EPISODE 1: Reflecting
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dark Angel. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfic, this storyline would
be in the show.
SPOILER/TIMEFRAME: Season 2. I haven't seen season two yet, I've read all the transcripts, I
know what's happening so just slot it in wherever you want to.
RATING: PG 13
SUMMARY: Max finally finds Jondy
Melbourne University is the Number One University in Australia. It is known for it's Medical Students with many of it's graduates becoming world acclaimed in their medical fields.
Jade Donavan spends most of her days on campus, if she wasn't in classes she'd be in the Student Union where there is the 'U bar', a bar which her friends all frequent. The demand of Jade's medical degree requires her to live close by and there is even an on campus supermarket, a small one at that but one all the same.
It was Tuesday Mourning and Jade was up bright and early studying in the library. She was roped into a party last night and she didn't get to finish an essay that was due today. It wasn't a hard essay or a essay that would be marked hard but still, it needed to be done.
The entire week had been so weird, Max tried to contact Jade and she wasn't even sure if it was Max or someone had found her. She even considered leaving town just to get away but she knew she would miss too much work. Besides, she had to attend the Press Conference in a couple of days for the advance she'd made in treating cancer.
The last 10 years she has spent everywhere. When 'Jondy' escaped Manticore, like all the other escapees she had to split up and find her own way. All she knew was that she needed to get away so she just ran and ran until she thought she was safe to find shelter. The best she could find was cave in the mountains. After that, Jondy realised that she needed food and she needed clothes that didn't scream 'Manticore, come and get me'!
After raiding a Salvation Army clothes bin Jondy went to the Salvation Army and then to a shelter. For months after that, she got entered into foster care and went from home to home. Finally Jondy (who had changed her name to Lisa Smith at this point) got an opportunity to attend a school in Australia. At the age of 11 Jondy who was now Lisa got accepted into an elite Melbourne school called The Academy. An all girl school, she was accepted due to her advancements in Mathematics, Computer Systems and Science. At 11, her studies were two classes ahead of the rest of the students her age. When 'Lisa' completed turned 14, she got her name changed to Jade Donavan, Jade because it was her favorite colour and Donavan because of the family she was adopted by in Australia. She loved this new family, her new life and therefore she wanted to confirm it. Jade was finally rid of the identity that 'Jondy' represented.
All the memories of this past had flooded back into the mind of Jade. Her 'family' who adopted her when she came to Australia Jade would literally die for. She has two sisters, Justine and Taylah and two parents who have amounted to everything that Jade could wish for. Joanne Donavan is a nurse and Kevin Donavan is a Surgeon. Joanne and Kevin were the influence behind Jade's love for medicine.
This family and the many friends and connections that Melbourne and Australia have are the very reason that Jade did not contact Max. Two years ago, Jade did go back to American in hope that she could find her family, the 11 others who escaped. She told her parents she wanted to see if she could find her original family and would spend a year working and trying to find her parents. When that happened, she found Zack and he kept tabs on her. She wanted to see the others, she did see Tinga and Brin but didn't see the rest. Zack had been spending his entire life checking up and protecting the others.
Jade was so emotional when she found Zack, she ended up crying. Zack had told her that Max was living in Seattle and had a boyfriend, not that she'd admit it. Zack always had a soft spot for Max and was obviously concerned. She was living in Seattle and was exposing herself, helping people and running from authorities. This boyfriend was apparently loaded and had a lot of connections and like Max, knew army codes and could hack into anything. Jade suspected that this boyfriend was able to find out where she was, that's only if it is Max who tried to contact her.
The thing that was really confusing Jade were here feelings about Max. Tinga and Max and herself had always been tight. When they were in Manticore, like any 'school', there were obvious friendship groups. Jade hadn't let herself be Jondy in quite a while. It had become almost as if Jade and Jondy were her two different identities. Jondy was inside her and she wanted to see her sister, but Jade was too and Jade wanted to protect everyone in her life, her friends and family who she loved with all her being. Jade and Jondy had a lot to deal with and reflect on.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Dark Angel. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfic, this storyline would
be in the show.
