Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride. The plot is mine though.

I don't really know what i'm gonna write after this chaper. If you have any great ideas, please share them. I know there will be some FAX though. Thanks and happy christmas!

Maximum Ride, when will you start trusting me again? Let me think about that one. Um, let's see. Should I trust a whitecoat who keeps telling me to save the world for some strange reason and who's done like, a thousand experiments on me? No, I don't think so.

Believe me, the cinema is a dangerous place. Do you want to put everyone in danger, Max?

'Are there any whitecoats or Flyboys there? No, so it's not dangerous!' I answered out loud. The flock just stared at me. What can I say? When some mad scientists keep trying to kill you, while a crazy man tells you that you have to save the world, then suddenly you start hearing a voice inside you head, you can't avoid insanity. At least I can't, I don't know about the rest of you.

'I'm going to kill Jeb' said Fang. 'Right after you save the world, but we'll kill the Director first.' I loved it when he was worried about me, he looked so cute. NO!!! BAD MAX!! You don't like Fang that way, he's like your brother. But still, I loved it when he looked concerned. BAD MAX!! STOP IT!!! (Ok, I know I'm crazy, but don't laugh. Yes, you! reading this. Stop laughing at me!).

You are crazy about Fang, Max. Stop denying it. No, I'm not! And for the last time, stay out of my mind! Just when I thought the voice couldn't get more annoying.

We arrived at the cinema half an hour later. But we couldn't decide what to watch.

'I know! I really want to see Calm and silent Christmas' suggested Fang. Unfortunately for him, we all shook our heads. 'You have a terrible taste, but I don't really care.'

'How about Beautiful angels?' asked Angel. 'That seems to be a really nice movie. Can we, Max?'

'NO!' The Gasman and Iggy screamed at the same time. Nudge didn't really mind watching that one and Fang just looked expressionless like usual. 'I think we should watch something we all like.'

'How about Nuclear war?' asked Iggy. 'Or Santa's secret weapons?' added the Gasman. We all shook our heads.

'I know!' said Nudge. 'I really want to watch this romantic film about this girl who lives in a children's homes and she wishes to find her parents. And she grows up and falls in love with this man. And then it's Christmas and she…'

'We get the idea, Nudge' I said so she'd stop talking. 'I don't know. There has to be something that we all like.'

'How about The mutant freaks that got caught on Christmas day by the Director of Itex?' asked a voice I knew too well. I turned around feeling a wave of fear going through my body. The woman who had almost made me go absolutely nuts (if I hadn't yet) during the pasts months stood in front of me with a dozen Chinese whitecoats around her. What the heck was she still doing with them? And why were they here? They were the same whitecoats who had wanted to buy us as weapons! What horrified me even more was that just then, ter Borcht entered the cinema!! He stood behind the Director, looking as surprised as I was. But then, things started to get even weirder, if that could be possible.

Jeb Batchelder appeared behind with a stupid smile on his face. What the heck was going on? I could have fainted right then if Fang and Iggy hadn't been there to catch me.

'Hello sweetheart, it's nice to see you again' said Jeb as if nothing had ever happened. 'Merry Christmas, kids.'

'I didn't expect you to be here, this really surprises me, but anyway…' said the Director looking at me, and then looked at the whitecoats' What are you waiting for? Close every single door of this building. Oh, and do the same with the windows. Guard every single exit. I don't want them to escape this time. Oh, almost forgot. Bring my dear Omega. Max and him have to finish something, well actually, Omega has to finish her off.'

'Don't you think that's the wrong way round, mom?' I asked her, looking around to find an exit. But they were all guarded by whitecoats. 'Let's get out of here!'

We ran to the nearest whitecoat and punched him. In seconds, he was unconscious. But no, our lives had to get even harder. It was then that I noticed that the building was being surrounded by Flyboys and Erasers.

'But, it's impossible' said Nudge. 'I thought all the Erasers had retired.'

'We brought them back' said the Director. 'Will you cooperate this time, Max?'

'Never!' I hissed. 'You'd have to kill me first.'

'But ve vill!' answered ter Borcht angrily. He seemed to be madder than the last time I'd seen him, but why would I care? 'This time, you vill not scape.'

Just then, something even stranger happened. Anne Walker appeared next to me. Gosh, that was so creepy. I almost jumped. She didn't look different, except that she was now on the evil side. Nudge, Gazzy and Angel seemed upset to see her. Why did the world hate us so much?

'Hello Max. Merry Christmas!' she said as if she had never betrayed us. Well, she hadn't betrayed me, 'cause I somehow knew who she really was from the beginning. That witch.

'You know what? The good thing about this Christmas is that we don't have to eat your disgusting food.' I told her coldly. 'By the way, you could never adopt children even if they injected oestrogen in your veins. You maternal instincts just suck!'

'You can hurt me, Max' she said. 'You are only a stubborn child.'

Just then, I saw two people walking a few metres from us who seemed really familiar. My heart almost stopped when I realized who they were. What the heck were they doing here? The world had definitely decided to turn against me for some reason. When Fang saw them, his eyes got as wide as two oranges. In other circumstances I would have laughed at seeing his eyes so big, but not today. Then they saw us, and they just had to come and say hello, because they couldn't just avoid it, could they?

'Hey Max!' said Sam. He was holding Lisa's hand, which for some reason made me guess that they were going out. 'I didn't expect to see you here.'

'Actually, I didn't expect to see anyone here, but god to see you anyway. You too, Lisa' I said.

'It was weird the day you six left, without saying anything and so suddenly' he told me. 'I still remember how you punched me and left me unconscious for no reason.'

Could someone have the pleasure to kill me right now please? I would really appreciate it, thanks.

'I'm sorry about that. But now you must know why I did it, you must have seen us on TV, or maybe read Fang's blog' I said without meaning to, forgetting about the false names we'd given.

'Fang's blog? That's just some crazy story these strange kids made up. No one believes it 'said Lisa looking at Fang. 'What is your sister talking about, Nick? Wait, now that I think about it… I think I did see you on TV some months ago…

She started looking at us in complete awe and her jaw dropped while her eyes got bigger and bigger. Sam looked at her a bit confused, but then had the same reaction.

'It's not what you think' Fang told her, and gave me his why-did-you-have-to-do-that look. Great, he still liked Lisa! But why should I care? This day cannot get any worse, even if it's Christmas!