Finally! This is finally finished! I would like to apologize for my idiot computer being nothing but a lousy paperweight. Now, enjoy the rest of the story!
Bugler ran down the sidewalk as fast as he could. He only had a vague idea of where Max might be, but he had to find her. He thought of finding Alec, but Alec never really seemed all that helpful.
Bugler paused and looked around. He had to be calm. Acting irrationally would not save the others. Bugler noticed a phone booth and went over. He stepped inside and looked in the tattered phone book. His face lit up when he found Max's name and number.
*****
White smiled as he looked at the four unconscious transgenics caged before him.
"You're not going to live to dusk." He said to their forms as he loaded his gun.
"Sir?"
White turned and looked at the guard, almost giddy. White actually smiled and the guard went on.
"How shall we bring in the sixes?" The guard asked.
"All at once." White said. "And get some guards in here. I'm thinking full out exectution."
The guard nodded and left the tent. White cocked the gun and thought of how sweet his job really was.
*****
"Sir, do you have a quarter?"
Bugler dropped his head in defeat. That was the seventh person who had ignored him. All he needed was a quarter. Twenty-five cents. No one was willing to give it to him.
"Ma'am, I've lost my mommy and I need a quarter to call her on the telephone." Bugler said to a woman in his sweetest voice. The woman smiled at him and gave him a quarter.
After thanking her, Bugler rushed back into the phone booth and dialed Max's number. The phone rang and he waited impatiently.
"Hello?"
"Max?" Bugler let out.
"Who is this?"
"This is Bugler."
"What's wrong?" Max asked, worried.
Bugler explained the whole situation.
"Where are you?" Max asked.
"I'm at the fish market." Bugler said.
"Stay there, I'll be right there." Max said and hung up.
"Hurry up, Max." Bugler whispered to himself.
*****
White watched the guards drag the last X-6 out of his tent and he smiled. He only needed them for this one little thing.
'That was the thing about Manticore.' White thought. 'Nothing was built to last.'
"Sir?"
"Elliot." White said and took the gun from his jacket. "You did a great job."
Elliot stood like a deer in headlights as White raised the gun and shot.
*****
"Where are they?" Max asked once she arrive. Bugler shrugged.
"I have no clue." Bugler said. "It can't be far from the barn though, I didn't hear the trucks for long."
"Then we've gotta go." Max said. Bugler got on her bike, then they sped off.
*****
Zero opened his eyes slowly and looked around. It was dark. Zero adjusted his vision and looked around. He was in a cage and the others were around him, in seperate cages.
"Oh, you're up."
Zero lifted his head fully and looked up. White was sitting in front of him.
"Today has been so good." White said. "You see, I killed a bunch of your kind."
"Why am I not dead then?" Zero asked.
"I like a bit of sport." White said and pulled out his gun. "What fun is it if I can't hear you scream?"
"You're sick."
"Am I?" White asked and pointed the gun at Zero.
*****
"We shouldn't go in alone." Bugler whispered to Max when they got to the edge of the small compound.
"We won't." Max whispered back.
Bugler was going to ask why, but before he could Alec joined the two.
"Him?" Bugler asked.
"He was the only one I could find." Max said.
"Glad to know I'm so appreciated." Alec said.
*****
White opened Zero's cage door and pulled him out by the scruff of his neck. Zero slumped on the floor and realized he had been drugged.
"Did you really think it was a coincidence that you got jumped at your job?" White asked and kicked Zero hard in the stomach.
"I mean, come on!" White said and kicked Zero again. "Are you retarded? Did you honestly think it was a run-of-the-mill rip-off? Can't you put two and two togeher? Nothing in your life is random."
White kicked Zero again.
"It was Elliot you moron." White said and kicked Zero. "I've been stringing him along. I pretended that he and his little X-6 buddies would be the Manticores that would survive me."
Zero looked up at White, shaking.
"I lied." White said and kicked Zero again.
*****
Alec kicked a guard and grabbed his gun. He took a small handgun and tossed it to Max.
"I don't do guns." Max said and dropped it on the ground. Alec rolled his eyes and stormed into White's tent.
