Alex POV
We left at 7:00. The Flock and I were flying, while Bryce was running below us. We decided to try the New York Institute. It took us 8 hours to get to downtown. We stopped to get food and are now walking around trying to fin it. That is when I saw the familiar building. Both Bryce and I froze. At first the Flock looked confused and then Fang asked, "This is it isn't it?"
We just nod. We walked to the park that was nearby and waited till night. We broke a window and walked in. Once we found a scientist, I put a force field around all of us, including her so no one could hear her. Angel read her mind and gasped. "She's here. We found her! Room 423!" We quickly knocked the whitecoat out and kept moving. Eventually we came to a hallway with only one room that had 2 Erasers on guard. That room was 423.
Max? Please say you are here. I think desperately to whoever is in that room.
Max POV
I was wide-awake when I heard something in my head, well more like someone. Max? Please say you are here. I start crying tears of joy. I leap up and open the door. The two Eraser guards turn towards me and quickly kill them. I turn to my left and see Alex, Bryce and the Flock there. They all have shocked faces. Alex is the first to shake it and comes running towards me. We hugged and had a long kiss. I broke it when I realized two things. One, we are still in the School. Two, I am a monster. "Let's go." I say.
We start running through the hallways, letting out any experiments we see and killing any whitecoats. Once we made it out, we flew or ran to the park. I look at them and realize how horrible I am. The Flock and Alex start coming towards me but I put up a force field. Once they hit it, they are shocked. I rip off my shock collar and start to speak. "You guys shouldn't come near me."
"What are you talking about Max? Look we are sorry we thought you were working for the School and kicked you out. We shouldn't have done it." Fang said.
I smile sweetly at the Flock. "I already forgave you for that when I let you in our house. I understand how it looked. I am not scared of any of you. I am scared of hurting you. You probably know about the Invisible Killer. I kill without a thought. I can't risk hurting any of you."
"Max, you were forced to do it. There is no way you would ever hurt us. Please come with us." Alex said with a sad look on his face.
"Alex," I say as I start to cry. "I love you so much, but you don't know what they did to me. They made me enjoy it. I enjoy killing people. I need to get my thoughts straight before I hurt anyone I love. Plus, the press knows what I look like. You think it was an accident that I appeared on that camera? I purposely did it so you would know. They will arrest me and could accuse you too. As much as I love all of you, you can't be near me."
Everyone is crying by now. "Max-" Alex starts again, but I cut him off.
"Alex, please, don't make this harder. I need you to stay with the Flock. Help keep them alive and take care of my mom and Ella. Go to school. Enjoy life. I will come back eventually. I need to deal with stuff first. Please don't come looking for me."
Alex looks defeated, as does everyone else. I turn invisible and take off flying. First, I will track done every Institute and destroy it. Then, I will turn myself in.
3 years… (Alex-23, Max,Fang,Iggy-22, Nudge,Ella,Bryce-19, Gazzy-16, Angel-14) Still MPOV
I have destroyed all the Schools and freed all the experiments. Now, I was I Washington, DC, and heading to the White House to speak with the President. I turned invisible and walked in. I went straight towards his office and then became visible. I knocked on the door and heard a come in. As soon as he saw me, the President asked, "Who are you?"
"That is why I am here. Can we speak? I promise I don't have any weapons, because one I passed through the metal detector and two, I don't want to go to jail."
"Okay. Please sit. Now tell me who you are."
"My name is Maximum Ride…" I proceeded to tell him the story of my life up until 4 years ago. "4 years ago I was captured again and taken to a different Institute. I was trained as an assassin. They put a shock collar on me and sent me on missions for them. I was able to turn invisible and slip in and kill everyone. If I didn't, I was almost killed when I got back or shocked. I am known as the Invisible Killer." The President tensed. "I am not here to hurt you. I was forced to do those first three missions. On the third mission, I purposely turned visible and was caught on camera so my family would know where I was. Once I was rescued, I went off on my own again. Every attack the Invisible Killer did after that was my own will. Those attacks were on all the Institutes that were experimenting with DNA. I have destroyed all of them. If you need proof, I have pictures."
"Please. Show me." I pulled out the pictures of the kids in the crates. The President started to get tears in his eyes. "Can I see your wings?" I nodded and showed him. "They are beautiful."
"Thank you, sir." I closed them and sat back down.
"So, why come to me? What do you need now?"
"I need to start my life and go back to my family. I came to you, because I knew you could do something about my name. I need my name to be cleared."
"I can do that. I'm guessing you don't want your name mentioned to the world as the killer?"
"No, you could make it anonymous. Can you help my family too?"
"I can fund whatever you need. I will pay for their college and school fees and make sure they get whatever they want"
I laugh. "The school fees should be great. Thank you so much, Mr. President."
"It is my honor. If you ever need anything, come here and tell them your name."
"Thank you. If you ever need me, you can find me. It has been an honor, Mr. President." With that I got up, shook hands with him and left. People gave me funny looks but I didn't care. I was going home to my family.
Alex POV
We listened to Max. We all went back to Mrs. Martinez house and everyone started going to school. The next year, Fang, Iggy, and I went to college. We were all separated, but we still visited everyone. This year, Ella, Nudge and Bryce went to college as well. Every holiday was spent at Valencia's house. I watched the news constantly, looking for any news about Max.
We all missed her dearly. I know she is still known as the Invisible Killer, but this time she is taking down the Institutes. I feel bad for not helping her, but she told us not to find her. As of right now, I am in my apartment watching the news. I see the president come on stage during the press conference he called. He started speaking, "I received an unexpected visitor the other day in my office. She told me her name and her story. She and her family grew up as experiments along as many others. Her family is 98% human and 2% bird. They have wings and can fly and many other things. They escaped, but were on the run. She was caught and forced to do missions for these scientists, or whitecoats as they call them. The media caught the pattern of these missions and called her the 'Invisible Killer'. She then escaped the Institute and went off on her own to track down and destroyed these Institutes. She freed all the experiments and killed the scientists."
One of the reporters asked, "What is her name?"
"I told her I would not mention it for her and her family's sake."
"Are these mutants dangerous?" Another asked.
"Yes. But this lady is on our side and is willing to help us. I believe many of the experiments follow her and admire her for freeing them. That is all. Thank you." He walked off the stage. I was left there dumbfounded. Max is done. She can come home! That is when I heard someone speak behind me.
"You know, the President was actually very understanding. Glad he kept me anonymous."
I don't know how long this story will be, but I know for sure there will be a few more chapters. I may keep writing this every once in a while, and also start a new one. Please review and post constructive criticism.