Disclaimer: Still haven't gotten the rights, so everything belongs to James Patterson and Stephanie Meyer.
Max took a few deep breaths.
"Any questions before we continue?"
"What was the incident with Fang?" Emmett asked standing up to stretch.
"I don't know, he never told me. Truth be told I forgot all about it til now" Max turned to look at Fang, questioning. "What did happen?"
Fang shrugged "Tell your story"
Max rolled her eyes, but did as told, "My full name is Maximum Ride, I am 19, and the oldest of us all. I am also the leader of the flock. Fang and Sin are the second oldest, and Fang is my right hand man. Iggy is the third oldest, next comes Nudge, Gazzy, and then Angel. Life at the school continued as "normal" at the school. At the age of 6, everyone but Bella was moved to a different part of the school, we never saw Bella again."
Max glared at Edward, who was opening his mouth. Quickly he shut it, her glare almost worst than Alice's when it came to shopping. "Nothing changed after that. At the age of 10, we escape with the help of a scientist named Jeb Batchelder. He took us to Colorado. Angel was 2, Gazzy 4, Nudge 7, and as I said the rest of us where 10. When I was 14, everything changed."
Max stopped, as she got ready to tell their crazy adventure. "Angel got kidnapped by the school, I killed my brother, I found out Jeb was my father, we found out who our parents were. Fang almost died-" Bella gasped at this tears in her eyes "-I met my mother and sister by accident. My brother came back to life only to die again in my arms, we got a dog. We went to Antarctica, we went through navel training, saved a bunch of mutant fish, saved my mom, and destroyed a base in Germany. We saved the world, and by then I was 17. We went to my moms, and finished school, though the younger ones are still in it." Max gave a small smile "That's my story in a quick and crazy nutshell, and the majority of theirs. Though half that stuff was probably out of order. We've been though too much for me to even remember the order of things. Fang?"
Max turned to him, signaling him to start talking.
"My full names Nikolai Fang Ride, but I go by Fang." The younger ones, including Nudge and Iggy, snickered at his full name. Fang rolled his eyes. "I'm also 19, and I'm Bella's twin. I named both Bella and I. Ever since I can remember, I have had the power of knowing. There's not a thing in the world I don't know. I knew what our parents were going to name us before we were kidnaped." He took his gaze off of Nessie and looked up at the Cullen's. "This may be the only time you may hear me talk a lot, so enjoy it while you can."
"Ain't that the truth." Iggy said
Fang ignored him "You asked about the incident. Well when I was four, during one of my test, a scientist accidently disturbed a cobra burrow. I ended up getting bitten. Fanatically they rushed to save my life. I result I am 97% human, 2% bird and 1% king cobra. After I was allowed to go back to the cage. A doctor came and got me, but I resisted. I got punched, he got bit" Fang widened his mouth. At first nothing looked out of place, then his canines descended and his eyes became black slits. "He died in lesssss than thhhhree minutessssss" he said with a lisp. A forked tongue jetted out between his lips before he turned back to normal again.
Everyone looked freaked out, including Iggy, since Angel had sent him a picture. They had never seen him do that, the teeth, eyes and tongue thing, never, and the last time Bella, Max and Iggy had seen his eyes that thing, they were just four.
"When we were 6, I woke up one night to Bella's screaming in my head. They had drugged us. Everyone but Bella had been drugged. The only reason I was able to wake was because of the link we had, it forced me awake."
"Why didn't you know they were gonna drug you and take her away?" Alice asked slightly confused. Didn't he know everything?
"Because even powers have flaws. Edward you may run farther than you need, Emmett can break a human in a single touch, Rosalie gets more attention than she needs or wants, Jasper feels emotions all the time, and Alice you know the future is unpredictable at times, people always changing their minds."
Alice nodded in realization. "Your sense of knowing is like me seeing the future. People change their minds constantly, so the outcome always changes."