"Stay here." Max said and went in after him.
Bugler ran down the sidewalk as fast as he could. He only had a vague idea of where Max might be, but he had to find her. He thought of finding Alec, but Alec never really seemed all that helpful.
Bugler paused and looked around. He had to be calm. Acting irrationally would not save the others. Bugler noticed a phone booth and went over. He stepped inside and looked in the tattered phone book. His face lit up when he found Max's name and number.
*****
White smiled as he looked at the four unconscious transgenics caged before him.
"You're not going to live to dusk." He said to their forms as he loaded his gun.
"Sir?"
White turned and looked at the guard, almost giddy. White actually smiled and the guard went on.
"How shall we bring in the sixes?" The guard asked.
"All at once." White said. "And get some guards in here. I'm thinking full out exectution."
The guard nodded and left the tent. White cocked the gun and thought of how sweet his job really was.
*****
"Sir, do you have a quarter?"
Bugler dropped his head in defeat. That was the seventh person who had ignored him. All he needed was a quarter. Twenty-five cents. No one was willing to give it to him.
"Ma'am, I've lost my mommy and I need a quarter to call her on the telephone." Bugler said to a woman in his sweetest voice. The woman smiled at him and gave him a quarter.
After thanking her, Bugler rushed back into the phone booth and dialed Max's number. The phone rang and he waited impatiently.
"Hello?"
"Max?" Bugler let out.
"Who is this?"
"This is Bugler."
"What's wrong?" Max asked, worried.
Bugler explained the whole situation.
"Where are you?" Max asked.
"I'm at the fish market." Bugler said.
"Stay there, I'll be right there." Max said and hung up.
"Hurry up, Max." Bugler whispered to himself.
*****
White watched the guards drag the last X-6 out of his tent and he smiled. He only needed them for this one little thing.
'That was the thing about Manticore.' White thought. 'Nothing was built to last.'
"Sir?"
"Elliot." White said and took the gun from his jacket. "You did a great job."
Elliot stood like a deer in headlights as White raised the gun and shot.
*****
"Where are they?" Max asked once she arrive. Bugler shrugged.
"I have no clue." Bugler said. "It can't be far from the barn though, I didn't hear the trucks for long."
"Then we've gotta go." Max said. Bugler got on her bike, then they sped off.
*****
Zero opened his eyes slowly and looked around. It was dark. Zero adjusted his vision and looked around. He was in a cage and the others were around him, in seperate cages.
"Oh, you're up."
Zero lifted his head fully and looked up. White was sitting in front of him.
"Today has been so good." White said. "You see, I killed a bunch of your kind."
"Why am I not dead then?" Zero asked.
"I like a bit of sport." White said and pulled out his gun. "What fun is it if I can't hear you scream?"
"You're sick."
"Am I?" White asked and pointed the gun at Zero.
*****
"We shouldn't go in alone." Bugler whispered to Max when they got to the edge of the small compound.
"We won't." Max whispered back.
Bugler was going to ask why, but before he could Alec joined the two.
"Him?" Bugler asked.
"He was the only one I could find." Max said.
"Glad to know I'm so appreciated." Alec said.
*****
White opened Zero's cage door and pulled him out by the scruff of his neck. Zero slumped on the floor and realized he had been drugged.
"Did you really think it was a coincidence that you got jumped at your job?" White asked and kicked Zero hard in the stomach.
"I mean, come on!" White said and kicked Zero again. "Are you retarded? Did you honestly think it was a run-of-the-mill rip-off? Can't you put two and two togeher? Nothing in your life is random."
White kicked Zero again.
"It was Elliot you moron." White said and kicked Zero. "I've been stringing him along. I pretended that he and his little X-6 buddies would be the Manticores that would survive me."
Zero looked up at White, shaking.
"I lied." White said and kicked Zero again.
*****
Alec kicked a guard and grabbed his gun. He took a small handgun and tossed it to Max.
"I don't do guns." Max said and dropped it on the ground. Alec rolled his eyes and stormed into White's tent.
"Stay here." Max said and went in after him.
