Ok, I'm back with another chapter, I said this stuff in the Authors Note already, but that will be deleted when this chapter is posted so here it is quoted:

"Alright, jeez it's been FOREVER since I last updated and I am so sorry! I really have no excuses. For a little while there I was busy, but for a few months now, I have just been lazy, and I apologize. So here's the deal, I have kinda gotten out of writing and more into art these past few months, and because of that, I have become lazy. However, I am more than willing to start writing again! So I will update a few more chapters, I don't know when, but I do know one thing.

I have gotten out of the Maximum Ride series so I can't promise updates will be very good and often. Due to this fact, if at any point in time you, my few readers who have stuck with me since the beginning have lost interest, and want me to discontinue I will. But I don't like it when a story is just left unfinished so I won't do that to everyone who is reading.

I will first go back and re-upload all chapters, making them better since I have improved my writing (or so I feel) in these past few months. I may change things, in fact, I probably will, so if you are an old reader who has been here since I first started I recommend going back and re-reading for both a reminder and to see any changes made.

I will try to keep up for anyone who wants me to, and I will update at least once a month. But if no one wants me to continue (that I see whether through reviews or PMs), then I won't. If I see people enjoying and wanting me to update more/continue, then I will until then expect only a once-a-month update unless I have a lot of time on my hands and are just bored.

I have also decided to keep chapters where Fang isn't involved the same as they are in the book. I don't mean to do this in a bad way, and I don't mean to copyright at all. I don't own anything, I just don't want to complicate the story any farther or add things that aren't actually there. I had started to do this is one of the previous chapters, but that will be changed.

The final thing I have to say is that I have some new story ideas, they are still in the planning stages so it will be a bit before they get posted but if you enjoy my writing keep a look out!

That's all everyone, once again, thank you so much for your patience and for those who have left me good messages about my writing thank you, it makes me feel better and your part of the reason I am back into writing. For those who left reviews and messages on my mistakes in the story, thank you, I will be getting those fixed up when I re-do the chapters. Bye!"

I have one more thing to say that I forgot to include in the author's note. All throughout April and early May, I have something called FSAs and EOCs for school. If you don't know what that is because you don't have it in your state/country/school, the FSA's is basically a bunch of tests on Math, Science, History/Civics, and English (Also known as language arts) that decide if I will be able to go onto the next grade, if my teacher did a good job teaching me, and if I should be in "advanced" classes. The EOC's are a bunch of tests on my classes that are called electives like Agriculture, Band, Art, PE and more. In my case, I have to take it in Spanish, Art, PE, and Digital Arts since those are my electives. This decides if I can move onto the next level in some of those classes, as well as if my teacher taught me well. That being said, these tests are super stressful and important to both my teachers and me as my teachers can lose their jobs if they didn't teach the students correctly, as far as I know, they can also have their pay cut.

So, as promised I will update as much as I can since I won't have much homework, and more of just studying because of these tests but I can't make promises.

That's all I have to say, sorry for the long "intro" I guess, but here is Chapter 10!

Chapter 10

"Max? I'm starving" Nudge said it has been hours since we left the house on our search for Angel, and it has been a little longer than that since we last ate. Flying takes a lot out of you even on short distances, but a seven-hour flight without breaks, six hundred miles, that is a long time.

Let me just give you a quick rundown on what is happening. Max, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, Iggy and I (Fang) are 6 bird kids that were born in raised in a place called "The School" where scientist mess with DNA of humans and other animals. We escaped thanks to this really nice scientist named Jeb Batchelder saved us and brought us to a house he built in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains where we lived with him for the past 4 years or so. He taught us how to survive and protect ourselves. About 2 years ago he went missing, and we all assume he is dead. Well yesterday morning our youngest of our mix and match family, Angel, was captured by The School and now Max, Nudge and I are going to go save her with a very pissed off Iggy and Gazzy to stay behind due to Iggy being blind and Gazzy being biologically related to Angel and possibly being captured as well because The School might want him too.

So here we are, flying above a bunch of mountains in the middle of summer with 12-year-old Nudge hungry, 14-year-old Max who is also staving but probably doesn't want to give me the satisfaction of her breaking first and I, who is also starving, being too stubborn to talk or crack down and make them stop.

"Okay, okay. We need food." Max said. "Fang! We need refuel. Ideas?" I got started thinking, we didn't exactly pack all that much food ad we don't have money to buy anything. I have a few granola bars and chocolate, but that wouldn't be enough to hold even Angel off for more than an hour or so. I realized that according to our map we are flying over the San Francisco Peaks. I looked down at Max knowing she would have recognized the same thing by now.

"Ski slopes," Max said merely.

I nodded in agreement. "Summertime. Empty vacation houses."

"Would they have food?" Nudge as hungrily.

"Let's go find out," Max said with a shrug. We flew around in a circle at the edge of the mountains. These small towns and houses would be flooded with people in the winter, dotted with snowy peaks and cleared off area for cars and trucks. Max led us away from them, to where some houses became more spread apart but in a more orderly fashion. She noticed one house that was farther away from the others. There we no cars parked outside and no smoke from the chimney probably meaning nobody was home.

We dove down tucking our wings in some to slow down as we started to drop. We landed about a hundred yards away, and like every time we flew for hours, our legs felt weird. Like rubber. Max and Nudge shook them out, but I just ignored it. It also wasn't helping that we were all shaky from low blood sugar and I didn't want to risk falling or wasting energy. We pulled our wings in tightly against our lean bodies.

Slowly, we walked through the woods where no signs of life were present beyond us and the vegetation along with the occasional bird or squirrel. The porch and driveway of the house were slightly buried in pine needles, along with the hedges around it was overgrown. This showed that no one had been living here for some time now. Max crept up farther than the two of us before turning around giving Nudge a thumbs up. She smiled, and somehow, stayed quiet.

Max quickly did a once over revealing no apparent alarm systems and no lights blinking for motion detectors. Besides, this wasn't a house worth protecting, just a teeny-weeny cottage. I kept up behind Max with Nudge following close behind, with her pocketknife, Max slit one of the window screens and unhooked the latch. She quickly slid out the screen and carefully placed next to the house. I then helped Max with shaking the window frame until the lock on the window popped, showing that we could enter. I was the first to climb in with Nudge next with the help of Max. She then climbed in after closing the window again.

There were dust bunnies everywhere, the fridge was off and the door open. Max started to scan through the cupboards when she grabbed a dusty can of soup and held it up. "Bingo," she said. "Oh, yeah, pay dirt, woo-hoo!" She continued to pull things out such as cans of beans, fruit, condensed milk, and one of my personal favorites, ravioli. "We're golden!" Max exclaimed.

I moved around checking the cabinets she missed and found some old bottles of orange soda, so we popped them open and started eating. Half an hour later, Max and Nudge were sprawled out on the couches, all of our bellies way too full.

"Uhhnnhh," Nudge moaned. "I feel like, like concrete." I pressed my back against the couch I was sitting on and crossed my legs.

"Let's take ten, rest a bit. Digest a minute, we'll feel better." Eating food and soda from dusty cans that have been here for who knows how long probably wasn't our brightest idea.

"I second that emotion," Max muttered closing her eyes. All thinking the same thing before sleep overtook our bodies. 'We're coming, Angel. In a minute.'

And there you have it! Again I am sorry for the delay in the chapters, but I hope you have enjoyed, until next time bye!

I DO NOT OWN THE BOOK, CHARACTERS, OR ANYTHING SUCH AS POSSIBLE DIALOGUE THAT IS FOUND IN THE BOOK. CREDIT GOES TO THE AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON!