Another chapter, hope you're finding the story to your liking, anyway, there's still much to come, so keep reading and please review.
Jake and Adam took the woman they had just saved back to their hotel room, the driver unfortunately didn't survive the wreckage, "You're S1W" Adam said as he handed the girl a bag with ice for her forehead, "I've heard about you, you fight against corruption or something like that right?"
"Yeah" the woman laughed, "Though most people say we're terrorists"
"Join the club" Jake whispered.
"Excuse me?"
"Nothing, he just…well we're sort of being searched by the police too"
"You are? Why?"
"For what we are"
"What you are?" the girl looked at them, "Wait a second! You're transgenics aren't you?" she looked at them, "You are!"
"Look please don't shout it" Adam said as he calmed her down.
"Don't worry, you're secret's safe with me, I actually know a couple of transgenics from back in Seattle"
"Yeah, well that's where we're trying to go"
"Back there? Why? I thought you just escaped from there?"
"Well, I have some things I have to find out"
"Well, you saved me, the least I could do is help you"
"Thanks but…"
"It's ok, the S1W owes a lot to the transgenics, they've saved us some times before, I'm sure the others won't mind giving you a hand, we can get you there in a less than two days"
"Well, if it's not too much trouble"
"It's not! Trust me! I'm Asha by the way"
"I'm Adam, this is Jake"
"Good to meet you Adam and Jake" She reached for the telephone, "Let me arrange a meet"
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"That son of a Bitch Lydecker, he ruined everything!" Ames White shouted angrily.
"Everything can still be saved, even with Lydecker's high influences; they're still ignorant of what they are getting themselves into. Everything will continue as planned" Senator Mcenley said as he watched Ames pacing nervously, "Until then you must remain hidden, else you risk compromising all of us"
"I understand" White sat down, "but I have a favor to ask"
"And what may that be?"
"When the time draws near, I want to take care of X5-452 personally"
"I'm afraid that's not going to happen, if she is who your father said she is, then that's a loose end we must take care of as soon as possible" the Senator got up and headed for the door, "Fe'nos tol"
"Fe'nos tol" Ames answered as he was left alone in a dark room.
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Asha led Adam and Jake to an alley where a truck was waiting for them, "If you don't mind, would you put theses on" she handed them two cloth sacks, "the S1W has a lot of enemies, our base must remain a secret"
The two of them did as she asked and got onto the vehicle, after several minutes of driving the truck stopped and they let out into an abandoned warehouse, "Welcome to S1W headquarters, follow me, I'll take you to the leader"
Asha led them down into a basement where several computers were adorned the room as people rushed with files and radios everywhere, "Wow looks like you have your own NSA here" Jake said as he examined the place.
"I pride myself on that" the leader spoke from behind her chair as she turned around to greet them.
"Oh my god…Jake?"
"Lou?" Jake said happily, "You…you're the S1W leader?"
"Jake! I thought you were dead?" she reached out and hugged him, "What happened? You haven't aged a day"
"The Nanytes kept me in some kind of suspended animation; what about you? Your NSA file said you were MIA"
"That's what I led them to believe, after the pulse the office began to deteriorate, corruption was taking over the whole country, I couldn't keep working like that so disappeared, that's when I formed the S1W, to stop everything they were doing to this country"
"Yes well, when you disappeared you left me tagged in the most wanted list"
"I'm afraid that wasn't my doing"
"…Exacutive Director Warner?"
"Yeah"
""What do you know about Diane?"
"Not much, she's been moved through several top secret government projects, I don't know where she currently is"
"I can't believe you know each other" Asha spoke up, then I guess you'll have no objection in helping them right?"
"No, no objection at all, but I'd like to ask you a favor"
"What is it?"
"Join us, I'm not your boss anymore Jake, I can't force you to do anything, but we need your help; both of you" she looked at Adam.
"I…I'd love to help, but there's some things I need to sort out first"
"Yes, in Seattle, Asha informed me; but the thing I need help with is precisely in Seattle"
"Then I guess, if you can get us there quickly, I suppose I can help you with whatever you need"
"You can always count on me Lou, you know that" Jake said happily.
"Thank you" Louise smiled, "With you, I'm sure we might be able to make a difference"
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"Come on Logan!" Max shouted as she paced through the house, "We're going to be late!"
"Yeah, sure of course you can stay, eyes only won't mind" Logan was busy on the phone, "ok, bye"
"Sorry, that was Asha, she wanted to know if she could crash in the safe house for a couple of days"
"Well, I'm glad blondy is visiting, but we promised the Tragers we'd be there before midnight"
"Ok, I'm going! I'm going!"
A few minutes later they were arriving at the house Max had visited the night before.
