Kat's cell rang as she closed Alec's bedroom door. "Hey." She greeted seeing Biggs name on the screen.
"Where are you at?" his tone seemed urgent.
"I'm at your place, what's wrong?" her soft tone from two seconds ago vanished and concern took its place.
"Can you come meet us at the old factory on 12th and 9th?" Biggs questioned and then add. "Whatever you do don't bring Nadia."
After hanging up Kat turned to Nadia and told her, she needed to leave for a while but she wanted her to stay here with Alec and Meg. "Sure, it's not a problem."
"Have Alec call my phone if he's looking for one of us." Kat added just before she walked out and closed the door. Nadia turned facing the rest of the apartment and simply stared at it. What could she possible do to keep her busy? She first started by doing the dishes because she needed the pots to make some dinner for when Meg would wake up. After she'd finished doing the dishes, she moved on to tidying the living room and then continued on to the whole apartment.
"Men in black SUV's stormed a girl's apartment and tried to kill her why?" Taylor yelled his question. Lydecker was tied and blindfolded to a chair in the middle of an abandoned factory.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I have nothing to do with this." Lydecker replied, he was almost 100 sure that he was dealing with his kids. The way he'd been knocked out back at Meg's apartment. He'd never even heard them come in, that's how his kids worked. They were the best of the best, he was somewhat proud.
Using the back of his hand Biggs slapped it across Deck's face. "Don't fuckin' lie to us."
"Now that only means that you're either Alec or Biggs. You boys were always so angry." Deck replied feeling the stinging burn on his face. He remembered his two boys at their young age; they were always fighting with other unit leaders. They wanted to prove their unit was the best and they were successful but were never told so. "But I'm sure that 494 - Alec as you call yourselves, is with his Mate at the moment so that leaves you Biggs."
They were having a hard time with this. As much as they hated him and wanted to torture him, they knew it wouldn't work. This one man taught them the meaning and understanding of the word torture. They were sitting near the door talking about what to do. Could they honestly believe he hadn't planned the attack on Meg's place? He always said he loved his kids and could never hurt them, but they'd seen him kill one of their own as children. There was also the fact that he'd do anything to get them back, true that Meg wasn't one of his, but she was the product of two of them and that wasn't something you simply let escape.
"Holy shit!" Kat stumbled walking into the factory and seeing Lydecker there. "What the hell is going on?" Fear and anguish was sneaking up on her with all the things that happened at Manticore rushing back into her mind.
"Calm down." Biggs shot up and stood beside her. "We thought he had something to do with Meg's attack."
"How come." she questioned never taking her sights off the man who had tortured them.
"He was there." Biggs told her exactly what happened after they had left the hospital.
"He swears he had nothing to do with it and we sort of believe him." Taylor added still sitting on his chair.
He delicately crawled out from under her and out of bed and recovered her with the blankets. Standing watching her a few minutes, he knew he had to leave. She was in the clear now he could feel it. He could feel the way her heart was beating against him it was strong. Not like before when he'd first arrived, it had been weak. So weak he was scared she might not make it through the night.
Leaving her was hard, even if he wasn't ever really with her. The little that had been there's together, back at Manticore in her cell, in the solitaire cell where they'd finally really kissed and during her heat. Therefore, even if leaving her was hard, loving her was killing him. He needed to move on, find someone who wanted him. That couldn't be too difficult girls were throwing themselves at him all over the place.
Next time she'd see him she'd know he'd meant what he said. He'd find himself a nice girl and try to build a relationship and let her do the same. There would be no more playing around like this night. No, more at all he wouldn't be able to handle it.
"What happened in here?" Alec looked shocked, he wasn't sure he was still in his apartment. The place was spotless, no clothes thrown here and there, dirty dishes and extra pieces for their bikes.
"Oh, umm, well I got bored and thought I'd clean up a little since you boys obviously don't know how." Nadia teased at their lack of cleanliness. It didn't matter if they were 100 male or part animal and male they were all the same, slobs.
"Where's our stuff?" Alec questioned and his tone seemed angry. He realized this with Nadia's reaction to him. She suddenly seemed to slouch her shoulders and stopped looking at him directly. "Sorry, it's cool that you did this. It's just that, well where is it all exactly?"
"I've put Biggs and Taylor's things in their room and your stuff is in the box behind you. I didn't want to wake you or Meg up." Nadia reassured him that she hadn't thrown anything out except maybe some rotten food that she'd found here and there. "How is she doing?"
"She'll be fine. There is something I'd like to ask you." Alec waited for her to nod an okay. "Can you keep all of this, about me being here and doing what I did between us if she doesn't remember?"
"If that's what you want sure I can do that. But if I can ask why exactly?" she question wondering why he would want that.
"It's just the way I want it. Where are they others?" he wanted to change the subject. He was never one to share his feelings and he sure as hell wasn't about to start now with the best friend of the woman he loved. Nadia told him that he needed to call Kat's number.
They were sitting with Deck now and had taken the blindfold off. Lydecker told them everything he knew about what had happened at Meg's apartment. He was still working at Manticore but only to find out what they wanted with his kids. When he'd found out that the new director had ordered a secret agency to eliminate all Manticore products except for X5's he'd played their game. He needed inside access to be able to help them stay out of Manticore. He wasn't sure yet what they wanted other then Meg that is. That was why he was at her apartment, he'd come to try to warn her but had arrived too late.
The three X5's that had been with him for over 3 hours believed him, but Alec who'd shown up not long ago wasn't buying into his story. There was no way that this man was trying to help them. He was simply trying to buy their trust and then would capture them to bring them back. Nevertheless, he kept it all inside and played the game, acted as if he believed his commanding officer.
They agreed to release him and let him return to Manticore to continue his mission. They'd also given him Taylor's cell number to contact them with any information he would be able to get. They were also supposed to meet back up at this building in a week. Once he'd left, the others were about to head home but not Alec.
"Where you going?" Biggs questioned, it was the middle of the night, all bars and clubs were closed.
"Just call me once she's gone. Don't rush her out or anything let her have all the time she needs." Alec replied walking away from them and heading to Terminal City. He'd met a few other transgenic that were living there and had told him that it wasn't so bad. There were apartments and even some that were furnished, and the best benefit of all was that they were left alone from the ordinaries. They never came out there because of all the toxic chemicals that escaped after the pulse hit. He'd already picked out quarters for himself considering moving there on a permanent basis.