Wow I haven't written anything for this story in awhile. Writers block sorry!
Iggy: What ever you have been too focused on your other story which I am in so everyone needs to check it out because I'm just that awesome.
Me: Ig shut up. But seriously check out my other story.
Iggy: I'm in it I rock you should of called it Iggy rules
Me: Iggy shut up and go make me something to eat or else you will no longer be in that story and I won't put you in this one.
Iggy: (runs out of room and to kitchen)…
Me: FANG!
Fang: yo
Me: Disclaimer time
Fang: Only if I get half of whatever Iggy is making you.
Me: Fine
Fang: I'm awesome disclaimer D.D.B Chick does not own Maximum Ride but she owns my heart.
Me: Fang you are so sweet do you want some bacon?
Fang: If it's not too much? (puppy dog eyes)
Me: No not at all (gets up and leaves)
Fang: And something to drink! (Sits back in chair) I am so awesome
The rest of the night my mind was spinning with questions. How did Fang get out? Is he ok? Why is there a big feather in my room? Why is my dad so mean? Why do the neighbors watch me? Are they human? Why is Maria acting so strange? What is Fang hiding? Why do I not remember a lot of things from my past? Why is Britney still here? Is she ever leaving? Are me and Fang dating? Does Fang even like me? Why did I paint my room blue when purple is my favorite color? When did I get in the kitchen? Why am I in the kitchen? Oh I'm hungry that's why.
See my mind is all jumbled up right now. Anyway like I said I'm hungry so I'm gonna heat up something Jeb won't eat. As I was heating up my food I saw movement in one of the bushes outside. I walked over to the glass door that leads outside to the woods. The bush moved again. What is that a squirrel trying to get a nut?
Walking outside a gust of wind blew blowing my hair all around and… I heard the bush breath in deep. What the hell? I walked closer, maybe it was a lost or stray dog. The closer I got to the bush the more and harder it breathed in like it was breathing in my sent.
I was close enough to the bush so I could pull it aside.
"Max!" I jumped back from the bush and it stopped breathing. What did Jeb want now?
I ran back to the house but top at the door. There stood Jeb staring at the bush I was just about to touch like it was a bomb and he was worried I was going to explode. I'm serious! His eyes are huge and he looks so relived that he got to me before I touched the bush. What is going on?
"Max get in the house and stay there I don't want you out here without me do you understand?"
"…" I was shocked I had no words he was actually acting like a parent. And like he cared. Did he know what that was in the bush? He defiantly looked like he did. All I could do was nod I went past him I got my probably over heated food out and sat on the stool by the counter and ate in silence.
"I'm going to call some people from work don't go outside." Again I just nodded.
As soon as Jeb walked out the kitchen and up to his floor I looked out the door again but no bush was moving. What was that?
After I finished eating I walked up the stairs to my floor but just as I was about to pass Jeb's floor I faintly heard his voice.
"What the hell is Ari and the rest of the erasers doing here? Maximum almost saw him! I told you I don't want her involved I will not do this to my daughter!" Do what? Who's Ari? What are erasers? Involved in what? I moved closer to Jeb's office door and pressed my ear against it.
"What do you mean they are looking for the subjects how did they escape? Well why is Ari around my house? He smelled what? Subject number 1? Around my house? That is not possible he couldn't be here I would have seen him. What about Max? His sent? Ari smelled his sent on Max?" What who's sent?
"I'll look in to it but that can't be possible until I say something keep Ari away from my house and daughter. We talked about it and I told her not yet. I'm not ready for this yet I don't give a rat's ass what the director thinks she can kiss my ass! Because she's my daughter I know her this plan that the director has is going to go down in flames Max is not going to go for it and if she is hanging around subject 1 then that is going to be an even bigger disaster for the director. Yeah well we shall see won't we? But for now the time is not now. So keep them away from my house I think Max is on to something but I don't want her to find out everything yet in do time. But not now she as see the whole picture first. Yeah I know I'm on my way not see you there."
I heard Jeb's I phone beep meaning he hung up. I quickly got away form the door and ran upstairs to my room closing my door I turned on my I home and Decode by Paramore played at a low volume considering I always have my music blaring and flopping on my bed I stared up at my ceiling thinking about everything I just heard.
