Sorry it's been sooooo long and this is rather short. xP I've been busy and still am but I'll try to write as much as I can. c: Hope you enjoy!

~I do not own any of these characters. All from Maximum Ride or Castle. ~

Max's POV:

I was taking a big chance by following this dective. I was just hoping my flock wouldn't pay for me making a mistake by talking.

I followed the female dective over to the body, trusting Fang to watch out of the flock if anything turned against us. Like usual.

Ducking under the yellow tape, my gaze and mind was only on one thing. Why was she killed? Last time I checked she had been on the same side as the erasers. What changed since then?

As I got a closer look I noticed several large claw marks. I looked at my clone and shuddered. It was if I was a ghost, looking down at my dead body. The only other thing that caught my attention was the voices of the detectives behind me.

"Beckett, what's with the twin?" A guy with dark brown hair that was spiked up asked.

"No twin. Apparently the victim is her clone." the detective, or at least I figured he was, from earlier said.

"How's that for a story eh, Ryan?" Beckett sighed.

"No kidding. Did Castle come up with that one or what?" the detective named Ryan questioned.

"Hey, it wasn't me this time. Ask the winged-girl. She told us that not me." Castle stated defensively.

The guy known as Ryan swept his gaze over to me. My muscles tensed as he watched me. I didn't have to look over to know how his gaze was narrowed to the point of suspicion and disbelief. These were just average cops, I suppose. They all seemed clueless to who we were and they defiantly weren't erasers or some type of other weapon that would try and kill us like usual. I had my suspicions about the one who had seen us, known by the name of Castle. He seemed to have quiet an imagination on him. He reminded me of a kid on a sugar rush.

Kneeling down I examined the claw marks that ran along her side and on her neck that were no doubt caused by an eraser. It made me wonder what had possibly happened. They wouldn't kill her without a reason, however insane it may be.

"Well?" Detective Beckett questioned me.

Turning my head to face her, I answered. " Erasers."

"Erasers? You have a mistake on a test or something?" Castle piped in.

I shot a glare at him. "No," I began in a sour tone. "Erasers are humans with two-percent lupine DNA."

"Ah, wolf DNA. So, I'm guessing you have two-percent avian DNA then?"

I gave a hesitant nod. It still seemed like he knew too much. I swept my gaze over towards Fang and the rest of my flock. Fang's gaze locked with mine for a short moment, looking for a sign of trouble in my eyes. I gave a faint shake of my head and turned back towards the body.

"So you're tell me, that we're going to be chasing down mutant human creatures?" Beckett questioned disbelief in her voice.

"Look, I'll explain it but only to you two." I reasoned.

Beckett crossed her arms and pursed her lips together thinking it over. Though she didn't get to answer.

"Sounds reasonable, where to? " Castle said rather enthused.

"Follow me." I mumbled.

I stood up and began to walk away from the body. I took hesitant and slow steps, thinking about what I was doing. I wasn't one to give out information but we couldn't just fly off this time, doing that would stir-up too much attention and that's something we couldn't afford right now.