I'm so sorry about the ridiculous wait. I had the whole chapter written out weeks ago, but then I remembered something I wanted to put into the story later, and it didn't work with the chapter, so I had to go back and rewrite the whole thing. That, and my weekends were super busy with our school fashion show stuff. Anyways..

Thanks for the reviews!! MelissaRM, thanks for the help, but Claire's name wouldn't be Young, because while she's Emily's niece, they're related by Claire's mom, Emily's sis. When Claire's mom got married she would have changed her name to her husband's, so Claire would have taken that name. But thanks anyway. Um, did that make sense? lol

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Maximum Ride or Twilight. If I did... I think I'd buy a purple mansion. I like purple.

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-twi XD

"OMG, look at that!" squealed Nudge, pointing to another store. Then another. Then another. I'm starting to seriously consider strangling her. By the look in Max's eyes, so was she. What can I say? Great minds think alike.

"Look at that," I turned around to smack Nudge, but halfway realized that it was Gazzy speaking. I followed his line of sight, and suddenly felt like someone poured ice water on me.

"Wow," murmured Max. "Damn, that must have hurt." She eyed the woman across the street wearily, then burst out "You don't think thing she's part of–" Fang cut her off. "Max, baby, don't be paranoid. We've been fine for months, and Jeb said that we're not the top priority for Itex right now. Just calm down."

I could tell that Max was distracted by the woman across the street, because she didn't even yell at Fang for calling her "baby". She just threw the woman a wary glance, and sped up her walking. I tried to keep up with her, but I found it difficult while staring at the woman across the street, and ended up tripping over Total.

"Hey!" Total cried. "Watch it!" He shook out the dirt from his fur, and trotted up in front of the group, muttering about annoying kids, and how he couldn't wait until Akila came. Dr. M. Said it'd be easier for her to deal with the change if our house was all set up first. So until next Tuesday, when she came, Total will be unbearable. Just a heads-up for you people out there.

I hardly heard him though, as I was still staring across the street. Why in God's name did we have to move to Seattle?! I could hear my breath coming out in sharp gasps, but I couldn't stop it. I nervously scanned the whole street, before my eyes once again rested on the woman.

Why, oh why, was I fate's bitch? Could I never live a normal, non-crappy life without chaos starting? No, I don't think so.

I noticed Nudge looking at me strangely, and my stomach knotted. Oh, god. I'm going to hurl.

"Hey," Angel suddenly exclaimed. "See that dog over there? Isn't it cute? What do you think Total? The little brown one with the pink bows." Total pretended to gag, and everyone laughed, the woman across the street forgotten. I caught Angel's eye, and she gave me a quick smile. I looked away, smiling a bit to myself, but still feeling sick.

Angel was the only flock member that knew about my past. I didn't tell her by choice of course, she heard it in my mind. Within the first four weeks of me staying with them, she knew all about the pack, Cullens, and my family. She also knew about my kidnapping from the school on the rez, and into the School in California. We've talked about it briefly only once, and after that, Angel knew well enough not to bring it up again. She knew better than anyone the pain remembering causes me. Maybe it wouldn't hurt so much to remember if I talked about it enough to get over it, but I've never felt comfortable with reliving the pain.

"Hey," Nudge said, looking at me with confusion and curiosity. "What's up with you? You were fine before, and now you're all, like, moody and crap. Oops, sorry Max. But did you, like, know that person? OMG, I bet you totally did! Was she, like, your mother or something? You totally should have said something to her. But then, what could you have said. You couldn't be all 'Hey, My name's Everywhere, my friends call me Evie. I'm the daughter you thought was lost forever. Oh, and by the way, me and my friends are all mutant freaks with wings. But I'm sure you can overlook that.' I mean, she might be ok with it, being your mom and everything, but look at what happened with Iggy. What do you think happened to his parents anyways? Do you think they regret doing what they did? They better. I mean, if it was me - mmppphhhh!"

