"I can fly!" I screamed, with happiness. I had thought that after three months without flying that I might have lost the ability too.
Fang laughed beside me. "Fang, you do know I'm not staying don't you?"
"Don't go Max."
I shook my head and took off at supersonic speed away from him. I didn't want to leave, but more than that, I didn't want to be in a cage.
When I had been flying for about an hour at this speed, and had traveled over 400 miles I flew downwards, exhausted, and sat down on the path.
I fell alseep on a bench and woke up the next morning. I went into a shop, and stole a mobile phone and top up. Remembering Sam's number I typed it in.
"Hello?"
"Hi Sam, it's me Max"
"Hi Max, you ok? Where are you?"
"I'm fine and I don't know where I am. Somewhere hundreds of miles away from school."
"How'd you get that far away so fast?"
"I flew."
"Cool" I detected a hint of jealousy in her voice.
"I saw Fang again... but I couldn't stay with the Flock. So I did what I do best. I ran. Like I ran from the whitecoats, from the Erasers. Like I ran from Jeb. But this time I was running from my friends"
"Why didn't you stay with them?"
"The whitecoats would track them through me"
"Max! I'm so sorry. There's something else, is your Mom called ?"
"Yeah, why?"
"She's on TV telling you to come back home"
"But I've been gone months before and she hasn't.
"There was a message from a girl called Nudge. She said for you to come back"
I bit my lip. "I've got to go!"
I went and got something to eat and then jumped back into the air. After an hour of gentle flying I got a call on my phone.
I answered straight away, for once trusting.
"Hello?"
"Hi Max, it's Nudge. Please come back"
"I can't Nudge. I really, I just can't, K?"
"No, you really need to come back. We miss you"
I ended the call. Sam must have given them my number using the blog.
I kept on flying for hours, and eventually I reached the ocean. Although I was exhausted I kept on flying. After five more hours of flying I spent an hour flying at supersonic speed and then stopped, seeing a land mass below. I must have flew extremely fast then!
I flew down and realised exactly where I was.
Paris,France.
I sat down on a bench in front of the Eiffel Tower and fell asleep, exhausted. When I woke up, it was morning again. I had another call.
"Hi, Max here"
"It's Iggy. Come back to the Flock, we don't care if they can track us"
"I'm too tired to fly for a day or two, but I'll come back soon." I wasn't sure if I was lying yet.
"Where are you - we'll meet you there?"
"Paris"
Iggy seemed to choke on something. "Where did you say?"
"Paris, France."
"I don't think Angel can fly that far. I don't know if any of us can fly that far"
Suddenly I heard another voice.
"Maximum, have you ever wondered the truth about why you and the flock exist?"
I groaned, the giver of fortune cookie advice- the Voice- was back.
A.N Anyone have any ideas about what The Truth will be?