The Flock didn't give up that easily, Fang kept on posting "Messages to Max" on his blog, and I still read them. That doesn't mean I was going to go back. I knew that they would be kidnapped if I did - and I didn't know why they hadn't kidnapped me yet, as Itex would know where I was (with their tracking devices.
Anyway, a few weeks after the flock met me in my disguise - "Rochelle", the red hair faded back to my normal colour- that was some rubbish hair dye!
I couldn't be bothered to dye my hair again, expecting that the Flock had left town. I hadn't counted on them being so determined to find me. That one comment on Fang's blog had meant that they stayed in town. Of course, I didn't know that until I checked Fang's blog at school.
"We've been in a town for two weeks. Supposedly Max is here, but we haven't been able to find her. Why is she hiding from us?" read the short post.
Looking around the computer suite I saw that no-one was around. Grinning, I unfurled my wings for about the third time since I had left the flock. It was the only way I could tell myself that I wasn't just made it all up.
Hearing the door open I snapped my wings shut and turned around, hoping that whoever had arrived at the door hadn't seen my wings.
"Wha..." the person at the door said. I realised that it was my friend Samantha. Yep - one of my first friends outside of the Flock. She was in all of my classes.
"Hi Sam" I said, with my fingers crossed hoping she hadn't seen my wings.
"Why do you have wings?" she whispered.
"No, I don't!"
Sam crossed her arms. "Maxine, you do!" I was about to walk past her when she said something else. "Maxine...Max. You're that missing bird kid!"
"I'm not... I do have wings but I don't know Fang or..."
"Do you go on his blog?"
"No..."
"Well how do you know his name?"
"TV"
She frowned and I sighed. "Fine, I am 'that bird kid' but you can't tell Fang or anybody or..."
Sam hugged me. "I'm your friend Max. I promise I won't"
I snarled "I've heard that before."
"Max, I won't betray you. I'm your friend"
I nodded - I might as well trust Sam - she had been my friend for months.
In the last lesson of the day Sam whispered to me "Can you fly?"
I shook my head.
"But the blog said-"
I laughed silently - she was a Fang fangirl! "Sam, I could but now I can't ok!"
"Have you lost your wings?"
I stiffened and shook my head. "If I fly then they won't be safe. I can't explain how, but if they see me again then they won't be safe" I repeated.
She nodded and we talked about normal things again.
I walked back up to the cliff, alone. When I reached the top I sat down and looked over the edge, thinking about Fang and the others.
I heard the sound of wings fluttering behind me. "Damn. They've found me" I whispered. I did something I am ashamed of now, I pretended. I did the worst thing I could.
"Max!" Angel screamed and ran up to me. It was taking all my energy to block my thoughts from her. I stared out at the horizon, tears dripping from my face. I had to stay away from them.
"Max!" Gazzy and Nudge said and ran up to me too.
I longed to ask where Fang and Iggy were but that would end my plan.
What was my plan I hear you ask? To pretend I couldn't remember.
I heard people landing behind me.
"Max!" I heard Fang say. "Max?" Iggy shouted.
"Fang, there's something wrong. I can't access her thoughts"
"Don't panic Angel"
I breathed slowly, and turned to them. "Who are you?" I said and they all burst out crying.
"What have they done to you Max? They'll pay!" I heard Fang say.
"How do you know my name?"
"Max, oh Max. We're your friends" Nudge said.
"You don't remember us?" Fang sat down, devastated.
"Do you have wings?" Iggy asked.
. "Yeah"
Fang breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you fly?"
Please don't hate me for lying! I shook my head. "No."
"Can you remember any of us, Max, can you remember me?"
I hesitated. "No"
Before I could admit the truth, I ran down the cliff, crying. I couldn't do this. When I reached the bottom and saw no members of the Flock, I sat down on the pavement.
"Stupid Fang. Why couldn't they just leave me here?" I growled under my breath. "I'm only trying to protect them" I whispered.
Hearing swearing I turned around to see Fang standing behind me.
"I only remember a little" I told him.
He stepped forward. "I know you're lying Max. Why did you leave?"
I shook my head. "There are things worse than being alone. Like the School. Like Itex" "Max. You were safe with us"
"I was, you weren't" I replied, walking away already.
"Max, we were safe!"
"Not unless you can withstand hundreds of bullets and whitecoats and flyboys, being kidnapped and locked in a cage again"
He winced and ran in front of me, blocking my path.
"Max, are you saying you betrayed us?"
I looked away. "Fang- I would never betray you. What I'm saying is I left to save you all. They were tracking you through me. A chip or something"
He breathed deeply. "Max. We could have coped with the flyboys, rather than lose you. Please come back"
"Remember Rochelle?"
He nodded. "That was me. I lied to you"
He shrugged. "I don't care, Max just please come back."
"I can't fly"
He turned away. "I don't care whether or not you can fly, you're part of the Flock. But how come you can't fly?"
"Three months, I haven't flown in three months"
" That doesn't mean you can't fly"
We walked close to the cliff edge (this was the lower edge of the cliff) and I turned to him. "Fang, if I fall-"
"I promise I'll catch you"
I took a deep breath and jumped off the cliff edge.
