Max POV
"Maximum Ride. Welcome," said the girl, though her back was to me.
"Uh… Hi?" Master of words, thy name is Maximum Ride.
The girl turned, red-brown hair swishing over her shoulder, her glasses glinting, her two colored eyes- wait. Two colored eyes? I looked again. Yep, one black, one a soft brown. What did they call that? Heto- Heteo- Ah, forget it.
"Come in. Introduce yourselves, then I'll introduce my self."
She was ordering me. She was ordering me. What really got me is that I obeyed her. Really.
I walked inside the room, followed by the rest of the flock, and introduced us.
"I'm Max. Just Max. This is Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, Angel, and Total."
"Total?" The girl looked at said dog curiously. "Cool name."
I think Total began to literally glow, which wouldn't be that surprising.
"She didn't say "He's just a dog"! I like her already!" Total yipped happily.
The girl giggled and smiled for the first time since we got here. "I'm glad, Total. Now, Max, right? Just Max? Alright. So Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. Welcome to Antarctica. I am the youngest, till now, member at thirteen. I have been here for 3 years. My name is Cari Kilm. Just Cari is fine."
I saw a mischievous smile spread across Gazzy's face.
"Cari, hm?" he said. "Can we relax in here? We're wound up pretty tight today."
"Of course. Be my guest," Cari replied.
Gazzy slipped off his jacket and spread his wings. I looked at Cari and waited for her reaction.