Disclaimer: Dark Angel isn't mine. I make no money off of any of this. Darn.
A/N: This is my very first attempt at writing so any reviews to tell me what I'm doing right and wrong would be appreciated. Thanks.
Warning: This deals with issues of rape so if you have a problem with that you won't want to read this.
Everythings Under Control
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Alec was stuck in the command centre working on the new plans for the reconstruction on Terminal City. It was even better than she could have hoped for. He wouldn't be there when Led came to pick her up. Led arrived right at nine and they headed out. Just as they walked out of the apartment someone sped by on their bike splashing mud all over Led who had stepped out first. Max and Led stood there in silence for a moment before Max finally burst out laughing. Led glared at her for a moment, Max could see the fury in his eyes which he quickly hid and then sighed.
"I guess we'll have to stop off at my place so I can get changed." Led sighed. "Mind you who says we have to go to Bang anyway. We could just stay at my apartment and 'relax'" He said wiggling his eyebrows quickly.
Max laughed and threw her arm around him, "Lets worry about relaxing another time and concentrate on getting a new outfit for you now."
"Fair enough" he said wrapping an arm around her waist.
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They headed toward his apartment but when Max realized that Led was turning onto Sage lane she hesitated. Sage lane wasn't yet populated by the residence of Terminal City because there weren't any liveable apartments yet. She and Alec had made an agreement to all the residence that if they wanted to find an apartment building and fix it up in their free time they would be able to have an apartment of their own. She remembered that Led was one of the people who had decided to do that. With the conversation she had with Alec still fresh in her mind she was hesitant about going into a secluded area of Terminal City alone with Led. 'Lighten up girl' she thought to herself, 'you've dealt with White before and come out alive and plus this is Led. He won't hurt you no matter what they say.'
Noticing her hesitation Led stopped. "Is everything alright?" he asked.
"Yeah fine. Let's get you a clean outfit." she said with a smile.
They headed upstairs to his apartment and Max waited in the living room until he was changed. He came out with his shirt untucked and undone and quickly pulled her into a hard kiss. Max pulled away a bit surprised.
"Um…You almost ready to go?" she asked a little unsure about what was going on.
"I thought we would spend the night here instead." Led stated.
Max backed away a little, "I'm sorry but this is moving to fast. You need to slow down Led. We're still getting to know each other and I'm not the kind of girl who you sound like your looking for." She turned to walk to the door but felt an iron grip on her shoulder. He swung her around to face him and pulled her closer.
"I wasn't asking" He said and proceeded to rip her shirt off of her.
Max tried to fight back but he was so much stronger than her and had ten years more experience that she didn't stand a chance. Soon she was pinned down on his bed and he quickly pulled out handcuffs from his night table and cuffed her to the bed leaving his hands free to use elsewhere. Soon he had her stripped.
" I know you're going to like this. Just wait and see." He said pulling his shirt back off and taking off his pants.
"Don't do this Led. Let me go please." She said, trying not to let the fear sound in her voice and trying to keep tears from spilling down her cheeks.
"Shut up Bitch" He said and slapped her hard across the face.
He hit her so hard for a moment she almost blacked out. Then he was on top of her and on her and in her and she screamed. She screamed from the pain, from the embarrassment, from the anger, from the fear. She screamed until she didn't think she would ever be able to talk normally again and then darkness came when he hit her across the face again.
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She woke with a great weight on top of her. She tried to slip out from underneath him without waking him, afraid he might try something again. She was just getting up from the bed when a large hand came around the top of her arm and squeezed hard enough to bring tears to her eyes. She didn't turn around.
"You tell anyone about this and I will kill them. Then I will kill the rest of your friends. Then I will come and kill you. But not before I help you 'relax' again…and next time I'll make sure you stay awake for the encounter." He threatened.
She slowly nodded and he released her. She quickly gathered her cloths, what was left of them, and ran out the door. She didn't stop until she was on the street. She looked up at the sky and noticed not only was it day, but it was already late afternoon. She had been knocked out longer than she had thought. She hadn't stopped to get dressed, so she did that now, not caring if anyone saw her or not. There wasn't anyone around anyway. She made her way back to her apartment quickly, but took the side roads so as not to draw attention to her ripped, bloody, and bruised appearance.
