DARK ANGEL 2022:  Manticore Aftermath:  (HDCC 2)

By Shannon Hearn

The characters of Dark Angel are owned by Twentieth Century Fox Television and Cameron Eglee productions.  All other characters are of my creation.

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Parental advisory:  This chapter is rated "R" due to it containing mild sexual content and nudity. 

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Chapter 2:  Mirror images of life, New lives, New Loves, and Hormones Galore

            Nanushka was hanging with her friends Alessandrea and Janette as they went on their Friday night bar hopping throughout the city of Seattle.  The three of them were Lesbians and given that Alessandrea and Janette were all over each other was making her night something that she did not want to be part of.  Between Alessandrea's olive Italian skin moving around in her long black cotton busty dress and Janette's equally busty white dress and elegant flowing blond hair made the two of them look like the yen and yang of each other's lives.  But after the two took a passionate kiss with tongues Nan had up and had it.  "Alice and Janette, will the two of you go and get a room."  Nanushka said as her Russian heritage started to come through with her cursing in her native tongue as they walked into a place named Crash.  With that they entered a bar that looked like some serious party was going on.  The people looked like a mixture of ethnic groups and social strata that had come to here for some party. 

            "Wow this place seems to be hopping seriously."  Alessandrea said as she pulled herself away from Janette's luscious mouth to look around the room to find a place to sit. 

            "Yeah, it must be some party going on."  Nanushka said as she looked through the room.  That was when she saw several people sitting in a back room playing pool talking heavily and having a good time.  But there was a girl that caught her eye.  A lush Nubian beauty that extruded strength and sexuality, two aspects she wished to have but she was too scared to achieve on her own.  That was when a huge man moved by her that could have doubled for Mount Everest as he moved into the back room and sat down next to her.  Nan was put off in that that lovely beauty was a hetro, but it was when the girl got up and started to walk towards her and sat down at the table she was at. 

            "Hey there Beautiful."  The Nubian said to her, as within moments they both knew they were both Lesbians. 

            "So, what's with the celebration here?"  Nanushka said looking the gorgeous Nubian. 

            "Well Boo and her friends are celebrating the fact that they are going to live their lives off the hook from being hunted by White and his crew."  The Nubian said to Nanushka as she looked around the room at the various people.  Every once awhile she would see a barcode on the back of their necks then there was a pause when Nanushka started to speak back to the Nubian by her.

            "So all these people are..." Nanushka said as she started to digest the information she was confronted with. 

            "Transgenic. No.  Only a few of them are but the ones here are mainly her close friends."  The Nubian said as Nanushka started to gulp loudly. 

            "So are you..." Nan was too afraid to finish the sentence. 

            "Transgenic.  No, I'm not, but I'm Boo's roommate and best friend so I have known about what she is and how her people move and behave for some time now."  The Nubian said as Nan started to relax.  "I'm one hundred percent Black Human Lesbian."  She said in pride.

            "Wow, I'm one too..." Nanushka said to the Nubian across from her. 

            "You definitely don't look like a Black girl?" the Nubian said as Nan started to giggle aloud. 

            "No." Nan said as she tried her best to stifle her giggles.  "I'm a Lesbian like you." 

            "So what's your name girl?" the Nubian said to Nan with a wide grin. 

            "Nanushka."  Nan said as she waited a moment to continue.  "So what is yours?" 

            "Cynthia McEachin but every body knows me as Original Cindy." Cindy said in pride.  "So what brings Ya here?"  Cindy questioned. 

            "I'm here with some friends out bar hopping."  Nan said starting to warm up to the Nubian as a human looking female Caucasian Transgenic with black hair came up to them and Cindy seemed to recognize her. 

            "Hey have you seen a female Transgenic around here named Max."  The Transgenic said as Cindy gave the woman a look of "You have to be joking me." 

            "Look Asha, I don't know what kinky games you have been playing with Alec but Max is in the backroom with your boyfriend who is having his ass kicked at the pool table by Logan."  Cindy said to the woman, as she was flabbergasted at what was said to her.  "Oh another thing Asha you owe Joshua an apology for the Entire furry little things insult you gave him a while back."  Cindy concluded as "Asha" was getting more concerned about what she had heard. 

            "Okay, X5-452 Max is in the back room."  "Asha" said as she let the two be. 

            "What was that all about?"  Nanushka said to Cindy as they both wondered what that was all about. 

            "I don't know but Asha is doing old Golden Boy Alec and I think whatever has happened with her has to deal with the uncertainty they both feel to each other or something like that."  Cindy said as Nan just watched the woman move into the pool table backroom. 

            "So, What is it like having the famous 452 as a roommate?"  Nanushka said to Cindy as the two of them started to bond as friends and as lovers. 

            "It can be interesting but having some of people show up at the front door tends to make things interesting."  Cindy said as they started to get to know each other as people.  By the end of the night they would making love to each other as they learned how the other liked to be held and touched.  Cindy would find out that Nanushka was someone that had a high cuddly factor to her that made their lovemaking all that much more intimate and long lasting. 

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            Asha Barlow was moving next to Aspen as she started to get the feeling that much of Alec's past was some pretty sensitive stuff for her to be trudging into.  But Aspen had given her some information about Rachel Berrisford and that Alec had been assigned to assassinate the girl's father on a deep cover mission but he had fallen in love with Rachel and wanted to run off with her.  But things were not meant to be in that when he was about to stage the death of her father, Alec's superiors had set off the explosion and Rachel had bore the grunt of the impact as they grabbed him and took him back to base.  For nearly a year Alec had beat himself up for not being able to save her and the PsyOps programming that they had attempted to dump into him went no where.  He had still loved Rachel and he was scared that if he fell in love with Asha he would have to deal with this pain once again.  Asha wanted to let him know that it was okay for him to grieve for what had happened and that she would not leave him.  She had suffered tragedies in her life as well in that she had lost her brother when he attempted to figure out something pertain to her and the fertility clinic that had cooked her up for her parents.  So taking a bathroom break she had moved into the lady's room to take a piss, for the moments she had to digest the information as she left the stall to wash her hands she was confronted by two women, one with Strawberry hair in a black business suit in her mid thirties and a Blond in a skanky black dress in her late teens probably in her early twenties. 

            "Jondy..." the Blond said to Asha as she started looking at her.  "It's me Kristin.  You know your annoying half pint that took your sweater and dripped fruit punch all over it."  Asha just looked at the girl with the "What planet are you from?" glance as she started to move to the sink and stared to wash her hands. 

            "Listen I know that you are a transgenic and that it is a sensitive subject for you."  The red head said to Asha as Asha started to get an idea of what was going on.  There was some transgenic running around out there and since Asha had almost the same physical features as the Transgenic people this woman and her friend thought that she was this Jondy person.  That was when the blond Kristin butted in with the whaa look on her face. 

            "Wait Jondy is a Transgenic and you didn't tell me who else knows?  Jesse?"  Kristin said waving her arms around. 

            "Yes, Jesse knows that Jondy is a Transgenic she came out and told him Kristin."  The red head said as Asha decided to start to smooch out of the way after she had dried her hands and started to head for the door.  That was when she encountered a large very attractive dark skinned man that had just came through the door and looked at Asha with the same familiar look on his face. 

            "Jondy...  Is that you?"  With that Asha had up and had it as Aspen rushed in to save her. 

            "Asha," Aspen said as she rushed into the middle of the crowd.  "It's good that I found you." Aspen said as her red hooded Lycra jacket ruffled as she moved. 

            "Aspen, its good that you are here."   Asha said as she moved next to her Transgenic friend.  "What the hell is going on here?"  Aspen just looked around as she got a sense of what was happening. 

            "Asha, I think I forgot to tell you something about your past."  Aspen said as she took Asha by the hand and walked her out of the women's room.  "It has to deal with your origins and you better brace yourself Asha."  Aspen paused for a moment before she continued.  "Max's sister Jondy was cloned off of you."  Asha was just flabbergasted. 

            "Wha..."  Asha just looked at Aspen as if the girl had her head on backwards. 

            "Yeah, um I might be able to explain things better Asha, we have to go visit Max and Logan real quick."  Aspen said as they started to move through the crowd to the backroom. 

            "Yeah why is that?"  Asha said wondering what was going on, she had someone with her face moving around and what mischief that individual was up to.  She was probably all over Alec.   Alec, her Alec; that was the last straw; Asha took whatever will she had and went faster and broke away from Aspen's grasp and marched like a person possessed. 

            "The Bitch dies now..." With that Asha marched right into the backroom as Kristin who was behind her kept saying "Jondy has a clone."  That was when Asha met Jondy for the first time and the look of seeing the mirror image of someone wearing your face right in front of you is definitely an intimidating image for someone to wrap their head around.  That was around the time that Jondy called Alec "Ben". 

            "Get your hands off of my boyfriend you..." Asha said with the tone of someone who was about to shoot daggers from her eyes.  The bug-eyed look on Jondy's face was priceless.  As Asha was about to deck the female Transgenic, Aspen brought her hand up to grab Asha's arm to prevent her from knocking Jondy to the floor.  The commotion that was going on made both Asha's and Jondy's friends look at each other with wonder about what was going on.  That was when Aspen decided to step in and intervene. 

            "Everybody could I have hour attention here."  Aspen said to the room.  A moment later the room was silent as Aspen told what happened.  "Max it looks like the surprise that I was planning to cheer you up with kinda blew up in my face."  Aspen said as she started to look at the floor.  "A few weeks back after you called Asha "Jondy" I started to use my powers to see if I could get a bean on her."  Aspen said as she pointed to the Dark haired Jondy who was standing next to Logan as he rested some of his weight on the pool cue in front of him.  "Well I contacted her and was planning to hold a party cheer Max up but with the Siege and the rest of the mess we have been dealing with in the past few weeks, I kinda misplaced when the event was going to take place."  Aspen said as Sam, Krit and Danni came into view and walked in to the party. 

