Author: Synthera
Story: The pair
Chapter 16: Break out
Disclaimer: Same as the previous 15 chapters
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Alec checked his watch. It was nearly ten and they still had about twenty minutes until they would arrive at the base. Originally he had been driving but now was riding shotgun. Max had made him pull of so she could drive after his driving had become a little too fast and wild for even her sense of adventure. Saying "We won't be any good at getting her out if we're dead Alec. Now pull this damn car over!" Vin had sighed at deep breath of relief when the car had stopped. He flexed his hands, the knuckles had turned white from clutching the seat in front of him so tight.
The whole way there they brainstormed and came up with back up plans, and back up plans for the back up plans. Finally after what had seemed an eternity to Vin and Alec they pulled up at the spot where they had decided to hide the car. Leaving the keys in the ignition Max stepped out of the car and stretched briefly. Alec looked down at his watch again and saw that it was ten-fifteen.
He looked at his companion in turn and with his eyes on Max's face said "Lights out."
They shared a look that said they both knew what the other was thinking. Max tried to put his mind at ease and said. "We're here now."
Alec nodded but she could tell he was still upset.
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Lexa estimated that it was only five minutes after lights out when 924 came to her cell again. She stood with the knife held against her thigh so he would not see it. She was still slightly unsteady on her feet due to the fact that she had had to try and fix her own kneecap. She winced as a lance of pain shot through her leg.
He walked in with that cocky grin and swagger like he knew what was going to happen. Lexa was hoping to wipe that smile off his face and replace it with a pained expression soon.
"You know the drill." 924 said grinning the whole time.
"You know, I've decided, I don't really like that drill so I decided to make a new one." Lexa said and lunged for his heart with the knife. He saw it coming but was late in moving so she ended up only slicing his left arm. It was a shallow wound but filled with blood quickly.
"You are attacking me with a butter knife?" He asked incredulously like he couldn't believe she was fighting back.
"Sorry, my sword is in my other pants." She replied. She was nervous as hell but would be damned if she would let him see that. 'I have to put him out of commission soon.' She thought to herself.
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The plan had been for them to sneak in utilizing the drainpipe that Logan had found. When they arrived however they found there were bars running vertically through it. Vin came up with a solution after thinking for a few moments while the other two had fought about it.
"Max, do you think you could fit in between the bars?" he asked eyeing her slim form.
"I don't know maybe, but even if I can, what about you two?" she replied.
"I thought if you got on the inside you could kick while we pull and we might be able to pull the grating out."
"It's worth a try." She said shrugging.
She slipped through the bars although it was a tight fit. While she kicked from the inside the guys pulled from the outside. After four tries the grating came off landing on top of the guys who had landed on their backs because they were surprised it came off.
Max laughed "Guess I don't know my own strength."
The jokes ended there as they entered the tunnel. Alec and Vin had committed the map of the tunnels to memory while Max had drove so they led the way searching for Lexa's cell.
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Lexa had been about to stab at him again when all of a sudden sirens went off and the lights came on all over the facility. Johnson, Cintron's partner for the night came and let 924 out of Lexa's cell. He told him that he was to report to his CO and get further instructions. Turning to Lexa he said "Looks like you may have friends on the way." And left.
Lexa's thoughts turned to Alec and Vin as she sat down on the bunk. She worried about them and wanted even more to get out off her cell. Instinctively she knew Max would be with them. She could only hope that she would make sure they stayed safe.
Cintron face appeared in her cell's window. "Hey looks like we have a party. Too bad with all the commotion someone, probably 924, left your cell door unlocked huh? I guess it is also too bad that with all the guards they have here and the soldiers they didn't think to guard the last classroom in building A by the fence. Just so happens the windows there are over the fence and a transgenic could easily jump from them to the ground. Such a shame." He smiled.
"Thank you. I will never forget you." Lexa said
"And I won't you. Now more than ever I know that there is hope for us to one day get along. Take care of yourself."
