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Chapter 4
Max sat upright on her bed, naked under the lame excuse of a sheet that Manticore provided. Her cell was dark, cold and lonely. She had asked him to leave even though he was entitled to stay the night, but she couldn't face him. Tears rolled down her cheeks as the guilt surged through her veins. She felt like she had just given in to her heat but at the same time she didn't. She had kept her eyes closed throughout most of the sex and had tried to imagine Logan but it didn't work. She had felt his eyes burning holes into her through his intense gaze urging her to look into them and had kept hers tightly shut, not wanting to see the look in them.
She had asked him to have sex with her and he had delivered that perfectly but she had failed, she had felt static the moment he entered her, she loved every thrust and stroke as he moved in her, she loved the feel of him in her but what she loved most was the feeling of completeness.
'This shouldn't have happened, it wasn't supposed to be like this, I shouldn't be feeling anything, all it should've been was sex, meaningless sex with an X5 Manticore soldier, nothing more' she tried to encourage herself. Failing she lay on the bed still sobbing and the guilt, burning through her. 'Logan, how could I have done such a thing to Logan? Was the last thing she thought as finally exhausted from the sex and the tears, she fell into a deep slumber.
Alec lay on his back with his hands behind his head wanting to sleep but unable to as thoughts of Max and their sexual encounter invaded his mind. He had never experienced such a powerful attachment to someone he had just had sex with but with Max, he couldn't get her out of his mind. The sex was supposed to be meaningless but the moment he entered her, the word meaningless did not exist. The electricity that sparked between them was palpable and he loved it because he had finally connected with someone on a deeper level, sub-consciously.
He knew that she had felt the same way and that she had enjoyed herself due to the way she unconsciously clung to him silently egging him on, but when she realised what she was doing she would fight it. She wasn't very good at hiding her emotions because the more she fought the clearer her emotions became. A smile lit up on his face as he remembered watching her as she writhed and moaned under him, craving for her release. But then the smile disappeared as he recalled her facial expression, guilt.
Frowning he thought of reasons of why she would feel guilty but did not come up with anything plausible 'except for having a boyfriend outside' a voice in his head told him, but he pushed the thought away with a shake of his head because they had already cleared that up. Deciding to dwell more on that tomorrow he fell asleep dreaming of a smiling brown-eyed petite brunette.
Med bay outside Dr's office
That morning things were done differently for those involved with the breeding program. All the females except for those who were already pregnant were to report to the Doctor's office for their physical examination. Max stood outside the door in line with the other X5 females waiting for her turn, very aware but unsure why she was receiving such hateful and hostile looks from the other females.
"Stupid bitch" she heard someone murmur from behind
"I know what you mean" her companion agreed "She gets recaptured after ten years but instead of reindoctrination and punishment she gets partnered with 494, where the fuck's the fairness in that?" she snapped
"Tell me about it. You know I wouldn't really care if she was partnered with someone else but why 494" her friend practically whined.
"Oh my god, who're you telling, god he is hot!"
"Someone should really put her in her place, stupid 09er"
Max furious that they were talking about her, in front of her, and mostly because they were jealous that she had Alec snapped. Turning around to face her haters she challenged "Is that person gonna be you?" she snapped at the two blondes before her.
"Maybe" the shorter blonde sneered as she walked towards Max.
"Well if you feel so threatened by me then maybe you should do something about it instead of talking about it." Max retorted
"Maybe I will" the girl replied sending a kick and a punch towards Max who wasn't fast enough to block the kick but managed to block the punch. Retaliating Max threw a punch to the girl's nose drawing blood which infuriated the small blonde. Enraged the blonde abrasively attacked Max with a fury of kicks and punches knocking her to the ground. Max refusing to be the only one on the ground, kicked at the blonde's feet knocking her over, straddled her waist and resumed attacking her.
The Doctor chose that moment to come out and call for the next female when he saw the two girls fighting on the floor. Reaching for the alarm button on the inside of his door to call for the guards he rushed back out again and tried to get the girls attention without physically touching them, due to not wanting them to retaliate on him.
"What is this, stop this instant; you are both being imprudent this can easily cause miscarriages. Stand down soldiers" he yelled but was obviously ignored. The sound of running boots could be heard but the two females still carried on, the guards turned the corner and came to stand before the two fighting females.
"Stand down now" they yelled taking out their tasers. But was stopped by the Doctor, who stood in their way.
"I can't let you taser them, that will highly increase the risk of miscarriage" He informed them.
Both not wanting to be tasered with high voltage electricity stopped their fight and stood at attention. Both sporting bruises on their faces the only difference was that Max had a split lip and the blonde X5 had a broken nose.
