Thank you for reviewing! I never did get to mention in the first post, but this story starts 4 years after MAX. Max, Fang, and Iggy are 17 (almost 18). Nudge is 15. Gassy is around 13, and Angel is 10.

I hope everyone will follow this story to the end! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. If I did, I would have never made Fang leave Max during FANG, and Dylan would have never existed. ;)

Chapter 1: Going Back 3 Years

? P.o.v.~

*Flashbacks*

War is raging around me; a fury of punches, boots, and flesh. I'm leaning against a mangled tree breathing heavily. I can't seem to find them now; they have disappeared into the massive mob of mutants and white coat experiments. Where are they!?

"Well what do we have here? Is the great avian experiment taking a break? I'm surprised!" a voice snarls from my left. I force my body to look left, spreading my white and tan wings at the same time. It was an eraser-like experiment with long robotic arms covered in patches of fur. I gasped and locked eyes with him. It holds my gaze.

"I really am surprised, avian. You've been off the white coats radar since your little under water rescue. I thought you would have taken that as a sort of break, but I'm almost always wrong when it comes to thinks like that," it said, taking a step forward. I took a step back, watching his every move with watery eyes. The sun, fighting, and worrying about my family had gotten to me now. I needed them now. I really needed them.

"I try to make life interesting," I murmur, wrapping my wings around my waist as a sort of protection. He keeps stepping forward again and again, forcing me back against a building's wall.

"Well lucky for you, avian, I can make life interesting." It had a sadistic grin stretched across its face. What is he planning on doing now?

"What?" I manage before it lunges, tackling me to the mushy, uneven ground. I sucked in a harsh breath, burning my already stressed lungs. This experiment was going to kill me.

"Get… Off!" I screamed, thrashing under his weight. He growled deep in his throat before grabbing my wrists in an iron hold.

"The white coats want you, avian. I will take you to them." It snarled, throwing a punch at my stomach. The pain is almost unbearable. It spreads like wildfire throughout my tired body.

"I'm not going back there just to become a lab rat!" I hissed, trying to kick it hard. It just dodges everything I do. "I'm not going with you!"

"You don't have a choice. You were meant to be the white coats property! You are their property!" It roared, getting in my face. I felt its every breathe on my face. It made me gag.

"I'm my own person! I don't belong to anyone! Especially the white coats!" I spit. I see his hand rear back for another punch, so my immediate response is to struggle.

'Thud,' he hits me in the stomach again. The fire is spreading again.

'Thud,' he gets me in the dead center of my chest. I can see black dots cloud my vision. The fire burns, melting my insides. I let out a blood curdling scream before he punches me again.

'Thud.'

"Good night, Ma—i—mu—R—e."

A.N:

;) I'm just going to leave it at that. I don't want to give too much away. The next chapter will be way longer! ~Shout out to anyone who can guess who the creature is~

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