Title: Clash of the Deceit and Populace
Author: Ansleyrocks
Rating:
Pairing: Max/Alec
Disclaimer: I do not own Dark Angel sadly if I did there is a few moments from the show I would redo.
Added note: I am not a fan of Logan sorry folks so there will be minor Logan bashing. I will make Logan out to be the jealous lover who is a little clueless and cannot take a hint. Also I like White so he will be in here a great deal as well as some familiars that I have created. Oh and Biggs is alive!
Added note 2: this takes place after Freak Nation
Summary: While in TC one day Logan learns a secret about Max and Alec and he finally learns why Alec and the others brush him off: M/A all the way.
Prolog
Terminal city was bustling with life as usual X series and trans humans alike were scurrying about, several of the computer wiz kids were sitting in front of rows of monitors cracking codes and what not. Logan smiled and breathed the toxic air in deeply, he was glad that after all of those blood transfusions he could survive in this city.
"We have a problem." A little boy of about eight says suddenly everyone stops. Logan sees a matrix of green numbers flashing across the screen and he knows it is a virus and instantly rushes over to go and help, after all he is the best one there with computers. Before he could touch a key he was rammed aside, startled Logan looked to see who rammed him only to see a young teenage girl about sixteen years old with long strawberry blonde hair, porcelain skin, and gray steel eyes so cold it sent shivers down his spine. She flipped her hair at him and took control of the computer. Logan saw a blonde boy sit on her right he had tan skin and blue eyes and was now working the right computer, he was about the same age as the girl and had a cold look about him as well.
He could not help the fear that was settling in his stomach that only increased when another teen sat down on the girls left. This boy had dark brown almost black hair and olive skin with chocolate eyes that did not hold any more warmth then the others. Logan was startled when he saw Mole standing next to him.
"Man those guys are spooky, if I had not talked with them I would have run away screaming a long time ago. Those techs sure are cold when it comes to their work, but damn they are brilliant when it comes to this computer stuff. It makes Max and Alec look inferior." Mole says. Max and Alec suddenly come out of Max's office and over to where a small group stood.
"How is it coming Mole?" Max asks handing a rather large file to a blonde girl who rushed over to the computers and sat next to the blonde boy, her previously warm honey eyes now frosty with a glare that would make a grown man crap ice.
"Red almost has it cracked." Mole says when the girl suddenly bolts up from her seat and looks toward a row of TV monitors on the second level. She leaps into the air landing on the second level right next to the TV's where she pulled a cord out of the back and then jumped the level back to where she was. Logan stood there with his mouth open, he knew they all could do that even Mole but to see someone do it when they were not fighting was more then a little unsettling.
"Done." The blonde boy says hitting the enter key and the computer made a beep noise.
"Done." The boy on the left says hitting the same key.
"Done." The blonde girl says. Everyone in TC watched the strawberry blonde whose hands were moving in a blur over the keys. She was moving so fast that the computer could barley keep up with her typing. Suddenly the green matrix of numbers turned into a pattern and slowed down before blinking twice and disappearing.
"Mission complete." The strawberry blonde says pushing away from the computer. Everyone was clapping for the four teens that were all smiling broadly, the warmth back in their eyes.
"Great job red." Mole says and Max hugs the girl and then the other three. Alec surprisingly did the same, but he twirled the girls around.
"I love having people around who can work on computers. Cherish I am so glad you and your unit decided to come here. Since you showed up the other technical units are almost all here, thanks." Max says making the girl smile even more.
"Glad to help, the code was a piece of cake. When I was sent to Kazakhstan now that code they had was challenging." Cherish says and a bunch of teens around the computers nod in agreement.
"Still it would have taken an ordinary hours to crack and get rid of, but you all accomplished it in less then ten minutes." Alec says making Logan frown.
"Hey well us ordinary's don't have those fast genes in us." Logan says glaring at the blonde.
"Oh hi Logan." Max says sounding less then thrilled to see the cyber journalist, not that Logan noticed.
"Well now that the trouble is over want to go and get something to eat Max?" Logan asks with a smile.
"Ah sorry I can't Logan, Alec and I have to make a run." Max says grabbing Alec's hand and pulling him out of the command center. All Logan could do was stare shocked.
"What just happened?" Logan asks not really expecting an answer.
"Well I was hoping he was at least intelligent enough to realize when he was being blown off." Cherish says to the blonde girl in a loud whisper making the blonde girl laugh.
"Max did not blow me off." Logan says glaring at the two giggling girls.
"Yes she did." The blonde girl says as her and Cherish swaggered away followed by the two guys.
"Do you think the norm knows?" Cherish asks her blonde friend as her and a few members of her unit sat around a table in the mess hall of the city. It was the four from the command center and two more males.
"No." The blonde girl says right away.
"Dizzy he has to have some clue." The blonde boy says. Dizzy got her name because once she was on the outside most norms gave her the dumb blonde stereotype so to make fun of the name they call her Dizzy witch is a bit nicer then ditz.
"No Slade he is completely oblivious." Dizzy says to the blonde boy known as Slade. The other teen from command was Rex. The two other guys are two of the alpha males of the techs JB who was the commander of their unit with Cherish as his second. JB was tall and muscular but not like the transgenic built for the front line he was more along the lines of what a male model would have looked like pre pulse. He had dark smoldering eyes, tan skin, and brown hair. The other guy was Chic because he was smart and a snappy dresser. He had dirty blonde hair and green eyes that popped because of his pale complexion.
"He is hopeless." Rex says flinging a piece of paper at Dizzy.
"But do you think he knows about them at Manticore at least?" Cherish asks and JB shakes his head no.
"Wow, so when Alec goes all territorial the norm thinks he is just being a jerk?" Cherish asks, if her blue spheres popped out any more they would burst from her head.
"It took Max awhile to figure out what he was doing, it takes all of us awhile to figure out when our mates are being possessive and not just jerks." Dizzy says and Cherish nods her head.
"Wait why does it take you long?" Rex asks looking confused lifting his head up from the gray table.
"None of you truly get possessive unless someone is threatening your mate or your relationship with your mate. That is when the animal comes into play." Dizzy says and the four guys nod in agreement. A tall guy about twenty years old with auburn hair, bronze skin and green eyes comes in; he radiated power.
"He Greg over here!" JB says knowing that the other guy could hear him across the room.
"So what you up to?" Rex asks with a knowing smirk. The alpha male just glared before making Slade move over so he could sit next to his mate Cherish.
"I had to get away from CC I mean that norm just will not leave us alone. When Max gets back I am going to have her get rid of him, none of us can do our jobs with him there." Greg says and the others all nod in agreement.
"I hope Max tells Logan soon, better to hear from her then someone else." Slade says again they all nod.