"Good, you're here!" Josh said as he led them into the house, "sorry Kyle couldn't be here, but we were working on this earlier and I think we got a major breakthrough, as you know, the virus is specifically targeted to attack Logan's DNA"
"That's right"
"Well, if it can be programmed for this; that means it can also be reprogrammed for another specific strain of DNA or RNA"
"I suppose, but how does that help us?"
"This is a retrovirus, it has an RNA genome, we might be able to take a sample of this virus and reprogram it to create another virus that targets the original virus's RNA structure"
"Have one virus kill the other!"
"That's correct, the only problem is, the altered virus may still have an allergic reaction to Logan's DNA, that's why we need a sample, to test it and make sure it's safe"
"So you think you might be able to cure us?"
"By now, I'm almost certain, we still have several tests to make, It'll take some time to make sure the virus will really do what it's supposed to; but now it's just a matter of time until we can cure you"
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Adam, Asha and Jake were riding in an old minivan, "It's not the coolest ride, but it'll take us to Seattle safely"
"I've been walking since I left Kansas" Adam said as he stared at a map, "I don't care what the ride looks like as long as it takes us to our destination"
"It'll get us there, but first we have to make a quick stop, there's going to be someone else joining our US tour"
"Someone else?"
"Yeah, she's going to give us the intel on what exactly it is that we're supposed to do in Seattle"
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Max and Logan arrived at Joshua's house and stood on the front porch staring out into the stars, "Well, looks like we'll finally be rid of that virus" Logan said happily.
"Don't count your chicks before they hatch"
"Don't be so pessimistic, it'll happen, I know it will, we deserve this" he stared at her with warmth and care.
"Listen, there's something I need to tell you" Max didn't know how to start, "it's about…about me and…"
"Alec?" Logan said coldly as the romantic mood faded.
"Yeah, you see I…"
"Do you love him?"
"No! I mean I don't know, it's just, we split up on really bed terms"
"He was your boyfriend and he left, seems to me he didn't care much about you, not like I do"
"You don't get it, we were never like that"
"What do you mean?"
"We lied…I lied to you, so you'd back away…so I wouldn't hurt you anymore; He and I were never romantically involved"
"You tricked me?" he became angered but soon regained his composure, "I saw him kiss you before he left?"
"That's what troubles me, it was only an act, but before he left he told me he loved me and kissed me"
"That's why you've been acting strange all this time?" Max turned away to face the street and nodded.
"Do you love him?"
"I don't know, he angers me, he's an intolerable, irritating, egocentric, careless hooligan; but he's my friend, I care for him and I miss him…but love? I don't know, I never allowed my self to think of the possibility until…"
"Until he kissed you" Logan calmly walked up to her and placed his hands on her shoulders, "I'm here now, for you; but if you decide that you want to be with someone else, remember I'll always be your friend, you can count on me, no matter what"
The two of them turned around and entered the house, inside Joshua was still standing where they had left him, painting a blurry picture of a woman in a bright blue dress, "Hey Joshua! We're back!"
"I know, heard you talking…outside"
"You…overheard us?"
"A little, so? Virus bitch going down?"
"Sure looks like it" Logan answered happily and was surprised by the sudden bear hug Joshua gave him.
"You here now, you take care of Max"
"Yeah…"Logan answered nervously, noticing that the dog-man had heard most of their conversation, "…I will"
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Jake opened the sliding door to the right of the minivan so a woman could get in, "Headding to seattle?" he asked the beautiful long haired woman.
"You're late" she answered coldly, you better drive quickly if we're to get there on time"
"Yeah, I'm Jake by the way, nice to meet you too"
"Guys?" Asha interrupted, "this is Jessi Hollander, she's going to be helping us on our mission"
"Helping?" the woman stared at them, "by the looks of this crew it looks like I'm going to be doing all the work"
"Listen!" Adam rose his voice, "I'm not a member of the S1W, so I don't have to put up with this! I promised Lou I'd help if you got me to Seattle, but if you'd prefer I didn't I…"
"Adam!" Jake stopped him, "It's all right, let her think what she wants, we'll go in do the job and then go find what we can about you; it's for a good cause"
Adam looked at Jessi then but at Jake and nodded, "very well"
"Looks like someone has a short temper" Jessi smiled, knowing that Adam would have to ignore everything she dished at him, "that is just not good, who knows if you'll burst out in a fit while we're on the job; it could end in a blood bath"
Adam closed his fist as hard as he could and focused on the road before them while counting in his mind; He'd made a promise and he intended to keep it; for some reason he didn't really care weather what they were doing was a good thing or not, to him it was just the means to an end; this at the same time troubled him, how could be so careless about other human beings, was this all part of his transgenic nature? Why was it? that he didn't care about the world, only about himself…himself and the children, the children from his dreams; It was them that needed his help, it was them whom he needed to protect.
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