Readers Note: Again, another note for you 'all! I am happy that I reached this half of the story. I've had this planned for months now and finally I can let out the action. These past 10 episodes were a lot of building the suspense. I can't wait for the next half of this season to come into play and the season finale that will give you so MANY more questions. Thanks :) Thank you to the reviewers once again! I am so happy people are enjoying this! Thanks a lot. (:

DARK ANGEL

The Complete Third Season

Episode 13

"The Demon Hand Part II"

Previously on Dark Angel,

It was revealed that Asha was sent to break up Max and Logan! She says she was pregnant with Logan's baby. Max's self-loathing for giving into the temptations of Heat takes a toll on her being. Tanedra pleas to the police that Tyrone wasn't the one responsible for the break-in of Sierra's office. Erinn is attacked by another assassin and Sierra admits she is the Leader of the Red Robed Cult!

Does it seem that every day of my life it just increasingly worse? I always wondered why I'm the one who has to suffer! As I watch my Seattle just crumble into pieces, the Transgenic's are on the loose. The humans are continually planning to take down our kind. I was ready to take a stand, but it seemed that ever since that day, my life has just gotten worse. I miss those days when I was in hiding. I would just go to work, socialize with normal people and not worry about many other lives. Now, it feels that the world is on my shoulders.

Sierra's evil grin on her scarred face revealed her pearly white teeth that could brighten up a room. Ames on the other hand was nervous about succeeding in capturing the Demon Hand. This plan was perfectly constructed, and one little mistake could break the whole idea. The X63 project was carefully made in the early years. It was very ancient and was part of something really big! Sierra cleaned her nails with her envelope opener as Ames discussed possibilities on outcomes.

"We go to Manticore, find the Demon Hand and leave. If those Transgenic's get to it first, then we have a problem!" Ames explained. "We need to find a way to lead the Transgenic's away from the whereabouts of the Demon Hand"

Sierra bit her nails as she constantly reminded by Erinn's presents. She could just kill her with her own hands if she knew it was going to take this long to rid of her. Sydney was a really good assassin and it disappointed her that a great warrior was discarded by a low-human being. As Sierra soaked in her bitterness, the word Transgenic crossed her filled mind.

"Transgenic's? What does this have to do with anything? Yay, X63 is meant to destroy man-kind, but who's in our way of retrieving the Demon Hand?" she asked. Ames jumped out of his seat and looked for a picture of a certain Transgenic that has been a thorn in his ass for some time. Max was listening in as she hid from the other side of the door.

"I can't find a picture, but her Manticore name designation X5-452, is one of the twelve X5's who successfully escaped from Manticore in 2009. Years later, she became the leader of a group of Transgenic's living in the dangerous Terminal City" he explained. Sierra could remember reports of a leader taking over Seattle at the time she became the voice of the people.

"Terminal City?" she asked. Ames fixed her suit and got comfortable.

"Terminal City is a part of Seattle that is biohazardous to ordinaries but safe for Transgenic's" Ames replied. Sierra thought for a second.

"The thing we should most worry about is the Anomalies. They're our biggest worry. They have abilities that are beyond ours. Some were even made for desert Warfare. This is fricken crunch time buddy" she said. Max slowly closed her eyes and tried to let all her anger for Ames stay inside. Erinn walked in from the front door carrying a shot-gun. Max quickly turned around and tried to hide. She hid in the dark corner of the office as Erinn placed her gun on the table. Sweat soaked Erinn's hazel hair as she stretched and popped her dislocated shoulder back into place. Little flickers of ruby red lights flashed from Sierra's office door and Erinn became curious.

Max tried to quiet down her heavy breathing as Erinn passed by. Erinn peaked inside of the office and noticed Ames White with Sierra. Ames was telling Sierra about the leader of the Transgenic's; a girl. Sierra was curious to who she was competing against to gain total power of the people and the Demon Hand.

"Well, who is she?" she asked. Ames was just about to tell Sierra X5-452's human name when Erinn stepped in and interrupted. Sierra raised her head away from Ames and noticed Erinn standing at the door of her office. As much as pissed Sierra off that Erinn was still alive, she had to keep on acting.

