Prelude to war

Manticore :

Lasers were pointed to all of the X-5's heads. Mademe X just smiled. "Bring them home."

Tasers shot out at all of them. They all exploded into the air unleashing kicks to the X-6's. They were all easliy disarmed.

"Ok," Mademe X said. "Since this little display of acrobats is over lets bring them the holding cells."

"No!" Tinga said knocking the X-6 that was holding her out. She ran and was shot three times in her back.

"No!" Zack screamed. He quickly knocked out and X-6 and ran over to the one that killed Tinga and cracked his neck. He leaned over top of her. "Tinga say something."

"Zack," Tinga said. "I have a son. Please protect him." Then blood came from her mouth.

"Tinga no!" Syl screamed.

"She might not be that bad. Prep her for breeding." Mademe X said.

Holding cell:

"You guys shouldnt have came for me." Max said.

"We had no other choice." Krit said. "We werent going to let them do to you what they did to Brin."

"But Tinga," Max said as a tear slipped from her eye.

"I know it's hard to believe Max but she is dead." Zack said.

"Orginal Cindy," Max said. "Thanks."

"No problem, Boo. This is the best way for me to spend my friday night anyway." Orginal Cindy said.

"Well, now we need a way out." Zack said.

"The vents," Max said.

"They are to far up." Krit said.

"We can do it. The only problem is that we are all in different cells." Zack said.

"We can make the jump. Remember all that stuff about letting yourself excell?" Max asked. "Well do that."

They all glanced at each other and then prepared to jump.

"Wait wait wait!" Orginal Cindy said. "I'm not one of you. I cant jump twele feet into the air."

"Well when we get into the vents I'll drop out on the other side then let you out." Max said.

Orginal Cindy nodded.

They all leaped into the air and grabbed hold of their separate vents. They crawled til Max made it past the other side and dropped out of the hatch.

"See?" Max asked. She then mustered up all she had and unleashed a kick onto the door breaking it.

"Well why couldnt you do that back when you were over here?" Orginal Cindy asked.

"Because the handle is on this side." Max said. "Now I'm going to toss you up ad Zack is going to grab hold of you."

"Ok," Orginal Cinday said. She was then tossed into the air and Zack caught her by the arm.

"Hurry up, someone's comming." Max said. She then leaped into the air.

"They'eve escaped." a soilder said. "Alert all the soilders."

They crawled as fast as they could. They kicked open the final hatch and dropped out. "Well were out here." Zack said.

"Seems like I did this before." Max said.

"What?" Orginal Cindy asked.

"Escape from Manticore." Max answered. They ran for the fence. Max kicked a hole into it for Cindy. Max was then shot in her back and she fell. "Go!" Max screamed. She then blacked out.

"No!" Zack screamed. Syl grabbed him by the arm. "We gotta go. Max is dead."

"No!" Zack said running to her. "You guys go!"

"No" Krit said. "We cant leave you."

"Go!" Zack said as he was shot with a taser.

Krit nodded and ran to the van.

Med room:

"She's dead." Doctor summers said. "Her heart isnt working. She needs a transplant A.S.A.P.

"The dead X-5." Mademe X said. "Use her heart."

"We cant.," Doctor Summers said.

Zack came to. "Max!" He got up and cracked Doctor summers neck. He then bent to kiss her. Mademe X ran for the door. Zack kicked her. "Who are you?"

"Renfro," Maademe X said. "But people call me Mademe X.."

"Do you have a gun?" Zack asked.

"Yes, I do." Renfro/Mademe X said.

"Hand it over!" Zack screamed.

She did as she was told. Zack then whispered into Max's ear. "Beat them, Maxie."

"Use my heart!" Zack said as he shot himself in the head.

"Prep her for surgery." Renfro said.

Logan's apartment:

"She's gone." Logan said as a tear coursed down his cheek.

"I'm sorry."Syl said. "But we all gotta split up now."

"Again?" Krit asked.

"Yeah,"Syl said. "We have to."

"I am going to move on to." Logan said.

A few weeks later:


Manticore:

"X-5 452 how are you?" Mademe X asked.

"Very well mam," Max asked. "I am ready to lead the X-7's."

"Very good." Mademe X said. "Very good."

To be continued...

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