Scientists and Transgenics

Chapter Seven

Alec woke up about two hours after having fallen asleep at Liz's side. He looked at the still sleeping form of his girlfriend and slipped a piece of hair that had fallen in her face behind her ear.

He wanted to go on a mission so badly…but he didn't want to leave her here all by herself. He knew that she was perfectly capable of taking care of herself, but he didn't want anything to happen to her. She was quickly becoming everything to him.

He gently removed himself from their bed as a thought came to him. He stopped moving when she stirred, but smiled when she curled into herself more and buried her nose into the spot where his head had been resting on the pillow. She was burying herself into his scent.

Oh yeah, this slip of a woman with a heart of gold had not only stolen his heart, but had opened it up and buried herself into it forever. He leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead before heading out of the apartment.

He nodded at the guard as he began to pass him at the end of the stairwell, which separated the floor he and Liz where living on with the rest of Manticore. Then he stopped and looked the guy in the eye, with a promise of death in his own, "Anything happens to her while I'm gone and I will personally make sure you suffer…are we clear?"

He watched the guard nod in fear. Alec then smirked in that charming but lethal way, "Good."

He then once again began walking toward his destination. Soon enough he found himself in front of the familiar cell of his SIC. He opened the little window in the door and hissed, "Hey, jerk wad! Wake up and let me in!"

He saw his…well…he guessed he could consider his SIC to be his best friend…anyway he watched his SIC shoot up in surprise, "494?"

Alec rolled his eyes and shook his head, "No, moron, I'm 497! Yes it's me now open the damn door!"

The habitant got up and pulled out a tool to jimmy the door open from the inside, and then let Alec in while rolling his eyes and then glaring at him, "If you were 497…" he smirked in a leering way, "You wouldn't be standing right now."

Alec rolled his eyes and pushed his way past 532.

"I'm so glad I came all this way to find out you have finally admitted to your sexual escaped with the only female you've been lusting after for…ever," he said sarcastically.

532 frowned as he closed the cell door and turned toward his CO, "494…"

Alec interrupted him, "Alec."

532 looked at him in even more confusion, "What?"

Alec smirked, "Alec. It's my name. Maybe you should have one too…how about…Biggs…you've got a bigger ego than I do sometimes."

532 snorted, "Yeah. Keep telling yourself that."

However, the 532 (the 532? 532 smirked) smirked, once again falling back into the normal comradery that had always had, "But if you believe that, then something else of mine must be bigger than yours to (too)."

Alec rolled his eyes and snorted, "Sure, Biggs. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Listen, I need to ask you a favor."

Biggs once again looked at Alec in confusion, "4…Alec, what the hell is going on? You've been gone for like three months after being dragged away by bodyguards and you never said anything about a mission! And now you show up, out of no where, with a NAME, asking for a favor, no explanation, and…" he stalled and sniffed the air as his eyes widened, "You smell like a female…but not a transgenic female!"

Alec sighed and ran his hands through his hair, "Look Renfro had me in psyops for something another transgenic did…he just happened to be my genetic twin. Then Lydecker had me living with one of the scientists to do DNA analysis."

Then he took a deep breath, knowing that the next part would shock Biggs to no end, "Her name is Liz and… I plan on taking her as my mate."

Biggs' eyes widened, "What! ---Alec, 623 has been after your affections for years now!"

Alec sighed and rolled his eyes, "Yeah, and if you listen to her all she sees in me is an Alpha! Granted, great boost to my ego…but Liz is with me because she wants me. I know she loves my body and my arrogance on some level…but she doesn't look at just the fact that I'm an Alpha male…and yet my ego still benefits…and sometimes gets wounded, but she's more than worth it."

Biggs sighed and sat down on his bed, "Man, you know the unit isn't going to take this well. It's like mating outside the pack!"

Alec rolled his eyes, "Which eventually would have lead to inbreeding."

Biggs sighed knowing that by Alec's attitude he wasn't going to win, he would also be getting answers from Alec at a later date, "What do you need, man?"

"I'm leaving for a mission in the morning and I want you to keep a look out on Liz for me. Manticore is being moved to Seattle after I leave, and you'll probably be able to smell me on her," he said matter-of-factly.

Biggs nodded, not even bothering to ask how Alec knew all this. Alec had always had his ways, "You want me to try and get the Unit to accept her somewhat, as well?"

