Readers Note: First of all, sorry everyone for the longest wait ever! ~ I needed a little break so I can work on very important things. I have been struggling with writing this episode only because I needed to really plan out season four and where its going in the future. I have the plans ready for the characters and the newest additions. I found after planning this season, that this will probably be the darkest season. All these episodes have this eerie sense; even I get the creeps. Also, I've added a new realm of story to writer about that will hopefully fall together in the final season of Dark Angel. Thanks for the support! :D

DARK ANGEL

The Complete Fourth Season

Episode 4

"Mother Said"

Previously on Dark Angel,

After awakening mysteriously in -i-Corp with her friends by her side, Max has many questions. Together once more, Logan and Max have no time to be together when the search for her lost mother had started. Sara learns that she can't handle her fire starting abilities that could ultimately destroy the lives of herself and her baby. Sierra and X63's whereabouts are unknown. Terminal City has created a group called the "Council", who rules over anyone of the transgenic brethren that may threaten the existence of Freak Nation that was lead by Max.

Seattle, Washington 2009

Cynthia "Original Cindy" McEachin was only nine years old when the pulse hit. On June 1, 2009, a group of terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon 80 miles in the atmosphere over the United States of America, which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems. When the Pulse hit, every computer and communications system in America was damaged and all digital information was instantly erased, effectively throwing the country into utter chaos. Hours after the electricity went down, everyone in the country panicked when it was realized that there was no immediate solution to the problem, and many were reduced to almost barbaric methods to ensure their survival. One example of such actions were found in Cape Haven. Another effect of The Pulse was bankruptcy. Since most American-based banks used computers to monitor transactions, the database was wiped clean and a lot of people suddenly suffered from poverty. America basically went from super-power to third-world country in a matter of days.

Chaos was an understatement! The world as everyone knew it changed that night when the Pulse hit over the United States. Cindy was sitting on her bed, trying to block the noise of her parents fighting. Every night she suffered listening to her parents argue and attack each other. Cindy loved her mother and she didn't want to see her get hurt. Her father on the other hand, hated his family and often told Cindy that she was a "mistake". Jocelyn McEachin gave birth to Cynthia in the year of 2000. She grew up in a rough family as well and she left into the world to change the mistakes her mother did. Following in her footsteps, Cindy's mother, Jocelyn married a man named Vincent McEachin who was later charged for assault. She found the error in her ways when she found Cindy on the floor with a big purple bruise across her face.

Original Cindy sat on her bed, watching as chaos took over Seattle. People were screaming and running down the streets in fear. Rumors about the science facility, Manticore started spread but mostly labeled a myth. Cindy lit a small wax candle she had made for her mom of mothers day. The candle brightened her room aglow as she sat on her bed, waiting for the calm. They had just moved to Seattle a couple of months ago to make a living in the new computer company downtown. Her father was given a job by the one and only, Harold Lennings. Back in the day, he was a big business man and made lots of money scamming other people. The night before the Pulse hit, her father was fired, leaving them at the break of being poor. Cindy continued to ponder on her bed, while watching the world fall before her eyes. She knew that one day, she was going to escape this hell and live a normal life. She looked into the dark, sapphire sky and wished upon a shooting star that one day she would be saved.

Present Day: Seattle, Washington

Original Cindy shook the memory out of head while she was cleaning the tables in her restaurant. She had redecorated the restaurant to her liking; made it have more of a comfortable feeling. Linsay had helped her pick out some of the colors for the walls and furniture. Cindy always admired her girlfriends tastes in everything. Her clothes were always wonderful and her certain ability to assemble the perfect room could be done in seconds. The walls in her restaurant were of a ruby red and she had black, leather furniture. Since she had redone it, more customers have been appearing, bringing in more profit. Joshua was cleaning the tiled floor in the kitchen, trying to make it pristine. Original Cindy walked over to him and crossed her arms, leaning against the wall. "You know, Boo. You don't have to make it spotless. Some dirt just doesn't disappear." she said. Joshua looked up, studying her facial expression. He laughed and dropped the dirty rag onto the floor. Suddenly, dark water split all over the white tile, making it dirty again. Cindy started to laugh and Joshua began to clean again.

