Congratulations, Tsueg for correctly guessing last chapter's quote! This time, you get to tell me exactly what will happen in the next chapter (chapter five)!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride.

Max: though sometimes she acts like she does.

Me: hush up, you. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter Four

Nudge POV

"Hey, check it out. There's a new girl and boy," my best friend, Clarissa, told the group around me. I turned around and saw two teens walk into the gym.

"The boy is really cute," another friend said. I rolled my eyes mentally: all guys that don't look like nerds are cute to her.

"Hey, Nudge, I think the girl is looking at you," Clarissa told me. I looked closely and saw that she was correct.

"Yeah, Angel, I see it. I wonder why she's looking at me. Ooooooooooh, I bet she's a spy and her latest case involves me. Wait, no spy will make it obvious she is looking at somebody. What if she's a creepy stalker that happened to hear about me? Wait, she's too well dressed for that. Speaking of well dressed, I adore that outfit! Don't you guys?! And that dragon tattoo of hers is beyond awesome! It had to be painful though. You know what else is painful? Getting your belly button pierced. I wanted to before but…."

~Max POV~

"She's talking up a storm. How can her friends handle it?" I whispered to Fang as we waited for the coach to notice we're here.

"I feel sorry for you. You have to deal with that 24/7," he sneered. I smirked.

"You have to guard a perverted pyromaniac. I think I can handle a talkative fashionista over that." He scowled at me for reminding him.

I looked around the gym, analyzing the kids around here. What can I say? This generation of teens kills more often than they used to. I have to analyze everybody now. Anyway, I looked at a particular corner and saw a weird aura. It looks like… Fang's.

"Yo, do you see that?" I said, nudging my assistant. I nodded towards the guy the aura belongs to. He had blackish-brownish hair, bluish brown hair, freckles, and a muscular yet lean body. That mischievous look in his eyes….

"Oh no, not him," Fang groaned. I grinned.

"Oh yes, it IS him. Oh my goodness, it's Flare!" I shrieked softly.

Alexander 'Flare' Ruth is my secret (well, not so much of a secret) crush. He is 11 centuries and 1 year old, tall, amazing, competitive…. He is everything I could ever ask for in a boy (that bit of information is between us and us only!). I've been in love with him ever since my 2nd century birthday. He was there, and he was…. You don't need to know all of that.

His dark eyes met my brown ones and I saw his grin widen. After making sure nobody was watching us, he zipped over to me and Fang. "Max, it's always a pleasure," he said.

"I know. It always has been a pleasure and an honor to be in my presence."

"Only because royals like you don't interact with people like me."

"That's because people like you don't deserve my interaction. My assistant here barely deserves it, but he has to get used to being by my side at all time." Said Guardian Vampire huffed at me, but I ignored him.

"Who says I don't deserve your interaction? If anything, you don't deserve mine. It's very obvious that…."

"Ok, I get it. You two are happy to see each other. Get on with it," Fang growled. I flipped my hair at him.

"Anyway, what are you doing here?! I haven't seen you in forever!" I squealed as he lifted me up and spun me around.

"I have an assignment." He pointed at a blond headed boy nearby Fang's ward.

"Who is he?"

"Zephyr, he goes by as Gazzy. Pyro like his friend, James- Iggy." This day is getting better and better.

"That's great! Fang and I are assigned to Iggy and his sister Nudge. We could hang out." Mind you now, I am not yelling. The lines with exclamation points were spoken no louder than a normal pitch. We're used to talking low.

"I don't think I can handle both of you," Fang moaned.

"Too bad," we said together. Oh yeah, this is going to be awesome.

Max and Fang are going to meet Nudge and Iggy next chapter. I was kinda rushing with this chapter.

And now for…

Guess that Quote!

Quote 1: They turned to ***** "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing.

"Okay. I'll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat." He frowned.

"That can be his Indian name."

Quote 2: "***, you're the last of the hybrids who still has...a soul."

"She doesn't have soul. Have you ever seen her dance?"

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-RozaCourt