Disclaimer: Isn't it sort of obvious Maximum Ride doesn't belong to me? Like, seriously, I know these things are about copyright, but would you really go around thinking, "Oh, Maximum Ride is avian-american-supporter's idea!"
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Max POV:
"Max!" I hear Nudge shout from somewhere to my right. "Max, where are you?"
"Here!" I scream, along with the other seven Maxes. "Nudge!" I cry in frustration, but she doesn't hear me.
Someone yanks my hair, and I'm pulled to the ground. Max 5, Knowledge, stands above me, or, rather, she must be standing above me, but I can't quite see her – her fist is blocking my vision. I roll to the side at the last second, and her fist hits the tiled floor where I used to be.
I suddenly hear a high pitched squeal, and everyone turns to see Max 4, Love, running through everyone straight at Fang, who hasn't seemed to comprehend her maddening love for him yet. "FAAAAAAAANNNNNGGGG!" she yells as loud as she can, as if everyone isn't staring at her. He takes a stance to attack her, but she's launched herself in the air already, and they're on the ground before Fang can process anything.
I am still trying to figure out what I'm supposed to think of this when Max 8, Happiness, skips over to Ratchet and gives him a hug. Ratchet tries to shove her off, but the girl can hug like no one else can.
Max 7, Sadness, is suddenly clinging to Kate's leg, who is trying to comfort her by awkwardly rubbing her back, which only makes 7 sob more urgently. Her sudden wails make Kate flinch and cringe, and at the same time makes her gently shake her leg, trying to shoo her new companion away, to no avail.
"They're defective!" Angel yells. "They're all parts of a whole!"
"What does that mean?" Iggy complains.
"It means that Max was broken up into six different people, and each person is a different emotion of hers! Something went wrong when they were cloning her!"
"Where is Max?" Gazzy cries.
"Where's Maya?" Fang shouts from underneath a swooning Max 4, who then demands, "WHO IS THIS MAYA YOU SPEAK OF."
I quickly point to Max 5. "Her! She's Maya!"
Max 4 flits from Fang to Max 5, diving onto her as fists start to swing. "Let's get out of her!" I yell, panicked.
"Oh, no you don't," a voice growls. Four Erasers have come out to the open, and they seem just a little annoyed at us. They lick their lips and clench and unclench their clawed hands.
"Max 3!" I shout, calling the Angry Max. "That wolf guy stole your jacket!"
Though she should know she's clearly wearing her jacket, she turns her venomous gaze on the four Erasers and says clearly. "You. Will. Give. Me. My. Jacket. Now."
One Eraser growls and snorts, "We don't have your jacket, girl."
"That's exactly what you would say if you did!" Max 3 immediately goes head-to-head with the four Erasers, tackling them all simultaneously to get back the jacket she's already wearing.
"Max!" Dylan shouts from within the ruckus. I try to follow his voice. "Dylan?"
"Max! Over here!"
When I see him, his turquoise eyes sparkle, lighting up as he sees me, immediately unsettling me but making my heart flutter nonetheless.
It would have been a really touching moment if everything hadn't gone black just then.
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Author's note:
GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH. Man, that took longer than it should have taken to write. Actually, I wrote this all in a day, but it took so long to come out because I never got around to starting it. I feel good though, now that I've written a whole chapter in ONE. DAY. Even if it is sort of short… yeah. Hey, check out the12thcookie. She's an AMAZING author on this website that also writes for Max, but her stories are better. *heart*