"What's your first name?" she asked.
"Joel. And you?"
Lexa just smiled. He shook his head, unlocked the door and walked away. Lexa walked out into the hall she looked either way and he was gone. One person who wasn't though was 924. He walked out of the cell across from her.
"I knew you would try to leave. I just didn't know he would help." He said advancing on her.
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As the alarms had gone off both Vin and Alec had cursed softly and picked up the pace heading to their third. Only a few more turns and a flight of stairs and they should be at the end of the hall where Logan had said Lexa would be.
Before they made it to the flight of stairs however they ran into four guards. They had not pulled their guns due to the strict instructions that the transgenics be taken alive, they had batons in their hands.
Max left the guards to her two companions. While they engaged she headed up the stairs. When she reached the next level she saw Lexa and another X5 squaring off.
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924 moved into Lexa as she threw a punch at him mentally cursing herself for leaving her knife in her cell. He grabbed her arm as it went past him. Putting his hand into her shoulder joint he swept her leg out from under her and she landed on her back.
He punched her once, twice, three times in the face with a rapid succession. He followed with a punch to the gut. He leaned his face down to hers and said. "I am going to kill you."
When Lexa got her breath back she said "Just like a man, all talk." With a move faster than a human eye could follow she kicked him in the back of the head.
Stunned he fell off her and against the opposite wall. Lexa stood up quickly and kicked him in the face.
Now mad, he said to her "You weren't even the best."
She was enraged. In a flurry, with strength she hadn't known she possessed, she threw kicks and punches at him until he was curled into a ball. Bruised and bleeding he spoke, the words came mumbled but loud enough that Max could hear them. "You didn't show that kind of heat the other night, where did that come from. I feel cheated. How does it feel to know that the guard will die for helping you?"
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When Max heard that comment she felt a part of herself go cold inside. The cold that was reserved for when she killed someone who was trying to kill her. Everything went numb, then red. She saw Lexa's hands reach for his head and in that instant she knew that she was going to break his neck. She flashed on Ben's face that looked so much like Alec's.
She wanted to stop Lexa, but if what this guy said was true, it wasn't only Lexa's life that was in the balance. A human who had put his neck on the line for her could die. Max knew she wouldn't let that happen.
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Even as Lexa's hands reached out to 924 and she saw the expressions fly across his face, it didn't seem like reality. She heard herself say "I can't let you do that, and I won't let you have power over me. Hope you didn't kill to many people 924. God frowns on that."
924 had a confused expression on his face as she twisted hard. She both heard and saw his neck pop. It was a loud sound that she knew would haunt her dreams.
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Max walked up to Lexa who just then realized she was there. She had tears on her face and said, "Where are my boys?"
"Right here." Alec said as he and Vin ran towards them.
Vin's deep voice relieved Lexa of her fears that something had happened to them. "We need to move NOW!" he said.
"Cintron said something about Building A. Last classroom. But I don't know where it is." Lexa said clearing the fog from her brain.
"I remember." Alec said and took point with Lexa following behind and to the right while Vin was to the left of her. Max brought up the rear keeping watch. They reached the classroom and broke the window. This time the three of them left Manticore together as they should have the first time. They broke into a flat out run heading for the trees. Max watched from behind the three of them and observed that as they ran, their movements were completely in synch.
They had to circle around to the car. Max jumped into the driver's seat and the other three slid into the back. She pulled away as Alec pulled Lexa up against his chest. Her head nestled on his shoulders.
Vin took her legs and laid them across his lap trying to make her more comfortable. Now that the adrenaline was gone her leg was hurting, as were her ribs. A few had mended but she was sure the physical activity had broken a few again.
Max looked into the rearview mirror and saw Alec whispering into Lexa's ear. The wind blowing however kept Max from hearing. She saw Lexa close her eyes and whisper back then moments later she fell asleep.
That's all for now. I will post more this weekend.
