Disclaimer: I do not own MR, James Patterson does. I am not in the mood to put some sarcastic comment in since this stupid computer keeps making reupload this for some stupid reason. Ughh! I hate computes during times like this.

Chapter Four

Max's POV

I was surprised at Fang; somehow he had gotten the girl, or Zanna I guess her real name is, to listen to us. Well, him and Angel. After talking to Zanna, we pretended to start walking the other way, but we actually followed her to her house. And that house is freaking ginormous! But of course it made sense that a Whitecoat or someone working with them would want to live large. Fang, Angel, and I stayed a careful distance away because with our raptor vision we could see all sorts of security sensors.

So for the remainder of the time we just watched the house… and that's about it. It was terribly boring, so I'll spare you the details. Finally Zanna came out of the house with her purse and an extra bag. Of course we followed Zanna the rest of the way, and she hid that bag in between some bushes it looked like that.

Zanna looked back a couple of times and I thought she might have noticed us, but she would just keep on going. Zanna arrived at the Starbucks right on time. Fang, Angel, and I were going to wait a couple minutes. Angel had already told Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy to be there before hand, and to blend in. I just hoped those three would at least try to be inconspicuous.

After five long minutes, Fang spoke up. "Should we go in now Max?"

I nodded, and the three of us walked into the semi-crowded Starbucks. I surveyed the room. I spotted Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy and nodded at them. They weren't doing to bad of a job blending in. And then I saw Zanna, sitting alone at a table, skimming through some papers.

I walked up to Zanna, with Fang and Angel following. I sat directly across from Zanna, with Fang on my right and Angel on my left. We sat down across from Zanna silently. For awhile no one said a word, until I, with the original Max charm, said out of the blue, "I take it you found something or else you wouldn't be here."

Zanna closed her eyes for a moment, and the softly answered, "Yes." There was none of the fire behind her eyes now like there had been earlier. "I found a journal hidden in a secret compartment in my-so-called-parent's drawer. It had my name on it along with a bunch of numbers. The writing inside the journal was all about me, but written in my-so-called-mother's handwriting."

Wow. I didn't expect Zanna to tell us anything, but here she is telling us what she found without us proding her. I thought back to what Zanna had said. What could I possibly say to her. It must be horrible to find out your parents aren't your real parents and the people you have been living with were only there to write down their observations on their "subject". Even without the parents thing, it would be difficult to find out that you aren't even 100% human and just a test subject worth little more than a lab rat.

"I'm sorry," I said, surprising everyone at the table. What, couldn't a mutant freak girl comfort another mutant freak girl? Zanna's eyes were wide at first, but quickly returned to normal. She did smile a small smile at me though.

"This is really happening isn't it? This isn't a practical joke, balloons are not going to come flying out from the ceiling or anything like that, right?" Zanna asked softly.

"No," Fang said quietly. "This is all real."'

"What about you?" Zanna asked. "You were following me here, and besides that fact you three aren't anything like most of the kids around here… or anywhere."

"You knew we were there?" I blurted out. Zanna nodded. "The whole time?" Zanna nodded again.

"But you still haven't answered my question," Zanna said, her voice trailing. She seemed in deep thought for awhile before she spoke again. "You guys are like me… you are experiments too, aren't you?"

My mouth fell slightly agape. How did she know that? Before I could answer, Angel replied, "Yep. We're experiments too, but not quite like you."

I was about to ask Angel what she was thinking (in my mind of course), but she answered my unasked question first. It's okay, Max. Everything she has said has been the truth. And she doesn't know anything about Itex, besides what she's read today.

I was still wary of Zanna, but I trusted Angel more. Okay, thanks Angel. I felt Angel leave my mind, and decided to break the awkward silence. "So what else did you find that made you believe us?" I asked, because I highly doubted that some journal prompted Zanna to meet us here.

Zanna was quiet for a short time. "I found ID's with my so-called-parents pictures, but different names. A birth certificate with a different name on it," said Zanna, her voice soft and starting to break. "And on their computer, there were all sorts of information on some project, the Perfect Human Project. There was a list of experiments, and my name and those numbers."

I, for once, was speechless. But I didn't needed to say anything, for Zanna spoke up first. "I'm sorry."

I was surprised, and Fang was too. "For what?" "Not believing you at first," was her simple reply.

"You said you found stuff on their computer, right?" I asked her, making sure I heard her correctly before, and a plan formulating in my mind. If we could get to the computer, we could look for everything about Itex, about us.

"Yes," Zanna said, looking confused. "Why?"

"We can look up stuff about Itex…" I replied, letting my voice trail off. Understanding dawned on her face.

"Okay, I can show you the program, since I didn't log off. And my ex-parents are gone for the rest of the week," Zanna said, grabbing her stuff.

"Okay, that would be great," I said. It was exciting to think in just an hour or so we would know everything about Itex, their locations, their plans, and more importantly- us. We ditched the whole finding our parents thing, but that program might tell us more about our DNA. Like if we will develop more powers, or if we have an expiration date. This was a chance we couldn't pass up.

And Zanna said her Itex/School scheming ex-parents will be gone for the rest of the weekend. It was a little risky, but I deemed it appropriate to take the risk.

"Meet us outside," I said. "Then you'll get to meet the rest of my family." If Zanna thought it was odd that I was going to show her the rest of my "family", she didn't show it.

"Okay," Zanna simply replied, getting up from her seat and heading towards the door. "I can't wait to meet the rest of your family." Wow, was she in for a big surprise.

Hope you liked this chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated, as per usual. They are helpful, since after next chapter I am going to decide rather to continue with this story or move on to a new one. If I know readers actually like it, I will probably continue, if not... Anyways, the next chapter will have action...