Disclaimer: *Faith walks onstage, the audience cheers*

"Hi guys! Been a while since I've done this, so here goes," Faith says before taking a breath.

"T-Bones158 doesn't own my mother or father or the rest of the characters from Maximum Ride. Nor does he own any rights to songs used or requested," she says. Faith smiles at the audience, "Wow, I did better then I thought I would. And now I'm off to get some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with Phoenix! See ya later!"

*Faith walks offstage*


Tom POV

I drove behind Eric's Porsche for five minutes before asking Alex, "So...what type of music do you like?"

"Anything but Creed. They sound like everybody," she replied. I rolled my eyes. Creed was okay in my book, but hey, at least she didn't say no to AC/DC. I pulled Black Ice out from my CD case and put it in the radio and cranked the volume. Rock N' Roll Train began to play from the speakers and Alex turned to me.

"Right on! AC/DC rocks!" she said. I smiled.

"Kinda figured you'd say that," I said to myself more then her. We both continued talking about our favorite music as we drove behind Eric's car. We pulled up to a stop at a small restaurant called Bones' Bar n' Grill.

"You seriously don't listen to Justin Beiber?" I asked her in disbelief.

"He sounds like a little girl! And he's 23! Who would listen to that!" She replied. (AN: Remember, it's 12 years after 2006. And I had to do it. It was the perfect set up.)

"You obviously haven't met the teenage girls of Erieville," I commented shutting my door. Alex rolled her eyes.

"Those girls obviously haven't listened to any good music then," she said. Oh yeah, I found my dream girl.

"Come on you guys! In here!" Faith said to us. Looks like it's time to face the music.

Fang POV

"Mom! Daddy! We're back! Any word on Bones?" Faith asked walking in. I turned from my spot near the phone and shook my head somberly. I noticed two other kids behind E and Morgan.

"Who're your friends, Faith?" I asked. The boy looked like an average Joe, whereas the girl was definitely sporty and she reminded me of Max.

"Faith and Phoenix are back, already?"

And speaking of Max...

"Yeah, and they brought two friends apparently," I said to her. The Boy stepped forward and held his hand out to me.

"I'm a big fan of yours, Mr. Ride. My name's Tom Stevens," he said. I rolled my eyes at being called 'Mister'. I gripped his hand and shook it.

"Nice to meet you, Tom," I replied, "And don't call me 'Mr. Ride'. Just call me Fang."

"Wow, so you really are Fang Ride, huh?" The girl said walking up to me. She poked my arm and then backed away from me behind Tom.

"He's real!" She whispered/exclaimed to him. Tom snickered.

"Yeah, and I bet he can poke back," he said. The girl gave him a playful shove and then walked back to me.

"This. Is. AWESOME!" she exclaimed. She held a hand out to me like Tom did before her, "I'm Alex Moore."

I took her hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you Alex," I said, "You can just call me Fang."

After introductions were made, Tom and Alex asked multiple questions. After answering a few, the phone rang. I picked it up.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Hello, is this Mr. Fang Ride? This is Franklin and Morgan's father, Richard. I am the physician assigned to a Mr. Anthony Owens; he is your father correct? I have some information about his condition," the voice on the phone, who has labeled himself 'Richard', said. I slammed my hand on the bar to get everyone's attention. When they all looked at me, I put a finger to my mouth and then pointed at the phone and mouthed, "Hospital."

"Yeah, this is Fang. What can you tell me about my dad?" I asked. Faith, Max, Morgan, E and Phoenix looked at me expectantly.

"Well, the wounds are...how do I put this? Healing. Without the medication's assistance. I don't know how else to explain it. Can you come down here and perhaps let us in on this new development?" Richard asked. I relaxed visibly and the tension throughout the room vanished.

"Yeah, I'll be there in about fifteen minutes. Goodbye Richard," I said hanging up the phone. E, Max, Faith and Phoenix looked at me expectantly.

"Bones is fine. His healing agent finally kicked in. I'm going there to get more information," I said reaching over the bar to get my keys. Why fly when I can break a few laws on the street? Thank you Lamborghini.

"I'm going with you, Fang," Max said in her non-argument voice. That's the voice that got her pregnant in the first place...not that I wanted to argue about it.

I nodded and switched keys out for Zack's Mustang. It's more pregnant-woman friendly then my Lamborghini. I turned back to Faith and gave her a small hug.

"Everything's going to be okay, Baby-girl. Watch the fort, okay?" I said to her. She nodded and hugged back.

"Okay Daddy. Drive safely," she said. We broke from our hug and Max and Faith did their own hug before Max followed me out to the cars in the back.

I pressed unlock on the keys and opened Max's door for her. She carefully got in the car, and I shut the door for her. I walked around to my side and got in. I started the car and nearly broke the speed limit getting out of the driveway.

I can't wait to see the look on Dr. Richard's face when Max and I show up. It's been well over 10 years since he's seen us. Egotistical prick, only caring about his job and making Frankie raise his little sister alone. I'm just glad Frankie and I met when we did, otherwise, I don't even wanna think about where Frankie's life would have taken him.

I pressed down on the gas and sped up to get to Bones' side.


AN: Sorry for the wait guys, I went out to see A Nightmare on Elm St. Good movie.

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