Designate That by CindyZ
This just came to me while watching a rerun of Pollo Loco. It's the only one of season one that I'll watch, (for obvious reasons, J). I had only seen it once before, and it has inspired this. This is TOTALLY AU, but just from the beginning of season two. It is from Max's POV, but there will be a lot more of Alec later on. – I'm gonna probably skip loads of the eps, and definitely loads of the Logan parts. J
Teaser: What if what Renfro suggested in Pollo Loco was true. That madness was hereditary in X5's. All it needs is a trigger, and unknown to Manticore they ARE the trigger. Some can survive longer than other's but no one can survive forever. And Max is the one that breaks.
Disclaimer: I know, I know, I'm using a lot of the lines in the ep. I apologise, please don't sue me, I admit I didn't write them. The tweaking however, I admit I did do, so please don't sue a penniless student. J
Pairing, M/A
Rating: R
A/N: This is gonna be quite long people. However, I do have the whole thing written out, so review and they might get out quicker. Hope you enjoy!
A/N2: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO MAIA for betaing this thing. You are a STAR girl – thanks a bunch!! J
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Prologue
I'd given in. I gave that bitch Renfro my designation when she asked for it. I had betrayed my old life, my old friends, my family. Logan. I'd betrayed him too. I'd betrayed everything from before by giving in. But not because the torture was too much. Not because the Bitch had threatened me with my old life. That was over, and they knew how to take care of themselves. Not even the sight of Zack, Zack, my beloved brother on the point of dying.
I was crouched up, so small I couldn't move. I had been in there for well over a week, no stimulation, no nothing from the outside. No food, no drink, I thought I was going to die. They would forget about me being here, I would be in this torture forever. I don't know if it was conscious, but I started thinking about my childhood. In normal circumstances, I would try to keep it as far away as possible from my conscious mind, but scenes kept on playing out. Sitting with Jondy in the high place. Watching Ben play with the shadows to entertain us. Seeing my brothers and sisters being taken away if they were convulsing. Tinga, dead in my arms. Each ripped through my chest, sorrow, sadness, and a burning desire for vengeance. Then, as Ben so rightly pointed out at our last friendly meeting, before I killed him - oh God I killed my brother-, I was replaying the most exhilarating day of my life. Chasing the convict, running in a pack with my brothers and sisters, finding him, jumping on him, and believing him a nomalie, killing him.
I could still remember the sight of that man lying there, the smell of freshly spilled blood perfuming the air. I wasn't disgusted by the sight. I wasn't affected by it at all, and it was not just my belief that this man was a nomalie. All I thought was that he wasn't one of us, he wasn't perfect, he was a nomalie and he couldn't hurt us any more.
It was only when I escaped, lived with a foster family, met friends and got a job, got a life, that I realised how wrong we were. How different we were. We were killers, born and bred, and nothing could take that away, I could never deny it.
But I did. I strived to become normal, blending in, becoming one of the 'people'. Through my life, even while meeting my soul sister Original Cindy, I hid my nature. A wolf in sheep's clothing. But I still wanted my family, my pack. I had been looking for them for a few years before I hooked up with Logan. In return for missions, he would give me information about my family. That burning desire in me was finally being realised, and I focused on it with all my being. But after these few months, of Manticore destroying my family, making ME destroy my family, I came to a decision.
With visions of an accelerated aging Brin, Zack leaving to protect the others, and me, ME killing my own brother, my Ben, a new desire came to me. Whatever happened, if I had to kill, hunt and maim humans, humans that I had been living with for 10 years, I would have my revenge. For my family. For Brin, Tinga, Ben, Jack and Zack. And most of all, for me.
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