Disclaimer: I do not own Dark Angel but the OC's are mine and so is thestory line!
This fic is set after the series and after the two books. If you haven't read the books I suggest you do they are awesome. There is a prequal book andtwo sequal books.I take characters and explanaitions of how things went down from both books so if you haven't read them there will be some stuff that doesn't fit. Ask me if you have any questions.
This chapterrecaps the series and the books a little before getting into the good stuff.
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Max stood looking out the window of her penthouse apartment. She gazed over Seattle watching the sunrise over the Emerald City, and thinking about what she had accomplished since her escape from Manticore when she was 9.
She had found her way to Seattle when she was 19. At first she had come to the city looking for her brother Seth, but had found a normal life along the way.
She met her best friend Original Cindy (OC) on the way up. Once in Seattle she got a job at a bike messenger company called Jam pony. Max had found a family with OC and all of her Jam pony friends.
For the first time in her life, she had friends, a kick ass apartment, a steady job, and a normal routine. She supplemented her meager income with the not so legal hobby of cat burglary and life was good.
One night she robbed this very apartment, which belonged to the rich liberal cyber journalist named Logan Cale. She discovered that Logan was the underground cyber journalist called eyes only.
Max eventually joined Logan in his fight against wrongdoing, and he helped her find her brothers and sisters who had escaped with her.
After a year she was caught by Manticore after an attempt to take it down went sideways. Eventually she escaped again burning Manticore to the ground and freeing all the transgenics in the process.
Unfortunately before being destroyed the people at Manticore further screwed up her life by making her the carrier of a virus to kill Eyes Only, who remember is the man she loves Logan Cale.
Then the new bad guy in her life reared his ugly head. Special Agent Ames White was assigned to clean up the Manticore mess. Little did the government know that he was involved in an ancient breeding cult bent on the destruction of the transgenics and especially Max.
He eventually went against the FBI and let the cat out of the bag. The fact that transgenics were out in the world had reached public ears. The ordinaries (normal people) persecuted Max's people and drove them underground.
They set up camp in an abandoned sector of Seattle called terminal city. Jam Pony became the transgenic underground helping transgenics throughout the city get to the base and to send in supplies.
One day a few transgenics, a lizard man named Mole, a gentle giant dog man named Joshua, and 2 X5's were caught out in the open. A police standoff broke out at jam pony.
Max and the transgenics thwarted White's plans to make the situation turn out badly. They made it back to Terminal City and stood their ground.
The siege at terminal city, as it came to be called, lasted about 6 months. After the siege Max and her people became an accepted and productive part of society. A fellow X5 named Alec was elected to city counsel and the tension between the ordinaries and the transgenics dissipated.
In Max's personal life things were going even better. A cure was found for the virus that kept her and Logan apart. They became engaged and were married 3 years ago. Max and Logan hung up their "saving the world" superhero suits and settled down to start a family, although a few Eyes Only cable hacks brought down bad guys every once in a while.
Now max had everything she could ask for. A wonderful husband, a penthouse apartment with a stunning view, a beautiful 2 year old daughter (named Evelyn after on of her sisters), and peace of mind knowing that Evee would grow up proud of who she is and be accepted.
But something still pulled at Max's heart. She had been able to find out what had happened to all of her siblings, all except the two closest to her.
Max had never found out what had happened to her sisters Leigh and Jondy.
Leigh was an experiment that Lydecker himself came up with. She was born when the rest of the X-5 group was about 4. The point of the experiment was to see if she would have accelerated development when placed with the group of older kids.
Max saw Leigh for the first time at age six. Jondy and Max were already the closest of the X-5 group. Max watched as the guard ushered the frightened little 2-year-old girl with a head of hair (hair was unusual bc they all had buzz cuts) into the barracks (sleeping quarters).
The small girl had light brown shoulder length hair and small brown eyes. She stood there alone as the guard left, thumb in her mouth. She didn't wear the grey gown they all did and was dressed in something Max was unfamiliar with.
She knew they were civilian clothes, but until now all Max had seen were the grey gowns, the cameo military clothes, and the jumpsuits the janitors wore.
The soft pink of the girl's ruffled shirt with the cartoon looking black and white dog in the center was the brightest thing in Max's blue grey world, and the black pants with white paw prints only made the small girl look more foreign.
In her free hand the small figure clung to something that was also foreign to Max, a stuffed white rabbit. The small girl silently looked around the room her eyes meeting all of the X-5's. She looked at Max the longest and Max felt as if the girl's gaze went right through her.
The small figure took a step toward Max and was immediately surrounded by the other X5s. All of the kids just looked at her. Then one of the boys, Jack, grabbed the rabbit and tried to take it from her.
A look of panic came across her face and the hand that was previously in her mouth latched onto the animal while the other hand tightened its grip.
"Mine!" a small voice cried as she looked Jack right in the eye.
"But I want to see it!" Jack said giving a tug.
"NO!" she said as she pulled the toy away from the boy and hugged it tightly, her thumb right back in her mouth.
Jack opened his mouth to say something but he was silenced by Zack the group leader. Zack bent down to the girl's eye level.
"What's your designation?" Zack asked in a clam quiet voice.
The little girl didn't say anything and Zack asked again a little harsher. The girl moved her hair off the back of her neck, where her barcode was, and turned around showing it to Zack.
"Your designation is 218?" Zack asked as she turned back around.
She nodded. Before they could introduce themselves Lydecker came into the room.
"Tension!" the officer with him said.
The kids lined up facing Lydecker at attention. 218 turned to look at who came in but didn't move.
"At ease" Lydecker said and the kids stood at ease.
He stood behind 218 "Listen up!" he boomed "this is X5-218. She is part of your unit now and is to be treated as such."
He motioned to the man behind him and the man brought in a cot and put it at the end of the row of cots already there. He went back out of the room and brought in a footlocker placing it at the foot of the bed.
"As you were" Lydecker said and the two men left the room.
The group of kids once again huddled around 218.
"Well 218, since your part of our unit now you need a name." Zack said.
218 removed her thumb from her mouth and said "218."
"No," Zack replied "218 is your designation. Now you need a name."
218 looked up at Zack expectantly. Max leaned over to Zack
"What about Leigh?" She suggested.
"What do you think 218? Is Leigh okay?" Zack asked.
218 thought about it for a second and then nodded her head in agreement and smiled.
