Max’s Point Of View

Right now, I feel so happy. We have a mission and this one probably won’t end in one of us getting hurt. The demons and I are in New York and loving it.

“Hey Max, this one looks good. It’s for a waitress in a bar. You have to be eighteen though.” Cat looked pointed to the add she had been talking about.

“I hear waitresses get good tips.” Commented Omega. I grabbed the paper and looked at the address.

“Hey this isn’t far from here. Maybe I should go check it out.” Ghost looked up from the classifieds and frowned.

“A bar? Don’t they have a lot of fights in those places? Besides, aren’t you underage?”

“Um, excuse me, think about who you’re talking to, avian American girl who’s been on the run for her whole life. I can deal with bar fights. Anyway, Omega can mess with they employers mind to make him think I’m overage. If that’s all, I’m going to go check it out.” I looked at Omega challengingly as he frowned at me. I could tell he wanted to protest, but I think he’s learning to choose his battles carefully.

“I’ll come with.” Said Omega as he stood. Ghost just frowned and looked down at the ads again. The rest of the demons went back to what they were doing.

The bar seemed to be a relatively nice one and we stepped inside carefully. A man stood at the bar cleaning glasses.

“Excuse me, I’m here about the help wanted ad in the paper?” The man looked up and smiled in relief.

“Perfect, Jenny just quit and we’ll be short tonight. Are you overage?”
“Yeah.” I looked at Omega and he smiled at me. The bartender looked puzzled for a minute then he smiled.

“Alright, can you start tonight?”

“Yeah, how much do I get paid?”

“Eight bucks an hour, you keep the tips.” I grinned.

“Cool, so um, what time do I start?”

“Eight o’clock and dress well, it improves the tips.” I nodded and headed for the door. As soon as Omega was out of the door, I stopped.

“Okay, I need to do some shopping, I still have the debit card so I’ll be fine there. I don’t think I’ll be able to see you guys till I get off of work. Should we meet under the bridge again?” Omega nodded. “Good.” With that, I turned on my heels and headed to some stores I had seen on my way here. I had a job, now all I had to do was start the whole superhero thing.

I smoothed my black tank top nervously and checked my hair in the mirror one more time. I had picked up some skirts and tops in goodwill and now I was fixing my hair in the mirror of the bar. I flipped it and took a deep breath. I headed into the bar and met Mike, the owner, in the hall.

“Good I found you, we’re full tonight so you’ll be busy. Stick close to Anna,” he said motioning to a redhead I had met earlier. “Just take orders for people, and that should be it. You have any questions, ask Anna.” With that he headed down the hall. I pulled down my mini skirt a bit and headed into the main room.

“Max! Over here, I want you to get those guys orders.” Anna motioned to a group of guys that had just walked in. I nodded and grabbed my pen and paper from the counter.

“Hello gentleman, can I get you something tonight?” I asked the group confidently.

“Yeah, how about you?” I smiled sweetly while imagining several different ways to make sure he could never procreate.

“Our house beer is recommendable, if that is what you prefer?” The guys laughed and whistled. I ignored them and they calmed down.

“Just get us a round of beers and we’ll be fine.” I wrote it down on my pad. And made my way towards the bar. Maybe this thing wouldn’t be so hard after all.

Three hours later and I had a hundred and twenty-five bucks. Not bad for one night. I said good-bye to Anna and Maria who both had longer shifts than I did and slipped out the back door. The brisk air was a relief after the smoky air of the bar. I headed towards the bridge I had said I would meet the demons at. I was heading down the embankment that led to the underside of the bridge when I heard wing beats. I turned but I didn’t see anything. “Cat, Sam, you can come out now.” Instead of Cat or Sam bursting out of the bushes in animal form, I got a bad surprise. The flock. How did they find me? What did they want? Why couldn’t they leave me alone? My thoughts were racing as I slowly backed away from Iggy, Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy, only to bump into, guess who? No really guess, (If you guessed Fang, pat yourself on the back).

“Max.” He whispered my name and my stomach heaved. Why did they do this to me? “Max it’s us.”

“Really? That’s strange, I thought you were teddy bears,” I snarled.

“Max, who are Cat and Sam?” asked Angel. I ignored her and tried to back out of the circle they were forming.

“Leave, all of you. Now.” I glared at them, but they only moved closer. I could see Angel and Nudge’s hair was long and tangled. Gazzy’s hair was also becoming questionable long. Apparently Fang and Iggy weren’t all that good at the details. Good, let them see how much I did for them.

“Max you have to come with us.”

“Oh alright, wait, was that a flying pig?” I said sarcastically. Fang’s face was emotionless as he looked at me with those traitorous eyes. “Listen up you freaks, leave me alone! I did everything for you even when it hurt and you tell me you’re not having fun? Then, to top it all off, you turn me in to the school? I was in hell, I can never, ever forgive you for that.” With that, I shoved past Fang leapt into the air. I was almost free of them when a hand grabbed my ankle. I turned to snarl at Gazzy who had my ankle in a vice like grip, when a huge roar broke the air. I looked down to see a huge lion, Cat’s favored form, advancing on the flock. A dark panther, obviously Sam, was closing in on the flock’s other side. I could see the rest of the demons on their tail and I almost cried with relief. Suddenly Gazzy let go as Tele and Isis brought him to the earth.

I felt a surge of pride for the demons that had learned to fight like pros under my tutelage. I hovered above them as the flock slowly backed away. I softly landed next to Ava who wrapped an arm around me. The demons gathered around us and glared at the flock. Fang growled at us and he nodded at Iggy. Iggy pulled something out of his pocket and I had a feeling I knew what it was.

“Move! I pushed the demons down the embankment as Iggy threw down the bomb. The last thing I heard before it exploded was Fang’s cry, “You can’t have Max, she’s ours!”

I woke up feeling fine. Yep, fine, is there something wrong with me? I just survived a bomb going off and I feel fine Ok then. I sat up slowly and looked around I can’t have been out long because the demons were still untangling themselves. I stood up and stretched.

“Max!” Cat and Sam tackled me to the ground. Ava slowly walked over to me.

“Max?”

“That’s my name, don’t wear it out.” I grinned at Ava under the weight of the twins. The rest of the demons gathered round as Cat and Sam hugged me.

“How is that possible, the bomb must have hit you directly, and here you are, alive and sarcastic” I grinned at Dev, who looked puzzled, not that I blame him.

“Ok, well you know when I was at the school? Well they did some experiments in the short time I was there. A couple were pain endurance and some others were more surgical. I think the surgeries made me impervious to injury. I hadn’t completely figured it out before now, but I think that’s what happened.” A shocked silence was all I got. “Hello?”

“Wow.” That was all Omega could say.

“So I think this will make the whole superhero thing easier!” The demons chuckled and I stood up. I got hugs from everyone, Ghost last of all. He held me close, and I felt sort of, safe. As we separated, he leaned in again, and I expected him to say something. Instead he kissed me. Holy cow! He pulled away quickly and grinned at me.

“Well, Maximum ride, are you ready to save the world from wrongdoers and evil?” he said loudly.

“Again?”

“Well yeah, but this time you’ll get a bit of help,” I smiled at the demons. It was time to have some fun.

I’m ready for something new, and this could be it. I don’t have an arch enemy yet, but I’ll just give it some time.

World, here we come!

The end!

(A/N: hey y’all, don’t worry, a sequel is on its way! Like soon! Thank you for your support and look out for my sequel.)