'Ello again people! I'm finally back from my crazy vacation! I'm going to try my best to write this chapter but my vacation has left me with a bad case of writer's block. So please bear with me. Anyway, disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I don't Maximum Ride or N.C.I.S. or anything else you may recognize.
On with the story!
3rd Person P.O.V.
The Flock landed in a forest clearing, exhausted from their flight.
"Fang, where are we going?" Nudge asked, rubbing her eyes. Fang hesitated. He didn't actually know where they were going. For the past two days he had been following ghosts and probable leads. He had been working day and night on his laptop looking for news articles and police reports, even hospital files.
"East," he replied shortly. He didn't know why he said it but it sounded right.
"Why?" She asked again.
"I have no idea," He murmured so softly she couldn't hear.
"What?" He pulled out his laptop and opened it. "Never mind," she muttered pulling out her sleeping bag.
Iggy, Gazzy and Angel did the same. In minutes they were asleep except, for Fang and Iggy.
"You have no idea where we're going. Do you?" Iggy sat up, "looking" at Fang.
"Not a freakin' clue," Fang responded, running a hand through his hair. In the dying light he looked tired and world-weary. "I don't know how long I can do this Ig." He looked at the seemingly endless of data on his computer screen. "Nothing is working. It's like she's disappeared." Iggy looked thoughtful for a second.
"Where were we when the fight happened?" Iggy queried.
"Umm somewhere in South Carolina?" It turned out as more of a question as he tried to remember where they had been.
"Max was confused, hurt maybe. Which way would she have flown?" Iggy asked. Fang racked his brains again.
"There was a storm coming in. When we took off the winds were blowing..." He trailed off. "North." He stated.
"Then if she was hurt and not functioning she was probably only staying in the air. Look for anything north of South Carolina and work from there." Iggy informed him, lying back down.
"You're a genius Iggy." Fang said looking slightly shocked. "When did you get so smart?" He asked raising an eyebrow. Iggy pretended to look offended.
"I'm hurt no one has ever noticed my superior intellect!" He feigned shock and Fang just shook his head. Iggy lay down and went to sleep. While Fang kept looking.
Max P.O.V.
I walked back into the squad room to see Ziva, Tony and Tim focused intently on the flat screen TV in the center of the room.
"What are you all looking at?" I asked. They all jumped and turned to look at me.
"Oh. Hey Max," Tim said with a smile. I returned the smile.
"What are you looking at?" I asked again.
"The man we believe killed our lieutenant." Ziva replied. I walked around Tony to see the screen. I caught one glimpse and gasped. The photo on the screen was of a young man walking down the street looking over one shoulder.
Ari.
Well I hope you liked it! Sorry it' so short! By the way, for clarification, this takes place after Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports. Don't forget to review! The button's been lonely while I was gone. Thanks for reading! Oh and thanks so much to Jenny De Book Worm for being my unofficial beta and helping me with ideas and such even though at times she can be incredibly blond. Thanks Jam!
~Silentflier