Summary: "I didn't know you had a sister." "Yeah, well, we don't talk about her much." I rolled my eyes and snorted. "I'm kinda the weird one of the family." Too bad they didn't know how weird I really was.

DISCLAIMER! I don't own Maximum Ride nor The Covenant.

Chapter 4

Max's POV

Okay, so the first thing that I've learned about private schools, is when they say 'Lights Out', they mean LIGHTS OUT! It's dark as crap down this hallway! Does Spencer's really think that every student is in bed by ten, like we're supposed to be? Jeez. I'm just thankful for my raptor vision otherwise I would be fumbling around in the dark.

IN THE SHOWER

A sigh burst from my throat as I washed the dirt and grim from my body. I love baths, probably because they were such a rarity for me when I was with the... Flock. 'Damn, it still hurts-Don't you dare cry!' Just don't think about it think. Think about something else. Like what happened today. First, I find out Ella's been masquerading as someone else, has a... boyfriend- ugh, it still makes me cringe. My sister with someone that looks like he could be an Eraser (No, not the things on the end of your pencils, but a huge, bird-thirsty werewolf-type human. No very bright though.). Actually, if I think about it, all of the Sons look like they could be Erasers, what with their striking features and muscle mass, they could all be Erasers just waiting to att- Okay, now I'm probably just being paranoid.

Sputtersputtersputter-Crack!

Frank! A light bulb short circuited and of course, it's the main light bulb for the bathroom. Sigh. 'So, much for my shower.' I turned off the water and turned around to semi-darkness. My skin began to prickle. 'Someone else is in here with me.' I scanned what I could of the bathroom, wrapped my towel around-which by the way is awesome protection against bad guys- and slowly crept out of my shower stall. 'No one out in the open. Granted if I was an assailant I wouldn't be either. Max, think.' Toilet stalls first. I stalked over, prepared in case someone jumps out, and leaned down to check. I sighed in relief. No one there. And then I spotted the light bulb. On the ground. In a ton of pieces.

'What the hell? Light bulbs don't explode when they go out.' I can feel myself grow more and more tense. 'Someone made the bulb break.' I looked at my still prickled skin. 'And they're still here.' I stood up and felt it. 'Someone's behind me.' I swung around to punch- air. That's all that was behind me. Sigh. 'Curse my paranoia.' I quickly left the bathroom.

Yay, back into the dark hallway! And, as an added bonus I'm also really, really on edge (NOT scared)! At least I'm out of that bathroom. As I was walking down the hallway my skin began to prickle again. I dismissed it this time as me just being cold since I'm still kind of wet, or I did until I hear almost silent footsteps coming towards me. 'Though, it can't hurt to check anyways.' I charged my fist. Oh yeah, that's new. Seems I was electrified one too many times by the School and started storing electricity in my body. That's how I was able to restart my car earlier. Don't worry, that's all that I've got new about me, promise.

I looked behind me. Nothing. 'Huh, usually, my intuition's never wrong.' The hairs on the back of my neck rose up for the third time. I readied myself and swung around again. Crack! 'Yes! I knew the hairs couldn't be wrong three times in one night!' I looked down to eye my att- Crap! It's one of the Sons! And he's unconscious and he's nose might be broken. I don't feel so bad about the last two because he, honestly, shouldn't have crept up on me, so it's not my fault he's out cold and bleeding. Much.

I looked around. No one in site. Okay, I have two options. Leave him and let someone discover him tomorrow. 'Nope, can't do that because he might remember that I hit him or saw my wings or something and he could go around telling the whole school.' I thought it over. Option two it is. Ella's really not gonna be happy with me.

I hauled the blond-headed Son up and took him back with me to mine and Ella's room.

ELLA AND MAX'S ROOM

Ella's POV

Knock! Knock!

Sigh. That's gotta be Max. I go to answer the door. "Max, did you really for- Oh, my God! Max! What did you do to him?!" I exclaimed. I opened the door more for her, since she had Reid propped up on her shoulder, unconscious.

"Lay him down on the bed and start explaining!" Trust Max to go to take a shower and come back with an unconscious person with her.

