AN: Hey, I finally got another chapter up! It's getting late, though, so I'm going to bed. I'm going to the barn on Saturday and Sunday, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to post then. Enjoy this, though, and read the AN at the bottom:P

DISCLAIMER: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson.

CLAIMER: Any new plot ideas and characters in this story are mine, unless otherwise noted.

Chapter Eighteen

Maximum Ride, wake up.

I groaned as I heard the Voice's wake up call. Fang shifted underneath him, and I immediately quieted so I wouldn't wake him. Iggy was the only one awake, sitting across the camp where he wouldn't hear me, his sightless blue eyes glued on Serena's sleeping form.

What do you want?

You've had your break; hurry up and destroy another one of Itex's buildings.

It's not even five in the morning yet, and we just destroyed the Washington one yesterday. I think my Flock deserves to sleep in.

The Voice didn't respond. Instead, it sent a bolt of pain to my head, enough to nearly make me pass out. I whimpered and burrowed into Fang's chest, causing him to wake up.

"The Voice?" he asked me, immediately figuring out what was wrong. I tried to nod my head, but it was killing me too much to move. Fang didn't wait for me to respond; instead he began rubbing my back between my wings, whispering soothing words into my hair to calm me.

Will you listen, or do I need to do that again?

Fine, we'll leave right after breakfast.

"Are you okay?" Fang asked me after a few minutes, cupping my chin with his hand and making me look up with him. "Yeah, I guess," I said. "The Voice just wants us to hurry up and destroy the next building."

"What? We just destroyed the one in Washington!"

"I know," I said, sighing and resting my head on his chest again. "But it threatened to give me another brain attack if we didn't leave right after breakfast."

"So we won't have breakfast, we'll have brunch," Fang joked, trying to lighten the mood. When I didn't respond, he wrapped his ropy arms around my waist and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. "Are they really that bad?"

"Yeah. I don't know if I'll survive the next one. It's a million times worse than the ones Jeb used to give me." We sat in silence for a minute, Fang absent-mindedly rubbing circles on my back. Of course, the Voice decided to break the silence by stabbing my brain again, making me cry out.

"Are you okay, Max?" Nudge asked, coming up to where Fang and I lay. Apparently the smell of the breakfast that Iggy was making had woken the kids up.

"I'm fine," I assured her as the others gathered around.

"Aw, you two are so cute!" Angel cried when she saw Fang and I. I blushed deeply, quickly trying to untangle myself from Fang.

"Relax; they've already seen us together, they might as well get used to it," Fang whispered, his arm tightening around my waist, holding me to his side.

I relented, settling into place next to Fang. "Sleep well, guys?" Iggy asked as he handed us our breakfast, winking at Fang and me. I groaned, burying my head under Fang's arm. His arm was shaking slightly, and I pulled back once I realized that he was laughing.

"Hey! Stop it!" I said, slapping him on the arm lightly. The whole Flock was laughing by now, except for Serena and Jayden. Iggy sat down next to Serena and whispered something in her ear, causing her to chuckle as well.

"What, so now we all laugh at me?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest.

"We've always all laughed at you, Max. Nothing's changed," Fang told me. I gasped, pretending to be offended, before joining in on the laughter.

The Flock continued to munch on their breakfast, all chatting happily. Iggy and Serena still seemed to be getting alone great, but even few minutes Nudge would shoot dagger glances at the new girl. I looked around to the other new member of the Flock, and found him looking pointedly anywhere but at me. I sighed. Maybe adding new members to the Flock would be more work than I had originally thought.

AN: Sorry it's so short, but the Voice came back, Nudge and Jayden were jealous, Iggy and Serena were hitting it off, and there was some FAX, so it can't be all bad, right? Right.

Now, I am at 74 reviews, and eighteen chapters. I am INSISTING that I get 100 reviews before I put up chapter twenty-one. That means you have to give me at least sixteen reviews from this chapter, chapter nineteen, and chapter twenty. That's being VERY generous.

I know that it is hard to review when I update so often, but I'll let you in on a secret: when you go to read the story, and realize that I've posted both chapters seventeen and eighteen, you can review on both chapters. See? Makes sense. So go do it; review. :P