Disclaimer: Max, Logan, Zack and Lydecker and Hannah Sr. aren't mine, so basically you don't get to really meet my characters until the next part. Hannah Jr. is mine, please don't steal her with out asking me to borrow her.
MANTICORE KID?
IN THE HOSPTITAL
Max lay in the crinkly, white hospital bed, her dark hair plastered to her forehead with sweat. Zack bent down and kissed her forehead as a nurse handed her a small, wrinkled, red faced, baby girl. Max looked down at her and felt all the pride and happiness that its possible to feel.
"What should we name her?" She asked Zack as her stroked her hair.
"Lydecka?" He teased, smiling one of his perfect smiles.
"Ugh, never." Max shot, but also smiling happily.
"How about Gina?" Zack asked smiling sadly.
~A bit too sadly.~ Max thought to herself.
"No, I think we'll name her Hannah. After the woman who saved my life in more than one way." Max also smiled sadly remembering the woman who had helped her escape and then had saved her from a life of questions.
"I like that, Hannah." Zack repeated placing one hand on top of Max's head and one on Hannah's.
1 YEAR LATER AT LOGAN'S
"Happy Birthday dear Hannah, Happy Birthday to you." Logan sang as he looked down at the smiling blond haired child on his lap. Her hair had already grown so long that it tumbled down her back in small golden ringlets and her bright lavender eyes were set off by it in an eerie way.
He tickled her tummy, smiling sadly as he remembered how Max used to tickle her. It still brought tears to his eyes to think of how she had died, she and Zack had been trying to locate Leigh, another Manticore Original, when Lydecker caught them and killed them. Logan still couldn't figure out why Lydecker had killed them, his only thought was that he knew they wouldn't obey him any more. Any way Max had been killed and he had adopted Hannah, putting her under his last name of Kayle even though he didn't want to.
Hannah reached up with her chubby hand trying to grab his glasses.
"No Han." He told her still smiling sadly.
"Daddy." She giggled reaching up again as he let go of her arm.
"No Han." He repeated, but this time not because of her reaching hand.
He wheeled them over to the computer desk and picked up two small pictures that lay there side by side for this very reason. One was of Max holding Hannah while Zack stood with his arm around Max's shoulders and the other was of Logan from back when he hadn't needed this cursed wheelchair to get around. He pointed at Zack and spat fairly bitterly.
"This is daddy." He felt his old feelings of resentment rising to the surface, Max could have been his, if only, but no that was in the past and he couldn't change it, better just not to let Hannah down. He pointed at himself in the other picture. "This is Uncle Logan." He crooned sweetly.
"Lodan." She repeated placing her hand on the picture of him and giggled smiling merrily evidently pleased with herself.
"Yes Han, Logan." Logan tweaked her chin smiling, but still with an edge of gloom, that didn't last long. The next moment the door burst open and in the next few seconds Logan and Hannah were surrounded by men dressed in all black and carrying guns. Logan tucked the pictures carefully into Hannah's pocket. Hannah started to cry and Logan held her, smoothing her hair and stroking her back, trying to get her to calm down, but stopped for a moment as Lydecker strolled casually into the room.
"Well, Logan." Here he paused. "And the child." He turned to his men and signed something. Two of the men moved in on Logan, one with his gun pointed at Logan's head, the other man took Hannah from his arms. Hannah started to cry even louder than before. Lydecker apparently fed up motioned his men out the door quickly, he and two men stayed behind.
"Lodan, Lodan!" Logan heard Hannah screaming as they rushed her off down the hall and he knew that he had failed her too.
"Logan, Logan, Logan." Lydecker clucked pacing in front of him. "You made it too easy. Now I've got three soldiers to start me off and two of them Zack's."
"Two?" Logan shot at him resentfully.
"Yes two, he also mated with 52773-27327 when I commanded him to, however she did it voluntarily. She was the only one who came back to me willingly, I had to recruit Zack."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm officially lost. Who is she?" Logan asked.
"Oh that's right, I keep forgetting that you don't know their numbers. Very well, she, is... what was it they called her?" He puzzled out loud. "Gina, I believe was her nickname."
"Wait you said something about recruiting Zack. What was that about?" Logan queried wanting to hear something bad about Zack, wanting to hear something that would make Zack seem even worse than before.
"Every now and then I'd have him work for me on a project, finding another kid, bringing in one of the originals, you know the norm. After all he was MY killing machine!" Lydecker announced surely.
"Was he going to turn Max in?" Logan asked praying for Lydecker to say yes, yet another reason to hate Zack.
"No, he defied me that time, but I punished him for it, and now he's dead." Lydecker didn't even flinch as he said this, just stated it like cold hard facts. Logan had an idea.
"Who are the other kids? I already know you have my Hannah."
"Oh, Hannah, what a quaint name. Let me guess you thought it up? No wait it was Max wasn't it?" Lydecker toyed with him.
"Yes, Max." Logan answered, but more to hear the name again than to answer. "Who?" He shot again trying to force Lydecker to answer.
"Well, you're not to be detoured are you? One by 52773-27328 and 52773-27327, one by 52773-27329 and 52773-27328, and one by 52773-27326 and 52773-27331. Or for your benefit one by Zack and Gina, one by Max and Zack and one by Bren and Evan."
"Aren't you going to name the kids?" Logan questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Hannah won't be Hannah anymore if that's what you're asking." Lydecker replied.
"What will Hannah be?"
"41551-71220."
"That's not a name that's a bar-code!" Logan cried out.
"Precisely. Now I'm going to kill you and leave. Any objections?"
"No." Logan replied calmly.
Lydecker pulled out a revolver and shot Logan. Logan slumped forward and fell out of his chair.
