"Reversed Family"

A "Maximum Ride" Drabble Series

By Kayti Katilla

Special Note/Warnings: Please remember that this is a genderbendstory. If you find this offensive, please click the back button. This drabble series contains slight OOC-ness and AUs. All of the Flock have last names, and I will occasionally switch between the names Fang and Nikki for personal purposes. Try and enjoy!

A/N: Thank you for the reviews! Also, for reference, I've based this flash mob after the 'Silent Disco' one, except this one is out loud, over the mall's speakers.

Disclaimer: "Maximum Ride" is the property of James Patterson. This story is not making profit and is merely for entertainment. Thank you.

~Drabble Four: Fascinating Experience ~

"Fang."

"Yes Andy?"

Both kids were sitting down at a small table outside of Starbucks, waiting for the rest of the Flock to finish their shopping. The rest of the mall around them was bustling and doing their own thing, but Fang honestly couldn't care less about them; she was too focused on her blog.

"There's a creepy man in a trench coat over there."

"What?" Hearing those strange words, Fang looked up from her laptop to see where Andy was pointing at. A mysterious guy wearing sunglasses and a long coat was casually leaning against a store sign a bit away from them. It wasn't really that strange to see someone like that, especially where they lived. But there were a lot of people like that in this area of the mall, Fang suddenly realized, her gaze sweeping over each and every one of the oddly dressed people. It was like that other time when a group of people…she paled at the memory.

"Oh God." She shut her laptop swiftly before shoving it into its case. "Andy, we need to leave."

"Why?" The blonde boy tilted his head slightly.

"Because we're about to be caught up in something I don't want to experience again." Fang grabbed her brother's hand and pulled him out of the chair (as nicely as possible), before ushering him the opposite direction of the man. "It's a fascinating yet somewhat scary experience."

"Then I want to see!"

"Um, no."

"Please?"

"I said n-"

The black haired girl's speech was abruptly cut off at the exploding sound of loud music; everyone in the vicinity cringed at the volume of it. Then suddenly almost half of the people around them started to dance or burst it song.

The siblings stood frozen, merely watching the scene around them play out. Then Fang, twitching slightly, slowly guided Andy back to their table to sit down and watch the event. The boy sat, shell-shocked, while Fang went back to her blog.

"This," she told him. "Is what I meant. Congrats Andel, you're experiencing your first flash mob."

~.oOo.~

"Nikki?" Andy's quiet voice rang out. The event had ended about 7 minutes ago, and the participants in it had continued on with their business afterwards like everything was normal; it almost made it seem like it never happened. But Andy had been watching the whole time, so he knew that it was real.

Ignoring the use of her real name, Fang closed her laptop and replied. "What's wrong Andy?"

The boy shook his head in a daze, an unreadable look in his blue eyes. "…I'm scared now."

Suddenly Andy's older sister let out a strangled breath of air, before quickly covering her mouth to try and stifle it. Andy frowned.

"Were you about to laugh at me?"

Fang shook her head, but the blonde could see her body shaking with effort. He stood up and stomped his foot loudly. "It's not funny!"

"Of course not." The teen girl snorted. "Even after you look like you've seen a ghost; I told you that you wouldn't want to see it. It's too much to take in."

Andy whined. "Is this some kind of lesson?"

Fang smiled. "Of course! The lesson is to always listen to your big sis. Oh, look, there's Max and the others! Oi, we're over here!"

The blonde boy looked up to see the rest of his family walking towards them. Nudge reached them first.

"Did you see the big dance party?" Nudge asked excitedly, his brown eyes shining. "It was throughout the whole mall! There was really loud music and people in trench coats everywhere- you know I wonder if that's a new trend now? Trench coats and sunglasses. Hey, maybe we should do that too! Then the society will welcome us and we'll rule the world! Actually, Max told me these happen almost every year 'around these parts'. That sounds alot like something an old person would say don't ya think? Say Max how old are you? Are you-"

Max bopped the younger boy on the head, interrupting his endless blabbering. "You're just over thinking it now." He told him. Then the brunette turned to face Fang and Andy.

"So!" he smiled. "How was Andy's first flash mob?"

Fang spoke up before the little blonde could. "It was a fascinating experience." She smirked.

Andy promptly stepped on her foot.