"Okay, okay. Jeez. Stop yelling, you'll wake him up." Honestly, that's the least of our worries. His nose is all bruised up also, which means- "Max, did you Power Punch him?! You're not supposed to use your electricity around regular people! Oh, my God, we're gonna get expelled! And Pogue's gonna break up with me because you hit his brother! And you and Caleb will never be together bec-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop, Ella, please. You're panicking. And who said anything about me and Caleb getting together?" Of course that's what she focused on. I rolled my eyes.

"Really, Max. We talked about that. But that's not the point. Why is Reid knocked out and bruised on my bed?" I looked at her expectantly.

She looked slightly sheepish. "Well, when I was taking a shower one of the light bulbs blew out so I checked around and then got kind of freaked out because it felt like someone was with me." What?! What if someone saw her wings?! "Don't worry there was no one there-" Thank the Lord. "-but, whenever I left I got the same feeling and I reacted without thinking fully-" I shot her my 'Surprise, Surprise' look. She glared back at me half-heartedly. "Yeah. I know. Maximum 'Charging-Off' Ride. Anyways, this kid-" "Reid," I reminded her. She rolled her eyes. "Right, Reid happened to be behind me and you can probably guess the rest. But, in my defense he shouldn't have sneaked up on me!" Yeah, because that makes everything okay. It was at this point Total decided to wake up.

"Hey, what's going on?" Total looked at Reid and smirked (can dogs even do that?) at Max. "Well, well, Max. Boys already in your room and it's only your first day. You work fast." I smothered a giggle behind my hand. Badly.

Max looked like she wanted to throw Total out of our window. "Shut up, dog!" she snapped. I decided to play mediator before things got out of hand.

"Okay, the both of you, cool it. We need to figure out what to do with Reid." They both deflated some but they started a glare contest instead. Sigh. Children. I walked over to check Reid's nose. 'Good, it's not broken, just bruised. A lot.' I sighed again.

"Here's what we're going to do. I'll call Tyler and tell him that we're going to drop off Reid at their room. I'll tell him that Max found him in the hallway on her way back from the showers and that he was out cold when you found him. It won't sound false because Reid's mouth gets him into trouble a lot. Sound like a plan?" I looked between Max and Total for confirmation, both nodded and Max went to go and get dressed.

I dialed Tyler's number. After the third ring he picked up.

"Hello?" Oh, I feel really bad now. He was sleeping. Stupid Max and her impulsiveness.

"Hey, Tyler. I'm sorry to wake you but it's Kate."

"Pogue's not here if that's what your wondering about." I rolled my eyes. Why would I call Tyler if I was- You know what, never mind. I'll just chalk it up to him being tired.

"Actually, I'm calling to tell you that Max found Reid unconscious in the hallway on her way back from the showers." He sighed. At least he's more alert now.

"Dumb ass. How does he get into a fight on his way back to our room? I was with him most of the time." He sighed again. "Do you need me to come over and pick him up?" I left out a breath of relief. 'Good. He believed it.'

"No, Max and I are gonna bring him over. I just wanted to tell you ahead of time." I explained.

"Okay. Thanks and I'll see you then," and he hung up the phone.

I looked over my shoulder at Max. Good, she's dressed. "He bought it, so let's go and drop Reid off. Total hold down the fort while we're gone," I exclaimed whole grabbing one of Reid's arms.

I heard Max laugh softly and grab Reid's other arm. "From what he's like ten pounds, when wet," she whispered to me. "I heard that!" Total growled back. I just rolled my eyes and let it go.

ON THE WAY TO TYLER AND REID'S ROOM

Max's POV

I looked at Ella as we hobbled along with Reid. "Hey, did you get any kind of weird feelings from that Chase kid we drove back?" I don't know why but the parking lot incident has been at the forefront of my mind since I left the bathroom. It's odd.

"Like what?" she asked looking at me. I shrugged.

"I don't know. Like something slightly off about him?" She laughed. Okay, what is so frigging funny?!

"Why, because he's nice and a gentleman? Max, he seems nice and he's hot, also, don't freak out, but I think he kind of likes you." She smiled at me. I stuck my tongue out at her. Childish, I know, but necessary.

