Hawke
By: Persia
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me?
That's when they heard the intruder alert. Hawke gave orders and went
with two other to her designated place just before the perimeter. They waited
for about a minute, and then Hawke saw her. She was a spitting image of
herself; this X-5 had to be the intruder. Hawke raised her gun to shoot the
intruder, but she said
"do you know who I am?" Hawke was intrigued by her voice, it was so much like
her own. She knew that the other two x-7s at her post would be there
very soon. She dropped her gun and rushed into the woman's arms. Hawke
finally knew that her fleeting thoughts of freedom were now going to become a
reality. All of the other X-7's did not wish to be free, but Hawke had always
wondered what it was like.
Max was surprised when her younger self rushed into her arms. She knew
that the other little goblins would be close behind. She didn't know whether she
could take the child. But Max wanted to take this now tiny and helpless child
with her, but she did not know if it was a trick, to get here to put her guard
down. Max hoisted the small now shaking girl in her grip and ran for the
perimeter, just as fast if not faster, than she had before.
Hawke was surprised and relieved when Max picked her up and started
running for the perimeter. She felt a strange warm feeling in her stomach, like
she had actually had hot food. She cuddled closer into Max's body heat, trying to
let the warmth envelope her. Max felt the girl wiggle closer to her, and she
shifted her again so that she would be almost completely covered by Max. When
they reached the perimeter, max leapt over the fence and into the darkness
where she knew that she would soon see Logan, Krit, Syl, and Zach again. Max
ran further, and as she ran, Hawke's exhaustion from Manticore set in, and the
child slept in Max's arms, a warm feather-soft feeling of contentment settling
over her.
When Max finally reached the van, the others were all already there.
Logan let out a sigh of relief when he saw her, but when he saw the tiny figure
in her arms, he gave her a questioning glance. Max set Hawke down on one of
the large couches in the back of the van. She rushed into Logan's waiting arms,
huddling close into him. He smelled and felt so comforting. His scent was one
that was imprinted into Max's memory, and she couldn't forget it, but it
comforted her to actually smell it. He smelled like some sort of spice, but he also
smelled like mint. Max lay there until Lydecker cleared his throat. Krit, Syl, Zach,
Logan, and Max all said "Shut (the fuck) up" simultaneously.
Lydecker kept on, "We really need to get back to Seattle unless we want
the other X-7s on our tails." "Fine, but we still don't trust you." Syl said. "That's
still a given," Krit said in his told-you-so tone. Logan detached himself from Max,
and went up to the front of the van. He started it up, and began the long drive
back to his penthouse in Seattle. Max sat down on the couch that Hawke slept
on. The tiny child actually looked somewhat peaceful. Max stroked the long
stubble on the top of her head. Hawke didn't wake, but she snuggled closer to
Max. Krit and Syl sat on the other couch that faced them. They cuddled close to
one another, murmuring words of love and reassurance that ended in a serious
make-out session. Zach and Lydecker sat in the two seats closer to the front of
the van. They both kept silent, and Lydecker eventually fell asleep. Max stayed
awake the entire car ride with Hawke's head on her lap, she didn't say anything
to the girl, but she didn't really have anything to say. Seeing herself as the way
she was when she was that age made her want to shelter and protect the girl, so
that she wouldn't have to face the horrors of reality.