Okay guys I finally finished this chapter. And IggyIs4Me I had the same thought on the name. Here are the new characters:
From: XXXxSmIlEyMe123xXXX
Sage: Girl
Age:12
Personality: spunky, rebellious, tough, and sometimes a bit sarcastic.
Blond hair, brown eyes,
Fashion sense: bland, tom-boyish.
Rebel's friend, she's human.
She's hyper on soda
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Skylar: Female
Nickname: Sky
Age: 15
Free spirited, shy, understanding and nice.
Lived on her own since the age of 12, she was released from the school because they thought it would be a fun project for the erasers to hunt her down, but they never found her.
She is part hummingbird and flies really fast, creates a force field for short periods of time.
Eyes: Green, Hair: black, she is around 5'6
Fashion sense: simple girly
Part of Rebel's Flock
Random, not too hyper
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Eli: male
Age:16
Quiet, smart, tough, lots of patience, caring and is an over thinker
Eyes: blue, Hair: dark brown, tall and fit.
Looks human, but is super! He can do anything a human can but 5x's faster. He is the perfect person, according to the school.
Part of Rebel's Flock
From: MyNameIsNot
Name: Jaegar (Yay-ger).
Nickname: Jag.
Age:15
He is 90% human, 5% bird, and 5% tiger.
Hair: Pitch black and "styled" kind of like Fangs after the makeover in the manga.
Eyes: Deep violet, they change from catlike to regular, depending on his mood, as tall as Iggy.
Normally wears a trench coat and a black shirt and black jeans and a Top-hat.
Powers: he can do all of Angel's telepathic powers but he only uses them for good. He can also his energy to make weapons, but it extremely hard and at first he can only make things like knives and swords but as the story goes on he can make more complex weapons. He can breathe underwater but finds out with the rest of the flock. He also has a way with animals, almost any animal that sees him like him and want to help him. While most of him always looks human, he always has tiger fangs.
He is a really nice person and extreme pyromaniac and gets along great with Gazzy and Iggy.
Part of Max's Flock
From: Me
Name: Anthony
Nickname: Tony
Age: 15
He's human and Sage's older brother.
Blond hair, brown eyes
He's dating JJ (Jennifer Joy) and has to keep Sage away from soda. He is one of Rebel's closest friends.
Just so you guys know I've changed some things. Ella is back in Arizona, Anne lives with Rebel's Flock, Lisa doesn't want to get into Fang's pants but Iggy's and JJ is different. There will be more characters as the story goes but these are the ones for this chapter.
Oh and this is one year later and everyone's changed, a lot.
By the way I don't own anyone or anything but Rebel, also known as Isobel or Bel, and Tony.
Iggy's POV
The last thing I want to hear in the morning is the alarm clock; unfortunately for me my alarm clock is a teenage girl who does not take 'leave me alone' for an answer.
"Come on Iggy we're going to be late for school. It's barely the first day." Rebel was standing at the door her arms crossed.
I lifted my head from my pillow. "Are you really excited about going back there? There's reason the lab back in California is nicknamed 'The School.'"
"Iggy I'm not going to ask you again, either you get up or I'll have to force you." As soon as she said this I knew I was going to regret it but I'm just too lazy.
I pulled my covers over my head and turned away from the door.
She turned and walked out the door only leaving for a short second. "Are you sure you don't want to get up?" she took my silence as her answer.
"Okay then, let the games begin." I heard the hose go off before I was covered in water.
I jumped up and finally looked at Rebel. She was still in her pajamas and her feet were bare. I grinned. "Bel, have you showered yet."
She looked confused. "No, why?" realization hit her and she ran to the door.
Before she could close the door on me I grabbed her wrist and threw her on my shoulder. "I think we both need a shower, what do you think?" I asked her heading for the balcony.
She was trying to get me to let go but my hold on her was too strong. I shook my head. "You're not even trying."
"Well if I tried any harder you'd be dead." Shehadstopped struggling by now.
I opened the balcony door and closed it before she could make a break for it. I set her down. "Now Bel, are you going to apologize?"
She slapped me across the face. I looked at her and she was grinning.
"Fine if that's how you want to play, let the games begin." I lifted her bridal stile and stood on the ledge. "Last chance, apologize."
She shook her head like a little kid. "Not. A. Chance."
I sighed. "Is this really how you want to start the year again. Remember last year?" Before she could I jumped off the ledge, making sure she didn't let go.
We fell about 15 feet before I let go of her only one foot left. We instantly hit, she screamed. "Ig, you are so dead!" She swam to the edge of the pool and got out; I was still swimming on my back, laughing my head off.
"You know you probably woke up Eli and Sky, right?" I asked her.
Just as I finished the other doors leading to the balconies opened. Sky came out of the closest one. "Do I even want to know what you two are doing?"
