Chapter 8
She stared at the familiar figure in front of her. It was a dream it just had to be there was no way that he could be alive. This had to be a dream; it just had to be. Yet his beautiful blue eyes stared at her as lively as ever. Then, a group of X7's walked by as they too gazed upon the two that stared at one another. They just thought that she was in another unit for she too was in the military attire. Her blonde hair was done up so they could see her barcode, they took no notice that she wasn't part of Manticore, so they walked on.
He was the one who broke the trance she was in. "Hi Heather." "Hi," she replied softly. Brian smiled. "If this is a dream, I hope I never wake up." Tears now coursed down her soft checks; "It is a dream Brian. You aren't alive." Brian slowly walked across to her, wiped the tears that had fallen and pulled her into an embrace. "It's not a dream Heather, I'm not dead." She looked at him, her eyes full of confusion, "that can't be, you died in my arms." And then the alarm sounded. 'Intruder alert… Intruder alert." Red lights flashed everywhere and explosions went off simultaneously. The heat was unbearable as Brian took hold of Heather's hand and led her to the nursery in attempt to save child that was known as Aiden.
As they reached the nursery, people were in a mad scramble trying to take the babies out. Doors suddenly opened and the transgenics started roaming free. The plan had worked, and Manticore was going down. Brian smiled at the five-month-old child in the crib, as he carefully took hold of the crying child. Heather and Brian both started running towards the exit. As they pushed open the door, hundreds of transgenics were running into the forest, away from the place they had called home.
They group had all met up at their meeting spot, Logan's penthouse. As the door of Logan's penthouse slowly open, their eyes were met with concern and confusion. Liz walked toward them, "Heather we were so worried about you," And then her hazel eyes were met with those of blue crystal and she had to blink. "Brian? Is that you?" She asked almost afraid of the answer. Brian only smiled and nodded in acknowledgement. Then Nick got up to give Brian a hug as he did so he had told Brian that they had all missed him. Everyone had greeted the newest genetically engineered member.
Max had looked on at the two transgenic pair that had found love in the place that most people wouldn't. They had found it in their weaknesses, and now she was about to confess to the Zack. This was the moment she dreaded, but she had promised herself that she would tell him if they would succeed in taking manticore out. She diverted her eyes only to meet Zack's, he nodded at her almost like he knew she needed to talk to him.
Max took a deep breath, and took hold of Zack's arm almost dragging him outside the door of Logan's penthouse. Now in the hallway she began to talk.
"I've always wondered what you meant when you said that you could never forget anything about me. At first I just wanted to think that you were just delusional, that it was just Manticore messing around with your head." "Get with to the point Maxie," Zack stated bluntly. "Then when we were at manticore again, I realized that you practically confessed that you loved me, and you know what Zack I love you too." Zack's face held no expression as she had told them the words he had so yearned to hear. But being a soldier meant that nothing should faze him. Still, his eyes had betrayed him, as he too confessed that he loved her too in his own unique way, and Max knew this too as she enveloped him in her arms and held him close.
All of them knew of the danger that they would have to face even without Manticore. They would always have to keep running but for now they had conquered their greatest demon, their unknown link.