"Erinn, what on earth are you doing here this late?" she asked. "You should be home resting!" she smiled. Erinn tucked her hair behind her ears and uncovered her beautiful teeth.

"I was just looking to see if you were still here and there you are! I was wondering if you had some paper clips. I ran out just a couple of hours ago and I was to keep some important files together, is that okay?" she went on. Sierra forced her smile out.

"Of course, there's a box in that cabinet" Sierra said. Erinn looked around at how Sierra cleaned up her office since the break-in.

"It's nice to know you got everything back in order from that horrible break-in. I hope nothing important to you was stolen" she lied back. Sierra sat back down at her desk and smirked.

"Well, thank you. Nothing was broken" she said glaring at Ames on the other chair. Erinn pointed to a cabinet and opened it an inch.

"In here?" she asked knowing exactly what was in the cabinet. When Erinn broke into the cabinet last time, black magic items filled the shelves. She thought that she might tease Sierra while she was looking for paper clips that she didn't really need. Sierra stopped her in a split second.

"Erinn, in the other cabinet" Sierra so hesitantly snapped, pointing to the one beside it. Erinn smiled and opened the one beside it.

"Thank you" she said so sweetly as she placed a microscopic-sized camera on the door of the cabinet. Good thing Sierra wasn't watching because Erinn would have broken her cover. Erinn smiled and walked to Ames White.

"Ou, I have to say Mr, uh....?"

"White" he answered.

"Mr. White, you have a nice tie" she said touching the tie and putting some sex appeal in her acting. Ames smiled and watched as she walked out of the office and closed the door. Max listened to the whole conversation while hiding in the background near Erinn's desk. Erinn walked over to her desk and threw the paper clips in the garbage. Max watched quietly to see what Erinn was going to do next. She walked over to her chair and sat down and popped an aspirin.

"You can come out now" she said to Max, hidden away in the darkness. Max hesitated for a long moment, trying to think if she was talking to her. Erinn used foundation to cover-up the newly formed bruises from the little confrontation she had just minutes ago.

"Its okay, they can't hear you" she said signalling Max to reveal herself from the corner. Max slowly stepped out curious about who Erinn really was.

"I thought you would be here, listening. That's what you do most nights, am I wrong? Sierra is an interesting character to listen too" she admitted. "All those secret she has buried beneath that bitch-like interior" she giggled. Max was lost for words.

"Who are you?" that was all she had to say. Max's forehead creased when she asked those trembling words. Erinn put her make-up in her purse and smiled.

"That's not the issue right now, you will know in time. All I have to say is that you better watch out for Sierra. She's been watching you carefully these past months. I saved your transgenic ass just a second ago" she said. Max's eyes widened while she heard Erinn say everything she was trying to cover up.

"Ames was about to say your real name to Sierra. For now, your identity is still hidden to Sierra but you need to think fast" she continued on. "Please, be sly, destroy what she believes in"

Max was still lost for words and only nodded her head. Whoever Erinn was, Max had to trust her. She could be helpful in later days. Sierra and Ames walked out of the office as Max ran out of the front door.

"Talk to you later about the...uh... files" Sierra lied. Erinn smiled really knowing exactly what they were talking about. Amex smiled and was about to leave when he picked up a familiar scent. How could he forget that awful stench of Transgenic's? He glared at Erinn who was continually smiling until he left.

"Buh-bye Mr. White" she pushed. Ames shook his head and walked out into the rain. Erinn realized it was a close call.

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 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.

Asha watched over Logan while he was on the hardwood of his apartment, knocked out. She tried to think of ways she was going to be able to cover-up what happened to him. She already had messed up his house to make it look like an intruder barged in during the day. Asha didn't want to hurt Logan anymore, but that was her job. She was going to find a way to not hurt him in the process of achieving the Demon Hand and breaking him and Max apart. She pulled out a needle that contained a similar green substance that was used on Joshua weeks ago. Asha fiercely stuck the long, thick needle into his neck.

"Sorry Logan, you will understand later" Asha said sticking the needle in her pocket. The solution is used to alter one's dream and manipulate them. She wanted him to think about Max and Alec together. She bent down to his ear and kissed it.

"Max doesn't want you anymore Logan, she wants Alec. Together, they feel desire, lust and will share a life together, discarding you" she said.

