Look! 2 chapters in one day! Yes, I really am slipping. My poor Twilight fic needs to be typed up but I'm too lazy. Plus, making up new stories that are going somewhere at the point and time is more fun! …right? Anyway, two chapters in one day. Whoo!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the charries of Maximum Ride. Or places for that matter. Sleuth and Stormi are mine however and I take all parental rights.

Stormi: You are NOT our mother.

Sleuth: nods

Even my own children abandon me…

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Stormi

"You mean to tell me," Sleuth started in, "That there are bird-people out there?" He gave me his "whatever" look and rolled his eyes slightly. "On top of that, you bit one. Great."

"What? I bandaged it up! I really didn't mean to bite him." I shot back as I chewed on a piece of meat. Sleuth sat chewing quietly. He was most likely formulating a plan. After eating, I tossed the bones back into the woods.

"These people have wings, right?" Sleuth suddenly asked his short, black hair falling in front of his face while he spoke, "Then could they be…another project of the School's?" I hated how he seemed to figure these things out before me. It was true. The School really did do weird things to innocent animals and kids.

"I guess so. My question is however, how come they aren't at the School then? Did they break away?" I asked although it was pretty much a rhetorical question. With a sigh I looked up into the oncoming twilight. "I'm going to go out on a walk. I'll be back before dark."

I needed to sort things out in peace. If I was to find out who and what they were I'd have to meet them again. That is…if I could find them. They could fly and probably perched in trees. As I sauntered along, I felt a shadowy presence file in behind me.

"I know you're there Sleuth." I said turning over my shoulder. Except, well, the person behind me wasn't sleuth. It was one of the bird-people. "Holy crackers!" I whispered to myself before searching for an exit. The trees were so thick the only way back would be to run and jump over it. It was so tall though. On average I cleared five foot six inches no problem. This guy was huge though.

I backed up slowly, I had to plan this jump carefully. As I began to run forward, I felt something tug at my shirt. Quickly, I spun around to see a little girl no older than eight. However, she was one of them too.

"Hey, are you the wolf-lady Max told us about?" she asked innocently. I scrunched my face up and looked at my options. Actually, I was pretty much trapped. With a sigh I slumped to a sitting position up against the nearest tree. Before I passed out from fear, I could answer a question… or two.

"Who is Max?" I asked while playing with my collar. I noticed that the big guy didn't flinch when the reflected light hit his face. Could he be…blind?

"You don't know who Max is?" the little girl questioned. Her cute features had screwed themselves up into a weird scowl. "Well, she's about this tall, and has blonde hair with pink in it. She's usually with Fang. He's about this tall, and has tawny colored hair."

Although I was caught up in her adorable stretching, I remembered the hot pink girl and the one named Fang. "So that's his name…" I mumbled. The little girl bounced over to me. I now noticed she was holding a little angel bear and a schnauzer was tagging along behind her.

"Whose name?" she asked a mere inch away from my face.

"Angel, quit pestering the woman." the tall guy said as he sat down on a rock. So now I knew two names. Fang and Angel. Just how many more of them were there anyway?

"I wish you could see this Iggy! She has wolf-ears! She's really cute too!" Angel stated as she looked over at the tall one. Ok, I had three names now. Fang, Angel, Iggy. Also, I guess I was right about Iggy. I wonder what made him blind…I thought absentmindedly. "Here," Angel demanded, "Hold Celeste while I go find the others."

Swiftly, she put the bear in my hands and started to jog off, "Angel, that won't be necessary hun! Angel! Oh God, please don't have them--"

"Woah! You really are a wolf-girl!" a bright haired blonde said as he ran into the clearing with Angel. Was it just me or was my day getting more and more exciting? With a deep sigh, I pressed my free hand across my forehead.

"Yeah! How cool is that? Well, I don't mean cool as in actually neat, but you know as in kind of awesome in it's own unique way. I'm so glad that there is others like us out there. Isn't that cool Gasman?" They all were circled around me like vultures around a carcass. As Angel pranced back to my side, I gave her back her bear.

"I've really got to go now. My brother will be worried about me." Angel looked at me with big blue eyes and I melted. How sweet was she? "Thank you for giving me the privilege of holding Celeste."

Angel giggled before I started to head off back toward camp. Before long I felt a tug on my shirt like before. "Can you tell us your name before you go?" she asked in a honey sweet voice. This kid would be the death of me.