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Alec was sore. Led was supposed to help unload some equipment for the hospital but he hadn't shown up so Alec had been stuck doing the job. The equipment was heavy and there was a lot of it, so by the time they had finished unloading it Alec and the three X-6's that were helping him were exhausted. He had given them all the rest of the day off, including himself. To make things even worse Max was no where to be found. He figured that she and OC must have had a wild night and that she was sleeping it off but that still left him in charge of Terminal city as well. He had had his hands full both literally and physically all day. He was so lost in thought and so tired he just about fell head over heels over the stroller lying in the stair way.
"Sorry Boo." Original Cindy apologized rushing back down the stairs with Rhea on her hip. "Original Cindy had to go chasing after Baby Boo here. Did you know she's learned how to climb up the stairs already? I didn't realize you guys learn that quickly." She said trying to drag the stroller up the steps as she talked.
"Don't worry about it OC. Let me take that for you." He offered, grabbing the stroller and hiking it onto his shoulder (after all the sooner it was out of his way the sooner he could get into his apartment and have a nice warm shower and sleep. "So did you and Max have a good time at Bang last night?"
"You must be thinking about someone else Boo. Original Cindy had to baby-sit all night 'cause Gem had the late shift on guard duty last night." She said.
Alec gave her a funny look. Why would Max lie about going out with OC? Oh well. He probably misunderstood. He dropped the stroller off at the other apartment and let himself into his own. He heard the shower immediately. Well, it looks like he found Max. He made himself something to eat but when she still hadn't come out after twenty minutes he went and banged on the door.
"Hey Maxie, save some hot water for the rest of us. I need to use the shower, hurry up."
When she still hadn't come out after ten more minutes he knocked again a bit worried this time.
"Max, are you alright? Get out of the shower, would ya?"
She still wasn't out of the shower and she wasn't answering him 10 minutes later. She must have been in for at least 45 minutes by then. Now Alec was officially worried.
"Max, if you don't say something in the next 10 seconds I'm coming in." he warned.
He counted to ten and then slowly opened the door. The first thing he saw was her bloody, ripped clothes which prompted him to swing the door all the way open. What he saw next would give him nightmares for years.
She was curled up on the floor of the shower crying and shivering, the hot water long since used up, and she was bruised and scratched everywhere. What really made his heart break was where most of those bruises were located though. On her breasts and what looked like the inside of her upper thighs. Then the pieces all fit together. She had lied to him because she was going out with someone who he didn't approve of. She went out with Led. She had gone out with Led and the bastard had raped her.
A/N: This is my very first attempt at writing so any reviews to tell me what I'm doing right and wrong would be appreciated. Thanks.
Warning: This deals with issues of rape so if you have a problem with that you won't want to read this.
Everythings Under Control
**********************
Alec was stuck in the command centre working on the new plans for the reconstruction on Terminal City. It was even better than she could have hoped for. He wouldn't be there when Led came to pick her up. Led arrived right at nine and they headed out. Just as they walked out of the apartment someone sped by on their bike splashing mud all over Led who had stepped out first. Max and Led stood there in silence for a moment before Max finally burst out laughing. Led glared at her for a moment, Max could see the fury in his eyes which he quickly hid and then sighed.
"I guess we'll have to stop off at my place so I can get changed." Led sighed. "Mind you who says we have to go to Bang anyway. We could just stay at my apartment and 'relax'" He said wiggling his eyebrows quickly.
Max laughed and threw her arm around him, "Lets worry about relaxing another time and concentrate on getting a new outfit for you now."
"Fair enough" he said wrapping an arm around her waist.
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They headed toward his apartment but when Max realized that Led was turning onto Sage lane she hesitated. Sage lane wasn't yet populated by the residence of Terminal City because there weren't any liveable apartments yet. She and Alec had made an agreement to all the residence that if they wanted to find an apartment building and fix it up in their free time they would be able to have an apartment of their own. She remembered that Led was one of the people who had decided to do that. With the conversation she had with Alec still fresh in her mind she was hesitant about going into a secluded area of Terminal City alone with Led. 'Lighten up girl' she thought to herself, 'you've dealt with White before and come out alive and plus this is Led. He won't hurt you no matter what they say.'
Noticing her hesitation Led stopped. "Is everything alright?" he asked.
"Yeah fine. Let's get you a clean outfit." she said with a smile.
They headed upstairs to his apartment and Max waited in the living room until he was changed. He came out with his shirt untucked and undone and quickly pulled her into a hard kiss. Max pulled away a bit surprised.
"Um…You almost ready to go?" she asked a little unsure about what was going on.
"I thought we would spend the night here instead." Led stated.