            "Hey Guys what is going on? "  The younger 453 said to the group. 

            "Nothing much Danni, just dealing with an identity crisis here."  Logan said as he looked over as Jondy moved over to her boyfriend Jesse and Asha moved next to Alec. 

            "I get the feeling when they made you guys Jondy, they kinda ran you guys off a production line?"  Kristin said as the entire room started to nod in response to her question. 

            "So, My clone is dating Ben." Jondy said looking at Asha and Alec. 

            "You mean 493...  He died over a year ago.  I'm 494 his clone."  Alec said reaching over and wrapped his arms around Asha to comfort her. 

            "Alec..." Asha said as the two of them started to talk together.  "I Know what happened to Rachel and that it was ordered by your commander Johanssen."  Asha said as Jondy stared to wonder what happened to Alec during some Manticore mission that had occurred years earlier. 

            "Asha I know but I know that I might lose you."  Alec said as Asha leaned over and kissed him on the lips. 

            "Alec I know how much you miss her and the price you paid in your attempt to gain a life and to have it snatched away from you.  I know that I am not what you call a normal girl, but I will be here for you through the good times and the bad."  Asha said as Alec attempted to pull away from her but Asha held on closer to him.  "Alec I know how much you hurt from Rachel's loss and the guilt you feel over letting her die in the explosion but there was nothing you could do to stop it.   Johanssen pushed the button that took her life so if there is anyone to blame for what happened to her it is him."  Asha said as she laid her head on his chest.  Alec leaned over and kissed her on the forehead and started to scratch behind one of her ears in the traditional Transgenic sign of emotional affection. 

            "I know Asha and I am scared of what is going to happen next to us."  Alec said as Asha started cuddle next to him as Jondy got the idea that Ben's clone had a ton of emotional baggage to deal with his relationship with her "clone" as they were both afraid and relived to what would happen next.  That was when Max let the two be as she moved over to look at Jondy. 

            "So Jondy what have you been up to?"  Max said as she moved over to where Jondy was standing with her friends.  Jondy who was taken back from this had heard just bits and pieces about Max's life since the night of the escape back in '09. 

            "Well for the past few years I have been living in San Francisco."  Jondy said looking at Max as the two sisters started to realize that they had a lot of catching up to do.  Aspen knew she was going to catch some flack for her actions but looking at the faces of Jondy's friends and her boy friend who was moving up behind Jondy and took the female Transgenic into his arms. 

            "Jondy, I know that this is a family thing but I know that it is going to be a long journey for you but If you want me to sit with you and listen all about your childhood and her how the two of you."  Jondy's boyfriend said to her as she started to lean back by her. 

            "Jesse you can stay with me, but there are some tings you are going to hear about me and my sister Max here that will test our relationship with each other."  Jondy said as she felt Jesse's dark arms with her hands. 

            "Okay Jondy, I understand."  Jesse said as Jondy laid her head onto his chest.  Max took the scene in as she realized that it was going to be a long night for her and her long lost sister.  Shadow would have to come up with that cure for her and Logan real quick because she needed to have some sort of normal life because if she didn't she would go crazy.  But after hearing Jondy say that someone named Cindy was looking to tell Asha that she needed to apologize to someone named Joshua had all of Jondy's friends wondering who this Joshua was.  It wasn't until Joshua Large Monstrous frame came into the poolroom wearing his off road BMX helmet that Jondy got the feeling that Joshua was not "Little" at all. 

            "Hey there Little Fella."  Joshua said as he moved over to Max to give her a hug which Max happily returned back. 

            "Hey there Big Fella, so make any new friends?"  Max said looking up into Joshua's eyes.  Jondy wondered who this guy was that was so casually friendly with Max. 

            "Yes I have Max, some of your friends such as Sketchy are nice but I mostly have been sticking with the T-Bloods and the other X-series like Melfina."  Joshua said as he leaned over to whisper something into Max's ear that if you were a Transgenic you could hear what was being said.  "I've been asking Mel about Gem and what she thinks of me since after the Siege; she has been spending nights in my quarters due to her old one's not being suitable for her child thanks to the noise going on there."  Max just grinned as he pulled away to see her reaction. 

            "Joshua, I'm glad that you are helping Gem out with her baby." Max said as she looked out of the backroom to see Melfina talking with her T-Blood and X-series friends.  "But I would suggest that you read to Elfie some.  Gem would like that a lot."  Max said as Jondy started to move over to see what this Joshua looked like without his helmet on. 

            "Hey there Joshua."  Jondy said as she moved over to where Joshua was at.  "Listen I know that you are a friend of Max's and that Asha owes you an apology for some insult she said about you, but I was curious what do you look like under that Helmet."  She said as she reached up to touch the side of Joshua's helmet with her hand. 

            "Um, Joshua doesn't like to be seen in public without his helmet."  He said as he moved out of the doorway as if he was afraid of something.  It was as if he was going to be hurt by someone.  "Safety first."  He finished up. 

            "Joshua are you shy?"  Jondy asked as Max attempted to get between her and the walking mountain of a man. 

            "Jondy.  Joshua is a little sensitive about his appearance."  Max said as Joshua sat down at one of the raised tables in the room.  Jondy was taken aback by this revelation.  Then Joshua looked at Jondy as said: 

            "Jondy, I am a Nomalie."  Those words just took a moment to register in Jondy's head. 

            "Nomalie, you mean those big monstrous things that used to scare us when we were Kids."  Jondy said to Max as she looked over at Joshua. 

            "You mean like that creature that was on the cover of the New World Weekly."  Kristen said as the rest of Jondy's friends started to look over at Joshua.  "That thing sure looked pissed in that picture."

            "You be pissed too if you were hit in the stomach with a baseball bat."   Joshua said as he slowly removed his helmet off for the entire room to see his full Animal features. 

            "Oh, My..." Jondy said as Joshua's kind eyes looked over to Max then to Kristin then to her as the sadness in his eyes became apparent to everyone. 

            "People fear what they don't understand."  Joshua said as he reached over to stroke Jondy on the face.  "You see me still as a monster that scared you as a child.  I was scared that you would hurt Isaac."  Joshua said as he face and eyes told without saying much more that an image is worth a thousand words and that pain and joy are universal even for a monster who just wants to live his life in peace around his friends as he redone his helmet before everyone.   "I wear the Helmet so that I can see the world and understand it some more, Jondy.  You can move around without a mask, but we all wear masks in one way or another to shield ourselves from the monsters that seek to hurt us."  Joshua said as he looked over to Logan then he turned his gaze to Asha and Alec.  "Alec, you hurt from your pain, and Asha has pain of her own, maybe if you can see the pain the two of you are in, you can heal."  Asha and Alec looked at Joshua realizing that he knew more about them and how they really felt for each other than Aspen could flush out of them through a ton of her psychotherapy sessions. 

            "Thanks Joshua, " Asha said as she started to gain why Max was so protective of him he had an insight that helped cut through that protective skin she had and allowed her to say what needed to be said.  That was when she remembered what Jondy said several moments earlier to her.  " Joshua," Asha said. "Sorry about calling you a "Furry little friend" I was just angry at Max at the time for something that was beyond her control."  Asha said as she looked at Joshua with understanding. 

            "Joshua understands." he said.  "Max hated your guts as well.  You were bathing at Logan's place and using his towels.  Max doesn't like people marking their turf on the people and stuff she cares about.  It just the way our people are."  Joshua said as Kristin started to look at Jondy with an urge to suddenly confess what she did to Jondy's sweater and grovel literally for her life.  Kristin would apologize for her actions but for everyone in the room having Jondy and Max talk to one another and catch up was a good thing.  In Logan's mind he started to wonder about what Asha and the information that her late brother had dug up from a fertility clinic years earlier.  Manticore had to have gotten their human DNA from somewhere now he knew that one of the sources of it was from where Asha was cooked up at.  Now discovering more about what impact Manticore had on society was going to be his next mission as he had to contend with more issues coming into play with the Transgenic community slowly becoming accepted into Human society.  Things were going to get real interesting soon for Eyes Only and the Informant Net. 

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            Asha had spent the night at Alec's place.  She was scared after seeing Max's sister Jondy.  Jondy had her face...  Her face.  The images of her life washed through her mind like crazy.   Who was she really...  Human, Clone, engineered Human raised by adopted parents.  What was she really? 

            Asha had moved from sleeping in Alec's bed after he had taken up the couch.  But after all the images running through her head she had moved with a few of the bed sheets to curl up next to Alec on his sofa.  Between her panties half sagging on her ass and her shirt being ruffled like hell she just waned to feel safe around someone warm and strong. 

            "Alec."  Asha said as she sat down on the couch.  Alec who was lying there wearing his boxers and green t-shirt.  "Mind that I sleep here with you?" 

            "Asha it okay, the entire learning about the clone thing is a little uneasy."  Alec said as Asha gave him a look of okay. 

            "Yeah, I'm just trying to deal with the fact that if there is a Jondy out there with my face then am I... Me."  Asha said as she started to lean down on Alec as he hugged her tight. 

            "Trust me the entire learning that you have a clone is nothing much, in my case I had to learn that my late Brother Ben was someone who Max looked up to. But a crisis of faith turned him into a homicidal killer.  I only learned about this after I got arrested for crimes I didn't commit."  Alec said as he held Asha tighter. 

