Max slowly opened her eyes. Her head hurt like hell. Where the hell was
she? Max tried to move her arms but she was strapped down to a rather
comfortable bed.
"Just great." She mumbled. She looked around. The room looked cozy. It was in painted in beige with dark wood borders. She didn't know where she was. But hell, it was better than a cage.
Then her mind drifted back to what happened. Her siblings had taken down the Manticore facility she was in and gotten her out. What the hell were they thinking and how the hell did they know where she was?
She heard movement and voice in the other room. There were too many of them to make out and they were talking in hushed voices.
The door slowly opened and Zack and Alec stood in front of her. They looked unsure of what to do next.
Max had nothing to say to them. They didn't know about he baby but she still blamed them. They took him away whether they did it intentionally or not.
"Hey, Maxie." Zack said softly. He walked over to her slowly. She looked at him and then Alec angrily and then she focused on something other than them. "How are you?" He asked. Max said nothing.
"Maxie?" Zack repeated his nickname for her.
"Get away from me!" She hissed. She looked at him angrily. Zack looked hurt. She didn't want to look at Alec.
Soon the room started to fill up and her siblings were standing around her.
"How dare you!" She said angrily. "You had no right!" She looked so angry that they were taken aback by her actions.
"We were trying to help you." Zane defended himself and the others. "We were trying to save you." He said. Max glared at him. She hadn't seen him since they escaped in 09. She was glared to see him but the circumstances of their meeting weren't making her feel any better.
To Max, these people are the once that robbed her of getting her son back. "I hate you." She said before she closed her eyes so that she wouldn't have to look at them anymore.
"She's been re-indoctrinated. She doesn't understand." Syl whispered.
"They never reprogrammed me." Max whispered opening her eyes again. They all looked shock by what she had said.
"Never?" Alec looked stunned. Max shook her head.
"Then why are you acting the way you are?" Zack demanded. She was confusing the hell out of all of them.
"You would never understand." She said harshly to her big brother. It was true. He would never understand. Zack thought children were a liability. He didn't approve when Tinga had Case and he wasn't going to approve now. He would think worse of children considering that Max had tried to kill all of them for the sake of her child.
"I need to go to the bathroom." Max whispered. They seemed confused. They were trying to figure out whether this was a tactic or not. "I need to go." She pressed.
"Take the restraints out." Alec ordered. Zack along with the others didn't think that was such a brilliant idea. "Syl, go with Max." He added which seemed to please them a little.
Zane removed the restraints. Everyone was waiting for her to attack her brother. Instead Max slowly got up. She was still a little groggy. She swung her legs careful down and tried to stand up. "That sedative you gave me could have put a horse down." She said lightly accusing them. "Are you all going to stand there or are you going to wait until I pee my pants?" She glared. They all moved out of her way looking embarrassed.
Syl followed her to the bathroom and discreetly closed the door but didn't fully shut it. Max put the water on and rested her head against the cold mirror. She looked like hell. She could see Syl look sympathetically at her.
"Are you happy?" Max said bitterly.
Syl looked startled by her questions. "I'm happy to have my sister back. You should be grateful. Alec-" Max snapped at her last remark. She pushed Syl through the door, breaking it in the process. She hit the wall. Max pulled her up wrapping her strong fingers around her sister's small neck.
"I should be grateful?" Max looked and sounded murderous. Everyone rushed over to where Max and Syl where.
"Max, let her go." Zack said cautiously.
"I didn't ask you to save me." She said firmly, looking at all of them. "I didn't ask you." She seemed heart broken by it.
"You don't belong in Manticore. You have to know that." OC said softly. Max looked startled to see her best friend. It had been so long ago.
"Brin was there." She said softly, looking at Zack and her siblings now. "She was there and I talked to her. I have to go back." She whispered.
Suddenly Asha appeared, holding the baby in her arms. "What's going on? I heard noises." She said rocking the baby softly keeping it from fussing.
Max looked from Asha to the baby and her heart broke to pieces. No one overlooked her reaction. She let Syl go and backed away from all of the instinctively.
