Title: Seattle

Rating: R

Summary: Zack meets X-6 another escaped groug from Manticore and together X-5 and X-6 lead the final attack against Manticore. Ben isn't a killer in this story and is still alive, Zack escaped from Manticore and went back to Seattle. Tinga's heart was donated to Max and so she is alive. Set after "And Jesus Brought a Casserole". Pleaz Review after reading this. My first fic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Dark Angel, I own the X-6es, but am not making any money off of this. James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee own Dark Angel.

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Part one:

At a club in Seattle, Zack's pov:

She was so beautiful, like an angel. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her and she kept looking around, like she knew someone was watching her, but didn't know who. She was more beautiful than Max. He missed Max a lot. 'I'll get her someday,' he thought. Zack wandered over near to where her clique was and chatted casually with the people around him that he knew. She looked over at him and as their eyes made contact, he had the oddest sense of deja vu. He knew that he had seen her at Manticore before the escape.

He knew that she wasn't an X-5 because he knew where all of the X-5s were. She wasn't an X-7 because they were just little kids, clones of the X-5s. Too young to be anything else except an X-6. X-6 had more than cat dna in them and each one was different, none were the same combination.

He finally got enough courage to get up and go talk to her. So he walked up to her when she got up to get more beer for her friends.

"Hey," Zack said ploitely,"I couldn't help but notice your gorgeous eyes. Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure," she replied,"My name is Mel, by the way."

"My name is Zack," he said, taking her to the back of the club." I'd like to know, who you are because, I had the oddest sense of deja vu looking at you earlier. To make it easier, I'm X-5."

"Oh, that. You are? I'm X-6," she said. She held out her hand to shake and when he took it an electric shock went up both of their arms. They jumped back quickly.

"So," Mel said, tying to be casual,"how long have you been here? I've never seen you before."

"I just got here a couple days ago. My friend and fellow X-5 used to live here before Manticore got her."

"That's terrible!!!!" Mel said astonished.

"I'm going to get her out someday." Zack said.

"How did you get here?" Mel asked.

"My motorcycle, I love the feel of freedom." he said.

"So do I. Would you like to meet some of my fellow X-6s?" she asked.

"Sure, I'd live to see if I know them and see if they know me," he said with a smile on his face. Mel led him over to her clique and introduced him.

"This is Kaylin, Kaila, Krisi, Mark, Morgan, Alex, Michael, Reese, Katie, Elisabeth, Khrystyn, and our friend, Mitchell." Mel said. "Everyone, this is Zack."

"Hey Zack," they all said at the same time.

"Hey," Zack said.

'I recognise everyone here,' he thought. 'All of them but Mitchell that is.'

"Would you like to dance?" Zack asked Mel.

"I'd love to." she said. He took her hand and led her to the dance floor. They started dancing to fast track and found that they were both very good dancers. Soon, as more fast tracks came on, people started forming a ring around them and watching them. Finally the crowd dispersed as a slow song came on. Zack put his arms around Mel's waist and she put her arms around his neck as they started slow-dancing. Then he saw a barcode on the back of her neck.

"You have one too?" he asked her quietly.

"Yeah, unfortunatley," she replied.

"I've been meaning to ask, I know the X-6es had more than cat DNA in them, so, what DNA do you have in you?"

"I have Cat, Wolf, Bat and Lizard."

"The Wolf would explain your eyes then. They are gorgeous."

"Thank you."

"Your Welcome."

"What about you? I heard that a few X-5s had extra dna besides cat. Are you one of them?"

"Yeah, I have Cat and Shark."

"Interesting combination."

"Yeah." The song ended and they got off of the dance floor. "Would you like to go for a ride on my motorcycle?"

"I'd love to. Let me just tell my friends." Mel went over to her friends and told them where she was going. Then she came back and they went outside to his Kawasaki Motorcycle.

"Would you like to go to the Space Needle?" Zack asked.

"Sure I've never been there before," she replied. They got on his bike and left the club in the direction of the Space Needle.

"A long time ago there was a museum at the bottom of the Space Needle called Experience Music Project, or EMP. I'v heard that it was a really neat place to go. They used to hold Bumperchute near there. It was amazing."

"That would be really neat to go to."

"I also heard that the building that EMP was in was shaped like one of Jimmy Hendriz's smashed guitars."

"Interesting," Mel said.

"Yeah," Zack said and they settled back for the ride.

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