A/N: Hola! This whole first chapter was written late at night, but that's when I get my best ideas and I'll tweak it a little so it makes more sense! Tiva (Tony/Ziva), maybe McAbby (McGee/Abby), Nudge/Iggy, and our fan-favorite… FAX! You should all know what that stands for, but for you new-comers that don't, it's Fang/Max! It's set after MAX and I don't know which NCIS season so you're just going to have to deal with that! I don't know how to put an accent mark on Ziva's last name, so I'd just like to say to you newbies who don't know it's pronounced: Daveed, but that's not how it's spelled! So now that that's all over with, I'd like to introduce this chapterrrrrrrrs SPECIAL GUESTS! Representing Maximum Ride please welcome… NUDGE!
Nudge: Hiya! ZOMG! I am sooo exited to be here you don't even know! Max didn't want me to come but I gave her the bambi-eyes and she couldn't say no! I wonder if you'll ever get her here! This is a cool room! It's kinda dirty and gross but it's kinda nice!
Me: that's because we just moved in and we haven't painted and gotten our new floors in yet! Anyway, our guest from NCIS is the one and only…. TONY!
Tony: What am I doing in this dump? Why did you drag me here? *mutters to himself* Boss's gonna kill me…
Me: Shut up and greet the people, DiNozzo! Then Nudge may state my disclaimer!
Tony: Uh… Hi, people!
Nudge: As much as she would like to, Gpeach6 does not own any of the characters or the general stories of NCIS or Maximum Ride! Even though I know she really wants to! Now, as she would say, on with the story!!!!
Max's POV:
"HEY, YOU KIDS! STOP, NOW! I am an official agent of the NCIS and I order you to stop running!" The strange old man's last words caught my attention, and I made an immediate stop, turning on my heel to unleash a full Max death-glare on this very unlucky old dude, astonished when his piercing blue eyes glared right back into my own. The others followed suit, only Angel's glare was a little lack- luster- judging by the look on her face, I could take a wild guess *note the sarcasm* and say that she was probably reading his mind. That or she really had to go potty.
"You 'order' us?!" I responded rather icily after staring down this peculiar man. Okay, so I should probably explain this situation to you so you can get the full extent of it.
It all started when we went into town to buy some much-needed groceries for the safe-house the government (with a lot of help from my mom) convinced us to live in. It wasn't permanent, but I can't resist my baby Angel and my chatterbox Nudge's bambi-eyes and Gazzy and Total's complaining all at the same time- so I caved. There had also been some… um…. persuading from my boyfriend, Fang. Yes, we are, in fact, finally together, and if you'd have read the fifth book, you would have known that, but back to the story at hand. We were attacked by M-Geeks when leaving the convenience store and this old man, who was a surprisingly fast runner, showed up and claimed to have seen everything. He demanded we come with him to NCIS headquarters for questioning. The man was tall and thin with startlingly blue eyes and short, white-ish and gray hair. His face was clean-shaven and he wore a nice blue button-down shirt under a gray suit-jacket. He seemed nice enough- Angel seemed to trust him- but we'd been down that road before and we were not going back, so we ran as fast as we could. Now that you are filled in, let us go back to the present situation…
"Yes, I do believe that's what I said. Wasn't it?" the agent answered, raising his eyebrows and making creases show on his forehead. I was about to retort with a snide remark, but I was rudely interrupted by a certain Voice that hasn't annoyed the hell out of me in weeks. Maximum, this man's name is special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and he will help you save the world. You must trust him along with his team of special agents. Tell him your story and he will give you his help in return. You can't do this on your own, Maximum. With that, the Voice's presence left my head and was replaced by a different, more welcome voice that belonged to my favorite sweet little seven-year-old. We can trust him, Max. He just wants to help us and I really think we should give him a chance! Pleeeeeeaaaase? When I turned to look at Angel she was giving me one of her world-famous (not really, but they're super adorable and irresistible) bambi eyes. I sighed in defeat, and she smiled and clapped her hands, enjoying her victory.
"Fine. We'll go with you but don't expect a proper introduction from us until we're all in all at this 'safe' HQ place." Gibbsy smirked victoriously and motioned for us to follow him. Fang gave me an "are you insane" look, and I mouthed "the Voice" in reply, earning a nod from Mr. Strong-and-Silent. We maneuvered our way through the crowded streets, with me checking on the Flock every few minutes. They all seemed fine- they had complete trust in me- except Nudge, who had to press her lips tightly together to suppress all of the questions and general babble boiling up inside her. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Agent Gibbs stopped in front of a huge office building. I took a deep breath as we entered the massive building, and panicked a bit when I realized we were taking the elevator. I closed my eyes and took deep, shaky breaths as the elevator car lurched upward, and didn't open my eyes until there was a pleasant ding! and the sound of the doors opening. As soon as we all exited the elevator, the agent rounded on us again.