            "Yeah, I cannot wrap my mind around what it would have been like to learn that you have a brother that you didn't know about."  Asha said as she started to feel like somehow it was strange for her. 

            "Well if you want a better picture of what is like is to talk with Sam and Danni.  They share Max's face and they have to deal with some of the flack of what it is like to look like someone else."  Alec said as Asha looked into his eyes. 

            "Yeah, I just have to deal with that."  Asha said as she suddenly started to feel like she was safe once again.  "Alec Listen I know that I know about Rachel and how she felt about you, but I am not her, I know who you are and all the baggage you have.  I love you for who you are and I want to make love to you."  Asha said as she reached down to the hem of her t-shirt and started to pull it up.  Alec just looked at her as he brought his hands up to stop her from fully taking her shirt off.  Asha had cleared one of her breasts before Alec stopped her. 

            "Asha I know that you want to do this, but I want this to be something special to each other."  With that Alec sat up and along with Asha and got up and took Asha in his arms and moved over to his bed where she was sleeping and laid her there.   "Asha, now the mood is ready."  With that Alec and Asha undressed each other and slowly to make love.  Asha felt Alec's will muscled feline structured body as Alec felt Asha's smooth tattooed flesh.  They spend hours touching each other's sensitive and emotional caring areas they had.  Asha now felt feeling that she thought she would never have again since she was a teenager having the wedding fantasies every girl has while growing up.  Finding the man she would grow old with.  With that thought Asha curled up closer under Alec's arm as her arm reached over his naked chest.  She was safe and she could feel the tickling sensation as Alec scratched her behind the ears going next to her chin.  Asha bit her lip in ecstasy as she started to fall asleep.  Both she and Alec were safe and knew that they would be in love.  Though the good times and the bad, they were going to grow old together, and probably have a few kids along the way as she felt the soothing warmth from her loins between her legs from where they had made love for the first time and for the hundredth time becoming lost in each others deep eyes. 

            She was an individual and her soul was her's and she was in love with all her heart.  Within hours she would make a decision that would affect both her and Alec's lives for years to come.  She was going to give Alec the closure that Alec needed to put Rachel's ghost to rest.  She was going to pay a visit to the Berrisford Estate. 

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            In the morning Logan Cale was dealing with some major issues to deal with between learning about how Shadow had expanded the Eyes Only Informant Net and how he transformed it into a major organization.  The sheer mass of which Shadow was able to transformer the Informant Net into was stunning enough even by his standards.  But dealing with the fact that Shadow had called in every favor in for him to get back onto the air.  Logan was left dealing with the issues that Shadow had left him.  But it was the fact that this alliance was so strong due to his leadership and his use of what Logan had been able to form over years of work showed that Eyes Only wasn't just a man anymore but he had become a legend in his own right.  All of a sudden Logan got a call on his cell phone. 

            "Logan here," he said as he heard the informant talk to him.  Over the next few minutes he had heard that there was some low-end search stuff that he had been running before the Siege started.  Mostly it had to deal with locating Transgenics and keeping tabs on the criminal elements in the city.  But something caught his attention.  It was a rumor that was going around the Informant Net that Eyes Only was in love with a member of the Transgenic Community.  It had caught Logan off guard with the sheer feeling of what was going on.  How much did Shadow tell the group about his relationship with Max, or how much did he hint at it to get everyone on his side so that the broadcast that brought down White and his crew down.  It could be an advantage or a disadvantage when it came down it winning supporters or loosing them en masse. That was when Shadow entered the room and Logan was not in a good mood.

            "Shadow how much did you tell the Informant Net, S1W and your fellow Transgenics, because I just got off the phone with a contact of mine who was giving me some information about the local criminal scene and I just heard a rumor that Eyes Only is humping a Transgenic, Logan said as he got up out of his chair and slammed the Transgenic against the wall." 

            "Listen Logan, I understand that you are wondering what I did to get the Informant Net and S1W to side with me and the other Transgenics."  Shadow said as he felt Logan's enhanced upper body strength hold him against the wall of Joshua's house.  "I just did what you would have done.  I appealed to everyone's humanity.  Okay.  Hell there were rumors going about Eyes Only and the Transgenic community way before the Siege started Logan."  Shadow said as he put his hands up to Logan's clenched fists on his chest.  "Logan...  Many of the informant net think the main reason that he went after Manticore was that he had fallen in love with a Transgenic at the get go way before the fire.  Hell there were rumors about Max and the other Transgenic operatives running around, okay Logan."  Shadow said as Logan just started to put him down.  "All I did was mention the fact that this wasn't just a personal thing for EO to get back on the air.  It was his way of letting the world know that the Truth was not going to be taken off the air by sheer force by guys like White. Logan you just became a living Legend man.  You know what that means.  It means even if they try to kill you, you have already earned your place in history."  With those words Logan came to realize that his alter ego was no longer a person.  Eyes Only had become a movement that was poised to change the world.  "Logan It doesn't matter what species you belong too.  You have become a symbol to thousands and the Informant Net is a force that even me and the other Transgenics respect."  With that Logan moved away from Shadow as he moved into a nearby chair. 

            "I understand now Shadow."  Logan said as he shifted slowly the chair as he felt his lower back.  "Sorry I blew up at you.  It was that I was shocked that the idea that the Informant Net has become this organized."  Logan said as he shifted some more.  Shadow took notice of this and moved over to look at Logan. 

            "Logan is your back acting up?"  Shadow said as he leaned over Logan and Logan moved forward to let Shadow to work on his back. 

            "Yes it has been over the last few days."  Logan said as he winced in pain as Shadow poked around Logan's old bullet injury. 

            "Um."  Shadow said as he looked at the scare area around Logan's lower back.  "Logan, I think that dose of Transgenic DNA you got from Joshua a few weeks backs has started to change your biology some."  Shadow said as he moved his gaze to Logan's face. 

            "What do you mean Shadow?"  Logan worriedly said.  

            "What I mean Logan is that you are healing like a Transgenic."  Shadow said as he moved in front of Logan. 

            "I don't understand."  Logan said as h leaned back in the chair. 

            "Logan, Remember a month ago or so, I got my hands on a way to cure the virus that has been keeping you and Max apart.  Well I finished some of the research and realized that to cure you I have to change the locks it has been used to attack you."  Shadow said as Logan wondered what this meant to him. 

            "Logan Joshua's Antibodies in his blood have started to attach themselves to you bone marrow and you have gained some of our healing powers as can be seen with your spinal repair with your ability to feel things with your legs."  Shadow decided to drop him the news.  "Logan the cure for both your injury and your immunity problem with the virus can be both treated through a little technique of low end Chemo to kill off your bone marrow and you received a bone marrow transplant from a Transgenic so that you can start producing the Antibodies to the Virus in Max's system.  Logan I can cure you, what you are going through right now by accident when you came into contact with Max again and that newly mutated virus she has in her system is that your body is changing to adapt itself to a new environment and it slowly killing you as your body is starting to become confused to wither to become Human or go Transgenic.  You're becoming a Hybrid Logan and I cannot change you back to the way you were.  I can only speed up the transformation so that you can live." 

            "So what you are saying is that I am changing and that if I don't undergo this procedure, I'll die?"  Logan said to Shadow as he digested what was going through his head. 

            "Yes Logan," Shadow said, as he looked Logan in the eyes. 

            "How long do I have to live" Logan said wanting the facts of what was ahead. 

            "It looks like you have about less than a year to live before your body starts to tear itself apart at a cellular level, First your spinal injury will return, then followed by a break down of your immune system, Then massive organ failure.  The picture isn't pretty Logan."  Shadow said laying the facts towards his friend. 

            "Have you told Max yet?"  Logan said as he turned his head to look out the window.

            "No not yet.  I was going to tell her later this evening when she came back to base Logan."  Shadow said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet to look at a picture he had of his wife Jade and his Newborn Daughter Jewel.  That was when Logan decided to speak up. 

            "Tell her you found a cure for the virus but leave the fact that if I don't take the treatment I'll die in less than a Year, Okay."  Logan said as he moved his glance over to a picture he had of Max from their first year together.

            "I understand, but you will have to tell her at some point, Logan."  Shadow said getting up and moving over by his friend. 

            "I know Shadow, I know.  So how long will it be until you can start the process?"  Logan said as he picked up the photo in his hands and slowly started to caress the edge of Max's face with the tip of his finger. 

            "I say about a week or two to get the material together and run the number Logan."  Shadow said as he started to trace the side of Jade and Jewel's faces with his finger as well.  With that Logan changed the topic as he turned towards his computer workstation. 

            "So Shadow why don't you tell me how the Informant Net is now set up."  Logan said as he took the picture of Max out of its frame and placed it on the scanner and scanned it into the computer and made it the Desktop's main image for him to see.  Shadow just grinned as Logan did that and he started to give the overall command structure of the New Eyes Only Informant Net. 

***

            On another side of Seattle several young Transgenics were playing a game of X-Hoops, a type of modified Basketball game that was crossed with Tic-Tac-Toe and Rugby.  The goal of the game was to gain dominance over the nine hoops on each side in a space of four five minute quarters or who ever controlled a bulk of the eighteen hoops at the end of the four quarters won the game.  Right now E-Gad, a honeydew skinned X8 was dribbling the well-worn basketball in her hands as she blurred past her fellow X8 named Jim who was on the opposing team.  E-Gad's red hair and gold eyes glistened in wetness of the Seattle air, as she was about to give dominance to her team with this shot.  Then her sight was blinded as a reflected light beam hit her in the eyes.  The result of this light shining on her, lead her to miss the shot and make the ball miss the hoop completely as she fell to the ground.  E-Gad was pissed as hell as she got up off of the ground. 