Fang nodded. "Yes, and just because I know everything, doesn't mean I know everything. I have to be thinking about it to know it. And one of the flaws that I hate is that I never know what the school is doing."
"That must suck" Emmett said wrinkling his nose.
Fang nodded in agreement "It does. Though I was awake when they took Bella, I was still under the influence of the drug. I never saw Bella again. That is my story. Questions?"
"Why were they laughing when you said your name?" Bella asked
"You'll find out in about..." Fang paused "In a few weeks, maybe less. When ever it is, it's when Max comes back"
"Wait...I'm leaving?" Max asked confused.
Fang stared deep into her eyes.
"Ohhhhhh...how could I forget?" Max said remembering.
"I have a question" Jasper voice a slight whisper. "Why can't I feel you emotions?"
Silence followed the question.
"He has no emotions?" Iggy asked, breaking the silence. "I knew it! He's a cyborg!"
The flock rolled their eyes at Iggy's antics while everyone else laughed.
"I've learned to hide my emotions on the outside, that now I can hide them or push them aside on the inside as well."
"That makes sense" Seth paused "I think"
Fang turned and looked at Edward. "I know you have millions of question, so you may ask one."
Edward thought about which question he should ask. "Why can't I read you minds? It's different from Bella's, it's like your purposely blocking me, even the dog"
"They have shields put up" angel answered, stoking Total. "To keep intruders out." Angel looked at Max. "I didn't know I had a shield" Max shrugged in response.
"I guess it's my turn" Iggy straighten, pulling Nudge close. She snuggled up against him, her eyes half closed. "My full name is Iggy...I don't have a last name like those two. I'm 19. I'm the jokester of the group; I'm also the explosive expert. Not only am I the explosive expert, I'm also blind" They all looked at him shocked, while Emmett looked confused.
"How can you be blind? You were looking at me and Rose, with perfect precision-" Jacob looked at Leah, and Seth. "I didn't know he knew big words" Emmett ignored him. "-And you walk like you can see. And why are you wearing glasses if you can't see?"
"For the glasses, I just think they're awesome. When I showed up, I was just looking somewhere. when you started growling I figured I was looking at your girl, so I turned to the sound of your voice. As for everything else, lets just say that never again shall I have surgery, or let a knife come near my face." As he said the last part his playful fun loving voice disappeared, and was replaced with a cold voice of steel. Nudge lightly rubbed Iggy's arm. With a slight smile, he grabbed her hand, and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"When I was four, they took me to get eye surgery. They wanted to improve my night vision. Things didn't go well and I was left blind as the result. When they saw that I couldn't function with being blind, they changed my DNA. I am 97% human, 2% bird and 1% bat. My hearing improved rapidly, and I was able to use echolocation to help me see. You guys already know how I got my name...um..what else can I tell about myself?" Iggy paused thinking. "I can cook"
The flock nodded in agreement, he's cooking was right up top next to Dr. M's.
"So I guess it's my turn" Nudge said sitting up, though she kept hold onto Iggy's hand. Took a deep breathe. She hadn't even started talking and already the flock had winced.
"Hi, I'm Nudge. I don't have a last name like Max and Fang but I wish I did. If I had a last name I ant it to be something cool, not plain like Smith or Johnson. I'm 16; my favorite colors are green and purple. I'm dating Iggy; we've been dating for two years. I am the fashionista, loud mouth, talkative, computer geek of the group. That's kinda how I got my name. I don't talk as much as I use to and I have better control over my mouth, but there are still times where they have to nudge me to shut up. I don't have that big of a story like everyone else, which to me is depressing. Being depressed is depressing, which is really depressing. And that's depressing...well you get the point. I'm a computer geek like I said; I can hack into the pentagon and not get detected. Truth be told I've done that multiple times. That's just how good I am. You wanna know what else I'm good at, shopping. I love shopping. Max doesn't, so I don't go often. And her little sister, she doesn't like me so we don't go together. She hates me cause I got Iggy and she didn't. But who cares bout her whiney lil' ass. She needs to grow a backbone, or maybe even a pair, but still like her though she hates me. Oh well. Do you guys ever fight? It doesn't look like it, except for maybe you Rose. You look like you don't give a -" Iggy kissed Nudge, cutting her off.
