Chapter 2
Logan's POV
I sat in my wheelchair looking out the big glass window. I had given up on
the exo-skeleton. What was the point without her there? I don't do much now. Even
Eyes Only has died, except for the numerous times I try to hack into Manticore's
system to find out anything. It has occurred to me that they might try to kill me for
trying to find out so much, but that would be better than this never-ending hell. I've
contemplated suicide several times, but once Cindy walked in on me as I was
looking at my gun and pretty much went insane. She said, "If my boo were here
right now, you know she would kick yo white @$$ for even thinking about putting
that b**** up to yo head." She threw out my gun.
I heard my lock being picked, and I knew it was Cindy. Max taught her that.
She comes by so much to check on me, that I have offered her a key, but she
refused, saying she had to "carry on the tradition." She seemed to be having trouble,
because it had been five minutes already and she hadn't gotten in. Max usually took
about four seconds. Cindy, of course, isn't Max, but still. I wheeled over to the door
to open it, but the picking noise stopped. I opened the door to find a crew-cutted
child no more than 10 years old crouching on the ground. I couldn't tell if it was a
boy or girl. He/she stood up and sighed. I knew the child was from Manticore, but
he/she didn't look as fierce as the other X-7s were that night. Of course, it could be
an act to get my trust, but I went with my instincts.
"Come in," I said. We went in and the child sat on my couch.
"You're Logan, right?" I nodded. "Okay. My name is Lia. I am an X-7 and
Max is my friend."
"Is?" I shrieked. "Max IS your friend?"
"Yes. Calm down or I'll never finish." Calm down? Calm down? Max is
alive!! Max is alive!! "This is a lot of information all at once. Yes. Max is alive.
Zack, however is not. She needed an X-5 heart transplant, and well, he gave her
one. Anyway, Max needs your help. She wants you to find Syl, Krit, Jhondy, and
Zane. The best way would probably be to use Eyes Only-"
"You know about Eyes Only? Wait a minute, how do I know you aren't
going to kill me?"
She thought for a moment. "The kiss...when Zack walked in. She told me
about that."
I blushed. "Okay, okay. So what do I do?"
"Use Eyes Only by sending a message to them..." and she told me about a
brilliant plan she and Max had devised.
Lia's POV
I spent the plane ride going over the plan to make sure I got it right......
We still didn't really know if we could trust Lydecker, so he wasn't included.
Logan would have his exo-skeleton with him, just in case he needed it. He would
disable the security cameras first, and then listen on the walkie-talkie to make sure
everyone was OK. Syl, Krit, Jhondy, Zane, and me could all easily jump the fence.
Zane would stay by the fence with a walkie-talkie as back-up if anyone needed it
until close to the end. Jhondy and me would break into the building through a
window in Renfro's office. If she's there, we kill her. If not, we continue. The two
of us will sneak into the weapons room and steal eight C-4s (explosives) for later.
Then we will get to my barracks, where Aliyah and Camillo will be waiting to come
with us. Meanwhile, on the other end of the building, Syl and Krit will head into
Max's locked room through an air duct from outside where she will be, talking to
Brin. They will knock out Brin, and take Max and Brin with them back outside.
Zane, Krit, Syl, Jhondy, Max, Aliyah, Camillo, and I will all meet up in front of the
building, where I will pass out the C-4s. We'll throw them in, jump into Logan's
car, and drive back to Seattle. We'll pretend we were at Logan's partying all night,
which we will be afterwards, so we'll all have perfectly good alibis for where we
were the night Manticore blew up.
Logan's POV
I sat in my wheelchair looking out the big glass window. I had given up on
the exo-skeleton. What was the point without her there? I don't do much now. Even
Eyes Only has died, except for the numerous times I try to hack into Manticore's
system to find out anything. It has occurred to me that they might try to kill me for
trying to find out so much, but that would be better than this never-ending hell. I've
contemplated suicide several times, but once Cindy walked in on me as I was
looking at my gun and pretty much went insane. She said, "If my boo were here
right now, you know she would kick yo white @$$ for even thinking about putting
that b**** up to yo head." She threw out my gun.
I heard my lock being picked, and I knew it was Cindy. Max taught her that.
She comes by so much to check on me, that I have offered her a key, but she
refused, saying she had to "carry on the tradition." She seemed to be having trouble,
because it had been five minutes already and she hadn't gotten in. Max usually took
about four seconds. Cindy, of course, isn't Max, but still. I wheeled over to the door
to open it, but the picking noise stopped. I opened the door to find a crew-cutted
child no more than 10 years old crouching on the ground. I couldn't tell if it was a
boy or girl. He/she stood up and sighed. I knew the child was from Manticore, but
he/she didn't look as fierce as the other X-7s were that night. Of course, it could be
an act to get my trust, but I went with my instincts.
"Come in," I said. We went in and the child sat on my couch.
"You're Logan, right?" I nodded. "Okay. My name is Lia. I am an X-7 and
Max is my friend."
"Is?" I shrieked. "Max IS your friend?"
"Yes. Calm down or I'll never finish." Calm down? Calm down? Max is
alive!! Max is alive!! "This is a lot of information all at once. Yes. Max is alive.
Zack, however is not. She needed an X-5 heart transplant, and well, he gave her
one. Anyway, Max needs your help. She wants you to find Syl, Krit, Jhondy, and
Zane. The best way would probably be to use Eyes Only-"
"You know about Eyes Only? Wait a minute, how do I know you aren't
going to kill me?"
She thought for a moment. "The kiss...when Zack walked in. She told me
about that."
I blushed. "Okay, okay. So what do I do?"
"Use Eyes Only by sending a message to them..." and she told me about a
brilliant plan she and Max had devised.
Lia's POV
I spent the plane ride going over the plan to make sure I got it right......
We still didn't really know if we could trust Lydecker, so he wasn't included.
Logan would have his exo-skeleton with him, just in case he needed it. He would
disable the security cameras first, and then listen on the walkie-talkie to make sure
everyone was OK. Syl, Krit, Jhondy, Zane, and me could all easily jump the fence.
Zane would stay by the fence with a walkie-talkie as back-up if anyone needed it
until close to the end. Jhondy and me would break into the building through a
window in Renfro's office. If she's there, we kill her. If not, we continue. The two
of us will sneak into the weapons room and steal eight C-4s (explosives) for later.
Then we will get to my barracks, where Aliyah and Camillo will be waiting to come
with us. Meanwhile, on the other end of the building, Syl and Krit will head into
Max's locked room through an air duct from outside where she will be, talking to
Brin. They will knock out Brin, and take Max and Brin with them back outside.
Zane, Krit, Syl, Jhondy, Max, Aliyah, Camillo, and I will all meet up in front of the
building, where I will pass out the C-4s. We'll throw them in, jump into Logan's
car, and drive back to Seattle. We'll pretend we were at Logan's partying all night,
which we will be afterwards, so we'll all have perfectly good alibis for where we
were the night Manticore blew up.