icefox: Woo-hoo! Chapter Two is here. Some Maximum Ride people are going to be introduced in this chapter.

Disclaimer: Maximum Ride is owned by James Patterson and Percy Jackson and the Olympians is owned by Rick Rhiordan.

Chapter Two: Demigod To Mutant Bird Freak

"Hey, I was just thinking about something." A scientist said to his colleague while prepping an infant for an experiment.

"That must have hurt." The other scientist said with a bored tone of voice while injecting something into the baby's arm, making him tear up.

"Shut up!" The first scientist yelled while his partner laughed at him.

"Okay, sorry! Now what were you thinking?"

"Well, I was just wondering how we found out that this brat is the child of a god. And how was it so precise that we even figured out who the godly parent is?" The second scientist sighed and shook his head as he carried the now crying infant to a table.

"You know how we have people in hospitals around the world that test babies for good test subjects after they are born, right?" his partner nodded, so he continued. "Well, after we found out the existence of the gods, some of our smarter scientists found out how to tell a demigod baby apart from a human one as well as who the parent is at the same time. I think it has to do with their DNA. So now, when our people test for good lab rats, they test for godly parents too."

"Oh, okay." The first scientist said while hitting his palm with his fist. "But wait! The kids father is the god of the sea. Why are we giving him avian DNA?"

Because somebody suggested it to our boss and he liked it. He must be in the mood to waste test subjects or something, because I can't see this turning out good."

"So, if you don't like it, then why didn't you say something?" For saying this, the first scientist got a 'WTF, are you crazy?' look.

"If I did that, I would have been shot! You would too if you talk back to a superior. Keep that in mind, newbie." The first scientist gulped fearfully, nodded, then helped his colleague implant the avian DNA into the infant who soon started screaming.

Some hours later...

"Tsh, I knew it was going to fail." said a voice outside the door. A brown haired girl and two boys, strawberry-blonde and raven haired, looked towards the door as two scientists wheeled in a cage with a small form gasping for breath laying inside.

"I know. His DNA was just too different from the avian DNA to begin with. Then they have us try and mess with the kids vocal chords. Its no wonder the kid can't breath."

"Are we really just going to leave it here?"

"Yeah, it'll die soon anyways. We'll just have an eraser come get the body to dispose of later..." as the voices faded away back down the hallway, the children moved to the front of their small cages to look at the suffocating child worriedly.

"do you think he's going to die, Fang?" the girl asked the raven haired boy.

"I think so Max." Fang responded miserably.

"Is there anything we can do for him?" asked the strawberry-blonde looking towards Fang with vacant blue eyes. The boys raven eyes looked at the dying boy in the cage and the distance between them.

I don't think so, Iggy. We're too far away to even touch him."

Max's brown eyes teared up as she looked at the poor boy suffering in front of her. Fang looked over to the 3 year old girl in the cage next to him.

"Max? Are you okay?" Max looked over at her equally young friends with teary eyes.

"No! I want to help him but I can't do anything!" Fang and Iggy looked at Max sadly and Fang opened his mouth to say something to comfort his upset friend when they heard deep gasping breathes different then the suffocating ones they heard before. All three children looked over to see a black haired baby with gorgeous silver and sea green wings breathing normally and looking at them curiously with baby blue eyes.

"He's alive!" The human/avian trio yelled with stunned looks on their faces. The baby saw the funny looks and started to laugh. Max and Fang were even more shocked to see that the winged boy laughed silently.

"You poor baby. What did those awful scientists do to you? Asked Max sadly.

"The scientists were saying something about messing with his vocal chords. They must have been trying to make it possible for him to speak with animals and damaged his vocal chords like when they tried to give Iggy raptor vision and blinded him.

"I was wondering what Max was upset about just now. So the kid can't speak?" When Max and Fang answered with a 'yes', Iggy sighed. "Talking with him is going to be pretty much impossible. He can't speak so when he is old enough to actually talk he will have to use sign language. I hate being blind now more then ever!"

"I know you're upset Ig, but try to stay calm. The baby is tearing up, though he looks more worried about you then upset about you shouting. Try to apologize and let him know you're ok." Max said, looking thoughtfully at the baby most of the conversation. Iggy "looked" at her surprised.

"Really? Okay. Sorry for yelling, kid. I was just a little upset. I'm ok now." Everything was silent for a minute before Fang said,

"Max was right. He was worried about you. After you said you were okay, he started smiling."

This made Iggy smile happily. Soon, the three mutant bird kids were pouring out their heart and soul to their silent listener, making him laugh at everything they were happy about and cry at everything that upset them. Needless to say, the winged boy was doing a lot of crying.

A few hours later

Jeb walked down one of the halls of the school to fetch a failed experiment. The young scientist was silently fuming while thinking about his current situation. 'Those idiots! How dare they dispose of such important research material? I will see them all fired!' (bet you were expecting "hanged" ^^)

By now, Jeb had reached the room young Perseus was kept in. He unlocked the door with his key card and walked in on a scene he did not expect to see. He saw the three bird kids in cages pressed up to the front bars talking to a silently laughing, winged, healthy baby boy who should have suffocated to death hours ago. The birds kids noticed him right away and backed away from the front bars of their cages, making baby Perseus cry.

'Hm... interesting.' Jeb thought before grabbing the attention of a passing scientist. "Get an extra large cage in here and move the four winged children into it. The three older kids will help take care of the baby in between experiments."

"Um, yes sir. But are you sure this will be okay?" the scientist asked nervously.

"No, but if there is anything wrong with this, I will take full responsibility. Now move!"

"Yes sir!"

As the scientist ran off to do what he was told, Jeb looked at Perseus thoughtfully. 'Experimenting with this one will be fun.'

End Chapter 2

Songs

Lilium by Kumiko Noma (Elfen Lied)

The Islander by Nightwish

It Ends Tonight by The All-American Rejects

Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo by WANDS (YuGiOh! Season Zero)

Dearest by Ayumi Hamasaki (Inuyasha)

Pump It by Black Eyed Peas

The Nightside of Eden by H.I.M.

Passion by Hikaru Utada (Kingdom Hearts)

Hips Don't lie by Shakira

Ding Ding Dong by Gunther