"Uh…yeah. I'm Stormi. Before I go I want to get your guys' names down." I said calmly thinking I had gotten all but the talkative girl's name. "You are Angel," I said as I began to point at the group, "You are Iggy, you're Gasman?" The blonde kid nodded and flashed a naughty grin. This kid was trouble. "Sorry but I didn't catch your name." I said turning to the talkative girl with the sparrow looking wings.

"I'm Nudge. Wow, you sure do have a good memory though!"

I said "bye" one last time before starting out toward the exit of the clearing. I'd already had too much excitement for one day. Just as I was about to head out a familiar voice boomed out behind me.

"Woah! You guys are real!" That was Sleuth alright. For an older brother, he sure was an idiot. With a sigh, I turned and saw him excitedly checking out everyone's wings. What a dork.

"Sleuth. Why exactly are you here?" I asked crossing my arms in a dignified way. He peeked out from behind Angel's feathers and put a finger up to his chin. He was thinking. Great.

"Well, I actually kind of followed you but got lost. Then I decided I wanted to see the bird-people so I looked for them and here they are. You guys are amazing!" He happily went from person to person and compared feathers. No, Sleuth. The amazing thing is you're still alive. However, it was good to see him happy and excited again. Usually, he was quiet. I liked it when he got rowdy.

"Hey, did Angel show you Celeste yet?" I asked playfully as Iloped over to play with Angel and the others. I stopped midway and turned to Iggy. "You know, even though you are possibly the tallest thing I've ever seen, you may join in on the activities."

A smile lit up his face, "I think I'll take you up on that offer." Carefully, he stood and walking toward the group with me. "Hey, Gasman! Remember that bomb we made?" It was good to be around such good people.

-

Max

"I hope this is enough firewood." I mumbled as I dumped the last armful in a pile. As I looked around, I noticed something was wrong. Where was everybody? "Hey, Fang. This was the right place…right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because no one is here." Suddenly, every bad thing that could happen to them flooded my mind. Had the Erasers gotten them, had a giant bear eaten them? Why did I leave them alone? What a great leader I was.

"Listen. I hear laughing." Fang said dropping the last of the wood off before stalking toward the sound. Sure enough, within a few feet the laughter grew louder. The adrenaline started to decrease slightly. Thank God they were--. I heard a scream. Instantly, I took off toward the clearing and barged in.

"What's going on here!" I demanded. Everyone looked at me suddenly but continued playing on. I sighed in relief and wiped the clammy sweat off of my head. If they took away my family it would be like chopping off a wing; very painful and very messy.

"Hi Max! Hi Fang!" Angel called out as she ran by with a black headed figure chasing after her. Wait... black hair? No one in the flock had that dark of hair. Then I realized it was just the wolf-chick and another wolf-guy. Wait, why were they…

"Hey! Yeah! You two! What are you doing around the flock?" I more demanded than asked. The wolf-girl got up and started to say something but wolf-boy had already walked over and put on his brilliantly white smile.

"I'm sorry if we're being disruptive. We were just having fun. I'm sorry if we caused you any trouble." he said with a smooth voice characteristic to Erasers. Then he reached forward grabbed my hand and kissed it. Who did he think he was! Infuriated, I pulled back my hand, but he only smiled before going off and running around again.

"C'mon Max! Come play!" Gasman called out as a huddle was being made. Reluctantly, I walked over to the group. As I looked around, I noticed that the wolf pack was included too. Were they ever going to just go away?

"Here's the plan," the male wolf started in, "I'll give you a minute to hide. After that, the Big Bad Wolf is gonna be after you!" The little ones squealed and ran off happily into the forest. He was going to get us killed and seperated. "You better hide." he stated simply as he turned around to the tree. "That would be quite unfortunate if I found the oldest first."

I looked back to find Fang, but he too had disappeared. I let out a despairing sigh and fled off into the woods. Skillfully, I jumped into a tree and perched on the highest branch I could find. I'd like to see the wolf-boy find me up here.

"Ready or not! Here I come!" his clear voice rang through the trees. I couldn't hear the sly beast-- it kind of worried me. These two were designed to be hunters, killers, and stealthy at all cost. I mean they could be--

"You know, you are really easy to find." that smooth voice said behind me. I jumped slightly and kept my cool. I would not let this guy win.

"Oh, really. No wonder I'm not successful at escaping the Erasers. Maybe it's the Eraser in you. Who knows?"