"You will never understand." She whispered brokenly before she darted past them and locked herself in the nearest room.
"Just great." She mumbled. She looked around. The room looked cozy. It was in painted in beige with dark wood borders. She didn't know where she was. But hell, it was better than a cage.
Then her mind drifted back to what happened. Her siblings had taken down the Manticore facility she was in and gotten her out. What the hell were they thinking and how the hell did they know where she was?
She heard movement and voice in the other room. There were too many of them to make out and they were talking in hushed voices.
The door slowly opened and Zack and Alec stood in front of her. They looked unsure of what to do next.
Max had nothing to say to them. They didn't know about he baby but she still blamed them. They took him away whether they did it intentionally or not.
"Hey, Maxie." Zack said softly. He walked over to her slowly. She looked at him and then Alec angrily and then she focused on something other than them. "How are you?" He asked. Max said nothing.
"Maxie?" Zack repeated his nickname for her.
"Get away from me!" She hissed. She looked at him angrily. Zack looked hurt. She didn't want to look at Alec.
Soon the room started to fill up and her siblings were standing around her.
"How dare you!" She said angrily. "You had no right!" She looked so angry that they were taken aback by her actions.
"We were trying to help you." Zane defended himself and the others. "We were trying to save you." He said. Max glared at him. She hadn't seen him since they escaped in 09. She was glared to see him but the circumstances of their meeting weren't making her feel any better.
To Max, these people are the once that robbed her of getting her son back. "I hate you." She said before she closed her eyes so that she wouldn't have to look at them anymore.
"She's been re-indoctrinated. She doesn't understand." Syl whispered.
"They never reprogrammed me." Max whispered opening her eyes again. They all looked shock by what she had said.
"Never?" Alec looked stunned. Max shook her head.
"Then why are you acting the way you are?" Zack demanded. She was confusing the hell out of all of them.
"You would never understand." She said harshly to her big brother. It was true. He would never understand. Zack thought children were a liability. He didn't approve when Tinga had Case and he wasn't going to approve now. He would think worse of children considering that Max had tried to kill all of them for the sake of her child.
"I need to go to the bathroom." Max whispered. They seemed confused. They were trying to figure out whether this was a tactic or not. "I need to go." She pressed.
"Take the restraints out." Alec ordered. Zack along with the others didn't think that was such a brilliant idea. "Syl, go with Max." He added which seemed to please them a little.
Zane removed the restraints. Everyone was waiting for her to attack her brother. Instead Max slowly got up. She was still a little groggy. She swung her legs careful down and tried to stand up. "That sedative you gave me could have put a horse down." She said lightly accusing them. "Are you all going to stand there or are you going to wait until I pee my pants?" She glared. They all moved out of her way looking embarrassed.
Syl followed her to the bathroom and discreetly closed the door but didn't fully shut it. Max put the water on and rested her head against the cold mirror. She looked like hell. She could see Syl look sympathetically at her.
"Are you happy?" Max said bitterly.
Syl looked startled by her questions. "I'm happy to have my sister back. You should be grateful. Alec-" Max snapped at her last remark. She pushed Syl through the door, breaking it in the process. She hit the wall. Max pulled her up wrapping her strong fingers around her sister's small neck.
"I should be grateful?" Max looked and sounded murderous. Everyone rushed over to where Max and Syl where.
"Max, let her go." Zack said cautiously.
"I didn't ask you to save me." She said firmly, looking at all of them. "I didn't ask you." She seemed heart broken by it.
"You don't belong in Manticore. You have to know that." OC said softly. Max looked startled to see her best friend. It had been so long ago.
"Brin was there." She said softly, looking at Zack and her siblings now. "She was there and I talked to her. I have to go back." She whispered.
Suddenly Asha appeared, holding the baby in her arms. "What's going on? I heard noises." She said rocking the baby softly keeping it from fussing.
Max looked from Asha to the baby and her heart broke to pieces. No one overlooked her reaction. She let Syl go and backed away from all of the instinctively.
"You will never understand." She whispered brokenly before she darted past them and locked herself in the nearest room.