X5-554
Dark Angel / Xander Harris
By:star2000shadow
Chapter One: Bar Code
Part: B
Disclaimer: I don't own it, it's not mine, don't sue, considering im broke enough i had to borrow my brother's computer to even get this up.
ALL Spelling error's are mine.
Warnings for this chapter:
Author notes: as you can tell, my time lines bouncing all over the place. I do apologize.
Responses:
Nighetray : thanks for the encouragement Nighetray
cursedgirl: very well..
Now on with the show..
He raced down the streets, dodged around a corner, and cut across another street, moving nearly as fast as a vamp as he dove down an alley, takeing a running jump start he kicked off of the alley's dead end wall, grasped the top of the wall with his hands and swung himself up and over the top and dropping down on the other side. he then studied the things holding his wrist and with a hard jerk and pull, he got his hands free of at least the thin chain between the wrist cuff's so that he could at least fight back now. running down the alley he dove through another section of brush and fallowed the new memorys to a telephone and dialed Zack's cell phone.
The phone rang twice before it was picked up. "Hello?" came the calm voice that Xander could remember so well. "Zack?" there was a pause and then. "Xan, what's wrong.." Xander took a shakie breath. "Nothing, had a run in with a bunch of Plain cloth soldiers at a bar. out on a night of fun.. I was just .. calling for a... a friendly voice.." he quickly hung up, knowing Zack wouldn't call back, as he took off towards Giles apartments.
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Xander could hear Giles grumbleing as he came at Xander's shakeing nocking. okay to Giles it was pounding, but for xander with as rattled as he was it was knocking. He had two sets of memorys. and it was hard to tell what was real and what wasn't. he could remember getting picked up by his father and mother on their trip. could remember the interveaning ride back to Sunnydale, or as he almost affectionetly called it, 'SunnyHell' USA. they had just reached Sunnydale when a group of terrorists detonated a electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U.S., destroying the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into utter chaos. that was back in 2009. though he could remember it had only been 19 something when Xander Harris, not X5-554 was made.
but his body had clearly growen some. he was the youngest, well him and Max, where the youngest in the group. He listend as Giles mutterd on his breath as he opend the front door to the house, and step back with a startled. "Xander what's wrong?" Xander stepped into the living room, eye's flicking back and forth, checking for danger. then he moved and sat down. "Nothing I just..It's nothing"
Xander didn't notice Giles checking on how he moved. noteing the military percision.. the dark eye's.. and how the boy had filled out over the years. "Bad news from your brother?" Giles frowned. he didn't remember.. and then the wish took affect finally and Gile's memory's shifted some to accomidate the added knowledge of 'Zack' Xander's older brother. the memorys that Xander had thirteen other brother's and sisters and that they all lived all over the world. things like that.
Xander blinked at the question then rememberd that that was the story he told. that he'd been able to find his 'family' when he was younger and get in touch with them but had refused to leave because he hadn't wanted to lose Willow and buffy as friends. "It could be better. I had to call and talk to him for a few moments today. do you know if their upping the charge between section A and B today?" Sunny dale was far from what all the 'oldsters' had called it's glory days. now you lived where you could and worked your ass off for what you could get. he lived in a home simply because his parents had bought it before the Bombing. or well.. his adoptive parents. and it was in sunnydale.
The weird abounded there to begian with. what was one Genetic mix up more? Xander firmly shook his head. 'Damn it this is NOT me.. Im not him.. he's not real..' he ment the X5-554 bit.
it was irritateing as all hell, but it was the truth. but some how the X5 Transgenic soldier was more him then Xander Harris 'normal joe'. he shifted from one side to the other of the couch nervously. before training took over and he sit still. first things first. he needed to get some tryptophan Pills. or drink a hell of a lot more milk then he drank now a days.
So while the rest of the world was affected in one way Sunnydale was affected similarly but not quite as much by the day crowed as by th enight crowed.
Sure the day was hard, and the night not so much. at night all you could lose was your life. during the day you could lose your lively hood. though you'd still live. you'd just end up makeing your home in one of the many abandoned building's in the small, though growing larger and larger, city. "Zack's fine Giles. and so are the others.." if you could call Colonel Donald Michael Lydecker nearly getting his hands on Xander's Twin, Max, fine. he sure as hell didn't. just the thought of Lydecker getting ahold of Max or any of his family scared him to hell.
and pissed him off at the same time.
"And?" Came Giles unruffled sighed. "And this.. you know what never mind I.. I just need to go blow off some steam." he mutterd. and when Giles when to say he'd call buffy or willow Xander waved a hand. why involve the Slayer and her witchy side kick when he could take care of himself. "I'll be sure to go along the roads that are full of the army." he murmerd. meaning the Initiative. In 1999, the research center of 'the Initiative' was located underground, beneath the University of California campus in Sunnydale. but since the bomb, well they didn't have to hide. they just hid the fact they still did tests on the night life of sunnydale.
Of course that was the reason buffy was now dateing yet another person. because Riley broke Buffy's heart. but it also ment Xander had to be overly carefull, and more clumbsy then normal around the soldiers considering he did NOT wish to get caught. he always wore shirts that had collars he could pull up over his bar code. keeping it firmly out of sight. even with his shagy head of hair. Xander rubbed at his fore head and left the librarians, or would that be Ex-Librarians house and headed back to his own. for the first few blocks he remained, as he'd promised, where there where soldiers, but then he slipped into an alley and set off. takeing a few running steps he slamned one foot against the alley wall and ran up a bit before he grabed the upper wall and pulled himself up.
Walking along the edge to one of the roofs aligned with the wall and then ran along the roofs all the way home. once there he droped down on their neighbor's side walk in their side yard, jumped up and over the fence and then took the stairs on the outside of his 'parents' home and down into the basement where he locked the door up tight. his night vision kicked in and he flicked his eyes over the place, checking to see that all of his 'alarms' where still there. not one of the peices of papers had moved on his things. he went up the inside basement stair's to feel along the doors ledge and found the hair he'd left there as well. add in the fact that the room held only his scent and very faintly the drunken scent of his father or mother he relaxed and went into his 'kitchen' cubby to turn on the coffe pot. having to boil the water and use some instant coffe he had hidden away for his stress full days.
The year was 2019, and Xander could remember in the year of 2009 about the escape. but he could also remember that 1999 wasnt only but a few years ago. he sighed and sat down. how the hell could ONE wish of jumped his life a few years ahead of where it had been. hell for christ sake he was 19 AGAIN. he hated that age the first time through and suddenly he was there again. he rubbed irritable at his face and poured himself some coffe and sat down on one of his scavaged chairs. "Me and my BIG mouth." a soft knock sounded on the door to the outside and Xander moved there wairly. Brown eye's narrowing. then he heard very very softly and in Zack's voice. 'Xan?' and he stood there floord. he'd JUST talked to Zack a few hours ago. how the hell had he gotten to sunnydale california so fast.