My bones ached and cracked as I made little movement. I could feel rough fabric on me and soft cushion under me "A bed" I thought to my self. Everything hurt from the ends of me toes to the tip of my head all I wanted to do was fall back into the slumber I was in, but I knew better. I knew what had happened to me, I knew this bed belonged to a person in danger because of me, and I know that the last person I saw was the last person I ever expected to see... I know I have to get out of here.
I forced my eyes open to only see blurry objects around me. I could make out a small room with stone walls and one small window at the top of the wall across from me "A basement " I whispered to my self. There was a small night stand with water and two slices of bread to my left and a dresser to my right from me under the small window. I looked to my left and found the thing I was looking for "The door" I sighed in relief.
Not thinking I threw the rough fabric of the blanket off of me and jumped right out of the bed not thinking about the consequence's of doing so. My world began to tumble upside down and left to right as if I was strapped to a ball hurtling down a hill. The head rush took my body over causing my knees to go weak and hit the floor. I had just barley caught myself on the night stand next to me with toast and water on it, stopping my self from falling face first into the stone floor. I slowly lifted my self up and pulled my noodle body to the bed behind me. I sat there for about a minute slowly trying to collect my self "Maybe some food and water will help." I downed the toast and water with in seconds not realizing how starving and thirsty I was.
Feeling a bit better I lifted myself up and stumbled to the door, when I reached the door I threw my body into the door making a loud thump. Hopefully no one heard that. As I was about to open the door I felt a slight breeze go up my thin scarred legs. I looked down to find my self in a thin white nightgown ...weird I didn't notice it earlier. I turned around scanning the room to find my clothes on a chair in a corner I had not checked. I stepped over to the chair finally getting control of my legs. I slipped off my nightgown noticing someone had stitched up and bandaged my bite make. " Stupid people should have killed me when they found it ." I murmured to myself shaking my head in disapproval. I picked up my own clothes and slowly put them on noticing my body was littered with bruise's and cuts and way to skinny, I was not the same Sam from a year ago. I threw the rest of my clothing on trying not to open my bite and the cuts I had gotten and made my way to the door.
Behind the door held a stair case with a hallway at the top. I climbed the stairs to find nothing of what I expected. The hallway was not what I had thought it was going to be let alone outside. The hallway seemed cozy with light yellow walls and windows lining down the walls , out of the windows held a small farm surrounded by fields of wheat and a few trees. This was NOT the city. At the end of the hallway there held two paths, not taking my chances with any other people that lived here I opened the window and silently dropped out. Pain seared through my body as my feet made contact with the patch of dirt underneath me, the bite burned as the pain spread. My body was still not even close to fighting. I stood there for a minute deciding to check my bite to see how far along I was .
The only thing I had learned about the infection was that if you were infected and died the virus took you over instantly. But when alive with the virus you would live only up to three days. The first day the bite would start to burn and the veins around would start to go black. The second day you would run a fever with the blackness still spreading and the third day your body would be littered with black veins like vines growing on a wall and madness would take you as you slowly died. Checking the bite I noticed it had only burned yet, black veins had not started to spread or start. That met I must have only been out for a couple hours. I taped the bandage back over the mark and made my way down the dirt driveway leading me down to meet four cars and a locked gate. Next to the four cars was a small huddle of five oak trees , I made my way over to a white SUV that wasn't so white due to blood and dirt that had collected on it. " Hope these people are smart enough to supply the car with weapons and food." I said to myself. My lack of weapons and food worried me a bit even though there was no point in wasting ammo and food since I'm going to be dead in two days, I shook that thought away and walked up to the drivers door if the SUV. I pulled on the door in attempt on opening it. My attempts failed seeing as though it was locked. I looked around my surrounding to find something to open this with. Luckily only a few yards away siting against a tree was a perfect sized rock, I walked over to it. Listing the rock up over my shoulder, I walked back to the window ready the let the rock fly.
" I wouldn't do that." a deep voice sounded through the the area I was in. I dropped the rock and readied myself for a fight.
" Who's there." I yelled out, thankfully the farm house I had come from was out of hearing distance from the cars.
" Look up hon." I found my self looking up into the trees at small tree house. How did I miss that? In the tree house sat a boy about my age with bright green eyes and surfer blonde hair with a slim muscular built body. l He stood up and swung off of the tree house landing a foot toward me. He took a step toward me closing the distance in between us to only mere inches with my back pressed up against the SUV.
"The name's Dylan" he said with a perfect white smile and a wink. I kept my straight face. "And you must be the all amazing Maximum Ride that everyone can't stop talking about." he answered for me.

