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A/N. I haven't written in either of these fandoms before, so I would really appreciate some reviews! I'll try and update as often as I can.
Chapter Two
In the dormitories, they had a routine sorted out. Somebody always kept watch whenever they had anything they needed to do without letting command know.
Max and Jondy used every opportunity they could, up in the High Place, or in the dormitory, to help her practice. Max had tried to, wondering if it was something they'd all be able to do, after all hadn't they all been made together?
"It doesn't work." Max frowned. "Are you sure that's all you do?"
"I just concentrate, and push. That's all there is. Of course at first I had to get angry!" Jondy laughed, floating a pillow towards Max.
"Well it doesn't seem to work for me."
"You need less sleep than me. We're all a bit different."
"That's true."
And that's how they continued. Jondy got better at controlling her telekinesis, but they never told anyone, never allowed Manticore to know. Even through the torture they were put through, she wouldn't reveal her power.
Years passed, and they grew more restless, started asking more questions, amongst themselves at least. Zack resolved he would get his unit out of Manticore. They would escape.
"Escape to where?" Max asked. This base was all she'd ever known.
"I don't know. Somewhere they can't hurt us again!"
"But how? There are so many of them." Jace looked worried.
"We've just got to get past the wire. Some night soon, we'll break out. There's fewer of them about at night." Zack was determined and they all saw that.
That night, Jondy thought over what Zack had talked about. Could they really do it? Was there really a place where they wouldn't have to fight, wouldn't be hurt?
Weeks later, they all noticed Max getting the shakes. Jondy was scared, they took away the ones who got the shakes. They couldn't take Max away!
Then Zack stood up to protect Max. There were only two guards, and the 14 X-5s were more than a match for them. Even with Max unable to really help.
Eva snatched up a gun from one of the guards.
"Unit, move out!" Zack took the lead, Eva beside him. Moving down the corridor, Jondy helped Max behind them.
They got half way to the end of the corridor before the alarm sounded. Lydecker and a group of soldiers came around the corner. Eva aimed her gun at them, but hesitated. These people had been in charge her whole life.
The loud bang of Lydecker's shot at Eva set the group of X-5s to action.
"Eva!" Max, even in her weakened state moved to Eva's side as Zack took on Lydecker. Eva was dead. That made up Jondy's mind, she concentrated, and pushed at Lydecker and his men. They all crashed to the floor down the corridor.
Taking the opportunity given to him, Zack directed the rest of the unit out of the window. The first of the them crashed through the glass, landing in the snow outside. But Jace hung back. Max signalled to her to join them, but she shook her head. Seeing that Lydecker wouldn't be down for long, Jondy dove headfirst through the broken window, Max right behind her.
They ran.
Out in the woods it was freezing. Literally. Even their genetic enhancements wouldn't stop them freezing eventually. They grouped in a clearing. Zack paired them up, and gave them different headings.
No. Max didn't want them to split up. Zack was emphatic that they had to. Jondy could understand why, but she wasn't happy about it. She pulled Max with her and they ran together through the snow.
They could hear gunfire and snowmobiles behind them. They didn't know what was happening to the rest of their unit.
They came out onto a frozen lake. It looked solid, and they couldn't afford to check. As they were running suddenly Max fell through the ice.
"Max!" Jondy couldn't believe this was happening. Was everyone going to be caught, or worse, killed? She couldn't see Max. She didn't surface. Was she dead already?
Hearing soldiers close behind, she made up her mind. If Max was dead, there was no point in getting herself killed too. If she wasn't, they wouldn't get her out of the lake in time if the soldiers were coming here. She took off, and the soldiers followed...