Chapter One.
Authors Note: This is a sequal of sorts to my other story 'Thoughts of the Misunderstood', a series of Vignettes from the POV of six X5's who didn't make it out. I owe the six I made up, but nothing else. Just to be clear I own Adam: X5584, Cree: X5344m Trigs: X5631, Finn: X5802, Frankie: X5439 and Dragon: X5776. I don't own Alec, Max, Dix, Mole or any other that may pop up. And just because I am confused about who is Mole and Who is the other Mole The lizard guy will be referred to as Mole, and the guy who dug ditches will be referred to as Vole.
"Hey Max," said Alec, walking out onto the rooftop where Max was standing with Josh looking out at the flag of the Transgens.
"Hey," she said, "What's up?"
"Dix thought you should know there are five new Transgenics in the area. The cops are swarming on them. From the descriptions, they're X5s. I know one of them, cause I saw her picture."
"Who?" asked Joshua.
"X5-585," he answered, "She was in my unit."
"584?" asked Joshua, "Adi."
"You know 584?" asked Max, a look of shock in her eyes.
"The ones in the basement, they told me, said she was different, that she did the weird things with her mind and made them all pretty whack."
"584 was Psy-ops," said Alec.
"I never knew," said Max.
"She was your sister, wasn't she?"
"584 was my baby sister Adam," said Max, "We never knew who was younger. We called each other baby sister even though one of us was younger."
"She stayed behind?" asked Alec.
"She ran with Tinga," said Max, "But she went back to help someone."
"Maybe she'll come to Terminal City," said Joshua, "Max and Adam, that's the plan."
"Max and her family, that's the plan."
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"Okay, so what's going on?" asked Mole, looking to Dix to find out.
"We just got two new X5's climb the fence," he said, "The two ordinaries are going to meet them."
"Cindy and Sketchy?" asked Vole.
"Yeah," said Dix.
"I'll go too," said Mole, turning and running down the passage. He could hear the footsteps of the Cindy and Sketchy. When they stopped, her ran faster until he came upon two X5's, one who was very pregnant and one who was shot.
"Damn," he said, rushing to the aid of the shot X5.
"It's not bad," he said, "It's just a little scratch. Help my sister first please."
"AH!!!!" screamed the girl, "It hurts."
"Let's get these two to where those doctor X series are," said Sketchy, "She's in labor."
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"What's going on?" asked Max as she entered what had become the hospital in Terminal city.
"Two X series," said Gem, who had become a nurse of sorts, "One giving birth, one shot. The shot one is up and walking. He's just waiting for his friend to give birth."
"Can I meet him?" asked Max.
"He's over there," she said, pointing to a man with bright blue hair dressed in rave clothes. Max walked over, but as she did, things began to flash through her mind. She knew this guy. He was one of her siblings. She wasn't sure how she knew, but she knew.
"Max, GO TO SLEEP!" echoed the voice in her head. That was the voice of Dragon, her older brother who she slept next to when she was little, but she knew this wasn't Dragon.
"Maxie, don't be all scared, it'll be over soon," said another voice. That was Cree, a Zack like boy who Max really loved, but as the man turned around she saw it wasn't him either.
"Max?" he said.
"Finn," she said, a smiling crossing her normally somber face.
"Max," he said, gathering his baby sister into his arms for a hug, "Maxie, my dear Maxie."
"Is it really you Finnigan."
"In the flesh baby sister," he said, kissing her forehead as the cry of a baby rang out.
"Who are you with?"
"Frankie."
"Frankie? She's here."
"I don't think she's gonna wanna see you Max."
"Why?"
"She has issues with you."
"Oh…"
"And she just gave birth. She'll be pissed."
"You gonna see her now?"
"No. I'm the reason she IS pregnant."
"Breeding partner?"
"Yeah," he said, walking away from the door, "I need some fresh air, wanna come with?"
"Yeah," she said, walking next to her brother.
"Thanks," he said.
"I'd go out for a walk with you anytime."
"No," he said, "Thanks for busting us out. I know it was you."
"How?"
"My Psy-ops sister told me you were going to."
"Who?"
"Adam."
"Did she get out okay?"
"Yeah," said Finn, "She's fine. I don't know where the hell she IS but I know she's okay."
"Good," said Max.
"They're all coming here."
"Who?"
"The ones who didn't make it out in '09 and survived."
"All 10?"
