Okay, so my friends and me came up with this Max Ride story. I hope you enjoy it! Oh, and I don't own Maximum Ride (even though I wish I did) Oh, and the - - marks signify point of view changes or time passing.
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Fang wiped the steam off of the mirror, sighing heavily. It was good to have the whole flock safe for just a few days at Dr. Martinez's house.
They were off searching for their parents again, while trying to find out more about their new enemy; Mr. Chu.
It was still nice to relax, though. He could already smell the homemade cookies that were baking.
For now, everything was perfect.
Fang rubbed the back of his neck, trying to get some of the kinks out from his lack of sleep the night before. Something had felt…off.
He saw something on his neck that made him freeze.
What—Was that—No, it couldn't be. Max was older than him, and it definitely hadn't happened to her.
But he could see it perfectly clear.
An expiration date.
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I sat there in my mom's kitchen with Ella chattering to Nudge, Angel, and Iggy, while Gazzy and Fang took showers and my mom made cookies. The homemade/ made-from-scratch kind.
But something was scratching inside me, making me feel uneasy as Fang came out with a black button up shirt on, with the collar up.
"What drove you to dress like that, Fang?" I called. He shot an un-amused glance in my general direction.
I immediately sat up. Something was way wrong with him. He never acted this way, even on his worse days.
I shot him a look that said, Don't you even think about lying. Something's wrong and we both know it.
He just raised his eyebrows in that Fang-like way of his and flopped into a chair across from me.
I let it drop for now. I make him talk when we were alone.
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Of course, over the next three days, I never once had a chance to talk to Fang in private.
And then we had to leave. We were going to some meeting for some organization somewhere in New York. Me and my flock, and that was it.
We were catching a ride on yet another jet to D.C. and then flying the rest of the way to New York.
I hugged my mom and Ella goodbye and gave only a smile to Jeb, but he was coming with us, so that didn't really matter.
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Fang was glad that Max hadn't gotten a chance to talk to him. He didn't want to tell her until he was completely positive that it was an expiration date. But something deep down inside of him kept telling him to suck it up and tell Max.
And another part of him said that it was his expiration date, that he was doomed to die in just a month and a half.
He didn't listen to that part, though. He just ignored it and made sure everything was as normal as possible.
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Something was definitely wrong. Fang had hardly said two words, which really wasn't unusual for him, but his face was…different. Strained, tired. Sad.
Even the cramped jet seemed to not bug him as much as it usually would. He seemed deeply troubled by something far worse.
And as soon as we landed then took off again, this time flying ourselves, he didn't seem to be as free as he usually would be whenever he flew.
"Since when are you mopey?" I demanded, swooping closer to him. Not even Angel could seem to figure out what was wrong with him.
"What do you mean, mopey?" he asked in a flat tone, glancing sideways at me.
"Mopey as in not talking at all and not liking anything we do. Mopey as in something's way wrong. What got into you?" I snarled.
"It's nothing." He muttered, darting upwards quickly. I followed him.
"Nothing's always something!" I called.
I could almost hear him roll his eyes.
I swooped into place beside him again.
"I know you're hiding something, and you're going to tell me whether you like it or not!" I threatened. It worked; he smiled. But it vanished quickly.
"Then you're going to have to kill—" He seemed to choke for a second then recovered. "You'll have to beat me into a bloody pulp before I tell you." He said a darted off, flying incredibly fast. I'd let it drop this time.
Maybe he'd tell me when he was ready. If not, I would get it out of him.
It bugged me to see him so down and so…so…so not Fang.
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I hope you liked it! I know it was short and kinda boring, but it'll get better, I swear!!! REVIEWS! I need at least 3-4 reviews to do another chapter!