Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for Angie. They belong to James Cameron and that Egg guy.
Authors Note: This is my first attempt ever at fan fiction so reviews and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
A Different World
Chapter 1
Seattle, 2019
They say life used to be different. I wouldn't know. I spent the first half of my life in Hell, also known as Manticore. A secret government facility where a series of genetically engineered supersoldiers were bred and trained to be superior killing machines. I was one of those kids. Before we escaped back in 09. Now I'm just a regular girl, trying to get by in a broken world. Well, not exactly regular, but as regular as I'll get. Which is okay you know, I;ve got friends, a job, a place to live. I guess it was a blessing and a curse that those terrorists decided to set off an Electro magnetic pulse that fried every computer chip within a hundred-mile radius. It made it easy for a girl like me to disappear and stay off Manticore's radar screen, but it also meant that America went from super power to super broke over night.
Max rode her bicycle through the streets of Seattle, weaving effortlessly in and out of the dense crowds of people. Around her there were people walking to work or lying on the sidewalks, broke and hungry. There were kids playing and people buying food and sorts from street vendors. She rounded a corner and entered Jam Pony.
This is where I work. It's a bike messenger service that I ride for but it's also where I met most of my closest friends.
"Hey boo." A familiar voice came from behind her as she approached her locker. Original Cindy, a dark, beautiful girl leaned against the locker with her arms folded across her chest.
"Hey Cindy, wassup?" Max replied not even looking up as she pulled her daily necessities out of the locker.
"I kicked it last night with the most beautiful blonde goddess I ever seen. Legs from here to there. Damn that girl is fine." Cindy said with a wide grin spread across her face.
"Way to go."
"And get this. Her name is Angelina. Aint that the sexiest name you ever heard?"
"Did someone just call me sexy?" A pretty girl with long dark hair spoke up from behind them.
"Hey Angie. O.C. was just talking about her latest conquest." Max clarified.
"Oh right. The blonde chica from Crash. How did that go?" Angie asked Original Cindy.
"How it always goes on one of my conquests. I saw, I conquered and left the woman beggin for more." She said, her eyebrow raised for emphasis.
Both women laughed in response but ended abruptly as an annoying bellowing sounded from the front desk. "Hey people, I pay you to deliver packages not stand around and discuss obscene liaisons. Max, package for sector 4. Bip bip bip!" Normal yelled as he threw the package at Max.
"Meet you at Crash tonight?" Max said as she walked her bike out the front door.
"Sure thing boo. Later" Cindy called after her.
Crash
The music blared as Max entered Crash that night. She looked around at the many people dancing, talking, laughing and drinking. It was one of the places where Max could let loose and not worry about the worries in life, the past she was running from everyday. She spotted her friends at their usual table and made her over to them. "Hey my people." She said taking a seat next to Cindy.
"Hey Max. What's, ah, what's new?" Sketchy asked as he slumped in his chair with a beer in his hand.
"Nothin much." She replied but his actions and slurred words didn't go unnoticed by her. "You drunk already, Sketch? It's only 8:30!"
"Natalie broke up with me tonight. Can you believe it! After, after I gave her 10 months of my life she just gave me the flick." He made a flicking movement with his fingers to emphasise.
"Sorry to hear it Sketch." Max said as she surveyed the room before her. She noticed a man across the room. Using her enhanced vision she took a better look at him. He was beautiful. The most beautiful man she had ever seen. His light brown hair was neatly cut but not too short, and his eyes. Those green eyes were intense.
"See something you like?" Kendra, her room mate pulled her out of her reverie but not for too long.
"Maybe." She replied looking back at the man.
Kendra followed her gaze and spotted the man immediately. "Oh yeah. I like what you see too."
At that instant the man shifted his gaze directly at Max. She was unable to tear her eyes away from him right away and this did not go unnoticed by the man as he started to make his way over to her. She tore her gaze away, her cheeks flushed red from being caught. "Shit." She muttered under her breath. Kendra only laughed at her friends appearance. She looked like a deer caught in head lights.
"He's coming over here, Max." Kendra whispered still amused by her friends actions.
"Thanks for the heads up." Max said as she stood up to make her way to the bar. "Can I get a beer." She yelled at the bar tender. "Or maybe some vodka." She whispered to herself while covering the side of her face in a less than subtle manner. The bar tender handed her the drink and as she turned to leave she ran right into the man who had followed her to the bar. "Shit! I'm sorry. Shit!"
"It's okay." He said with a laugh. "No harm done."
Max smiled and then made her way back to table, cursing herself as she went. "Oh that was real smooth Max, real smooth." She kicked her seat out and sat down sculling half the beer in the process. Kendra, Cindy and Angie had been watching the exchange and were now staring at her with huge grins plastered on their faces. "What?" She scolded, visibly annoyed by their smirking.
"Nothing." Angie replied. "Its just that we've never seen you go all... what's the word?"
"Spaz?" Cindy added.
"Right, spaz, over a guy before." She finished. They were all laughing now.
"I did not go all spaz over him." Max defended.
"Whatever boo. You can put yo words into action cos he comin this way again." Cindy said still amused.
"Oh, fuck." She spat and drank the rest of her beer in one fluid motion.