"I'm going to make it pristine for Original Cindy." he said, scrubbing away. Linsay entered the restaurant with a box in her hands.

"I'm barring gifts, my young maiden." Linsay said, placing the box on the counter. She placed a light kiss on Cindy's lips and she opened the box to show her the presents.

"What's in there, something dead?" she laughed, looking over to cardboard flaps to reveal some rare meats. She started jump for joy to see all the beef and chicken she had gotten for her girl.

"Do you like?" asked Linsay.

"Do I like?" she mimicked. "of course I do silly!" she said, hugging Linsay. "Where did you get these? Wait, don't tell me. I hope you didn't hunt these down yourself."

"It took me awhile but I got good aim near the end." Linsay laughed, joking around with Cindy. She pulled out all the food and placed it into the nearest fridge. The white christmas lights that were hung across the restaurant provided this lovely glow during the night. Also, giving the location its warmth was a plus. Cindy investited all her profitable earnings to make her baby the spice it needed in the food and the furniture to create a better space. Original Cindy had let her hair grow out down to the middle of her back. Linsay always loved hair that she could tuck during cuddling.

"Max and Logan have been getting it up last night." Cindy said, smiling. "I'm so happy for them. I can't even remember the amount of years they circled around each other, waiting for the right time."

Linsay smiled and watched as Renee walked into the restaurant with a curious look across her face. She was wearing a cute jean jacket with mini pockets and dark jeans. She walked past some customers and headed towards the other girls.

"Hello, girls. I was wondering if you guys have seen Logan anywhere? There's an Eyes Only mission that needs to be complete today. It's not normal for Logan to be late for these kind of things. I'm starting to worry." Renee said, biting her nail.

"Girl, chill the hell down, foo. Logan is living it up with my Boo. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be here very soon. They just had some catching up to do is all." said Cindy. The world of Logan and Max had changed and Heat penetrated the boundaries. She guessed that it was a go time for Heat to attack. Sara and Alec were staying in for the day, she was still in a lot of pain. The pills worked, but it costed a pretty penny to keep up the proscription. Original Cindy felt sorry for Sara and her condition. It' got to be tough to have an ability that you can't control. Night was falling upon Seattle and darkness was beginning its turn. Since the humans had taken back Seattle as their own, the city was much more alive then usual. Towering buildings, lit with brilliant colors, stood before civilians as they walked down the narrow streets. Stars peaked through the thick, rainy clouds, shining down. The moon was a brilliant light, brightening the streets aglow. The city lights were beauty to the viewer's eyes. One thing that Seattle was known for, even though the Pulse hit, was the beautiful light at night. Just down the street from Cindy's restaurant, a dome shaped building had the word, "Electronics" across in a sparking neon red sign.

She often thought that her restaurant was in a wonder location. Just down the street, there was a bank that beamed glorious emerald down onto darkened alleyways. The sounds of people talking and laughing, enjoying themselves filled the air. Close-by was a large bar where many of the people would hang out at during a Friday night. It was packed and loud. Even though trouble seems to find its way into this large city, Original Cindy still loved Seattle. This to her was home. After the remaining customer paid and left the restaurant, Original Cindy closed up. She flipped the open sign to reveal a "closed" on the back. She stepped outside and with all her strength, pulled an iron gate across and locked it shut. There was lot of crime during the night, especially since the feud between the people and the District Attorney. The Ordinaries found that the decision the District Attorney made to let all Transgenic have free will in Terminal City struck them. There were mixed feelings about the situation and ever since then, the crime rate increased. These days, the authority around here seemed to deplete. After closing, Linsay walked to the back and congratulated Joshua for his fabulous cleaning job. "Good job, Joshua!" she said cheerfully. Original Cindy smiled and turned off some lights.

"I'm ready to go home and get some sleep, boo." She said, stretching. Linsay hugged her and looked at the back door, curious. Original Cindy creased her forehead and turned around to face a familiar face.

