I'm super excited about this story so I'm posting Chapter two. Thanks for the reviews.

I don't own MR

MPOV

U&A, Max. Ugh. Why did we always have to get up so early?

What do you want?

Time to go. The world still needs saving.

I think Fang's got that covered.

It's not his job, Max.

He thinks it is. I was acting like a petulant child.

Maximum. Get up. Head to Alaska. There's a big Itex factory there.

Trying to get me to kill more innocent people?

No. That was a mistake.

Whatever.

You can't run from your destiny, Max.

Wanna bet? But I got up anyway.

"Come on Iggy, Nudge."

"Ungghh…"

"Why...."

"It's not that early," I lied. Two sleepy bird kids sat up and rubbed their eyes sleepily. "Sorry guys. Voice's orders."

"Here we go again," Iggy grumbled. I smiled at them, but I'm sure it came off as fake. It was. There really wasn't anything to smile about.

"Where're we going?" Nudge mumbled. Iggy pulled her down from the tree branch and helped her pack her stuff.

"Alaska."

"'s cold." She combed at her nest of hair.

"Yup." We ate more power bars. I was getting really sick of them. The sky was barely lit up when we started to fly. I wished Fang was here. I always knew that he would be strong. I counted on him more than I wanted to admit. It wasn't that Iggy couldn't be strong. It was just that Fang was such a part of me. Whoa, shake out of it, Max, I told myself. Where was the invincible Maximum Ride? I had to be strong for Nudge and Iggy. They needed me.

I spent most of the flight trying not to think about what Fang, Angel, and Gazzy were doing, if they were okay. The rest of it I spent thinking about my empty stomach.

"Alright, guys. I think we should stop for some food."

"Great! I'm so hungry, you have no idea. But Iggy told me not to bother you with that stuff right now-" He flew over and slapped a hand over her mouth. I just shook my head.

We stopped at the first town that we spotted. It was small and rustic. We went into a little diner and ordered a mountain of food. The lady who took our orders didn't bat an eye. I respected that. When we were done gorging ourselves, we took off again. Alaska was getting closer and closer by the minute. Somehow, I just couldn't see the joy in that.

FPOV

"One down, a bunch to go," Gazzy said. I glanced back at the small explosion he had created. There hadn't been any of our fellow mutants in there. I was grateful for that. It would have made things so much more complicated.

I wondered where Max was. Had they found a place to settle down? I liked to think of her happy, living a normal life. It was hard to picture though.

"Let's stop for today, guys." We found a sheltered place in between some rocks. Of course we were in the desert.

"Gazzy wants to play soccer," Angel said.

"There are only three of us."

"Humor him. He's been so sad lately. I'll be referee." I shrugged. We started using a fairly round rock for a ball, but discovered that it hurt too much. Angel lent us a wad of clothes. I kicked the ball around, trying to let Gazzy win. I could see shadows under his eyes. He's been having nightmares, Angel told me. I sighed. It was hard being Max. Max, I missed her so much. She would know just how to handle Gazzy.

Randomly, Angel said, "Yellow card." I looked at her.

"I didn't foul him." She shrugged. She did it again a few minutes later.

"You lose."

"Good game, Gaz." He looked a little better.

"Yeah."

I burnt the beans that we had scavenged from town, but the kids ate them anyway. How was I supposed to do this? Maybe we should go back. No, Max would be long gone by now. We'd never find her. I glanced at my laptop, lying useless on the ground. I longed for an internet connection to blog. Then Max would know we were alright. Should have thought of that before. Should have thought of a lot of things. Like how much leaving Max would hurt, like how bad of an idea it was. Too late to turn back now.

I watched the sleeping figures of the kids. I remembered sitting up with Max. Just sitting, not talking. I remembered how the stars glittered in her eyes. She was so beautiful. I had broken my promise to her. I winced inwardly. There were a lot of things I had to fix. But I couldn't go back. I had to stop Itex once and for all so that the Flock would be safe, so that the world would be safe.

So there you have it. Pretty much a lot of inner-angsting. Review!