Disclaimer: Somehow, I always forget to do these things. But that doesn't mean that HON or Max Ride belong to me. I wish...

Maximum, when will you understand? Your whole life is an experiment to save the world. The Voice chastised. I pressed my fingers over my temple and winced. When the Voice started getting agitated, well then that's when I started getting headaches.

I control my life. I thought fiercely. You can't make me do anything. Neither can Itex or the Mr. Chu. It's my life.

The Voice clicked its tongue in disapproval. I thought you were smarter than that. You were created to be the fastest, the strongest, the smartest, the complete maximum. The only reason you were created was to save the world.

I rolled my eyes and hoped that the Voice could pick up things like that. "I'm sorry, but Jeb already beat you. And I'm sorry to say that it wasn't interesting then and it isn't interesting now." I snarled. Crap! I said that out loud. I looked around the table and got very strange looks. Most of them were the normal, are-you-mental look, but Zoey had a curious look and somehow, that was even worse. I dunno, call me paranoid 'cause I'm the most paranoid person in the world. But that's what kept us alive.

Should I lie and try to cover it up? Or, god forbid, tell the truth? The truth, Max. You need to tell them the truth. At least this is pretty straight forward, not the fortune cookie trash I usually get. The Voice hasn't let me down yet, so I'll listen to it.

I cleared my throat self-consciously. "Uh, this is gonna sound really crazy, but I have a voice in my head." I take a nervous glance around the table and see them shaking with laughing.

"I always knew there was something wrong with Max." Shuanee laughed.

"Ditto, twin." Erin said.

"It's not just that." I said defensively. "Sometimes it gives me directions and tells me things. Most of the time it spouts fortune cookie crap."

Everyone stops laughing at me. "What do you mean by that?" Damien asked sounding oh so whitecoat-ish.

"Sometimes when I get confused, it tells me where to go. Sometimes it also gives me random info on people." I mumbled.

Zoey grinned. "It sounds like you have an affinity."

"What the hell is an affinity?" I snapped.

"It's a gift given to us from our goddess." She said.

"Ha! A gift given from a goddess! I know exactly where this came from and its not goddess given." I laughed bitterly. It's from inhumane, illegal experimenting and we're programmed to keep evolving. Angel's got the jackpot with the whole powers thing.

Erik sighed. "It's like a superpower." Oh so it's like flying or super speed or breathing underwater! It's not a superpower, it's a mutation.

I decided to pretend to go along with them. "That's cool! Do any of you have…er affinities?"

"Zoey's loaded." Erik chuckled. "She has an affinity for fire, earth, water, air, and spirit." That's a lot. I hope I'll always have less than her, but my plans would be ruined if I kept mutating.

"Damien has an affinity for air." Jack piped up.

"I have an affinity for water." Erin said smugly.

"Fire, baby." Shaunee added.

"Visions." Aphrodite spat. She glared at me. "Guess what? You're in one of them."

"I'm honored." I said sarcastically.

"But there's something strange about you in that vision." Aphrodite said. "You have wings."

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