What happened next?
That would be telling! You'll find out soon enough though.
Anyway, a few weeks after the flock met me in my disguise - "Rochelle", the red hair faded back to my normal colour- that was some rubbish hair dye!
I couldn't be bothered to dye my hair again, expecting that the Flock had left town. I hadn't counted on them being so determined to find me. That one comment on Fang's blog had meant that they stayed in town. Of course, I didn't know that until I checked Fang's blog at school.
"We've been in a town for two weeks. Supposedly Max is here, but we haven't been able to find her. Why is she hiding from us?" read the short post.
Looking around the computer suite I saw that no-one was around. Grinning, I unfurled my wings for about the third time since I had left the flock. It was the only way I could tell myself that I wasn't just made it all up.
Hearing the door open I snapped my wings shut and turned around, hoping that whoever had arrived at the door hadn't seen my wings.
"Wha..." the person at the door said. I realised that it was my friend Samantha. Yep - one of my first friends outside of the Flock. She was in all of my classes.
"Hi Sam" I said, with my fingers crossed hoping she hadn't seen my wings.
"Why do you have wings?" she whispered.
"No, I don't!"
Sam crossed her arms. "Maxine, you do!" I was about to walk past her when she said something else. "Maxine...Max. You're that missing bird kid!"
"I'm not... I do have wings but I don't know Fang or..."
"Do you go on his blog?"
"No..."
"Well how do you know his name?"
"TV"
She frowned and I sighed. "Fine, I am 'that bird kid' but you can't tell Fang or anybody or..."
Sam hugged me. "I'm your friend Max. I promise I won't"
I snarled "I've heard that before."
"Max, I won't betray you. I'm your friend"
I nodded - I might as well trust Sam - she had been my friend for months.
In the last lesson of the day Sam whispered to me "Can you fly?"
I shook my head.
"But the blog said-"
I laughed silently - she was a Fang fangirl! "Sam, I could but now I can't ok!"
"Have you lost your wings?"
I stiffened and shook my head. "If I fly then they won't be safe. I can't explain how, but if they see me again then they won't be safe" I repeated.
She nodded and we talked about normal things again.
I walked back up to the cliff, alone. When I reached the top I sat down and looked over the edge, thinking about Fang and the others.
I heard the sound of wings fluttering behind me. "Damn. They've found me" I whispered. I did something I am ashamed of now, I pretended. I did the worst thing I could.
"Max!" Angel screamed and ran up to me. It was taking all my energy to block my thoughts from her. I stared out at the horizon, tears dripping from my face. I had to stay away from them.
"Max!" Gazzy and Nudge said and ran up to me too.
I longed to ask where Fang and Iggy were but that would end my plan.
What was my plan I hear you ask? To pretend I couldn't remember.
I heard people landing behind me.
"Max!" I heard Fang say. "Max?" Iggy shouted.
"Fang, there's something wrong. I can't access her thoughts"
"Don't panic Angel"
I breathed slowly, and turned to them. "Who are you?" I said and they all burst out crying.
"What have they done to you Max? They'll pay!" I heard Fang say.
"How do you know my name?"
"Max, oh Max. We're your friends" Nudge said.
"You don't remember us?" Fang sat down, devastated.
"Do you have wings?" Iggy asked.
. "Yeah"
Fang breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you fly?"
Please don't hate me for lying! I shook my head. "No."
"Can you remember any of us, Max, can you remember me?"
I hesitated. "No"
Before I could admit the truth, I ran down the cliff, crying. I couldn't do this. When I reached the bottom and saw no members of the Flock, I sat down on the pavement.
"Stupid Fang. Why couldn't they just leave me here?" I growled under my breath. "I'm only trying to protect them" I whispered.
Hearing swearing I turned around to see Fang standing behind me.
"I only remember a little" I told him.
He stepped forward. "I know you're lying Max. Why did you leave?"
I shook my head. "There are things worse than being alone. Like the School. Like Itex" "Max. You were safe with us"
"I was, you weren't" I replied, walking away already.
"Max, we were safe!"
"Not unless you can withstand hundreds of bullets and whitecoats and flyboys, being kidnapped and locked in a cage again"
He winced and ran in front of me, blocking my path.
"Max, are you saying you betrayed us?"
I looked away. "Fang- I would never betray you. What I'm saying is I left to save you all. They were tracking you through me. A chip or something"
He breathed deeply. "Max. We could have coped with the flyboys, rather than lose you. Please come back"
"Remember Rochelle?"
He nodded. "That was me. I lied to you"
He shrugged. "I don't care, Max just please come back."
"I can't fly"
He turned away. "I don't care whether or not you can fly, you're part of the Flock. But how come you can't fly?"
"Three months, I haven't flown in three months"
" That doesn't mean you can't fly"
We walked close to the cliff edge (this was the lower edge of the cliff) and I turned to him. "Fang, if I fall-"
"I promise I'll catch you"
I took a deep breath and jumped off the cliff edge.
What happened next?
That would be telling! You'll find out soon enough though.
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