Well, some need to knows are: Biggs is still alive because hey, I like him; this is set two years after "Freak Nation" and Joshua's flag raising, the government finally gave in and gave the transgenics semi-citizenship as long as they pretty much stay in TC; White is still out and about but they are working on getting him out of the picture; Lu is my OC and I'll explain more about her later, ok that's pretty much it, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I so don't own Dark Angel if I did Jensen Ackles would totally be sitting with me in my bed right now, am I right?

Chapter One: There It Is Again

Alec cautiously entered the Terminal City Command Center, keeping his eyes and ears wide open for any sign of a certain high-strung brunette that was sure to chew his head off for not doing his last couple reports. Sure enough as soon as he was sure the coast was clear, there she was in all her bitchy glory stalking towards him with a very pissed off look on her face. He sighed, and silently debated fleeing to his apartment before she could reach him.

Deciding that she would be even more pissed off if he did that, he slapped a smirk on his face and leaned casually against the wall, waiting for her Supreme Bitchiness (Mole's new nickname for her that had caught on rather quickly in TC) to reach him.

"Don't you smirk at me you lazy, conceited, smart-ass!" she fumed as she reached him.

"Ah, Maxie, always a pleasure," Alec answered easily.

Her expression faltered for a second, and then she resumed her furious expression.

"Where the hell have you been?"

This question threw Alec for a loop as he tried to figure out where exactly she was heading with that statement.

"I…well…I was in my apartment," he finally answered her.

"Oh, I see, so while I went out on the Recon. Mission that you set up and that you were in charge of but you didn't show up for," she got closer to him and poked him in the chest with every emphasized you and her chocolate colored eyes were ablaze, "You were in your apartment screwing some blonde bimbo no doubt leaving me, Biggs, and Lu to be chased down by White and have to sit in the sewers for hours before we could make it back here."

Comprehension dawned on Alec's face as he remembered all too well the mission he had set up to ah acquire some extra medical necessities that the new head field-med, Hawk, had been bugging Max and Alec, her SIC (second-in-command) for every waking moment.

"Maxie, I'm sorry, look I wasn't with some blonde okay I was catching up on some sleep, while you may be Miss Shark DNA who needs no sleep, I on the other hand do," Alec replied a bit pissed that she automatically assumed the worst of him, "And you didn't have to be such a bitch about it, I mean why didn't you just come and get me?"

Max's eyes blazed, and anyone who was still in the command center hurriedly exited the room. The Two fearless leaders of TC were known for their fights around TC and how messy they always ended up. As Mole exited however he of course had to give his fair share.

"Princess, and Oh Fearless Leader of ours' don't forget about that 9:00 meeting in the board room in-between all this foreplay," and with one last smirk and the insertion of yet another cigar into his lizard-mouth he was gone.

Max's glare, which had been trained on the lizard man turned back to Alec.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't control Mole," Alec said raising his hands in mock surrender.

Max sighed, she was tired. There was no other way to put it. It had been a long day and she was still covered in the very powerful aroma of the lovely sewer system. So instead of continuing the argument further, she let it drop and she collapsed into a nearby chair.

"Whatever Alec, I'm sorry, just go, get some sleep or something."

Puzzled, Alec watched her as she turned to some nearby papers shuffling them around to make it look like she was doing something productive. Like, he didn't know her better than that.

"Come on Maxie, I'll walk you back to your apartment and you can get some sleep too," he finally sighed.

"Don't call me Maxie," she said half-heartedly, but let him pull her up and out of the room.

A petite, dark-haired X5 smirked as she watched her adoptive brother lead TC's leader out of Command. She shook her head as she caught his eye. He merrily smirked and continued the snarky banter he had going with said leader and Lu's best friend. There was a thin line between love and hate and Max and Alec had enough sexual tension to blow past that line in a heartbeat. But, they were both too damn stubborn.

Then, Lu suddenly got a blast of images in her mind, and she almost fell had it not been for someone strong and warm catching her. But, there was no time for recognition with the images speeding through her mind. When they were done she turned to Biggs, who had caught her.

"We've got about three minutes," she stated gravely.

Biggs' eyes went wide with recognition and he started barking out orders to people around Command. Alec and Max hearing the sudden shouting appeared in the room out of nowhere, all traces of the exhaustion of moments before gone as they came to stand in front of the small gray-eyed girl.

"Lu, what is it?" Max asked anxiously.

"Familiars, two minutes, bomb" Lu answered quickly.

Somehow, Biggs had managed to get Luke and Dix to send an alarm around TC and that was all they had time for. Then Lu grabbed him by the hand and started pulling him in a direction she was sure had less of a blow. Alec roughly through a struggling Max over his shoulder and ran after them along with some X6's and Mole.

Then there was a large boom, a white flash, and black, complete and endless black.

Okay so, not the best start, I know a lot of people are going to be confused, but don't worry, I'll explain in later chapters about Lu and the bomb and all of the rest. Reviews are the best gift in the world I really don't care if they are bad honestly I mean if no one like what I wrote I'm obviously not going to want to continue this. So, let me know. If I have no reviews I'll drop the story. Okay well thanks a bunch for reading!

*Haha oh and yes I named my OC after me, I know so original.

Lu