"Sure…" Daniel said, following her in. He wasn't as happy to be sleeping in a random building they found.

Rily looked around and saw some old curtains and an old sac of some sort, but besides that, all there was inside was Daniel, the cat who had now woken up, and herself. She walked over to the curtains and pulled then into a corner in two separate piles.

"Here's your new bed!" She said, pointing the crumpled up wad of fabric that was probably blue at one time.

Rily then sat down on her pile and lay on her side. She looked over her shoulder and saw Daniel doing the same thing.

She put her hands under her head and closed her eyes. She was just about to fall asleep when she heard a faint rustling sound. She froze instantly, her whole body going ridged. She held her breath as the sound moved slowly toward her. Very slowly, she positioned her arm to strike when…

"MROW!" The cat meowed in her face. Rily let out a squeak and hopped back. She then looked down at the furry little black puffball. It was about an eight pound black fur ball with big round yellow eyes.

"Hey sweetie!" She said to the cat. It sat there and looked at her, tilting its head back and forth.

"Wha'sgoin'on? Said a now awakened Daniel, a few feet away from Rily and the cat.

"Look at this cute little cat!" Rily said, scooping the cat up as she sat up on her knees. "She's sooooooo adorable!" She held it on her lap, the cat purring and rubbing her head back and forth on her hand. "Let's keep her! I'll call you…" Rily thought for a moment and came up with the perfect name. "MO! I'll call you Mo, because we found you in a motel. Mo-tel! Perfect!" She hugged the very happy can to her chest, cooing to it.

"Whavr…" Said Daniel, rolling over and falling asleep again as Rily curled up on her pile of rags and fell asleep, the cat in her arms.

Rily was awaken the next morning by the warm rays of the sun coming in and hitting her face. She untangled her arms from a protesting cat and stretched. She felt great, but her stomach was growling at her.

"Daniel?" She asked, looking around for him. He wasn't anywhere inside, so she got up and walked to the door. "Come on, Mo!" She called and the cat trotted over to her as she opened the door.

"SURPRISE!" An overjoyed Daniel yelled, leaping out and grabbing her in a hug.

"WHA..?" She managed to say, her sight blocked by Daniel's body.

He pulled away, grinning from ear to ear. "Look!" He said, pulling two burgers out of his pockets. "And…." He turned around, showing her he had on a fully stocked backpack. "We have enough to make it to where the Flock is hiding, I think." He said, handing Rily one of the burgers.

"Oh. Em. Gee." She said, in total shock from what he had gotten. "This is amazing! How did you do it?" She asked, biting a huge chunk of burger off.

"Two words. Wal-Mart. Wings." He said, smiling, eating his burger quickly.

Rily smiled, downing the last bite of burger as he handed her a small piece of meat and a water bottle. "The meat it for the cat." Daniel said as Rily threw it down to a meowing Mo.

"Thanks so much!" She said, totally happy for once. She took a drink of the water and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "I can't wait to get out of this place though, it waaaaaay too hot here." She said. She was wearing a pair of jean shorts that came up to her mid thighs and a short sleeved purple tee shirt. She had on white ankle socks and black tennis shoes.

"Yeah." Daniel agreed. He had on basic dark jean shorts that came down to his knees and a white Under Armor short sleeved shirt. He had black socks and black shoes. He stretched his wings out, the backpack sitting right in between them, and took off, Rily right behind him carrying Mo, who was meowing in fear as she cooed to her.

"Let's hear East, I feel that's the right way." Rily said. She had always had a good sense of direction.

"Kay." Said Daniel, flapping hard down strokes to make himself go higher and catch up with Rily.

A few hours later, they had made it into the Rocky Mountains and were soaring high above them, searching the ground for the flock's house.

After about 30 minutes of fruitless search, Daniel yelled, "There! It looks like a big E!" He took off at high speeds, aiming for it.

Rily smiled and shot after him, holding Mo tightly to her chest so she didn't drop her. They neared the house and slowed down. It was about noon and she could see people moving about in the kitchen.

Must be making lunch. She thought. She and Daniel flapped up and down, bobbing in place as they looked at the house. "Let's hope they'll let this be our new house too." Rily said as she and Daniel flew down and landed in the front porch and folded her wings up. Rily walked right up to the big white front door and knocked on it twice.

A girl, about fourteen by the looks of her, with brown hair streaked with blonde and about Rily's height flung the door open and stared at them.

"Who are you?" She snarled, as five other people filed in behind her.