I was still laughing too hard that I couldn't speak so Rebel answered for me. "He threw us both off the balcony and got me wet." She turned to look at me. "Do you mind carrying me back up there?"
"You have wings, use them." I told her still floating in the water.
Sighing, she jumped back into the water and swam around for a bit longer. When she caught me looking at her she shrugged. "Might as well, I'm already wet." She looked up at Sky and Eli. "Are you two going to just stand there or join us?"
They both looked at each other before shrugging and jumping off.
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Ten minutes later we went back inside. Both Sky and I flew up, Eli can't fly so he took the front door and I carried Rebel. Once we were back in my room I set her down. "Remind me again why you couldn't fly up here yourself?"
She sighed. "Because, I wasn't about to take off my shirt in-front of you."
I grinned. "Next time you get back here on your own."
She walked to the door but turned her head in my direction. "Who said there'll be a next time?"
Rebel's POV
I quickly walked to my room to change for school. I decided on a pair of black skinny jeans & a purple T-shirt with some black knee-high converse.
I quickly put on the wardrobe and headed for the kitchen. Sky and Eli were already there, they didn't even bother to look up. Sky was wearing a pair of blue jeans with a sleeveless pink shirt, she reading a book. Eli was wearing some baggy jeans with a green T-shirt, he was watching the news. "Hey guys, where's Ig?"
"He's cooking." I heard his response from the kitchen. "Anne left a couple of minutes ago she said she's going to be home late."
I want to sit in-front of Sky. "What're you reading?"
Her eyes were scanning the page. "A book."
Eli grabbed the remote. "I think she means the name."
I looked at him. "Thanks so, what book are you reading?"
She finally looked up. "It's called summer reading list. This is what we were supposed to read before school."
"Oh shit, I forgot all about it. Give me the quick summary." I took the book from her hand and skimmed through it.
She sighed but answered. "Basically it's in the future. The kids can be taken to be well, taken apart and their parts are used to help society. Or the parents can keep the kids.
"Well these three kids are all different. Connor liver with his parents and they sing the papers to have him 'Unwound'. Then there's Risa, she lives in a foster home and they decide to get rid of her. And finally there's Lev. He's okay with being unwound and is ready for it.
"When Connor runs away her kidnaps Lev and Risa was on a bus ready to be unwound. She escapes and finds them both."
I shook my head. "Just skip to the end."
"Fine then, she's paralyzed from the waist down. Connor lives and helps other unwounds and Lev becomes a terrorist. Oh and one more thing you should know, the general helps all unwounds and his son was the first to be unwound."
"Is that it?" I asked regretting asking her in the first place.
She put her hand on her chin. "Well… there's more but you'll fail anyways." Eli looked up. "Wait can't you just open a mental link with the teacher to get the answers?"
I shrugged and Iggy came in setting our plates on the table. "Breakfast is served."
Just as Eli was about to turn off the TV, I heard something. "Wait, Eli. Turn that up."
He grabbed the remote and raised the volume. "There have been multiple reports of the Bird-kids, as they are referred to, in the New York area. Maximum Ride the presumed leader of the group has been spotted several times but their whereabouts are still unknown…"
I grabbed the remote and turned it off. I looked at Iggy and saw he was looking at his plate. "Ig, you okay?" Sky looked at him worry in her eyes.
He nodded but didn't look up. "Iggy, we need to tell them. They have a right to know."
"I guess we should, huh?" he looked up at me and smiled but it didn't reach his eyes. "We should have never left Virginia with Anne, things would have been so much easier."
I looked over at Sky and Eli, they were looking at us. "Guys we have something to tell you." I sighed and took a deep breath. "Ig knew the Flock, actually he was one of them."
No one said anything for a while. I looked at my watch. "Guys, I promise we'll explain everything later but we're going to be late." I grabbed my backpack and walked to the door. I heard them behind me and opened the door heading for the bus.
As soon as we got to the bus stop the bus arrived and we all got in. We sat at the front and I looked out the window. Six more kids came in and sat behind us.
The first one was a blond girl with brown eyes, she was about my age. The second one had black hair that covered his eyes; he was also about my age. The one behind him was a guy with black hair like him but it covered his eyes, he looked a little older and a big piece of information he was wearing a top hat. Behind her was a girl with mocha skin and brown eyes, she couldn't stop smiling she was younger than the first three. The fifth was a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, he was one of the youngest. And last was a little girl that looked like the boy's little brother.
The youngest one looked at me and stopped smiling, she looked at me or a few more seconds and I tried to open a mental link with her to see why she was looking at me but she blocked me. At first I was shocked but then I turned away and stared out the window.