"Cynthia, I've waited many years for this." A woman said. Cindy started to tear, noticing that her mother was standing before her, smiling.

DARK ANGEL

Night slowly disappeared and the sun rose from the depths; kissing the horizon with sherbet hues of oranges, yellows and reds. Max stretched as she awoke from her deep slumber. It wasn't normal for her to sleep at all. Logan had absorbed all her time during the night and she was exhausted. Catching up for all those months that they had missed was worth while. Max hadn't felt that way in ages. Logan wrapped his arm around her shoulders and stared at the ceiling. He smiled and looked over to his girl, who was covered her chest. "That was, I mean, wow." she said, gasping for air. Logan laughed and lifted the sheets to glance at his male part still in tact.

"Yes, still got it." he smiled, looking back up at the ceiling fan that continuously turned around and around. A gentle cool air caressed them from above, sending chills down Max's spine.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked. "I mean, we did just have sex and all."

Logan couldn't think of any words to describe the passion he had for her. So many years waiting for this moment and it finally came, grand-slamming. "I don't know what to think. You were....amazing. Absoultly no words to describe last night." he explained, closing his eyes slowly, kissing her lips. Meanwhile, a woman sat on a silver chair in some old factory just outside of Seattle, watching them through a camera. Asha was back, watching everything that happened in Max's house. She was a little bit different from the last time they saw her three months ago. -i-Corp had found Asha and shot her in the head; direct orders by General Jack Boyd. Asha had died and they brought her body to the facility for a project. It took three months for Jack to create something he was very proud of. With a couple screws there and a few bolts tightened, he created Asha-bot. He used her body parts to construct a similar spy-bot like the one he sent after Original Cindy a year ago. Asha-bot watched the TV screen as Max and Logan kissed passionately. She smiled and dialed on the phone.

"I'm watching and awaiting orders." she said in a stiff voice. Suddenly, a little red light begain to flash around her left iris.

--

Original Cindy sat in her restaurant with her mother sitting in front. She couldn't even speak one word to that woman. All she did was pretend to be the mother she wasn't. Her hair was the same way she always kept; long with red beneath. Her mother always said that it always worked in your favour when you keep yourself decent. Jocelyn's fingers interlaced as she stared deep into her daughters eyes. "You're beautiful, Cynthia." she said, smiling. Cindy didn't even want hear the words she spoke. Her mother brought back memories that Cindy took years to put behind her.

"What are you doing here?" Cindy asked. "Last thing I heard on the street, you were moving to New York."

"Is that really the appropiate way to start a conversation with your mother?" Jocelyn challenged, "I taught you differently, Cynthia."

"Don't call me Cynthia, I go by Original Cindy. Cynthia no longer lives here." Cindy replied. Jocelyn smiled.

"When did you pick up that silly habit?"

"bout the time you gave up on being a mother." Cindy snapped, crossing her arms. "You know, I have to open the restaurant. I don't want to loose any customers."

Jocelyn stood up, blocking her daughter from moving any further. "Curious, I'm surprised that you chose cooking as your career choice. I figured you would want to pursue occupations within the lines of hair styling and make-up. I remember you use to put on mommy's make-up and play dress up. I would always tell you to not play with my beauty products because they tested them on animals. Ever since then, I haven't touched animal tested products; going natural."

"You don't know your own daughter. Now if you can excuse me-" Cindy snorted, brushing past her mothers shoulders. Linsay entered the restaurant from the back door and watched as Original Cindy opened the front door to let customers into the store for food.

--

Max had gotten dressed and drove her bike into the Human World. The District Attorney wanted her to come to the office and pick up some of her stuff she left there. Missing for three months, she lost her job and without Tanedra having her back, it was hard to convince Gordon that she was worthy to receive her job back. Tanedra was nowhere to be found in America. Logan had told her that Tanedra was somewhere, searching down Sierra Lakefield. She walked up to the big building and walked up the stone steps and entered. Erinn was at her desk as usual, filing reports in her cabinet. Max hasn't seen Erinn in months and she couldn't wait to talk to her. Three months gone and so many things to catch up on. Max wanted to know about Protectors and why they were so fascinated with Transgenic Brethren.

