I know I haven't done a disclaimer yet so now I do. I do NOT own Maximum Ride JP does, but I do own Juliet, Jo, Oliver, Steven, Marissa, Marie, and Sheldon. And thank you to everyone who has commented. And now on with the story.

Max POV

The drive to the airport was short. Steven wasn't very talkative so there was little conversation. What I did get out of him was that he was an Eraser. A good one obviously and that he was olny ten years old. His biological parents were two of the MANY Erasers that chased us until we, the Flock and I, saved the world. The only thing was, their expiration dates were soon after Steven was born.

I didn't need to get on the plane nor did I have the money, so I was only aloud to go the baggage check area. Steven said that he would call me when the plane was about to take off so I could follow them to Florida and not get there early.

One thing you need to know about planes is that they take forever to get from New York to Florida. I could have flown to Florida in a hour, but NO. I had to keep the plane in sight. Those were orders from Steven.

Florida was hot. I mean it was like 100o there. I was wearing jeans so Steven and I had to stop at a store by the airport so I could buy some shorts and tank tops.

Steven drove a rental car we picked up at the airport from Miami to Fort Lauder dale, where the School was located. It was a long drive too, but I couldn't stand the silence so I turned the radio on. Great. Just great. The only radio station that I could get was playing Justin Bieber's song Baby. I could tell that much from the lyrics.

Baby, baby, baby ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
Like baby, baby, baby ohhh
I thought youd always be mine, mine

Luda
When I was 13, I had my first love,
There was nobody that compared to my baby,
And nobody came between us or could ever come above
She had me goin' crazy,
Oh I was starstruck,
She woke me up daily,
Don't need no Starbucks.
She made my heart pound,
And skip a beat when I see her in the street and,
At school on the playground,
But I really wanna see her on the weekend,
She know she got me gazin',
Cuz she was so amazin',
And now my heart is breakin',
But I just keep on sayin'...

Baby, baby, baby ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
Like baby, baby, baby ohh
I thought youd always be mine, mine

Baby, baby, baby ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
Like baby, baby, baby ohh
I thought youd always be mine, mine

(I'm gone)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (6x)
(Now Im all gone, now im all gone, now im all gone)
Gone, gone, gone,(gone)
I'm gone.

Thank God the song ended. I could only stand so much teenage pop music. AFI came on next. The song was Love Like Winter from Decemberunderground. This is the music I like to listen to plus Davey Havok and Jade Puget are just so hawt. Fang's hotter though.

Warn your warmth to turn away
Here it's December, everyday
Press your lips to the sculptures
And surely you'll stay (love like winter)
For of sugar and ice.. I am made, I am made


It's in the blood, it's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
He wanted love. I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years before

She exhales vanilla lace,
I barely dreamt her yesterday (yesterday…)
Read the lines in the mirror through the lipstick trace:
"Por Siempre."
She said, "It seems you're somewhere, far away"
To his face.

It's in the blood, it's in the blood
I met my love, before I was born
She wanted love, I taste of blood
She bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years before

Love like winter… Oh… Oh…
Love like winter… winter… 3…4…

It's in the blood, it's in the blood
I met my love, before I was born
He wanted love, I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years before

Whoa. I never realized it before, but this song is kind of like Jeb and I. We were nothing alike, but yet we were related. Love is sometimes like winter I guess. It's cold but caring.

"We're almost there." Steven informed me.

"Okay." I said half paying attention to our surroundings. I didn't realize how far we had gone while I was listening to AFI.

About ten minutes later, I say a large building that was about two stories high and looked to be spread out over more than an acre.

"Whoa." I exclaimed. The old School hadn't been THIS large and it was HUGE!

Steven was stopped at the gate to show identification and inform the guard who I was. Steven said I was "Jeb's daughter, Maximum Ride."

After parking, Steven led me through the maze of a building to the main control center of the School. And if the outside looked big , the inside was even more enormous.

A short woman in a white coat waddled up to us.

"You're Maximum Ride are you not?" She questioned.

"Yeah, and you are?" I answered.

"Marie Hockley. Jeb was my boss so now I'm in charge of taking over for sorry for your loss." she said quickly.

"Yeah well the guy wasn't the best father in the world so I'm not that sad about it." I stated wanting to get on with everything and I didn't want to make small talk about my dead dad.

"Well, if you would like to see him, or his body anyway, you will have to follow me." She turned to Steven,"Thank you for getting her for me Steven."

She whipped around and started walking down this long hallway with lots of doors. I guess I was supposed to follow so I walked quickly to get caught up with her. Who knew short stumpy people were so fast. (A/N: I have nothing against short stumpy people just so you know)

"Hey Marie. How did Jeb die?" I asked.

"We don't know that yet. We think it was old age or he was going insane and poisoned himself with iodine or any of he other chemicals we keep on hand. He only died this morning so he is having his autopsy now. He was found in his room at about 12:30 this morning. We were having a double shift because we are working on some military-. Oops! I 'm not supposed to tell you that." She explained surprisingly quickly.

"But the last time I saw him he was perfectly fine. I mean, that was like five years ago but still. And he was only like forty something. He wasn't that old." I told her my voice raising steadily.

"It could have been from overworking his body or stress. He did mention something about a granddaughter that he never got to see. I think he was packing because mark, the guy who found him, said that there were clothes all over the floor and there was a duffel bag on the bed.." She said.

I gave him a photo of Fang, Juliet and me. Jules didn't need to meet him but I guess he needed to be in he life a little bit. I thought.

We stopped at a door at the end of the hallway and Marie slowly opened the door and stuck her head in probably to make sure Jeb's body was in this room.

"Okay, go in. the doctor is going to tell you more about Jeb died. He the coroner, wants you to be the first one to know." She stepped out of the way so I could go in.

The first thing I saw in there was Jeb's lifeless body laying on a table. The coroner was standing over him with his clipboard writing something down. And get this,on Jeb's foot was a toe tag. I thought those were only on TV and in movies.

"Hi, Maximum. I am Sheldon Alexander. Jeb Batchelder was your biological father right?"

"Yeah he was. And it's Max." I said wearily.

"Okay, so Marie must have filled you in on the important stuff right? I have just finished the autopsy and found nothing unusual about his body, but a tiny little hole on his left arm and an unidentified drug in his bloodstream.. It could be anything. I will call the other doctors in the building and have them come take a look at him later." The doctor man explained.

"I'm gonna go now. I need to call someone. So I think I'll come back tomorrow and see what you have then." I told him backing out of the room.

"Bye, and make sure you come back." He called after me.

So yeah. Comment and review please. Suggestions are welcome. I'll try to update on Thursday. If not, it will have to be Monday.

-A Goode Chameleon