A.N. I'm back! You are all lucky that I have decided to continue, for a while I debated continuing since no one took the time to review but thanks to Beagle Bug and cross-over-lover232 I will continue. Its not like no one is reading this story, I had a bunch of people favorite this story and put it in story alert, so why can't you just take the time and write a short review.
I don't mean to sound mean but I want to warn you, If I don't get a good amount of review I will not post the next chapter, I will just send it to the people who were nice enough to review. Now… sorry about that little rant, I am just really annoyed right now. On with the story!
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Max P.O.V.
"Ugh…" I groaned as consciousness slowly came back. My head was throbbing and my stomach didn't feel too well either. I was trying to sit up but the fact that the floor was moving wasn't helping. Wait… the floor was moving! What the heck is going on!
I forced my eyes open. The room was dark with only a sliver of light seeping in though a crack in the wall. I immediately looked around and made sure the rest of the flock was here. When I was sure they were all safe I stood up and walked over to the crack.
I pressed my face against the wall and struggled to see out. When my vision finally focused I was able to see scenery flash by quickly. That could only mean one thing… we were in a truck.
The area was pretty large so I figured we were probably in the back of an 18 wheeler. The thing was I couldn't figure out how we got here or where we were going.
I stood still for a moment and let my mind wander trying to remember what was going on. Suddenly all of my memories came rushing back. The auction, the chip, the gas… That meant that we were heading to the Cullens house.
I sighed and walked back over to my flock. They were still out cold from the gas, so no matter how hard I tried to wake them they wouldn't budge.
I finally gave up and just sat down beside them. There wasn't much I could do but wait… fun.
1 hour later-
Max. P.O.V.
I have been awake for a full hour and I was about to go insane. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't fall back asleep. I glanced over at my flock to see Fang and Iggy moving.
They both shot up simultaneously and looked around frantically. I chuckled and fangs eyes locked with mine while Iggy just glanced in my direction.
"Where are we?" Fang asked in a mono tone voice.
"Well…" I started. "I am not exactly sure. All I know is that we are in the back of a large truck most likely headed to the Cullens house." They both nodded in agreement.
"That makes sense…" Fang muttered before turning to Iggy. "You got any bombs?" I asked quickly. I cringed, afraid of the answer.
After digging around in his pockets for a moment Iggy shook his head no. "The scientists must have taken them." Great I thought. We were once again bored as we waited for the others to wake up.
Max. P.O.V.
After about another half hour the others began to stir. I watched in amusement as Nudge flopped around mumbling to herself.
"No…" She sleep-wined. "just 5 more minutes!" I rolled my eyes and leaned over to shake her awake.
"Wakey wakey Nudge! Time to get up." I then proceeded to poke her repeatedly in the side. She finally sat up and groaned.
"What do you want now?" She moaned, totally un-amused. I quickly filled her in on our current situation while Fang and Iggy woke Angel and Gazzy and filled them in.
Now that we were all in the loop we began talking randomly to pass the time. This was going to be a long drive.
Sometime later:
Max P.O.V.
We had been sitting here for heaven only knows how long when the truck finally came to a sudden halt. I was stuck between happy that we got to get out and terrified because we might be in danger.
We could hear muffled talking coming from outside the truck so I slowly slid over to the crack. I could see Carlisle talking to one of the scientists. I pressed my ear up against the wall so I could hear.
"Just to make sure you understand you now own them and they are your responsibility. We are not responsible for them if they escape, that is your problem. If they are to get injured or die that is also your problem. There are no returns or exchanges understood?" I peeked out to see Carlisle nod.
After that the scientist had Carlisle sign some paper work then they were done. I went and stood by my flock as the large door at the back opened. There were a few scientists, a bunch of erasers, and Carlisle.
The scientist gave a signal and about 12 erasers came forward. 2 erasers went to each member of my flock. I quickly tried to slip away but with no such luck. Within minutes the erasers had us all hog tied and let me tell you, it was not comfortable.
