A/N: My story is going to have some plot twists soon, so don't kill me if you don't like the way my story's going. It will eventually get back on track. So here's another chapter.

Max POV

"…We're going to end this once and for all."

Fang nodded and flew up above me. We were heading to New York. I wonder how Sky's going to take it. The last time we were in New York we got into a lot of trouble. Oh well, the flock will have to deal. I stopped, and hovered where I was so I could talk to my flock. They all stopped too.

"Hey listen up, we're going to angle upwards and head to New York. From there we'll catch a plane to Paris and finish Itex off for good. We'll fly as far as we can today."

Everyone nodded and we were flying again. The wind in my face was whipping my hair around, and sending shivers down my back. Up here it just seemed that all our problems on the ground didn't matter. They were lost when we took off, but that was not to be. Our problems still faced us ands we were coming straight at them. We no longer could live in one spot and forget about all our problems. One thought kept bugging me though, how were we going to feed twenty one very hungry kids and still remain inconspicuous?

After a day and a half of flying we crossed the boarder into Kansas. I saw a group of storm clouds up ahead of us. They looked to be heading east as well, but we were gaining on them. After three food and rest stops, the wind started to pick up. I looked at my watch, it was 4 p.m. It was really dark, we had finally gained on the storm. The wind kept buffeting my wings so I decided that it was hardly worth trying to fly. We would land and let the storm get some distance on us.

"Okay guys, look for a place to camp for the rest of the day."

Five minutes later the flock was on the ground in a nice sheltered clearing. We were just over the boarder into Kansas and were having a good time just goofing off.

"Hey Max, come see what Uno found."

I got up from my nice relaxing spot and followed Nudge.

"We already found the rest of the flock and everyone's already there. You're going to love it. Uno found it by accident and Total went to find everybody."

"Okay Nudge I get it, what ever you guys found is cool."

Nudge led me through some bushes and we ended up in a clearing. What I said about what they had found was 'cool' was a total understatement. In front of me was a river, with a small water fall that the kids were using as a water slide. Tree branches hung over the water and Blade swung on one and fell with a splash into the water. There was a small rocky shore that ended with the sandy bottom of the river and crystal clear water.

"Oh my gosh, this place is amazing."

"Yeah I know, and the best part is, we weren't able to find any way for other people to get here. So this is all ours for the time being."

Fang, Blade, Cammie and I all went back and got our stuff. We were going to make our camp by the river. After all that was done, I got out my bathing suite and plunged into the water. The river felt good, it was the perfect depth. It got deeper as you went to the other side, but that was where the water fall was.

Something grabbed my ankle and I screeched. Fang came up and laughed hysterically. I splashed water on him and we got into a wrestling match. I second later I realized Fang had touched my skin and I didn't feel any of my emotions leaving and I couldn't feel his.

Max you didn't have to worry, you got control of this ability after a few hours, but you didn't have any one touching you. So I'm saying now you can go back to being regular Max.

"Max."

Fang looked in my eyes and I almost started to cry.

"Fang you touched me and nothing bad happened. Jeb just told me I had control of this ability."

Fang's face lit up and he kissed me. To me it felt like heaven. When we pulled apart for air, I laughed and splashed Fang. Angel popped up next to me and she screeched.

"Oh my gosh Max. That's awesome. I already told everyone else."

"Angel some times you amaze me."

The rest of the day, we all had a great time. When it was over, everyone was exhausted. We all sat around a campfire that Coal had made and were roasting fish, that Raven had convinced to come to shore, and anything else food wise we had. After we were done eating, most of the flock fell asleep, except for me, and Fang who had gone to collect fire wood. When he came back, I hugged him and he fell asleep. The rest of the night was really uneventful.

Iggy woke me up the next morning and we had a short, quick breakfast. I had, had another nightmare but it wasn't as bad because no one had woke me up. I had dreamt that Ella had died and Itex was going after my family, but it was only a dream.

