Disclaimer: Don't own these books so don't own the characters so there.

Just heard that there is a new book coming out in this series in the spring. It is called "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" Check it out! Updates as I hear them.

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Chapter 8

Daedalus was astonished that Oz had opened his eyes. For the past few months he was close to death, Daedalus honestly didn't know if Oz would live. One by one the other kids filed into the cave. It was getting very tight Daedalus was slightly claustrophobic. He had to get out, so he joined Icarus with Frannie and Kit while the other children, mostly Matt and Max, carried Oz on a litter made of the cloth he'd been wrapped and laid him down on the soft grass. As Frannie approached she got weak in the needs. She knelt beside him and cried just as Max had done.

"Ozymandius, dear Oz, please be real. Oh think you God." Frannie was beside herself indeed, they all were.

They had just seen their friend come back from the dead.

Everyone got back in the car, and they drove to the lake house. Upon their arrival kit looked back, and saw Daedalus touchdown on the clearing in front of the house. He gave Daedalus a menacing look, as if Kit hadn't expected him to come as well.

No one knew how to proceed. Oz had fallen unconscious again, but Daedalus assured them that this was only sleep. Max sat tracing the wound and the new tattoo.

"Is he going to be OK" Wendy broke the silence.

"Yes, I've been spending the last day with him. I couldn't believe it." Icarus chimed in.

"Would you like to talk to him Max?" The enmity toward Daedalus had all but dissipated between him and the children.

Max did not answer, and Daedalus took that as an affirmative remark. Oz was situated on a large sofa in the living room. Daedalus stood at the end of the sofa near Oz's head. He opened Oz's eyes and ruffled his large wings.

Max had a fleeting thought that this man looked more like a demon than a man. His large wings were brown with a light fur covering them. Menacing bony protrusions came from either end, and looked rather formidable.

Daedalus lightly placed his hands on Oz's temples and closed his eyes. He opened them suddenly and started to yell. It took everyone only a short while, to realize it was Oz, who was yelling.

"Where am I? Max are you there, why can't I see?" Daedalus seems to be calming down, though his voice had changed from deep and raspy to the confidence of Ozymandius.

"I'm here Oz..." Max didn't exactly know how to talk to Oz and Daedalus, or who to talk to for that matter.

"Max. Oh Max, I can see now, I can see you, it's been so long." Max did not know if this was a trick or she was really talking to Oz after all this time.

"Is it really you Oz, tell me it's you, prove to me. Because this is more than I can handle." Max was in a terrible state.