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THE HUNT
Chapter Four
Late at Night
Max was awake, but kept her eyes closed. She could feel her stomach being wrapped from her injury, but didn't know who it was. To keep them from having to drug her, she let them believe she was asleep and still unconscious from her blackout. That's how she wanted it.
She was moving. Through her shut lids, she could see lights passing by overhead through the window.
She had obviously been put into one of Manticore's trucks and they were taking her back. No! She didn't want to go back there! Not now, not ever! Max struggled to urge to jump up and snap all the necks in the truck, actually, that wasn't a bad idea. Before Max could decide, a conversation had begun. She could tell that one voice was directly to her right and the other was wrapping her stomach.
"How did she escape?" The voice of Madame X spoke. She was sitting next to Max, her voice cool and calm. Max had to control herself as hard as she could from not killing the bitch, it was one of the hardest things she had to do, but she might learn something important. She also knew from the other voice as it told the story of her escape, that it was Brin. When she finished wrapping her stomach, she sat down to her left.
"I'm not tied down." Max thought happily. "I'll need to take Brin out first, then I can deal with Renfro."
Within a blink, Max slammed Brin's head against the side window and with a groan from Brin, knocked her out. As Brin slumped forward, Max turned to Renfro and did the same. With both of them out, Max moved them out of her way and opened the door.
"Hey! What's going on back there!?" The driver shouted as he swerved on the road to look back at his passengers. With a wink to him, Max jumped out of the truck and rolled onto the pavement. The moaned and clutched her side, getting a painful memory of being shot. Again.
Max tore off for the forest again in a fast sprint, not looking back at the truck or paying any attention to the others on the road. Having the quick nap helped to reenergize her body and made it easier to run on her feet. As she ran in, no more than thirty feet, she turned and watched as Madame X's truck came to a halt and the driver went to check on Brin and Renfro.
Max smiled. "Let's see them catch me now." She spoke quietly to herself noting how dark and cold it had gotten. She ran off once again and headed for Logan's, figuring it would take her less than an hour to reach it on foot.
It felt good to be free.
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Logan woke up with a start after hearing a dull thud on the roof. He shook his head, probably dreamed it. Logan yawned and rubbed his sore face that was on top of the keyboard. He squinted against the bright glare from the computer and took his glasses off. He rubbed his eyes roughly before placing his glasses back on and shutting down his computer.
He knew Max was alive, that was the good thing. The bad news was that they had documented that she was reprogrammed successfully. His only hope was that it was an act that she put on. An act so that she could eventually escape.
Logan sighed. It was late and he needed sleep. He looked at his clock in the kitchen and rolled his eyes. It was nearly four in the morning and he had been up all night. He pushed his chair back under the desk and cleaned up the scattered papers and turned of the light. Logan headed to the kitchen for his dinner that Bling had made hours ago. That's what a microwave was for anyway.
As Logan walked down his hall, a black rope dropped down right in front of his face and gently swung back and fourth. He instinctively jumped back a few feet and followed the rope up to the skylight in his roof. Before his eyes, Max tethered down the rope, a smug smile on her face.
"I figured I'd drop in." Max said as she unattached her belt to the rope, hurried over and hugged him. He eagerly returned the hug, not sure what to say.
"I thought you were dead." He said quietly as he took her face in his hands and looked at her in the eyes.
"So did I." She laughed.
Logan pulled Max in for a lingering kiss. Both stood there for a moment, neither wanting to move or break the embrace. When they eventually parted, Logan looked Max over and frowned when he saw Max's blood stained clothes.
"What happened?" He said, pointing to the right side of her stomach.
"Oh," She said as if she suddenly remembered. "I ran into a little trouble with some X7s. I don't think they really appreciated me strolling out of there yesterday morning." Both shared a quick laugh.
"I've really missed you." Logan said gently as he ran his hand down her cheek. She took his hand and squeezed it reassuringly.
"I missed you too."
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"What direction did she go when she escaped?" An angry Renfro asked the driver of the truck. She leaned forward and placed her rigid arms on her desk and stared at him. A small bump had risen on the side of her head right above her temple, her reminder for letting her guard down.
"Towards Seattle, Ma'am." He said as he clutched his hat in his hands and backed away a foot.
Renfro closed her eyes and sighed deeply. It had taken months to catch her and to tend to her injuries, she wasn't planning on letting her X5 slip away so easily. She backed away from her desk and paced the room behind it, trying to decide what to do.
"Get a team of trackers like the ones that Lydecker had to trace that implant she has. When they were first tracking her, they narrowed it down to the high rise district, Sector Nine." She paused, making sure he understood. "X5-452 moved before they could check the scene. My guess is, is that she has some higher help out there. Someone who knows a great deal about my X5s, and I would like to meet them in person, and see what information they're holding."
"Yes, Ma'am." He nodded and left, grateful to still have his life after letting the girl escape. He headed down to the lab to collect the crew and the equipment for the tracking.
Renfro sat at her desk and after a moment, opened a drawer that held numerous pictures. She shuffled through them until she found one in particular. At the bottom, it showed the number X5-452, and had a child in the picture dressed in simple clothes and a short hair cut. Renfro tapped the face and smiled.
"I'll find you, and when I do, you're mine."