Logan was in dream while knocked out. He could picture Max and him together on top of a hill over-looking a field of flowers and the awakening sun. A beautiful breeze caressed the both of them as they watched the dawning of a new day. For some reason, the sun was refreshing and calm to his being. Max smiled and looked into his eyes. All vegetation suddenly died and the sun sunk into the dark clouds. Lightning struck in the field of dead flowers and they abruptly appeared in a desert. The once lush green field during its vernal awakening turned dark, dry and lifeless. He turned to face Max by his side, but she was in the arms of Alec. His tight grip held her close to his chest. She felt shielded from evil and the world.

Logan was rendered useless. The girl of his dreams was taken away by the one guy he didn't like.

"Your useless Logan, Max doesn't need you anymore" she whispered into his ear. "You have a baby now with me. Spend your life helping me raise our family" Asha continued. Logan moaned in her arms as she cradled him in her arms. She was wearing a tight jean coat with blue capris**.

Logan turned to his left and Asha appeared holding a baby in her hand. It was his little baby boy, just what he wanted. Logan always wanted a baby boy of his own. With Asha manipulating his dreams, Logan was falling for her games.

"You're meant to be with us" she said. Her voice echoed throughout the dry desert of his dreams. Asha clapped her hand and he woke up in her arms.

"What happened?" he asked disoriented and venerable. Asha started to let fake tears drip down her face.

"I thought you were dead" she cried. "Someone broke into the apartment. I think it was the same person who broke into that Sierra Lakefield chick" she thought. Logan shook his head and felt the extreme headache that followed.

"Are you okay? What about the baby?" he asked concerned. She looked down and smiled.

"I'm totally fine" she said moving out the way when Logan went to go touch her belly. For some reason, she didn't want Logan to touch that area.

"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked again. He smiled and sat down on his bed. Asha admired his shirtless image.

"Have you heard from Max by the way?" he curiously asked. Asha shook her head.

"No, she's been a little mad and staying away from people" she lied. She was trying to break apart the tight lovers.

--

Alec and Sara lay in bed and were talking. He played with her hair as she drew on his chest with her index finger. She was tracing the creases of his muscles and down to the abs.

"This is great" she said laughing. He laughed too thinking about the great sex they just had.

"Make-up sex is always the best, isn't it?" she asked smiling. Alec nodded his head and tried to get Max out of his head. Her body, her sex appeal and her humour was filling his mind. Sara noticed a candle at the other end of the bed and focused her eyes. She focused on the candle and it lit up in a brilliant beaming flame of light. Alec watched in awe as his transgenic girlfriend was using her amazing abilities.

"That's incredible" he said kissing her forehead.

"I often thought so myself" she smiled playing with his lovely chest. He looked at the candle and the romantic vibe that echoed off it.

"Want to do it again?" he asked. She jumped onto him like was going to ride him and smiled, letting her hair fall down and touch her shoulders. Alec prepared himself for another fun round of make-up sex.

"This time it will be amazing" she said smiling. He began to kiss her as they both went under the covers.

--

Max walked to the Manticore Archives and scanned her surroundings. She was getting ready for a night full of reading information about the Demon Hand. Anything she was able to find would be at least something. Every side seemed to want this Demon Hand so bad and Max didn't know exactly what it was about.

She searched through the files of old creations of Manticore when it first started. Nothing.

"Where the hell are all the files?" she asked. Cindy walked into the Archives and smiled. Max stood up and her forehead creased.

"Cindy, what are you doing here?" she asked. Cindy smiled and took off her leather jacket.

"I followed you from our house. When you picked up some food on the way, I followed you down to here. Why are you here anyways?" she asked. Max wanted to tell her everything she learned about Sierra and Ames, but she worried that if she did, Cindy could get in serious danger. It was better for her to leave that out of their conversations for a long while; just until Sierra and Ames were gone. Max had an idea to keep Cindy occupied and from asking questions.

"Would you help me do some research?" Max questioned. Cindy nodded her head and sat down on the other grey, rusty chair that was on the opposite side of Max. Max walked over to the Archives doors and locked it tight so no intruders would barge in and try to kill them or even worse, take information about the Demon Hand.

