A/N: Just so you know:
Bold: The Voice
Italics: Max's thoughts
Bold and Italics: "Me Against the World" by Simple Plan
The Perfect Song
"I'm hungry," whined Nudge predictably.
"You're always hungry," Iggy shot back, wheeling around her in the sky with a twitch of a feather.
"But this time, I'm really, really," I tuned her out with a roll of my eyes and flew over to Fang, who was listening to the flock's iPod.
"What're you listening to?" I asked.
"Nothing right now," he replied, scrolling through the songs. "I've heard everything good already, and I hate Angel's songs." Really? I had no idea.
"We'll have to find some new songs, then," I shrugged and zoomed away, tilting my face up to the sun. I made the mistake of flying past Nudge.
"Max, I'm hungry! Let's go to Applebee's!"
"Um, let's not," I said, not liking the idea of being cooped up in a restaurant.
"Please?"
"Yeah, please?" asked Angel. Of course the one with mind control took Nudge's side.
"How about fast food?" I bargained.
"They don't play music!" cried Gazzy. Fang looked up at the mention of music. Oh, no, not him too!
"Fine! But we're getting that Car Side To Go thing," I gave in.
"Don't you kind of need a car for that?" pointed out Iggy.
"I don't know! How often do we go to Applebee's?"
Don't snap, Maximum.
Not the frigging voice again!
What do you want? I mentally hissed. Of course there was no reply.
I shook my self out of the trance I was in. Fang was watching me closely. The Voice? He mouthed. I nodded, and the lines around his mouth tightened. I shook my head warningly, indicating that he shouldn't say anything yet. He nodded barely imperceptibly.
Ten minutes later, we had landed at an Applebee's in Illinois. I walked in to the restaurant and looked around nervously. The people were all normal looking – which meant they weren't Erasers.
"Can I help you?" asked the waitress, flashing me a fake smile.
"How long is the wait for a table?" Angel piped up. I frowned at her, but the waitress didn't seem to mind.
"Fifteen minutes," she replied.
"We'll just wait outside," I said, ushering everyone out quickly.
I sat on a bench and rested my head on the back of it. Fang sat down next to me. "What did it say?" he asked quietly as Angel, Nudge and Gazzy started a game of 'I Spy'. I knew he was talking about the Voice.
"Not much," I replied in an undertone. "Just that I shouldn't snap at Iggy."
"That was it?"
I nodded.
"So we're not flying off to London or anything?" Fang asked. I smiled.
"No. We're staying here."
"Good." He looked up at the radio. "Hey…what's this song?"
I listened as well. A guitar intro was playing. It sounded pretty cool. Fang started tapping his foot to the beat. I suppressed a snicker. Well, it did look pretty funny. The band began to sing:
We're not gonna be just a part of the game
We're not gonna be just the victims
They're taking our dreams and they tear them apart
Until everyone's the same
I've got nowhere to go
I've got nowhere to run
They love to watch me fall
They think they know it all
I glanced at Fang. He stared back at me. This was like the story of our life!
I'm a nightmare
A disaster
That's what they always said
I'm a lost cause
Not a hero
But I'll make it on my own
I've gotta prove them wrong
Me against the world…
It's me against the world!
Iggy and Nudge had stopped as well and were staring up at the speakers.
We won't let them change what we feel in our hearts
We're not gonna let them control us
We won't let them shove all their thoughts in our heads
And we'll never be like them
I've got no place to go
I've got nowhere to run
They love to watch me fall
They think they know it all…
As the chorus played again, Angel and Gazzy stopped as well and listened.
Now I'm sick of this waiting
So come on and take your shot!
You can spit all your insults
But nothing you say's gonna change us
You can sit there and judge me
Say what you want to
We'll never let you in!
"This is so weird," I whispered to Fang. The chorus played two more times, and then it played:
I've gotta prove them wrong
They'll never bring us down
We'll never fall in line
I'll make it on my own,
Me Against The World!
It ended in a burst of static. The Flock stared at each other.
"Now that is a song I'd listen to," Fang finally said.
A/N: It wasn't too stupid, was it? I heard the song, and I was like, "Oh my god! The Flock! It's perfect!" so I had to make a songfic/normal fic out of it. Review please! CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcome.