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THE HUNT
Chapter Seven
Mind Games
Max woke up with an instant start. She sat straight up, but found it difficult as soon as her head started to ache and make her dizzy. She felt queasy and tired. Max tried to look around the room she was in, but it was dark and her vision was all ready blurred.
"Easy, little sister." Came a soothing voice from her right. Max turned her head and found Krit standing there, a small smile on his face. "Just relax. You took a couple of watts back there." Max nodded and rested her head back down on the pillow. After less than a minute, she shot back up, instantly wincing and grabbing her head. "Hey, what did I tell you?" Krit said softly.
"No, I have to go back for Logan." Max said through the pain. She tried to get off the bed, but a combination of her dizziness and Krit's hand clamped over her arm made it impossible. She fell back gently onto the bed, almost immediately feeling better. Krit sat down on the bed next to her and sighed.
"You can't. They got him." He looked down, knowing that Max was going to be furious. He was right.
"What!?" She nearly yelled. "I have to go get him." She sat up, only to be pushed down again by her brother.
"You just got out of there, Maxie! It's a miracle you're even alive!"
"I don't care, I have to get him." She said through clenched teeth, making it obvious that Krit wasn't going to win this argument. Not many of her siblings ever did with her.
"Fine!" Krit agreed finally. "Just get some rest. Then we'll help you. We gotta get Zack out of there too. Syl and I have been planning for a while how to get him out." He said with a smile. It soon faded as he saw Max's eyes water.
"It's no use. Zack's dead." She cried. Her hot tears streamed down her face and into her ears. Salty tracks formed after the tears and made her skin tight. She wanted to wipe them away, but found that she couldn't.
"How?" Krit asked as tears started to form in his as well.
"He saved me." Was all that she could manage as she choked out a sob. Max leaned up and hugged Krit, both stayed there for a while, neither moving.
"Hey, what's going on?" Syl asked as she walked into the room. Krit and Max exchanged glances as they broke their embrace.
"Zack didn't make it." Krit said simply, Syl understanding perfectly. She bit her lip and tried to hold in her emotions, but it was incredibly hard.
Max coughed and stiffened, deciding to lighten the mood and change the subject. "How did you guys get me?" Max asked as she finally wiped away the tears.
Krit cleared his throat and turned back to her. "It wasn't so hard when you get a phone call telling you what's up." He smiled and brought out his cell phone.
"We thought we'd join the party." Syl concluded. "But, we couldn't get Logan or that other guy out."
"Bling." She said in place of 'the other guy'. "What I don't understand is -- why not just kill Logan and Bling?" Max was completely happy that it didn't happen, but was curious why they were treated differently than most people who had learned information about Manticore.
"They know too much." Syl said simply. "I'll bet ya, Manticore wants to know what they know."
The pieces were starting to fit together. "Logan knows where all the X5's are." She shook her head. She should've known he'd get in deep with all that sitting on his computer!
"He's in trouble." Krit said as he looked at his siblings. "Looks like we're going back home, guys."
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Logan opened his eyes as he woke, only to find that a blindfold blocked his vision. He tried to bring his hands up to take it off, but they were tied down behind the chair he was put in. Logan shook his head and tried to clear the dizziness that plagued him, but it only made it worse.
"Well, look what we have here, men." A female voice spoke. From his ample searches and files, he easily identified it as Renfro, also known as Madame X. "It seems we have caught the famous, Eyes Only." She chuckled, but Logan mused it to be more of a witch's cackle.
When Logan didn't respond, Renfro roughly took off his blindfold. He instantly winced at the blinding light that hung above him. An interrogation room. There were three cameras in the room, at least the ones that he found. There were two guards posted at the door and of course, the bitch herself, Renfro. The room was small and only had the chair he sat in, the bright lamp above and the cameras. It was painted entirely white and had a mirror placed on the wall in front of him.
