Ok, this is basically how i would have liked the third season to be if there had been one, except ofcourse it has some crossovers with Kyle XY, Jake 2.0 and a very little of Jericho, although this wont happen until further on in the story.
there are some spoilers for these shows, so if you havent seen the first two seasons of each of them (With the exception of Jake 2.0 which only has 1 season) do not read.
I do not own these shows or any of the characters in them, I do this just for fun and am not making any profit out of this story.
(For those of you who don't remember, Zack lost his memory and was given a new life as Adam Thompson in Dark angel's chapter "Some assembly required")
Adam Thompson woke up sweating in the middle of the night; he'd been having these nightmares ever since he could remember; which unfortunately for him, that wasn't very long. One day he had woken up in a hospital and was told he'd been in an accident, he was fortunate enough to have survived, and by the way the accident was described, he was lucky he didn't even loose a limb.
But he did loose something that day, something he wished he hadn't lost. His memory, everything he was, his friends, his family, his whole life was a mystery, he apparently worked on a farm for a man called Buddy, he did what he could to try and fit in again, but the place felt wrong to him. It wasn't just that he couldn't remember, he was sure he didn't belong there, and so he decided to quit his job and skip town.
He travelled from town to town, working for short times every time he could find a place where they would hire him. There weren't many places to work, the world was a huge chaos, apparently there had been an electromagnetic pulse over the united states that fried every circuit in half the country. This of course didn't help him in his search to find himself, every record that could help him remember where he lived, who his parents were or give him any other piece of information about himself had been erased. And so, there was nothing left for him but to keep moving, hoping that someday he'd be able to remember something.
Half a year had passed since he first woke up to this apparently new world, now he found himself working on a farm again, he'd been living in a small room in the barn where he'd been given an old bed to sleep in, and a small black and white TV set to keep himself entertained at night.
Adam got up and walked outside, the cool air of the night always helped him relax after the nightmares. The Nightmares were always the same, he saw kids, marching down hallways like soldiers, being tortured and forced to perform painful tasks, then he would realize he was one of this kids, but he wasn't a kid anymore, and he knew that he had to protect the children, but then a man would appear and he would be tied down and tortured. Every night it was always the same insane sequence of events, and every night he would wake up sweating and scared.
At first he had wondered if this was something he had lived, a memory forcing it's way back to him, but then he realized that such a life would have left him scarred. No, the only thing he had in common with the kids from his dreams was the Tattoo on the back of his head in the shape of a barcode.
He'd thought nothing of this at first, but now, he wasn't so sure. A few weeks ago there had been a news bulletin of a mutant that attacked several sector police officers in Seattle. Now there were reports that there were more of this creatures roaming around, and even more, that they could appear human but were extremely dangerous. What really troubled him was the last part, the only way to identify this "Transgenics" was a Barcode in the back of their heads.
When he heard this he immediately visited a doctor, explained that he had a barcode tattoo, and that he wanted to have it removed so that he wouldn't be confused with these Transgenic creatures. The doctor had agreed, and now he was Barcode-less but he still couldn't help but wonder if this had been a coincidence or if maybe he really was one of these mutants.
He sighed and looked out in to the night sky, that was when he saw them, a group of people with torches heading towards the farm, he quickly ran to the house to wake up his boss.
"Mr. Richmond!" He shouted as he ran up to the porch, by the time he got there Stanley Richmond was already standing on the door with his rifle in hand, "Mr. Richmond! A group of people are coming this way, they seem angry"
"I know" Stanley said as he aimed at him, "I'm sorry Adam"
Adam was thrown against the ground, "Stay down! You Transgenic beast!" A man shouted angrily.
"Burn him alive!" another man shouted.
"Kill the mutant!"
It seemed everyone in town wanted him dead, "Wait! I…I'm not a transgenic!"
"He's lying!"
"Kill him!"
"No! I'm not Lying!"
"I saw you when you first arrived into town, I saw that Barcode on your neck! You're one of them!"
"No! I don't have a barcode! I'm not a transgenic!"
"Then you won't mind if we take a little look!" The man said as he pushed Adam back on to the ground and pulled back on the back of his jacket.
"See! There it is! Clear as the sun, the bar code!"
"What?" Adam asked surprised, "No! It…it can't be! I… can't be!"
The man grabbed him by the hair and pulled him up, "Looks like you're screwed Mutant!"
Suddenly Adam punched the man with the his elbow, turned around and sent him flying against part of the angry crowd, he quickly jumped over the fallen people and ran away as gunshots flew past him.
They wanted him dead, they were trying to kill him because of a barcode in the back of his head, a barcode he had removed and now it was back; how could it be back?
He hurried through the forest, running like he never knew he could, he had thrown a man with incredible strength, and now he was running at a speed he didn't think it was humanly possible. Maybe it was true, maybe he was a transgenic, but if so, what was he really? How was he made? Who made him? He had just learned a small fact about himself and now, a million more questions had arisen, and even worse, he was now a fugitive, he'd known Transgenics were being hunted down like witches, and now he was one of them, now there was nothing left for him but to run; to escape those who were hunting him, never again would he be able to establish himself in one place for long periods of time, he would never be hired for a job again, and he would never be able to settle down and call a place home. And yet, it all fell familiar, like he'd been doing this all his life, running away, the thrill of being chased and not being found. This was what he'd been searching for; this was who he was, or at least part of it and now it was time to look for the rest.
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Max stared out into the city, the police had surrounded Terminal city and news crews were all around, "You're doing a great thing" Logan walked up to her, "You're standing up for what you believe, fighting for the rights of those like you"
"I know" she sighed, "I guess I didn't know just what I was getting myself into"
"Everything will work out, I know it will, people are scared now, they have a right to be; but once they see that Transgenics don't mean them any harm, everything will go back to normal"
"No Logan, things will never be normal, but it's something we'll have to live with" Max turned around to face him, "You should get going, it's not safe for you to stay in Terminal city for too long"
"I know, Alec is going to guide Sketchy, Cindy and Me through the sewers, get us out of the perimeter"
"Good" she said as she walked away, "I wouldn't want you to die of a dangerous disease"
"Max!" Logan shouted but it was too late, she was gone.
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"Are they safe?" Max asked when she saw Alec return
"Yeah, we made it past the perimeter, it was smooth sailing from there; the hard part was getting back in, the police must have known we we're traveling underground, they're blocking the sewers now too"
"We won't last like this very long" a small pale creature walked up to them, "There are too many of us here; we're short on supplies, there isn't much food left, and they've cut the water and electricity"
"We're going to have to go out and talk to them; defend ourselves, show them we mean no harm" a young X5 interrupted.
"We can't do that, White and his breeding cult still want us to look like criminals, they won't let any of us get a word out to the public" Max said as she stared at the crowd of transgenics around her, "unless…"
"Alec! Give me your phone!" She said as they walked away towards a more private area.
"What do you have in mind?" Alec said as he followed her.
"I'm not sure yet" she quickly dialed and waited for an answer, "Hello Logan?"
"Yeah, is something wrong?"
"No, but I need your help"
"Sure, what do you need?"
"Your eye's only equipment, is it ready?"
"Not yet, I still need some pieces so I won't be traced"
"But you can broadcast?"
"Yeah but…"
"The trace is not a problem; they know where we are, if we bring the equipment here, we'll be able to get our message out, have the world hear our side of the story"
"Ok, I'll have it packed and ready, we can take it back through the sewers"
"No, you can't come, you've been exposed long enough already"
"But I'm the only on that knows how to set up the…"
"You can talk us through it on the phone"
"but…"
"Are you going to help us or not?"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Am I sensing some tension?" Alec smiled, " do you don't want him here because you're worried he'll get sick or because you don't want to see him?"
Max stared at him angrily and whispered, "Both"
"You're forgetting something you know?" Alec walked behind her, "The power, police cut the electricity, even if we are able to sneak out past the perimeter and then bring the equipment back here safely, there's no way we can make it work"
"We'll just have to work on that while you and Joshua bring the equipment"
"Very well, you're the boss"
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"We going to father's house?" Joshua said as he and Alec crept through the dark underground tunnels.
"Yeah, Max wants us to bring some things back"
"Things? What things?"
"Something to help us get our message out"
"message?"
"Yeah, you know, who we are, what we've been through, so people can understand what we're going through"
"People afraid of things they don't understand! Screaming, running…"
"Yeah! Yeah, that's why we have to make them understand; so they won't be afraid anymore…Wait! Shh!" the two of them stood behind a wall and peeked out into the next tunnel where a couple of policemen were keeping guard, making sure no one would go in or out of terminal city.
"We're going to have to get past them without drawing any attention"
"Ok…how?"
"I think I have an idea!" Alec said as he stared at the stream of water running past them.
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"We have everything necessary to build it, but with at least twenty of us working, it will take around ten hours to have it up and running" The pale creature said as it examined the drawings of a machine he had just designed.
"And will it be enough to power the computers?"
"You kidding? It should power almost all of terminal city"
"Then you should get started, we're going to need it as soon as possible" Max replied.
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The dark tunnels were quiet; suddenly Alec and Joshua emerged from a stream of water, gasping for air. "Remind me to never do that again!"
"Joshua, also never again"
"god I wish I had a shower right about now" Alec said as he began climbing up a ladder and out of a manhole, "Now we just have to find a way to get everything back"
"Hey!" a man shouted in the distance, "Look! They're coming out of the sewers"
"They must be more of those mutants!" another man shouted, "Get them! Don't let them get away!"
"This is not good" Alec said as an angry mob ran towards them.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Hope you liked it, more coming soon.
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