Readers Note: Hi Readers, this episode is meant for all of you to catch up to what's happening in the story line. Hope you all enjoy this episode and continue to read on!! Thank you to the reviews! Marcus, you've been a pleasure and my new reviewer Jeanette, thank you! Oh, and since I am going up north next week Tuesday, make sure you look for next weeks up date some time around this weekend or possibly Monday of next week! Then, once I'm back, The show will return back to its normal time date of Fridays of every week!

DARK ANGEL

The Complete Third Season

Episode 10

"Blood Ties"

Previously on Dark Angel,

Tanedra Woods hires Max on secret missions that connect with the Transgenic's. Joshua is given mysterious human features. Sara is developing feelings for Alec as Max realizes that she thinks her relationship with Alec is changing at a fast rate!

Now~

Several men and woman wearing black robes faced on an open view from an edge of a cliff. Seattle lay dormant and empty of its human beings and Transgenic's seemed to have plagued the now graveyard of society. Ames White closed his eyes to relax and let this powerful night fill him with power and strength.

"The collation of the stars is coming to a head" said the leader of the cult. For some time now, she had been the leader of the cult of breeders. Celia worked alongside with Sandeman when the cult was first made. She remembered all his ideas about how the cult was going to further its self in the future and how to become stronger as individuals. Something happened a certain night that affected her life and the cult's existence; Sandeman left. He went on his own and realized that what he created with Celia was wrong; Celia thought otherwise.

Sandeman then created a place that the breeding cult ultimately disliked the most. He created another family of his own full of Transgenic's. It was revealed to Max less than a year ago that Sandeman had created her for the destruction of Celia's cult. Celia would stop at nothing to rid of Max and her transgenic pals. The plan for the end game was coming to a head. Celia's cult was ready for the up-coming end of all kind. They wanted to be superior and gain all control of the world.

Numerous crowds of members dragged two Transgenic projects and threw them to the dirt ground. A cloud of dust particles clouded Ames White's vision. Celia pulled out a gun from her pocket and pointed it to the first Transgenic who happened to be Mole.

"Excellent! Two perfect sacrifices" said Celia lifting the gun and aiming it at the Transgenic beside Mole. The gun shot a bullet into the Transgenic's head and green blood slid down its face. Mole tried to move out of their capture, but they were too strong. Celia held the gun to Mole's head and aimed.

"One more to go" she said. Just before she shot the gun, Mole punched Ames in the face and headed towards the forest near-by. Celia tried to shoot at the running Transgenic but she failed to succeed in killing Mole. Ames lay on the ground, dirty and in pain from Mole's punch to his side.

"Get up White and find that piece of waste now!" demanded Celia. Mole ran through the dark dense forest trying to escape and get out of eye sight from the Breeding Cult. Ames has been wanting to get Mole so Max would loose a close friend and ally. Mole found a ditch to jump into to get away from Ames and launched himself down into the dry leaves. Ames slid down a little mud hill and aimed his gun at the dark ground. Mole was gone.

"Damn it!" he yelled. Mole stayed low.

--

Max flipped through files of old projects of Manti-core. The archives have provided Max with helpful information to the Breeding Cult and Sandeman, her father. Logan stood beside her, reading texts on the Breeding Cult that her father created. He came across the same information that they already knew and no luck on new info.

"Anything?" she asked. Logan sighed.

"No! I can't believe there isn't anything on the creator of Manticore. Sandeman must of hidden everything about the origins of Manticore and information on himself" Logan explained throwing the papers on the desk near-by. The Archives was a very enclosed room with rows and rows of rusty racks of boxes. Each box is dedicated to a Transgenic created and planned by Sandeman himself. Max found out that Sandeman was still alive and continued on the (seemed to be) never ending search for her father.

"There are so many things I want to ask him. I want to know why he created me. I also want to know if her knew my mother" said Max frowning. "I believe that my mother was more than just a paid woman to give birth" Logan smiled.

"Max, honey, your mother was found dead a long time ago. I don't think Manticore would hide your mother away from you" Logan said. Max crossed her arms and she became curious.

"Maybe they didn't want her near me because she had answers!" Max shouted. "It's worth a look"

"Try looking in the files under surrogate mothers" Logan said pointing to a box. Max stopped searching.