Authors Note: This is my first attempt ever at fan fiction so reviews and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
A Different World
Chapter 1
Seattle, 2019
They say life used to be different. I wouldn't know. I spent the first half of my life in Hell, also known as Manticore. A secret government facility where a series of genetically engineered supersoldiers were bred and trained to be superior killing machines. I was one of those kids. Before we escaped back in 09. Now I'm just a regular girl, trying to get by in a broken world. Well, not exactly regular, but as regular as I'll get. Which is okay you know, I;ve got friends, a job, a place to live. I guess it was a blessing and a curse that those terrorists decided to set off an Electro magnetic pulse that fried every computer chip within a hundred-mile radius. It made it easy for a girl like me to disappear and stay off Manticore's radar screen, but it also meant that America went from super power to super broke over night.
Max rode her bicycle through the streets of Seattle, weaving effortlessly in and out of the dense crowds of people. Around her there were people walking to work or lying on the sidewalks, broke and hungry. There were kids playing and people buying food and sorts from street vendors. She rounded a corner and entered Jam Pony.
This is where I work. It's a bike messenger service that I ride for but it's also where I met most of my closest friends.
"Hey boo." A familiar voice came from behind her as she approached her locker. Original Cindy, a dark, beautiful girl leaned against the locker with her arms folded across her chest.
"Hey Cindy, wassup?" Max replied not even looking up as she pulled her daily necessities out of the locker.
"I kicked it last night with the most beautiful blonde goddess I ever seen. Legs from here to there. Damn that girl is fine." Cindy said with a wide grin spread across her face.
"Way to go."
"And get this. Her name is Angelina. Aint that the sexiest name you ever heard?"
"Did someone just call me sexy?" A pretty girl with long dark hair spoke up from behind them.
"Hey Angie. O.C. was just talking about her latest conquest." Max clarified.
"Oh right. The blonde chica from Crash. How did that go?" Angie asked Original Cindy.
"How it always goes on one of my conquests. I saw, I conquered and left the woman beggin for more." She said, her eyebrow raised for emphasis.
Both women laughed in response but ended abruptly as an annoying bellowing sounded from the front desk. "Hey people, I pay you to deliver packages not stand around and discuss obscene liaisons. Max, package for sector 4. Bip bip bip!" Normal yelled as he threw the package at Max.
"Meet you at Crash tonight?" Max said as she walked her bike out the front door.
"Sure thing boo. Later" Cindy called after her.
Crash
The music blared as Max entered Crash that night. She looked around at the many people dancing, talking, laughing and drinking. It was one of the places where Max could let loose and not worry about the worries in life, the past she was running from everyday. She spotted her friends at their usual table and made her over to them. "Hey my people." She said taking a seat next to Cindy.
"Hey Max. What's, ah, what's new?" Sketchy asked as he slumped in his chair with a beer in his hand.
"Nothin much." She replied but his actions and slurred words didn't go unnoticed by her. "You drunk already, Sketch? It's only 8:30!"
"Natalie broke up with me tonight. Can you believe it! After, after I gave her 10 months of my life she just gave me the flick." He made a flicking movement with his fingers to emphasise.
"Sorry to hear it Sketch." Max said as she surveyed the room before her. She noticed a man across the room. Using her enhanced vision she took a better look at him. He was beautiful. The most beautiful man she had ever seen. His light brown hair was neatly cut but not too short, and his eyes. Those green eyes were intense.
"See something you like?" Kendra, her room mate pulled her out of her reverie but not for too long.
"Maybe." She replied looking back at the man.
Kendra followed her gaze and spotted the man immediately. "Oh yeah. I like what you see too."
At that instant the man shifted his gaze directly at Max. She was unable to tear her eyes away from him right away and this did not go unnoticed by the man as he started to make his way over to her. She tore her gaze away, her cheeks flushed red from being caught. "Shit." She muttered under her breath. Kendra only laughed at her friends appearance. She looked like a deer caught in head lights.
"He's coming over here, Max." Kendra whispered still amused by her friends actions.
"Thanks for the heads up." Max said as she stood up to make her way to the bar. "Can I get a beer." She yelled at the bar tender. "Or maybe some vodka." She whispered to herself while covering the side of her face in a less than subtle manner. The bar tender handed her the drink and as she turned to leave she ran right into the man who had followed her to the bar. "Shit! I'm sorry. Shit!"
"It's okay." He said with a laugh. "No harm done."
Max smiled and then made her way back to table, cursing herself as she went. "Oh that was real smooth Max, real smooth." She kicked her seat out and sat down sculling half the beer in the process. Kendra, Cindy and Angie had been watching the exchange and were now staring at her with huge grins plastered on their faces. "What?" She scolded, visibly annoyed by their smirking.
"Nothing." Angie replied. "Its just that we've never seen you go all... what's the word?"
"Spaz?" Cindy added.
"Right, spaz, over a guy before." She finished. They were all laughing now.
"I did not go all spaz over him." Max defended.
"Whatever boo. You can put yo words into action cos he comin this way again." Cindy said still amused.
"Oh, fuck." She spat and drank the rest of her beer in one fluid motion.