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DARK ANGEL

The Complete Third Season

Episode 9

"A New Man"


Previously on Dark Angel,

Tanedra Woods hires Max on secret missions that connect with the Transgenic's. Meanwhile, Max mentions the picture of Tanedra and her husband on her desk.

"Is this your husband?"

"Was my husband" she replied.

Joshua was injected with a toxin (implanted by the mysterious 'Red Robbed' men) that is working its way to his system, making him see visions of Annie trying to convince him to kill the gang.


Now~

Laura Hunt walked down a long narrow path, taking the short cut to her house. She had been given the chills from all the transgenic stuff from the news. Sierra Lakefield made it pretty clear that the Transgenic's were the enemy. As she continued to walk down the path at night, gas lights provided her with the very light that lit her path aglow. Her yellow coat was soaked from the pouring rain and the newly cut hair had lost its volume. Pacing, she made it to the near end of the alleyway, getting closer to her home. As she walked to the end, she heard a small, faint noise in the background. She quickly turned around and her wet hair smacked the side of her face. No one was there.

"Hello?" Laura stepped ahead to see if anyone was hiding the shadows, no one. She turned back again and bumped into a man wearing a red robe. She screamed and ran down the other direction. Her wet her blocked her vision of the path ahead, making it hard for Laura to advance further away. Lightning struck the darkened skies as it provided the only light on her path. The gas lights slowly sparked out causing the pathway to be black. She screamed, trying to get people passing by to hear her.

Turn after turn, left and right, finally she made it to an alleyway that was connected to a main road. Cars passed through and couples walked hand and hand. Laura made a run for it. The lightning provided the light she needed to watch her step as she ran to the crowds of people on their nightly strolls. She kept on looking behind her to see if anyone was following her. She noticed that three red robed men were running towards her.

Laura made to the end of the road a tripped on in a ditch and twisted her ankle. The three members of the group grabbed her twisted ankle and pulled her into the darkness. She used her nails to cling on to the wet ground, but their grip was too strong. Laura had faded into the darkness of the night.

--

Tanedra and Max sat in their office eating take-out Chinese food from the corner restaurant down the street from the building. A power outage caused the office to go dark, so Tanedra used a solar lamp to provide enough light for them to see each other and eat. Max leaned on the wall, nibbling her spicy peanut chicken and rice.

"This is perfect!" said Tanedra. Max smiled.

"Thank you for buying, I will next time" she explained taking another bite. It has been a long time since Max had that kind of food. Since the Transgenic's took over Seattle and claimed it Freak Nation, the money and food supplies have been low. Yay, Logan was providing them with canned foods from these shipping docks but that wasn't filling their needs.

Lightning struck the skies and thunder shook the earth. Max found it kind of like the ripple effect. Tanedra finished her meal and walked over to her computer to see if she received any emails from the District Attorney. Tanedra was working on a case with the Attorney's office about a missing little boy. For days, she had been trying to solve the case, but there were no leads.

Max ate up her dinner and stretched back and relaxed. Glancing at the clock, she jumped up and stretched once more.

"I got to jet, friends waiting for me" she said walking towards the door. Tanedra stopped her and opened her desk drawer.

"I was thinking and since it's close to Christmas, I want you to have this" she said handing an envelope to Max. She smiled and opened the envelope revealing a bundle of cash; 500 dollars.

"What's this for?" Max laughed, blushing.

"Merry Christmas" Tanedra smiled sitting back down. Max walked out of the office and passed Erinn, who was walking in the building covered in dirt and holding a shovel. For an awkward second, the two ladies stared at each other and waited patiently for one to speak. Erinn rubbed the dirt off her face and threw the shovel on the ground.

"Hello Max, how are you?" asked Erinn sitting at her desk. Max took a long second to answer, trying to think of what happened to Erinn. She smirked.

"Good, you?" she questioned. Max leaned on the desk and glared down at Erinn.

"Fine thank you, just looking forward to Christmas vacation" Erinn replied packing up her stuff. Max laughed.

"Yay me too, have a good one" she said walking out of the door. Erinn waved good-bye and looked to see if anyone were around. She quickly pulled out a bloody dagger that Jonathan was going to use to kill her. Erinn picked up the phone and dialled a number.