So Ari (who ever that is) was in the bushes? He smelled a sent on me ( I don't understand how but ok) what sent? Who's sent? The only person I was around was Fang. Was he the "subject" Jeb was talking about? Why did Jeb call him an experiment? Fang is human… right?
I could hear Hailey Williams voice ringing through my ears. If you're a man at all well I will figure this one out on my own
No Fang is human… ok well what does Jeb not want me apart of? What does he not want me to know… until the time is right as he says?
A knock came at my door before it opened Jeb poked his head around the door. That's new he usually just barges in.
"Max honey?" That's new- actually he use to call me honey and other stuff like that a while ago. Before he started hitting me.
"Yes?"
"I have to go to work for a while it might be a few days no longer then a week I promise I have to straighten a few things out ok?" A whole week with out Jeb? Am I dreaming?
"Um, ok."
"Alright I left money for food and anything else you might need."
"Ok um, dad? Quick question."
"Anything princess." He said as he sat next to me on my bed. My heart clenched at the nickname he use to call me when I was a little girl.
"What was that in the bush outside?"
Jeb paused. "It was a wolf apparently they are running around in the woods I don't want you out there." I thought he said it was that Ari guy was in the bush on the phone.
I looked deep into his eyes. He was telling half the truth not all of it. I guess he really doesn't want me out there.
"Oh ok,"
"Alright I'll see you soon princess." He kissed my head patted my cheek then left closing the door behind him.
"Bye dad…" That was all I could say I didn't understand why he was actually acting like a father.
What the hell is going on both Fang and Jeb don't want me out there in the woods. Are there really wolves out there? Is Ari a danger to me? I knew of a couple places I could get my answers. My first stop is Jeb's office.
Of course his door was locked so I picked it. Toke me five minutes but I got it. I have never been in Jeb's office before it wasn't much but it had a lot of stuff in it. His white walls where covered in plackets,' awards, digresses you name it. What really surprised me was that he had pictures of the whole family and resent ones of me. He had a wood desk that matched his door gray carpet metal file drawers and a gray computer chair. His home computer sat on the desk and it was insanely neat in here. But you could tell he just went through a few files so naturally I picked up the ones he just put down. I sat in his computer chair and put the 9 files on the desk.
I opened one and it had a picture of a guy with a beautiful face he looked like a model with his blonde hair and clear blue eyes. Actually he reminded me of Jeb a little bit. I looked at the picture next to this photo is just plain scary! It was a GIANT wolf/ monster type thing! Yellow razor sharp fangs, raged bloody claws, blonde fur with mud and dirt caked to it and clear vicious, murderous blue eyes.
I moved the picture aside and started reading the file.
Subject: #6
Name: Ari
Experiment: First successful eraser
Weight as human: 180
Weight as eraser: 500
Classification: Head lycan
Powers: Incredible strength and speed
New improvements to subject: Wings
Progress: Complete
Experimentation: Successful
Problems: Erasers to bulky and heavy
Solutions: Thicker, longer wings
Trial: Successful
What! This Ari guy is an eraser (which is basically a wolf)? And there are others like him? He's a human being! How could someone do this to a person, to people? My father does this stuff? it makes me want to puke!
I picked up the next file and opened it. I gasped inside was a picture of Fang (all these photos are head shots what are they modeling?). There was another picture behind this one and I have to say that I was terrified to look at it. What if Fang was a monster like Ari? I toke my chances and moved the picture in front. It was Fang with huge pure black wings! Oh my god! Fang has wings they where beautiful this explains so much! The giant bird I keep seeing flying around the black feather I found in my art room. It was him he's the bird it was his feather I found that's how he got out of the house. He flew!
I looked through his file.
Subject: #1
Name: Nickolas (Fang)
Experiment: First successful avian hybrid
Wing length: 17ft
Weight: 120
Classification: Leader of "The Flock"
Powers: Incredible fighting skills, silent
New improvements to subject: Invisibility
Progress: Complete
Experimentation: Successful
Wow Fang can turn invisible that's cool but it's still sick how people did this to him.
