*****back at military camp******
the X7's show max's location to Ames white and he send a group out to capture.
********back at the barn*********
Fixit messes with the engine as Max watches her. "okay Zero hit it." she says. the engine starts.
"nice work, Fixit" Max says.
"Just give me a few more minutes, to adjust the timing." Fixit says glancing at her
"All right"
Bullet shouts " Max! Soldiers outside!" i race to his side as Max begins shouting orders.
"get away from the window! you too. someone has been talking out of school, Ralph, tie him up and blindfold him" Max yelled. "we're leaving him here. Fixit, We've gotta go now!"
"what the hell" says Zero trying to start the engine back up.
"why are they using smokers? i thought they wanted us dead.?" asks Bullet.
"Me too. Come on follow kagome and hurry up.." said Max. "kagome get them out of here.
i get them all in the vehicle.
"souta go with the kids make sure they make it out of here. As soon as it starts, get the hell out. that's an order." he nods as they try and start the truck. i headed back to max and tried to help her take the military down without any kills. the engine started distracting her and she got knocked over the head. "MAX" i said rushing to her side and the guns cocked i looked up going for my sword only to remember souta had packed it up into the van along with bikes "Damn it, i never get a fucking break" i said seeing my katanna's were still strapped to my legs. "damn not there either. fuck it" i said faking the loss of my Katana's then laid face down my hands on my head.
"Foxtrot One to Command. We have her, and another X5, sir." the guy from yesterdays shooting frenzy says.
"Say again Foxtrot One." says Ames
" We have X5-452 and..." he pushes my hair away from my neck "X5-482"
the soldiers handcuff me and pick up max we are taken to a military encampment and put in cages along side of a desert based creature. 'fools forgot to pat me down'
"Max wake up. come on big sister get up." i whisper and nudge her. she wakes up and get up slowly then glances up into the cage next to us and gasps in surprise. i can't help but laugh. "forgot to warn you." i said.
"Sorry, i uh.... I didn't know somebody else was with us." Max apologies to him. " you don't look so hot" He inhales pretty sharply.
"Probably need some sun, Huh?" she asks. "Bet they had you all hooked up back at manticore Nice, sandy barracks, Heat lamps." he looks to the side. "Sorry" i just watch this exchange. but tried to listen more then anything Max sees a bug on the floor and smashes it.
"uhh i hate those things." the desert guy looks at it longingly.
"Max i think he wants that bug" she glances towards him. then bends down to pick it up.
"you want it?" she asks, he begins to click his tongue." yes?" she says reaching out of her cage towards him. he bends to the little hole then his tongue sticks out fast and long
Max chuckles "nice move"
"Damn that was long, if he were a human male I'm sure any girl would love that." i said crudely Max turned and frowned at me. "what? you know I'm telling the truth. Damn the suits are coming this way. i say leaning back.
"Having a little family reunion?" Mr. White asks walking in and taking of his shades.
Max leans against her arm. "you must be the new bad guy in our lives" i laugh at that.
"you know, 452, you're much prettier than your picture." i scoff at his lame attempt at complementary.
"Gee, miss the old bad guys already" Max answers sarcastically
" I had a chance to peruse, the DNA workup done during your most recent stay at Manticore."
"Let me guess. My insurance didn't cover it, and you want me to go out of pocket"
"2 for max and 0 for you bud" i tell him
"Are you familiar with the term 'junk DNA'?" he asks us i nodded and let max answer
"layman's terms for base pairs that don't contain viable genetic information. Doesn't do much more than fill space. Kinda like that gray, squishy thing in between you ears" she smiled at that one.
"would you be surprised if i told you that you didn't have any junk DNA?" my head whips around to look at her with a questioning look she shrugs but has a shocked look as well for a moment before hiding it. "it seems every single base pair is coded for some specific genetic purpose. Now the money question is what does it mean?" he says looking maxi dead in the eye "what is it that your genes are coated to do?"
"Kick ass, mostly. after that, wouldn't know." she answers matter of factly.
"well not to worry...'cause we're gonna find out." White says smiling and putting his shades back on.
"what the hell was that about max?" i ask her
"i really don't know, Kagome but we have to get out of here" i pulled my katana out and tried to open the lock.
"damn it's too big for the lock." i said sheathing them.
******** with the kids in the truck************
"I can't believe we left them there" Ralph says "after all they did for us" Bugler comes up beside her and Bullet
"They gave us a direct order." says Bullet.
"Max and Kagome told me that we don't have to take orders anymore...not from anyone, not even them" Bugler says.
"that's good enough for me." replies Ralph and the others agree they look to souta.
"I can't disobey Kagome's orders," He said.
"well you could always tell her we threatened you i mean you're a human and couldn't stand up against all of us."
souta looked thoughtful for a second. "okay but on one condition if things start getting out of control we get out of there immediately even if we don't have Max or Kagome."
"agreed." they all said.
"let's do it" says Bullet.
Zero spins the truck around. while the others get the gear together. Mean while Alec is heading straight forward the way they had been going. "your headed the wrong way," he says when he spots them then as they draw closer "Hey you're heading the wrong way!" he yells then shakes his head "Typical."
******back at Military base******
signal is going up again and the kids draw closer to inspect the perimeters, when Alec sneaks up behind them
"let me guess they got themselves captured saving your asses." he says.
"Pretty much" answers Bullet. looking at him
"All Right." he says as you hear some men shouting in the distance. "well, lets get this over with." he says moving forward the kids take out perimeter guards and generators while Alec goes to find Max. he fined the tent.
"Alec" Max says spotting him.
"to the rescue" he says looking for the right key " You still want to kick my ass?"
"maybe later" Max replies and i couldn't help but wonder if they were attracted to each other. "Hurry up"
"Him too" we both tell Alec. 'it reminded me of when we were younger people thought we were fraternal twins or something because we could think along the same thoughts and feel the same things'
"Are you kidding me?" Alec says exasperated.
"just..." i started to say and max finished
"do it, its gonna be okay. We're gonna get you out of here, " max says reassuringly. " Go Go" max motions with her hands for him to leave.
"your welcome, come on, lets go" Alec says heading the same direction.
"wait."
"what" he and i both asked then look at each other.
"the Laser show is still going." my face showed that i had caught on.
"yeah Alec if you want to be the hero, we can't be half-assed about it. Let's go." i said following max, and looking back to make sure he follows.
"all those stars kind makes you feel small and insignificant, huh?" Max asks the technician. while Alec knocks him out. "kagome, you take the computer you've always been better at it." i nodded and changed the signal "now to tell all our bro's and sis's to Scatter and go to ground, don't' trust anyone but those in your unit unless of course they are X7's then blindfold them and tie them then get the hell away from them cause they'll give up your location in a nano second"
"please tell me you didn't put all that in there."
"not really just said, scatter goes to ground, X7 of hive minds not to be trusted stay with your unit. your family now" i said. laughing. Alec looked at me oddly, "what I'm just giving proper warning. give it another 30 seconds and any transgenic in a 100 mile radius heading this way will turn around.
"way to go little sis." max says motioning for alec to prepare the gun. we hear a thud behind us after he finish his shots. turned to see the desert guy knock out a soldier. then get shot he when heading our way. Alec and i both reach for max before she gets caught as well,
"we gotta get out of here" we both tell her. "go, go" Alec says covering us. another gun shot goes off in the distance.