            "Okay who was the idiot that blinded me?"  E-Gad said as she started to look in the direction of where the light was reflected into her eyes.  Several Transgenic children on both teams started to look in the same direction E-Gad was looking in.  The a Cat Nomalie Boy named David who turned to see the people sanding right behind him let out a growl of anger as his brown fur started to stand on end in anger.  Suddenly both teams started to rush over to tackle E-Gad as she started to blur at maximum speed. 

            "E-Gad...  don't..." said Jesse a X7, whose mocha brown skinned face and his stained synthetic tissue vocal cords showed worry as he and several other Transgenic children had as hey were forced to hold back the Feral X8 as she started to growl in anger at the two Ordinaries before them. 

            "Those idiots made me miss my shot..." E-Gad said as her visidual claws started to expand from between her fingers. 

            "E-Gad down..." Van said as his X-series Tiger striped body get between her and the Ordinaries that had wondered into their game.  "It's not their fault they are idiots."  He said as E-Gad stated to calm down and retract her claws in the process. 

            "Sorry about screwing up your game kids."  A woman said as she cautiously started to move towards the children. 

            "No Big."  A Nomalie Dog Girl said as she readjusted the scrunchy in her brown hair.  "We can redo the last three minutes of the game so that E-Gad and her team can redo their battle strategy.  Sound fair to you E-Gad?"  The Dog Girl said as she turned around to the Red Haired Girl. 

            "Yeah...  That sounds fine."  E-Gad said as she slowly let her mood calm down.  With that Van let go of her as she shot the reporter a look of Death Daggers that would have carved through the reporter's flesh like a set of rusty saw blades.

            "Okay..." The reporter said as she looked at the eclectic mix of ages and series of children that were before her.  "My name is Jessica Sliverstone a reporter for one of the news stations that was covering the Siege and I was looking for one of your kind."  She said unsure how to proceed as several of the "children" looked back and forth at each other. 

            "So you messed up our game for this..." Mimiru said as her hyper developed X8 Ohh-Ra body jiggled as her breasts wanted to explode out of her Red Training Bra sports top. 

            "Sorry," Jennifer said as she pulled out a picture she had made using a composite image-maker that the studio had to piece together police suspect information.  "Have you seen this girl?"  It took a moment for several of the Transgenic children to recognize the face. 

            "Yeah, we know her.  Which version do you want?"  Van said as Jesse took the image from her hands to examine more closely. 

            "What do you mean by which version?"  Jessica said as she got the feeling that the Transgenic she was looking for was probably one that got pumped off of a production line. 

            "Well, we all are cloned off the older models."  Van said as he looked over to Jesse.  "Hey Jesse could you call Helena down here it looks like a member of her particular series."  With that Jesse picked up the two-way wireless radio he and the other X7s carried with them all the time and did the "blank stare" as he communicated with his other X7s.  A moment later several girls showed up with the same facial features but with their hair dyed different colors so that they could be told apart.  Jennifer just stood there in awe with the scene before her. 

            "So, listen I understand what they mean by you guys being stamped off a production line."  Jennifer said as she took careful looks at each of the Transgenic girls until she realized that every color was here except for blue.    "Do you know where the girl is who has her hair dyed blue?"  Jennifer hoped that this question would flush out the particular Transgenic she was looking for. 

            "Yeah... you know Reice as with Fi the last time I sensed her."  Helena said as she attempted to get used to being heard by other Transgenics. Spoken Language was very different for her in that learning to communicating at a slower rate was a bizarre way of being understood by a broader group of individuals.  But Reice had picked up "Slow" at an accelerated rate than the rest of the X7s around her.  But speaking with these Ordinaries was a strange circumstance for her but if they wanted to find Reice then it was her goal to assist them in their mission.  Reice was going to hate her after this.  With that Helena took the news crew out to find Reice as Mimiru and Van joined her. 

***

            In another part of Terminal City Reice was sitting on a blanket next to her friend Fiona.  For the X8 PsyOp and the X7 combat unit there were things that could be communicated without words.  This was one of those times.  Fiona who was pacing around the roof of the parking garage and Reice was worried.  Fi was one of the few non-X7s she opened up to on a daily basis with.  And seeing her like this made Reice worry.

            "[Fiona PsyOp Generation Eight please stop pacing around, you are mentally detrimental to your current combat effectiveness.  Please give situational update about personal mental state.]"  Reice communicate to Fiona using her X7 "Telepathy".  Fiona got the message in her mind and stopped pacing around and moved over to Reice on the Blanket.  Fiona whose current garb was a black long sleeve t-shirt and a black pair of jeans and a pair of fingerless gloves made her light skin and blond hair stand out.  Reice whose black pupil-less eyes looked up to Fiona with worry. 

            "Reice I don't know what to do."  The young PsyOp said as she leaned over on Reice's long blue jacket and looked into Reice eyes.  "Given what is going on, I want to know more about who our allies and enemies are."  Fiona said as she curled up on the blanket.  Reice leaned over and gave a side-by-side hug to her friend. 

            "I understand Fi, you are curious from being outside of Terminal City as the Siege took place with me and had to deal with various groups who you didn't know how to operate around."  Reice said in "Slow" as Fiona started to grin some. 

            "No it isn't that, it was when I was around Sam's little boy, I just didn't know how to behave round him.  But it isn't that I think that being around so many Ordinaries is kinda scaring me and that I might be curious about one of them?"  Fiona said as she tried to figure out how to say what she had on her mind. 

            "[Fiona I understand what you are saying.]"  Reice said with her "Telepathy" as she switched towards speaking normally again.  "You want to know if this Ordinary you want to learn about is right for you.  But I thought you were with Van."  Reice said turning her head in curiosity.  Fiona took this and looked right back at her. 

            "Reice it isn't that I want to mate with this guy, it is that I am curious about one of our allies.  I want to know how he moves, but I still am in love with Van."  Fiona said as Reice digested this information. 

            "So you want to be friends with this individual?"  Reice said stating the question to her friend. 

            "Yes I do, I know that he is older than me, but I just want to get and know him.  But Van and I have that link that we both feel for each other the same way."  Fi said getting all dewy eyed on her friend.  Reice gave her friend a brush on the cheek with her hand as she grinned. 

            "I know but I want to find a mate like you have.  Someone that has the same tastes in fruit and fried bugs I do."  Reice said as she let the back of her jacket puff up from her wings started to expand from the erotic images she had of her ideal mate dance around in her mind.  That was when Fi sensed something coming their way.  Two Ordinary Reporters, a X7 and Van with another Ohh-Ra all searching for them. 

            "Hey Fiona, Reice...  We have been searching for you guys."  Van said as he saw where they were at and blurred over to them leaving the reporters in shock with his speed.  With that Reice turned to see with her enhanced vision the two reporters whose lives she saved during the "Battle of the Freaks."  Reice stood up to walk over to Van. 

            "Hey Van, how was the X-Ball game?"  Reice said as she tuned her gaze to Helena who in a moment communicated the events of the Ball game to her in 3D THX super surround sound digitally enhanced image clarity to her, that and images of Jesse's gluts during the game. 

            "Well E-Gad missed the shot and was pissed so we have to do a do over of the fourth quarter of the game."  Van said as the Reporters and Mimiru started to come over as they looked at the construction materials spread about the roof of the parking structure.  "So what have you two been talking about?"  Van said as Reice and Fiona started to blush. 

            "Girl stuff..." They both said as Mimiru got the feeling that she was somewhere in the conversation along with Van.  "You know how has the hottest buts, abs, legs, and 494's love life."  Fiona switched over to finish the conversation. 

            "494..." the Journalist said as all of a sudden there was a yell at the top of someone's lungs. 

            "MAX I SLEPT WITH ALAC.  WE HAD THE GREATEST SEX EVER KNOWN... ...TO THE TWO OF US.  AND I LOVE HIM."  The voice yelled as the residents of Terminal City started to come out to see the girl who confessed her love of the man she was in love with to the world.  With that Fiona and Reice blurred over to the edge of the parking structure and a moment later the Reporters caught up to them as they looked down to a head of blond hair as the voices started to flow up to the upper levels of the parking structure. 

            "Who is that?"  Jennifer said as she looked down into the column of people as they moved around.  Reice and Fiona started to give a look as they both started to search for where Asha was it. 

            "Oh, that is 494's girlfriend.  Asha." Fiona said as she finally got a track on where Max and Asha were at as they entered one of the buildings. 

            "Oh, So 494 is Alec?"  Jennifer said as she turned her gaze to the two Transgenic girls beside her as they nodded in response. 

            "Yeah, Asha has been trying to get through Alec's tough skin due to him losing an Ordinary girlfriend during a mission he was on."  Fiona said keeping what she knew of Alec's love life to a minimum. 

            "So, When Asha came into his life, she has had to deal with all the baggage he has from that relationship."  Reice said as she delved into the structure with her powers to pick up the rest of what the two women were saying. 

            "Oh, So..."  It took a moment for Jennifer to realized that Reice was using the same "Blank stare" that gave Jennifer the felling that Reice was using her powers to see what Asha was spilling her love life over and Reice was blushing in the process.  Talk about being a fly on the wall.  Then Reice turn towards her with a quizzical look on her face. 

            "What is the Karma Sutra?" Reice said giving her a strange look on her face.  Jennifer realized that just talking with this girl would allow them to learn about each other's societies. 

            "I'll tell you about the Karma Sutra and a few other things if you exchange some things about you and your kind so that we can start to understand each other."  Jennifer said to the Blue Haired girl before her as they both chewed over the decision. 