"Why don't you be a good boy, and tell me where my X5's are." Renfro said sweetly as she leaned down by Logan. He didn't make eye contact with her, he instead kept his eyes on the mirror. He could tell just by the way it was hung and where it was placed that there were men behind it, listening to their conversation.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Logan said and almost sounded convincing.
"I think you do. You've been helping X5-4 ... ah, Max. Why don't you tell me a little about her?"
"I've never met a 'Max' before in my life." Logan pronounced Max's name slowly, like it was a foreign word to him. His eyes finally became adjusted to the light and so he hung his head back.
"Don't play games with me, or I'll make you regret it." Renfro hissed in Logan's ear.
"Oh, I'm not playing games, I'm simply telling you the truth." Logan said, shrugging.
Renfro sneered at Logan, but he thought it more to be a snarl. She motioned over to her guards. "Take him back to his cell, I'll deal with him later. Maybe then, he'll be ready to talk." The two guards grabbed Logan and dragged him out of the room. Without his exoskeleton working, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
After they left, another guard came in and approached Renfro. She sat down in the chair that Logan had just occupied and rested her face on her hands. She sighed and then acknowledged the guard.
"What do you want us to do with the captives, ma'am?" He asked.
Renfro ran her hands down her face and then through her hair. She could feel a headache begin and wasn't too pleased with the second escape of her X5 within two days. "Get him ready for psychoactives."
"What? Are you sure, ma'am? Those are only safe to use on the X5 series, and even then it's not that stable." He said
"I don't care. He knows where my X5s are and I want to know as well. Especially X5-452. Now, prepare the room." She ordered, her voice raising.
"You're sure, ma'am? It could kill him." He asked again, this was practically going to be like electrocuting the guy. Last time they used it, it was on X5-599 and he barely lived.
"I don't care. He had his chance. Now get the God damn room ready!" She shouted. The guard nodded swiftly and left the room. After a moment, Renfro left the room as well and headed towards her office. She was going to find out where her X5s were, and no one was going to stand in her way.
Please R/R!!
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THE HUNT
Chapter Seven
Mind Games
Max woke up with an instant start. She sat straight up, but found it difficult as soon as her head started to ache and make her dizzy. She felt queasy and tired. Max tried to look around the room she was in, but it was dark and her vision was all ready blurred.
"Easy, little sister." Came a soothing voice from her right. Max turned her head and found Krit standing there, a small smile on his face. "Just relax. You took a couple of watts back there." Max nodded and rested her head back down on the pillow. After less than a minute, she shot back up, instantly wincing and grabbing her head. "Hey, what did I tell you?" Krit said softly.
"No, I have to go back for Logan." Max said through the pain. She tried to get off the bed, but a combination of her dizziness and Krit's hand clamped over her arm made it impossible. She fell back gently onto the bed, almost immediately feeling better. Krit sat down on the bed next to her and sighed.
"You can't. They got him." He looked down, knowing that Max was going to be furious. He was right.
"What!?" She nearly yelled. "I have to go get him." She sat up, only to be pushed down again by her brother.
"You just got out of there, Maxie! It's a miracle you're even alive!"
"I don't care, I have to get him." She said through clenched teeth, making it obvious that Krit wasn't going to win this argument. Not many of her siblings ever did with her.
"Fine!" Krit agreed finally. "Just get some rest. Then we'll help you. We gotta get Zack out of there too. Syl and I have been planning for a while how to get him out." He said with a smile. It soon faded as he saw Max's eyes water.
"It's no use. Zack's dead." She cried. Her hot tears streamed down her face and into her ears. Salty tracks formed after the tears and made her skin tight. She wanted to wipe them away, but found that she couldn't.
"How?" Krit asked as tears started to form in his as well.
"He saved me." Was all that she could manage as she choked out a sob. Max leaned up and hugged Krit, both stayed there for a while, neither moving.
"Hey, what's going on?" Syl asked as she walked into the room. Krit and Max exchanged glances as they broke their embrace.