"I believe now would be the time for that proper introduction before you meet my team. I'll start. I am Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and you are…?"
"I am Maximum Ride, Max for short, and this is Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel." As I finished my sentence, there was a low growl from the ground next to Angel, and I tacked on, "Oh, and our dog, Total." Agent Gibbs nodded and led us through a maze of cubicles until he suddenly stopped in the middle of four desks, three of which were holding people, one (which I assumed was Gibbs's) was left empty.
"Hey, Boss," greeted a good-looking man in a nice gray suit. He had short sandy-blonde hair, and deep green eyes. His feet were propped up on his desk, his hands supporting his head.
"DiNozzo!" Gibbs snapped, smacking DiNozzo in the back of the head. I chuckled audibly as he immediately straightened up. "Children, I'd like you to meet Special Agent Anthony 'Tony' DiNozzo, Special Agent Ziva David, and Special Agent Timothy McGee. This is my team. Team, meet Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel." Grrrr… "… and their dog, Total." After he was finished I took in the appearance of the other two agents the woman, Ziva, was very pretty. She was about the same age as tony, and she had long, silky dark-brown hair that reached down her shoulders. Her warm, chocolate-brown eyes matched her tan-ish skin-tone beautifully. Ziva was definitely foreign- probably from Israel from the sound of her name and her overall look. I also couldn't help noticing that Tony kept looking over at her like she was a sweet piece of chocolate after he hadn't eaten in days. Every now and then she would catch his eye and they'd have a moment of deeply gazing into each other's eyes then both tearing away suddenly. Jeezums, that might get a little annoying, I thought.
"Hello, nice to meet you," she said professionally with a slight accent. Yup, she was definitely from Israel. She threw a dazzling smile our way, and then continued with what she had been doing before our arrival. McGee, though he didn't have as impressive looks as the other two, had more of a kind, fatherly air about him, even when he was typing busily away at his computer. His hair was cut short and light brown, which matched his eyes. The introduction had interrupted his typing and he gave us a kind smile.
"Hello! I bet Abby'll be excited to meet you! Have you met Abby or Ducky yet?" he asked, his eyes lighting up when he said the name 'Abby'.
"No, we haven't. Who're they?" I answered suspiciously.
"Abby Suito is our forensics specialist and Ducky (Dr. Mallard) is in charge of autopsy. Now that McGee mentioned it, we should probably take you down there right now, so you'll've met everyone by the end of the day," responded Gibbs assertively.
"But, Boss, you never really explained what they're doing here…" McGee protested weekly.
"I'll tell you when I get back, McGee! I'll bring Abby and Ducky up her so we don't have to explain everything three damn times!" Gibbs snapped and McGee nodded meekly in response. Gibbs then motioned for us to follow him back to the elevator- but stopped before he passed the tip of his desk, whirled around, and spoke again. "Actually, Ziva, McGee, Tony, come with us down to Abby's lab. I think some of the explaining that has to be done should happen in a place where there aren't as many people, so there's no need for them to hold back." He winked at us then led the six mutant bird-children and his team of agents back to the Elevator of DOOM! I admit that is a bit dramatic, but just imagine if you were a claustrophobic teenage bird-girl who lived in a cage for the first ten years of her miserable life, stuffed into a small, enclosed space with nine other people and a dog! I let a sigh of relief as I stepped out of the elevator, but as I breathed in through my nose, I recoiled at the awful mix of the smells of antiseptics and…death.
A/N: so, what are your thoughts? I think it was pretty kick-butt! Oh, and sorry if I got the colors of everyone's eyes wrong! For some reason I neglected to look when they were kickin' bad-guy butt! I like to be confident! This was pretty long, so consider yourself lucky! Most authors either right short chapters or long chapters depending on their writing styles, but I just write whatever I can think up and I don't give whether it's long or short!!!! Well, I want my lovely readers to be happy of course, but what you get is what you get, sorry!
Tony: Woah, wait a second! Since when do Ziva and I "gave deeply into each other's eyes" or I "look at her like a piece of sweet chocolate after I hadn't eaten in days"?!
Me: Since I took over your story! Besides, you know you two were meant for each other!
Tony: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Me & Nudge at the same time: *roll eyes* suuuurrrrrrrre…