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Chapter Three: I Join the Flock

Before I could do anything, we were up in the air and I was being carried by Iggy. I don't like being carried; when I was younger, I would scream when my dad picked me up until he would put me down. "Wait, if I'm joining the Flock, why can't I just fly?" I asked to no one in particular.

"There are two reasons: one, your wings haven't fully grown in yet and two, if they had, you wouldn't be able to fly anyways because your body wouldn't be used to it. Don't worry. We'll teach you how to fly when we get to Colorado," Max explained. "We'll call you Kate to hide your identity."

"Why would I need my identity hidden?"

"So when your parents call the cops, wondering where you are and then before you know it you're on milk cartons. If someone sees you, our cover's blown. Trust me, it's easier this way. Plus, it's easier to say Kate than Katie," Max explained yet again. If I could see Fang's face, I am going to guess he would have been rolling his eyes at me.

"Hey, Kate?" I heard Angel call from behind me.

"What is it Angel?"

"How come you know our names?"

"Easy. All my friends know your names. About two million teens and kids know your names."

"But, we're not in the news all the time, only sometimes," Nudge stated.

"Then this," I said handing my book, which just happen to be a collection of all the Maximum Ride books in one, to Angel when she flew up besides me and Iggy. "Should answer all your questions."

"Hey, I thought I got rid of that," I heard Fang say, looking back at the book. That was the most he had said all day, which wasn't very surprising.

"I gave it back to her," Max said, not looking back.

"Why?!"

"Girls love books. Duh," Max said glaring at Fang. I couldn't help but laugh and Max briefly smiled back at me. Then I realized what Max had said several moments ago.

"Wait a second! I have wings?!" I shouted, looking over my shoulder. Just as Max had said, there was a pair of wings sprouting from my back. I touched on lightly and could tell that the bones were still moving into place. The feathers were black, like Fang's, only mine had blood-red tips.

"Yeah, Jeb told us about an experiment, you, who the scientists had forgotten about and left with their parents. Jeb told us that you were going to have some power that would help one of us forever. He said it really weird, like he was reciting a poem. Once we get to Colorado, maybe you can help us figure it out," Max explained.

"A prophecy," I muttered under my breath.

"A what?" Iggy asked.

"It's nothing really. A prophecy is like something that tells the future, normally about a certain event or person. They are kind of like our destinies in word form. They are in a lot of books I read," I explained. I felt rather embarrassed and felt my ears turn red.

"Anyway," Nudge said breaking the awkward silence. "Fang wrote it down so we can look at it when we get back. Max, can we land now? My wings feel like they are about to fall out and I'm hungry! Why is it I'm always hungry? I don't know, but-"

"Oh my god! Make it stop!" I shouted over Nudge, who was still talking, and I covered my ears. Nudge chuckled and then stopped talking. Thank god.

"Ok, let's get some food and then we'll crash," Max said.

"Where are we going?" Angel said flying up next to Max. She thought for a moment.

"McDonald's. Curtsey of the Maximum Ride bank card," she shouted over the wind. Everyone cheered and dove down to the town below us. I almost screamed when Iggy pulled into a dive, almost straight down. Angel must have seen the look on my face because she laughed at me. I glared at her and she smiled back.

We landed across the street from the small McDonald's and everyone, but me, hid their wings. My legs felt like jelly as Iggy put me down on the pavement. He laughed as he heard me fall on the ground. I glared at him even though he knew I couldn't see it. I didn't feel like an outsider that had just joined them a few hours before, I felt like I had been here my whole life, even though I knew I hadn't.