She walked up to Erinn's desk and smiled. Erinn looked up at her assigned Transgenic and stood up. "Where have you been?" she asked, crossing her arms. Max smiled and watched as District Attorney Gordon approached them. Before she continued, Gordon leaned against Erinn's desk and glared at Max.

"Mrs. Max, you've been missing for some time now. Let me guess, three months?" he asked. Max smiled.

"A girl's gotta have a life sir. Besides, you wouldn't want to know why I was missing and where I was." she said. The District Attorney began to chuckle.

"Try me," he replied "I have time. My court hearing doesn't start for another hour."

Max glanced over at Erinn and smiled.

"Well, over the three months I was kidnapped by sinister company named -i-Corp, who specializes in constructing evil robotic bitches who hate Transgenics. My friends all teamed up and saved my ass before they continued to test me with their newest machine that altered my dream and placed me into an alternate reality." she explained, smiling. The District Attorney started to laugh out loud.

"Yay, okay then. I need you to pack up your stuff, Max. You know the rules." he said, leaving the room. Erinn watched as he left her sight and turned back to Max.

"Max, I need to talk to you. When you were gone, I found out some reliable research about X63. I need to introduce to you a reporter for the New World Weekly. Marcus Reed has some answers to X63 and what keeps him moving. We all know that he can only function with fuel." Erinn explained.

"So he needs to park himself at a gas station and pump up to keep moving?" Max challenged. Erinn shook her head.

"He feeds on a certain type of blood to continue forward on his 'destiny'." she said.

--

Sierra Lakefield walked back and forth with her high-heels clinging against the stone floor. Dampened stone walls surrounded her as she crossed her arms. Sounds of crawling rats echoed endlessly in the underground tunnels of Seattle. It had taken Sierra over twenty minutes to find her way down the sub-levels. Down in the underground tunnels, every turn had to be closely examined. It was very easy to get lost. On her way to the destination ahead, she had to kill over a dozen transgenics who have lost their mind. For years, these creatures would roam the tunnels and feast on dead carcasses and rodents. Most of all, they loved fresh meat. Sierra entered a dome like room, with the ceiling arched up high.

"Sorry it took me a long time to get here. Those filthy transgenics are everywhere. Luckily enough, I was holding a gun at the time." Sierra said to the darkened figure in the shadows. With his deep and menacing voice, he spoke.

"Did you find me a reliable donor?" he asked, glaring at Sierra with her glowing, green eyes. Sierra smiled.

"Did you think I was just going to let you die?" she challenged. "I do need you."

"Just tell me if you brought me something to feed off of. I've been waiting for so long that I can feel this body starting to shut down. You don't know what it feels like to built into this body. When I don't get that blood, I begin to feel serious pains." X63 said, gripping his stomach. Sierra rolled her eyes and dragged in a young woman. She had black hair and bruises all over her body.

"Did you have to beat her around like that?" he asked. Sierra kicked the girl onto the floor and spat in her face. She started scream and cry at the same time.

"There, is that how you like it?" Sierra asked, walking away from his dinner time. X63 slowly limped over to Ava and struggled to see straight. Sierra observed in the background, remebering his strongest weaknesses. X63 kneeled down on the cool stone and used all his strength to touch her soft arm. Suddenly, Ava began to turn blue. All the blood in her body was quickly draining, leaving her with nothing. She slumped to the floor as her eyes lost their color. X63 was suddenly healed from all his pain now that he had sucked her blood. Ava was dead on the hard ground.

Sierra walked back over to Ava's dead body and touched her neck to find a pulse. "She's cold."

"I feel much better." X63 mummbled. Sierra was lost in thought.

"How do you do that? I know you take their blood, but you do it with just a touch."

