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Maximum Ride Chapter 52 Breaking and Entering July 10

(Max Pov.)

"You guys aren't opposed to breaking and entering are you?" I glanced at all of their astonished faces and couldn't help but laugh. Man were they innocent. Still chuckling I turned back to the Verizon store window I was hovering outside of thirty feet off the ground and wiggled my knife under the lock once more. I'd already disabled the security system so that was a given. Now if I could just get the lock to-.

My thoughts were interrupted by a clicking sound and I grinned as the hatch snapped and I was able to push the window up. Propping my arms on the window seal I braced myself and leaned inside. The room was dark and crowded but I was able to make out the shapes of boxes and lots of computer junk. I grinned and hoped inside. The rest of the Flock followed hesitantly.

"Remind me what we're doing here again." Jordan said, looking at a large box by the window. She glanced at me and I said, "Getting you a computer and me a phone. That way we can stay in touch." Light bulbs went off in every one of their heads and they started looking around. I saw a set of stairs and led the way down to the bottom level where there were glass cases full of phones and a few computers. I walked over to what looked like the most expensive one and turned to Braden who was standing beside me.

I pointed to the computers and said, "What's your favorite color?" Braden glanced at the computers as well and thought for a moment. Then he grinned and said, "Red." I smiled and said, "Me too, stand back." Braden ran backwards and turned to watch me as I raised my fist above me then sent it crashing down through the glass. The glass shattered into a million tiny pieces. The Flock all flinched, waiting on the alarm to go off, but when it didn't they let out sighs of relief.

I picked up the laptop, red, and handed it to Nikki. She brushed glass off of it and looked up at me. I produced a touch screen phone I'd taken from right beside it and said, "Both of these have Skype, you know what that is right?" She nodded and I said, "Well I'll call you or you can call me. But just be careful. I can't make that laptop non-traceable and neither can I this phone. So if one of them gets taken it might be able to track the other one through calls. So I'm trusting you with it. Be careful."

Nikki nodded solemnly and stuck out her hand. I shook it and said, "Take care of the others."

"I will, we'll be hiding out in a place I went to once with Mick before we met Iggy. We were safe there for a long time. They won't find us there." In her mind I saw a cave hidden by vines with a waterfall covering half of it. I nodded and said, "It looks great."

Nikki frowned but didn't comment. Instead she turned to the Flock and said, "Guys, it's time to go." One by one the Flock walked over to me and said their goodbyes. "Get Angel back Max."

"Save the world."

"Kick some arse bird gal."

"Save Fang."

"Bring Nudge back."

"Be safe."

"Gazzy, please Max."

"Iggy, I need him."

"Don't let anyone die Max."

I nodded and hugged each of them tightly before watching Nikki lead them back up the stairs. I heard the sound of wings and then silence. Now I was completely alone…again.

Gritting my teeth I turned to head towards the stairs but something caught my eye. I turned and walked over to a bulletin board by the wall. My eyes narrowed. On the board were papers with kids' faces on them along with their names and descriptions. My eyes widened as I saw a brown haired boy with green eyes who looked identical to the boy I'd let loose at the Facility where the others were captured.

Under his picture was his information. Name: Tyler Ayers, Date of Birth: 6/23/1995, Date of Disappearance: 6/10/10, Last seen walking home from Walter High School after Football conditioning for the freshman team. His friends and family have put up a reward for any information that might lead them towards their son being found and returned to them safely. Please, if you have any information on Tyler, call the number at the bottom of the page or contact the Walter County P.D. Thank You.

I glanced at the other pictures, there were about five, and saw that most of the kids were the same age and had been taken around the same time. My eyes narrowed and I ripped the one of Tyler off along with the others and stuffed them in my new pack. Then I ran up the stairs and disappeared into the night. All that was left to do now was find my Flock…and save the world.