The next file had a picture of a guy who was very pale, had strawberry blonde hair and clear blue eyes that were foggy and not focused on the camera. He had another picture underneath it was of him and his wings. They were a reddish brown color with white feathers here and there.
Subject: #2
Name: Jeffery (Iggy)
Experiment: Second avian hybrid
Wing length: 17ft
Weight: 120
Classification: Second in command of "The Flock"
Powers: See's white, can feel colors, incredible hearing
Glitches in subject: Blind
Failed experiments on subject: Enhance night vision
Poor Iggy they made him blind that's horrible.
The next file had a picture of a pretty African American girl (well I guess they don't discriminate) she was beautiful with mocha skin big brown eyes and long curly dark brown hair. She had wings too they were fully brown like milk chocolate.
Subject: #3
Name: Monique (Nudge)
Experiment: Avian hybrid
Wing length: 15ft
Weight: 100
Powers: computer hacking skills
New improvements to subject: Ability to attract metals
Progress: Complete
Experimentation: Successful
Computer hacking is not a power it's a skill dumbasses.
I picked up the next file. Oh my god! The picture inside was of Gazzy! It had to be him I have never seen another kid look exactly like him except his sister. I looked at the next picture oh my god he has wings too they were white and gray mix.
Subject: #4
Name: The Gasman (Gazzy)
Experiment: Avian hybrid
Wing length: 12ft
Weight: 90
Powers: Ability to mimic voices
Glitches in subject: Produces a deadly gas
How is this possible they had Gazzy? What about Angel my baby? How did Maria get them? Are they even her kids? Is she apart of this whole madness?
I had 4 files left I was scared what other secrets I might uncover.
I opened the next file and tears gathered in my eyes. Sadly it was Angel. She has pure white wings. Perfect for her.
Subject: #5
Name: Angel
Experiment: Avian hybrid
Wing length: 10ft
Weight: 80
Powers: Mind reading, mind control
New improvements to subject: ability to breathe under water and communicate with sea animals
Progress: Complete
Experimentation: Successful
Oh my god I can't believe this shit. So did Fang know Angle and Gazzy before we babysat then? Do all of these people know each other where are Iggy and Nudge? I really need to talk with Fang.
The next file had a picture of an extremely hot guy with (EW) Justin fagger hair, tan skin, and green/blue eyes. He also has wings a beautiful goldish color.
Subject: #7
Name: Dylan
Classification: Maximum Ride's perfect other half
I choked on my spit. What the hell! Wasn't Jeb just on the phone saying he didn't want me involved in this shit? I was already involved! Who is this guy?
Powers: Incredible fighting skills, ability to control people and fix things by singing
Oh my god this guy is no way possible the guy for me. They make him sound gay like SpongeBob. Fang my not be perfect for me but he's better then this loser.
I picked up the second to last file and opened it. My heart stopped. It was me, but it wasn't me I don't have wings but this girl does. Beautiful reddish blondish brown and white wings with white almost freckle like spots here and there.
Subject: #8
Name: Maya
Classification: Clone of Maximum Ride
What I have a clone? Sense when? How?
Powers: Incredible fighting skills, super speed
New improvements to subject: Communicate with others throw the mind
Progress: Complete
Experimentation: Failed
Glitches in subject: Hears unknown voice
Solutions: None
They cloned me? What else have they done? What else has Jeb my father done? I picked up the last file with shaky hands I was terrified to open it.
It's ok Max you can do it you need to know the truth.
I jumped about a foot in the air (sitting down I'm cool) and looked around the room. No one was in here but me. Then who said that?
I did hello Maximum I'm that voice you just read about in Maya's file.
Well shouldn't you be speaking to her and not me! I was really freaking out.
Relax I speak to both of you I had been speaking to Maya more because you did not know I existed.
Ok well now I do thanks you can go back to Maya now.
Oh calm down sense you are not use to this I will stay quite for a little while.
… Hello?... Ok then anyway back to the file I opened it and nearly fainted. It was me again but this time it really was me. No wings. It was my school picture I toke last month. Kinda cheesy and a typical school picture. I was wearing a white formfitting t-shirt and dark blue jeans with a black belt one had on my hip smiling ( for once) standing in front of a fake brick wall. You know the blown up pictures you stand in front of? Yeah. Now the weird part was there was a big bright red stamp across my file that said denied in all caps.
