I travel in and out of the soothing abys. I catch glances of people and the
sensation of moving, but then I fall back into darkness. It doesn't matter.
All that matters is pleaseing the urges to sleep.
I'm pulled from the warm comfort of sleep and realize we're slowing down. I don't fall back to sleep this time. I lay perfectly still so as not to alert the people sitting over me.
"Yancy, you weren't really going to use that gun were you?"
"What makes you so sure I wasn't?"
"You couldn't kill her, not after all this. I know you Yancy, and its just not the type of person you are."
"Who the hell are *you*! You think you know everything about me! Well you don't! You don't know me Chase, you don't!"
There was a pause and then a sound that I was least expecting.
"Chase stop it! You think you can make everything better with a kiss? You really don't know me."
By this time, I was fully awake, yet still un-moving. How could I let myself be captured like this. Not only me, but I also got Jondy and Zane captured too. This whole rescue mission was in need of rescue itself. I going back to Manticore, or at least thats what they thought.
I jumped up from my stretcher, only to find that I couldn't move more than and inch off of it.
"Dammit!"
"Oh Max, glad to see your finally awake. We ran out of sedatives, but that last dose should have kept you out cold till we reached home. Guess you really are a fighter. All that will change soon. From now on, you'll be fighting on the right side."
"If you think I'm gonna fight for you, never gonna happen."
"You really believe that don't you? How cute. You don't think we have ways of changing you, of makeing you that perfect little soldier you used to be before you escaped? Don't be so naive. Your smarter than that, at least I hope so."
"You sick little b!tch!"
I tried to break the straps, but they were just too strong. I would have killed her if I had the chance. No better, use one of those little torture exercises that good ol' dad taught us. Maybe stripping off her skin slowly, piece by piece. This was getting me agrivated. So many ways, such a small body.
"Don't even think of breaking those bonds. They're strong enough to hold an X-8. Oh thats right, you escaped before they were engineered. You've missed alot Max. The X-5s are not the only x types we made you know. You know of the X-1 through X-4 groups I suppose. Most of them didn't survive long though. We have X-6s, X-7s and X-8s. We're still roling off new generations every few years. Stick around and see how they turn out."
I managed to angle my face just perfecly and spit right in her eyes.
"You little b!tch!"
I got slapped around a few times before the guy managed to pull her off me. For such a small person, she sure out power behind her punches. I could feel the left side of my face start to swell. That would hurt in a few hours. I'd have to break a few bones for that one.
"Yancy, get a hold of yourself. Look what your doing. You beating a person thats strapped to a bed and can't defend themselves."
"Yeah, lets take off these straps and make it a fair fight? I'll even put a hand behind my back. Hows about that?"
"Nice try, I'll give you that. We're almost there. No use trying to escpae now, we're heading down the driveway. Be there in about ten minutes."
Those were the fastest ten minutes of my life. we rode the rest of the way in silence. Yancy wouldn't even look at me. My left cheek was swelling over my eye making it hrd to see out of it. There would definatly be some serious payback for that.
It seemed like suddenly, the doors where opening and a package of fresh tranquilizers where brought. They really loaded me up. I tried as best I could to stop the needle from enetering my arm, but I didn't have much mobility. Hello Abyss, we meet again!
I awoke in room wiht many cells. It took a moment for my vision to clear from the drugs, but when they did, I noteced a person in the celss across from me and the one next to me. Jondy was lying flat on her back on the bed in her cell. Zane was pacing back and forth in his cell. He looked pissed!
"How could this happen? We were so careful! How could this happen?"
He kept on going on and on like this for a while before he noticed I was awake.
"Max! What did they do to us? Are you ok? Is Jondy awake yet?"
"Whoa! Slow down Zane. They drugged us and brought us back to Manticore. I'm fine and Jondy is still asleep."
"Your not alright. What happened to your face?"
"Oh that..."
"Yeah, that. What happened?"
"Well...I kinda got into a fight with Yancy in the truck."
"Whos yancy?"
"shes that little blonde b!tch that snuck up on us in the middle of the night and brought us here."
Jondy had finally woken up and decided to join the conversation.
"You got into a fight?"
"Yeah, I pissed her off and she jumped on me and started hitting my face. I'm alright. I should be fine by tomarrow."
"Thats not the point Max, she hit you while you were strapped down and couldn't defend yourself. Thats low, thats really low."
"What did you say to make her wan to hit you"
Jondy asked.
"I guess I got her going when I refused to change and be a 'perfect little soldier' again, and then I kinda spit in her face."
"Good for you."
They both echoed.
"I know I'll never become a puppet for them."
"None of us will Zane. We'll fight. Speaking of which, is there anyway outta these cells?"
"None that I've found. What about you Jondy? Your the technical expert here, any ideas?"
"My specialty is electronics, not breaking down steel bars."
