All characters belong to James Patterson! He's awesome! Ideas and story by me!

After an entire day of flying I ended up somewhere in Arkansas, somewhere in the middle, I assumed but I couldn't tell from my map.

I landed in a wooded area, promptly finding a tree that would be big enough to sleep on and pulled out my backpack to find I only had one granola bar left.

"Ugh great" I muttered as I forced myself to eat slowly trying to savor every bite. I hadn't lived like this in years.I had forgotten what it was like to need 2,000 calories a day and never have any food.

As I gulped the last of my water down I decided in the morning I would find a town and see if I had any money saved on my debit card, or if I had spent all my money on books.

God... what a waste of money, books, I should have been saving up for this moment. Then again if I knew this moment would come I wouldn't have even had a job to earn money in the first place. And my flock wouldn't be separated with no idea the others exist.

And with that last thought I drifted off to sleep, dreaming of the flock and how happy we were together.

The next morning I jumped out of my tree and flew to the closest town, landing behind a building. Tucking my wings in and putting my jacket on (which really sucked in this heat) I walked out into the street and blended into the crowd.

I found a convenience store and headed inside, eager to see what I could find. Inside was a bunch of junk food but nothing that would last me.

I looked at some cans of food that would last me, but they would only slow me down when I was flying. So I settled on a can of peanuts and a couple packages of beef jerky.

"That all you you today?" The perky cashier asked me. She had bottle blond hair and an impossibly big bust.

"Uhhh yeah, that's it" I replied trying to force myself not to stare at her chest.

"That's a lot of jerky, you going on a road trip?" She asked, why was she being so nosy?

"Yeah, something like that I guess" I swiped my card and thankfully it had money on it.

I thanked the cashier and walked outside- when I heard the blades of a helicopter shopping through the wind. I looked up and there were white coats on it, yelling something to each other throwing the side door open.

I was about to throw my wings open and bolt off, not caring who saw me, then he caught my eye. There he was, yelling my name at me, looking defeated, and I lost it.

I lunged myself at the chopper, at Jeb, at the man whom I once called my father. That betrayal hurt much worse than the one I just experienced with my other 'father'.

As I reached the chopper I could barley hear Jeb yelling something at me over the blades whizzing above us.

I landed in the bird and I braced for action but nothing. No one moved. There was a group of about three white coats and then Jeb right in the middle.

"Maximum" Jeb said breathlessly. "They got you you, I didn't think they would be able to make it." I didn't know what to say.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded. "Did WHO reach me?" I was angry now, I thought I was going to beat him to a pulp and now I'm having a conversation with him?

"The resistance, a group of people who fled from the school after new... Management got there." as he spoke I could feel the look of surprise on my face growing.

"The what?" I asked not completely comprehending or believing what I had just been told.

"A group of us scientists decided that some of the... Experiments were too much for us." as he finished his sentence I clenched my fist and started shaking with anger.

"Now! Now you decide your experiments are to much?!" I shrieked, "How about when you experimented on Iggys eyes and he went BLIND? Or when you captured a SIX year old and tortured her and threw her in a plastic dog crate?" I was livid, yelling at him like he had any right to talk to me about his experiments going 'to far'.

"Max! Max please calm down you have to trust me! Nothing is like it used to be! The flock is in grave danger, we managed to help you regain your wings and memory but we have no idea where they are."

He looked like he was serious about this. Like he was being sincere, I had no idea what was going on with the school but it seemed like I didn't want to know.

"Please Max just... We need your help. We need to stop the school and save your flock." He held out his hand and I just stared at it. I didn't know what to do... I didn't know if I could trust him- or if what he was saying was the truth.

"I won't shake your hand." I said firmly and his face fell slowly. "And I will never trust you again" his shoulders started to slump as his hand fell to his side. "But... It seems I don't have any other choice seeing as I don't have any freaking clue on how to help my flock. I guess we're allies for now"

"So what now?" Jeb asked and I turned around to look out of the side of the helicopter. I reached into my bag and grabbed the envelope with all the information on the flocks current locations and handed it to him.

"Now we find my family."

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