The school falls into chaos as the Flock escapes. However, when Max stumbles into the teacher's lounge, they immediately spring to attack her, led by the headmaster. The remaining five continue at school despite missing Iggy terribly. Iggy returns to live with his parents, while the rest of the Flock refuses to tell Anne where he is. Griffiths, from whom he was kidnapped as an infant. The Flock stays with Anne until Thanksgiving, but also finally find clues that lead them to Iggy's biological parents, Mr. Max learns that Angel influenced the President to alter the national budget, moving military money into public education and homeless shelters. One day, the whole school goes on a field trip to the White House, and when Angel is lost, the President himself escorts her back to Max. Confused, she later discusses the strange sight with Fang. While Sam and Max are on their date, however, Max sees Ari and a second Max. Max also makes a friend, Jennifer Joy, and is asked out on a date by a boy named Sam. Max grows jealous when she catches a flirtatious girl named Lissa kissing Fang. Nudge enjoys making friends and attending a normal birthday party, but Gazzy and Iggy repeatedly detonate explosives and anger the headmaster, William Pruitt. While staying with Anne, the Flock continues to try to track down their parents.Īnne enrolls them in a private school, where Max advises the others to act normal and to blend in. She is also startled to learn that Angel's dog Total can talk. Max is annoyed by Anne behaving like their mother and the younger kids' acceptance. With Fang released from the hospital, they go to Anne's luxurious farmhouse, where Anne treats them like her own. During the night, Max sees herself in a mirror as an Eraser and is frightened. Max refuses to go without Fang, and the Flock stays the night in his hospital room. Anne asks if the FBI can study the Flock in nonpainful and noninvasive ways, and she also offers her home as a place to stay. An agent named Anne Walker tells Max that they have been hearing rumors of a hidden lab ( the School) that has been producing various recombinant-DNA life-forms. FBI agents show up to question the Flock, but the Flock plays dumb, sticking to Max's cover story that they are adoptive siblings and the children of missionaries. Hospital staff immediately notice Fang's unique biology. The Flock has no choice but to go to a hospital.

The Erasers are larger, heavier and slower fliers, and are easily defeated, but not before Ari badly wounds Fang. However, they find themselves pursued by winged Erasers. in hopes of uncovering information about their real parents. Following directly from the events of the first book, the Flock heads towards Washington D.C.

Maximum ride the final warning