One by one the flock and I were dragged out of the truck, I was pulled out last. The second I was out I stopped struggling and looked around. We were in a meadow surrounded by woods. Over to the left was a large white Victorian house. Standing in front of the house was about 6 people.
They were all extremely pale with golden eyes so I figured they were Carlisle's family. They were all looking at me with worried expressions, this was really confusing.
'You'll see Max…' the voice jumped in. See what… I thought just as I was hit with a massive brain attack. I let out a small gasp before clenching my fists and resisting the urge to scream. When the pain built up and I couldn't hold it in I let out an ear piercing scream and began to thrash around.
I could hear footsteps as people rushed over to my side. I could barely make out some muffled voices but that was it. Images flashed through my mind with a lot of numbers. I couldn't make out any of it because it was going so fast.
Finally the pain came to an abrupt stop and I quickly shut up. I opened my eyes to see the Cullens and a few scientists. They stared at me for a moment before standing and backing away.
'Are you okay Max?' Angel asked in my head.
'Yeah, I'm fine Angel, just a stupid brain attack that's it. The headache is almost gone now.' I reassured her. I glanced over at her and she gave me a quick nod.
I noticed the erasers climbing into the back of the truck, I guess they were leaving. The Cullens were standing beside us, watching up out of the corner of their eye. I tried once again to get myself untied but finally gave up when I started to feel the pain of rope burn.
When all the scientists and Erasers had left the Cullens turned to us. "Hi, I'm Alice! We're going to be great friends!" the short pixie announced. She reminded me of Nudge on steroids.
"Yeah… that's great and all but this is kind of uncomfortable so could you like… untie us?" I asked, not in the best mood after my brain attack.
"Sure, but you can't run." Alice said as she leaned over and began untying me while the rest of her family untied the flock.
The second I was untied I stood up and stretched. It felt good to be out of that position. I was about to run when I felt Alice's small hand wrap around my arm. "Don't even think about it." She whispered in my ear. I wondered for a moment how she knew I was going to run off but quickly ignored it.
I glanced over at my flock to see Carlisle holding Iggy's arm, the woman with Carmel colored hair holding Gazzy's arm, the pretty blonde holding Angels arm, the blonde that looked in pain holding Nudge's arm and the tall muscular boy holding Fangs arm. So much for an escape.
We were all 'escorted' up to the house and inside. The house was even bigger on the inside! We were walked into what appeared to be a living room and allowed to sit down. Although they weren't holding our arms any more I could still tell that they were watching our every move.
"Soooo…" I said awkwardly. "Care to introduce yourselves?" I asked. They all exchanged quick glances before Carlisle nodded.
"As you already know I am Carlisle. This is my wife Esme…" He motioned to the motherly figure with Carmel colored hair. "My three sons Edward, Emmet, and Jasper…" he pointed out the three boys. "and my two daughters, Rosalie and Alice. Would you care to introduce your family Max?" He looked me in the eye and I shrugged.
"Sure…" I stood up and faced his family. "First, let me get one thing across, my family is very important to me. In other words, you touch them and you die. Now, this is my right hand man Fang, that's my brother Iggy, that's my sister Nudge, and those are my two babies, Gazzy and Angel."
Gazzy made a face at being called a baby but I ignored it. "Moving on, would anyone care to tell us why you brought us here?" I asked, getting straight to the point. They exchanged a few more glances before Carlisle once again spoke up.
"First of all, you need to understand that we are the good guys." He started.
I interrupted him with a loud laugh. "Yeah, sure… I will believe that the day that my family and I become normal kids." The Cullens exchanged more glances… that was really starting to get annoying.
"You look pretty normal to me." Esme said quietly. I looked at her in the eyes before turning to Carlisle.
"You didn't tell them what we are yet?" I questioned with a smirk. He shook his head no. This was going to be fun. "Well then, we can't keep you in the dark now can we? Would you please follow me outside?" I stood up, motioning to the door.
The Cullens all slowly stood up and followed me out side. Each one of my flock had someone holing their arm. That was probably just in case I decided to try to make a run for it, like insurance.
When we got outside I turned to face them. I gave a quick look to my surroundings to make sure I had enough room before snapping my wings out.
I was surprised to see that only some of the Cullens were gasping. Esme looked amazed, Emmet looked excited, Rosalie looked shocked and Jasper was looking at me like I was a science experiment.
Carlisle of course looked calm but what surprised me was Edward and Alice's reaction. They both looked interested but they didn't look surprised. I figured Carlisle must have told them and quickly blew it off.
I suddenly realized that in their surprise they had let go of my flock. 'Angel, U and A, Now! Tell the others' I quickly sent. I saw Alice's eyes glaze over and I nodded to my flock. We all simultaneously jumped into the air and unfurled our wings.
The only problem was that the second our feet left the ground the Cullens all moved at a un-human speed to grab us. Emmet, being the closest had grabbed my leg. Using my other leg I spun and kicked him in the jaw.
Unfortunately it only knocked him off balance for a second before he regained his strong grip on my leg. I was about to plant another kick when the voice jumped in. 'You need to trust them Max' It said. Before I had a chance to respond a huge brain attack set in. I didn't even have a chance to brace myself before I fell into Emmet's arms.
This was by far the worst brain attack ever and in only seconds I was screaming. By the sound of it you would think someone was being killed, but that's what it felt like. I could hear rushed footsteps as everyone made their way over to me. Images of the school passed through my head. Pictures of the experiments at the school. I almost wanted to cry after seeing all the sad and terrified faces. I gasped as the pain came to a sudden stop.
I opened my eyes and realized that I was still in Emmet's arms. I struggled to get up but cried out in pain as I moved. Finally Emmet carefully lifted me up and carried me into the house. I looked around to see that my flock and the Cullens were all gathered around. He gently laid me onto the couch and I resisted the urge to cry out again.
Carlisle stepped forward and knelt down beside the couch. "What was that Max? Are you alright?" He sound genuinely worried and that bothered me.
"I'm fine, I just need a second to rest." I mumbled. I purposefully avoided his first question. I wasn't about to just spill my life story to them.
"If you are fine then why can't you stand up?" He questioned calmly. I thought about it for a moment before answering.
"I am just a bit tired, that's it. It's really no big deal." I said nonchalantly. He gave me a questioning look before slowly nodding.
"If you are tired then perhaps you and your flock should go on to bed. We can always finish out conversations in the morning." He smiled warmly.
I thought about it for a moment before answering. "Where will we be sleeping?" I asked. I half expected him to say basement or cage or even dungeon so what he said surprised me.
"There is a large extra bedroom upstairs that you can sleep in. I figured you would all want to stay together so I put blankets and pillows in there for all of you." I looked down at the floor so he wouldn't see my shocked expression.
After I composed myself I looked up. "That would be great, thanks." I smiled politely and the Cullen's smiled in return.
"Follow me." Carlisle said as he turned to head up the stairs. The flock and I followed him up the stairs and down a hallway. We came to a stop outside a nice wooden door.
Carlisle pushed it open and motioned us in. We all slowly walked in, afraid of what we would find but what we did find was surprising. There were 4 beds set up around the room. When he said the room was big he was wrong, it was huge!
I turned and slowly looked at Carlisle. "This is all ours, no catch?" I asked quizzically.
"No catch, everything in this room belongs to you guys. Enjoy yourselves and if you need a rest room there is one right down the hall on your left." And with that Carlisle left.
I glanced over at my flock before going and sitting on one of the beds. I was exhausted and couldn't wait to sleep. "Who wants first watch?" I asked.
"I will Max, everyone else needs to get some sleep." Iggy said and he sat in the chair in the corner.
The rest of the flock nodded and all sat down on a bed. Gazzy and Angel were going to share the largest bed. One by one I tucked the flock in (excluding Fang and Iggy). I gave Fang a quick hug before I climbed into bed. "Sleep well I murmured.
As I lay in bed I let my mind drift for a moment before I fell asleep.
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