Story: The pair
Chapter 16: Break out
Disclaimer: Same as the previous 15 chapters
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Alec checked his watch. It was nearly ten and they still had about twenty minutes until they would arrive at the base. Originally he had been driving but now was riding shotgun. Max had made him pull of so she could drive after his driving had become a little too fast and wild for even her sense of adventure. Saying "We won't be any good at getting her out if we're dead Alec. Now pull this damn car over!" Vin had sighed at deep breath of relief when the car had stopped. He flexed his hands, the knuckles had turned white from clutching the seat in front of him so tight.
The whole way there they brainstormed and came up with back up plans, and back up plans for the back up plans. Finally after what had seemed an eternity to Vin and Alec they pulled up at the spot where they had decided to hide the car. Leaving the keys in the ignition Max stepped out of the car and stretched briefly. Alec looked down at his watch again and saw that it was ten-fifteen.
He looked at his companion in turn and with his eyes on Max's face said "Lights out."
They shared a look that said they both knew what the other was thinking. Max tried to put his mind at ease and said. "We're here now."
Alec nodded but she could tell he was still upset.
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Lexa estimated that it was only five minutes after lights out when 924 came to her cell again. She stood with the knife held against her thigh so he would not see it. She was still slightly unsteady on her feet due to the fact that she had had to try and fix her own kneecap. She winced as a lance of pain shot through her leg.
He walked in with that cocky grin and swagger like he knew what was going to happen. Lexa was hoping to wipe that smile off his face and replace it with a pained expression soon.
"You know the drill." 924 said grinning the whole time.
"You know, I've decided, I don't really like that drill so I decided to make a new one." Lexa said and lunged for his heart with the knife. He saw it coming but was late in moving so she ended up only slicing his left arm. It was a shallow wound but filled with blood quickly.
"You are attacking me with a butter knife?" He asked incredulously like he couldn't believe she was fighting back.
"Sorry, my sword is in my other pants." She replied. She was nervous as hell but would be damned if she would let him see that. 'I have to put him out of commission soon.' She thought to herself.
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The plan had been for them to sneak in utilizing the drainpipe that Logan had found. When they arrived however they found there were bars running vertically through it. Vin came up with a solution after thinking for a few moments while the other two had fought about it.
"Max, do you think you could fit in between the bars?" he asked eyeing her slim form.
"I don't know maybe, but even if I can, what about you two?" she replied.
"I thought if you got on the inside you could kick while we pull and we might be able to pull the grating out."
"It's worth a try." She said shrugging.
She slipped through the bars although it was a tight fit. While she kicked from the inside the guys pulled from the outside. After four tries the grating came off landing on top of the guys who had landed on their backs because they were surprised it came off.
Max laughed "Guess I don't know my own strength."
The jokes ended there as they entered the tunnel. Alec and Vin had committed the map of the tunnels to memory while Max had drove so they led the way searching for Lexa's cell.
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Lexa had been about to stab at him again when all of a sudden sirens went off and the lights came on all over the facility. Johnson, Cintron's partner for the night came and let 924 out of Lexa's cell. He told him that he was to report to his CO and get further instructions. Turning to Lexa he said "Looks like you may have friends on the way." And left.
Lexa's thoughts turned to Alec and Vin as she sat down on the bunk. She worried about them and wanted even more to get out off her cell. Instinctively she knew Max would be with them. She could only hope that she would make sure they stayed safe.
Cintron face appeared in her cell's window. "Hey looks like we have a party. Too bad with all the commotion someone, probably 924, left your cell door unlocked huh? I guess it is also too bad that with all the guards they have here and the soldiers they didn't think to guard the last classroom in building A by the fence. Just so happens the windows there are over the fence and a transgenic could easily jump from them to the ground. Such a shame." He smiled.
"Thank you. I will never forget you." Lexa said
"And I won't you. Now more than ever I know that there is hope for us to one day get along. Take care of yourself."