"I always wondered why Tri-tech would send that X2-bot impersonating Diamond after us. I mean, we never were a target by Tri-tech. It's okay anyways, General Boyd is going through court about his sentencing" said Max. "I have to be there tomorrow for work"

"Work? again?" he asked. Max put the box back.

"Yes, as sad as it is, I have work tomorrow. It's also a paying job. Therefore yay!" laughed Max. Logan put his box back.

"How's Joshua with his new look?" asked Logan dusting his gloves off. Max opened the front door.

"He's actually doing very well, he's looking forward to coming out in the open tomorrow morning with Cindy" Max explained. "she's going to take him shopping in town" Logan smiled.

"Its nice to know that the solution worked wonders" he replied once again. Max and Logan walked out of the Archives and noticed Mole running towards them trying to catch his breath. Max ran towards Mole to see what was going on and realized that Ames was back in town.

Dark Angel

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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 of running, I had enough and took a stand. The Transgenic's and I created Freak Nation. I joined forces with the police and now working with Tanedra Woods helping her solve Transgenic cases. Sierra Lakefield; the voice of the people, is against the existence of my kind. With the help of faithful ally's, we plan to take down the Breeding Cult before the preverbal apocalypse and explore more into my destiny. The whereabouts of Sandeman; my father, is unknown.

Mole sat on Max's couch, slowly sipping warm coffee that Cindy had just made. His clothes were covered in dirt and he was shivering like he just got out of an ice bath. Logan brought over several different pages of the Archives and placed them on the clear coffee table in front of Mole. On these pages were hand drawn photos resembling certain members of the Breeding Cult. For days now, they have been researching Ames and his mysterious cult. As much as they know, something big was soon to happen.

"Mole, I found these a couple of days ago in the Manticore secret Archives that may help you identify that leader of the Breeding Cult. I know it may have been hard to see at night and all, but it would be worth a shot" said Logan. Max sat on the end of the couch, waiting for Mole's answer. Mole looked at the photos of past and present members of the cult. While flipping past three others, he came across a familiar face; Celia.

"This is the woman I noticed that was leading the cult" pointed Mole. Logan gently grabbed the old and dusty Archive sheet from Mole's lizardly hand and gazed at the description.

"Her name is Celia, she was close friends with your father Max" said Logan handing her the paper. Max started to read Sandeman's hand-writing.

Celia is a dangerous woman who helped create the Breeding Cult. She was born many years ago and befriended a group called ....................

Max tumbled her speech while reading the scripture. The name of the group that Celia had befriended was rubbed out and the black ink was smudged.

"Who did she befriend!?" shouted Max. "We are so close to finding out who those people are" she snorted. Logan found another interesting page that described the Conclave.

"The obstacle that faces the Conclave is Sandeman. Sandeman left the Cult after performing a DNA test on his son C.J Sandeman and learning that C.J. would not pass The Committee's test. After having left the Cult, Sandeman created Manticore" read Logan. Max remembered C.J and wondered if he was still alive somewhere out in the world. Ames wasn't the nicest brother to him, but it scared her to think that Ames was her own brother.

"Yay well the Phalanx failed their last mission. I remember those big, bulky woman trying to kill me" said Max. "I mean, is that all they have against me?" she challenged. Mole shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, but I saw some pretty weird stuff last night that I think you should know. They were doing some ritual and they were making comments about the stars" he described. Logan and Max both looked at each other.

"The alignment" they both said. Mole's jaw dropped.

"Wait, catch me up here; alignment?" he asked. Max smiled.

"Two weeks ago, we came across an Archive that described the Alignment of stars. According to Sandeman, the Alignment is an ancient prophecy that the Breeding Cult Committee believed will happen in a couple of months" explained Max. Logan continued the thought.

"The Committee is composed of senior leaders of the Familiars and are something like priests. They are the ones in charge of the missions and controlled the situations as well as to assign agents to sitacuiones different. They are responsible for judging and giving verdict and sentence to members more inept, and tend to not be lenient, their most common punishment is death" Logan added. Mole was overwhelmed with information on their biggest enemy.

"Wow, that's a lot to know" he said. Max averted her eyes to him.