            "Yes."  Reice said as she looked up into Jennifer's face.  "What do you want to know about me?"  With that an exchange of Knowledge began between the two as Fi made a decision to stake out Clemente's house to learn more about him.  Meanwhile inside Max and Asha learned more about Alec than the other would let on.

***

            Asha, what as Asha thinking she must have been out of her mind yelling about her love life in the middle of Terminal City?  Max just looked as her friend as the events of the past few days just flowed into her like a magical fluid of life.  How much had changed in the past year with the two of them starting off as rivals over Logan but as she listed to Asha spill her guts it wasn't sexual love she felt for Logan it was more or less a type of brotherly love that Max shared with the other members of her unit.  A familial bond that despite Max coming back into Logan's life had made Asha feels like she was intruding on a family space.  She was like the Female version of her brother Zack. The entire thing about Asha being an invetro child sort of calmed her down as she spilt information about how her parents wanted to have another child and went to a fertility specialist to help conceive her, probably from there some of Asha's mother's eggs and fertilized embryos wound up being stolen or taken to be used to create the Transgenics and Asha felt that despite the fact she had a clone of herself running around she had started to become more docile towards Max.  Heck being shot by your younger clone and having to get into fisticuffs with another did make relating to all this weirdness all that much more palatable to the other.  But having sex with Alec was way too much information for Max to digest. 

            "Max...   I don't know what I am anymore?"  Asha said as she broke down in tears before Max.  "Between Seeing Jondy having my face and making love with Alec made me question who and what I am."  Max moved over to Asha as she hugged her friend close.  "Asha I don't want to intervene into your life but Alec is kinda family to me and I don't want you to get hurt.  I know that his life is light-years different than the one I had but remember My people do not open up blatantly to others, so Asha This will take time and I also want to tell you something in private and it might help you understand."  With that Max led Asha to her private quarters in Terminal City and closed the door which looked like it had belonged to a business executive, heck it even had its own private shower, but given the way that the handles and the unit looked like it wasn't functional.  "Asha I want to show you something."  At that moment Max started to peel off her jacket then followed by her shirt.  Asha was wondering what Max was up to then Asha saw all the Weird writing on Max's skin.  "Asha, See these tattoos on my body, they are part of me and only I have them.  Neither Sam or Danni have them only me."  Max said as she moved over to Asha to lift the back of her shirt up.  "Same thing like this tattoo on your back."  Max said as Asha started to look at her with questioning feeling flowing on her. 

            "Max I don't know.  What you mean by this."  Asha said starting to get scared. 

            "Asha, you chose to put those marking on your body, you chose to be a member of S1W.  You chose to fall in love with Alec."  Max said as she moved over to start to put her clothes back on.  "Asha, it is not our DNA or our Faces that makes us who we are.  It is our lives, our experiences, Our Souls...  that make us who were truly are Asha and no one can take that away from you."  Max said as Asha chewed over this newfound knowledge in her head as she looked at Max more closely and she realized that she like Max she was a individual, it wasn't her face, it was her soul that mattered in this crazy mixed up world. 

            "Max..." Asha said looking at her newfound friend and "Sister" in things to come.  "Thanks I needed that."  With that she decided to ask Max a question.  "Max, I know that Logan has some robotics technology that allows him to move around and He sort of wears it like a pair of pants.  Mind that try it out if he isn't using it."  Asha said worried that Logan would need his Exo for some Eyes Only mission. 

            "Well Asha, I think that you have to ask Logan first but if you get some head rush that it will land you in bed, don't there is much more to us than the enhanced speed and strength.  You have a ton of cultural stuff that it will take years for you to learn.  Heck even Logan hasn't learned all of my people's ways but he is willing to learn and that is the big thing."  Max said as she started to drift off into a dream world thinking of feeling Logan's fingers run along her naked back as she dreamed erotically, but she was slammed back to reality as the fact that as long as she had this virus Bitch in her system she would never fully be able to touch him in ways she felt that she should and could be touched.  Touch was a key emotional aspect to any Transgenic's relationship and being able to be touched emotionally and physically was the key for a Transgenic to be attached to someone as a life partner.  With Renfro plotting she had that experience taken away from her.  That was when there was a knock on the door.  As Shadow's voice came through the door.   

            "Hey Shadow."  Max said as she moved to open the door as Asha moved over to one corner to watch what was unfolding before her. 

            "Max I have to tell you something."  Shadow said deciding to fill Max in on what he knew.  "I found a cure for the Virus."  Max just stood there in shock as the information took a moment to register in her head. 

            "What..." Max said as she decided ask again.  "What did you say?"  She said, as she wanted to hear what she thought she heard. 

            "Max..." Shadow said very slowly.  "I found a cure to the virus that has been keeping you and Logan apart."  Shadow said as the information started to fully register with her.  "Now it requires me to get a few donors so that I can give Logan a bone marrow transplant so that he can start producing the Antibodies he needs to stop this bug, but once he has them you two can be together but there is something I have to give to you first, it is a phage that should lure that targeted virus in your system to a specific place so that you can flush it out of your system."  Shadow said as Max had to lean on Asha for support. 

            "You mean that me and Logan can..." Max couldn't force herself to say the words fearing saying them would mean her dream wouldn't come true. 

            "Yes Max, it should take about a month or two but after that you two can go at it."  Shadow said as Max was digesting this, Renfro's Bitch was dead the question in her mind was "Did Logan know?"

            "Does Logan know about this?"  Max said as she was about to fall to the floor.  Shadow quickly blurred to grab her and slowly place Max into a nearby chair. 

            "Yes, Logan knows, I just came from his place and he is willing to go through with this, but there are risks for the both of you."  Shadow said as she started to lean over in the chair and start to almost hyperventilate as she attempted to control her breathing to gain back some control.  "It will take time but if you are willing to take the chance, I can start the treatments in a week."  Shadow said as Max started to break down in Asha's arms. 

            "Yes, Shadow I accept."  Max said as she started to cry as the hot tears started to burn down her cheeks and the salty dryness started to creep into her throat.  With that Shadow leaned over and just let Max slowly fall apart for that short period of time as she like Asha would soon feel the caress of her lover's hands across her skin.  On the other side of town Max's life was going to get complicated. 

***

            For Lieutenant Peter Clemente spending time with his family was one of the few times of his day that he actually felt that he was doing the world some good.  Between working with the Transgenics he felt that he wasn't able to fully get the feeling that the Transgenics saw him as something more.  According to a rumor he had heard floating around is that the Transgenics considered him right from the Hostage Crisis at Jam Pony as an equal, as someone whom they were able to communicate with and understand them as individuals.  But right now he was sitting next to his daughter Trisha, whose brown eyes, coffee tone skin and little button nose brought him happiness in this crazy world, between his little girl, his wife Sharon allowed him to grow into the man that his father told him to be.  To be a good man to those around you, and you will be rewarded.  But watching his daughter doing her homework made him think about the world she was growing up in.  What did she think of it?

            "Trisha, darling."  Clemente said to his daughter as she turned up from reading her science book to look at him worried that she was in trouble but given the way that he was looking at her she started to calm down some, but not by much.  "What do you think about the people Daddy has been working with?"  Clemente said to his daughter as she got up off of the floor and moved over to the table where he was sitting. 

            "I don't really know Daddy?"  Trisha said wondering where this was going as she sat down in the chair next to her dad.  "I have never met a Trans Ginner before, but I don't really know.  The ones that look like animals look kinda creepy."  She said worried if she said something wrong.  "Daddy is it true that their eyes glow?"  She said posing her own question to him.  Clemente moved uncomfortably when she said that.  

            "Yes Trisha, their eyes do glow, even the X-Series.  But from what I have learned from being around them is that they are just as scared of us as we are of them."  Clemente said as he saw his daughter shift some in her chair.  Then his wife Sharon came in to the room and shot them a look that made Clemente change the subject as she motioned for him to join her in the kitchen. 

            "Peter..." Sharon said as she gave him a look of "you are in trouble darling" as she moved towards him.  "Before you had to negotiate with the Transgenics during the Siege.  Trisha asked me to help set up a monster trap in the tree outside."  Sharon said as she looked out the kitchen door.  "She was afraid that one would come in the night and take her away."  The words that Sharon said to Clemente hit hard.  Between the propaganda and the rumors about the Transgenics running about, Clemente knew that it was going to take time and even for his daughter it was going to be a rough time.  That was when he heard a loud clanging of cans outside. 

            "What is that???"  Clemente said as he moved to hear to where the clanging occurring as his daughter rushed over to him.  

            "Daddy, that's my monster trap."  Trisha said as she clung to him as he motioned to her to stay inside.  What Clemente would encounter was that he now had Groupies.  Transgenic Groupies at that, and one just got caught in his daughter's Monster Trap. 

***

            Fiona knew she was screwed.  Between hanging upside-down in this Tree, she knew that getting out of this was well beyond her skills.  With her leg firmly stuck in the loop that was well above her head and the spinning around that was occurring, whoever had constructed this trap knew how to make one.  Not even an X5 could get out of this thing.  Heck, even her telekinesis was of no use here.  Because every time she attempted to push herself upwards so that she could get the loop around her leg to release; she kept loosing focus due to all the blood rushing to her head as well she couldn't get a reference point to lock onto so that she could use her powers clearly.  That wasn't until she sensed her friends Van, David and Nani she knew that she was never going to live this down. 

            "Hey Fi, I see that you bit off a little too much when you decided to do some reconnanace here."  Van said as he moved to where she was spinning around and stopped her spinning. 