"So, what are we looking for?" asked Cindy. Max handed her a dusty box of files about origins of rare items. A cloud of dust particles floated in Cindy's view for a second until she used her hand to wave it away.

"Boo, I do well with dust and research" she admitted smiling at her best friend. Max laughed and showed her pages she found on the Demon Hand.

"The Demon Hand?" she asked. Max nodded.

"I don't know more than you do, but apparently it's really powerful and opens something! I just can't find anything that will connect to it" she complained. Cindy opened her box and pulled out pages of dusty parchment and handed it Max and her.

"For you, I will help and anyways, I wanted to have some girl talk. We haven't talked much lately and I was getting worried. I know there is a lot going on but you can know that you can trust me with anything" she comforted. Max tried to find away to tell her friend about Sierra, but she just couldn't. It was too risky and that would put Cindy's life in danger.

"Thank you, that's just the thing I needed to hear" she said looking at the paper. After a couple of hours of research, Cindy came upon something, something big. Max looked down at her pages and found nothing; it was all information on things she already knew.

"Boo, I found something!" she yelled sliding over to her friend. Max looked at the sheets and a drawing on the Demon Hand.

The Demon Hand is a device forged many many many decades ago. It is used to open a seal located in the depths of Manticore's underground secret room. The room's location exactly is unknown, but the thing that lies on the other side of the seal is something dangerous and powerful. The X63 project was made to start the end of humanity. Scientists created something evil with the parts of Animal, human, robot, breeding Cult blood, and transgenic abilities. With all these elements fused together, it created X63. They locked it up to protect Manticore until the destruction created by the destined one.

Cindy looked at Max and showed her the picture of the Demon Hand. It was a long metal glove that started at the elbow and all the way down to the finger tips. It had scary pointy nails like a big claw and little needles that looked like it would cling onto the owner.

"The destined one?" she asked. Max shrugged her shoulders.

--

Tanedra Woods and Tyrone sat in her house, talking to each other about life. The six months that they missed together was long and bitter. Tyrone was dying to tell Tanedra about Sierra Lakefield being the leader of the Red Robed Cult, but it could danger her life. Tanedra smiled and sipped her wine as she watched TV and listened to her husband go on and on about his six months.

"It was hard and scary. I was on the run from everyone it seemed. I needed somewhere to go and I went to this abandoned house and stayed there. Running away from that Cult was the hardest thing ever. I believe that they know where I am" he said. Tanedra shook her head.

"I will protect you" she promised. Tyrone titled his head to kiss her on the lips. They shared love that was beautiful and full of light. Tanedra was so happy that they had their relationship brought back to life. Tyrone on the other hand was just happy that he knew his wife was safe.

"I love you" he said.

"I love you too" she replied. "You know, you can tell me anything"

Tyrone stuttered his next sentence, trying to hide his secret about Sierra and the Cult.

"I have nothing that I am hiding from you" he lied. The two stared at each other and smiled.

--

Sierra and Ames walked towards the ruins of Manticore to try and locate the Demon Hand. While Cindy and Max learned more about the mysterious item in the Archives, Sierra and Ames searched the premise.

"Anything?" she asked. Ames laughed.

"I'm not that special. I can't just find something that is around me. I need to look like you" he said. Sierra rolled her eyes.

"What's the point of your Breeding thingy if it doesn't give you anything power wise?" she asked kicking rocks as she advanced further into the forest. Ames quickly lifted his hand above him and met Sierra's eye level. She then felt strong force of energy squeezing her neck all around. He tightened the grip of his fist and she went flying back. Sierra hit the damp, moist grass and shook her hair.

"Okay, I get it!" she said. Sierra stood up and walked with Ames around the ruins. Max and Cindy grabbed the information they needed and were reading to jet from the Archives. Just as she opened the door, she noticed Ames walking around. Cindy was pushed away from Max and she told her to stay inside and lock the door.

"Only let me in if I call, do you promise?" she asked. Cindy was flabbergasted.

"What's going on Boo?" she challenged.

"Ames alert" Max replied. Cindy stood up and got pissed.

"Let me at him!" she yelled. Max stopped her best friend from leaving the Archives and into her short doom.