"There's more; a new group of red robed people have come to town. They seem to be taking loads of Transgenic blood for something. There's not much on them in the Archives that Sandeman created, but we know they are dangerous to be around. They seem to be well trained in combat and carry around sacrificial knives to injure their enemies." she said.

"Are they linked to the company called Tri-tech that made that X2 thingy?" he asked. "By the way, how did that turn out for Cindy?"

"No they're not connected in any way. Tri-tech is a company that focuses on robotics and bio-chemical engineers. Just last week, we saved one of my close friends from Manticore that was captured because she held the ability to create a living flame. By absorbing energy from an object and the earths surface, she is able to create a ball of fire. Just recently though, we found out that she can't exactly handle the heat in her system" Max said.

Cindy walked into the room with cans of food from the daily shipment of canned goods for Freak Nation.

"Hey there Boo, how's it going?" she asked. Cindy's hair was straightened and was now long. She had red highlights going through her dark, shiny, black hair. Max loved her new look and admired Cindy's taste.

"Mole, good to see you!" she said throwing a can of corn to him. "Thought you might enjoy that" Mole smiled.

"Thank you" Mole said putting the can on the table next to the Archives. The phone started to ring and Max picked it up.

"Shoot" she answered. Tanedra was on the other line.

"Hi Max, just reminding you that court is starting soon, hurry your ass up!" she said. Max sighed.

"So, what about the necklace and your husband?" questioned curious Max. Tanedra cleared her throat.

"He's clean" she lied. Tanedra tried to keep her voice unreadable.

"Good, we need to find out where that necklace came from and why it has the same symbol" Max said. Tanedra agreed and hung up the phone. Max looked at everyone who was curiously waiting for an answer.

"He's clean, gotta jet; work" she said leaving the apartment.

--

Max walked the streets of the Human World. Garbage was cleaned from the ground and citizens were doing their normal chores of the day. Little kids ran past her, licking lolly-pops and laughing with their friends. She approached a tall building that was gray and clean looking. Many people drove up to the long steps and entered the building. Max took a deep breath as she entered the court room for the first time.

She was wearing a tight suit that Tanedra had given her that was light brown. Her hair was up in the tightest bun and she wore glasses. Sierra entered the court room as well and sat down beside Tanedra and Max.

"Good morning ladies! Max, you look beautiful today" she commented. Max smiled.

"Thank you, Tanedra picked it out" she said. Tanedra smiled at Sierra. General Boyd walked slowly into the court with his defense attorney by his side. They glided down the long red carpet, heading towards the two large wooden tables; one for the defense. The judge walked and sat down at the judges bench and hit the table with her gavel. Everyone was silent and stopped their conversations.

"Court is now in session, judge Walsh presiding" the Bailiff snorted. Irina Walsh had light brown hair with a tint of red. Her face was beautiful and she had such admired feminine features. She pursed her ruby lips and tucked her hair behind her perfect sized ears.

"The court is hearing the cases between Tri-tech General Boyd and District Attorney of the state of Washington" said Irina. General Boyd glared at Max and Tanedra as he sat down at his table of defense.

--

Erinn met up with a man in a black suite who was holding numerous files. She smiled and tucked her brown hair behind her ears to prevent the whaling wind to whip her hair on her face. He had dirty blond hair and wore thick black glasses to block the rays of the bright sun. Erinn wore a casual outfit and her hair in a tie.

"Thanks for the files. It has been a couple of days since the last attack" she said. The man handed her a pin with a eagle on it.

"Here, take this pin. Wear it on your blouse and make sure that you get a conversation filmed with you and Max. We may be able to get some footage of her and record it in our files. How are you by the way?" he asked kindly.

"Good thanks. All this work and hiding under cover takes a tole. How is Project: Extermination going along?" she asked. He cleared his throat.

"The boss says that the plan is in motion."

"Do you have the time when the truck will appear at the fifth intersection?" she asked. He looked at his watch and back at her curious eyes.

"In five minutes" he said handing her a gun from the helicopter parked beside them on the roof of her work building.

"Aim for the truck that says 'depo' and kill who ever is driving the car" he said pointing to the street.

--

Cindy walked Joshua around the streets of the Human World, getting him use to the humans and his new face. It has been along time since he experienced anything like this. Thank God that his face turned back to normal and that Cindy would take the time to bring him to where he know belonged.