"He's dead, I got rid of the evidence" she whispered. "I found the dagger and noticed something weird about them. The markings all around the dagger are similar to the ones on the victims last week. I will look into it" Erinn said hanging up the phone. A man opened the front door and stared at Erinn. She quickly fixed her appearance and smiled, revealing her white teeth. Her long brown hair was in a tangled mess, resting on her wet shoulders.

"Hello, the office is almost closed, can I do anything for you?" she asked the tall, bulky man. He pointed to Tanedra's office and Erinn smiled.

"Of course" she packed up and left the building. The man walked up to Tanedra's office and opened it. Tanedra answered and her jaw dropped.

"Tyrone?" Tanedra's husband stand before her with embracing arms stretched wide.


DARK ANGEL

~*~

Disaster struck on a global scale: terrorists detonated a nuclear weapon in the sky high above the United States, producing a powerful electromagnetic pulse which destroyed virtually every electronic device within thousands of miles, immediately plunging the country into total anarchy. The Pulse brought the nations to its knees. In fear, the Government started to create human weapons. I happen to be one. After years, I and 10 others escaped that awful hell and now live in the streets of a broken world; on the run. Never stopping.


Cindy sat on the couch glaring at the big, wide window facing the view of Seattle. The lightning was beautiful and created a glow that shaded over Freak Nation. The rain splashed on the window as Cindy thought of Joshua and his pain. She wondered what was happening with him and the stuff inside his system. Max had the idea that it was the Red Robed men that had been terrorizing Freak Nation and stealing blood samples. Logan also thought that it could have been connected to Tri-tech.

But since Max put Tri-tech in the light of the law, they haven't been in business for a while now. Sara sat next to Cindy and waited for Max with her.

"Are you okay?" Sara asked. Cindy smiled and sipped her dark tea.

"Sure, just waiting for my boo so I can sleep"

"I can stay up for her, go to bed" Sara suggested. Cindy touched her shoulder.

"I like to know she's safe before I go to bed. A lot of people out there want her eliminated, we can't have that. She was created to stop something big" Cindy explained. "We just don't know what that 'big' is yet" Sara nodded her head.

"She gives up a lot to save her kind, huh?"

"Yes, for sure. She is a great woman" Cindy proclaimed. Sara blushed.

"So Alec, he's yummy isn't he?" she asked. Cindy eyes widened.

"Oh my God ew, he's like disgusting. Girl let me tell you something, he is nasty. Anyways I don't dig men" said Cindy. The room was plagued with silence.

"Oh" Sara snorted, staring out the window. Alec walked into the apartment arguing with Max.

"What do you mean I'm self-centered?" shouted Alec placing a bag of groceries on the table. Max placed the rest on the counter as well and they both placed their hand on the same spot. Max could feel his warm, manly hands caressing hers. Tingles went down her spine and she thought of Alec without a shirt. Max then quickly shook that image out of her head, not admitting to what she just thought of. The two Transgenic's lifted their hands off of each other and went their separate ways in the apartment. Cindy and Sara turned around. Sara admired Alec's beautiful face as Cindy laughed and walked over to Max.

"What is it Boo, Alec got you down. Just give me something sharp and I will end it" said Cindy lying out her hand. Max flopped on the couch and took off her shoes.

"Long day at work. I picked up some groceries from the market in the Human World. I was given a little extra money from Tanedra as a Christmas gift" she explained. Cindy looked in the bags and pulled out canned food and a nice big turkey for dinner on Christmas.

"Max, you got a turkey! I have wanted to have one for years!" yelled Cindy smiling, brightening up the apartment with light. Max felt happy that she made her friend happy as well. Cindy begun to put things into the cupboards and fridge.

"How is the electricity?" asked Max. Cindy pointed to the loud, shaking machine beside her in the kitchen.

"Alec found this generator for electricity use for the time being" said Cindy putting the big turkey into the fridge. "I can't wait to make this for all of you on Christmas. I just thought about something, Christmas is in two days. I haven't gotten anyone gifts!" yelled Cindy depressed.

"It's okay Cindy, bad times" she answered, comforting her friend.

Sara followed Alec into a room and watched as he fixed his hair in a cracked mirror. His hair was gelled up with moose and was done to perfection. Alec noticed Sara standing at the door.

"Sara, I didn't see you there" he said finishing his hair. Sara sighed, twirling her blond hair on her index finger.

