This is probably going to be the second to last chapter, I hope you enjoy it, and the sequal will be coming soon!
-egbkid
They continued to drive towards Manticore, with Logan constantly bringing up the subject of how this was going to change the future. Max just told him to forget it, anything was better then living through nine years of Manticore. Just after the crossing the border into Wyoming, they stopped in a small town. Logan filled the car with gas and got something to eat. By the time it was dark, Logan was almost asleep where he sat, so they went to the car and spent another night there. The next morning they continued to drive through Wyoming and the air force base that housed Manticore.
A few days after arriving in the year 2001, Logan and Max drove into Cheyenne. The air force base was a ways outside the city, but they decided to stay there for the night to figure things out. They sat in another mall, Logan glued to his computer and Max eating his fries. About half way between Seattle and Cheyenne, Max gave in and tried his 'perfect fries', and had since gotten addicted to them. Logan looked up from his computer to Max.
"This is not going to be easy, Max." he said, "but it appears the DNA lab is in the same place it was last time. But this time, you are going to have to get explosives and break into the lab, because we don't have the same 'access' that we did."
"I know, Logan. This is a big city, I'll see if I can get some explosives tonight, even if it's just fireworks."
"And we don't have the technology that we had last time, either, so you might get caught on camera. And as for the children…"
"Right. There's a bus that they used to use to take us from building to building when we had to go across the compound, until we were old enough to march, that is. Maybe I can recruit some help and get all the children on it."
"I hope this works." Logan said, closing his computer and reaching for a fry.
"It will, you worry to much. I'll get the stuff we need tonight, then tomorrow night we can gas up the car and I'll go in."
"Logan, can you hear me?" Max crouched in the darkness behind the perimeter fence. As she looked around the compound, she tested the comm. unit that connected her to Logan, who sat in the car.
"Loud and clear, where are you?"
"I'm just about to jump the fence." She proceeded to jump over it. "I'm in." Looking around, Max discovered she could cause a power outage in the entire base, she decided to do that, but first she would have to recruit some help.
"Logan, I see a couple of people over by the bus, I'm going over to see if I might be able to get their help."
"Be careful." Max slowly walked in the shadows towards where the bus was parked. She partially circled the driveway and came up behind the bus where she could hear the two people talking, and crouched behind one of the wheels in the darkness. Then she noticed there were three people, not just two.
" Hey, Pete, why don't you go get us some coffee? These night shifts are a bitch."
"Sure, no problem." One of the guys slowly walked away towards one of the buildings that Max presumed housed the staff cafeteria.
"Finally, he's gone. Jerk."
"I hear ya. He's so loyal, it's like he's got some sort of stick shoved…"
"Hey, Mat, don't be that way. He was just brought up in a soldier family, expected to follow orders an' stuff, so that's the way he is. But I still think he's a jerk. If he knew what we wanted to do, he'd be running to the boss so fast."
"I know, he's a squealer, all right. But it's not right, what they're doing to those kids." Max's ears perked up at this sentence. "I mean, some of the stuff they put those poor babies through, it's a shame. If the outside world knew, this place would be torn down so fast…"
I know, but there's no way." Max stood up from her hiding place and continued to listen, "Look at the way they have this place set up, we'd never get out the front door."
"I can help." Max said, stepping out. The men jumped and pointed their guns at Max.
"Who are you?" She put her hands up, showing that she had no weapons.
"My name is Max. I've come to try and rescue the children here. All the X5s."
"How do you know about them?" one asked, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Believe it or not, I am an X5. I'm from the future, 2020. And I've come to get me and my siblings out of here, but I need your help. As well as anyone else that can give help."
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" the other asked, keeping his gun aimed at Max. She jumped and did a roundhouse kick to disarm them. The guns went flying.
"Is that proof enough?" she asked. They looked shocked, "Ok, how about this?" Max turned and pulled her hair away from her neck, showing her barcode.
"My God Mat, she's telling the truth. She is an X5, all grown up. We'll help, but what about Pete? He's a rat, and he'll be back with the coffee soon."
"I'll take care of him. You round up as many friends as you can and meet here. Go quickly and quietly, and be sure no one who will rat hears your plan." Max disappeared into the shadows again.
The two soldiers turned and quietly walked into the darkness towards the buildings just as Pete came back yelling. "Hey Mat, Terry, where'd you go?" That's when Max snuck up behind him and put him to sleep. The three abandoned coffee cups rolled under the bus as Max once again disappeared into the shadows and waited.