Around 4 p.m. the wind picked up again. We had reached the storm about a half hour ago but it wasn't bad. Now the wind was gusting and tossing my wings, and if you think that was bad, it started to rain.

"Everyone get on the ground, NOW."

One by one we landed and ran for cover. We were on the edge of some woods when it started to thunder, rain even harder, hail a little bit and streakes of lightning lit the sky . We were all soaked to the bone and shivering, we had to find shelter and quick. When I looked up at the sky it was a greenish color, how weird.

"Max, we really need to find shelter. The wind this storm's creating is like…"

I looked into the scared eyes of Star. Slowly I turned around to look at what had Star so worked up, and guess what? I froze too. In front of us, maybe a half mile away was a funnel cloud. The rest of the flock saw what we were looking at.

"Ah Max, what…" Trent started to speak but I cut him off.

"RUN."

It would do no good to fly; we would be made into mince meat. So we belted away as fast as we could. I don't know about you guys, but when I see a funnel cloud the next thing that comes to my mind is Tornado. I looked ahead to see a road with a storm drain, we could hide in the drain.

"Head for the road." I yelled, while pointing frantically.

There was a really loud freight train sound and I looked back to see the tornado had touched ground and was tearing at us with amazing speed.

Because we were running for our lives, I didn't see the tree branch that was being whipped towards us. It hit Tint in the head and she fell down in a heap, and it hit me in the ribs. A sharp pain ripped through me and I had to force myself from falling. Eel came back, picked up Tint and we kept running.

When made it to the drain, Eel handed Tint to Blade, and went in first. I shuffled in everyone else. Fang stopped by me and motioned me to go in. I shook my head and shoved him in. I turned around to see the tornado only a few seconds away.

Max get in that stupid storm drain. Quit staring at the tornado.

I got in the drain. There was barely enough room for everyone, so we huddled together. Fangs eyes met mine. He started to say something. I didn't catch it all but I caught enough.

"...Maximum Ride I love you."

My heart melted and I muttered the same thing to him.

"I love you too Fang."

Then the tornado hit. The sound was defining and the wind was fierce. My ears popped and I started to slide backwards. I dug my hands and feet into the rivets on the drain and saw Eel doing the same thing.

Then disaster.

A bunch of water filled with, small branches, sand and rocks came flooding through the drain. Eel lost his grip and about half of the flock tumbled out of the drain. I screamed. A rock hit my hand and I lost my grip. I fell out with the rest of the flock right behind. I saw Fang being thrown on the ground and going limp. I was thrown up against a tree and blacked out. My last thought was how all this could happen in only a few seconds.

I woke up to a bunch of yelling. My head throbbed and when I tried to stand, my knees gave way. I felt nauseous and very dizzy. A hand grabbed my shoulder and I whipped around. Bad idea, because I fell on my butt doing so. I looked up to see a woman, maybe in her forties with kind eyes. Panic gripped my heart. I looked around, slowly this time, to see a bunch of people around the storm drain we had hid in.

Jeb, help.

It's okay Max. These people mean you no harm. They want to help and you can trust them with your secrets. They live in a small town nearby, that's where they have been taking the flock.

"Miss, it's okay. We're not here to hurt you or your friends, we just want to help. We're going to take you into town. Okay?"

No it was not 'okay' but what other choice did I have. Jeb said we could trust these people but I wasn't Jeb. I didn't trust them. But for the good of my flock I nodded and let the lady help me up. Once we were better, we were going to get right back to our mission.

The lady led me to a Chevy pick-up with a bunch of blankets, which were very soft, in the back. The lady told me to lay down on them and I did. My side hurt still from the tree branch, but not as much as my head did. The lady sat down beside me and nodded to someone in the truck. The truck started up and we began moving backwards. The lady spoke again.

"Just rest for a while, we'll be in town in about ten minutes."

I nodded slightly and closed my eyes. The rythmatic bumping of the truck lulled me into a fitful sleep.

So what did you think? I'll be updating my story really soon, so review, review, review. I really want to know what everyone thinks.