Hi, um, I'm 13lucky13 and this is my first fic. Be nice. I warn that I do take a long time to update. And it has been awhile since I read the Maximum Ride books. I just got inspired to write today I guess. I would love reveiws. I doubt I'll get any flames but I would appreciate it if someone would take their time to beta and critique my story. Thank you! Oh, and this is not a sequel to anything!
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The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins — but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars.- Matthew Stover
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THE FUTURE
"It doesn't have to be like this, Sasha." the man sighed heavily, looking down at Sasha, who sat tied to a steel chair. He stood a few feet away from her, arms crossed. "Now just tell me where she and her pack of friends are."
"You son of a-" Sasha growled.
The man cut her off. "Language, Sasha!" He spoke condescendingly.
Sasha exploded. "You lied to us all! Go ahead and say it! We all thought you were some nice, geeky guy who was only interested in marrying my mom! You lied to us..." Sasha spoke with disgust. She strained against her chair, appearing as if she wanted to attack the man. "We should've killed you when he had the chance. You and your sick daughter. I wish she didn't grow up to be like you."
"Hannah did take a liking to you. And you're beginning to sound like that serial killer friend of yours. What's his name again?"
"He's not a killer!"
"According to the news he killed over 500 people. And I hear he's living happily in jail. He killed your best friend, remember?" he pointed out.
She glared, wishing she could kill the man right then and now and tear him apart.
The man continued on. "And your dear boyfriend... He finally committed suicide, didn't he?"
Sasha's jaw slackened. She leaned back in her chair, eyes turning glassy with sudden salty tears. "He's... Dead?" she whispered. She hadn't know her boyfriend, the man who almost proposed to her several weeks ago, was dead. All because of her.
Her life had fallen apart.
"So are you going to tell me where they are or not, Sasha?" the man demanded to know, ignoring her small question.
Silence followed until she finally said something. "I swear I'll never tell you. So you might as well kill me now." she hissed through gritted teeth, holding back the tears. She just wanted to die already. Death seemed better than what her life was now.
He sighed again. "I'm so sorry, Sasha." His hand slipped into his pocket and he drew out a silvery gun. He aimed at Sasha's head, setting his finger on the trigger. "It shouldn't have ended this way."
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THE PRESENT
There were a few definite things about Sasha Cortez. First, she'd never had a boyfriend.
Second, her sister died three years ago and didn't remember her dad, so now she lived happily with her mom, Linda Cortez.
Third, she loved the ocean.
But Sasha's life was changing.
Her mom, for some reason, was becoming more distant from her. Sasha found herself with lonelier nights as her mom took more and more business trips. Her mom had always been somewhat secretive about her job but that never really bothered Sasha.
Then, after a school trip to an Itex base, everything went crazy.
Sasha had amazing abilities, but they came with a price.
Her life became a real life soap opera. She met new people and had new friends but they all had problems of their own, with tangled love triangles and odd couples (Who knew a serial killer and a bionic woman could be the perfect pair?) and heartbreak and lies and hidden truths.
And the scariest thing for Sasha is that she fell in love, too.
The boy had also become an experiment like her and somehow, someway, they fell hard and fast.
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As the sun set on one chapter of their lives, it rose on another.
This is their story.
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Yay I'm so proud of my cliffhanger! Well, that was the beginning. It was more like a preface or something like that. It will get more interesting. I did have help writing this story. I'm not going to give away the identity of the person because they might get mad at me... XD This is kinda AU but Max and Fang do become important individuals later on and bring on big changes for our main characters. Sasha's intro and description is coming, I just got too lazy to do it now. It will be in 3rd person POV, and maybe a few 1st person parts for deeper looks at feelings and all. Thanks for reading and I would love some reveiws!