"What's your first name?" she asked.
"Joel. And you?"
Lexa just smiled. He shook his head, unlocked the door and walked away. Lexa walked out into the hall she looked either way and he was gone. One person who wasn't though was 924. He walked out of the cell across from her.
"I knew you would try to leave. I just didn't know he would help." He said advancing on her.
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As the alarms had gone off both Vin and Alec had cursed softly and picked up the pace heading to their third. Only a few more turns and a flight of stairs and they should be at the end of the hall where Logan had said Lexa would be.
Before they made it to the flight of stairs however they ran into four guards. They had not pulled their guns due to the strict instructions that the transgenics be taken alive, they had batons in their hands.
Max left the guards to her two companions. While they engaged she headed up the stairs. When she reached the next level she saw Lexa and another X5 squaring off.
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924 moved into Lexa as she threw a punch at him mentally cursing herself for leaving her knife in her cell. He grabbed her arm as it went past him. Putting his hand into her shoulder joint he swept her leg out from under her and she landed on her back.
He punched her once, twice, three times in the face with a rapid succession. He followed with a punch to the gut. He leaned his face down to hers and said. "I am going to kill you."
When Lexa got her breath back she said "Just like a man, all talk." With a move faster than a human eye could follow she kicked him in the back of the head.
Stunned he fell off her and against the opposite wall. Lexa stood up quickly and kicked him in the face.
Now mad, he said to her "You weren't even the best."
She was enraged. In a flurry, with strength she hadn't known she possessed, she threw kicks and punches at him until he was curled into a ball. Bruised and bleeding he spoke, the words came mumbled but loud enough that Max could hear them. "You didn't show that kind of heat the other night, where did that come from. I feel cheated. How does it feel to know that the guard will die for helping you?"
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When Max heard that comment she felt a part of herself go cold inside. The cold that was reserved for when she killed someone who was trying to kill her. Everything went numb, then red. She saw Lexa's hands reach for his head and in that instant she knew that she was going to break his neck. She flashed on Ben's face that looked so much like Alec's.
She wanted to stop Lexa, but if what this guy said was true, it wasn't only Lexa's life that was in the balance. A human who had put his neck on the line for her could die. Max knew she wouldn't let that happen.
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Even as Lexa's hands reached out to 924 and she saw the expressions fly across his face, it didn't seem like reality. She heard herself say "I can't let you do that, and I won't let you have power over me. Hope you didn't kill to many people 924. God frowns on that."
924 had a confused expression on his face as she twisted hard. She both heard and saw his neck pop. It was a loud sound that she knew would haunt her dreams.
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Max walked up to Lexa who just then realized she was there. She had tears on her face and said, "Where are my boys?"
"Right here." Alec said as he and Vin ran towards them.
Vin's deep voice relieved Lexa of her fears that something had happened to them. "We need to move NOW!" he said.
"Cintron said something about Building A. Last classroom. But I don't know where it is." Lexa said clearing the fog from her brain.
"I remember." Alec said and took point with Lexa following behind and to the right while Vin was to the left of her. Max brought up the rear keeping watch. They reached the classroom and broke the window. This time the three of them left Manticore together as they should have the first time. They broke into a flat out run heading for the trees. Max watched from behind the three of them and observed that as they ran, their movements were completely in synch.
They had to circle around to the car. Max jumped into the driver's seat and the other three slid into the back. She pulled away as Alec pulled Lexa up against his chest. Her head nestled on his shoulders.
Vin took her legs and laid them across his lap trying to make her more comfortable. Now that the adrenaline was gone her leg was hurting, as were her ribs. A few had mended but she was sure the physical activity had broken a few again.
Max looked into the rearview mirror and saw Alec whispering into Lexa's ear. The wind blowing however kept Max from hearing. She saw Lexa close her eyes and whisper back then moments later she fell asleep.
That's all for now. I will post more this weekend.