"You think every guy that I come in contact with likes me. And that's not what I meant." Ella looked at me curiously. "In the parking lot, Chase and I got into it about me carrying my own bags. And Ella when I went to take my bags back from him I could've sworn that I saw his eyes change color and I felt this strange urge to listen to him. To obey him. I snapped out of it pretty quickly but it was weird." I didn't mention what he said to me after I let him take the bags because I know that she would have taken the entire conversation the wrong way.

Ella looked skeptical. "That is strange. You sure it wasn't just the parking lot lights changing his eyes?"

"Changing blue to black?" I fired back defensively. I'm not seeing things!

"Alright, you don't need to yell at me. I'll take your word for it." 'As she should.' "We'll do some digging on him while we're hanging with him this weekend." Crap! I completely forgot about that. "I'm just asking that you don't jump to any conclusions about the people here until you get to really know them. Please?" I gave her a weak smile. "Okay." 'We'll see how long that lasts.'

BACK AT ELLA AND MAX'S ROOM

"We are so lucky that it was Reid you punched and not one of the other Sons. That situation could been a whole lot worse. You really need to watch what you do now, Max-" She's been lecturing me since Tyler closed his door with Reid in tow. I tuned her out five minutes ago.

"Max. Max. MAX!" Whoops! Looks like she caught me. I smiled sheepishly at her glare hoping to offset some of the intensity. She sighed and stopped glaring at me. Score one for Max!

"Just remember, we're normal people here Max. Please try and act like you want to be here at the very least," she said pleadingly. I consented because I really don't like stressing out the one family member that I'm closest to. 'Aw, now I'm feeling all emotional again. I need to get out of here.'

"Well, I'm gonna go for a fly to scope out the grounds." Wow, her and Total must have practiced together so that they could deliver those looks of exasperation in simultaneously. I shot them an offended look. "Hey, it's totally normal for the new kid in town to want to get to know her surroundings. Plus, I just wanna clear my head some, you know?" Ells sighed but nodded nonetheless.

"Take Total with you so he can go to the bathroom." Damn, I knew that there would be a catch.

"I don't need him to watch out for me. I'll be good, I promise," I replied giving an 'innocent' look.

"Oh, calm down and quit the act, Max. I actually want the fresh air and I won't interfere on your 'Max Time'." Thanks for nothing Total.

"Fine, whatever. Let's go," I grumbled grabbing Total.

"Be back soon!" Ella called as I stepped half-way out of the window.

"Yes, mom!" I teased. And with that I took off into the skies.

IN THE FOREST

You want to know the thing that I love most about flying? The freedom. Not just in the 'Oh, you can go wherever you want, whenever you want' way but more so the fact that when I'm soaring through the air, all of my stress and my problems just seem to disappear. Or they would if I didn't have a small, very yappy dog in my arms.

"Holy crap, Total! What the heck do you want?!" Total huffed. I rolled my eyes in response.

"I was just trying to say that there are flashing lights down in the forest." I looked down and the annoyance was right. Through the tree tops I could see a couple of flashing cop cars packed by a car that looked like it was abandoned. 'Strange.' I swooped down into one of the trees with Total to get a better look.

"Oh, so now you care about what the police are doing? Five minutes ago you couldn't-" I covered Total's mouth with my hand. "Shut up," I whispered. "We're trying to be normal remember? And a talking dog along with a flying teenager at a police station would definitely not be a normal situation." I gave Total a pointed look that completely silenced him. 'Finally, something that will!'

I looked down and saw the police tapping on and then shattering the glass window of the car. One of the cops put his arm inside to unlock the car door-not that I know what he was doing because of experience, that's totally crazy. Anyways, once the driver's door was open the officers looked inside, startled. I moved further down my tree for a closer look and-"Oh, God," I whispered.

"What is it?" Total asked.

"The kid in that car's dead." There's definitely something really strange going on at Spencer's.

Please don't hit me! I know I took forever with this chapter as well and I have no excuses this time except for my own laziness, honestly. This chapter did take me less time than the last so, yay for that and I will finish this story, just at my own pace apparently. I am still INCREDIBLY grateful and astounded that people have/are reviewing, favoriting (totally, a word that I just made up) and alerting my story! I truly do love all of you guys and your awesome words and actions! So, the next chapter will not take as long as this one (since that is the only promise I seem to be able to keep about this story, sorry about that)! Again, I thank you all for being interested in my story at all! You guys are truly fantabulous (another made up word)!