            "Thanks Van."  Fiona said as she twisted like crazy.  "Listen could you lean me over some so that I can throw up."  Fiona said in Van's arms with that she tossed her cookies as David's feline Nomalie features and Nani's squeaks could be heard.  That was when the four of them heard the words "Hold it where you are." Coming from right behind them. 

            "Oh, Crap..." David said as his dark brown fur looked like it had been covered in dew, but it was actually sweat coming from his body and all they could hear Nani say in Nomalie was "We are in Trouble...  Really Big Trouble."  As they all turned to see Lieutenant Clemente standing with his gun drawn on the four of them. 

            "Could you kids please explain why you are all standing in my yard?"  Clemente said as he got a good look at the four of them and the puddle of vomit on the ground. 

            "We're looking for her."  David said as Clemente got a clear look at the four of them Glowing eyes and all. 

            "Shit.  Transgenics.  Okay why are the four of you here other than looking for her?"  Clemente said as he motioned with his gun to the four Transgenic Children before him whose ages ranged from eleven to fifteen.  "Did Max send you?" 

            "No 452 didn't send us...  We came looking for her after her friend blabbed about wanting to learn more about our Ordinary allies."  Van said as from Clemente could see that the blond Transgenic girl had her foot firmly stuck in his Daughter's Monster Trap. 

            "Okay, so how did you track her here?"  Clemente said as he looked at the four Transgenics very carefully. 

            "I did the tracking.  Following Fi's scent isn't really hard.  She uses that homemade botanical herbal shampoo that is heavy is lilac."  David said as he moved forward so that Clemente could see him more clearly.  David's feline features and brown fur were very obvious as the police officer.  Suddenly there was a young girl who showed up around the corner of the house and Clemente turned his attention away from the Transgenics towards the Girl. 

            "Trisha, what are you doing out here?"  Clemente yelled to the girl. 

            "Sorry daddy..." The girl said as she started to get a clear view of where her Dad was pointing the gun at.  That was when she saw Fiona still stuck in her trap.  That was before she saw David's face and she got scared. 

            "Hi," David waved towards the girl.  All she could do was wave back before she said "Hi" back.  Clemente realized that it was Trisha's trap and that if the Transgenics were going to get their friend out of the tree then he would need her help to do so. 

            "Trisha could you tell Daddy how to get the girl that is stuck in your trap out of the tree."  Clemente said as he put his gun down. 

            "Daddy, are they going to hurt me?"  Trisha said worried that David was going to hurt her. 

            "No..." David said as he turned his gaze down to the ground.  "We have too much respect for your father to hurt you."  David said as he moved away so that Trisha could get to the lines that supported the trap Fiona was in.  With one pull of several threads the line released from Fiona's leg and Van was able to let her down on the ground.  When Fi was on the ground she took a few steps forward next to Van, then she met Last Weeks lunch as she fell down on all fours and let her guts wrench out again. 

            "Are you okay?"  Clemente said as he moved over to the young Transgenic. 

            "Yes..." Fiona said as she turned her head upwards away from the brown pile of goop that had come from her stomach.  "That security system of yours definitely would catch an X-Series Custom."  Fi said as she almost had to lean on both Van and Clemente to start moving under her somewhat limited power.  That was when Clemente took a look at her ponytail and saw the Barcode on the back of her neck. 

            "You're an X-Series."  Clemente said as he looked over at the other Transgenics.  Other than the Cat Kid, the rest looked like X-Series given that the boy with the Stripes looked like the woman who was at the Transgenics talks he had negotiated with. 

            "Not Exactly, Sir.  I'm a PsyOp."  Fiona said as she turned to Van.  "Van could you move faster.  I don't think I'll be able to hold down what is left in my stomach much longer."  With that Clemente moved her into the back door of the house and right into the nearest bathroom.  For the next minute Fi only knew the curved sides of the porcine idol as what was left in her stomach came out.  It took her a moment to realize that Clemente was standing next to her with a glass of water. 

            "You okay there?"  Clemente said as Fiona's acid fumed teary eyes looked at him with the "I'm in big trouble" look. 

            "Yeah, Sorry about the mess I caused."  Fiona said as she looked like she had opened her mouth and inserted her foot up to her ass. 

            "So, I hear from your friends, your name is Fiona."  Clemente said as Fiona tried her best to grin. 

            "Yeah so what where you doing in my tree?"  Clemente said looking at the young Transgenic girl.

            "I was curious about you. I mean that among my people you are seen as an equal."  Fiona said as she moved to sit on the toilet seat after she lowered the lid.  "You didn't see s as monsters, but as people like Eyes Only and a few others near us."  Fiona started to look worried in that she was spilling her guts to Clemente but she worried about what would happen after she told him.  "I just wanted to know who you really were.  I'm sorry about showing up and disrupting time with your family."  

            "I understand."  Clemente said to Fiona as she looked over where Van was standing.  "So you look like an X-Series Fiona and your friend here is an Ohh-Ra class so what is the deal with you?"   

            "Well I was trying to get to know who you really are.  But since I tried to use my powers on you at a distance, I couldn't get into your head to find out how you move as a person."  Fiona said as looked down at the floor realizing that she just revealed she was a Telepath. 

            "Fiona, I know that some of your people have mental powers but what do you mean by you cannot read my mind?"  Clemente said somewhat worried and somewhat relieved at the same time. 

            "Some Ordinaries like yourself have some natural mutation that blocks our ability to read minds.  So I had to do intelligence the old fashioned way, I went on a stakeout to learn more about you."  Fiona said looking over to Van wondering where she would go next. 

            "Did you go into the minds of the other members of my family?"  Clemente said as he looked at a now scared Fiona. 

            "So, Sir..." Fiona said, as she looked him right in the eyes.  "They are like you, I cannot look into their minds and that scares me."  Clemente just leaned back against the wall as Van looked over at Fiona and Clemente.   

            "Sir, for the PsyOps looking into someone's mind is seen as a part of everyday life for them."  Van said coming to Fiona's defense.  "So individuals like yourself scare the crap out of them.  Hey she reads my mind all the time and there are rules that she and the other PsyOps have to obey, they can only go as far to learn about the surface emotions and go no further unless there is a reason to by several others.  So being able to mental block her is a major thing for her to deal with."   Van said as Clemente started to understand why Fiona did what she did. 

            "So how did you find out what she was up to?"  Clemente said looking at Van. 

            "Well her friend Reice kinda blabbed about who she was curious to so it was a simple process of elimination looking at who our allies are and besides Eyes Only...  You were at the top of the list." 

            "Oh."  Clemente said as his wife came into the bathroom. 

            "Hon.   You better come out here.  The other X-Series just drank a gallon of water in one sitting."  With that Fi and Van looked down at the floor and then looked at Clemente "Nani..." With that the three of them left the Bathroom and headed into the kitchen where the two other Transgenics and Clemente's family were at to deal with Nani's strange yet common Aquatic behavior.  An hour later after Van had made a phone call to command had a Minivan pull up outside.  As Clemente opened the door he saw three versions of Max standing there.  The term "Hi Max..." took on new meaning.  For over an hour as Max chewed out the Children, her clones looked at the others as they came to realize that Clemente's average day on the job was stranger than anything they could think up.  By the end of the night Clemente's wife and daughter became less scared of the Transgenic community but they became concerned at who the real monsters of the world were.  Sometimes the monsters of the world tend to look like everybody else and that makes them all that much more dangerous. 

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            Asha was running along the rooftops of the various buildings of Seattle.  She felt like she was flying.  Was this what it felt like to be Max, Alec... Jondy.  The breeze flowed on her skin as she did ballet spreads to cross the expanded distance of several lanes of Main Street traffic.  A couple of kids cruising Main looked up to see Asha's howling.  With the sound of a car being tail ended Asha stopped for a second to see several kids in a convertible look over in her direction and she winced in embarrassment.  Uh Oh.... 

            "SORRY ABOUT THAT.  I'M REALLY HYPED ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND."  Asha yelled to the teens in the now wrecked car.  All she got from the kids in the car and several other cars was did we actually see what we just did?  With that Asha decided to skeattle away as a Hover drone captured images of her on the roof as well as the accident down below.  With that Asha decided to dive down off the roof of the building and run flat out and head right into a sewer entrance.  Hours later as the footage was reviewed all the officer could make out was the tattoo on her behind and her blond hair.  Other than that Asha would be in the clear. 

            Several hours earlier Asha had paid a visit to Terminal City to talk with Max and the entire spilling her guts to Max had gone both ways.  Between Asha discovering that Max was okay with her being Alec and that Logan would do all he could to find out more about why Asha looked so much like Jondy.  But the running speculation that Logan had come up with was that Manticore needed human DNA to create the Transgenics so tapping Invetro Clones for the Eggs they needed to get the genetic material to create Max and her friends.  For right now all Asha was concerned with was allowing Alec to have the chance to say goodbye to Rachel on his own terms no someone else's. 

            Hours earlier Asha was walking around Terminal City chewing over Max and Logan's future together, she had walked into a repair shop and saw a Rat Transgenic working on several motorcycles and something that looked like a pair of legs.  It took several moments for her to realize that it was Logan's Exo harness.  Asha was drawn to it like a freshman college student to a stashed porno collection.  Ashe was captivated by the elegant design and how simplicity it followed in its layout.  It was pure artwork.  That was when the Rat Transgenic tapped her on the shoulder. 

            "Lost in memories."  The Transgenic said as she freaked a little when she saw him. 

            "Sorry about that."  Asha said as she turned to see the slender "I was admiring the equipment here."  Asha said as she started to get the feeling that Rat here didn't get too many people down this way. 

