Chapter 9
When I woke up Max was sitting on me bouncing up and down trying to wake me up.
"Stop, stop it, that starts to hurt."
"I've only been doing it for ten minutes."
"Hey, I like my sleep when I can get it."
"Anyways, what was going on last night, you bolted like death was chasing you."
"Well, you would to if you were just told that you had Lydecker DNA."
"What, aw, that is just sick. Its bad enough I've got his wife's DNA."
"Yeah, he told me about that to."
"Man, well, Original Cindy is covering for us for the third day, so we can just hang out or whatever."
"Huh?"
"I figured, since we met, we haven't been able to talk."
"Your point, I can't say I'm a very talkative, or at least a person that talks about themselves, type of person."
"So, I like to talk."
So Max talked for about an hour. Then she started talking about how she went without her 'family' and stuff.
"You know, we're kinda like family." She brought up.
"How do you figure?"
"Well, we're kinda like cousin's, or maybe even kinda like half siblings, I mean, You have Lydecker DNA and I have his wife so I guess, kinda maybe."
"You know, your looking kinda tired."
"I am."
"Well, you know, I wouldn't mind a little more sleep myself."
"I don't want to move."
"Now, don't take this the wrong way, but who says we have to, you aren't all that heavy, and the couch is fairly large, and we both see each other as family so lets just fall asleep." Before I was even finished she was asleep. I just closed my eyes and fell asleep too.
"What are you two doing?" Original Cindy asked incredibly surprised.
"Huh?" I said looking around and noticing Max with her head laying on my shoulder.
"I said, what are you two doing."
"Nothing, hey Max, wake up, we were both exhausted and we were sitting here and just fell asleep, Max, wake up."
"What, oh, what time is it?"
"5:00."
"What, oh man, where's my pager?"
"Here is mine."
"How many?"
"Only 13."
"Oh man, he is going to be so mad."
"Really?"
"Yes really, Boo, sorry to wake and run but."
"I know, duty calls."
Max and I walked out the door, I ran to the basement and grabbed my motorcycle from where I parked it.
"At least its better than last time."
"Yeah, I got your note."
"Let's go."
We drove off through the streets of Seattle. There were children playing in alleys that, before the flash, would've been considered bad territory but was now everyday life. There were parents walking their kids down the street, and there were either prostitutes or drug dealers on every corner. But other than that it was okay.
"Where were you two?" Logan asked when we walked into his penthouse.
"Sleeping." Max shot back.
"I called Jam Pony and Normal said you were out sick."
"Hey, exhaustion can be a sickness, many people have died from it." I replied.
"Whatever, I have a job for each of you."
"A split job, odd, never had two at once."
"There hasn't been two of you at once before, anyway, it is critical that you take out both companies at once, they are other genetic labs, but they are hooked up with the implants."
"You aren't talking about the implants that boost physical abilities are you?" I asked.
"Where have you heard of 'em?"
"Manticore, right before the escape of the X-5's a South African man came to talk to Lydecker, he was wanting some genetically engineered bodies to try these implant out on so Lydecker gave him some nomalies and he asked what was going on, that's when I found out."
"Man, so, we have to take these places out now."
"Yeah, I'm not going through that again." Max said.
"What?"
"Having one of those implants in my head."
"You had one, why."
"So I could kick the other implant groupies butts."
"Okay, I'll dodge this story."
"Anyway, we have to do this, this week, no later, they are experimenting on kids."
"Now that's low."
"Even for some crazed out idiot."
"Yeah, so when ya gonna do it?"
"Wednesday?"
"Why not, I don't have anything going on." I replied.
"All right, I'll meet you here at say 8:00, then we leave." Logan said.
"All right, I'm gonna get some shut-eye." I said as I walked out the door.
I hopped on my bike and drove to my apartment. When I got to the building I saw a flyer. There was a fighting tournament coming to Seattle. No guns, no knives or daggers, just hands. I figured it would be pretty cool for Max and I to sign up. The grand prize was 10000 dollars. I tore the flyer off the pole it was on and went to my room. I fell asleep the moment I hit my bed.
