4A/N. I do not own maximum ride but I do own HER, Isa ,AND A PAIR OF SOCKS. It will not be all depressing. I always wondered how people get so many reviews because I only read ones with like 100 reveiws but if other people did that no story would get any reviews because they are all once new. But anyways I also hate when people have long a.n.'s so on with the story.
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One year.
It has been one year since she left me. I cannot blame her though it was not her fault. It was probably mine I should have saved her. I knew I could but I was too self-centered to. NO, I stopped myself it was the whitecoat's fault. It was the school's, the directors, maybe even the erasers, but not mine. You are probably confused so let me introduce myself I'm Isabella but she called me - I mean she, sorry It's too hard to say her name, was my sweet and innocent, more or less, little sister. I remember the day clearly-
FLASHBACK
We were being transported from one of the Itex branches to the school, so we were on one of their dreaded buses. We hated the seatbelts, if you moved; the seatbelt would sense it and send it to the gun carrying Erasers. Then they would dealwith it. She had to sneeze but when she bent down the seatbelt was moved and then she was shot down while she was sitting right next to me. The bullets did not hit anything major so they went to operate on her. One whitecoat came out and said he was sorry, he did not look sorry at all, and that they could not save her. I felt it though that she was still out there breathing and living. They were lying I knew it.
END FLASHBACK
I then behaved like the good little girl I was not. I can control water and fire. She can- sorry –could control ice and earth. That is how we became sisters. Were not actually blood related but, we were the only things we had back then. We were always transferred to the same places we would not be separated if they tried. I used my water and electrocuted the buses system a week ago, knowing I had to be free when it was today-the one-year anniversary of her being gone. I have been wondering through these woods ever since. I am sorry I lied I don't just call her she and her because it is too painful I call her that because she had a name when she was alive but now she's not so she doesn't. I want to believe that she is alive but I have no proof. She at least got a proper funeral and a coffin and everything so hurray to the school for having a heart. Even if it is the coldest place on the planet. However, the coffin just held a mere image of her; it is not her though my pure, sweet, lovable girl is now onto the next great adventure. Now that your caught up let's get back to the present.
Drip, Drip, Trwap. It has been like this all week as if it knew what a horrible time this is. It has been hailing like crazy and being in the forest being hit with branches every two seconds does not help. I wish I could just spread my navy blue and light green wings and fly but, I would be smashed up somewhere within seconds if I tried. I had black hair with natural blond streaks, I had emery green eyes and tan skin. Her and I both had wings hers were so red they were almost hot pink in the light,she had dark brown hair and brown eyes with pale skin.. I'm slowly turning back into my quirky happy self since the official anniversary of her death was 1:26:31.54 ago. That is my other ability I can do the time down to the millisecond. I then saw six big figures and one small one around a fire that was barely lit do to the rain. However, that was not what made me trust them it was the wings they had. I slowly stepped forward before I could back of it.
"Who's there?" one of the tall boys who looked about 17 with strawberry blond hair asked. His back still turned away from me. How did he do that? I am very silent because of my 2% bird genes that gave me the time and element powers oh yeah and gills but more on that later.
The littlest girl looked like she was about to speak when the oldest girl, who I presumed to be the leader, motioned for everybody to stay quiet. "Who are you? I know your either after us or are like us."
"Why do you not think that I'm not some random camper in the woods?" I asked
"because you would've freaked seeing our wings and a talking dog. Okay angel thanks sweetie. Your good and I see you need help. Sit down." She commanded.
I did what I was told and sat down wondering how she trusts me, who these people are, and why do these people look so familiar?
"It's because I scanned you mind and got your background story. We'll do the introductions later, and the school showed you guys some of our pictures and interviews from when we were captured to make sure you guys don't rebel."
Okay now that was freaky the same little girl who was about to speak earlier just answered all my questions in order and I did not even say them aloud.
"I am a mind reader." she supplied helpfully.
"Ow." I whimpered in pain just now realizing that the oldest boy who asked who was there been now fixing me up. After I was all fixed up the leader, I think, said that we should probably start introducing ourselves, and said that total would start then it would go from least to greatest.
"Ahem" the dog said who I think is total.
"Go ahead total, ladies first" the blond person murmured earning snickers and a very angry dog.
