Max's POV

"So then we realized it was time to get out and we escaped." Aero finished saying.

"Sounds a lot like my story except that I would never have been tricked into trusting the white coats." I grinned.

"Yeah that was a mistake!" Sparrow told me dropping her head slightly apparently very ashamed.

"It could happen to any one though. All they want to do is lure you into a false sense of security before making you do there bidding." I told her trying to make her feel better. I guess I'm just nice like that.

"Sure I guess," she replied looking up at me and smiling.

"So what about you?!" Asked Jitter in a pretty rude way. This boy sure had the guts to be like that.

"Well my name is Maximum Ride an—"

"Wow she's got a last name!" Storm jumped in squealing, "I think we need some last names."

"Not now," replied Aero harshly to her. He wasn't very nice to the flock.

"Sure what kind of last name would you like?" I asked seeing the sad beat down look on her face.

"Hmmm, I want to be called Ride!" She said, "can we share last names?" She asked. I didn't much like sharing my last name but I felt bad for the little girl.

"Um, we could if you'd like but wouldn't you like your very own last name?"

"Yeah sure… Oh how about Diamond!" She said with a laugh.

"Sounds great." I replied.

"Ok now back to your story?" Cut in Jitter once again rudely. "Where's your flock?" When he asked that I could feel my heart skip a beat. I didn't want to talk about my flock.

"So my name is Maximum Ride and I escaped with five others several years back. A man names Jeb (a white coat) rescued us and took us to a house in the mountains where we lived for several years until he died and Erasers came and started trying to kill us-"

"Erasers?" Asked Aero. My eyes grew wide,

"You don't know what Erasers are?" I asked him he suddenly didn't reply I had a feeling he felt a bit foolish.

"Well they were men who morphed into wolves. They basically wanted to kill us."

"And where's your flock NOW!" Asked Jitter. I took a deep breath and prepared myself to talk about it.

"They… wanted to settle down." Was all I could get out when suddenly a wave of memories came flooding into my mind? I saw us in this very cave, then in New York at the institute, on the beach when we though Angel had drowned, and then when Fang and I… I shook the picture from my head.

"You ok?" Storm asked me.

"Yeah… I, uh I'm fine."

"Maybe we should all get some rest." She said looking at me with a concerned expression on her face. I gave her a small smile thankful for jumping in.

"I'll take watch tonight." Aero said.

"All night?" I asked kind of shocked.

"I guess," He said.

"If you guys split it up into hours you would still be able to get some rest and not be tired tomorrow."

"I like that idea." Said Storm. "Staying up all night is to hard."

Aero just shrugged.

"Fine what ever you guys want. I'll take first watch then." I scooted up against the wall and leaned my head back. I couldn't sleep but I just thought, I thought about EVERYTHING. Finally when I couldn't bear sitting anymore I stood up and walked to the edge of the cave.

"Where are you going?" Aero asked.

"For a fly." I replied.

"Oh," He said, "Well you're welcome to stay with our flock. I mean everyone seems to like you."

I nodded in thanks and jumped off the cliff flicking my wings open as I did. I loved the feeling of the night air washing over me. The moon bright in the sky and the stars sparkled. It's a beautiful night, more beautiful then anyone I had seen in a long time. This would have been a perfect night if I had been with my flock… Scratch that, I am not going to think about them. I have to think about other things so I am going to make a promise to myself that I won't talk or think about my—the flock, any more.

~…~

"So where are we headed today?" Storm asked the next day.

"I don't know." Replied Aero. Apparently they didn't live with any kind of plan.

"Where were you going before you met us Max?" Asked Storm, who was sitting next to me as we ate breakfast I couldn't help but think of An… wait NO I am not thinking of anyone.

"Well I was headed to New York to the Institute." I replied.

"The Institute?" The asked in unison, they really didn't know much.

"Yeah but its sort of pointless so I'm not so sure if I want to go there."

"Well where do you want to go?"

The flock Max! Go make sure they are ok!The voice suddenly popped into my head.

Well, well it's been awhile. I replied to it I hadn't heard from it since… well since a while ago. And for your information I DON'T want to go check on… them.

Fine Max then Maybe you should go do something useful. You are suppose to save the World aren't you? Ugh not this again.

"I DID SAVE THE WORLD!" I replied when I realized I had said it out loud.

"Wha?" Aero asked looking at me.

"Oh, nothing never mind." I replied.

Aren't you going to tell them about me? Asked the voice.

No they will just think I'm crazy now what am I suppose to do? I asked.

Just think about it Max, what feels right? You said you wanted to destroy the white coats once and for all didn't you?

But how do I do that? I asked

Think Max, the answer is inside of you. Ugh I HATE when it was like that. I tried sifting through my brain figuring out what the answer was when suddenly one word popped into my head.

CALIFORNIA. That couldn't be possible there was no way I was heading back there! Ugh I hated that place so much why would I have to go back there! NO WAY I wasn't going to do it.

"California." I suddenly found myself saying out loud.

"Cool! We've never been there!" Said Storm and Jitter.

"Ok then let's go." I looked at Aero who eyed me curiously.

"California?" He asked and I shrugged,

"I guess so."

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