I'm back...
Once again the disclaimer dance dances really bad I don't own these characters I don't own these characters I don't own THEMMMMM.
Okay now for the story
Three weeks...Max had spent three weeks in and out of Psy-ops. Three weeks of letting people far enough into her mind so they thought she gave in but not far enough to do any harm. She had been through different forms of torture but luckily never had to go through the pitch room again.
She lay down in the small metal coat they called a bed staring at the ceiling, doing only one thing, forgetting. She wondered if Brin had done the same thing when she was taken. Is that why she was the way she was...did she make herself forget...everything? Everything she felt for her family? How could Max do that how could she forget Zach?
She was shaken out of her thoughts when the door opened. Out of reflex she jumped up to the position of attention. Max gave an inward groan but showed only a calm soldier exterior. Her eyes focused on a tall X5 she had grown accustomed to getting her for Psy-ops. He had light brown hair with streaks of blonde jetting through. His eyes where a hazy gray like right after a storm. He would have soft features if he ever smiled.
"X5-452, Commander Renfro request a word at 1200 hours" He gave her a stone look threating her to object. If she had been herself she would have just that but she needed to fit in her and to do that she had follow and be 452 again. In one stiff motion she brought her hand up in a salute
"Sir Yes sir" After he rose he's hand in the same movement he lowered it and turned to leave. "Permission to speak sir" Max's voice came strong and she bite her tongue for saying anything.
"Permission granted 452" He turned to her with a hint of something in his eye she could quite place it...amusement
"What is your name sir?" Max said with her eyes even to his
"My designation is nothing you need to know" He said with a strong emphasis on designation. With that he turned closing her door.
"Nice job Max" She spoke out loud to herself "Now you are never going to get out of this hole" With that she threw herself onto her cot and went back to staring at her ceiling.
When 1200 hours came another X5 she had never seen before came to her door. This time it was a girl about Max's age with short red hair. Freckles where sprayed across her face most scattered on her nose. She had light green eyes that seemed to dance with mischief. Max knew that if she was to see her again under different circumstances she would like her.
"Commander Renfro sent me to get you" her eyes wondered as if she wished to be somewhere else. Max gave a nod and followed her out the door. The only sound that echoed through the empty halls was the sound of each boot hitting the floor.
"I'm X5-439 just so you know." She turned her head to the side probably to see if Max would react. A quiet followed as they continues down the hall. Finally 439 gave a sigh and faced front once again.
"452" Max spoke turning her head toward her with a small barely visible smile. 439's face lit up at that as if she had just an ice queen to hug. After more moments of silence 439 stopped at a door and showed Max in.
"Ah 452" Renfro looked up from her papers for a moment to confirm who was there. "I have some thing for you come this way" Renfro pushed herself from her desk and walked to a farther part of the office. She came to a wall with a silver key pad to the side and pressed a series of numbers. The gray wall slide away to revile a sight that caused Max to gasp.
"Despite what I improvement I have seen in the past three weeks your reindoctration is taking to long we need you back in the field ASAP so we went to extreme measures."
Max walked up to the glass and looked in. How could I do this to him this is all my fault.
"Now 452 we won't get ride of him if" Renfro let the word hang in the air as Max stared in on one of the most important man in her life. She slowly turned to Renfro waiting to hear what she wanted. "You come back completely to Manticore. We know that you don't care about your self and no matter how many threats on your life I make you won't listen but a threat on his…." A sick smile spread across her face. "Would defiantly move you to stay"
Silent tears fell down her face as she looked through the glass. I'm sorry Max but I have no choice. "I will"
"What 452?"
"I will stay here and do whatever you say as long as you do one thing" Max turned to her with her eyes focused and teary
"And what might that be?" Renfro gave another smile like the cat that ate the canary.
"You will never hurt him" Her voice shook slightly as she spoke but she still stood strong.
"Done but you are Manticore property again" Renfro smiled at her own words. Max turned back around to look at the man she had cared so much for. Then slowly the gray screen closed once again leaving Max staring at a gray wall. Renfro walked back behind her desk and started to thumb through papers.
"You will be assigned to Beta Company here are your papers for your uniform and equipment. Also make sure you don't cause any trouble" Max turned toward as if on auto pilot grabbed the papers and walked out the door. She barley registered getting her clothes and walking down to her new company's hall. When she reached the hall the she felt vial rise in her throat as she came face to face with the man who took her to hell for the past three weeks.
His gray eyes seemed to laugh at her as she stared at him with a look of horror.
"It seems 452 that you are now my problem" His voice was lighter then it had been before almost to the point of laughter. "You will meet the rest of the company tomorrow. Today Renfro has told me that you me that you need to get settled in go to your room and put it in any fashion you wish as long as it coincides to the handbook." He placed a small paper book onto of all the clothes she was carrying. "By the time you are done we should be in the mess hall. You should remember how to get food there you weren't too young when you skipped out of here" he didn't give her a chance to respond as he turned out of the hall way probably to training.
Max turned on her heels and headed down the hall in search of her room. Each steal door seemed the same as the next the only difference being a small number etched into it. Each number seemed to be at random until she noticed a number that caught her eye, 734. Cautiously she opened the door to have her suspicions confirmed. Inside the room was the same way that Brin had kept her room when they were younger. The bed had hospital corners and the pillow was completely flat. She had always been a perfectionist.
Stepping out quietly she walked a door over to find her number newly carved into the door. She walked in to see a dead room. The bed and dresser were in the corner and the sheets were folded and the pillow were laid on top of each other in the center of the bed. She opened the drawer to find it bare and place her clothes inside.
She walked over to her bed and sat down. Letting out a sigh she spoke into the emptiness. "Home sweet home my ass"
After moving her bed and dresser Max found the small bathroom in the corner. Looking at she felt like throwing up at the dirt and grim everywhere. Walking around her company hall she finally found cleaning supplies and went to scrub her new home. After three hours she finally found that her once green brown and gray bathroom was actually a more depressing color of off white.
She looked around to see that the rest of the room was a pile of filth also. Feeling depressed she grabbed her cleaner once again and went to scrubbing her floor and metal bed frame. Hours passed before her room finally looked like it wasn't a dump site. Feeling drained Max dragged over to her bed and fell down onto the thin mattress. She blinked 5 times before she closed her eyes and feel asleep.
Well everybody that is all for right now I would add more but then it would ruin the next chapter. So…..oh yes and just so everyone notices this I NEVER SAID WHO THE GUY BEHIND THE GLASS IS…..it's a surprise for later heh hehe That be all for now