Me to myself, God, what are we gonna do now? I got them into this, now how am I gonna get us out. If we could do it when we were nine, then this should be easy. Now, to get out of these cells...
I'm pulled from the warm comfort of sleep and realize we're slowing down. I don't fall back to sleep this time. I lay perfectly still so as not to alert the people sitting over me.
"Yancy, you weren't really going to use that gun were you?"
"What makes you so sure I wasn't?"
"You couldn't kill her, not after all this. I know you Yancy, and its just not the type of person you are."
"Who the hell are *you*! You think you know everything about me! Well you don't! You don't know me Chase, you don't!"
There was a pause and then a sound that I was least expecting.
"Chase stop it! You think you can make everything better with a kiss? You really don't know me."
By this time, I was fully awake, yet still un-moving. How could I let myself be captured like this. Not only me, but I also got Jondy and Zane captured too. This whole rescue mission was in need of rescue itself. I going back to Manticore, or at least thats what they thought.
I jumped up from my stretcher, only to find that I couldn't move more than and inch off of it.
"Dammit!"
"Oh Max, glad to see your finally awake. We ran out of sedatives, but that last dose should have kept you out cold till we reached home. Guess you really are a fighter. All that will change soon. From now on, you'll be fighting on the right side."
"If you think I'm gonna fight for you, never gonna happen."
"You really believe that don't you? How cute. You don't think we have ways of changing you, of makeing you that perfect little soldier you used to be before you escaped? Don't be so naive. Your smarter than that, at least I hope so."
"You sick little b!tch!"
I tried to break the straps, but they were just too strong. I would have killed her if I had the chance. No better, use one of those little torture exercises that good ol' dad taught us. Maybe stripping off her skin slowly, piece by piece. This was getting me agrivated. So many ways, such a small body.
"Don't even think of breaking those bonds. They're strong enough to hold an X-8. Oh thats right, you escaped before they were engineered. You've missed alot Max. The X-5s are not the only x types we made you know. You know of the X-1 through X-4 groups I suppose. Most of them didn't survive long though. We have X-6s, X-7s and X-8s. We're still roling off new generations every few years. Stick around and see how they turn out."
I managed to angle my face just perfecly and spit right in her eyes.
"You little b!tch!"
I got slapped around a few times before the guy managed to pull her off me. For such a small person, she sure out power behind her punches. I could feel the left side of my face start to swell. That would hurt in a few hours. I'd have to break a few bones for that one.
"Yancy, get a hold of yourself. Look what your doing. You beating a person thats strapped to a bed and can't defend themselves."
"Yeah, lets take off these straps and make it a fair fight? I'll even put a hand behind my back. Hows about that?"
"Nice try, I'll give you that. We're almost there. No use trying to escpae now, we're heading down the driveway. Be there in about ten minutes."
Those were the fastest ten minutes of my life. we rode the rest of the way in silence. Yancy wouldn't even look at me. My left cheek was swelling over my eye making it hrd to see out of it. There would definatly be some serious payback for that.
It seemed like suddenly, the doors where opening and a package of fresh tranquilizers where brought. They really loaded me up. I tried as best I could to stop the needle from enetering my arm, but I didn't have much mobility. Hello Abyss, we meet again!
I awoke in room wiht many cells. It took a moment for my vision to clear from the drugs, but when they did, I noteced a person in the celss across from me and the one next to me. Jondy was lying flat on her back on the bed in her cell. Zane was pacing back and forth in his cell. He looked pissed!
"How could this happen? We were so careful! How could this happen?"
He kept on going on and on like this for a while before he noticed I was awake.
"Max! What did they do to us? Are you ok? Is Jondy awake yet?"
"Whoa! Slow down Zane. They drugged us and brought us back to Manticore. I'm fine and Jondy is still asleep."
"Your not alright. What happened to your face?"
"Oh that..."
"Yeah, that. What happened?"
"Well...I kinda got into a fight with Yancy in the truck."
"Whos yancy?"
"shes that little blonde b!tch that snuck up on us in the middle of the night and brought us here."
Jondy had finally woken up and decided to join the conversation.
"You got into a fight?"
"Yeah, I pissed her off and she jumped on me and started hitting my face. I'm alright. I should be fine by tomarrow."
"Thats not the point Max, she hit you while you were strapped down and couldn't defend yourself. Thats low, thats really low."
"What did you say to make her wan to hit you"
Jondy asked.
"I guess I got her going when I refused to change and be a 'perfect little soldier' again, and then I kinda spit in her face."
"Good for you."
They both echoed.
"I know I'll never become a puppet for them."
"None of us will Zane. We'll fight. Speaking of which, is there anyway outta these cells?"
"None that I've found. What about you Jondy? Your the technical expert here, any ideas?"
"My specialty is electronics, not breaking down steel bars."
Me to myself, God, what are we gonna do now? I got them into this, now how am I gonna get us out. If we could do it when we were nine, then this should be easy. Now, to get out of these cells...