" Max. Not maximum." I said with a cold stare.

" Anyway about you're wonder if were smart or not. I think we're smarter than what you think considering we decided to watch the only way out of here with the cars. We don't want any strangers taking them." he stated simply eyeing me up.

"Who said I was going anywhere?" I replied.
"I didn't say you were going anywhere. We like to keep extra precaution that's all." he said with a cocky smile.
"That's good." I simply said with a smile while slipping out from the pin." Anyway I'll be on my way. I've already wasted a few hours here. You know things to do, places to be."
"If that makes you sleep at night. And you've been here for three days now ,sleep'in away like a babe ."
"That's impossible." I couldn't have been here for three days. I would have already changed if I've been here for that long. And my bite definitely would not look like this. Maybe the virus is acting differently with me, maybe I could change any second now, maybe they found the cure everyone's been talking about and injected me with it, maybe its being delayed ,maybe I-.
Luke continued, interrupting my maybe's " I even remember you coming in. Blood dripping ever where on our nice white rug. It was hectic. An I don't think I would forget Fang's face " that name "He looked as though he'd seen a ghost. Ya know. But I wouldn't be surprised if he did considering the world now."
"I-I I have to go." I turned on my heel and started toward the gate forgetting about the car. I need to leave considering I'm a ticking time bomb.
" Sorry I can't let you do that."Dylan said grabbing onto my shoulder with the bite. I grinned my teeth together holding back yelp.
"Let me go." I seethed in between my teeth.
"Again I sorry. I'm under direct order to keep you here." he stated , tightening his grip on my wounded shoulder unaware of the pain its causing me.
"I said let me go." I was threw with this guy.
"And I said N-" before he could finish his sentence I grabbed his had off of my shoulder twisted it around to his back where he was in an shoulder lock . Attempting to squirm out he failed as I held him in the lock and tripped falling in to the ground with me straddling his back. I still had him in the lock and leaned forward pushing my other free elbow into his neck to pin his face into dirt.
"I said to let me go."I grunted.
"Ahh you're a feisty one arn't you" he laughed but soon stopped with a groan as I pulled his arm higher up his back threatening to pop in out of place.
"I don't think you're in a position to be making jokes pretty boy." I spat out. This strength I had felt weird, different, not normal. Maybe it was me being paranoid about the bite, but I felt off. Like I had to much power lik-
"Let him go Max, he was only doing what I told him."a voice rumbled out from behind us. Fang.
I froze up for a at the sound of his voice. Giving Dylan enough time to get out of my lock and roll out from underneath me.
" You taking steroids or something, god woman." Dylan grumbled out while lifting him self out. I slowly came back to and lifted my self off the dirt ground dusting off the light brown dirt.
" Well I told you to let me go, retard." I stated bluntly.
" She did."Max said backing me up.
" I don't need help with backing up my own words. And didn't I tell you to leave me you creep. I said I didn't know you ." I was lying through my teeth again.
" Yes you do know me or you wouldn't have reacted to my words and face when you saw me. Also I took you back because we need to talk." he looked sincere about that.
" Fine you get 20 minutes, but after I get a gun, food, and car then I'm on my way."
" OK." he said while turning around and making his way back to the house with Dylan following and me still standing there conflicted with my self. One side telling me this wasn't a good idea. I should just get out of here with out anything. I could change any second. And the other side telling me to go for no reason other than Fang.
In the end I chose the stupid way and stared toward the house.