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THE HUNT
Chapter Four
Late at Night
Max was awake, but kept her eyes closed. She could feel her stomach being wrapped from her injury, but didn't know who it was. To keep them from having to drug her, she let them believe she was asleep and still unconscious from her blackout. That's how she wanted it.
She was moving. Through her shut lids, she could see lights passing by overhead through the window.
She had obviously been put into one of Manticore's trucks and they were taking her back. No! She didn't want to go back there! Not now, not ever! Max struggled to urge to jump up and snap all the necks in the truck, actually, that wasn't a bad idea. Before Max could decide, a conversation had begun. She could tell that one voice was directly to her right and the other was wrapping her stomach.
"How did she escape?" The voice of Madame X spoke. She was sitting next to Max, her voice cool and calm. Max had to control herself as hard as she could from not killing the bitch, it was one of the hardest things she had to do, but she might learn something important. She also knew from the other voice as it told the story of her escape, that it was Brin. When she finished wrapping her stomach, she sat down to her left.
"I'm not tied down." Max thought happily. "I'll need to take Brin out first, then I can deal with Renfro."
Within a blink, Max slammed Brin's head against the side window and with a groan from Brin, knocked her out. As Brin slumped forward, Max turned to Renfro and did the same. With both of them out, Max moved them out of her way and opened the door.
"Hey! What's going on back there!?" The driver shouted as he swerved on the road to look back at his passengers. With a wink to him, Max jumped out of the truck and rolled onto the pavement. The moaned and clutched her side, getting a painful memory of being shot. Again.
Max tore off for the forest again in a fast sprint, not looking back at the truck or paying any attention to the others on the road. Having the quick nap helped to reenergize her body and made it easier to run on her feet. As she ran in, no more than thirty feet, she turned and watched as Madame X's truck came to a halt and the driver went to check on Brin and Renfro.
Max smiled. "Let's see them catch me now." She spoke quietly to herself noting how dark and cold it had gotten. She ran off once again and headed for Logan's, figuring it would take her less than an hour to reach it on foot.
It felt good to be free.
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Logan woke up with a start after hearing a dull thud on the roof. He shook his head, probably dreamed it. Logan yawned and rubbed his sore face that was on top of the keyboard. He squinted against the bright glare from the computer and took his glasses off. He rubbed his eyes roughly before placing his glasses back on and shutting down his computer.
He knew Max was alive, that was the good thing. The bad news was that they had documented that she was reprogrammed successfully. His only hope was that it was an act that she put on. An act so that she could eventually escape.
Logan sighed. It was late and he needed sleep. He looked at his clock in the kitchen and rolled his eyes. It was nearly four in the morning and he had been up all night. He pushed his chair back under the desk and cleaned up the scattered papers and turned of the light. Logan headed to the kitchen for his dinner that Bling had made hours ago. That's what a microwave was for anyway.
As Logan walked down his hall, a black rope dropped down right in front of his face and gently swung back and fourth. He instinctively jumped back a few feet and followed the rope up to the skylight in his roof. Before his eyes, Max tethered down the rope, a smug smile on her face.
"I figured I'd drop in." Max said as she unattached her belt to the rope, hurried over and hugged him. He eagerly returned the hug, not sure what to say.
"I thought you were dead." He said quietly as he took her face in his hands and looked at her in the eyes.
"So did I." She laughed.
Logan pulled Max in for a lingering kiss. Both stood there for a moment, neither wanting to move or break the embrace. When they eventually parted, Logan looked Max over and frowned when he saw Max's blood stained clothes.
"What happened?" He said, pointing to the right side of her stomach.
"Oh," She said as if she suddenly remembered. "I ran into a little trouble with some X7s. I don't think they really appreciated me strolling out of there yesterday morning." Both shared a quick laugh.
"I've really missed you." Logan said gently as he ran his hand down her cheek. She took his hand and squeezed it reassuringly.
"I missed you too."
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"What direction did she go when she escaped?" An angry Renfro asked the driver of the truck. She leaned forward and placed her rigid arms on her desk and stared at him. A small bump had risen on the side of her head right above her temple, her reminder for letting her guard down.
"Towards Seattle, Ma'am." He said as he clutched his hat in his hands and backed away a foot.
Renfro closed her eyes and sighed deeply. It had taken months to catch her and to tend to her injuries, she wasn't planning on letting her X5 slip away so easily. She backed away from her desk and paced the room behind it, trying to decide what to do.
"Get a team of trackers like the ones that Lydecker had to trace that implant she has. When they were first tracking her, they narrowed it down to the high rise district, Sector Nine." She paused, making sure he understood. "X5-452 moved before they could check the scene. My guess is, is that she has some higher help out there. Someone who knows a great deal about my X5s, and I would like to meet them in person, and see what information they're holding."
"Yes, Ma'am." He nodded and left, grateful to still have his life after letting the girl escape. He headed down to the lab to collect the crew and the equipment for the tracking.
Renfro sat at her desk and after a moment, opened a drawer that held numerous pictures. She shuffled through them until she found one in particular. At the bottom, it showed the number X5-452, and had a child in the picture dressed in simple clothes and a short hair cut. Renfro tapped the face and smiled.
"I'll find you, and when I do, you're mine."