Chapter 4
Fang's POV

Just so you know, I'm not too thrilled about hanging out with these kids. They don't seem like a threat, but, I don't know, something doesn't feel right, you know? It was pretty awkward at first, but the random laughter seemed to get rid of some of the tension. Nudge, I mean Krystal, really seems to like Alexis and Rebecca. Somehow I don't think that those are their real names.

It's dumb, really, that we should have to use fake names. We can't trust anyone, anyone at all. It's not fair. But then again, life isn't fair. And me and my Flock tend to get the short end of the stick a lot.

You know, the more that I think about it, they remind me of us. A group of kids who don't look that much alike, no parents, seem tense and alert, kind of awkward around other people. I have a feeling that Alexis just made up those names on the spot, and I speak from experience. I gave us fake names one time, Tess got really hurt and we had to take her to the hospital. Afterwords, Gazzy and Nudge wanted to change theirs, so I let them. Because trust me, I would not come up with Tiffany-Krystal and Zephyr.

I also can't shake the feeling that I've met them before. Especially Max, she seems so familiar. They could have been in the School at the same time as us. The chances are slim, but it's possible. Hmm, I'll have to ask Angel. Speaking of Angel, I think she controlled Max for a second at the table. I better have a talk with her about her 'special power.'

"Where we going next?" Max asked.

"Well, you said about a roller coaster to help dry us off, right?" Tom asked, putting and arm around her shoulder. Must be together, like Alexis and Sam.

"How about 'Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?'" Tess suggested, looking at her map. "Sounds like fun."

"Sure!" Nudge agreed, and went off talking a mile a minute to Alexis and Rebecca, who replied whenever she stopped to take a breath.

"Big Thunder Mountain Railroad it is!" Max said, smiling happily, reaching up to grab Tom's hand that was across her shoulders. Because it's us we're talking about, we picked the ride that's on the other end of the park. And add us getting lost on top of that, you get and irritated Fang. Everyone else was having fun, getting alone. For the first time in their lives, they were having actual conversations with people outside the Flock who didn't want to kill us. I was happy for them, but saying goodbye wasn't going to be fun.

We've been walking for a pretty long time, me leading the way. "Are you sure you know where you're going?" Max inquired, sounding like she was on a road trip with her boyfriend.

"Yeah, we're here and-" Map was upside down. (Insert choice of swearword here) I quickly flipped it over, but she noticed.

Sighing, she took the map from me. "Ok, we need to turn around and head that way," she announced to the group, pointing to the left. With only a little grumbling, we all did what she said. Max is a pretty good leader. I saw Tom whisper something in her ear and she laughed. She's probably better then I am with the kids, but Tess helps with that. Why am I even thinking about this? And I better stop watching Max, she'll probably have something to say about that.

Lost in thought, I barely noticed when Angel came up next to me. Ruffling her hair gently I asked her mentally, Can we talk for a minute?

Sure, she replied. Angel can also send thoughts, I can't, but she reads our minds, so it works. "Hey," I said, tapping Iggy's elbow and lowering my voice, "be right back, gotta talk to Angel." Slightly louder I said, "I'll be back in a minute, have to tie Ariel's shoe." Thankfully she was wearing sneakers.

We walked over to a bench and sat down. "Angel, how many times to I have to tell you not to control people's minds?"

"I'm sorry, Max just looked like she was getting suspicious."

"Ok, but not again unless I tell you it's fine. What are you picking up from them?"

"They're good liars. Their real names are Max, Talon, Arya, Shade, Rose, Scorpion, and Ash. They don't trust us, which isn't surprising, and Max doesn't believe our fake names. It's seems like they're on the run too, but I didn't get much on that. There's something that they're hiding, but I'm not sure what. I don't think they're Erasers or white-coats or anything like that. They could be from the School though." She finished.

I nodded, thinking. So Mad was on to us? Well, she looks pretty smart. It was obvious that they didn't trust us. Hmm, I'll have to think about this later. "Thanks, lets get back before the Flock thinks we were kid-napped."

"Oh, one more thing. They always refer to themselves as 'The Flock' like us." That's very interesting.

After riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and a few other coasters, the sun was beginning to set. We decided to go our separate ways, but we made plans to meet tomorrow outside of Cinderella's Castle. Can you picture me there? I know I can't.

The Flock and I headed back to a clearing in nearby woods that we claimed as home for the next few days that we were here. "So, did you have fun?" I asked, all of us sitting around a fire.

"Yeah! Alexis and Rebecca are awesome! They love-" We, Angel and I, decided not to tell anyone about the information Angel got. I still needed to think about it, and we just met them, then we'll leave in a couple days and never see them again, so it doesn't really matter.

"That's great Nudge," I said, cutting her off because everyone else looked ready to strangle her. "Anyone else?"

"It's Disney World, how could we not have fun?" Gazzy asked.

"Fair point," I told him with a small smile. "What did you think about our... friends?"

"They seem ok," he replied. "Kind of tense though."

"Yeah," Tess agreed, "they seemed a little wary, even though they came up to us, paranoid maybe? Reminded me of us a little, uneasy around a lot of people." I nodded slowly, assessing the other 'Flock's' behavior from memory.

"Well, I'm beat, night," Iggy said with a yawn.

"We should all go to bed, it was a lot of walking today." We did our nightly hand ritual, then curled up under the 'borrowed' sheets. I put the fire out, of course. Just because we've never been to a school doesn't mean we don't know anything.

I had a hard time falling asleep, so I thought about the other 'Flock,' going over everything I noticed about them until I finally drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

A/N: HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's 2013, time for me to mess up the date for about a month... Sorry this chapter was kind of short and boring. It was kind of sort of maybe a little bit of a filler. Some important stuff in there I guess... I have been to Disney World, when I was, like, four. I remember a little, but not too much. They probably changed some things anyway, so I'm getting all my info from the interweb! Have any of you ever been to Disney World or Disney Land? (Disney Land is the one in California, right? Yeah, I think so...) Please review with questions, comments, and your favorite quote from Maximum Ride!

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