Yo, what up home dog?

My failed atempt at trying to be cool...

Anyways, here's the chapter that answers the ever-so dramatic cliffy I left you with last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own McDonalds. Duh! I don't own Maximum Ride or James Patterson, either. DUH!

Here you go!

Max POV:

Everything was great at my mom's house, but I knew we had to leave eventually. We couldn't stay here forever, and, hearing about Angel's fight, I didn't want to put her or Ella in danger. We stayed there for another couple days, then I told the flock that I was going to leave. I hoped we were a flock again, which would mean that they would be going with me.

"Max," Nudge whined. "Do we have to go?" Her saying 'we' made me confident that the flock was a flock again.

"Of course we do, sweetie. We wouldn't want to put my mom or Ella in danger, would we?"

"Well, no, but we could protect them if anything went bad!" Angel put in. "With the seven of us, it couldn't be that hard."

I didn't want to make them too mad, in fear that we might split up again, but I knew that we couldn't stay. How could I get them to leave with me?

"I think it would be safer for all of us if we go," Fang said. I was glad that at least someone agreed with me.

You know he's only agreeing because he loves you. Angel put inside my head. I mentally rolled my eyes at her.

Whatever, I thought to her. We still have to leave.

"What about the rest of you?" I asked. "Gazzy, Iggy, Total?"

"Doesn't matter to me," Iggy said. He's probably just happy he wouldn't have to be a leader anymore.

"I say go." Gazzy said, which surprised me. You'd think he'd want to leave. I didn't ask why, though. There was someone else on my side, and I wasn't going to argue.

"We have to stay!" Total said, snuggling closer to Akila. Of course.

Suddenly, I heard a strange noise. It wasn't the regular buzzing noise of a flyboy, but more of a humming noise, like an old car.

"What's that noise?" I asked.

"What noise?" Nudge answered.

"That humming noise," I asked, wondering why they didn't hear anything. The noise was really loud, almost eardrum splitting.

"I don't hear anything," Gazzy said.

"Really?" I said, though I could barely hear my own voice anymore. I walked to the bathroom, looking in the mirror to see if there was anything in my ear. Nothing, but the humming noise was still there, loud as ever. I started to panic. What was happening to me?

Suddenly, a hurtful feeling struck me. It was like something was scratching the back of my neck with a needle. Ow. I clutched the back of my neck, hoping the pain would go away, but it wouldn't. Then, in one moment, two things happened. The pain in my neck stopped, and the humming noise went away. It didn't gradually decrease, just stopped all together. By this time, I was freaking out. What just happened?

Oh no, The voice said.

What? I asked it. It was silent.

Dammit (A/N: Foul language alert!), what happened to me! I said, annoyed and angry.

The…the back…of your neck. It said.

Oh no. Please, no. I felt the back of my neck. I felt something there.

Crap.

Lifting up my hair, I turned around so I could see what was there in the mirror. It was a date. NO! Not now! The date read:

11-13-09

I ran out of the bathroom and into the nearest room, which happened to be Ella's. Luckily, there was a calendar in there. I checked what date it was today:

4-20-09

I did the math in my head. 6 months and 24 days left. I looked at my expiration date. Friday the thirteenth. Funny. I sat on Ella's bed, trying to calm myself down.

I knew that I couldn't think about it when I got downstairs. Angel would find out. I had to clear my head of my expiration, and look okay for the flock. Should I tell them? I knew that I should, but not now. Maybe in October or something, when I wouldn't have that much time left. I couldn't believe it. 15 years old, and expiring. I thought that I'd at least live 'till 20.

I walked back downstairs, my head cleared. The flock was sitting on the couches in my mom's living room, waiting for me to return.

"You ok?" Fang asked me.

"Sure," I answered, thinking how lame of a reply that was.

"What about the 'humming' noise you were hearing?" Nudge asked.

"Oh, it was nothing. Probably just a bug buzzing around my ear or something," I answered lying smoothly. I was glad they cared for me.

"So," Iggy said, getting back to the previous subject. "Are we staying, or leaving?"

"I guess it doesn't really matter," I said. "As long as the six of you are with me, I guess it's not really that important where we are." The flock looked at me with a strange expression, wondering what happened to the real me. I shrugged, and sat down on the couch.

Funny how, a week ago, my flock was gone, and I didn't think life could get any worse. Now the flock was together again, and my life was a heck of a lot suckier then it was a week ago.

Well, doesn't that suck? I would hate to have an expiration date of Friday the Thirteenth. That would be totally freaky.

Anyways, I have a question:

Should there be any other pairings besides Fax? Like Nudge/Iggy, or even Ella/Iggy. Let me know!

Reviewing is like homework. It's annoying, but the teacher (or author, in this case) keeps pestering you to do it. Eventually, you get so annoyed that you give in and review. Let's make life like that, ok?

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~Coolicious101