Alec nodded, "Yeah, but keep a close eye on her afterwards, you never know what one of the more…territorial…females might do to her."

Biggs nodded in agreement, "Alright, I'll keep an eye on her. How long is your mission?"

Alec shook his head, "I don't know, yet. It will depend on how much information they need me to retrieve. – I've got to go, Biggs. She probably has woken up by now."

Biggs nodded and the two stood up, "Alright, we'll talk later about this genetic twin thing of yours. And take care of yourself on your mission."

"Thanks, man. And you know me. I'm always alright," he smirked and walked out of the cell leaving a baffled Biggs behind. There was definitely something he had never seen in Alec before and as of that moment he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

As Alec made his way down the familiar hallways that had habited him just over three months ago, a voice stopped him, "Hey, there."

Alec sighed and turned around to 623, the Alpha female of his unit.

"623, get back to bed, you have an early wake up and you don't have shark in your cocktail," he said in his CO voice.

The redhead raised an eyebrow with a smirk on her face, "I heard you tell 532 you were going on a mission tomorrow…aren't you going to stay for a send off?"

Alec raised an eyebrow, "Do I smell like I want a send off?"

623's smile faltered a bit, "Come on, 494."

She walked up to him, "You've never turned down a send off before."

Alec grabbed her wrists as she reached up for him, "623, when have I ever taken a send off from you? –I think you're beginning to confuse me with 532."

That caused 623's smile to fall completely and turn an angry gaze at him, "You're the Alpha male and I'm the Alpha female we're supposed to be together! Not you and some…weak scientist!"

Alec growled and glared at her and moved to be nose to nose with her, "She is far from weak! And she is just as Alpha in her own right! – You are in my pack 623, but you degrade my mate again and there will not be a place to hide that will keep you safe. You may be Alpha female but I still out rank you in both military regulation and pack law!"

623's eyes widened in fear. She had never seen 494 act this way and he truly had never pulled rank on her in such a way before. She knew that as Alpha he out ranked her by a few ranks and if she challenged it in any way…she wouldn't win.

"You are apart of my pack 623, but don't push it!" he said before giving her one last warning with his eyes and walking away.

As Alec made his way back to his apartment he ran into a frantic Liz. He gently grabbed both of her upper arms and looked at her in concern, "Baby, what's wrong?"

Liz looked up at him with relief in her eyes, "Alec!"

She jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

Alec held her tight and ran a hand up and down her back and asked soothingly, "Baby, are you okay? What's wrong?"

Liz buried her face into his neck, "You weren't there when I woke up and then I felt you get really angry."

Alec held her and let her feet fall to the floor. She was still shaking from all the adrenaline that had been running through her. Had anyone of Manticore's not so…friendly variety seen her during before he did…he didn't want to think about what could have happened to her. The guards weren't known to be the kind to ask questions before taking action; had they found her in her adrenaline induced frenzy, they most likely would have taken action now…and screw the questions. He thanked…whoever, that she hadn't made it out of the clearance area. He brought his hand up to her face to look her in the eyes with a confused look on his face, "Liz, how did you feel my anger? We haven't even mated yet."

Liz's eyes glazed over and whispered, "Yet?"

Alec smiled goofily, "Yet. –Now, how did you feel my anger?"

Liz looked down and blushed, "Antarians, don't mate, but they do claim…and I may have claimed you when I told Lydecker to let everyone on your mission know you have a girlfriend."

Alec lifted an eyebrow and smiled, "May have?"

Liz shrugged self-consciously, "I'm not really sure how it works, and all I know is that when you claim…you claim for life."

Alec put his fingers under his chin and looked at her, just feeling this sense of awe when it came to her, "What would have happened if…"

Liz just looked at him. "I don't know. I never met anyone from Antar who had claimed someone and the other person didn't reciprocate," she said quietly.

Alec pulled her closer, if that was possible, "Mate with me, Lizzie."

Liz smiled up at him with tears in her eyes, "You sure?"

Alec pulled her into a passionate kiss that he was sure would absolutely steal her breath away. He pulled back so she could breath and gave her nose a nuzzle with his own, "I've never been more sure about anything. I know it's soon, and we haven't been boyfriend and girlfriend long but I can't imagine being mated to anyone else."

Liz let tears of joy roll down her face. "Love me, Alec," she whispered and nodded at the same time.

Alec smiled and picked her up and carried her back to the apartment, knowing that within a few hours Liz would be his; what the ordinaries called a wife.