            "Yeah, Logan's Exo is some piece of work."  Rat said as he looked at some of the equipment around Asha.   "So what's your name?"  He said as Asha moved over to one of the completed motorcycles that surrounded the workshop. 

            "Asha..." Asha said looking at the rat's smooth baldhead.  The little hairs on Rat's ears looked like it was slowly brushing in the air as he moved. 

            "Well my name is Dix."  Rat said as Asha started to giggle some at the fact that she expected some name like Zoltan or Gerry, but Dix.  Dix was the name of a P.I.  Dix immediately took offence to this as he looked at her with a sour face. 

            "Sorry I couldn't stop my self But Dix sounds like you are a P.I."  Asha said as she felt like she was hurting Dix's feelings.  "Listen Dix why is Logan's Exo in here.  I thought that he needed to walk?"  Asha said wondering why it was in here? 

            "Well Logan said that he needed it in here to be worked on due to him getting some medical treatment."  Dix said as he moved over to tap the side control panel to the rig. 

            "Yeah I heard about that."  Asha said, " Shadow said that he had come up with a cure for the engineered virus that has been keeping him and Max apart."  Asha said remember the time that Logan had nearly died during the night of the broadcast that had exposed Manticore to the world. 

            "Yeah I'm glad for Max and Logan finally being together, given all the crap they have been through to get there."  Dix said as he moved away from the Exo to another project he was working on.  At that time Asha moved back over the Exo to see what it would do. 

            "Hey Dix, do you mind that I try Logan's rig out to see how it handles?"  Asha said as she walked around the table the Exo was perched on.  Dix turned his attention away from what h was working on to move over where Asha was. 

            "Yeah but you have to take your pants off first to get into that thing."  Dix said looking at her waist.  Though it was a considerably smaller than Logan's, Asha would have a hard time getting into the rig with her pants on.  Asha just shot him a look of defiance of "Oh yeah."

            "I'll see if I can put this on without taking my pants off."  Asha said as she moved over and attempted to take the rig down off of the workbench.  But after she tried to heave it up several times that Dix instantly knew that Asha was not a Transgenic.  That was when Dix came over and took the unit down and opened it up for Asha to get into.  After Asha attempted twice to get into the unit with her pants on, she found that that the pants leg kept snagging on the leg servos and making it imposable or her to move.  With that Asha with a sigh of defeat decided to take off her pants but she asked if Dix had an extra pair of pants laying around for her to get into.  With Dix handing her a pair of his clean pants, Asha was finally able to get into the unit.  After Asha made a few jumps into the air and a few kicking holes into the side of a old trashed pickup truck that all that was left was the frame and rusted out side panels.

            It had taken her remembering all the ballet classes she had taken as a child to get a hang of this unit.  But after Dix's walk through of the system Asha was moving like the wind.  Now what to do with her new powers?  It had taken her an hour of leaping over the security fence of the various sector checkpoints that she started to get the idea through her head of paying a visit to Mr. Berrisford residence. 

            Between stopping off at her apartment to get the file that Aspen had given her about Alec and his Manticore career.  Some of the stuff about Rachel Berrisford and how her death had torn at Alec so badly that even after they had sent him in for a psych evaluation; Alec still had nightmares about the forced murder of his Girlfriend who he had fallen in love with. 

            During Alec and Asha's night of passion, She had felt that Alec's nightmares about the events of what happened to Rachel would happen to her.  Even after they had Sex, Alec had fallen asleep and it wasn't the type of sleep that one would call peaceful. 

            "Asha....  ASHA.  NNNOOOOOOO."  The sweat beads funning down the back of Alec's neck was such that it left Asha terrified as she nearly feel out of the floor as she sprung up in sheer terror.  Asha in all of her nudity was scared that whatever Alec had dreamed about scared him to his very core.  Asha moved over and asked the simple question.  "Was it about what happened to Rachel?"  Those words had led to Alec talking about the Botched mission and the pain he had felt for.   Asha could feel the slow breaking of his heart as she learned that Rachel's father had leaned that Alec was alive and in the area and that he had used an imposter to nearly drive Alec nuts with guilt and regret for the assassination that Alec was going to rig into a disappearance / Erasure that would leave Berrisford and his daughter alive so that Alec could live out the rest of his days in piece.  But that would never happened due to Agent Johannsen and his little detonator.  Asha was going to make sure that Berrisford knew the truth and that Alec would finally be able to get back at the people that ruined his life.  This job wasn't for Asha Copland Barlow.  This was a mission to right a wrong for Rachel Berrisford. 

            Within the book bag Asha had the computer files as well as the hardcopies that she was going to give to Berrisford so that Alec could say goodbye on his own terms.  Asha's plan was simple leap over Berrisford's front gate, move through the security and knock on the front door and drop off the files.  Things were not going to b as simple as this in reality.  The plan was going to get real messy really quick. 

            Asha had found the Berrisford house in one of the more posh neighborhoods of Seattle.  As Asha cleared the Ten-foot fence the surrounded the large estate Asha ran into her first problem.  She landed right on top of a fifty thousand and dollar Sedan and broke in the windshield in the process.  Asha had just royally screwed up.  That and the Car alarm was going off like crazy.  Heck she must had even set off the low jack.  Geese talk about leaving a mess that even Max with all her connections wouldn't be able to clean up afterwards.  Asha was Royalty fucked in the process...   that and the five guns in her face. 

            "Hi Guys." Asha said as she got up and moved from the wrecked windshield of the car.  A she started to move to a more open area, Asha decided to do something stupid that would come back to haunt her, she jumped across rooftops like a comic book superhero.  Well if you are a rent a cop who is paid twenty-five dollars an hour seeing a gorgeous blond girl in her twenties take off like a bullet and fly like she just came out of a Hong Kong action flick well you have your work cut out for you.  All Asha knew was that she had to get these papers to Mr. Berrisford so that she could tell him the truth of the events that had happened for him to loose his daughter.  So using one o the guys as a launching post she flew upwards to the second story window and flew right through it.  Well if the guys through they were dealing with an Ordinary human they were wrong, they were dealing with a girl on a mission wearing an cybernetic rig so that she deliver the truth to someone who needed it.  That was when she slammed into what looked a home office and an old man who from the pictures that she had seen from the files Aspen and Shadow had given her she realized that she had found Mr. Berrisford.  With that she stopped running and put her hands up as the guards came running in.

            "Mr. Berrisford... I apologize for coming in like this but we need to talk."  Asha said as she laid her book bag on the ground and moved away.  She let the guards go through the bag making sure that there were no weapons in it.  All they found in the book bag was several computer diskettes and plenty of printed files. 

            "Mr. Berrisford I cam here to tell you that the people who ran Manticore killed your daughter."  Those words caught Berrisford's attention instantly.  "The members of the Transgenic community feel that despite all the things they have done in the past some of the more horrendous stuff was performed by those who controlled them such as my boyfriend Alec." Asha said as Berrisford started to look at several of the files and realized that he had stumbled right into Manticore head on. 

            "You mean your boyfriend was the individual that left my daughter in a coma that she never woke up from?"  Berrisford said as Asha realized that she might have made things worse for herself and Alec. 

            "Mr. Berrisford..." Asha said as she tried her best to let Mr. Berrisford know that Alec tried to save his and Rachel's life. "If you read through the file and the disks containing Alec's Psyche Evaluation you will see that Alec tried his best to save you and your daughter's life. Hell the files even have the real name of the guy that pushed the button the cost your daughter he life."  Asha said as she pleaded with the man before her.  As Berrisford looked through he disks he found one listed 494 Psyche Eval and he popped it into his computer.  For the longest time he couldn't believe what he saw on the screen this man on the screen was a Transgenic and that the voice of the man behind the screen who was commented that he had to set the detonator off so that 494 could complete his mission.  Hell 494 had fallen in love with Berrisford's daughter and was willing to blow his cover to live happily ever after with her.  No way in hell.  The look on Berrisford's face showed that he was willing to listen to Asha as he fell back into his office chair. 

            "How did you get this stuff?"  Was all the widowed father could say to Asha as she sat worried before him knowing that she had to spill the preferable beans and let the man before her know the truth about who really killed his daughter. 

            "Alec aka 494 after Manticore had burn down he and several other Transgenics tracked down a few members of the Eyes Only Informant Net and joined up with them.  That is how him and me met.  Along with What Eyes Only had been able to get his hands on through some contacts of his both human and Transgenic he has uncovered a lot old deep dark secrets about the place.  I got this file through a Transgenic operative that gave me the low down on Alec due to the two of use being in love and she wanted me to know why Alec was being so distant to me."  Asha said as she moved out of the vacant chair on the other side of the desk from Berrisford and stood beside him letting tears come to her eyes as she knelt down before him like a scared child wanting him to chase the monsters away and let her know things were okay. 

            "All I want is for Alec to say goodbye to Rachel on his own terms so that he can go on with his life."  Asha said pleading before him.  Then Berrisford made a decision that would affect the world for years to come. 

            "I will help you."  Berrisford said to Asha as she chewed over the next words he would say.  "I want you to set up a meeting with the Transgenic Leadership as well members of the Eyes Only Informant Net.  I want revenge on Mr. Johannsen and those who ordered the death of My daughter and Myself."  Berrisford said as he got up from his desk and moved over across to her.  "I'll have my men drop you off outside of Terminal City."  With that Berrisford signaled a man to come over and said, "Mr. Speagal please take high young woman back to Terminal city and see that nothing happens to her, I believe that she may be helpful in setting some tings right and in order in my life."  Berrisford said as Asha got up and left the room with the guy afraid that she might be getting into more trouble than she thought about.  But before she left she made a request to Mr. Berrisford.

