Part 36
Ames POV
She looks just like her picture. I remember when the priestess told me I had a baby sister and that she was at Manticore. My first instinct was to go charging in there but then she told me the worst of it. Humans were raising my baby sister. It was typical dad, go impregnate some mother of freaks. Yup good old dad stepped out on my mother and then the girl before me is the result.
"What!" A blonde girl screamed hysterically.
"You must be Maria one of Liz's best friends. Listen we have been watching Liz since she was a baby we had to make sure nothing bad happened to her. My name is Ames White and this is my partner Otto." I said.
"Oh so you are gay." Alec said.
"No I meant he is my work partner we are with the FBI." I said.
"Sir?" Otto asked.
"Otto you know what I am right?" I asked.
"Yes." Otto said looking guilty. I thought he might know after all he has been oddly cooperative as of late.
"Well Liz is my half sister we have the same dad which is all that is important. We recently found that the father can pass his abilities on to his third born daughters as well not just sons, but it only works with males. Female Familiars can not have male Familiar sons." I said.
"Oh." Otto said understanding written all over his face. I knew this guy was smart.
"I am a transgenic!" Liz yelled.
"True, your genes were messed with and you have a lot of animal in you, but some of your abilities come from your father." I said.
"We don't have fathers." Max said.
"That is correct 452 but my dad decided what could it hurt your mom was extremely beautiful so well here is Liz." I said.
"And your dad would be?" Zack asked.
"Sandaman." Max said.
"Correct 452." I said I have to admit this girl is impressive.
"And that would be?" Krit asked.
"The man that created all of you. He started Manticore much to our horror." I said.
"Wait a minute you said you were a Familiar aren't you the bad guys?" Isabel asked.
"Correct. I have to admit you are a smarter group then what I was expecting." I said.
"Gee thanks." Michael said.
"How do you know our designations?" Max asked.
"I was told to hunt down and kill any transgenics. I can not kill you all in Manticore but once you all go out on missions or escape well then you are fair game." I said laughing slightly.
"You mean you are one of the guys that keeps capturing us when we go on our missions?" Alec asked.
"Yes 494 I distinctly remember capturing you once though I doubt you remember me." I said smiling.
"No I remember you very clearly now. You are the reason I spent four months in Psy-Ops." Alec said folding his arms across his chest in a defiant stance.
"Well as fun as this chat has been I am here for my sister so if you don't mind." I said.
"You are not going anywhere with her." Tess said extending her hand.
"What do you think you can do to me Tess? I have far superior powers and training then all of you." I said anticipating Tess's move.
"Wanna bet?" She asked firing a blast at me that hits me square in the chest.
"Nice shot." I said not even flinching.
"Why are you still standing? You should at least be doubled over in pain." Tess said worry covering her features.
"My turn." I said jumping in the air. The others come flying at me as well. I block all of their weak punches and kicks.
"What the." I said feeling a solid hit land not that it hurt. I look and see Max had hit me.
"I read about you 452. You 494 and my sister are the best of the best all three of you have superior genetics." I said as we all begin to fight again.
"Take that." Tess said stabbing my arm with a stake knife.
"What?" I asked looking at the knife sticking out of my arm. I pull the knife out as blood starts to ooze out of the wound. I wipe the blade on a napkin.
"Why are you not reacting to things that should cause pain?" Michael asked as everyone except Liz backed off; she did not fight me.
"I don't feel pain." I said as if it was not the most obvious thing and here I thought these people were smart.
"Why not?" Maria asked.
"Because pain is a weakness the mind can over come. Pain only slows you down in battle." Liz said.
"Very good." I said.
"How can you move like that? You move like us?" Zack asked his face blank like a good little solider.
"I am your worst nightmare kid and like you it is all in the genes except I was born like this and not cooked up in some test tube." I said smirking.
"What is it with bad guys or genetically enhanced people and smirking?" Maria asked.
"What?" Michael asked.
"So not the right time to analyze the facial features of an enemy Maria." Kyle scoffed.
"I have seen you before and not just…I have seen you before." Liz said in awe.
"I know Renfro brought you to us once so that you could be tested. That is how you got that mark on your arm which I see you have been covering with makeup." I said pointing to her right forearm.
"They stabbed me with a burning blade covered in snake venom. It left that weird medical symbol." Liz pouted.
"I know it is the symbol of our race. See I have one as well." I said rolling up my sleeve to show her. Liz takes a napkin and gets water and slowly scrubs at her arm. The makeup soon washes off and the mark is clearly visible.