"Go and get your examination and I don't want to hear anything like this happening again, do I make myself clear" the guard roared.
"Sir Yes Sir" they both replied robotically, walking into the Doctor's office.
After being released from her embarrassing physical examination she was sent off by the Doctor with everything being fine and to keep up the good work with 494. Making her way to breakfast she walked into the doors and spotted Alec at a table with 510. She didn't really want to talk with Alec, let alone sit with him, but since he and 510 were the only one's who didn't hate her so much she made her way over to them.
Alec watched her as she came over to sit next to him. Taking in the bruises on her face and her split lip he frowned "what happened?" he asked softly touching a bruise on her cheek. Leaning into his touch Max softly sighed temporarily forgetting that she was in the cafeteria at Manticore and that she wasn't supposed to be talking to her breeding partner.
510 watched the scene before him and couldn't help but unblinkingly stare. He had never seen 494 act the way he was acting before. Watching 452 lean into his touch and sigh softly his jaw dropped open and understanding drew on him ' ooh they have it bad' he thought with glee, a smile forming on his handsome face.
"Some stupid blonde bimbo wanted a fight because she was jealous that you were my breeding partner, she seems to think I'm too unworthy for you because I'm an 09er" Max mumbled not really paying attention to what she was saying.
As if Max speaking had broken the spell Alec dropped his hand and they both abruptly turned to finish their breakfast avoiding each other's gazes all to the amusement of 510 who had said nothing but had just stared 'They have it bad and don't even know it' he thought shaking his head sadly, and returning to his food.
Playing around with her food and eating the small amounts that her stomach could hold Max decided it was time to go.
"I'll see you guys later" she said to them, but before she could get up Alec had grabbed her arm and was whispering softly so that the other transgenic's around couldn't hear "We need to talk" he told her in the tone which indicated that it was serious and there was no escape.
Nodding her head Max pulled her arm free and simply said "Tonight" then got up and made her way out.
That evening
Max was in her cell sawing away at the bricks. She had been doing this for a few days now and had successfully managed to remove two bricks from the wall. She pokes her head through the hole where the bricks previously were and looks down to see if there was anything to aid her down. Noticing the pipe, she stands up puts the bricks on the bed as a decoy and covers them with her blanket. Lying back down on the floor she crawls out of the hole feet first and slides down the pipe. Reaching the bottom she jumps off and looks around, noticing that she was in the basement, she walks around looking for a window when she hears growling and stops frozen in her tracks. She notices a tall man with long hair and a doglike face rushing towards her.
Backing up in fear Max puts her hands in front of her "Easy, easy. Easy, Relax, big fella" she coaxed the doglike man.
"You relax, little fella" the man replied, shocking Max that her jaw dropped
"Wow you can talk" she nearly whispered
"Wow" the man replied offended.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean anything by it. I've just – I've never seen anyone that looks like you before. So what happened? They put too much canine DNA in your cocktail?"
Sniffing the air "Cat. Cat in your cocktail" he informed her
"Don't hold it against me" Max shrugged trying to make a joke.
"Your X5" the man stated
"Yeah you can call me Max" she extended her hand but the man just stared at her, taking his hand in hers she shakes it. "What's your name?" she asked not really expecting him to have one.
"Joshua" he replied. Nodding her head she starts to walk around looking for a window.
"It's too bad you don't have a room with a view. You know a window. I'm tryna find a way out of here" she informed him
Looking around Joshua glances through a hole in the wall then opens a panel underneath. Walking through the dimly lit basement they pass several cells with different nomalie's. They arrive in a room with large storage crates piled by the wall barring the window from view; Joshua removes some crates to reveal the stop of the barred window.
"Room with a view" Joshua annonces proudly
Smiling warmly at him Max climbs on the remaining crates and tugs as the bars "This is gonna take a while. Okay with you if I slap an exit sign on this?" she asked him.
"Uh- uh. No exit. X7's in the forest"
"How many?"
"One" He informs her
She looks into the forest and notices an armed X7 "Yup there he is, I think I can take him on"
"Uh uh" Joshua said shaking his long hair. "Lots of one"
"ohh I get it"
Max looks at the sky and notices the sun about to come up
"I gotta blaze the sun'll be up soon. Be back tomorrow, thanks for everything, Joshua" and with that she runs back to the pipe and back to her cell. Climbing back through the hole into her cell she notices Alec sitting cross-legged on her bunk with an angry look on his face "Forget we had a date?"
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NOTE- btw the blonde bimbo comment i am not dissing on any1, so if any1 feels offended i'm sorry & if there's a few mistakes here and there i'm really sorry but its late and i'm fighting to stay awake so plz forgive me!
