I Saw You
By Kara
Disclaimer: Yeah, sure, and since I own Dark Angel, this really isn't fanfiction… Then why the hell is there still that virus crap going on?
Spoilers: Brainiac
Rating: PG
Summary: He always saw Max, even if she never saw him…
A/N: I swear I'm still working on "Even Though It's Painful, Always." I'm stuck on chapter six, but I'll finish it…I swear…just keep bugging me about it.
I saw you. Even when we were little, before you were moved to the barracks, I saw you. You were the first one I was assigned to study and memorize and know, the first X-5 that I was responsible for. I knew that there was an 85% chance that you would get the whole name thing before anyone else--before your brother Zack even. I knew there was a 98.67% chance you'd suffer from seizures the way Jen and then Jack did. I never told the Colonel that though. There were six of us who were brought up to study you and your brothers and sisters, but there was only a .02% chance that we'd actually care for each other. You competed for the love of your brothers and sisters. We competed because we knew someone had to be smartest, and someone had to win.
You escaped. I knew there was only a 66.5% chance that Zack would get you guys out. We underestimated you, the same way the Colonel did. I thought it was only a 55% chance that Zack'd even take all of you. My bet was always on him taking you and the little one, Jondy. I think I envied the three of you the most, because you all really loved each other. They didn't bother teaching us love. Love doesn't win war, and it only clouds a General's thoughts if he cares about the welfare of his soldiers. That was the mistake they made with your brother Zack. He cared too much.
After you escaped, I wanted to cry. I didn't, though, because I knew that you'd come back someday. After you escaped, I studied you so much that it was like you weren't even gone. I knew it was a 46.7% chance that you'd come back within five years, but after they got Brin, and then Zack last year, I knew the chances were increasing to almost 78%. And you did. You came back. And you were more beautiful than you had been then, with a soldier's buzz and cami gear.
You were beautiful. I didn't know what the word was, but when I first heard it, I knew it meant you. I know they tortured you. I know the Colonel put you through every test we could devise to see if you could make it. Your life was never easy. I still envied you and your brothers and sisters though. You laughed, you smiled. You loved them. That's something Manticore didn't have to teach you. It was something you already knew. I didn't see X-5452 the way the Colonel and the TAC leaders did. I saw you. You never let them break you. You…you were the magnificent one.
By Kara
Disclaimer: Yeah, sure, and since I own Dark Angel, this really isn't fanfiction… Then why the hell is there still that virus crap going on?
Spoilers: Brainiac
Rating: PG
Summary: He always saw Max, even if she never saw him…
A/N: I swear I'm still working on "Even Though It's Painful, Always." I'm stuck on chapter six, but I'll finish it…I swear…just keep bugging me about it.
I saw you. Even when we were little, before you were moved to the barracks, I saw you. You were the first one I was assigned to study and memorize and know, the first X-5 that I was responsible for. I knew that there was an 85% chance that you would get the whole name thing before anyone else--before your brother Zack even. I knew there was a 98.67% chance you'd suffer from seizures the way Jen and then Jack did. I never told the Colonel that though. There were six of us who were brought up to study you and your brothers and sisters, but there was only a .02% chance that we'd actually care for each other. You competed for the love of your brothers and sisters. We competed because we knew someone had to be smartest, and someone had to win.
You escaped. I knew there was only a 66.5% chance that Zack would get you guys out. We underestimated you, the same way the Colonel did. I thought it was only a 55% chance that Zack'd even take all of you. My bet was always on him taking you and the little one, Jondy. I think I envied the three of you the most, because you all really loved each other. They didn't bother teaching us love. Love doesn't win war, and it only clouds a General's thoughts if he cares about the welfare of his soldiers. That was the mistake they made with your brother Zack. He cared too much.
After you escaped, I wanted to cry. I didn't, though, because I knew that you'd come back someday. After you escaped, I studied you so much that it was like you weren't even gone. I knew it was a 46.7% chance that you'd come back within five years, but after they got Brin, and then Zack last year, I knew the chances were increasing to almost 78%. And you did. You came back. And you were more beautiful than you had been then, with a soldier's buzz and cami gear.
You were beautiful. I didn't know what the word was, but when I first heard it, I knew it meant you. I know they tortured you. I know the Colonel put you through every test we could devise to see if you could make it. Your life was never easy. I still envied you and your brothers and sisters though. You laughed, you smiled. You loved them. That's something Manticore didn't have to teach you. It was something you already knew. I didn't see X-5452 the way the Colonel and the TAC leaders did. I saw you. You never let them break you. You…you were the magnificent one.