"It's been so long since I've been out" he admitted. Cindy smiled and looked at the people walking into a gift shop.

"Look, they sell ice cream, want some?" she questioned. The two happily walked into the gift shop and looked around at the inventory. After they grabbed ice cream, they continued to walk down the path that lead to the court house Max was attending. Just at the right moment, court was released for a recess and Cindy and Joshua noticed Max walking towards them.

"Hey guys!" shouted Max walking towards the main intersection. Meanwhile, the truck coming down the intersection sped past all of the red lights. The person driving the truck was a normal looking man who drove trucks for life. Erinn pointed the gun at the speeding truck and waited until it perfectly aligned with her aim. Once she thought she had the shot, the bullet went right down from the building and perfectly center of the trucks front tire.

"Nice shot" her friend said. The truck lost control of speed and headed towards Cindy and Joshua on the road. Everyone screamed and ran away from the big, spinning truck. Cindy froze at the sight of the big truck loosing control. Joshua quickly grabbed her and pulled her out of the way. Everyone watched as the truck crashed into the gift shop (Cindy and Joshua were in) and walked close to the scene. Max ran to Cindy as Tanedra and Sierra came walking out of the court building. All of the Human World was pretty much there, analyzing the truck that crashed in the store. Slowly, red blood started to drip from one of the cracked crates, causing a stream of unwanted red. The stream became a over-flowing spill of blood as it turned and swerved its way down the streets of Washington. Max bent down and touched the warm, wet blood.

"Its blood" she said. Everyone gathered around and helped Max open the truck door to reveal hundreds of crates carry Transgenic blood. On the boxes were stamped with a big bar code, just like Manticore's. Max started to tear and she glanced over at Tanedra and Sierra. Meanwhile, Erinn was at the top of the roof smiling.

"Bingo" she whispered getting off the dirty ground handing the gun back to her co-worker.

"Next time you need me, call me first" she said leaving the roof and entering into the building. Tanedra ran into the building to call the authorities and noticed Erinn running out of the entrance to the roof. She stopped dialing and caught up with Erinn.

"Erinn, what were you doing up on the roof?" she asked her. Erinn tried to think of a story to cover what she was actually doing. Before Erinn could tell her story, Sierra ran into the building.

"Girls, time to get to work, the press is here" she said. Tanedra ran to her office and noticed Tyrone standing at her desk. He was wearing last nights clothes and he looked nervous.

"I have to talk to you" he said. Tanedra frowned.

"Not right now!" she said walking to her computer. Tyrone didn't take no for an answer. He grabbed her arm and pulled her body against his.

"I need you to listen to me" he said. Tanedra smacked his face and pushed him off her.

"Don't you ever grab me like that again. Now that I know what you were doing behind the scenes, I don't even want to talk to you or even see you" she said.

--

Alec and Sara sat on the couch in Max's apartment eating ice cream. Sara couldn't stop staring at Alec and wanted to just kiss him.

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to eat ice cream off another person?" she asked. Alec was shocked. Alec did like a little sex talk once and a while, but never that. He laughed.

"No, I'm sure I haven't" he said dipping his spoon in the ice cream container. During the conversation that was followed by laughs, Sara dropped ice cream on her shirt.

"Damn it! I love this shirt. Wait, this is my only shirt!" she yelled. Alec smiled and grabbed a napkin that was on the table next to them.

"Here we go" Alec said cleaning her shirt off. Sara could feel his warm breath on her neck as he cleaned her shirt. The two stopped and stared at each other. Alec couldn't take his eyes of Sara's beautiful face. Soon enough, the two Transgenic's kissed.

--

Max watched as the news reporters tried to get stories for the magazine. Cindy was questioned by authorities and Joshua hid in the background. Max tried to think of reasons why a truck would be carrying loads of Transgenic blood. Logan ran towards Max from a street that was closed off and tried to comfort her.

"I got here as soon as possible" he said. Max pulled her long brown hair out of the tight bun that was irritating her.

"Do you remember three months ago when the Red Robed cult was stealing blood from Transgenic's?" she asked Logan. He thought of that night and remembered exactly what she was talking about.

"Yay, you think this is connected?" Logan questioned.

