(A/N: Sorry this is a little late... My laptop is acting weird; I hope it isn't because of a virus! And I had to work- I'm a busgirl- and this guy totally made me... Grr...! He was made at me because we didn't have a table, we only had booths. Well yeah... I had to work for over 6 hours today... But yeah... Life is crazy right now... I'll try updating everyday like I have been, but sometimes I won't be able to... Weekends I'm usually at my dad's and he doesn't have internet... :p I know, that sucks! And I work now... School and sports are starting up... High school is crazy and I'm taking honors classes, do cross-sountry, join tons of clubs; you know, do stuff that mkaes it hard for m to review... I won't let you guys down though! I'll update this thing as often as possible... So, I'll stop rambling...)

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride, although I really wish I did... I don't own the song here either... This one is "Out of Control by- you guessed it- U2... I don't own that either... I do own concert tickets from a U2 show I saw in Boston last year! Yippee for me...)

Waking up to see the same scenery day after day after boring day gets… well boring. We'd been hanging out in this abandoned barn for two weeks. The whole Flock found the place exciting at first. I mean, we actually thought it was cool. We had our own rooms, made beds, had a "kitchen," a "living room," and a table to eat on. We had food. We had a home for two weeks, two glorious, undisturbed, un-Eraser filled weeks. Can you say fun? I say nerve-wracking. I could only think of one thing: how long will we be safe here?

So one day I decided we'd pack up and leave. I wanted to see the coast again. I found I really liked the beach. Maybe after we save the world we could buy an island and live there in seclusion. I'd be content with that. We'd be like Hollywood movie stars or royalty, you know, owning an island.

Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say "how long?"
You say "how long?"
It was one dull morning
Woke the world with falling
I was so sad, so sad
they were so glad, so glad

I told the Flock I wanted to own an island. They gave me looks that made me feel like I had a trillion heads or something. Then Fang agreed that'd be cool; the rest of the Flock suddenly agreed. I flew over and kissed him, getting an "aw" Nudge and Angel. The Gasman just looked revolted, and Iggy said he was disgusted by kissing noises.

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Then we were totally shocked, I mean all of us were completely shocked.

"Are you guys gonna have kids?" Nudge asked. My mouth dropped, I heard Fang stifle a giggle. "I wanna be Auntie Nudge!"

"I wanna be Auntie Angel!"

"I hope it's a girl," Gazzy said, "then I can be Uncle Gazzy."

"You'll be Uncle Gazzy if it's a boy you idiot," Iggy told him. "Unless you're confessing you're a girl. Then you'd be Aunt Gazzy." Gazzy nodded his head in understanding, and then realized what Iggy said and tackled him in mid-air.

"I'm not pregnant!" I said. "Which beach we going to?" I asked, quickly changing the subject. My cheeks felt so hot right then. Fang just looked calm, like that whole conversation hadn't happened.

Boys and Girls
Go to the school and girls
they make children
Not like this one

Then I had another brilliant idea, spur of the moment. My imagination was really working on overdrive today.

"You guys wanna go down to the Caribbean?" I asked suddenly. I got more looks of shock and confusion.

"Why?" Gazzy asked. I shrugged. "Are they still filming Pirates of the Caribbean!" he asked excitedly. I shrugged again. The other day we sat in a tree at the drive-ins and watched both of the Pirates movies. Since then, the whole Flock was hooked.

"I wanna see Johnny Depp," Nudge announced. "He is so hot!"

"Orlando Bloom could kick his butt," Angle said.

"No way," Nudge countered. A small fight of "yes ways" and "no ways" ensued.

"I want to meet hat scraggily dog and give him a few pointers on how to be a dog," Total said.

"The Caribbean is too crowded," Fang said quietly. We all heard him and the discussion was dropped. Crowds weren't a good thing. New York was a horrible experience for us all.

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

"What about Mexico?" Iggy asked.

"Yeah," the Gasman chimed in, "Mexico would be awesome! It's like hot there all the time!"

"Ig, why would you want to go to Mexico? It's not that exciting." Fang asked. Ig's brilliant answer correlated to hot girls he can't see, the sun; it wasn't cold, gambling, and drinking. I explained we're too young to do either of the last two things on his short list. He said it didn't matter down there. Angel ended the discussion when she said she didn't want to go to Mexico; and Iggy as crazy for wanting to go there. Nudge also rambled her reasons why not to go to Mexico.

"Why can't we just go to the beach? I only suggested the Caribbean as a spur of the moment thing anyway." I stated quickly, bringing an end to our discussion. It was silent for the rest of our quick journey.

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Are we crazy bird-kids? You bet we are, and we know it. Did we find flying from Florida to York, Maine in one day crazy? Only a little; we did stop though. We cruised up the coast for a few hours; stopping at Myrtle Beach in one of the Carolinas, Washington D.C. for a quick, refreshing trip, and in cape Cod, Massachusetts. We had a blast. We also stopped once in Boston and caught a Red Sox game from the cheap seats. You wanna see a crazy time? Go to a Sox game when they play the Yankees in the final game in the playoffs. Gasman actually caught a foul ball hit by Ortiz, which to a bunch of people would be a big deal. To us though, it was up there with escaping the School and saving the world.

Out of control...out of control...out of control...out of control...out of control...

When we reached York, it was dark and we were all tired. The water was freezing; we realized then it was only June and the place was still "asleep."

We also found out that Erasers really love the beach as well. We fought a quick fight with maybe twelve of them; all winged-hybrids. There wasn't much blood on our side, but they all ran of nursing some mighty wounds.

I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
the man says childhood
It's in his childhood

One of the erasers was left dead in the surf. He didn't have any tell-tale signs of being in the fight. Fang flicked back the tag on his shirt and read the date it was made. This particular model lasted for four months and thirteen days; not very long.

Remember those brain attacks? I didn't have one or anything, but I thought about them at that moment. I remembered it felt like I was dying every time I had one, and they were always getting worse. When would we die? If these guys didn't live very long, well then how long will we live?

One day I'll die
the choice will not be mine
Will it be too late
you can't fight fate

Here's my plan for the next few days: soak up some sun, kick Eraser butt if we must, soak up more sun, eat until I'm sick, more sun, and swim all day. Yeah, that's basically all I plan on doing. I'm crazy, that I do know; what can you expect from mutant birds?

Max, the Voice piped up as I was falling asleep, you're getting off track. You're got to save the world. Don't forget about that, it's your destiny!

Well Voice, I thought wryly, if the world needs saving so badly, why don't you do it? I was left in silence.

I was of a feeling it was out of control

I had the opinion it was out of control

I woke in the middle of the night to a horrible brain attack. I couldn't feel my body, just the splitting of my head. Images flashed through my brain in the typical fashion, but they were jumbled. They didn't go together and there was no clear message to it. I sat up when it was over and saw Fang looking at me with concern showing on his face. I had tears running down my cheeks and I felt sick from it. He leaned over and hugged me tightly, kissing the top of my head; holding me until I was asleep.

(A/N: Did that seem weird? I don't know, it didn't strike me as aweosme... Tell me what you think... Review!)