Disclaimer: None of it's mine except the story and if I did own the characters, I'd be rolling in the money, not writing fanfic. Don't sue, I'm all ready broke.
Please R/R!
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THE HUNT
Chapter Two
Bullets
Max stopped and slowly turned around. She expected to see her clone, standing there cold and emotionless with the chamber loaded and the tip aimed at her heart again. A heavy wave of déjà vu swept over her. Instead, she found a man, probably around thirty dressed in heavy camouflage and held a simple handgun.
Was this guy serious?
"Put your hands in the air, I am under strict orders to take you into custody and back to Manticore." As much as he may have tried, a tinge of fear crept through his voice, and Max heard it.
Max smiled slightly and cocked her head. "I don't think so." With one quick motion, she side kicked on a nearby tree and kicked the guard square in the face, sending him to the ground and dropping the gun with a groan. Max quickly grabbed the gun and aimed it at the guard. "I really can't have you following me." She said sadly.
"Please don't shoot." The man practically begged in front of her. While Max considered, he got to his knees and got some of his composure back. "Besides," He swallowed. "you fire and you'll give away your position." He smirked.
"You're right." Max reached down and into the man's pouch that was attached to his belt. She pulled out a long silver attachment and screwed it onto the gun. "I'll need a silencer."
The man shut his eyes and began mumbling some words, Max figured they were prayers but thought nothing of it. She walked halfway around him and changed her handle on the gun so that she was holding the gun by it's neck. She pulled her arm in an arc and swiftly brought on the back of the guy's head. He slumped forward, out cold.
Max dropped the gun onto the snow and with her feet, covered it up by the snow that surrounded it. "I never did like guns." She quietly said, more to herself than the unconscious Manticore agent. She looked at him once more before heading back towards the sounds of Seattle.
When Max reached the gate, she smiled. It seemed so much smaller than when she escaped the first time. Even better. She crouched down, got her footing, and then sprang up into the air and landed safely on the other side, easily missing the barbed wire. As Max ran down the street and headed for the city, she heard the X7s reaching the gate and calling out orders to each other, not worried anymore about being silent.
"Immobilize X5-452! Fan out!" One shouted and then turned on his radio. Max had an eerie suspicion that he was Zack's clone, the leader like always. She heard the small thuds as the X7s jumped the fence and were after her. Max ran like Hell.
The X7 talked to the radio, his voice was faint and indistinct, but she could hear as he talked to Madame X. "X5-452 has reached the perimeter and has escaped Manticore grounds." Max couldn't hear the response, all she knew was that Madame X was going to be pissed, and that made her smile.
As Max ran down the street she heard numerous shots being fired from behind her, the damn X7s were armed again. The bullets fired from different directions, all aimed at her, but it only took one to bring her down onto the icy pavement.
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Logan whirled around on his swivel chair and grabbed the phone on his desk, quickly dialing Sebastian's number. As it rung, Logan felt irritated, what was taking so long? "Pick up the damn phone." He grumbled. As if on cue, Sebastian answered the phone, his voice was his normal monotone from the computerized machine.
"Logan?" He answered the phone.
"Yes. I got your message." He said anxiously.
"Come over. We'll talk." Sebastian said and hung up the phone. Logan erased the message in his box and grabbed his coat and headed for the door. He nearly knocked Bling over as he turned into the kitchen as he went for the elevator.
"Whoa, where are you going in such a rush?" Bling asked as he pushed Logan back a little.
"I just got some information, I'll be back in a while." He said simply, never taking his eyes off the door. The less Bling knew, the better. If someone tapped the phone or anything, it was better that he and Sebastian were the only ones involved. The only ones who might be punished. Who might be killed.
Bling understood that and everything, he didn't need to be told twice. "All right." He said and shrugged it off. Logan told him a lot, but there were some things he knew that couldn't be told. "I'll fix you some dinner and then I'll head out." He let go of Logan, who immediately shot for the door.
"Thanks." Was all that Bling heard as the door shut. He shook his head and started to make the dinner.
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"What's the deal?" Logan said as he came into Sebastian's office. The computer that was attached to him started to beep and the modem clicked as he transferred his message.
"I hacked into Manticore base to find out anything on the X5 that was captured along with Max."
"Zack." Logan said. He nearly had forgotten about Zack, over the two months, he could only think about how Max had died, shot viciously through the heart by an X7. The thought panged into his mind again and made him become sidetracked. The whole incident ran over and over like a movie in his head, never stopping and practically driving him mad.
He was snapped from his trance as the monotonous voice of Sebastian's computer spoke. "Yes. I checked the Infirmary files and found out that an unscheduled heart transplant had been made, and a harvesting." Sebastian pulled up the coded files and filled in the password. Logan read them over and a small wisp of a smile grew on his face.
"Max got a heart." Logan whispered.
Sebastian didn't say anything else. He deleted the files from his computer and shut it down.
"Thank you." Logan said and quickly left Sebastian's. Logan headed home, his smile was growing. As he entered the penthouse, Bling was just about ready to go home.
"You're dinner's on the oven, I'll catch ya tomorrow." Bling started to put his coat on, but Logan stopped him.