"I was just thinking" she lied. Alec walked over to her and put both of his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you doing fine? No burning down houses?" he joked. Sara laughed.

"Crispy free" she insured. The two walked back to the living room together. Max pondered about her friend who was suffering severely from something unknown; Joshua. She hadn't seen him much in the past couple of days and going to his house seemed pointless. Joshua was on a rampage. Whenever someone would go within a couple of inches in front of him, he would go berserk. Max had a strong feeling that his problem came from the Red Robed men.

~*~

Joshua sat in his house thinking about Annie. She came across his mind from time to time; her beautiful image. The one thing that seemed weird was that she still had the big purple bruise on her neck from the twist that Ames so forcefully given her that rid of her soul, her life on this planet. Joshua was covered in blood and his eyes were bright green.

Below him, a man lay dead in the hold of Joshua's bloody arms. He was breathing heavily, hungry for more. Annie bent down beside him and patted him on the head.

"It's okay Joshua, it will soon be over" Annie's image said. Joshua had no sense of his thoughts; the only thing to do was the rid of everyone around him. The virus in his system was over reacting, causing Joshua to trigger an unwanted side of his canine DNA. He dropped the body and headed to the front door, pushing it open with strong force.

The moon was full and rain poured endlessly down on the streets of Seattle. Joshua ran freely, looking for easy prey to start with.

--

In the Human World, a bar full of people watched the news and drank beer. Some on the other end played pool and had conversations with others at the tables. Loud music drowned out others unwanted conversations and bar fights. Joshua broke open the door and roared, echoing the bar. Everyone stopped what they were doing and the music turned off. Woman backed away and hid behind tables and their boyfriends. The men walked up with pool sticks and laughed.

"Hey everyone, look! It's one of them Transgenic's" he yelled ready for action. Joshua snarled, revealing his sharp teeth that could tear through flesh in a second. The man with the pool stick walked up to Joshua and attempted to hit him on the head. Joshua blocked the attack from the human and swung his strong arms to counter. The man went airborne, hitting against a wooden table, scattering bowls of nuts everywhere.

Everyone ran away from the angry Transgenic and to their cars. Joshua grabbed people as they came by and threw them against walls. People tried to fight him off but his genetically enhanced blood was over powering. Annie appeared on the bar table with her legs crossed and a major smile on her dark skin.

"I'm impressed big guy" Annie said laughing. Joshua could remember Max in his head. Every time she would see him, she would always say 'big guy'. Annie walked up to her boy and caressed his face. "Good, feel those emotions, remember those thoughts, kill" she insisted. Joshua ran out the bar and towards the scared humans. Annie disappeared.

--

Sierra walked down the street with her suitcase and files on Transgenic's. She was planning to head home and relax in a nice warm bath after a long day of work. She heard faint screams of people in the background and shadows of people running away. One big shadow had claws and scaring others away. Sierra ran ahead to see what was happening. A woman ran past her panting, warning her not to go any further.

"Transgenic attack!" she yelled running away. Sierra pulled out a gun and waited for the Transgenic to come out. She forced her blond hair behind her ears to keep it from blocking vision. Rain splashed on her face causing bubbles of acid rain to cloud her vision.

"Damn it!" she yelled. Suddenly a large figure stood in front of Sierra and grabbed her by the neck. Sierra's vision was fogged and she could get a good look at the Transgenic. She tried to get herself out of his grip but the attempt failed and he threw her on the ground. Joshua raised his claws and slashed her face and ran off. A long three columned, bloody scratch marked diagonal down her face. From the top of the right cheek to the bottom of the left.

~*~

DAY AFTER......................................................................................................................................

Max just got back from her morning jog and got dressed for a nice relaxing day. She turned on the television and heard the new shocking news. The reporter said

"Just last night, an unknown transgenic attacker killed three citizens of the state of Washington. Sierra Lakefield was one of the personal injured victims and has a couple words to say. This recording is live at City hall, near the District Attorney's and the head of police office." The camera turned to Sierra Lake with the scar on her face. Max was shocked. Cindy walked into the room scratching her neck.

"Morning Boo, what's up?" she asked looking at the news. "Oh my God, that bitch got beat up, damn" Cindy smiled. "I told you she would get herself beat if she continued her bitchyness"

"Cindy, she was attacked by a Transgenic" Max said frowning. "It's my fault" Cindy jumped in the opportunity to hug her friend.