Iggy had slapped his hand over Nudge's mouth - with perhaps a little more force than necessary - glaring in her direction.

Nudge's eyes widened and she blushed as she realized her mistake. She lightly pried Iggy's finger back from her mouth, but kept her fingers intertwined with his, gently squeezing them. "Sorry, Ig. I didn't mean..."

"Yeah, I know," Iggy sent her a tense smile. Nudge smiled back gratefully, squeezing Iggy's hand before letting it go. He went back to his pretty much one-sided conversation with Fang, and Nudge started chattering with Angel, her embarrassment forgotten as she prattled on about makeup or something.

I rolled my eyes in Gazzy's direction. He grinned at me, moving closer so we could talk without being overheard.

"Hey Evie," Gazzy murmured quietly. "Ig was doing some research on Fang's laptop, and he found this really cool chemical that will catch fire when mixed with vinegar! Think of the mayhem we could cause with that!"

I grinned an evil grin, and with fire and explosions in my mind, thoughts of my Aunt Emily were soon forgotten.

Max's P.O.V.

I frowned at Evie, watching her talk with Gazzy about something surely to do with bombs. Oh, those three... Just Iggy and Gazzy had been enough, but then two years ago she came, bringing with her a weird - and slightly frightening - fascination with anything to do with flames. She truly has become part of our flock - no, part of our family these past couple years. Of course, the first few months she was with us I kept a close eye on her. Jeb had promised us she was fine, but call me crazy, I wasn't convinced. After about five months however, she had already stolen the hearts of us. There was just something about her the makes you want to be her friend. To love her. She has this innocence, this naive look. When she wants to. She's also one of the fiercest people I know. A true fighter, true warrior. Probably more than any of the rest of us. She's broken though. She had a family, and friends, but she lost them all. She was thrown into a world of monsters and freaks. We were all raised in this fucked up world, but she really knows what she's missing, better than the rest of us, because she had it.

'Hey Ange?' I thought, looking at the store windows as we passed.

'Yeah,' She sent back, subtly moving closer to me, picking up Total and scratching behind his ears. He huffed a bit, not happy with being carried, then curled up in her arms.

'What's up with Evie? How did she know that woman?' Angel stayed quiet for a moment; she seemed to be contemplating something. She had paused her scratching, and Total opened one eye, muttering "Hey. I was enjoying that," to which Angel smiled, and resumed her previous actions.

She looked up at me with a nine year olds innocent wide eyes. Yeah, if only. 'If you were Evie Max, would you want the one secret you have to be told by someone else? If she wants to tell you all about her past, she'll do it on her own time, when she's ready. And if not, that's her choice, and you should respect her privacy. Her past - It's even painful for her to think about it. But telling it to the only family and friends she has is a completely different story.

I frowned. Okay, she had a point, but that doesn't mean I like it. I need to know what's going on with my flock. I'm in charge of them, and how can I be in charge of a situation I'm not aware of? I scowled at Angel, hating the way this conversation was going.

'You know everything don't you? Her whole past?'

A small frown passed by her angelic face, she hesitated, then replied with 'I don't know everything. She needs to directly think about it for me to hear. And it's not like I want to hear. It's her past, and it's not fare that I should know things about her past that she didn't willingly share with me. I hate that I can't really ever give you guys privacy, but I can't just turn my gift off. And Max, you don't have to be in control of this situation. Let Evie deal with it how she wants to.'

I heaved a great sigh, lacing my fingers together with Fang's. 'Yeah, alright. To the first part anyways. To the last part - who says I can't always be in control? I will always be in control, you're all my responsibility.'

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Evie laughing with Iggy and Gazzy. I couldn't help but smile.

Okay, it was a crappy ending, you don't need to tell me, but I'm going to Cuba in about three hours, and I still need to pack, so it was a teensy bit rushed. Hopefully it's not that bad. So yes, a little part of Evie's past was shared. More to come. Please review!!

-twi XD

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