We need a resolution

Seattle

Joshua was in an abandoned house. He heard a noise up stairs. It quickly reminded him of Manticore. The upstairs people. He began to walk up the steps.

"Who dere?" He asked.

It was three bums. "Sorry man, I didn't know anyone was here."

They got a look of Joshua's face and took of running in the other direction for the door. Joshua felt sad. He remembered what Max said.

"There are people up there that don't look like you. And they tend to get scared easily."

She didn't lie. Even as he walked the streets people were backing away from him as if he was a freak. But father made him to be like this. And Joshua didn't understand.

Logan's:

"You got anything." Max asked strolling into his place with her bike.

"Your back at work?" Logan asked.

"Yeah," Max said. "I started the other day."

"That's good," Logan said. "You're getting back to your normal life."

"Yeah it wont be all that normal when everyone finds out that I'm some freak from Manticore." Max said. "People know what you said about Manticore. Before I came back. Now everyone is calling it a V.A. hospital but of course, they don't believe the news. Then that stuff about them finding the creature. Then my people being killed. The world knows about me and mine and they know that we're out there walking the streets, eating their food. And there is nothing I can do about saving them cause the world tends to get afraid of what they don't understand."

"Max," Logan began. "It's not your fault."

"I know its yours. " Max said. "Not to be a bitch about it. It just hurts to know that there are kids dieing just cause they are faster and smarter than the average Joe."

"When you got here you asked me if I had any information," Logan said. "Well I do. A young boy was seen jumping fences and was killed cause he did it without touching them when he jumped them. The people got scared and got a mob of people to kill him. He was about seven."

"Maybe an X-8. I really don't know." Max said. "Anything else?"

"Yeah," Logan said. "We don't know who we are dealing with about the X-7's killing the president, but they are working for someone and we have to find out."

"They have to have a base here in Seattle." Max said. "Tonight I'm going out looking for anyone that may know something about this new bad guy in my life."

"This enemy may not be human," Logan said. "It could very well be an X-5 leading these people."

"I'll keep a heads up about don't worry I got everything under control." Max said.

Jam pony:

Max strolled in. "Normal, I couldn't get a signature on the house on Franklin Street."

"What did you do?" Normal asked.

"I didn't do anything," Max said lifting up the package. "Notice the package in my hand."

"Oh," Normal said. He picked up some flyers and passed it to her. "Put these in your backpack and hand them out to all our customers and people on the street."

"What are they?" Max asked taking some.

"Stop the menace." Normal said.

"The menace?" Max asked.

"Those freaks that escaped from that place called Manticore a few days ago. The place is located near Seattle, those freaks are roaming our streets, and they killed the president. I personally help stop a little one of those bastards last night me and a bunch of others beat him down." Normal said.

"You killed a little boy." Max asked with a look of disgrace.

"He wasn't a boy he is a freak and why are you so protective of them?" Normal asked.

"I'm not I'm just saying." Max said before she was cut off.

"Get to work, bip bip bip." Normal said handing her a package.

Original Cindy walked over to her. "What's wrong, boo?"

"Did you get these?" Max said holding up a stack of them.

"Yeah," Original Cindy said. "I'm sorry, boo"

"Its not your fault." Max said.

"What are you going to do?" Original Cindy asked.

"I have been getting a lot of that question recently and my answer is the same: I dunno." Max said.

"Hey," Sketchy said as he walked up to the two girls.

"Wassup Sketch?" Max said.

"Nuffin just can't wait to get these freaks out of city." Sketchy said.

"What?" Max said.

"Those Manticore freaks. We need to get rid of them. The media are calling them mutants." Sketchy said.

"Wow, how comic booky" Max said.

"Tomorrow we are having a rally for the neighborhood here on discussing how to get rid of them. So you two should come." Sketchy said.

"Fool gets outta my face. "Original Cindy said. "Before I lay the smack down on your ass."

"Let's go," Max, said.

"Aiight," Original Cindy said.

They rolled out on their bikes.

"See?" Max asked. "I can't do this."

"Look boo," Original Cindy said. "It's gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any easier."

"I know," Max, said. "But mutants."

"Fancy people need an easy word to say instead of saying Manticore people. See? Mutant it's easier." Original Cindy.

"This cant be happening." Max said as a group of workers lifted a billboard, which said, "Kill mutants"

"Damn boo," Original Cindy said. "At least people can't tell by looking at you."

"Yeah," Max said. "But I know. And it hurts worse knowing and cant telling anyone in fear that you'll be killed."

"But boo, you can kick all their Asses." Original Cindy said.

"True,"

Government agency

Groups of X-8's were all in cages. One was out being tested by men.

"Any thing about them that we can identify without doing blood work?" A man asked.

"Yeah," The scientist said. "They all have these barcodes in their codes."

"Good, they are doing an nation wide telecast tonight letting people to be aware of these people." He said as he left.

Seattle

Alec was riding in his car. He didn't like Seattle munch. He just left a hotel. He made a few bucks the other day in a street fight but that's about it. That's were he was heading to make a quick hundred bucks.

He made it there just in time. It was a little after nine. He went into the underground club through the basement of a bar.

"Hey guys," Alec said.

"It's him," the guy he'd beaten the hell out of the other night said.

"Hey," An older guy said getting his baseball bat said.

"What's up?" Alec asked.

"We all watched the TV's the other night and saw something about these muties. They can fight very well and they look just like regular people. Then we put two and two together. How could you beat our best guy without breaking a sweat? Then we thought you must be one."

The group all got up and walked towards him.

"Hey, I don't want any trouble." Alec said.

"You don't," The man said. "We do."

The man swung the bat at him and hit him the jaw. Alec backed up and began to run. One guy hit him in the back with the bat. He fell and they all began to pounce on him. Kicking and stomping. He got up and started to kick back.

He ran out of the bar bloody.

Max was on her bike. She noticed a boy beaten. "Get on,"

She put Alec on her bike. Then she noticed who he was. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Max," Alec said. "I wanted to make a little money and I beat them the other night and tonight they figured out I was one of them that escaped."

"A mutant." Max stated. "That's what they thought. They knew a skinny little white boy couldn't kick their asses."

"Well yeah," Alec said.

"Have you heard anything about these group of X's working together?" Max asked.

"No," Alec said.

"Oh," Max said.

"Why do you think you have to help everyone?" Alec asked.

"Didn't you learn anything that Manticore teached us?" Max said. "Never leave one of your own down. After the fire al our people are getting killed."

"So," Alec said. "Manticore isn't there anymore."

"I should turn around and throw you at them so they can kill you." Max said. "Then kick your ass."

"Look!" Alec said pointing at a group of people kicking someone.

Max jetted over there. It had to be one of them. She pulled some of them off the person being beaten on. It was Joshua.

"Joshua," Max said.

"Max," Joshua said.

They all looked at her. Knowing that she was one of them. They glanced at Alec.

"I don't know here." Alec said.

They all went after Max. She leaped into the air and unleashed a kick to one of their faces. She then did a roundhouse kick to knock two down. Joshua got up and started knocking them out. Max grabbed a bat out of one of their hands and tossed in into the gutter. They were still coming after her. She kicked and punched. One of them pulled out a gun and aimed for her. He pulled the trigger.

Max fell to the ground. Was she shot? She felt her chest. No blood. She glanced over to Joshua lay next to her shot.

"Joshua," Max said.

"Max watch out!" Alec said knocking the gun out of the mans hand as a shot went into the air.

"Ma-Max," Joshua mustered. "I save Max. You save our people."

"Yeah," Max said. "I save our people."

His body went limp in her arms and she cried. A good solider gone.

To be continued…

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