"No Max," said Finn, gazing off into Space.
"How many?"
"Six, excluding Jace."
"Jace is safe."
"There were only 9 of us left. They killed three, leaving me, Trigs, Frankie, Cree, Dragon and Adam."
"Khalid? Cole? Mika?"
"Khalid was killed at the fence," said Finn quietly, "Cole commited suicide just after you all escaped. Mika…Mika killed herself after Tinga died."
"Khalid…" said Max.
"Don't blame yourself baby sister," said Finn, wrapping his arm around Max, "It's all good. I'm here, and soon the others will be too."
"Are you all right?" asked Max, "I mean really okay. You spent years there."
"I never was like the others. I'm an optimist. I always look on the bright side. It's what has kept me sane."
"I'm glad," said Max, smiling at her brother.
"Listen Maxie," he said, "I'm fucking starving. Could I PLEASE get something to eat. Everything I've tried to eat over the past week has gone to feed Frankie and her little baby."
"Sure," said Max, laughing.
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"So then Trigs, thinking it was me at the door, tipped over the bucket of water onto little Adam's head," said Finn, chowing down on a piece of leftover pizza.
"So Trigs is still a little trickster."
"I'm worse," he said, grinning.
"I missed you."
"I rememer nights at Manticore I would sit there and dream about what it would be like to have dinner with you Max. To be able to hear what had happened to you over the past years, to be able to call you Max in front of other people. Little dreams like that, they kept me alive. You kept me alive Max."
"Finn…" she said, still shocked at her brother, It was like they had never been apart. There were no awkward feelings, nothing like that at all. It was so wonderful for Max, to be able to look up and stare into her brothers grey eyes. They were the same eyes she had stared into as a child, the same mischievous look in them.
"I love you Max, like I love all my siblings."
"Finn…"
"You got me out of there and nothing I can do will ever repay that."
"Finnigan!" shouted a voice from across the room. Max looked up to see another familier face. The long red curls were pulled back from the face of a beautiful young woman with ice blue eyes.
"Frankie!" said Finn, "Over here?"
"I don't want to see her," she shouted, "Come meet the newest kid."
"Sorry to leave you Max, but I told you Frankie doesn't want to see you," he said, leaning over and kissing Max on the cheek before scurrying off to see Frankie's baby.
"Who is that Max," asked a voice. Max looked over to see Logan standing behind her smiling.
"My brother Finnigan," she said, "He was the most hyper kid. He was always so full of life and energy."
"So what's wrong?"
"My sister is here too. Frankie."
"So? Why aren't you with her?"
"She doesn't want to see me. She told me that."
"Oh."
"And there's something about Finn," said Max, "Something he doesn't want to tell me, something he's afraid of."
"He doesn't strike me as the fearful kind."
"No," said Max, "But I know him too well."
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"Just see her Frankie!" shouted Finn.
"No," said Frankie, "I will not go see her. She's a murderer."
"So are we."
"We didn't kill Ben with our bear hands. We didn't kill Tinga."
"That's right because Lydecker killed Tinga."
"And Tinga would've lived if Max hadn't smashed the tank."
"What Tank?"
"Adam told me about it. Tinga was in a tank of some liquid. If Max had not smashed the glass, Tinga might have lived."
"NO!" shouted Finn, "She would've ended up like Brin. Our Brin is dead. There's only that clone."
"I know…" said Frankie, picking up her baby to nurse him.
"Just see her," said Finn, "She's so upset. She may not have that much longer."
"I know that," said Frankie, "I'm not going to see her yet."
"Yet?"
"Let me see Trigsie first."
"Fine," said Finn, smiling at his sister.
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"Transgenics!" shouted an angry mob-Member.
"SHIT!" shouted Trigs, jumped behind a wall to avoid a flying bullet.
"Not that much farther," said Cree, "I know where we can hide out."
"Okay," said Trigs, "All I want is my girl."
"And Frankie will be there when we get there, and if not, she'll be there soon after. We promised each other that we would meet up where Transgenics gathered."
"And let me guess, we can sleep in as late as we want and no one gets yelled at or disappears?"
"Ha ha Trigs, just run."
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"My name is Ada Monty," said Adam, talking to the sector police, "You need to let me in."
"This is Ada Monty!" shouted the guard, "We need to let her in."
"Yes sir!"
"Thank you," said Adam as she calmly walked into Seattle.