Chapter 6

"Maximum you are one of the hardest people in the world to find." The man that I had nightmares about walked in my front door holding my baby girl by her legs. She was screaming, I felt so bad for not teaching her anything other than how to fly. "And this little squirt is good at hiding your tracks. Who would of ever suspected the great Maximum Ride to be a house wife." He laughed.

"Put my daughter down." I growled through my teeth. He pulled out a button and his thumb hovered over it.

"Remember this Maximum?" He smiled. He turned a knob and pressed the button. My arm exploded in pain. I bit my lip trying to contain the pain and direct it to focusing. I squeezed my eyes shut. "Oh come on forget focusing Maximum. Scream it will make you feel better."

"Fuck you." My eyes snapped open and narrowed. His feet busted into flames and he screamed dropping Bonnie. "Bonnie up." She nodded and snapped open her white wings with black speckles. She flew out the front door and to the clearing. "Sam the car!" He ran to the car and drove away. We were supposed to meet at his parents house and stay in the guest house until we were sure it was safe.

"Max?" The flock was still in my living room starring at me.

"Crap. U and A!" They responded immediately. "Don't break a window!" I shouted at Iggy who ran towards the bay window in the front. Not that he listened.

I ran towards the Doctor and kicked his legs out from under him. He fell and hit his head. Passed out he was a lot easier to deal with. I concentrated and he froze into a block. I sighed in relief and ran out the front door and snapped out my wings and pushed down hard shooting into the air fast. I flew towards the clearing in over drive and free falled into the clearing to grab the packs from the tree trunk.

"Mommy?" I looked up and saw Bonnie sitting in a tree branch above my head. "Is it safe now?"

"It is sweetie." She dropped down. She ran to my side and hugged my leg.

'That man hurt me Mommy." She wailed. "He gave me a shot and my arm hurts now."

I closed my eyes trying not to cry. "Let me sweetie." She handed me her arm and a small dot was inflamed you could see something under the skin with a code on it. They tagged her to. I sighed picking her up. "You'll be alright Bonnie." I smiled trying to look like I meant it.

She nodded wiping her eyes. "Can we go to grandmas now? I want to see Minnie." Minnie was the painted horse that her grandmother gave her when she was four. Sam and I couldn't buy a lot big enough to keep her so her grandmother kept her on her estate.

"Sure honey. We can go see grandma now. You remember that we have to fly fast right?" Not only did Bonnie have my attitude but she could go over 200 mph like me to. She nodded. "Ok good. Fly up honey I'm going to be right behind you." I put her on the ground and she jumped up flying. I smiled.

Once she was almost out of the trees I flew up as fast as I could to make sure she was ok. The flock was waiting for us. "Max? What do we do now?" Angel looked at me with wide eyes.

I sighed. "Do what you need to be safe. Come on Bonnie we have to hurry and beat your dad there." Dylan stiffened. My head snapped towards him and my eyes narrowed.

"Max that isn't fair." Dylan started to say.

"Yes, it is Dylan. Now you guys need to leave." I grabbed Bonnies hand and nodded at her she let go of it and went into overdrive. I looked back at Angel. 'Sorry baby, I have to deal with this first… I'll find you guys soon. Once a month go to the Hawk cave to see if I'm there. I will be one day baby girl." I smiled weakly and followed Bonnie. I heard Angel wailing behind me and I almost turned back but I didn't.

Bonnie could fly almost as fast as me but I caught up to her easily. She looked at me. "Mommy what did that boy mean by it wasn't fair?"

"Nothing." I snapped I closed my eyes hard. "I'm sorry Bonnie. You remember all those night time stories I told you about the flock?" She nodded. "Well that was Dylan…"

"Oh. He kind of looks like me." She mumbled.

"No. Your cuter and you look like your daddy." I smiled over at her. She was beaming, I looked down and saw we were almost to her grandmothers house.

"Can I mommy?" She loved folding in her wings and diving into the lake. I laughed and nodded. She instantly folded them in and went into a ball laughing as she dropped.

I looked around looking for any sign of the white coats and sighed when I didn't see anyone here. I looked back and saw faint dots moving in this direction but they wouldn't know if I dropped here. I could feel a tear slide down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away and folded my wings in and dropped. My hair whipped above my head and I laughed at how free I felt.

The water was a cool relaxing blanket that made me feel. I didn't like it that much and popped back out of the water blanket and screamed as Bonnie jumped on my shoulders giggling. I laughed and swam to the edge of the lake where Sam and his mom were.

"Well Maxine look at what you have gotten yourself into." She put her hands on her hips and glared at me. She never liked me that much because I didn't run my household the way she did and because I tried to protect her from what might happen if I got to close. "Come see grandma Bonnie." She smiled dropping to the ground. Bonnie giggled.

"Grandma can I ride Minnie? I haven't seen her in awhile and I watched a movie that a princess was riding a horsy." Bonnie hugged her and jumped up and down.

"Why certainly Bonnie! She is your horse not mine." She smiled and grabbed her hand dragging Bonnie with her to the stables next to the guest house. Sam turned towards me crossing his arms.

I looked up the flock was hovering. 'Angel? Really?' 'Yep! We aren't leaving quite yet Max.' I glared at her and she waved at me. "Sam we need to get that electric cage up now. They are going to come back, we have to be able to fight them and we both know that Bonnie wont last through it."

He sighed. "I know. I already put it up and unless they look like people and are part avian they arent getting in."

I felt my eyes go wide. I heard Angel laughing as she fell in the lake behind me. Everyone else followed behind her. "Sam-"

"So Max where is Bonnie at?" iggy crossed his arms trying not to laugh.

"Shut up Iggy." I growled walking towards the stable. I heard someone following me I looked back and saw Dylan and Fang walking slowly. I clinched my fists and growled inside my head. "Hey Margret why don't you get that painted horse ready for me?" I called as I walked in the barn.

"Why don't you do it yourself. Last I checked you know how to do it." She looked at me with narrowed eyes. I pointed to the boys following me. She sighed. "Cant you visit with out some sort of drama following you Maxine?" She went and grabbed her quarter horse and walked it out already to go. She got on and looked at me viciously. "I'll deal with them if you make the other men leave. The girls can stay though." SHe sniffed trotting out of the stable.

I mimicked her expression grabbing the saddle and bridel for Thyme. She was a tamed mustang still unpredictable kind of like me. Maybe that's why I was always the one to ride her when we visited. I led Thyme out of her stall and saw Bonnie already on top of Minnie with her riding helmet bouncing in the saddle.

"Alright calm down Bonnie." I jumped in the saddle and followed Bonnie out of the barn at a trot. By time I was out of the barn Bonnie was running across the open field at a canter. I shook my head smiling. "Alright Thyme lets go old girl." I gently kicked her sides and she went from a trot to a canter in five seconds. We ran past Fang and Dylan. Margret was yelling at them how they should not be on personal property. I threw back my head and laughed out my heart who would of known that I wasn't the only one with that kind of affect.

"Come on Mommy!" Bonnie looked back at me as they ran into the little forest on the other side of the lake. I looked up and saw Nudge and Gazzy flying and laughing. I looked back down and ran after her savoring the rare freedom of life.