"Just stay here, please!" Max said. Cindy agreed and Max walked out of the Archives. Ames walked around the ruins trying to find any clues. He knew that the Archives were a place where all the information was about Manticore but possibly the Demon Hand as well. He found the route which took him to the Archives and he paced his way there. Max jumped in front of him and kicked him in the face. Ames went flying onto the ground.

"Look what you did to my coat" Ames White said complaining. He jumped up and punched her in the face. The punch was so strong that blood was already falling from her mouth and nose.

"You see little girl, your Transgenic blood is nothing to against my power" he taunted. Max vision became blurry and she could see anything. Ames pulled out his gun and pointed it to her head.

"Don't you think coming here was a big mistake now?" he laughed loading the gun. Max was useless, she tried to regain focus, but it was too hard. Just before Ames could shoot, Cindy tapped on his shoulder and he turned around.

"What! You!" he yelled. Cindy opened her little hand purse and pulled out pepper spray.

"You don't know how long I've waited to do this" she said spraying the entire can on his face. Ames screamed and fell to his knees. Max watched as Cindy took him down and ran over to Max.

"Max, we got to go! Let's go come on!" she shouted. Max wiped the blood off her face and got up. Cindy kicked Ames in his stomach and he fell back down. The two girls ran away as Sierra came running towards Ames.

"Damn it!" he yelled getting up and rubbing his eyes. Sierra laughed.

"Powers, huh" she taunted walking away.

--

Cindy and Max made it home all in one piece. Max's nose wouldn't stop bleeding and Cindy had to grab some ice and paper towels. Alec and Sara were kissing on the couch, on house patrol, seeing if there were any intruders. Max noticed them when she put her towel on her nose.

"What are they doing here?" she asked. Cindy smiled and handed her ice.

"I ask if they would come and watch the house for a bit while I came with you to the Archives. Look at them love birds. They can't seem to get enough of each other" she said cleaning dishes. Max watched as Alec kissed Sara passionately on her couch. Flash-backs of her and Alec in bed crossed her mind. She tried to shake them out of her head, but she couldn't.

Sara stopped kissing Alec and smiled.

"I love you" she said. Alec stopped kissing and didn't know what to say. They only knew each other for a couple of months and she already loved him. Alec wasn't one to say "I love you" to someone. He wasn't ready and he tried to ignore the subject. Suddenly, Alec started to kiss her again so she wouldn't ask why he didn't respond. Max frowned.

"Too bad we didn't get the information of the Demon Hand" she said. Cindy laughed.

"Yay, that Ames was an ass for hitting you! I liked the part when I kicked him. Yay, I probably bruised my toes but it was worth it. I got to save my Boo from death, that's what's important. I got you a little something" she said handing her a folded bunch of parchment. Max smiled.

"Paper, Yay!" she said unfolding them. Cindy laughed.

"I stuck some information in my purse before I came to help you. I thought you might have wanted it" Cindy said. Max smiled and hugged her friend. Max wondered if she could tell her friend anything; the "sorta" feelings for Alec and Sierra's new motives, also Erinn's mysterious plans. She wanted someone to tell and now that Logan was mad and Asha was around, she felt as though she was losing everyone around her. Max wanted to just sleep forever if she could.

--

Asha tucked Logan into bed because his headache was getting really serious. She checked around his apartment for things that would trigger his anger for Max, but nothing was coming to her view. Her back started to hurt and she walked over to the bathroom sink. She washed her face and let the cool water cool her down.

Asha wasn't too fond in what she was doing, but it paid well. To finally find out that Logan was Eyes only hurt her that he didn't tell her. She turned the tap off and pulled off her shirt revealing the fake pregnant suit she was wearing for the six month stage of the pregnancy. Asha pulled the straps off and all the weight was released. Asha was faking her pregnancy.

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

Next Time,

Max and Logan rekindle their relationship when Asha's dream altering is delayed. Alec and Sara reach a new sexual level and Erinn approached Max about the future plan and Project: Extermination. Meanwhile, a couple of Transgenic Punks made to break open money seals hold hostages at a back including Cindy and Alec.

An All New Dark Angel.

APPEARANCES

Max

Logan

Cindy

Alec

Ames

SPG

Tanedra Woods

Sierra Lakefield

Erinn

Asha

Sara

Tyrone