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Chapter One

Inside Manticore. About 2006, X-5s are roughly 6 yo.

"Move out!"

The kids all did as they were told. It was all they'd ever known. Today they were on an exercise in the Manticore grounds, the group split into two working against each other to find and capture.

The group of eight moved together, quietly, corrdinated. Zack in the lead, they moved through the wood. Max shot Jondy a look, checking she was ready for anything. Jondy nodded quickly back.

Suddenly Zack signalled for a stop. They heard a slight noise from their right, enough warning for them to intercept the attack.

Jondy saw Brin coming for her. She readied herself for combat, and quickly blocked the first blow, ducking under to kick out at Brin's legs. Jumping over the attack, Brin turned back to her.

In the corner of her eye Jondy saw Max sparring with Krit. Concentrate. In that split second Brin managed to land a blow on her middle, knocking the air out of her. That annoyed her, she should be better than that. Straightening up, she spun round, kicking out at Brin, who grabbed onto her leg, flipping her onto her back.

She glared at Brin, and sprang back up to combat, only to have Max jump in at Brin from the side. But that left her undefended to Krit, and Jondy could see him advancing on them both. She couldn't move faster than him, but she was angry, and as she readied for his attack, she felt something inside her.

Suddenly Krit flew backwards. Max spun round, hearing him fall, then looked at Jondy with a confused expression on her face. Who had hit him?

All four of them were shocked, those that had seen it, but their training wouldn't let them let that stop their mission. With Krit down, Max and Jondy were able to subdue Brin and soon their group was able to capture their opponents.

Back at the base, none of them spoke of it. Jondy herself didn't know what had happened. Obviously their commanders hadn't seen anything, as none of them were ordered to report specially, and Jondy was taken out of the group.

Am I a 'nomaly? Jondy thought to herself. She didn't fully understand what the 'nomalies were, but she knew they were different from her unit, and she didn't want to be one. But she did want to know what she had done, and how she had done it.

A month later.

Since that incident, Jondy hadn't made anything else move. But today they had been out on exercise again. She had been angry, and in the middle of a fight between herself and Zack, had thrown him backwards with her mind. They'd both known it was unusual, but neither wanted it to be noticed by Manticore, so they continued fighting, Zack winning. This time they couldn't ignore it.

That night, after lights out, Max and Zack took Jondy up to the High Place.

"What was that today soldier?"

"I don't know Zack. I don't know how I did it."

"It's happened before." Max looked apologetically at Jondy. "A few missions ago, she threw Krit."

"Is this true?"

"Yes. But I don't know how I did it!" Jondy was scared. She knew they wouldn't turn her in, but Zack was their leader, and she didn't want to disappoint him.

"What was the same both times? What could have triggered it?" Zack asked.

"We were in combat, both times."

"But we go into combat all the time, what was different about these?" Max asked.

"Um."

"No 'Um's soldier, you will report." Zack was stern, because he was worried about his unit.

"Come on Jondy." Max looked at her kindly. "Tell us."

"I was…angry." Jondy looked ashamed. "I wanted to win."

"We need to control this. Command can't know, they'll take you away." Max was determined not to lose her.

"You have to learn to control it." Zack pointed at both Max and Jondy. "You two work on it."

With that, Zack climbed back down from the High Place.

"How do we do this?" Jondy spoke first.

"Well first I think I have to piss you off." With that Max took a swipe at her.

"Hey!" Jondy blocked her. "We'll be found out!"

"Only if you keep opening your big mouth." Max hissed at her, throwing in another blow.

Jondy glared at her, and sank into a combat stance.

"Not like that." Max kicked at her hands. " With your mind."

She concentrated, and pushed. Max fell backwards, unable to anticipate the blow.

"Hey, I did it!"

"Step one, we know you can do it when you try. Now we have to make sure you can control it." They settled in for a night of work.