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Chapter 2
Max's knees nearly gave
way as Alec left the room. Alec, the most senior officer? All the
unit leaders had already come to him? Max felt so stupid! She
remembered how close she was to her unit, she considered them her
family! Of course everyone would revert to their own units and take
commands from their CO's. But all the CO's needed someone they
trusted to take command, not some 09' escapee that hadn't had any
training since she was nine!
Max could still smell Alec's
scent on her. His instant comfort of her had shocked her, but it had
also calmed the rising panic and she'd still felt that she was
needed. There was a lot she didn't know, that she had missed out
on, but she would gain their trust, and do everything in her power to
make sure everyone stayed safe.
"Little fella?" Max was
pulled out of her musing by Joshua, "You, Alec, everything ok?
Logan Ok?" Max smiled.
"Yeah, big fella, Alec and me are
fine. Logan on the other hand, well I don't have time to worry
about that now. I need your help, we've got some work to do".
An
hour later Max walked into the main street of terminal city and for
the first time since she'd been there, felt like an outsider.
Everyone was assembled into their units all standing to attention
saluting.............Alec.
Alec spotted Max as she walked in,
standing on the outskirts looking totally overwhelmed. He caught her
eyes and motioned her over to him.
Max self-consciously walked
over to Alec, in front of all the inhabitants of TC and not knowing
what really to do stood to attention herself, beside him.
She
saw Alec smirk and had to resist swatting him as she would usually
have done.
"We have made the decision to make a stand"
Alec's voice, full of authority boomed out, "This will mean we
will have to fight. This will mean we will have to be smarter than
our enemy. By mutual consent of your Unit leaders, I will take
command of all military aspects from here on out. All non military
matters will be addressed to X5-452 as she has the most experienced
Intel of Seattle and of the outside world." Max felt hundreds of
eyes on her and he back became stiffer and she stared directly ahead.
"All CO's have their orders. TC has to be made safe. Every unit
to their own barracks, from here on out we will have to use the
training Manticore gave us to stay alive. Dismissed".
Unanimously
hundreds of soldiers and nomilies alike saluted Alec and within
minutes TC was a hive of activity again, only to Max's eyes she
could see the hesitant confusion gone, and noticed the well oiled
machine of Manticore working as it was suppose to.
Max looked
up to see Alec grinning down at her.
"I know you think I'm
a screw up Max, but as a soldier I do have the skills to lead, and
I'm not about to let anybody down. You will be my SIC because you
are the best person for the job. I've just had Intel that a new
military convoy are on their way. If things don't go our way we
need a second location to redeploy to if they decide to bomb the
place". Max gasped
"They wouldn't would they?" Alec
placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder,
"It's the worst
case scenario Max, but we have to be prepared. I've sent a cell
phone to the outside to talk to whoever is in charge out there, and
then I'll make the decision of what to do".
"Max, what
the hell is going on? You've put Alec in charge? What the hell were
you thinking?" Logan ranted as he came upon the couple, seeing red
as Alec didn't remove his hand from Max's shoulder, but draped it
around her instead.
Max looked uneasily around as she noticed
several of the transgenics reaction to Logan and began to realise
that they only tolerated Logan here, no one liked it.
"Logan,
Alec is the most senior officer in TC and the inhabitants of this
city have unanimously chose him to lead, he has years of training on
me and I'm sorry, but I have to much work to do right now."
Max's eyes softened as she looked into Logan's confused expression.
"I'm
sorry, but I don't think you should come here anymore" Max held
her hand up cutting of Logan's interruption.
"I didn't
realise this before, but your presence here is not going over well
with every one. I appreciate everything you've done for me, us, and
I will continue to need your support, but for now I think it's
better if you go home".
Logan
moved closer to Max and she backed away, not wanting to risk
infecting him.
"Don't do this, the cure, you could get it,
it would only take a day for you to get there and then....."
"No Logan. Can't you see this is more important? More important than me, you, the virus? Please just do what I ask, I'll call you when we get things more settled"
"We?"
Logan spat as his jaws clenched. Max felt Alec tense next to her and
put a restraining hand on his arm.
"Fine, call me when you
get a spare minute then"
With that Logan stormed off. Alec who had been watching the exchange carefully now peered at Max's anguished face, who would have thought she would become so perceptive.
It was
true that people had complained about the ordinary being here, but he
was tolerated and only because he supplying vital equipment to
them.
"Are you alright Maxie?" Alec asked quietly knowing
how hard that must have been to do.
"I'm always alright" Max said grinning up at him, although the smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
"We have work to do, sir" Max said mockingly,
"How long till the call to the outside?"
"Bout
half an hour, meet me in your office? We'll take it from there"
Max nodded her agreement and ran off in the direction of the supply
room.
"494? We have a situation sir. We have two males that
need disciplining. They have both been fighting over an X5 female
sir". Alec sighed. Time to start getting things in order.