"I'm not an Eraser," he said sternly as he looked at me square in the eyes, "Don't ever confuse me with those vermin." His golden eyes stared at me briefly before turning away and jumping out of the tree gracefully. I noticed his hair looked like Fang's as he walked away. Except this guy's was shorter in back than in front and spiked up everywhere. The front hung down in front of his eyes and his ears and tail were pitch black aside from the grey tip on his tail.

Noticing that I was paying attention to him, I shook my head of such thoughts and floated back down toward earth. I wondered halfheartedly if he'd found the others yet. Lazily, I scanned the area. The others were no where to be seen.

"What took ya so long Max?" Iggy stated as he and the rest of the flock stood in the clearing. The wolves were laughing heavily and hanging on each other. Together they were almost alike. It was crazy.

"Sleuth! I told you not to tell them that we had another form!" the female said in a mock whisper.

"Sorry Stormi, I think you should show them." Sleuth stated as he patted his sister's back. Stormi let out a defeated sigh. "Good choice! Big Brother will always win!"

"Big Brother is about to get his ass kicked." she stated plainly. All that time I had been censoring myself and then this wolf just says it openly. Tomorrow morning, Angel would be cussing like a sailor again. Everything got quiet as Stormi closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. At first, nothing appeared to be happening; it just looked like she was clenching her fists. Then, as if by magic, she slowly started to morph down to smaller, furrier form. There was a brief flash of light and all was left was a grey wolf sitting in the clearing where Stormi once stood. Show off…

"Wow! That's awesome!" Gasman stated as he jumped forward to pet her. Everyone else was praising her too. It was a giant petting zoo…with only one animal. At least Fang wasn't joining in the activities. I decided to go sit by him. We needed a plan to get rid of these two.

"What are we going to do with them?" I asked as I perched my hand under my chin. I looked sideways toward Fang, but he was just staring off into space, not at anything in particular, but staring with a smile.

"I think we should let them come along. They seem to be from the School. They aren't that bad of people either." he stated simply as he drew back his gaze to mine. I sighed again (anxiety was getting the best of me), and looked toward the two. I guess he was right. It wasn't like they were againstus or they would have done something by now.

Iruffled my hair in a professional manner and headed toward the group. They were all around Stormi and petting her still. Curiously, I listened in to the conversation she was having with Angel.

"So, you lived in this form for a year?" she asked as she scratched between Stormi's ears. Stormi smiled in a dog kind of way and then rose a paw. To my surprise she actually replied.

"Yeah. We were being hunted by the old Erasers back then so we decided to stay with a real wolf pack until the chaos died down. The only problem is, when you change back…" The blinding light shrouded Stormi for a brief second. "You're completely naked."

Instantly, my hand shot out over Gasman's, Angel's, and Nudge's eyes. This woman was nuts! I was glad that Iggy couldn't see and that-- Fang was looking! Anger shot out of me as if thrown from a sling.

"What do you think you're doing! Put on some clothes!" I yelled as I dragged the little ones away. I could hear Iggy and Fang chuckle. I'd have to deal with them later.

"Fine, fine. Clothes are so…restricting though…" she mumbled as she began to pull on her shirt. Did this girl have no common sense!

"Go do it behind a tree! Don't change in the middle of the clearing! Gah!" I shot a death look at Fang who was still chuckling. "You. You shouldn't be looking! You're supposed to set an example for Gasman!"

"Oh, so you want Gasman to be gay? I'm only a genetically engineered teenage boy Max." he replied flatly before he closed his eyes reluctantly.

"This better?" Stormi asked as she came out from behind the tree fully clothed. She was still grumpy but she could get over that. I let the kids go and they immediately went over to ask what happened.

"Hey, you two. Can you come here for a second?" I asked. They looked at each other and then shrugged. Within a millisecond they were in front of me and as close to eye level as possible. They were a few inches taller than me too. Life was so not fair.

"Well, what do you--"

"Want to talk about?" they said completing each other's sentences. I looked from one to the other. Inwardly, I didn't know if this was a good idea or not, but Fang usually had good judgment.

"I want to ask you…" I started in quietly, "if you would join us in taking down the School."

"Excuse us for a second." Sleuth stated pulling Stormi to the side. After a few minutes of animated talking, they strode back with bright fanged smiles. "We decided that we would." he stated simply before turning as if to walk off. At the last second he turned back around in smiled, "That means I'll be seeing more of you then." My face flushed deep red as he winked. A cold chill ran up my spine and made my heart beat faster. The nerve Sleuth had! I was already beginning to think this was a bad idea…