Dicsclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or plots in any of the Maximum Ride books
I don't know if I'd ever like flying in a plane. I mean, I know it's supposed to be like a really safe was to travel and all but wings seemed so much safer… But mom insisted that we should travel by plane─ only when we had to cross an ocean. Sadly, I knew she had a point when we went over the Pacific there were few places that we could stop in at to rest and refuel. So plane it was.
"Max calm down," Fang said quietly next to me.
I looked at him, "Oh come on, I know you hate planes too," I whispered.
"Hurdling through the sky at several hundred miles per hour in a medal cage? What are you talking about, I love it," He said with every word dripping with sarcasm.
"Well if it does crash we'll live," I said and snickered.
The flight seemed to last forever, luckily about 12 hours later we landed at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. As fast as we could Fang and I gathered out belongings and left the airport. It was a pretty short flight over to Dr. Martinez's house and boy did it feel good to fly normally.
"Home sweet home!" I said as Fang and I stepped into the house.
"Max! Fang!" Six excited voices cheered and ambushed us in the hall. Had it been six months since I'd seen everyone? They all seemed to have changed, not like in a bad way or anything but they were just different. Ella was glowing with her arm wrapped around a serene Iggy and Mom was the most ecstatic I'd ever seen her. Jeb seemed a little more tense than usual, who knows with him though. Angel, my baby, looked older and more mature but she was at that age and Gazzy seemed a little angry. But where was Nudge?
"Max look!" Ella said showing me the ring on her finger.
"Oh my god he did!" I said looking at the simple gold band with a couple small diamonds on it. I gave her a hug, "I told you that you were next," I said to her.
"I got my license!" Angel declared, pulling it out of her pocket.
"Yeah, but you cheated," Gazzy muttered loudly.
"Um where's Nudge?" I asked trying to change the topic.
"On a plane from New York, with some model guy," Ella said showing me a text from Nudge. Getting on the plane, see you soon ─TKN. (Tiffany Krystal Nudge)
"Where'd you get the other model thing from?" I asked Ella.
She put her hand over her mouth, "Woops, I wasn't supposed to say that, he's her boyfriend."
Quickly conversation started up about what everyone had been doing for the past couple months. Hours passed and Nudge walked through the door with her new 'boy-toy' as she called them in the past.
"Hey everybody," She shouted from the entryway. Quickly, she made it into the room holding her boyfriend's hand. "This is Marcus."
We all looked at Marcus and gaped for a second. He was about Fang's height, perfectly muscled and gorgeous. Well they call them models for a reason. Wow.
The only funny thing was that every 3-6 months when the flock re-grouped for a couple weeks Nudge brought someone like Marcus. But they never lasted, Nudge usually tended to get sick of them after a couple months. There were always guys waiting until she broke up with whoever she was dating, one of the perks of being the most highly demanded model in the world.
The day wrapped up quickly and I was about ready to go to bed. After taking a shower I looked in the mirror and saw the eraser me looking back. "My eyes widened and I got dressed as fast as I could and ran into my room burying my face in Fang's chest. "Please tell me I don't look like an eraser," I mumbled into his chest.
He stroked my hair soothingly, "You don't look like an eraser, trust me."
I nodded my head and he pulled me up on to his lap, "Thanks," I said and started kissing him.
Max you have work to, do get the flock together and leave, I'll give you the coordinates. An all too familiar voice said inside my head.
My body completely froze. Fang looked at me concerned; I'd never done anything like this before. "What's wrong?" He whispered.
"The voice is back. Apparently there is some unfinished work that we need to attend to."