To Be Continued...
-egbkid
They continued to drive towards Manticore, with Logan constantly bringing up the subject of how this was going to change the future. Max just told him to forget it, anything was better then living through nine years of Manticore. Just after the crossing the border into Wyoming, they stopped in a small town. Logan filled the car with gas and got something to eat. By the time it was dark, Logan was almost asleep where he sat, so they went to the car and spent another night there. The next morning they continued to drive through Wyoming and the air force base that housed Manticore.
A few days after arriving in the year 2001, Logan and Max drove into Cheyenne. The air force base was a ways outside the city, but they decided to stay there for the night to figure things out. They sat in another mall, Logan glued to his computer and Max eating his fries. About half way between Seattle and Cheyenne, Max gave in and tried his 'perfect fries', and had since gotten addicted to them. Logan looked up from his computer to Max.
"This is not going to be easy, Max." he said, "but it appears the DNA lab is in the same place it was last time. But this time, you are going to have to get explosives and break into the lab, because we don't have the same 'access' that we did."
"I know, Logan. This is a big city, I'll see if I can get some explosives tonight, even if it's just fireworks."
"And we don't have the technology that we had last time, either, so you might get caught on camera. And as for the children…"
"Right. There's a bus that they used to use to take us from building to building when we had to go across the compound, until we were old enough to march, that is. Maybe I can recruit some help and get all the children on it."
"I hope this works." Logan said, closing his computer and reaching for a fry.
"It will, you worry to much. I'll get the stuff we need tonight, then tomorrow night we can gas up the car and I'll go in."
"Logan, can you hear me?" Max crouched in the darkness behind the perimeter fence. As she looked around the compound, she tested the comm. unit that connected her to Logan, who sat in the car.
"Loud and clear, where are you?"
"I'm just about to jump the fence." She proceeded to jump over it. "I'm in." Looking around, Max discovered she could cause a power outage in the entire base, she decided to do that, but first she would have to recruit some help.
"Logan, I see a couple of people over by the bus, I'm going over to see if I might be able to get their help."
"Be careful." Max slowly walked in the shadows towards where the bus was parked. She partially circled the driveway and came up behind the bus where she could hear the two people talking, and crouched behind one of the wheels in the darkness. Then she noticed there were three people, not just two.
" Hey, Pete, why don't you go get us some coffee? These night shifts are a bitch."
"Sure, no problem." One of the guys slowly walked away towards one of the buildings that Max presumed housed the staff cafeteria.
"Finally, he's gone. Jerk."
"I hear ya. He's so loyal, it's like he's got some sort of stick shoved…"
"Hey, Mat, don't be that way. He was just brought up in a soldier family, expected to follow orders an' stuff, so that's the way he is. But I still think he's a jerk. If he knew what we wanted to do, he'd be running to the boss so fast."
"I know, he's a squealer, all right. But it's not right, what they're doing to those kids." Max's ears perked up at this sentence. "I mean, some of the stuff they put those poor babies through, it's a shame. If the outside world knew, this place would be torn down so fast…"
I know, but there's no way." Max stood up from her hiding place and continued to listen, "Look at the way they have this place set up, we'd never get out the front door."
"I can help." Max said, stepping out. The men jumped and pointed their guns at Max.
"Who are you?" She put her hands up, showing that she had no weapons.
"My name is Max. I've come to try and rescue the children here. All the X5s."
"How do you know about them?" one asked, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Believe it or not, I am an X5. I'm from the future, 2020. And I've come to get me and my siblings out of here, but I need your help. As well as anyone else that can give help."
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" the other asked, keeping his gun aimed at Max. She jumped and did a roundhouse kick to disarm them. The guns went flying.
"Is that proof enough?" she asked. They looked shocked, "Ok, how about this?" Max turned and pulled her hair away from her neck, showing her barcode.
"My God Mat, she's telling the truth. She is an X5, all grown up. We'll help, but what about Pete? He's a rat, and he'll be back with the coffee soon."
"I'll take care of him. You round up as many friends as you can and meet here. Go quickly and quietly, and be sure no one who will rat hears your plan." Max disappeared into the shadows again.
The two soldiers turned and quietly walked into the darkness towards the buildings just as Pete came back yelling. "Hey Mat, Terry, where'd you go?" That's when Max snuck up behind him and put him to sleep. The three abandoned coffee cups rolled under the bus as Max once again disappeared into the shadows and waited.
To Be Continued...