When I woke up Max was sitting on me bouncing up and down trying to wake me up.
"Stop, stop it, that starts to hurt."
"I've only been doing it for ten minutes."
"Hey, I like my sleep when I can get it."
"Anyways, what was going on last night, you bolted like death was chasing you."
"Well, you would to if you were just told that you had Lydecker DNA."
"What, aw, that is just sick. Its bad enough I've got his wife's DNA."
"Yeah, he told me about that to."
"Man, well, Original Cindy is covering for us for the third day, so we can just hang out or whatever."
"Huh?"
"I figured, since we met, we haven't been able to talk."
"Your point, I can't say I'm a very talkative, or at least a person that talks about themselves, type of person."
"So, I like to talk."
So Max talked for about an hour. Then she started talking about how she went without her 'family' and stuff.
"You know, we're kinda like family." She brought up.
"How do you figure?"
"Well, we're kinda like cousin's, or maybe even kinda like half siblings, I mean, You have Lydecker DNA and I have his wife so I guess, kinda maybe."
"You know, your looking kinda tired."
"I am."
"Well, you know, I wouldn't mind a little more sleep myself."
"I don't want to move."
"Now, don't take this the wrong way, but who says we have to, you aren't all that heavy, and the couch is fairly large, and we both see each other as family so lets just fall asleep." Before I was even finished she was asleep. I just closed my eyes and fell asleep too.
"What are you two doing?" Original Cindy asked incredibly surprised.
"Huh?" I said looking around and noticing Max with her head laying on my shoulder.
"I said, what are you two doing."
"Nothing, hey Max, wake up, we were both exhausted and we were sitting here and just fell asleep, Max, wake up."
"What, oh, what time is it?"
"5:00."
"What, oh man, where's my pager?"
"Here is mine."
"How many?"
"Only 13."
"Oh man, he is going to be so mad."
"Really?"
"Yes really, Boo, sorry to wake and run but."
"I know, duty calls."
Max and I walked out the door, I ran to the basement and grabbed my motorcycle from where I parked it.
"At least its better than last time."
"Yeah, I got your note."
"Let's go."
We drove off through the streets of Seattle. There were children playing in alleys that, before the flash, would've been considered bad territory but was now everyday life. There were parents walking their kids down the street, and there were either prostitutes or drug dealers on every corner. But other than that it was okay.
"Where were you two?" Logan asked when we walked into his penthouse.
"Sleeping." Max shot back.
"I called Jam Pony and Normal said you were out sick."
"Hey, exhaustion can be a sickness, many people have died from it." I replied.
"Whatever, I have a job for each of you."
"A split job, odd, never had two at once."
"There hasn't been two of you at once before, anyway, it is critical that you take out both companies at once, they are other genetic labs, but they are hooked up with the implants."
"You aren't talking about the implants that boost physical abilities are you?" I asked.
"Where have you heard of 'em?"
"Manticore, right before the escape of the X-5's a South African man came to talk to Lydecker, he was wanting some genetically engineered bodies to try these implant out on so Lydecker gave him some nomalies and he asked what was going on, that's when I found out."
"Man, so, we have to take these places out now."
"Yeah, I'm not going through that again." Max said.
"What?"
"Having one of those implants in my head."
"You had one, why."
"So I could kick the other implant groupies butts."
"Okay, I'll dodge this story."
"Anyway, we have to do this, this week, no later, they are experimenting on kids."
"Now that's low."
"Even for some crazed out idiot."
"Yeah, so when ya gonna do it?"
"Wednesday?"
"Why not, I don't have anything going on." I replied.
"All right, I'll meet you here at say 8:00, then we leave." Logan said.
"All right, I'm gonna get some shut-eye." I said as I walked out the door.
I hopped on my bike and drove to my apartment. When I got to the building I saw a flyer. There was a fighting tournament coming to Seattle. No guns, no knives or daggers, just hands. I figured it would be pretty cool for Max and I to sign up. The grand prize was 10000 dollars. I tore the flyer off the pole it was on and went to my room. I fell asleep the moment I hit my bed.