"First, of all, that is not only an offence to me but, to all women. You have no respect for us iggy. You people also have no respect for art or literature. Have you even heard of Shakespeare." The dog then continued ranting on and on. Therefore, I guess the blond person's name is iggy.
"On with the introductions." The leader ordered over total's rant.
"Humph. I am total the talking dog these people rescued me from a lab in New York. I am a black Scottie with black wings. I have no other talents."
"I'm Angel I can read and control minds, I have gills I can change into different things.."she continued to list all her powers wow there was a lot. "I'm six and I am related to gazzy." She finished pointin to her brother. She had blond hair and blue eyes and really did look like an angel with her white wings out.
"I'm gazzy. I have my name for a reason. I am also called the gasman. I can mimic any voice; I have gills and just recently can make up to five different me's. I am eight.i am also a pyro in training."He to had blond hair and blue eyes with red wings but, not as dark as ly- her wings.
"I'm nudge.i am eleven. I love to talk. They call me the nudge channel all nudge all the time. I have gills, I attract metal, and can feel if someone has used something before. I love pink and purple and sparkles. They shouls make mice like that. Do you know that mice rymes with lice. I hate lice but, luckily we don't have it that would be so gross and-" The mocha skin girl with light brown eyes and tan wings was cut off by iggy's hand.
"I'm iggy. I'm fourteen. We all look older than we are. The whitecoats tried to give me night vision but I turned out blind. I can see when it is white out. I can feel colors,I have gills, and recently learned that I can feel what people are feeling and can control feeling.i am also gazzy's mentor for bombs, hence the name iggy." Now that I look, his blue eyes are clouded over he has orange and yellow wings.
".Gills.14" What? He had olive skin black eyes,wings, and hair.
"Sorry, he doesn't talk much, or at all. I'm max. I can fly super fast. I also have gills. I'm the oldest and the leader. Together we make the flock." The last girl said she haid dirty blond hair chocolate brown eyes and pale skin but not as pale of skins as iggy he was sheet white.
"Max is like our mommy" angel stated getting up and sitting on her lap. Which looked like they were a normal family because fang was sitting next to max with an arm around her waist. Hmm, I wonder if they are together.
"yep they are." angel answered my unspoken question.
"what honey?" max asked looking utterly confused.
" Isa wanted to know if you were together. But I have a question for her. You compared gazzy's wings to her wing's but when I went through another check you just refer to her as her or she."
Everybody was looking at me now.
"My name is Isabella, but she told me that she wanted nicknames for us I gave her her nickname but she told me she didn't want to use bella as my nickname she said it was to overused so she nicknamed me Isa instead. Now you want to know who her or she is but I don't say her name because names are for the living and she is not living." I then continue to tell them the bus story and how we were so close to each other. I managed to also tell them my age,14,and powers. She would be 7 now she was 6 when it happened.
Against my will I started crying. They started comforting me even fang said a couple of words. When I finally settled down I said it was okay becaue she was either still alive or in the Next Great Adventure. When I got confused looks I told them that I could feel that she was alive. After that I explained how we used to cheer up the other mutants ,who were afraid of death, by saying if they did die they would go onto the next great adventure.
The flock huddled together for a second while max told them something they then all started nodding.
"You can stay with us for a while if you like. We're going to try to get to my mom's house when the rain stops. She's really nice, I'm the only one here who knows there parents. When did you escape by the way?"
"A week ago." I told them.
"We were starting a fire to cook and the rain seems to be stopping so are you hungry?" iggy asked me while getting some food out of the bags.
"Yea were bird kids were always hungry. Want me to help you guys?" I offered
"I'm the only cook because max can't cook toast to save her life." He said were all laughing besides max and fang . Fang was smiling because god forbid he show's any emotion while max was glaring at iggy but laughing to at the trueness of the statement.
"I'll make the fire." I said while already using the fire ball in my hand and making a fire that engulfed the darkness with light.
Gazzy and Iggy stared at me in awe. They both then said that we would get along just fine,in unsion, while slapping me on the back.
"Great another pyro." Max muttered.
Nudge then started talking up a storm about how they blow all her clothes and it somehow ended with her asking about why she always sees cambell soup commercials. How she got there I don't know. We finished dinner and I lay my head down on my backpack, using it as a pillow. I fell asleep soon after but not before I realized that, I was smiling for the first time in a long time. In return, that made me smile bigger.
A\N. R&R(: