Chapter Eleven

MAX/PHOE POV

"Calm down everyone. We're going to have to check in a hotel first and then we'll move on." I got groans of protest from everyone and then realized that I still had the Max Ride card.

"Okay, we'll check into The Marriot hotel, considering everyone needs a cleaning. We'll get four connected rooms. Girls in two of them and the guys in the other two. Meaning, Lilly, Angel, Lacey and I in one and Nudge, Quail, and Desiree in another. For the guys, Gazzy, Zeph, and Fang in one. Then, Iggy, Dylan, and Stelton the other. Don't murder each other." I said, going inside to check in.

At last, there was a girl behind the counter.

"May I take your order?" She asked. We're not at a restaurant, I was about to say.

But, biting back at my sarcastic comment I replied, "Yes. I would like six rooms, preferably all side by side." I stated, scanning the invisible menu.

Hey, at least I bit back one of the two comments. Technically, it was a sarcastic gesture.

"Here you go. Rooms 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, and 914. If you're stupid, which I think you are, hotels skip the number thirteen in everything. Just letting you know, before you say anything!" She said, glaring at me. That 'gesture' must have really pissed her off.

"Thank you." I said, turning around, before realizing she didn't make me pay. Ha ha! Sarcastic-ness gives you a free six rooms! I didn't say anything to her, turning around and beckoning the flocks upstairs.

"Okay, we got the rooms on the ninth floor. Escalators or claustrophobic elevator?" I asked. The flocks looked horrified at even going on the elevator, coming to a silent agreement.

At least they aren't nine flights of stairs to climb up! I led the flocks through a series of turns before coming to the escalators.

Going up the escalators, I looked for Floor Nine. Coming to our Floor, I grabbed the keys and gave the oldest person in each room group, a key. If you want to know, I gave Iggy the key, not Dylan. I still think he's a butthead. (A/N: NO OFFENSE!)

Seeing our room, they were suites. Cool. Suites are like mini houses with beds, TV's, and mini kitchens. Letting everyone relax for a bit, I asked the little girls a question, considering they were mind readers.

"Could you let me know what everyone wants to eat. McDonald's or Room Service?" I asked Lilly and Angel.

"Room Service!" Chimed both of them at the same time.

"Okay, give them the go ahead to start ordering." I said, as the girls started ordering as well. Lacey sat in the corner, occupied with a needle, thread, and two hangers.

"Lacey, no bombs." I scolded her.

She pouted and went up to see the channels given on the T.V. Tuning it to some show that cars were exploding, she sat down happily.

I raised an eyebrow. Everyone understood Fang Language.

"What? If I can't build bombs to destroy things, at least I can watch bombs destroy things on T.V!" She complained.

Deciding that I don't want her to be blowing the hotel up, getting a bill, I let her watch her, destructive show.

Going up to the window, we had a nice view, but was above the clouds, so that if we needed to make a get away, we could. Each floor had a balcony which was about ten feet long. That was enough to run and fly, while avoiding the railing.

Wondering, I haven't heard from the Voice for a while. That's a good thing though, right? A knock at the door pulled me out from my thoughts.

"Room Service!" A guy called. Why are all the guys part of room service? He sounded uncomfortable.

"Yes," I said, opening the door, and then taking the pile of food easily from him.

He stared openly at me, "Wow, you're so strong."

"Yeah, Yeah, I'm not the Big Bad Wolf, coming to eat you up." I stated, annoyed with him already, slamming the door on him.

Lilly and Angel were giggling in the corner of the kitchen. A hint of advice, when two mind readers are giggling in a corner, expect something bad.

They innocently looked up at me, "What does it mean when a guy calls you 'hot'? Because, we read your mind and you don't feel hot." They said.

I mentally face palmed and said, "Your giggles say otherwise to what you know."

Grabbing the food from the counter, I laid it out, surveying everything. There were sixteen chicken parmesans, four large sized cheese pizzas, and twelve large French fries. Also, there were six large glasses of lemonade and two large Sprites. Yum.

Yes, that all just for the four of us. Don't judge us! You should see what three guys ordered!

Checking the time, I saw that it was already half past ten.

"Okay, eat up and then tell everyone to sleep." I stated, taking one cheese pizza, four chicken parmesans, three boxes of French fries, and my Sprite, with me to the kitchen and serving it on plates. Doing the same for the rest, I called the girls to the dinner table.

"I have to go talk to Fang." I said.

"Okay, just don't flirt with him." Lacey called. God. These guys are worse than before.

Walking to room 914, I stopped and opened the door with the spare key.

"Guys, go to sleep!" I called out, seeing the empty plates and all of them staring at the T.V., other than Fang. Fang was staring at his laptop.

"Fang, I need to talk to you." I told him.

He walked over to me and shrugged.

"The game plan is to fly from here, straight to California." I told him. He just nodded. Way to be enthusiastic, Fang.

"Can you locate all of the Schools?" I asked him. He then nodded, again.

"Fine, be that way. Don't say a word, like you u-were doing the opposite of before." I said, catching myself before saying, usually do. Luckily, the letter 'U' sounds like you.

"Okay, get the guys to sleep, then you do too. We have a long day tomorrow." I told him, closing the door and going back to the hotel room.

I did the same for every room. Not the talking to Fang part, the telling everyone to sleep part.

"Girls, go to sleep!" I said, finally coming back to my own room. Seeing three beds, I pulled the bed out from the couch and finished my dinner. Later, I turned off the T.V., seeing as to how it was still on.

Turning off the lights and laying down on the bed, I thought, California, here we come.

A/N: HI! I didn't do this A/N on the top like I usually do. I don't own Maximum Ride. The funny thing is, I wrote 'won' three times before finally writing own. He He. I'm in California right now! Yay! It's for my birthday, which is in two days, on Tuesday. So, YAY! Review! We finally got over fifty reviews!