A/N: Dream sequences are a bitch to write, as I came to find out. I decided to take the easy way out, and write it like one of the millions of flash back scenes that we have actually had in the show. A line represents a change of scene, but she is still dreaming throughout, just having lots of different dreams.
Chapter Twelve
Max drifted into a light sleep, images floating into her subconscious causing her to rock back and forth fitfully.
*****
"How did you find me?" A blonde haired man about her age asked.
"Vogelsang tipped me off to your visit to the tattoo parlor. You killed him didn't you?" Max asked.
"Lydecker was set up to him. You were walking into a trap."
"You should have warned me, told me not to go."
"Vogelsang knew to much." The man repeated.
"You murdered an innocent man."
"The night we escaped you put your lives in my hands. I've been looking out for you ever since. Every single one of you. Vogelsang was weak. Lydecker would have gotten the information from him. He would have hunted us down one by one and I couldn't let that happen."
"You traded one life for twelve, is that it?"
"I stand by my decision, it isn't safe here. Lydecker's men will be coming the city. We have to leave tonight. I can get us to San Francisco and we will split up there."
"Split up?"
"What are you talking about Max? We can't stay together! It will compromise everyone's safety."
"You know where the others are? Tell me!"
"The less you know about the others, the better. That way if one of us gets captured, the others will be safe."
"But they are my family!"
"They're solders, and so are you. The only person you can rely on, Max, is yourself. Everything else is just a lie, phony sentimentality. And it will get you killed. Now lets go."
"No."
"I am not asking you, Max. I am giving you an order."
"What are you going to do, court martial me?"
"If you stay here, you risk tactical exposure, or have you forgotten everything they taught us."
"No, but I am trying real hard at it. You're still back at Manticore. Maybe I am chasing a sentimental lie, but at least I am trying to get away from it."
"I can't be responsible if you don't listen."
"Don't go Zack. Please."
"I have to. Did a good job on you Max. You turned out okay."
****
Max awoke with a start. She was knotted up in her quilt, covered with sweat, gasping for breath. She grabbed the journal off the side of the bed and quickly scribbled down everything she could remember from the dream. The man called her by name, and she'd called him Zack. Who was this Zack? Why was he trying to take her away? Who was Lydecker and why was he trying to hunt her down? Max pulled her knees up to her chest and shivered, to afraid to go back to sleep, to afraid to move from the bed.
A/N: That was from 411 on the DL, the conversation between Max and Zack as he left. Now I just basically copied that from the transcripts on darkangelfan.com because I didn't ever see this episode. Believe it or not, I started watching shortly after Out, and saw Prodigy and Cold Comfort on Re-Runs, but I haven't seen anything before that. Whenever I do another flashback, it will probably be from an episode I saw, so I can actually include emotions and how Max was feeling and such, but since I haven't seen the episode, I don't know what the scene was like, only what words were exchanged.
Chapter Twelve
Max drifted into a light sleep, images floating into her subconscious causing her to rock back and forth fitfully.
*****
"How did you find me?" A blonde haired man about her age asked.
"Vogelsang tipped me off to your visit to the tattoo parlor. You killed him didn't you?" Max asked.
"Lydecker was set up to him. You were walking into a trap."
"You should have warned me, told me not to go."
"Vogelsang knew to much." The man repeated.
"You murdered an innocent man."
"The night we escaped you put your lives in my hands. I've been looking out for you ever since. Every single one of you. Vogelsang was weak. Lydecker would have gotten the information from him. He would have hunted us down one by one and I couldn't let that happen."
"You traded one life for twelve, is that it?"
"I stand by my decision, it isn't safe here. Lydecker's men will be coming the city. We have to leave tonight. I can get us to San Francisco and we will split up there."
"Split up?"
"What are you talking about Max? We can't stay together! It will compromise everyone's safety."
"You know where the others are? Tell me!"
"The less you know about the others, the better. That way if one of us gets captured, the others will be safe."
"But they are my family!"
"They're solders, and so are you. The only person you can rely on, Max, is yourself. Everything else is just a lie, phony sentimentality. And it will get you killed. Now lets go."
"No."
"I am not asking you, Max. I am giving you an order."
"What are you going to do, court martial me?"
"If you stay here, you risk tactical exposure, or have you forgotten everything they taught us."
"No, but I am trying real hard at it. You're still back at Manticore. Maybe I am chasing a sentimental lie, but at least I am trying to get away from it."
"I can't be responsible if you don't listen."
"Don't go Zack. Please."
"I have to. Did a good job on you Max. You turned out okay."
****
Max awoke with a start. She was knotted up in her quilt, covered with sweat, gasping for breath. She grabbed the journal off the side of the bed and quickly scribbled down everything she could remember from the dream. The man called her by name, and she'd called him Zack. Who was this Zack? Why was he trying to take her away? Who was Lydecker and why was he trying to hunt her down? Max pulled her knees up to her chest and shivered, to afraid to go back to sleep, to afraid to move from the bed.
A/N: That was from 411 on the DL, the conversation between Max and Zack as he left. Now I just basically copied that from the transcripts on darkangelfan.com because I didn't ever see this episode. Believe it or not, I started watching shortly after Out, and saw Prodigy and Cold Comfort on Re-Runs, but I haven't seen anything before that. Whenever I do another flashback, it will probably be from an episode I saw, so I can actually include emotions and how Max was feeling and such, but since I haven't seen the episode, I don't know what the scene was like, only what words were exchanged.