            "Mind that I use your phone real quick so that I can contact someone."  Asha said waiting for a response from Berrisford.  It took a moment for Berrisford to respond back to her, as he was engrossed with the information that Asha had set before him.   

            "Yes you can, but I want to listen in."  Berrisford said as Asha picked his desk phone and put it on speaker.

            "Max this is Asha."  Asha said over the phone.  In the space of five minutes Asha got chewed out for making a run on Dix's repair shop, the taking of files that Aspen had gotten from Eyes Only and not to mention the leaving of a five car pile up after she cleared a Main Street in a single leap.  Berrisford realized that Asha was an individual acting on her own terms.  But Fate had given him his chance to see the truth of why he was targeted by Manticore now with the creations of Manticore and the Informant Net; he would finally be able to get vengeance for his Daughter's death.  Life was going to be interesting for everyone in the future with this. 

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            Max had a rough couple of days, between dealing with a real pain in the guttus maximus young X8 PsyOp, who she had to chew out for the entire staking out of Clemente's house and traumatizing Clemente's daughter.  But for the most part the Clemente knew that the young Transgenic was beating herself up more for her actions than Max or the girl's CO could do.  But Clemente said that the girl had lost her lunch about three to four times in the space of twenty minutes was enough punishment for her after she had gotten stuck in his daughter's monster trap.  So they were pretty much even.  Though he did ask for the girl to show his daughter her barcode which after all Fiona had been through was a fair trade.  The look on Fiona's face was understandable as Trisha felt Fiona tense up as she touched the young Transgenic's neck.  Trisha just looked the lines of the tattoo but it was the softness of Fiona's hair that had gotten Trisha's attention.  It wasn't until Trisha asked about what shampoo Fi used that the two started to chat about the usual things girls talk about:  Boys, Music, their favorite movie stars and school.  Both Clemente and Max knew that given the way those two were cheating away that they were going to be friends.  Max and Cindy 2.0.  Nothing much could be said more about that. 

            That was an end to a nasty few days.   Between the mess with Asha going to Berrisford's house and causing a traffic accident in the process, Max knew that she was seen by many as "The Transgenic Leader," not as being one of the many leaders that kept watch over the Transgenic Community.  Even Normal knew she was one of the many leaders of the Chimearic Council.  All he asked from her when she came back that he would only allow her lateness on the terms he had a video tape of the meetings when she came in.  Something in the back of Max's mind told her that little Elfie's birth had affected him more than she expected.  He was becoming nice to her.  Though Max didn't tell him that Gem and Elfie were staying with Joshua partially due to Gem's old quarters being the entrance to Sandeman's Secret Lab and that Josh and Gem seemed to a natural match for each other.   Gem the Muse and Joshua the artist.  Hey stranger things had happened.             Right now all she wanted was to go shopping with Joshua and Melfina.  Between Joshua's helmet and Melfina just being near her made her calm down somewhat.  Well having two friends near her as she walked around in public allowed her to feel like things were returning somewhat to normal but occasionally she heard people talking about Transgenics moving among them in public.  Boy if they only knew whom they were saying this too.  But Grocery shopping did make life feel like it was okay.  People were bustling about to carry on their business and given that Melfina was helping her made Max think about the events of learning that she and Logan would be together with in the space of two months.  Max could smell the sub oil of Logan's day old beard growth, the scrape of those little hairs across her face where she hugged him and the smell of his cooking saturating his clothes and his pores.  That was when max walked right into a support pole in the middle of the corner market.

            "You okay Little Fella?"  Joshua said as he toted the cart right behind her.  Joshua's slow verbal tones sunk in as she turned to where Melfina was coming up behind with a box boiled of milk in her hands. 

            "Yeah Joshua I just have been thinking about being with Logan."  Max said as she shook the cobwebs from her head. 

            "So, Shadow told you about the side-effects that were going to take place from the treatment."  Melfina said as Max shot her a look of worry and concern. 

            "What do you mean Melfina?"  Max said moving towards the younger Transgenic.  "What Side-effects?" Worry hit Max's eyes with a vengeance. 

            "Well given that Logan's body needs a new immune system.  Shadow decided to take a page from the research that we got from the files from White's portion of the Manticore database and getting Logan over the virus will require him to become one of us in the progress."  Melfina said knowing that she knew that Max's psyche was fragile as it was.  "What Shadow didn't tell you was that Logan has started the process already and if he stops....  Max... Logan needs to complete this or he will die."  Melfina said as she worried that Max would break down. 

            "So what are the side-effects that Logan will undergo?"  Max said as Joshua moved over to comfort her.  Melfina decided to lay all down. "Max, Logan will have enhanced senses, speed and strength, and a slightly higher body temp."  Melfina said as she worried about Max but Max digested this information.  But Max just digested this and accepted that the risks she and Logan were taking were going to change their lives.  Then she decided that if she stopped her life now then Renfro had won. 

            "Melfina thanks for telling me the truth about Logan's condition.  So how much more does he have to go for the treatments?"  Max said as she raised her gaze upwards to Melfina. 

            "I'm not sure but Shadow is the one pulling off the treatment, but Max knowing that Shadows knows, you and Logan can finally beat this thing."  Melfina said as she gave Max a strong hug to cheer the elder Transgenic up.  "Hey Max how about finishing the shopping and I think we have to rescue Josh from the deli department."  With that she could see Joshua's large frame as she started to sniff around the various meats that were behind the glass. 

            "Yeah," Max said looking as Joshua's helmet started to shift around to reveal his lower mouth.  Quickly they moved over to rescuer Joshua.  "Hey there Big Fella, your helmet is about to fall off."  Max said as she re adjusted the chinstrap of Joshua's helmet.  It took a moment for Joshua to realize that his helmet was about to fall off.  With the Helmet adjusted.  She moved over to the counter and asked for a dozen mini-sausages and ham hocks for Josh to have for his celebration that he was holding for the end of the Siege.  Then they all moved over to the isle that had the Macaroni and Cheese.  As they were moving Joshua seemed chipper as he talked about Gem and Elfie.  Max could understand why he was so protective of them.  But it was as if Joshua had found his own muse that he could feel for.  Max liked how he moved as he semi danced through the isle to his own impromptu beat.  That was up until Joshua put his hand on a box of Mac and Cheese and accidentally touched some girl's hand in the process.  As Joshua was about to remove his hand he turned to see her face and he freaked Big time, and something about the girl made her freak at the same time as well.   "THE FLYING BUFFALO HAVE RETURNED MAX..." Was all Max could hear as Joshua freaked as if he was weed once again seeing the images that scared him to his core.  It took a moment for Max to digest the information that the girl with whom he had come into contact with probably looked like the one of the people that had gotten him high. 

            "Joshua, are you okay?" Max said as she rushed over t his side as he slid down on the isle floor.  "I'm here Joshua."  Max continued as she sat down beside him.  As Max comforted Joshua, Melfina moved over to look at the blond girl whose red sock cap and most of her garb placed her as being a fellow bike messenger.  It wasn't till the girl said "Joshua the dog boy..." That was when Mel hauled off and grabbed her after Mel blurred up to Ms Flying Buffalo Queen. 

            "Wait you know Joshua from him doing those deliveries right before he freaked several months ago?"  Melfina demanded as the static charge formed around her body.  This caught the girl off guard as she started to feel static cling around her hair.  Mel just gave her a glare that would scare the crap out of a monster out of a Clive Barker Novel.  But the girl started to slide down as she realized the joke that she and her friends had pulled off on Joshua had severely traumatized him. 

            "I'm so sorry about the joke that me and my friends had pulled off."  The girl said as she with a clear head had realized the damage she and her friends had done. "Do you accept ay apology?"  The girl said as she moved towards Joshua as he sat curled up by the shelves of the isle.  Joshua just looked like he was working through the images he had experienced in his Marijuana induced state.  Then Joshua turned his gaze upwards and said. 

            "I forgive you, I still have those images in my head and I was scared but I wanted to be part of the world."  Joshua said as he looked towards Max.  "Max I'm glad that Logan was there for me t help me through what I was experiencing."  Joshua said as he took a moment to put the words together that he would say to Max.  "Max do you think that I want through will scare Gem way from be being with her."  Max just leaned her head on his shoulder and said. 

            "Don't worry Joshua she cares about you.  Given what the two of you have been through you would make excellent father material or her daughter Elfie."  Max finished as he let the information sink in. 

            "Gem wants me to be Elfie's dad???"  Melfina and the blond messenger girl just looked at the scene and realized that Joshua had issues.  Very big issues to deal with pertaining to the world around him and the family he would soon become part of.

            "What does this mean for Joshua?"  The messenger girl said leaning over the Melfina who had just gone full bug eyed on everyone. 

            "It means that Joshua just realized how much of an impact that he has on the people around him."  Melfina said as Joshua started to shift his large frame off of the isle floor. 

            "Melfina is right Joshua will show Gem and Elfie that I am a good father.  I have a lot to learn but I will do my best to be a Father to little Elfie."   Joshua said as he make his own pledged to do the best to guide the little baby Transgenic girl into her adulthood the best he could. 

            "Way to go Joshua.  Way to go."  Melfina cheered as the people in the surrounding isles realized that something important had happened to this large man's life.  Little did they knew that Joshua was going to be part of events that would change the world forever and that Max would learn her destiny along the way.  With that a new set of glyphs had started to take from on Max's skin, the word "WARBRIDE."

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TBC

Please R and R for me

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Next Chapter 3:            Politics in the world, Sanity in an Insane world, and Halloween parties. 

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