"Lets go." Lydecker told the last of his men gruffly walking out the door, leaving Logan lying unconscious and bleeding, but not dead, on the cold hard floor.
MANTICORE KID?
IN THE HOSPTITAL
Max lay in the crinkly, white hospital bed, her dark hair plastered to her forehead with sweat. Zack bent down and kissed her forehead as a nurse handed her a small, wrinkled, red faced, baby girl. Max looked down at her and felt all the pride and happiness that its possible to feel.
"What should we name her?" She asked Zack as her stroked her hair.
"Lydecka?" He teased, smiling one of his perfect smiles.
"Ugh, never." Max shot, but also smiling happily.
"How about Gina?" Zack asked smiling sadly.
~A bit too sadly.~ Max thought to herself.
"No, I think we'll name her Hannah. After the woman who saved my life in more than one way." Max also smiled sadly remembering the woman who had helped her escape and then had saved her from a life of questions.
"I like that, Hannah." Zack repeated placing one hand on top of Max's head and one on Hannah's.
1 YEAR LATER AT LOGAN'S
"Happy Birthday dear Hannah, Happy Birthday to you." Logan sang as he looked down at the smiling blond haired child on his lap. Her hair had already grown so long that it tumbled down her back in small golden ringlets and her bright lavender eyes were set off by it in an eerie way.
He tickled her tummy, smiling sadly as he remembered how Max used to tickle her. It still brought tears to his eyes to think of how she had died, she and Zack had been trying to locate Leigh, another Manticore Original, when Lydecker caught them and killed them. Logan still couldn't figure out why Lydecker had killed them, his only thought was that he knew they wouldn't obey him any more. Any way Max had been killed and he had adopted Hannah, putting her under his last name of Kayle even though he didn't want to.
Hannah reached up with her chubby hand trying to grab his glasses.
"No Han." He told her still smiling sadly.
"Daddy." She giggled reaching up again as he let go of her arm.
"No Han." He repeated, but this time not because of her reaching hand.
He wheeled them over to the computer desk and picked up two small pictures that lay there side by side for this very reason. One was of Max holding Hannah while Zack stood with his arm around Max's shoulders and the other was of Logan from back when he hadn't needed this cursed wheelchair to get around. He pointed at Zack and spat fairly bitterly.
"This is daddy." He felt his old feelings of resentment rising to the surface, Max could have been his, if only, but no that was in the past and he couldn't change it, better just not to let Hannah down. He pointed at himself in the other picture. "This is Uncle Logan." He crooned sweetly.
"Lodan." She repeated placing her hand on the picture of him and giggled smiling merrily evidently pleased with herself.
"Yes Han, Logan." Logan tweaked her chin smiling, but still with an edge of gloom, that didn't last long. The next moment the door burst open and in the next few seconds Logan and Hannah were surrounded by men dressed in all black and carrying guns. Logan tucked the pictures carefully into Hannah's pocket. Hannah started to cry and Logan held her, smoothing her hair and stroking her back, trying to get her to calm down, but stopped for a moment as Lydecker strolled casually into the room.
"Well, Logan." Here he paused. "And the child." He turned to his men and signed something. Two of the men moved in on Logan, one with his gun pointed at Logan's head, the other man took Hannah from his arms. Hannah started to cry even louder than before. Lydecker apparently fed up motioned his men out the door quickly, he and two men stayed behind.
"Lodan, Lodan!" Logan heard Hannah screaming as they rushed her off down the hall and he knew that he had failed her too.
"Logan, Logan, Logan." Lydecker clucked pacing in front of him. "You made it too easy. Now I've got three soldiers to start me off and two of them Zack's."
"Two?" Logan shot at him resentfully.
"Yes two, he also mated with 52773-27327 when I commanded him to, however she did it voluntarily. She was the only one who came back to me willingly, I had to recruit Zack."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm officially lost. Who is she?" Logan asked.
"Oh that's right, I keep forgetting that you don't know their numbers. Very well, she, is... what was it they called her?" He puzzled out loud. "Gina, I believe was her nickname."
"Wait you said something about recruiting Zack. What was that about?" Logan queried wanting to hear something bad about Zack, wanting to hear something that would make Zack seem even worse than before.
"Every now and then I'd have him work for me on a project, finding another kid, bringing in one of the originals, you know the norm. After all he was MY killing machine!" Lydecker announced surely.
"Was he going to turn Max in?" Logan asked praying for Lydecker to say yes, yet another reason to hate Zack.
"No, he defied me that time, but I punished him for it, and now he's dead." Lydecker didn't even flinch as he said this, just stated it like cold hard facts. Logan had an idea.
"Who are the other kids? I already know you have my Hannah."
"Oh, Hannah, what a quaint name. Let me guess you thought it up? No wait it was Max wasn't it?" Lydecker toyed with him.
"Yes, Max." Logan answered, but more to hear the name again than to answer. "Who?" He shot again trying to force Lydecker to answer.
"Well, you're not to be detoured are you? One by 52773-27328 and 52773-27327, one by 52773-27329 and 52773-27328, and one by 52773-27326 and 52773-27331. Or for your benefit one by Zack and Gina, one by Max and Zack and one by Bren and Evan."
"Aren't you going to name the kids?" Logan questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Hannah won't be Hannah anymore if that's what you're asking." Lydecker replied.
"What will Hannah be?"
"41551-71220."
"That's not a name that's a bar-code!" Logan cried out.
"Precisely. Now I'm going to kill you and leave. Any objections?"
"No." Logan replied calmly.
Lydecker pulled out a revolver and shot Logan. Logan slumped forward and fell out of his chair.
"Lets go." Lydecker told the last of his men gruffly walking out the door, leaving Logan lying unconscious and bleeding, but not dead, on the cold hard floor.