"When I was constructed, they gave micropotic needles on my massive hands. With just one touch, the needles begin to drain the blood from the vicitim, feeding my main source." he said, standing up. X63 was a huge walking, mutated, robotic, demonic looking beast. Have his face was similar to -i-Corp's X2-bot's. His eyes were a glowing green; the same substance that made Joshua go crazy.

"We need to get back to the plan." he said, walking over Ava's dead body. Sierra followed behind.

--

Renee Hart knocked on Logan's apartment door and entered. She had been worried about him for some time now. He had been distracted with Max being back from -i-Corp. They were on a close lead finding more information about her parents death. She didn't want to loose anything that would help her take down -i-Corp. "Logan, are you home?" she asked, walking around the room. There was no sign of Logan and she was starting to really get worried.

As walked out of the room, Asha was at the front door. Renee paused and tried to match her face to anyone she knew. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" Renee asked. Asha cocked her head and smiled.

"Renee, Logan talks about you a lot." she replied, turning her head to view her surroundings.

"Oh, Asha, that's right. I heard you were coming back soon. I work with Logan in secret Eyes Only missions. He said you were a really helpful worker of his. I've always wanted to meet the real Eyes Only, but I guess if I was meant to, I will in time." Renee explained. Renee was clueless about who Asha really was. The real Asha was dead and this one was just a poser. She was built by General Boyd to spy on Max and the others. While they were talking, Sara and Alec entered the apartment fighting.

"Alec, I'm not taking the pill. It's making my baby sick, I just know it." she complained, sitting on Logan's couch. Alec sat beside her with the pills in his hand.

"Fine, I give up. Kill your baby!" he yelled, chucking them at her face. Sara started to bleed from her nose and she quickly swallowed the pill. Renee walked over to Sara to comfort her.

"Honey, are you okay?" Renee questioned. "I want you and your baby safe."

Sara smiled and rested her head against the couch. "I'm fine, Renee. Thank you for thinking about me. Alec and I have been arguing about the baby and my health. I know this baby will be healthy and If I die in the process, so be it." Sara said, closing her eyes. Asha watched as the two woman socialized. She was still new being exposed to other human beings. Asha-bot knew for a fact that she wasn't one of them. She was created in a facility that specialized in robotics.

--

Jocelyn reappeared at Cindy's restaurant and watched as her daugther worked hard to earn her money. She wanted to become the mother she never was to her own daughter. Max entered the restaurant, holding a bag of pain killers to give to Cindy. For the past two weeks, Cindy had been experincing strong pains in her head and needed some pills to calm it down.

"Thank you, Boo!" Cindy said, grabbing the bag from her hands. "I needed these so much."

"Are you sure you don't want me to take you to the doctors?" asked Max. "You got some funky head pains going on up in there."

"I'm all good, just getting all stressed. It doesn't help that my mother is here. She won't leave me alone. I mean, I know shes my mother and all, but a little too late missy." Cindy explained, washing the dark counter top. "I just want some peace and quiet for once!" she yelled when suddenly, the restaurant lights shut off. All the customers dead silent, scared. Cindy could hardly see Max; who was right in front of her.

"What's going on?" asked Cindy. Not even one minute passed and Cindy's restaurant door blasted open. Everyone started to jump and scream, running out of the restaurant. Max used her great vision to see who the intruders were. To her surprise, Sierra and X63 were standing, ready for battle. Jocelyn ran over to Cindy, passing all the running people. Meanwhile, Linsay and Joshua hid in the back, not even speaking a word. Linsay decided to use the back door and try and put the lights back on. After fiddling with some wires, she got the lights back on.

"Cynthia, where are you?" her mother asked. Cindy grabbed her mothers arm and pulled her behind the counter. The lights flickered and slowly beamed light upon the restaurant. Max's eyes widened when she saw X63 for the first time. He smiled and examined Max's features.

"So this is 452. The one and only girl who is supposedly going to stop me. I figured you would be a little more butch." X63 snorted, smiling at her. Sierra started laugh.

"Long time no talk, Max." she said, glaring at Cindy and her mother.