The bus moved to its next stop and as soon as we neared it I covered my ears already expecting the squealing. They both entered the bus at the exact same time. "Oh my god! Isabel it's so good to see you again. I haven't seen you in months! I missed you so much; we should have stayed in touch. I bought so many things in Paris you should have seen my suitcase. Tony told me I shouldn't have bought too many things but I couldn't help myself. I even bought you some really cute boots, next time you go to my house I'll give them to you-"
I covered her mouth before another sound could escape her mouth. "Okay Sage, take a deep breath. You need to calm down. I'm going to slowly remove my hand." I took my hand from her mouth.
I heard Tony walk up behind me. "Thanks Bel. One more second and I would have lost it."
Don't worry Tony, I've got your back." I turned to sit back down and they both went to sit at the back of the bus.
The guy with the top hat was looking at me and I just stared back, after a while I decided to introduce myself. "Hi, I'm Isobel. You guys must be new here." I extended my hand and he shook it.
He offered a small smile. "I'm Jaegar but everyone calls me Jag. Me and my family are all new here." He glanced at the older girl that was sitting with the other guy.
I looked at her and caught her looking at me. "Oh well if you want I can show you all around. This is my second year here. And by the way just call me Bel everyone does."
"Hey, Bel tell Sky to be nice or I'll burn her ass of." I smacked Iggy in the head.
"Ignatius Fleming, watch your language." I looked at him and he pouted.
He looked at Jag and stretched out his hand. "Ignatius Fleming. Do you by any chance know how to make a stink bomb?"
I rolled my eyes. "Really Ig, lead him to the dark side why don't you."
He looked back at me. "Hey it's not the dark side if you're not part of it."
I laughed. "Who said I wasn't?"
Before he could respond Jag interrupted. "Actually, I do know how to make one."
Iggy's eyes lit up and he showed a long grin. "Really, you know I think we'll become great friends."
I looked away from, them and saw that we were approaching the last stop. "Ig, we're approaching her lair."
He looked out the window and saw what I was referring to. It was the devil herself. I turned to Jag. "If you're going to survive here let me teach you a couple of things. Number one stay away from Lisa she'll drag you down to hell." I tensed as I felt her behind me.
"Isobel long time no see. You look well." I could see she was checking out Iggy again. The only time we ever get along is when he's around.
"Lisa please don't pretend like where friends. We both know the only reason you even try to get along with me is because you want to get into my brother's pants." I tried to give her a friendly smile. "And you should know he's not interested."
She snorted. "Yeah because he's too busy making out with you. We all know you two aren't related by blood."
Iggy's eyes widened in mock-horror. "What? You're not my real sister? Why did you lie to me?"
I couldn't help but laugh. "Oh Ig, you and your amusing comments." I turned back to Lisa. "Don't you have something better to do than start fake rumors like, oh I don't know, getting into someone else's pants?"
She flipped her hair and walked to the back of the bus with her people. "Hey chica, you didn't deny it." I called back to her.
I turned back to the window. I could hear Ig and Jag talking behind me. "What was that all about?"
"Dude let me tell you. She and Lisa were good friends until a month after we got here last year. Lisa was being mean to JJ, well she stood up for her and told Lisa to stop. Lisa told her to choose, her or JJ, she chose JJ and ever since then they've hated each other. Oh, and Lisa's been trying to get into my pants since we met." I could tell Iggy was trying to make sure I didn't hear.
I turned to face them. "And that day I made an enemy and a loyal friend, so it all worked out." Iggy turned around and turned on his I-Pod. "Now look this school is really easy to figure out, the school is divided into five sections. The Elementary students, The Intermediate students, and The High School students. The last buildings are the music building, that building is the farthest from the Entrance, and the GYM building, where PE is held. Your little brother and sister go to the building to the left; they only have one teacher for the whole day. Your other young sister goes to the Intermediate section which is the right building; she can follow Sage, the blabber-mouth, who almost left me deaf. Anyways your other sister and brother can follow us, we go to get your schedules for class and we'll help you with the classes."
He smiled. "You sound like you're planning a break-in."
I didn't smile back. "More like a break-out, wouldn't be the first time." The last part I muttered as I turned around.
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Max's POV
Jag was talking to the girl in-front of him; apparently she was explaining the school. I didn't trust her and Angel told me she couldn't read her mind I tried to talk to Jag. "Hey Jag, can you read her mind?"
He took some time to answer and when he did he seemed hesitant. "Yeah not as much as others though. She's had a lot of pain in her life both physical and emotional."
I looked at her seeing that she wasn't paying attention to us I asked. "Why has she had pain in her life?"
He sighed. "I don't know that's the part I can't read. But I can tell you one thing, she feels guilty of it."
Before I could ask what he meant the girl, Isobel, turned to look at me almost like she knew we were discussing her. She looked at me then at Fang. She looked at him then shook her head. "You remind me of someone but you couldn't be him. What are your names?"
I spoke first. "I'm Maxine, this is Nicholas. But call us Max and Nick." Her eyes widened as I finished my sentence.