"Zack didn't make it." Krit said simply, Syl understanding perfectly. She bit her lip and tried to hold in her emotions, but it was incredibly hard.
Max coughed and stiffened, deciding to lighten the mood and change the subject. "How did you guys get me?" Max asked as she finally wiped away the tears.
Krit cleared his throat and turned back to her. "It wasn't so hard when you get a phone call telling you what's up." He smiled and brought out his cell phone.
"We thought we'd join the party." Syl concluded. "But, we couldn't get Logan or that other guy out."
"Bling." She said in place of 'the other guy'. "What I don't understand is -- why not just kill Logan and Bling?" Max was completely happy that it didn't happen, but was curious why they were treated differently than most people who had learned information about Manticore.
"They know too much." Syl said simply. "I'll bet ya, Manticore wants to know what they know."
The pieces were starting to fit together. "Logan knows where all the X5's are." She shook her head. She should've known he'd get in deep with all that sitting on his computer!
"He's in trouble." Krit said as he looked at his siblings. "Looks like we're going back home, guys."
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Logan opened his eyes as he woke, only to find that a blindfold blocked his vision. He tried to bring his hands up to take it off, but they were tied down behind the chair he was put in. Logan shook his head and tried to clear the dizziness that plagued him, but it only made it worse.
"Well, look what we have here, men." A female voice spoke. From his ample searches and files, he easily identified it as Renfro, also known as Madame X. "It seems we have caught the famous, Eyes Only." She chuckled, but Logan mused it to be more of a witch's cackle.
When Logan didn't respond, Renfro roughly took off his blindfold. He instantly winced at the blinding light that hung above him. An interrogation room. There were three cameras in the room, at least the ones that he found. There were two guards posted at the door and of course, the bitch herself, Renfro. The room was small and only had the chair he sat in, the bright lamp above and the cameras. It was painted entirely white and had a mirror placed on the wall in front of him.
"Why don't you be a good boy, and tell me where my X5's are." Renfro said sweetly as she leaned down by Logan. He didn't make eye contact with her, he instead kept his eyes on the mirror. He could tell just by the way it was hung and where it was placed that there were men behind it, listening to their conversation.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Logan said and almost sounded convincing.
"I think you do. You've been helping X5-4 ... ah, Max. Why don't you tell me a little about her?"
"I've never met a 'Max' before in my life." Logan pronounced Max's name slowly, like it was a foreign word to him. His eyes finally became adjusted to the light and so he hung his head back.
"Don't play games with me, or I'll make you regret it." Renfro hissed in Logan's ear.
"Oh, I'm not playing games, I'm simply telling you the truth." Logan said, shrugging.
Renfro sneered at Logan, but he thought it more to be a snarl. She motioned over to her guards. "Take him back to his cell, I'll deal with him later. Maybe then, he'll be ready to talk." The two guards grabbed Logan and dragged him out of the room. Without his exoskeleton working, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
After they left, another guard came in and approached Renfro. She sat down in the chair that Logan had just occupied and rested her face on her hands. She sighed and then acknowledged the guard.
"What do you want us to do with the captives, ma'am?" He asked.
Renfro ran her hands down her face and then through her hair. She could feel a headache begin and wasn't too pleased with the second escape of her X5 within two days. "Get him ready for psychoactives."
"What? Are you sure, ma'am? Those are only safe to use on the X5 series, and even then it's not that stable." He said
"I don't care. He knows where my X5s are and I want to know as well. Especially X5-452. Now, prepare the room." She ordered, her voice raising.
"You're sure, ma'am? It could kill him." He asked again, this was practically going to be like electrocuting the guy. Last time they used it, it was on X5-599 and he barely lived.
"I don't care. He had his chance. Now get the God damn room ready!" She shouted. The guard nodded swiftly and left the room. After a moment, Renfro left the room as well and headed towards her office. She was going to find out where her X5s were, and no one was going to stand in her way.