Chapter 6- A/N: I heard Back To December by Taylor Swift and I thought it would be cool, but awkward if Fang sang it, just cause, he doesn't know Max is Phoe and right in front of him. Yes, there will be Fax, but first, Max can't blow her cover yet. Remember this? She's wearing a wig and contacts while there's chaos around her. Luckily, she's clutching her head and her eyes are closed, so the wig won't fly off. But, that's not the reason why she's doing that. SO, yeah. Actually, I have a pretty good twist on the story, based on one of the reviews, kolor my world, THANK YOU! I got very nice reviews. Sorry I didn't update for so long, but look for an update tomorrow and the day after. I should be able to update considering it's the long weekend and all.
Disclaimer: This has been disclaimed. No offense or anything, but if I actually were JP, I don't think I would have ever made Fang run away or something like that. It totally insults his manliness….Okay, I just gonna shut up now. :D
Max/Phoe POV
See now, Max. That's what happens when you don't listen to orders given to you and don't listen to your elders. They are vital to saving the world. Your flock has to team up with them.
I just cringed as the voice rang through my head super loud. No matter what, my mind blocks were still up. I didn't want the younger girls to be scarred. I feel so bad for Desiree. She knows all. If she does, she knows the immense pain I'm in.
Fine. I'll do what you say, just make the pain go away!
All of a sudden, the pain did go away. Whoever the voice was now is getting impatient. Ugh. You know what I hate? The left over headaches from the voice and of course, the brain attacks.
Slowly, I came to a realization that I needed to work with everyone. Oh, um. That's gotta be awkward. At least, they don't know where the hell I am. By that, I mean me, Max. You know what? I hate the voice. I bet if everyone knew who I was, I would have to escape again. What did I get myself into?
Somewhere in my subconscious, I registered that my eyes were still closed and I was in fetal position. I struggled to open my eyes. You know how it feels when you wake up, but don't want to, so it's a struggle to open them? Yeah, that's how it is, times 10 plus a headache.
When I opened my eyes, I was surprised at what I saw. Every single person was gathered around me, staring intently. Surprised, I let out a squeak. Imagine this, you wake up and see 10 faces staring at you, one of them being a dog. Desiree was off to the side, smirking at me. (A/N: No, Desiree is not evil. She's just amused that Max got scared. But, wouldn't you get creeped out too?)
I ignored everyone and waved them off.
"Hey Phoe, I think you might want to stop the chaos you caused." Desiree said, motioning to the world around her.
"Crap. We'll have to move. They probably know that the chaos is coming from here." I said.
I stopped all the havoc and regrew the trees that died. Lucky we were in the middle of nowhere, I thought. If we were anywhere else, I might have caused some deaths. Hell, I caused a tsunami and whirlpools in the middle of a lake. Apparently, the chaos never comes 10 feet around me, so I guess, both flocks huddled around me. I fixed all of the earth.
"You all probably want an explanation." I said.
Everyone was too shocked to register what I was saying. Eventually, Angel spoke up.
"Lilly said this never happens or happened before."
I smiled, tiredly and said, " I have elemental powers and our flock is fairly new. We don't have the bond you have yet. We do, in some ways, in others, we don't. I rescued them from the School."
"But then, where are you from?" Fang spoke up.
"Meaning," I said, trying to not put a cold tone in my voice. Anyways, Phoe does not have anything against Fang, Max however does.
Hmm, I mused. What if I told them that Phoe is Max's sister? Wait, nope, that wouldn't work. Then, I would have to explain all of that other good stuff, like how the hell I know that for sure.
"MEANING, what were you doing before you saved them?" Fang clarified. Well, he sure became the Chatty Kathy, didn't he?
"I had just escaped from a School of my own and had no clue what to do. I was isolated, 'cuz I was, quote unquote, 'too dangerous to be around other experiments'.
"They had me in this place where my powers wouldn't work and I escaped when one of the stupid scientists opened the door when I was awake." I said, happily.
To tell you the truth, even I would have believed it! Pretty good, if I do say so myself. I'm in the mood for jelly beans. Oops. Random thought alert.
The flocks seemed to be assessing this. Taking in the info. Absorbing it. Drinking it in. Eating it. Okay, that's where I'm going to stop.
Watching this, I looked at them and said, "I'm gonna go and um, go behind the bushes." And then I added, "NO LOOKY!"
Actually, I just wanted to check my reflection for the contacts and wig, it felt a bit strange and was scaring me. It felt like real hair!
Observing the awkward silence, I ran behind the bushes and put up a large barrier surrounding me, of stone. Specifically, reflective stone and ones with phosphorus in them. That means, they were glow in the dark, but a heck of a lot brighter. The thing I created was sort of like a tent, if you think about it.
Gazing at my reflection, gosh, I never thought I'd say that, or more specifically, think that. Whatever, back to what I was saying.
Gazing at my reflection, I stared at myself and began taking off my wig and contacts. I almost, literally screamed.
Instead of my normal, pretty, brown hair with blonde streaks and brown eyes, I actually did have green eyes and red hair! NO! I look just like Lissa! Focusing on the picture in my head, comparing my real self to the reflection in the mirror, I was horrified.
I mean, sure, it's not as bad as everyone figuring out I was Max, but never being myself again! That, is just plain old harsh.
Before my eyes, my hair and eye color started changing. I widened my eyes, as the girl in the reflection did the same. My hair color and eye color went back to normal.
Hopefully, that was a once in a life time thing. Experimenting, I thought about my Lissa self. Horrified, I actually looked like Lissa!
By look like Lissa, I mean literally, with her slut like self in my clothes. Changing myself again, I made myself look like supposedly, Phoe looked.
I actually did it! Experimenting, I took out my wings, halfway so they didn't crash into my mini tent.
Doing this, I thought of changing my wing color to a more firey format. Looking at the reflection, I smirked. It looked freaking awesome!
My wings were a mixture of reds, blues, yellows, and oranges. It was kewl. Kewl means cooler than cool. Look it up in the Maxocary. Oh, yeah, I forgot. I would have kept my reflection, but my flock thought my wings were tan speckled. Hm, I'll just tell them that it was mud.
Yay, I get to keep my awesome wings! Hoping that this will stay, I discarded the wig and contacts into the Earth, whispering for it to be taken to the core of the Earth, where it will supposedly burn.
See? I actually did learn something when I went to human-school, not The School. Hey, why don't I get to be The Max and they get to be The School? Oh wait, I guess I am, actually. I am The Maximum Ride. The Max would mean everyone named Max would be called The Max. Okay, enough of my ranting.
Checking my reflection one last time, I brought down my walls. Stepping outside of my sanctuary, I observed my surroundings. Huh, I guess everyone forgot about me. Desiree was actually talking to Iggy. I smiled. Desiree would deserve Iggy.
Predictably, Nudge was talking to Stelton, one who could rival her. Zeph was talking to Gazzy, who was probably jealous that Zephyr got the name he always wanted. Angel was off to the side not speaking with Lilly, but then again, knowing them, they were probably mind talking, if that makes any sense. Lacey was also with them. She looked like she was having fun talking about, stuff. Quail was petting Total and talking to Dylan (A/N: I promise he won't break up fax!). Dylan looked kind of, lovingly towards Quail.
I swear, if he breaks her heart, he's gonna have to talk to me. Trust me, I can be scary. While I was musing, Fang apparently came to talk to me.
Uh oh.