"It's the only lead we have" she said. "If the Red Robed people are trying to take Transgenic blood, why do they ship it in the mid-of-day?" she continued. Logan couldn't grasp the thought.

"Maybe their headquarters are somewhere close" he said. The two watched as the cops cleaned the mess of split blood on the street.

A couple hours had passed and the sun started to sink down into the dark sapphire clouds. Max finished having a shower with cold water and walked into her living room. Everyone was in the living room getting ready for a night out. Max sat on the couch with her wet hair soaking her shoulders. Cindy sat beside her.

"Are you going to come with us to the club?" she asked putting her hair up. Max frowned.

"I think I'm going to call it a night" Max admitted. Cindy touched her shoulder.

"Are you sure?" she asked again. Max nodded and Cindy walked out the door with everyone else. As Max sat there by herself, she took the time to relax and calm the extreme headache she was getting. While almost falling asleep, she heard a noise in her bedroom. Max slowly walked to her bedroom, getting ready for an intruder. As she opened her door, a woman in a red robe looked at her.

"Give me the Demon Hand!" she yelled. Max didn't know what to say. What was the Demon Hand?

"I don't have it, get out before I kill you!" she shouted. The woman charged at Max with a dagger and Max cut her off with a punch. The woman tried to slice Max's foot while she was on the ground. Max fought as hard as she could to get away. The two woman were at it; fighting to the living room. Paintings on the walls fell to the ground; smashing into pieces. The woman grabbed Max's hair and threw her against a wall. Max dodged all the slashes of the cult woman's dagger. Up, down, right, left, Max's body bent to get away from the crazy woman.

"I don't have the demon hand thingy" Max honestly said. The woman didn't believe her. Max took a vase and threw it at the woman. She fell to the ground with cuts all over her face from the shattered vase. Max grabbed the woman's head and snapped it. She was dead. Max wasn't one for killing people, but for the Red Robed cult, she could make an acceptation. Max leaned against the wall, thinking about the demon hand. What is exactly is it? It was something very important for the cult to attack Max for.

--

At the club, Joshua started to feel a little weird. Cindy looked at him while eating a bunch of peanuts.

"What's wrong with chu boo?" she asked. He covered his face. All of sudden, his face turned back to normal. People in the club started to notice that he was a Transgenic. People ran away, realizing that Joshua was the monster that Sierra was looking for. Cindy covered Joshua, and her, Logan, Sara and Alec brought Joshua out and back home.

Max heard the door open and she noticed Joshua sad and the others barging in.

"What happened?" Max asked. Everyone noticed the smashed glass and the dead body next to Max.

"What happened here?" Logan asked back. Max got up and dusted herself up.

"We need to talk about a thing called the Demon Hand" Max explained to everyone. For hours, everyone tried to think how Joshua's face was turning back to his normal form. They believed that the solution only works when its day-time. Logan had done some research on various things about the "Demon Hand" but nothing showed up. Alec and Sara smiled and sat with each other on the couch while Cindy made food for everyone. Logan and Max sat at the dinner table with sheets from the Archives.

"Well, I can't find anything! You're telling me that someone was sent to find this Demon Hand here?" Logan asked. Max nodded her head.

"Work and this Transgenic problems are taking a serious beating on me" admitted Max. "Its so hard to balance all them. There are so many people that want us dead" she said. Logan touched her hand with his glove on and they were almost about the kiss until they realized the deadly consequences. As everyone was talking, there was a knock on the door. Cindy went to go answer and her jaw dropped.

"Who is it?" asked Max. A woman walked into the apartment and looked at everyone.

"Hello everyone again" said Asha. Logan was speechless. Alec and Sara kept there mouths shut and Max couldn't stop staring at Asha's pregnant belly.

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

Friday,

What happens when Max is in heat again, but Alec is the only one around? Asha disrupts Logan and Max's future together and the clock is ticking for the cure to their virus to be solved. Max goes to unbelievably lengths to stop their virus and find the final ingredient.

An All new Dark Angel.

APPEARANCES

Max

Logan

Cindy

Alec

Joshua

Ames White

SPG

Tanedra Woods

Sierra Lakefield

Erinn

Asha (returns)

Sara

Mole

Tyrone

Celia (The cult leader woman)

General Boyd

Irina Walsh...(court room judge........First Appearance)