Well, I decided to start on the second chapter. Now that I'm done the second chapter, albeit shorter, I am now content to move onto the second chapter of this story that I started last year. Don't worry, Esa's in this chapter in case you're all wondering about it.
Again, in case you haven't gotten the notice, go back and read the first chapter again.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, Hasbro does. I only own the GENESIS.
Chapter One
~Present~
When Alex woke up, the sun was shining directly into her eyes. She blinked several times before her vision stopped blurring and sat up. She unbuttoned her dark jacket and yawned.
The night before, Alex had fallen asleep on a bench. Passer-bys were staring at her and quite a few people hurried past, whispering to each other. The girl caught mentions of 'runaway' and 'druggie'. Her glare was enough to send them scurrying away.
If there was one thing she learned about humans, it was that they were very judgemental about everything down to the last fact. They were critical of each other in particular.
The fact that they were similar in appearance as the humans was not that surprising. But the big difference was what they were capable of. Compared to them humans were considerably weaker and had less endurance.
One time she observed a group of girls. They were giggling to each other and were pointing at someone. The person they pointed at was another girl whose appearance was rather… plain compared to the group. If there was any word Alex would use to describe the girls, it was that they were colourful and they dressed a like. She guessed that because the girl wasn't dressed like them, she was ridiculed.
"Hey, you're awake!" A voice chirped.
Moving her gaze upwards, Alex found herself staring at a pair of chocolate coloured eyes. They belonged to a dark haired brunette now named Esa. She was the third member of their group. They hadn't found her far from the Fortress… or maybe they did, Alex still wasn't sure. It didn't seem far to them.
"Yeah. Got up to the nice people calling me a druggie." Alex stated sarcastically.
Esa snorted. "Nice?"
Alex just shook her head, brushing the blonde hair out of her eyes. "Where's Ren?"
"He said he was going to the… uh… what's it called? That place with a ton of books?"
Alex knew what she was talking about. "The library."
"Yeah, that place." Esa sat down next to her and gripped the bottom of the bench with her hands. "I don't see why he has to go there."
"His reasoning is that we have to learn as much about the human society as we can."
"Why?"
"Because you made such a great impression that one time." Alex retorted, glaring at Esa.
"I only broke his ribs!" The other girl protested.
"And nearly got us arrested in the process." A third voice stated flatly.
"I thought you were going to the libary!" Esa said to the dark haired boy standing over them. His arms were crossed and he had an annoyed expression on his face.
"It's called 'library'." Ren sighed. "And I was, but they're closed today."
"So basically you have nothing to do." Alex smirked.
Ren ignored her and continued talking with Esa. "Did you forget that humans were weaker than us?"
As the two proceeded to argue, movement caught Alex's eyes. A man and a woman in blue uniform shirts and black slacks were walking towards them. Too her chagrin, they were officers. No doubt they wanted to talk to them for something.
Eyes focusing on the white fountain, Alex lightly bumped her foot into Esa's and said, "Zero-Four. Seventeen. In coming." She murmured, using their designated numbers.
They gazed in her direction before looking away again. Esa muttered something under her breath while Ren said nothing. This wasn't the first time they encountered police officers; the first time they were accused of being runaways. The second was for assault, courtesy of Esa.
"Hi, we've been lookin' for you kids." The man drawled. He had a stocky figure he didn't appear threatening and seemed like the type of cope they could easily slip pass by.
"You have?" Alex didn't even try to act surprised.
"You are going to have to some with us." His partner said stiffly. In contrast to the man, she was tall and slender and seemed to take her job seriously.
"For what?" Esa demanded, already not liking the officers. Unlike the other two, she had very little patience with humans. Particularly the ones who questioned or tried to capture them or anything of the sort.
"Playing oblivious, eh?" The male smirked.
"No." Alex stood up, staring him straight into the eyes. He wasn't that much taller than her so she didn't have to crane her neck upwards. "Care to enlighten us?"
The woman pursed her lips together, placing her hands on her hips. "We've had a report of three teenagers with your description causing trouble. And if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were runaways."
