A/N: (It be Abby) I FINALLY got to writing chapter 10. YAY! LOL. There's a lot more conversation really in this chapter, but whatever. Oh, and just so you know, we're ignoring some of the stuff from book 7 cos Jessica doesn't remember it, but I own it, and I do remember it, so yeah. We're ignoring the Angel thing at the end because we kinda wanted to keep her in the story... But everything with Dr. Martinez, Jeb, Dr. G-H, and Ella is what we're keeping. But Ella might not be in this story too much... Heh heh. *Evil smile* DOWN WITH EGGY! Ok I'm done.

Disclaimer: We OBVIOUSLY do not own Maximum Ride. James Patterson is one person, not two...

Chapter Ten: How To Dine And Dash

Abby POV

I blinked quickly, and then listened in on the conversation Jessica was having with Gazzy about who could burp the most. It all resulted in a burping contest. Jessica won.

"Well, I just didn't have enough pop is all..." Gazzy trailed off, embarrassed about losing to a girl. Max gave him a look, and then muttered something about all males being sexist.

Angel continued to stare at me, and then she projected a thought into my head. You were kidnapped by Jeb?

Well, his henchmen really did all the work. But he planned it all.

She gave me a sympathetic look. I'm sorry. Jeb is a backstabbing jerk.

I looked at her curiously. What did he ever do to you?

She sighed. He saved us from the School, left us, and then ended up bringing us back a couple of times, and he's been working with the School ever since.

I closed my eyes, annoyed. What an idiot. I rested my head on my arms, trying to calm down.

Iggy lowered his head and looked at me. "Hi."

I smiled. "Hello there."

He laid his head down next to mine. "What's up?"

I sighed. "I'm just remembering the stupid School, the stupid Whitecoats, and stupid Jeb."

He laughed. "You sound like Max."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "Whatever. So who's paying for lunch?"

Iggy just laughed. Angel sent out a thought to everyone. Ok guys, get ready to make an escape.

What? I tapped Iggy's arm. "We're dining and dashing?" I hissed in his ear. He grinned and nodded. Quickly, I shoved my foot to Jessica's so our ankles could touch. We're dining and dashing!

You guys are so cute! Jessica thought back, smiling.

I rolled my eyes. Whatever! You're not listening! We're dining and DASHING.

You guys really are cute together! Angel thought to me.

I pounded my fists on the table. "Can everyone just stop saying that?"

Once again, everyone stared at me like I was crazy. "Geez, I really gotta work on staying in thought-conversations."

Everyone shrugged and began to stand up. My heart was pounding. I'm a good person, and I'd really prefer to follow the law like a normal citizen should. But apparently, rules weren't really important to this flock. Or Jessica for that matter.

"Guys..." I muttered.

Nudge grinned at me. "You ready?"

I let out my breath, and decided to just go along with it. I nodded reluctantly.

Max screamed out, "GO!" Nudge grabbed us newbies' hands and led us down the sidewalk, running. Someone yelled after us, but we had to keep going.

"Take off in three!" Max announced.

"Three!" Dylan yelled.

"Shut up Dylan! This is my job! Two!" Max retorted. I surpressed a laugh.

All of the flock shot out their wings, so we followed along.

"One!" she shouted. In order, we all jumped up and began flapping our wings as hard as we could. Jessica had a hard time gaining altitude, but she finally caught up to us.

I sighed, feeling guilty. "We are such horrible people."

Iggy flew next to me as close as he could so he could see around him. "You'll get used to it."

I shook my head, but decided not to fight against it.

"Wow... I can't believe I missed out on this for so long..." he said whistfully, looking around.

I looked at him sadly. "How long have you been blind?"

He frowned. "Almost my whole life. I can remember seeing, but vaguely..."

I nodded. "Did the Whitecoats make you blind?"

He simply nodded.

We flew for a couple of hours, and we finally survived the long trip full of complaining, courtesy of Jessica, to Colorado.

Once we got to their house, Gazzy sprinted to the door and opened it with the key. "I gotta peeeee!" I heard him whine. Nudge and Angel followed him, laughing. Max and Dylan walked in together, seeming to be in very deep discussion. Iggy, Jessica, and I walked in last.

"Welcome," Iggy announced while gesturing to the room, "to our home."

I feel bad about dining and dashing... Even though I only wrote about it... but whatever. Thanks for the answer to my question! (I forget the username, but you know who you are... LOL sounds creepy.) I honestly never thought about Dr. Martinez being the Voice... But it makes total and complete sense. And now I've got a theory on that! I think that Jeb, Dr. Martinez, and Dr. G-H ALL do the Voice. That would explain why the Voice contradicts itself so much. I'm just saying.

OMG. I totally forgot about Total. (And I just realized how awesome that sentence was...) Well I'll leave that to Jessica. :) K bye.