"Wait." Logan said as he took off his coat and brushed the snow out of his hair. "I have a lot of work to do, I'll need your help."
Please R/R!
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THE HUNT
Chapter Two
Bullets
Max stopped and slowly turned around. She expected to see her clone, standing there cold and emotionless with the chamber loaded and the tip aimed at her heart again. A heavy wave of déjà vu swept over her. Instead, she found a man, probably around thirty dressed in heavy camouflage and held a simple handgun.
Was this guy serious?
"Put your hands in the air, I am under strict orders to take you into custody and back to Manticore." As much as he may have tried, a tinge of fear crept through his voice, and Max heard it.
Max smiled slightly and cocked her head. "I don't think so." With one quick motion, she side kicked on a nearby tree and kicked the guard square in the face, sending him to the ground and dropping the gun with a groan. Max quickly grabbed the gun and aimed it at the guard. "I really can't have you following me." She said sadly.
"Please don't shoot." The man practically begged in front of her. While Max considered, he got to his knees and got some of his composure back. "Besides," He swallowed. "you fire and you'll give away your position." He smirked.
"You're right." Max reached down and into the man's pouch that was attached to his belt. She pulled out a long silver attachment and screwed it onto the gun. "I'll need a silencer."
The man shut his eyes and began mumbling some words, Max figured they were prayers but thought nothing of it. She walked halfway around him and changed her handle on the gun so that she was holding the gun by it's neck. She pulled her arm in an arc and swiftly brought on the back of the guy's head. He slumped forward, out cold.
Max dropped the gun onto the snow and with her feet, covered it up by the snow that surrounded it. "I never did like guns." She quietly said, more to herself than the unconscious Manticore agent. She looked at him once more before heading back towards the sounds of Seattle.
When Max reached the gate, she smiled. It seemed so much smaller than when she escaped the first time. Even better. She crouched down, got her footing, and then sprang up into the air and landed safely on the other side, easily missing the barbed wire. As Max ran down the street and headed for the city, she heard the X7s reaching the gate and calling out orders to each other, not worried anymore about being silent.
"Immobilize X5-452! Fan out!" One shouted and then turned on his radio. Max had an eerie suspicion that he was Zack's clone, the leader like always. She heard the small thuds as the X7s jumped the fence and were after her. Max ran like Hell.
The X7 talked to the radio, his voice was faint and indistinct, but she could hear as he talked to Madame X. "X5-452 has reached the perimeter and has escaped Manticore grounds." Max couldn't hear the response, all she knew was that Madame X was going to be pissed, and that made her smile.
As Max ran down the street she heard numerous shots being fired from behind her, the damn X7s were armed again. The bullets fired from different directions, all aimed at her, but it only took one to bring her down onto the icy pavement.
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Logan whirled around on his swivel chair and grabbed the phone on his desk, quickly dialing Sebastian's number. As it rung, Logan felt irritated, what was taking so long? "Pick up the damn phone." He grumbled. As if on cue, Sebastian answered the phone, his voice was his normal monotone from the computerized machine.
"Logan?" He answered the phone.
"Yes. I got your message." He said anxiously.
"Come over. We'll talk." Sebastian said and hung up the phone. Logan erased the message in his box and grabbed his coat and headed for the door. He nearly knocked Bling over as he turned into the kitchen as he went for the elevator.
"Whoa, where are you going in such a rush?" Bling asked as he pushed Logan back a little.
"I just got some information, I'll be back in a while." He said simply, never taking his eyes off the door. The less Bling knew, the better. If someone tapped the phone or anything, it was better that he and Sebastian were the only ones involved. The only ones who might be punished. Who might be killed.
Bling understood that and everything, he didn't need to be told twice. "All right." He said and shrugged it off. Logan told him a lot, but there were some things he knew that couldn't be told. "I'll fix you some dinner and then I'll head out." He let go of Logan, who immediately shot for the door.
"Thanks." Was all that Bling heard as the door shut. He shook his head and started to make the dinner.
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"What's the deal?" Logan said as he came into Sebastian's office. The computer that was attached to him started to beep and the modem clicked as he transferred his message.
"I hacked into Manticore base to find out anything on the X5 that was captured along with Max."
"Zack." Logan said. He nearly had forgotten about Zack, over the two months, he could only think about how Max had died, shot viciously through the heart by an X7. The thought panged into his mind again and made him become sidetracked. The whole incident ran over and over like a movie in his head, never stopping and practically driving him mad.
He was snapped from his trance as the monotonous voice of Sebastian's computer spoke. "Yes. I checked the Infirmary files and found out that an unscheduled heart transplant had been made, and a harvesting." Sebastian pulled up the coded files and filled in the password. Logan read them over and a small wisp of a smile grew on his face.
"Max got a heart." Logan whispered.
Sebastian didn't say anything else. He deleted the files from his computer and shut it down.
"Thank you." Logan said and quickly left Sebastian's. Logan headed home, his smile was growing. As he entered the penthouse, Bling was just about ready to go home.
"You're dinner's on the oven, I'll catch ya tomorrow." Bling started to put his coat on, but Logan stopped him.
"Wait." Logan said as he took off his coat and brushed the snow out of his hair. "I have a lot of work to do, I'll need your help."