"Sierra," Max whispered. "Look what the cat dragged in."

"I missed your cheesey remarks, 452. You know, after Ames's death, you awakened my destiny. I knew from the start that you were going to kill Ames. I just used him to get what I wanted." Sierra explained. X63 stomped closer to Max while Jocelyn whispered into Cindy's ear.

"What's happening, Cynthia?" she asked. "Is that the thing that's killing all those people?"

Cindy tried to hush her mom, but X63 heard them talking behind the counter. Suddenly, he tried to charge at them, but Max jumped in the way. She swung her fist towards his metal head, only bruising her knuckles. He didn't even move one bit. With one push, Max went flying across the room. She hit against the pot wall and she slumped to the cold tile. Sierra watched as X63 had a little fun. She loved the watch Max get thrown around. X63 walked over to Max and picked her up by the back of her shirt. She was rendered useless. Effortlessly, he dropped her back onto the tiled floor, smashing her face. He then rose his leg and kicked her in the stomach, sending her airborne and bashing against the now-cracked wall.

"Max!" Yelled Cindy, trying to protect her mother. Cindy realized that she did still have daughterly feelings for her mother. She always will, but her mother didn't deserve one bit. Sierra pulled out a gun and aimed at Cindy and her mother.

"Don't even move." Sierra threatened. Original Cindy pushed her mother behind her and glared at Sierra.

"What'chu think you're doing? You gonna shoot me?" Cindy taunted, walking closer to Sierra. She held the gun and placed the cold tip against Cindy's forehead. "Go ahead, shoot."

"It's not your time yet." Sierra answered, using the back of the gun to hit Cindy's head. Jocelyn watched as her daughter was being beat by this blond woman in high-heels. She had to think quickly. Meanwhile, Max was trying to stay alive while fighting X63. He was too hard to hurt. His body was mostly covered with protecting metal. Not even her strong Transgenic blood could penetrate his barrier. She jumped up and did a backflip to kick him in the face. X63 backed away from the power of her kick. She kicked him in the stomach and made enough room between them so she could run over to Sierra. X63 grabbed her shirt from behind and threw her back against the wall. Before Sierra could hurt Cindy anymore, Jocelyn came from behind and hit her in the back of the head with a beer bottle. Sierra feel to the ground with shattered glass all over her head.

X63 grabbed Sierra and headed towards the front door. "We'll see each other again." he said, running out with Sierra. Jocelyn helped her mother up and she hugged her.

"Thank you, mom." Original Cindy replied, patting her head. Jocelyn smiled and rubbed her child's shoulders, staring into her dark eyes.

"No one hurts my daughter." Jocelyn whispered. Max walked over to them to see if they were okay. Hours passed and Max was back home, sitting with Logan on the couch. He had just finishing telling her about Asha's return and Renee working on an Eyes Only case about her parents. "She's really driven to pursue this case." he said, touching Max's thy.

"Are you ever going to tell her that you're the Eyes Only?" she challenged, arching one eyebrow. Logan smirked.

"I don't know. I think that we would work better if Eyes Only was my own. Enough about that subject, how's Original Cindy's mother holding up, absorbing all this information about Sierra and X63?" he asked. Max crossed her legs.

"You know, a mother and daughter connection and love never breaks. I haven't heard from her yet, but Jocelyn is going back home for awhile. A lot of bonding after so many years had been overwhelming. I think they're going to take it slow." Max said. Logan laughed.

"My mother use to say that a bond between the mother and a child is the strongest." he said. Max frowned.

I understand what Logan is saying about the mother and a child. I believe that it would be the strongest bond ever. Of course, I would never know. My mom left me when I was really little. I do have a lingering hope that she's still alive, somewhere out there in this broken world.

APPEARANCES: Starring

Max

Logan

Cindy

Alec

Sara

Joshua

SPG (Special Guest)

Erinn McNeil

Renee Hart

Sierra Lakefield

Asha-bot

X63 (first appearance)

Linsay Gomez

District Attorney Gordon

Jocelyn McEachin (guest Star)