"Of course it's not! She had it coming" said Cindy. Sierra spoke on the TV.

"Last night, I was lucky. I survived a furious attack by a Transgenic. I told you all that they a dangerous. Last night was evidence for you non-believers that Transgenic's should be stopped!" proclaimed Sierra.

--

Tanedra sat on the couch of her house with her husband talking all night. Tyrone had left mysteriously many months ago from the state, leaving Tanedra behind by herself. Tyrone finished telling his story and touched her shoulder. Tanedra felt uncomfortable.

"How could you do that to me? Leave out of nowhere! Don't tell me where the hell you are! I was worried for weeks and weeks. I started to consider you weren't my husband and still do" said Tanedra angered. Tyrone frowned.

"Listen honey, I told you I had to! The government wanted me for those bills I didn't pay and I needed to leave. Now I'm fine; I paid everything and now I am yours" he said. Tanedra started to cry.

"I don't know if I can't not hate you" she said. She glanced at the TV and noticed Sierra on the news. She un-muted the TV and listened close.

"I got to go!" she said grabbing her coat. Tyrone pulled her back.

"Why?" he asked. She pulled away from his grasp.

"Talk to you later" she said leaving the house. Tyrone rested on the couch hopeless of getting his wife back.

--

Max and Tanedra met up at the office and noticed each other.

"Where's Sierra?" asked Tanedra. Max shrugged her shoulders. She didn't know where Sierra was and wasn't looking forward to confronting her about the transgenic issue. If Sierra ever were to find out that Max was one of them she would have her killed. Tanedra was the only one that knew the secret and Max planned to keep it that way. Erinn walked in with Sierra and sat down.

"Hello ladies! I am assuming you've all seen the news" Sierra said glancing at all three women standing curious in front of her.

"I was attacked by a BIG Transgenic last night and I have put a search out for the culprit. It will probably take a couple days but with the proper description and people I believe we will have victory against the beast sooner than we think" she insured. Erinn glared Max down. Max kept noticed her eyes reading Max's every move. She always thought Erinn was such a beautiful mysterious girl. Never could really read Erinn herself.

"What's our plan of action?" challenged Tanedra staring at Sierra's stitched face. Sierra was still a little swollen from the slash and it looked infected. "You should take some days off" she suggested. Sierra rolled her eyes.

"After I kill this thing myself" growled Sierra walking out the door. Erinn watched as Sierra left the room and followed her out.

"Bye girls" said Erinn. Tanedra shut the door and stared at Max.

"Do you have any idea who had done this? You better think quickly!" shouted Tanedra. "Your job depends on it. I thought you said that you had them under control" whispered Tanedra to Max. Max fought back.

"Yay, well there are some that have no authority" defended Max. The two stared each other down for a long second when Erinn came running in with a folder.

"I have jobs for you two! This just came in" she said handing it to Tanedra. Tanedra opened the folder and looked at the photos of a dead woman in an alley.

"Her name is Laura Hunt. She was found dead just two hours ago. Her boyfriend reported her missing but since she wasn't gone for more than 72 hours, the police couldn't categorize her under 'missing' Look at this" explained Erinn pointing to the wall behind Laura's body. "Some symbol was painted with her own blood on that brick wall"

Max looked at the symbol, very similar to Tanedra's necklace. Max ran to her desk and pulled out the jewel box from her cabinet. She raised the silvery, shiny necklace that had the same symbol as the one in the photo with Laura's blood. Erinn and Tanedra both paused.

"Who gave this to you?" asked Max. Tanedra stuttered.

"My, uh, husband, Tyrone" Tanedra answered. Max pushed her lips together.

"We need to track him down because he could be involved in this" said Max. Tanedra doubted that her own husband could have killed this poor woman. Yes, Tyrone was capable of hurting someone's feelings, but not taking the life of another.

"No need, he's here" she replied. Max and Erinn glared at Tanedra's forlorn face.

"Last night he appeared after disappearing for six months. I thought he had enough of me and left. He told me that he had to get away for personal reasons." she explained. Tanedra hid that fact that he was running away from the government. What she didn't know that he was involved into more than he told her.

Max suddenly knew who could have done last night's attacks. She quickly ran out of the room.

--

Annie glided around Joshua's basement, glaring him down as he shivered in the corner.