"OMG Liz!" Maria screamed looking at Liz's arm.
"Sorry Maria I just hate it and the memory that comes with it." Liz said.
"Understandable it is painful and kills many only the strong survive." I said.
"Oh gee we are so impressed by your strength." Max said, but it was lacking the venom she usually has when insulting people. I should know I have been watching her and the others for a long time.
"Max according to the people who did this they said most show symptoms and they were all freaked out when I did not show any." Liz said.
"I know I heard about that. Listen I have to get going tell Renfro hi for me." I said motioning for Otto that it was time to go. I threw down a bunch of bills knowing it was more then enough for just water.
"Wait how can I contact you?" Liz asked me causing me to stop; I cannot believe I almost forgot.
"Here my number is the first on speed dial. Otto is number 2, I founds Zack's cell number and his is 3, Alec 4, Max aka 452 number 5, Krit/Syl 6, Maria 8, Isabel 9, Kyle 10, the Sheriff 11, and there are six more slots for more numbers." I said as Otto and I leave, Liz just looked at the black cell phone I handed her.
"Fe'nos tol." Liz said.
"Fe'nos tol." I said.
Liz POV
I feel so dirty finding out I am related to the enemy. "Liz?" Max asked knowing me and what I am feeling.
"I just, I just…I never thought that this symbol helped link me to the enemy." I said.
"Liz just because you share the same family member does not mean you are them." Alec said with a haunted look.
"I know or I think I know. It was so weird seeing him I saw him in my vision and when I saw him just now something in side of me just came to life." I said shuddering.
"What was that about You, Max, and Alec having superior DNA?" Krit asked.
"We don't have any junk DNA all of our DNA has a purpose." Alec said.
"And you know this how?" Zack asked.
"Because I got injured once and they did this analysis on me and found I was one of three that had no junk DNA." Alec said.
"Liz what did you say before? What does it mean?" Kyle asked.
"It was sort of like a greeting letting the other person know you will carry on the line or something like that it is hard to explain." I said.
"The way he fought it was like us except different there was no emotion behind it just power." Max said looking worried.
"What was that about him having more abilities then us?" Alec asked.
"Oh why did I not see it before!" I yelled.
"What?" Alec asked.
"Tess said I had to be born with the power to see into the future and that Manticore did not know. That is impossible they crate us specifically for things, what if I get it from my dad and that Manticore did not know because they did not know at first that I was a Familiar?" I asked looking around the café at my friends.
"It is possible." Alec said a pensive look on his face.
"Wonder what else you have received from them?" Max asked.
"I don't know but if the way he fought was any hint I can say it will be deadly." I said with a shudder remembering the way he used deadly pin point accuracy to fight his moves were sharp and swift always a step ahead of the others. Max and Alec were the only ones that could get a blow in and that was rare.
"His speed was amazing he seemed to sense our moves before we made them and countered them with moves I never would have thought to use." Max said awe in her voice.
"Back at Manticore I was one of the best it is scary to think that he is just a sample of what we will be going up against and I sensed he was holding back for Liz's sake." Alec said looking at me dead in the eye.
"Even worse he knows about us." Maria said looking at everyone and pointedly at Michael, Isabel and Tess.
"I know did you see how he felt like no pain when I blasted him? That was a strong enough blast to make anyone scream bloody murder." Tess said looking somewhat panicked.
"It is in his training to not feel pain." I said.
"What?" Isabel asked looking very confused.
"At Manticore we were taught a little about blocking pain but it never worked completely. I think White has mastered it and so have the others." I said.
"Why did he not have the same last name?" Max asked getting up to pace a little.
"I don't know maybe to throw people off." I suggested.
"No it has to go deeper then that. When he was talking about your dad I detected a hint of disdaining his voice that he was trying to mask." Max said.
"Did you guys not notice the fact that he was with the FBI?" Michael asked looking paler then usual; he looked scared.
"OMG you are right and so was the other guy." Maria said starting to hyperventilate.
"Maria sweetie breath, breath." I instructed.
"That does not mean he was with the special unit." Kyle pointed out.
"No but it would be just our luck if he was." Isabel said.
"He is with the special unit." A man said walking into the café.
"Kal!" Tess yelled running to the short bald man.
"No way!" Kyle yelled looking like a kid in a candy store.
"What?" Michael asked.
"It's Kal Langley the famous Hollywood producer!" Kyle yelled causing the man in question to smile.
"That I am Kyle but I am also one of the Royal Four's protectors." Kal said causing everything to go quiet.