Hey y'all! I'm back with another chapter! I don't own Maximum Ride. I was kinda off my game when I wrote this, so it's not all that great. Really. Not my finest work. But it'll do. My thanks to my only reviewer:

reading addicted (you make me soooooo happy! The thing about Nudge's powers: it amazes me that you manage to think through my story more than I do! And have a lovely day! *wink, wink*)

A Tattoo?

Max's POV

I know that Nudge is who I should be worried about, but Angel is seriously freaking me out. Not normal freaked out. Weird freaked out. She was acting... Like a real seven year old.
Freaky, huh?
It was like she didnt experience the last year of our life. She acted like she didnt understand romance, didnt see why she couldn't go play with anything she wanted (including a certain bomb I wasn't happy to find out about.), didnt know the secrets to the universe, and, you know, control people. She just told me she wanted to be a fairy when she grows up. Yeah. Angel said that. No kidding.
"Fang." I muttered, after sending Angel off to play. "What's up with Angel?"
He thought about it for a moment, then smirked. "Maybe she ate your cooking and is suffering from lack of nutrition."
I scowled at him. "I'm serious. She's acting like a... A normal person."
"Maybe we should have a closer look."
So now we were spying on Angel. Great Idea. I know, but you got any better ones?

Fang's POV

Apperently, according to Max, 'spying' meant me sitting completely still and invisible for hours, watching Angel play tea party.
Do little girls ever do interesting stuff? At least if I were spying on The Gasman, I could see some stuff blow up, but this like watching grass grow. Extremely boring, and never ends.
"Alright Mr. Fluffy, one sugar or two?"
I groan silently. I've heard this sentence twelve times already. I got bored so I started counting.
"Oh hi Coral! Would you like to join my tea party?"
That one was new. Coral smiled and shook her head.
"Sorry Ange. I just wanted some advice. Max and Fang think I'm responsible for all this stuff happening." She already knows Angel is on her side, and that she can give her advice. Smart girl. "You know it wasnt me right?"
"No." She chirps. "I know it wasnt you cause you're nice. And you smell like flowers."
Ok... That's definitely not like Angel.
Coral looked surprised. "Oh ok. I'll see you later."
"Wait! Please play princess with me! You can do my hair and we can play dress up!"
"Uh... Ok."
This is going to be good.

Coral's POV

Holy space tacos. This girl has a lot of princess dresses.
"I like this one!" She giggled, holding up a green 'princess Tiana' dress she pulled out of a treasure trunk. "Do you have a dress?"
"No..." I murmured, as she slipped the froufrou thing on over her clothes.
"You have to have a dress!" She squeaked excitedly. "We can borrow one from Max."
"No, Ange, I don't think that's a good idea. Max already doesn't like me... I just... Uh... I don't think so."
She pouted. "Where else are we gonna get a dress? Oh! I know! We can get one from Nudge!"
"Oh...uh..." I searched my brain for reasons not to wear a dress. "I'm, uhh, not sure I'll fit."
She looked at me skeptically. "You're only..." She stopped to count on her fingers. "Two years older!"
I sighed. "Alright. Fine."
So Angel grabbed my hand and pulled me into the closet. One half was full of little girl's clothes, the other was full of stylish teen clothing and accessories.
I whistled. How do they have so many clothes?
"How about this one?" She asked, showing me a pretty yellow sun dress. It didnt go really well with my light brown hair, but I went with it. I started to slip the dress on over my t-shirt and jeans, but Angel interrupted.
"Wait! Can you put my hair in a ponytail first? Or a bun? Or a braid?"
"Alright." I sighed. I grabbed a pink scrunchie off the cluttered desk, and started trying to wrangle her hair. I grabbed it all in one hand, and started to wrap the scrunchie around it, when I spotted something on the back of Angel's neck. I saw black tattooed lettering, and nearly fell backwards, dropping her hair. I started breathing heavily, and my heart skipped several beats. I barely noticed when Fang gasped and reappeared behind me.
Could that be an... Expiration date?

hmmmm... Hope you enjoyed the little cliffs there. Dunn-dun-DUUUN! Hehehe. BTW, there are going to be two more mutant characters in this book, both boys, and I was thinking of the names Zhone and Cork. If you guys have any other suggestions for names, I wanna hear them! Please review. :)