Instantly she melted into him. After a few seconds, he pulled back. "I think you scared them enough."
Nudge nodded and went back to leaning against him.
The Cullen's and the Pack stared at her, surprised.
"She talks more than me" Alice whispers, eyes wide. They all nodded agreeing with her.
"It's creepy, we know" Gazzy said leaning back "I'm Gazy, full name is The Gasman, so word of advise, stay up winded. Though it's not as bad as it was before." The pack slowly inched away from him.
"You right it's not bad" Iggy grimaced "It's worse."
Gazzy ignored him. "I'm 13. I'm Angel's older brother. I'm the weapons expert. Guns, knives, and bombs...I know it. Though Max won't let me carry them around...but that doesn't stop me and she knows it. I like mimicking people, because it's the greatest joke there can be. I'm also the assistant explosive expert...I have nothin' else to tell you so, yea."
Angel giggled at his ending. "I'm Angel, I'm the youngest at the age of 11. As you know I'm Gazzy's little sister. When I was six, I got kidnapped." Esmee clung to her husband. If she could cry she would...Who would do such a thing? "I was tested on as usual, but...I got hooked" Angel leaned against Gazzy, her eyes full of unshed tears. "First withe the food and water, little by little. Then it increased and they gave me injections. They hooked me onto a unknown drug that changed everything about me. I became the total opposite of who I was, who I am. It was scary for all of us. It wasn't until a couple of months before my 8th birthday that Max found the stash. I had been on the drug, for almost 2 years. She immediately took them away and flushed them down the toilet. After that was the recovery process...It was hard. It still is. It's been 3 years and I'm still recovering from the effects. That's my story."
Everyone looked at her, the wolves and Nessie had tears in their eyes, and if vampires could cry, that's what they would all be doing. No one deserved what these kids had been through, but the story wasn't over yet.
"I was second best to Maximum. I was theirs. I did everything they said. All I knew were orders" Bella started off. "When I was four, I was moved to a different section. We always saw one another till I was six"
"What happened when you were six?" Leah asked.
"She came here." Jacob answered, wide eyed. "We were six when we met."
Bella noddrd "Some scientist helped me escape. Dr. Charlie Swan and Dr. Renee Thomson."
"Those are your parents names" Rosalie mused "Are you telling us that your parents are the people that made your life a hell hole?"
"They were new to Itex when they met me, and they're not my parents." Bella gave a small glare. "They didn't like what Itex was doing, so they took me away. They didn't know about the others" Bella gave Fang a small smile, apologizing.
Fang squeezed her hand.
"Other than the fact that you were just kids, what did they not like about what Itex was doing?"
Bella closed her eyes. "I know I've kept many secrets from you but please, may I just keep this one to myself?"
Emmett nodded in silence.
Jasper was trembling. Feeling the emotions of the flock, of everyone in the room. The turmoil was just to much, and it was getting to him. But he wanted to know the rest of their story.
Fang looked at Jasper. "That's enough for today. You have learned all that you need to learn for today. When the time comes you'll learn more."
Fang stood and handed the now sleeping Nessie to Bella. Placing a kiss on Bella's forehead, he straightened.
Sister. Bella looked up at Fang, and smiled.
Brother. He nodded in retaliation.
Max stood and the rest of the flock followed her lead.
"May we come back tomorrow?" she asked.
"Why of course" Carlisle said standing, a smile on his face. He held out his hand for max to shake. "We have much to learn about each other"
Shaking his hand, Max smiled and left.
Edward turned towards Bella.
"We need to talk"
P.S. No offence to those whose names are Smith or Johnson