Subject: #9
Name: Maximum Ride
That was it. That was all that was in my file. Ok well that was the first page the next pages where emails it looked like. They where between Jeb and someone named The Director.
D: Jeb stop denying the experiment!
J: She is not an experiment she is my daughter. Is it not bad enough that you already toke my son away and turned him in to an Eraser?
D: Your kids are strong Jeb we need them.
J: Look I already gave you some of Max's DNA and you used that to clone her. Why can't you just use Subject #8?
D: Because we need the original not a clone her expiration date will kick in any time now!
J: Subject #7 is a clone too and you are trying to make him have a baby with my daughter!
D: Yes he is a clone and two clones can not make a child! We need Max combining her DNA with Subject #7's DNA will create the ultimate child that we need to destroy the world! So we can make a new one of genetically engineered species and people!
J: What the hell have you been smoking? This is never going to work it will back fire right in your face. Something is sure to go wrong.
D: It will go wrong if we don't have Max.
J: Even thought this dumbass plan won't work. I can't do this to my baby.
D: So you can lie to her about her mother and sister oh and everything else around her but you can't do this?
J: I did not lie I was protecting her, her mother and her sister all of them! Max can't know where they live or that they are alive she will go looking for them.
D: Ok so when are you going to tell her she has a brother by another women who was turned in to an Eraser and wants to kill her?
J: Ari's mother gave you him with out my consent by the time I found out it was too late he was only 8 and you turned him in to and Eraser!
D: no I didn't it was your genius creation you were the one to come up with the Lycans I just tested it on an available subject.
J: you are such a bitch.
D: Yes that's why you sleep with me isn't it?
J: I don't want Max in this.
D: Too late she has always been a part of this her aunt is her principle and an ex-scientist, her mother and sister are in hiding, her brother wants to kill her and is a monster, and her father is a scientist that performs on children. She was born a part of this so wake up from your little dream that you and your daughter have a perfect life and get back to the real world where your daughter hates you and you are a man whore.
J: Fine but this is not going to turn out the way you plan or hope. Max is just like her mother sarcastic, stubborn, and hard headed and can be very mean and aggressive. I have been teaching her how to fight sense she was 5.
D: I always get what I want. She will do exactly as I say when I say it she will have no choice. And yes I'm positive she got a lot of things out of those beatings you give her. She's a natural fighter. -_-
J: She will find a choice. And it won't be the one you're looking for.
D: What ever Jeb just make sure one way or another she is in my office soon.
J: What ever you say.
I closed the file tears streaming down my face. Many thoughts running through my head. My mother and sister are alive. Ari is my brother. He wants to kill me. Maria is my aunt. She was a scientist. I have a clone. My "perfect" other is a clone. We are supposed to have a baby. The baby is supposed to destroy the world. Angel has wings. Gazzy has wings. Fang has wings. Jeb lied to me. Jeb is protecting me.
I don't know how long I sat there just crying but when I slowly got up my whole body was sore. I left the office not bothering to put things the way they were and climbed up the stairs that seemed to never end. I felt so much pain and hurt swim through out my body I didn't want to feel it I didn't want to feel anything at all.
Some how I finally made it to my bathroom I ran a hot bath filling the tube up. I tore off my clothes and got in the steaming water making my skin red and burn but I didn't take notice to the physical pain only the mental and emotional I felt in my heart. I must have stayed in there for a while because when I came out my little daze I realized the water was ice cold and I was washing the same spots on my body repeatedly.
I got out and dried off. Putting on a big baggy t-shirt and panties. I grabbed my bottle of pills and went to my room flopping down in by bed. As I lay looking up at my dark blue ceiling I dry swallowed 5 pills.
"Now I lay me down to sleep," I whispered the bottle rolling out of my hand on to the floor.
"I pray the lord my soul to keep," I was spread out on my bed like a fallen angel.
"If I die before I wake," my eyes grew heavy the pills finally kicking in.
"I pray the lord my soul to take." I passed out as the last word left my mouth.
God must have heard me because outside near my window is a huge tree and in that tree I had a mysterious and dark guardian angel watching over me.