Esa rolled her eyes behind Alex and mouthed the words 'This again,' to Ren who looked completely exasperated.
"Trouble?" Alex raised an eyebrow. She hadn't even blinked at the accusation.
"Yep. A Mr Scottfield reported that one of you guys assaulted him and broke his arm." The male was fiddling with the wooden stick he held in his left hand, eyeing Ren apprehensively. The boy was taller and it wasn't hard to tell that he was muscular either if one looked at his arms; something that the officer was doing.
The man was met with an incredulous stare mixed with disbelief and annoyance. "And I suppose the guy failed to mention his part of beating someone else up?"
"As I've said before, you are going to have to come with us." The woman stated firmly.
Esa's mouth opened to tell the woman exactly what she should go do with herself when Alex glared at her and mouthed 'no'. Rolling her eyes, she clamped it shut. If the brunette had gotten her way, there was no way in hell that the two enforcers of the law would be talking them down like this.
But no... they couldn't.
It would draw attention to their location because apparently the stupid humans would freaking report a bunch of kids going around beating people up, even if the jackasses deserved it. And as much as she hated humans, she wouldn't go as far as killing them. Hurting definitely, but no killing.
The officers could try and arrest them (which nearly happened in the last city) but what they didn't realize was that they weren't dealing with normal teenage humans.
Nope. They were dealing with genetically modified and enhanced freaks who could flip their car over if they felt like it. They could masquerade as humans, but they sure as hell weren't human at all.
They were a GENESIS; a name given to them at the Fortress and a name that Thirty-Nine opted to keep.
Esa was jerked forward by the woman roughly as the officers started to lead them away from the park. She growled at the lady cop's touch, wanting to bite her hand off at the contact but was ignored for her efforts. And shot another warning glance at.
"Tell me you have a plan." The brunette hissed at Alex. "Other wise I break their arms!"
Alex stared straight ahead, but moved her lips and spoke softly. "As soon as they take us to where there isn't as much people, we'll deal with them." She nudged Ren with her foot lightly.
Turned out her plan was to have Zero-Four use his powers of telepathy once they got to the sidewalks. He took over their minds and had the officers bring them to an alley. There he erased everything concerning them, directed them to their car and then left leaving the officers in a daze with no memory of what happened.
"Why did he have to have the telepathy powers?" Esa whined.
After the incident with the officers, Alex decided it was time to move again. They already caught the attention of the town's law enforcement and even with their memories erased, it still wasn't safe to stay. Number one way to lose your trackers: always be on the move. Don't stick around one location for long.
As usual when it came to dealing with Esa, Ren was exasperated. "What are you complaining about? You're a pyrokinesis."
"But that can't control minds!"
"Thank god." Alex muttered. It was bad enough she could throw flames around. May someone have mercy on them if the girl could suddenly start reading minds and controlling them.
"Where to next?" Esa asked after they'd been running for a while. She wasn't tired but the sand was beginning to wear out the soles of her sneakers. They weren't meant for beings who could run really, really fast.
"The closest town. And hopefully we can actually find someone."
And I'm finally done the second chapter, whoot! Yeah, lots of officer and human bashing but in case you haven't realized it, these guys aren't too keen on mortals after what they've been through.
Anyways, here's to clarify things:
Alex- Thirty-Nine
Ren- Zero-Four
Esa- Seventeen
These are their designated numbers when they were back at the Fortress.
Fortress: The lab they were kept at. Dubbed the Fortress since it was near impossible to escape.
And as for Ren's telepathy powers and Esa's mentioned pyrokinesis? I added this in after reading Maximum Ride, which I didn't read until AFTER the creation of the whole GENESIS crowd. They and the GENESIS seem to have a lot in common other than the fact that the GENESIS can't fly and that the Flock doesn't kill.
Yes, the GENESIS do kill. They were raised as human super soldiers, what the hell do you expect? They wouldn't be very good if they weren't desensitized to killing and practically everything else that comes with it.
I'm pretty sure you guys have a lot of questions, but I'll have to answer them in the next chapter.