SPOILER/TIMEFRAME: Season 2. I haven't seen season two yet, I've read all the transcripts, I
know what's happening so just slot it in wherever you want to.
RATING: PG 13
SUMMARY: Max finally finds Jondy
Melbourne University is the Number One University in Australia. It is known for it's Medical Students with many of it's graduates becoming world acclaimed in their medical fields.
Jade Donavan spends most of her days on campus, if she wasn't in classes she'd be in the Student Union where there is the 'U bar', a bar which her friends all frequent. The demand of Jade's medical degree requires her to live close by and there is even an on campus supermarket, a small one at that but one all the same.
It was Tuesday Mourning and Jade was up bright and early studying in the library. She was roped into a party last night and she didn't get to finish an essay that was due today. It wasn't a hard essay or a essay that would be marked hard but still, it needed to be done.
The entire week had been so weird, Max tried to contact Jade and she wasn't even sure if it was Max or someone had found her. She even considered leaving town just to get away but she knew she would miss too much work. Besides, she had to attend the Press Conference in a couple of days for the advance she'd made in treating cancer.
The last 10 years she has spent everywhere. When 'Jondy' escaped Manticore, like all the other escapees she had to split up and find her own way. All she knew was that she needed to get away so she just ran and ran until she thought she was safe to find shelter. The best she could find was cave in the mountains. After that, Jondy realised that she needed food and she needed clothes that didn't scream 'Manticore, come and get me'!
After raiding a Salvation Army clothes bin Jondy went to the Salvation Army and then to a shelter. For months after that, she got entered into foster care and went from home to home. Finally Jondy (who had changed her name to Lisa Smith at this point) got an opportunity to attend a school in Australia. At the age of 11 Jondy who was now Lisa got accepted into an elite Melbourne school called The Academy. An all girl school, she was accepted due to her advancements in Mathematics, Computer Systems and Science. At 11, her studies were two classes ahead of the rest of the students her age. When 'Lisa' completed turned 14, she got her name changed to Jade Donavan, Jade because it was her favorite colour and Donavan because of the family she was adopted by in Australia. She loved this new family, her new life and therefore she wanted to confirm it. Jade was finally rid of the identity that 'Jondy' represented.
All the memories of this past had flooded back into the mind of Jade. Her 'family' who adopted her when she came to Australia Jade would literally die for. She has two sisters, Justine and Taylah and two parents who have amounted to everything that Jade could wish for. Joanne Donavan is a nurse and Kevin Donavan is a Surgeon. Joanne and Kevin were the influence behind Jade's love for medicine.
This family and the many friends and connections that Melbourne and Australia have are the very reason that Jade did not contact Max. Two years ago, Jade did go back to American in hope that she could find her family, the 11 others who escaped. She told her parents she wanted to see if she could find her original family and would spend a year working and trying to find her parents. When that happened, she found Zack and he kept tabs on her. She wanted to see the others, she did see Tinga and Brin but didn't see the rest. Zack had been spending his entire life checking up and protecting the others.
Jade was so emotional when she found Zack, she ended up crying. Zack had told her that Max was living in Seattle and had a boyfriend, not that she'd admit it. Zack always had a soft spot for Max and was obviously concerned. She was living in Seattle and was exposing herself, helping people and running from authorities. This boyfriend was apparently loaded and had a lot of connections and like Max, knew army codes and could hack into anything. Jade suspected that this boyfriend was able to find out where she was, that's only if it is Max who tried to contact her.
The thing that was really confusing Jade were here feelings about Max. Tinga and Max and herself had always been tight. When they were in Manticore, like any 'school', there were obvious friendship groups. Jade hadn't let herself be Jondy in quite a while. It had become almost as if Jade and Jondy were her two different identities. Jondy was inside her and she wanted to see her sister, but Jade was too and Jade wanted to protect everyone in her life, her friends and family who she loved with all her being. Jade and Jondy had a lot to deal with and reflect on.