Max backed away a little, "I'm sorry but this is moving to fast. You need to slow down Led. We're still getting to know each other and I'm not the kind of girl who you sound like your looking for." She turned to walk to the door but felt an iron grip on her shoulder. He swung her around to face him and pulled her closer.
"I wasn't asking" He said and proceeded to rip her shirt off of her.
Max tried to fight back but he was so much stronger than her and had ten years more experience that she didn't stand a chance. Soon she was pinned down on his bed and he quickly pulled out handcuffs from his night table and cuffed her to the bed leaving his hands free to use elsewhere. Soon he had her stripped.
" I know you're going to like this. Just wait and see." He said pulling his shirt back off and taking off his pants.
"Don't do this Led. Let me go please." She said, trying not to let the fear sound in her voice and trying to keep tears from spilling down her cheeks.
"Shut up Bitch" He said and slapped her hard across the face.
He hit her so hard for a moment she almost blacked out. Then he was on top of her and on her and in her and she screamed. She screamed from the pain, from the embarrassment, from the anger, from the fear. She screamed until she didn't think she would ever be able to talk normally again and then darkness came when he hit her across the face again.
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She woke with a great weight on top of her. She tried to slip out from underneath him without waking him, afraid he might try something again. She was just getting up from the bed when a large hand came around the top of her arm and squeezed hard enough to bring tears to her eyes. She didn't turn around.
"You tell anyone about this and I will kill them. Then I will kill the rest of your friends. Then I will come and kill you. But not before I help you 'relax' again…and next time I'll make sure you stay awake for the encounter." He threatened.
She slowly nodded and he released her. She quickly gathered her cloths, what was left of them, and ran out the door. She didn't stop until she was on the street. She looked up at the sky and noticed not only was it day, but it was already late afternoon. She had been knocked out longer than she had thought. She hadn't stopped to get dressed, so she did that now, not caring if anyone saw her or not. There wasn't anyone around anyway. She made her way back to her apartment quickly, but took the side roads so as not to draw attention to her ripped, bloody, and bruised appearance.
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Alec was sore. Led was supposed to help unload some equipment for the hospital but he hadn't shown up so Alec had been stuck doing the job. The equipment was heavy and there was a lot of it, so by the time they had finished unloading it Alec and the three X-6's that were helping him were exhausted. He had given them all the rest of the day off, including himself. To make things even worse Max was no where to be found. He figured that she and OC must have had a wild night and that she was sleeping it off but that still left him in charge of Terminal city as well. He had had his hands full both literally and physically all day. He was so lost in thought and so tired he just about fell head over heels over the stroller lying in the stair way.
"Sorry Boo." Original Cindy apologized rushing back down the stairs with Rhea on her hip. "Original Cindy had to go chasing after Baby Boo here. Did you know she's learned how to climb up the stairs already? I didn't realize you guys learn that quickly." She said trying to drag the stroller up the steps as she talked.
"Don't worry about it OC. Let me take that for you." He offered, grabbing the stroller and hiking it onto his shoulder (after all the sooner it was out of his way the sooner he could get into his apartment and have a nice warm shower and sleep. "So did you and Max have a good time at Bang last night?"
"You must be thinking about someone else Boo. Original Cindy had to baby-sit all night 'cause Gem had the late shift on guard duty last night." She said.
Alec gave her a funny look. Why would Max lie about going out with OC? Oh well. He probably misunderstood. He dropped the stroller off at the other apartment and let himself into his own. He heard the shower immediately. Well, it looks like he found Max. He made himself something to eat but when she still hadn't come out after twenty minutes he went and banged on the door.
"Hey Maxie, save some hot water for the rest of us. I need to use the shower, hurry up."
When she still hadn't come out after ten more minutes he knocked again a bit worried this time.
"Max, are you alright? Get out of the shower, would ya?"
She still wasn't out of the shower and she wasn't answering him 10 minutes later. She must have been in for at least 45 minutes by then. Now Alec was officially worried.
"Max, if you don't say something in the next 10 seconds I'm coming in." he warned.
He counted to ten and then slowly opened the door. The first thing he saw was her bloody, ripped clothes which prompted him to swing the door all the way open. What he saw next would give him nightmares for years.
She was curled up on the floor of the shower crying and shivering, the hot water long since used up, and she was bruised and scratched everywhere. What really made his heart break was where most of those bruises were located though. On her breasts and what looked like the inside of her upper thighs. Then the pieces all fit together. She had lied to him because she was going out with someone who he didn't approve of. She went out with Led. She had gone out with Led and the bastard had raped her.