A/N: Hey guys, just a few things, I've reached the end of what I wrote for the summer so it could take me a bit longer to update now. I also wanted to let you know about a new story. It'll be a Twilight Fanfic called Somewhere In Between. So be on the look out for that. Enjoy!
"Max what was that for? I mean what you said, was that supposed to do something?" Cole's worried expression matched that of the rest of the team's."
"Look you guys, I can't explain what exactly that speech back there was for, but you guys have to know that I am a different person from the one the flock knew. Now they know that I've changed and that I won't be playing nice."
"Right now, as much as I hate to admit it, I am confused. And if I'm confused, I want everybody sitting in that room back there to be just as confused as I am, hopefully that speech will do that."
The team was silent for a moment. I kicked the trunk of the tree I had landed in earlier.
"Well, " said Cole, "if the flock and Sarah and her little group are as confused as I am, then your speech did its job."
"No kidding," muttered Sam.
"Come on you guys, lets get to bed. Tomorrows a work out day. I'm sure a place like this has a superb gym. " The team groaned.
"We're in the middle of a major drama and all she can think about is conditioning." Luke shook his head in disbelief. As I watched him go with the rest of the team, I realized that I wasn't only thinking about working out, but Luke didn't need to know that.
I woke up at 4:45 the next morning. I put on some sweats that were conveniently placed in the closet. I waited for the alarms I had set in everyone's rooms to go off. 5:00 am. And…
"Max! I hate you!" Yelled Sam from the room next to mine. One by one, the team stumbled out of their rooms dressed in sweats.
"Alright come on. Lets go find the gym." The team and I made our way down to the basement where we found a ginormous gym.
A huge wrestling mat dominated one corner. The rest of the gym was taken up by equipment, very good equipment at that.
"Okay guys, get in a circle. Luke, grab the 15 lb. ball." The team tossed the medicine ball back and forth for 10 min. moving up to a 20 pounder for another ten.
"Grab some water, then I want 25 toss squats, 80 near medicine ball sit ups, and 80 far. Afterwards we can start fighting practice. IF you keep rolling your eyes, you can add 50 pushups."
The team gave me varied looks of intense dislike as they started on their work out.
I began on my work out starting with pushups. When the team had first formed, I'd begun the workouts to help get everyone who'd been locked up back into shape. After that I realized we could kick way more butt if we tried to push past our natural genetically enhanced abilities. Thus the killer workouts began.
About an hour later everyone was done with their warm ups.
"Alright, bring it in." I motioned them towards the center of the mat. "It's time for sparring practice, we'll start with one on one, Luke you and Sam up first. Full speed, full strength, and guys, try not to break anything, okay?"
Luke and Sam nodded as the rest of the team cleared the mat.
"Okay, first one to a death grip wins, go!" I ran to the edge of the mat and turned just in time to see, or not see, an invisible Sam tackle Luke. She almost had him in a hold when he apparently got a hold of some part of her. He lifted her up and tossed her in the air. Sam shrieked and became visible again as she rolled into a fall, Luke grabbed her neck and grinned.
"I win, you lose, now you smell my stinky shoes. " The team groaned
"Luke, aren't you a bit old for that kind of thing?" said Cam.
Luke paused, as he dropped Sam. "No." I rolled my eyes and looked at Sam.
"Sam, remember you never let Luke get a hold of you, you'll lose every time. Now then, who's next?"
"You and me." I turned at the sound of the new voice to see the dozen or so guards filing into the room.
I tensed as one of the guys in the group stepped forward. I recognized him as the guy who'd been sitting next to Sarah. I saw the perv chuckling behind him.
"You heard me, you and me. I want to see what the famous Max can do. My name is Flash by the way."
"Hey Flash, I'm impressed, getting up at 6 am. to fight me. Most people save their near death experiences for later in the day."
"Ha ha, stop stalling, lets get this started. Flash and I walked to the center of the mat.
"First to a takedown?" Flash nodded.
"Okay go!" I leaped into the air hovering a good five feet above him."
"Hey, no fair you have wings."
"I have wings." I repeated mockingly. "Nice to see you've noticed. You also might have noticed that I'm not an idiot so I'm not going to stay on the ground and wait for you to blast me with some unknown power."
"Smart bird, unfortunately for you, I also have wings." Flash grinned and opened a pair of golden brown wings. He leaped into the air and tried to kick me. I say tried because I was already behind him with his arm in a lock.
"Before you fight me in the air, you might want to practice your skills first. If you even have skills." Flash growled as I hit him between the wings and he dropped to the ground.
"Yahoo Max wins!" Cole thrust his fist in the air. "Take that suckers!" Flash's group was looking mutinous. I landed and pulled Flash to his feet.
"Why don't we all introduce ourselves." I caught the death glares Luke was sending and smiled. "Civilly please."
"I'll start, I'm Maximum Ride, most people call me Max, I obviously have wings, I'm impervious to most injuries, and I can fly at super sonic speeds. Luke, you next." The team introduced themselves there was a pause until a brunette guard stepped forward.
"Hi I'm Sonar, I can turn into a bat."
"I'm craze I can change my appearance at will," I recognized Craze as the perv from before. As they introduced themselves, I was shocked at their diversity. Who knew mad scientists could get so creative?
After Sonar and Craze, there was Sting, he could sprout spikes, Aqua, she could swim really fast and breathe underwater, Emmy, she could turn into a snake, Moaki, could turn into a cat, Cody could climb anything and stick to vertical surfaces, and then there was Rag and his identical triplet sisters. All four had wings, but Ram, Bam, and Slam couldn't talk. Everyone in the guards was 18 except for the triplets who were 16.
After the introductions there was an awkward moment of silence.
"Well it's time for our run," My voice sounded really loud.
"Aren't you going to have breakfast?" Said Sonar.
"We don't eat till we've finished working out." Said Cam sadly. "And we still have lots to do."
"You've already been in here for about two hours, what else can you do?" Said Sting.
"We can do a lot more, trust me, with Max, there's always more," Said Cole tiredly (the lazy butt).
"Speaking of more, we should do more running, less talking, now move. You have ten minutes to get outside."
"But you can't get outside in 10 seconds, it's…" Before Aqua could say, "Impossible" the team was gone.