Under the surface

Summary: We all have things hidden under the surface, is Max's loosing her grip of her darker sides?

Pairing: Will be M/A later on.

Disclaimer: Alec is mine, don't anyone dare touching him!! Okay, my shrink says I should be honest, they aint mine. But you knew that, didn't you? *cough* besserwisser

AN: Fanfiction is new for me so I'm in a desperate need of criticism. Think it sucked? C'mon, tell me!!

Chapter One
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The nomaly was almost human looking. Thin and tall but with a little to thick skin with an almost green shade. Its eyes were red and stirring, very unfocused. 'Probably a X3 with to much snake DNA' Eight year old X5-452, also known as Max guessed.

She stood with her unit, facing Lydecker and the nomaly. Their backs were straight, their heads high and their feet exactly 12 inches apart.

"Run" the Colonel whispered to the frightened creature.

Max's eyes met Ben's for a second as they watched the nomalys back disappear into the wood. Their eyes talked the same, soundless language. They were made to do this, and they knew it.

"Go!" Lydecker ordered and watched his kids follow the creature. "Make me proud..."

Ben and Max moved in perfect, synchronized moves, some meters above the others. Zack might be their leader but he also knew when to fall back. This was the game of Max and Ben.

Adrenaline rushed through her veins and she felt like flying. They caught up with the nomaly fast. Their circled around it, teased it, watched its panic with interest. Their circles grew smaller, and they began to beat it slightly. They didn't kick or punch hard enough to make any real damage but hard enough to hurt. Max and Ben danced with each other, their eyes sharing the same, wild glint.

Max knew it was scared, she could smell it. She threw her head back as a load animalistic sound escaped her throat, a growl. The fear vibrated in the air and she opened her mouth and her tongue flew out to taste it, taste the panic...

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Max snapped up into a sitting position in her bed. Her heart beat fast, her pulse were high and the adrenaline flowed in her body. Her tongue was still halfway out of her mouth. Do you know what fear tastes like? Max knew. Fear tastes sweet but with a bitter edge, exciting and arousing.

'No! Not again' she thought in panic. The dream had followed her the last week. She usually didn't sleep much and the dreams made her avoid it even more but last night Alec had almost forced her to get some sleep.

She went to her small bathroom and washed her face in the cold water. Her pulse were still higher than normal. She didn't want to dream, she didn't want to be reminded! She caught a glint of her face in the mirror over the washbowl. And in her eyes... in her eyes she saw a flicker of something, a memory, a long time ago, but never forgotten. His eyes, her eyes... 'No!'

She punched the mirror, sending splinter of glass all over the bathroom. Her hand started bleeding but she didn't notice. 'No, no, no! I am not like him'

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