Title: Lia
Setting: After AJBAC
Disclaimer: I own Aliyah, Camillo, and Lia and that's it. Please don't sue!
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Lia's POV
Chapter 1
"Your mission, X-7 821," said Renfro in a firm tone, "is to terminate Logan
Cale, also known as Eyes Only. You will leave for Seattle in two weeks..."
I felt a lump in my throat and a knot in my stomach. Max had been telling me
about her life in Seattle, and about this Logan person. She tried not to cry when she
talked about him.
I am Lia, X-7 821. I am not like most of the other X-7s, who are
programmed not to have emotions. They tried to program me like that, but it wore
off, as it did for Camillo, X-7 185, and Aliyah, X-7 656. The others have no names;
they are good little soldiers who follow their orders. The three of us stick together. I
don't think Renfro knows I am not like them, or else she wouldn't have chosen me
for this mission.
I hid the night the X-5s got in. No one noticed I was missing. I knew
something would happen if I refused to help kill the X-5s, but I didn't want to, so I
just hid in the corner of a dark bathroom until I snuck into bed after everyone was
asleep.
I met Max a week later. I found her in a hallway, mid-seizure. I picked her up
and carried her to our sleeping quarters. I left her there for a minute while I ran to
find Camillo, who had stolen some tytrophen. He came back to the room with me
where Max had gotten worse. Her seizure stopped, and she fell asleep for about
thirty seconds. She then bolted upright, and noticed me beside her.
"Who are you?" she asked. We got to talking, and that was when I first heard
about Logan. In the weeks that followed her seizure, I talked to her whenever I
found time to get away from the X-7s, usually at night, since neither of us sleep.
The X-5s don't have emotion programming. They are actually the reason for it-
Lydecker started doing the programming after the escape in '09 to prevent that sort
of thing from happening again. She's the only person I've ever met besides Aliyah
and Camillo who isn't cold, hard and cruel. I understood her from the first day I
met her, and I needed to get her out. She was so unhappy. I never saw her smile. Of
course, around here most people don't smile...ever, but I knew she wasn't like that
before. I felt by helping her escape, maybe I could partly escape, too.
"Is that understood, soldier?" Renfro asked. I realized I hadn't heard
anything.
"Yes ma'am," I croaked.
"Good," she said. "Here is your plane ticket, an airline firearms license, a
semi-automatic, some civilian clothing, and a week's worth of food. Go. Get back
to your group."
I stood up, saluted, and walked out. I ran to Max's room, and told her
everything. She sat silently chewing her lip.
"Tell...tell Logan I'm OK, but Zack's dead. Tell him I need help getting
out,...to get the others to help me." She fumbled for the words. "When you tell
him...after, get as far away as you can and don't come back. Don't help."
I shook my head. "No, Maxie. I'll come back for you. You can't stop me and
I'll be fine. It'll be OK, I promise." She nodded sadly, knowing better than to fight
with me.
To be continued (hopefully)
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OK, that's the first chapter. I'm only twelve, and this is my first fic, so please
excuse the suckiness. R&R!!!! I won't write more unless you review. If it's bad,
write that, too.
Setting: After AJBAC
Disclaimer: I own Aliyah, Camillo, and Lia and that's it. Please don't sue!
**********************************************************************
Lia's POV
Chapter 1
"Your mission, X-7 821," said Renfro in a firm tone, "is to terminate Logan
Cale, also known as Eyes Only. You will leave for Seattle in two weeks..."
I felt a lump in my throat and a knot in my stomach. Max had been telling me
about her life in Seattle, and about this Logan person. She tried not to cry when she
talked about him.
I am Lia, X-7 821. I am not like most of the other X-7s, who are
programmed not to have emotions. They tried to program me like that, but it wore
off, as it did for Camillo, X-7 185, and Aliyah, X-7 656. The others have no names;
they are good little soldiers who follow their orders. The three of us stick together. I
don't think Renfro knows I am not like them, or else she wouldn't have chosen me
for this mission.
I hid the night the X-5s got in. No one noticed I was missing. I knew
something would happen if I refused to help kill the X-5s, but I didn't want to, so I
just hid in the corner of a dark bathroom until I snuck into bed after everyone was
asleep.
I met Max a week later. I found her in a hallway, mid-seizure. I picked her up
and carried her to our sleeping quarters. I left her there for a minute while I ran to
find Camillo, who had stolen some tytrophen. He came back to the room with me
where Max had gotten worse. Her seizure stopped, and she fell asleep for about
thirty seconds. She then bolted upright, and noticed me beside her.
"Who are you?" she asked. We got to talking, and that was when I first heard
about Logan. In the weeks that followed her seizure, I talked to her whenever I
found time to get away from the X-7s, usually at night, since neither of us sleep.
The X-5s don't have emotion programming. They are actually the reason for it-
Lydecker started doing the programming after the escape in '09 to prevent that sort
of thing from happening again. She's the only person I've ever met besides Aliyah
and Camillo who isn't cold, hard and cruel. I understood her from the first day I
met her, and I needed to get her out. She was so unhappy. I never saw her smile. Of
course, around here most people don't smile...ever, but I knew she wasn't like that
before. I felt by helping her escape, maybe I could partly escape, too.
"Is that understood, soldier?" Renfro asked. I realized I hadn't heard
anything.
"Yes ma'am," I croaked.
"Good," she said. "Here is your plane ticket, an airline firearms license, a
semi-automatic, some civilian clothing, and a week's worth of food. Go. Get back
to your group."
I stood up, saluted, and walked out. I ran to Max's room, and told her
everything. She sat silently chewing her lip.
"Tell...tell Logan I'm OK, but Zack's dead. Tell him I need help getting
out,...to get the others to help me." She fumbled for the words. "When you tell
him...after, get as far away as you can and don't come back. Don't help."
I shook my head. "No, Maxie. I'll come back for you. You can't stop me and
I'll be fine. It'll be OK, I promise." She nodded sadly, knowing better than to fight
with me.
To be continued (hopefully)
**********************************************************************
OK, that's the first chapter. I'm only twelve, and this is my first fic, so please
excuse the suckiness. R&R!!!! I won't write more unless you review. If it's bad,
write that, too.