"You did well last night. I need you to do more for me today" she said smiling. Joshua shook his head.

"No more!" he yelled. Annie looked him into the eyes.

"You need to get rid of those friends of yours" she insisted. "Please, for me?"

--

Logan entered Cindy's apartment and greeted Alec, Sara and Cindy.

"Where's Max?" he asked. Cindy frowned.

"Work"

"Still?" he questioned. Cindy nodded her head and sat down, offering popcorn. Sara loved the scent of Alec and couldn't stop staring at him from behind. It grossed out Cindy that she could like a person like him. Every girl is very different she thought. "Straight woman ugh" snorted Cindy walking into the kitchen. Logan placed his bag on the table and took out a needle.

"Is that it?" asked Alec. Logan flicked it with his fingers.

"Yes, this will hopefully bring Joshua back. Whatever the Red Robed men did to him is easy to counter" Logan assured. A loud knock on the front door echoed in the room and Cindy went to go answer it. Once she did, Joshua was on the other side and punched her in the face. Cindy fell to the ground and Logan charged with the solution.

Sara and Alec jumped from the couch and Alec tried to stop Joshua from hurting Sara and jumped in front; Joshua through Alec through the wall. Sara stood in front of the crazy Transgenic and lit a flame in the middle of them. Her eyes reflected the bright blaze coming from the living flame she created. Joshua watched as the flame grew and grew until it was bigger than his head. Annie watched as the flame grew.

"Get her!" she yelled. Sara was about to shoot the flame but Logan came from behind Joshua and stuck the needle into his neck.

"He's our friend" Logan said. Sara stopped the flame and fainted from all the energy it sucked out of her. Blood trickled out of her nose and Alec stepped out of the rubbish and ran to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked. Sara didn't respond. Minutes later Max ran into the apartment and noticed Joshua tied to a chair and everyone beat up and hurt.

"What happened?" she screamed. Logan smiled.

"Its okay, the solution is attacking the virus in his system" Logan insured. Joshua could see Annie fainting away in the background.

"Don't let them win!" she yelled. "We are meant to be together!" Annie cried.

"Annie" he whispered. Max bent down to his face and smiled.

"Hey there Big Guy, it's okay, you can do this. She is not Annie, do not stress yourself" Max said. "Annie is gone Joshua, that is not her. That is only a fragment left in your memory, fight her away" Max started to tear as well. Joshua struggled to fight the solution and the virus. He started to shake and the chair broke into millions of pieces and his body slumped to the ground. Everyone backed away.

Max slowly walked to his body that lay on the hardwood and pushed him on his back. Suddenly the canine facial features began to disappear. Joshua looked human.

"What is happening?" asked Max. Logan was shocked.

"The solution also altered his DNA" Joshua opened his eyes and Annie was gone. The virus was gone and he was back to normal.

--

Tyrone heard the door to Tanedra's house open and she came barging in with tears.

"This necklace, where did you get it?" she asked. He paused.

"I bought it at a store" he lied. She caught his lie.

"No you didn't! Tell me the truth!" yelled Tanedra. Tyrone told her to sit down. In one second he was going to tell her his secret.

"I work for a group of people that believe in controlling the world. At first, I thought it was just for fun but then they started to kill people. You see, they are a certain coven of people that altered their abilities and now are stronger than normal humans. I know this is hard to believe but it's true. That necklace was given to me when I got into the group. I was supposed to give it to the person I love. When they started to kill people I left. According the leader, you're not allowed to leave once you join and she sent people to kill me. I left town so no of us would get hurt" he said. Tanedra was shocked from all the information.

"You wouldn't happen to wear a red robe would you?" she asked. He nodded his head.

"How did you know?" Tyrone asked. Tanedra dropped the necklace on the ground and cried. She realized that her husband was part of the very enemy she was after.

To be continued..............

Friday,

Max is put on the job of the missing little boy that may be connected to a Transgenic. Meanwhile, Joshua adjusts to his new human face and the consequences. A truck gets into a car crash carrying loads of Transgenic blood that the Red Robed coven had took.

An All new Dark Angel.

APPEARANCES

Max

Logan

Cindy

Alec

Joshua

SPG

Tanedra Woods

Sierra Lakefield

Erinn

Sara

Annie

Tyrone (SPG= First Appearance)