13Hey, sorry for not writing any new chapters. I've been a bit busy with studying for tests, doing projects and that kind of crap. I haven't really had time to write any chapters. But anyways, I don't own Maximum Ride or Alex Rider!
Alex's POV-
I woke up with a start. I was sweaty and panting a bit. I had that damn nightmare of Ash bombing my parent's plane. I took a few deep breaths and looked around. Wolf, Eagle, Coyote, Fox and Snake were looking at me with worried looks. I ignored them and got dressed.
At the mess hall, we ate in silence. I wasn't really hungry, so I just poked and move my food around my plate. I felt a poke, but I wasn't paying attention. I was too busy day dreaming about being a normal teenager. I was poked harder this time and I looked around to see who was poking me. It was Coyote.
"What?" I asked in an annoyed tone. He just gave me a look and pointed at my food with his fork.
"Aren't you going to eat?" He asked me.
"No, I'm not hungry," I said.
"Come on, you gotta eat," he said. I took a small bite of the mush they call food.
"See? I ate."
"You gotta eat more than that. Don't be so stubborn."
"Fine," I said and ate some more.
Max's POV-
We were flying when suddenly Erasers came out of nowhere. There were about 20 of them; a hard but not super hard fight. All in all, it's still a fight. I sighed and got in a fighting position. I, then, spotted Ari, which got me really mad. Why does he have to ruin our lives? Of course, I feel a little sorry for him. He was turned into a monster at the age of 4, for God's sakes! (A/N: Ari was 4 when he was turned into an eraser, right?) But he still wants to kill us.
We started to fight. I punched one in the nose and kicked at another one. Suddenly, I heard a gunshot and I felt a pain in my wing. I started to fall. Suddenly, I hit the ground, which thankfully wasn't too far away from where I was fighting. I got up and dusted myself off. I looked up to see Ari landing in front of me. I vaguely remember seeing people form a big circle around us.
"So, Maximum, are we going to do this the hard way or the easy way?"
"Let's do the easy way. Let me just get my stuff and we'll go," I said.
Ari took a few steps back in surprise and asked, "Really?"
"No, you idiot! Why would I do that?" I tried to punch him, but he grabbed my hand and twisted it. I bit my lip to keep from crying out when it broke. Suddenly, Ari screamed in pain. I looked at my hand, which was engulfed in flames, which did not hurt, and looked at Ari who was clutching his hand. After a few seconds, Ari finally let go of his hand and glared at me.
"This is not over, Maximum Ride! I will get you sooner or later, you can count on that!" Ari yelled as he and the other Erasers flew away. I suddenly saw spots and blacked out.
Alex's POV-
After the fight was over, silence took over. No one moved a muscle. Finally, another winged kid flew down to the ground and ran towards the girl. Then four more kids flew to the ground and ran towards the girl, too. He checked for a pulse. Snake got up and moved slowly toward the boy and girl. The boy looked at him suspiciously, but did not attack.
"Who are you?" Asked the boy.
"I'm Snake. It's a codename," Snake said.
"I'm Fang," the boy-Fang- said.
"Can I check her over? I'm a doctor," Snake asked.
"He can be trusted, Fang. All he wants is to help," said the youngest girl who looked like she was six years old. Fang nodded and Snake checked her over.
"We need to get her to the infirmary. Is that ok?" Snake asked and Fang nodded. The girl was taken to the infirmary and we just stood there not knowing what to do.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Get back to training!" The sergeant yelled and we did as we were told.
Fang's POV-
I was sitting next to Max in the infirmary, thinking. Why does Ari always try to kill us? I know he said it was because it's his job, but there's got to be another reason for it. Does he blame us for leaving him when Jeb saved us? Probably, but it's not our fault! We were young.
Speaking of young people, there was a fourteen year old among the big SAS men. Why was he there? He had fair hair and brown eyes that have seen too much. They don't belong on a child, but then again my eyes are probably like that along with the rest of us, but the boy isn't part of the Flock. Why are his eyes like that? Suddenly, the boy I was just thinking about came in.
Alex's POV-
We were doing a snowboarding and skiing exercise. (A/N: Does it snow in Brecon Beacons, wherever that is?) I preferred snowboarding. They gave us headsets so we could communicate with each other. We got our gear on and headed for the ski lift. After we got off the ski lift, we headed for the starting line. The sergeant blew the whistle and we started. Suddenly, I had this feeling. A bad feeling telling me to get the hell out of there because danger is coming. I looked up and immediately knew why I felt that way. I heard a loud rumble noise. An avalanche was heading towards us. Knowing the forest would slow it down a bit, I headed towards the trees. I swerved around the trees, while the twigs scratched my face. Suddenly, a branch tore my jacket and shirt off. I looked behind me and I wish I didn't. The avalanche was gaining. Terror surged through me, but I calmed myself down and focused on gaining speed. Suddenly, I heard a cackle.
"Cub, do you read me? I repeat: Cub, do you read me?" It came from the deadest.
"Yeah, I read you," I spoke back into it.
"Are you ok?"
"Well, besides the huge avalanche heading towards me, I'm just peachy!" I yelled back, sarcasm dripping. The headset talked some more, but I wasn't listening. A plan was forming in my head. I looked behind me and saw the avalanche was right behind me. I looked ahead of me and saw a big jump. I headed towards it. If I could stay in the air long enough, the avalanche would pass me. I was almost there. (A/N: I know this really can't happen, but I'm the author and what I say happens, happens). Then, I was high in the air. Seconds seemed like minutes and minutes seemed like hours. The avalanche passed and I headed down back to the ground. I landed and slid to a halt.
"Cub! Are you there?" Someone was talking to him in the headset again.
"Yeah, I'm there and I'm safe from the avalanche now, but I'm getting cold. A branch tore my jacket and shirt off. It's freezing out here!" After he was done explaining what he did, they said they would send out help when the avalanche was over. It was really cold out. I was starting to shiver. I hope help comes soon. Suddenly, I slipped on the snow and started rolling down the mountain. I stopped rolling when I hit a tree stump, which hurt a lot. I put my hand to my back and looked at it. It was bloody.
"Cub, where are you?" Someone familiar yelled. It was Coyote. I got up and followed where the voices came from.
"Over here!" I yelled back to him. I finally spotted him along with a group of other SAS.
"Cub, what happened to you?" Coyote asked.
I rubbed the back of my head and said, "I, uh, slipped and rolled down the mountain and I hit a tree stump." Coyote snorted and we finally started our way down the mountain.
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I headed towards the infirmary. The doctors led me to a bed and right next to my bed was the bed with the bird kids. I waved and sat on the bed.
"Why are you here?" I almost jumped. I looked over to see Fang looking at me.
"Huh? Oh, uh, avalanche," I said.
"I mean, why are you at the SAS?"
"Oh, um, I got in trouble with a terrorist organization," I said calmly. Fang raised an eyebrow at that.
"What terrorist organization?" He asked me.
"Scorpia," I said.
"What did you do to anger them?" Fang asked.
"I can't answer that," I said.
"Why not?"
"Well, I hardly know you and it's classified," I said.
"Oh, so you work for the government?" Fang asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Is there a point to these questions, uh, Fang?" I asked.
"No, I'm just curious," Fang said. There was a long silence before I held my hand out and said, "My name is Alex Rider, but here I'm known as Cub."
Fang looked at it, before shaking it and saying, "I'm Fang, that's Iggy, Angel, Nudge, Max and that's Gazzy. Stick around after dinner and you'll find out why Gazzy is his name."
"Messed up digestive system?"
"Yup," Fang said and I laughed.