She looked back at Fang. "You're called Nicholas?" he nodded. "That was his name before-" she closed her eyes and looked away.
"Before what?" I asked my curiosity getting the better of me.
She shook her head. "Forget I said anything. We're almost to school so tell me, why'd you move to DC?"
I smiled, remembering exactly why. "My mom wanted us to move here, said we needed to get away for a bit."
She frowned. "At least you have a mom."
I looked at her. "You don't?"
She shook her head. "No, I'm an orphan, I never met my mom. The four of us live with Anne; she's the closest thing we have to a mom."
She stood up. "Come on we're here." She pulled the headphones from her brother's ear.
She stood up and followed her, not saying anything. We all got out of the bus and stood in front of the school. The boy and girl that talked to Isobel earlier stood next to us.
She looked at us. "Okay look first off, I need to know your names. I'm Isobel, call me Bel. This is Ignatius or Ig." She pointed to the boy next to her. He had strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. "This over here is Eli and Skylar but call her Sky." The boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes waved at us and the girl with black hair and green eyes offered a small smile. "Over here is Anthony or Tony for short and Sage." The girl and the boy waved at us they both had blonde hair and blue eyes.
I nodded. "This is Crystal." I pointed to Nudge. "Ariel" I pointed to Angel. "Zephry" Gazzy "Jag" he didn't want to change his name. "F-Nick" I immediately corrected myself. And I'm Max."
They all nodded in response. "Okay now that names are settled, Sage can you show Crystal around" Sage nodded and smiled enthusiastically. "But please try to get along with everyone."
Sage frowned and stuck her tongue out before grabbing Nudge's hand. "Come on Crystal, I'll show you around. Everything you need to know everyone you avoid, the cutest guys, the losers, everything."
I looked back at Isobel but she wasn't looking at me, she was looking at Tony. He looked at her almost scared. "Tony." She spoke through gritted teeth. "How much soda did you let her have?"
He placed his hands in-front of him and stepped back slowly. "Look Bel, I'm not sure she woke up before me and by the time I went into the kitchen the two-liter bottle was empty. Along with the ten cans in the basement cooler."
She looked at him with so much rage that I took a step back. "You let her have that much soda? How could you? You know how much she loves it."
Ig stepped forward and put a hand on her shoulder. "Come on Bel, it's not his fault."
She turned to look at him and he stepped back knowing she was way past mad. She looked at us and closed her eyes trying to calm down. "Sorry Ig, it's just you know how she is. Last time she had this much soda I didn't get any sleep."
"Bel, don't worry about her she'll crash sooner or later." I looked behind me to see a girl with blonde hair with a black streak across her bangs.
Tony walked up to her and kissed her. Isobel was grinning "Well I'll leave you two alone." She waved us over telling us to walk away.
We all walked to the door. Ig looked confused "When did JJ start dating Tony?"
"Well Ig, if you'd listen to me when I talk to you instead of spacing out you'd know I set them up before Tony left for Paris. It's about time too, I was getting tired of him making goo-goo eyes at my best friend."
We walked into the building, following Bel and Ig. "Okay let's go get the schedule." Ig opened the door to what I guess was the office. She greeted the lady at the front desk. She looked about twenty-one "Hi Mrs. Nelson, these guys need their class lists."
Mrs. Nelson got up. "Of course Isobel, give me a moment." She typed on her computer. She looked back at Bel. "Isobel I do hope you will lead the choir again this year."
Bel smiled. "Of course mam, I talked to Mr. Tally last week he offered me the spot." She took her backpack of her shoulders. "We also talked about some ideas for the cafeteria to be more entertaining without all the food-fights from last year." She looked over at Ig and shook her head. He mumbled something about food all over her hair.
"Yes, yes. Oh here we go." She printed some papers and handed one to each of us. "Now Ariel will have Mrs. Beverly and Zephry will have Mr. Corbin. Could you show them Isobel?"
Isobel nodded and walked us out. Once we were outside she looked at Angel and Gazzy's schedule. "Okay come on these classes are down the hall."
Once we left both at their classes Bel looked at our schedules. "Okay Jag, Nick and I have history class first. Sky, Ig, Eli and Max you have math. So Nick and Jag follow me. Sky, Eli and Max follow Ig."
Bel walked away with Fang and Jag trailing behind. I looked at Ig. "So, where to next?"
He looked at his paper. "Next we have Mrs. Kellen. Oh man I'm going to fail, big time."
Sky looked at him worried. "You okay?"
He nodded. "Yeah it's just that last year I kinda had a stink-bomb go off in her class. She's hated me ever since unlike Bel she was the teacher's pet." He shook his head. "If only Mrs. Kellen knew who taught me to make it."
Finally, that was the longest chapter I've ever written. Hope you like it.