Chapter three: Seize the day
Alec rolled off the girl under him and cursed himself. "You did it again." the girl stated sliding off the bed picking up her clothes. "Why do you keep coming to see me when it's obvious that it's her that you want?"
"I did what?" He questioned, he knew the answer but tried to act dumb and salvage any chance he had to come back next time he needed some release.
"My name isn't Max." She simply stated and headed into the bathroom to get dressed.
"I'm sorry." he called out after the door closed a little too loud to be normal. He figured there wasn't anything he could do to fix it. He knew he'd done it, every other time he'd come here that's they only words he'd utter.
This time though he didn't feel better, and was still feeling riled up. He headed back to HQ looking for something or anything to do. "Mole, what missions we got going out today?" Alec questioned walking up to the command post. If sex wasn't going to relieve him then fighting sure as hell would.
"We've got a rescue going down tonight within a familiar base." Mole replied pulling out the file in question. "Team Bravo is going in for extraction at 23:00."
"Good, I'm tagging along; you're in charge while I'm out." Alec said and headed to the mess hall.
While eating Alec looked around at the people around he couldn't help but smile knowing that this was a good thing they'd done. He admitted that once Manticore had burnt down he didn't see much hope for the transgenic race, but now he truly believed that someday, somehow they'd be free completely.
Once he'd finished eating, he walked around the compounds checking in on everything, making sure the medicals had all the supplies they needed. The schools for the little once were almost ready to be used, he'd laughed the first time Max suggested schooling, but now he saw it as a good thing.
Finally arriving back at his office he walked in without saying anything to anyone and sat there for the remainder of the time before heading out for the mission. He sat there just staring at everything and listening to all the voices that were heard outside his office.
For some reason he thought this was important, you could almost think that Alec wasn't coming back. That feeling stuck with him the rest of the night even as they were in the transport vehicle heading to destination. "If this mission goes sideways you drop what you're doing and head out. I don't want any hero stunts." Alec ordered once they were there.
"Sir?" One of the X6's questioned.
"Don't worry nothing will go wrong." Those were the last words Alec would speak for a long time.
Everything was going smoothly until they reached the prisoners cell. In the distance, Alec could hear footsteps approaching quickly. Not wanting anyone to get caught, he headed for those footsteps and came face to face with White and at least ten other familiars.
Before Alec could react, they'd jumped him and tazered him until he passed out. The last thing he remembered before that was White smirking down at him and hearing him say, "452 must not be too far away. Find her."
Alec felt himself be grabbed by the wrists and ankles then things got hazy as he passed out completely, just hoping the other transgenic got away.
Seize the day
Or die regretting
The time you lost
It's empty and cold
Without you here
Too many people to wake over
Panic was an understatement at Terminal City; every team leader was sitting in the conference room yelling out all sorts of ideas. "I don't care what anyone says; I'm taking my team out there and bringing him back." Biggs stated making sure all others knew he wasn't joking around and he wouldn't change his mind.
"Alright this is what we'll do." Mole got up and looked at everyone one there. Everyone in this room had once worked under Alec's orders before coming to TC. They all owed him something for some reason or another, but right now looking into all of their eyes you could tell that this wasn't a favor rescue mission, but one of true feelings. There was no one in this room or even the whole city that wouldn't give their life for their leader. "We'll send in all the teams that are ready, and we'll take apart the whole building looking for him. We'll keep a second wave ready to ship out if need be."
Without saying anything else, everyone was on their feet and heading out to their teams barking orders left and right. Within ten minutes, vans were rushing out of TC and heading towards the marina where they'd last seen Alec.
"Do you think we should call Max?" Syl questioned looking down from the offices with Mole beside her.
"I don't think we should worry her right now especially in her condition." Mole replied he knew that even if Max was with the ordinary, Logan, she truly had some feelings for Alec. Somehow, though she hadn't realized it herself. "We'll see... if we can't bring him back she'll need to come and take over."
