I'm spoiling you I swear. Oh well I don't mind. Here is part 9b and 10. Part 11 is just Max and Logan so if you guys have suggestions they are welcome as always :). -Puppy
Carina 9b
"You scrambled her!" Max yelled in disbelief. Logan had just finished telling her exactly what had happened.
"That's not exactly how it happened," Logan deflected trying to control his temper. "For a genetically engineered soldier she lets her judgement be clouded by emotion an awful fucking lot," he thought to himself.
"So your telling me you didn't stick her in the path of a computer that sent a scrambled signal through her head." She retorted. Her angry stare was only met with his open mouth searching for a reply. He closed it and just stared at her. "I trusted you to watch over her," Max said angrily then whipped around heading for the guest bedroom.
"Max," He called to her. "Max," He said a little harsher. She turned back to him and he swore he could see steam rolling off of her she looked so angry. "It was a mistake." He said as calmly as he could. She was being irrational and it was frustrating. "and I'm sorry it happened. But you said she would be alright."
"That's when I thought you asked her what the sound of one hand clapping was. That amount of information could have fried her chips." Logan watched as something changed in her. It wasn't her intensity but something else. "Do you know what they were going to do to her?" She paused for his response.
"No," he said quietly.
"They were going to take her apart because she was flawed." The look in her eyes scarred Logan. "They were going to take her apart piece by piece and study her just like they did with all the other kids who weren't quite perfect."
"You're not at Manticore Max," He said forcefully. "When she wakes up she's going to be fine. No one is going to study her and no one is going to study you," he hit the chord in her that he was searching for and she was silent. She starred at him for a long time with an unreadable expression then sighed and her worried pout returned.
"I can't lose her Logan."
"I know," He responded. He wanted to reach out and comfort her but his handicap prevented him from standing up and holding her. Without really thinking he reached out his hand and called her name gently. She took it, let herself be pulled into his lap, and tucked her head next to his. He put his arms around her and they sat in silence.
Carina
Part 10
Max knew the sun had gone down but she barely saw the orange tones that drifted lazily through the room. She was so mindless with worry that she barely noticed as the light disappeared. She kept waiting for Carina to walk through that door, smiling, but she didn't. Max had already seen two of her siblings fall, one in the snow and one at the end of Lydecker's gun. Max's heart cried for them but Carina was like her baby sister, she was the one who needed protection.
Max suddenly woke out of her daze. It was well into the night and the room was lit by the dim moonlight. A yellow glow flowed towards her from under the door of the bedroom, almost as if it was beckoning her. She breathed deeply as if to collect courage from the air and made up her mind. She would walk through the door. "Calm down girl." She thought to herself. "It's only a door." Somehow, it was more than that. Max and Carina's God peered down through squinty eyes at them, hid behind automatic weapons, and armed soldiers. They escaped his world but the fear was still there. She was afraid because somewhere in the back of her mind she thought the only person who might be able to help her baby sister was that man. She was helpless.
She looked back at Logan, not blaming him for falling asleep. They had been sitting there for hours. "Let me go Logan." She whispered in his ear hoping he wouldn't wake up but just do it in his sleep. He mumbled something that sounded like a refusal and held on even tighter. She smiled a little then suddenly suppressed it, feeling a little guilty. She felt she should be in the other room with her sister. She easily pried Logan's arms away from her and set them on the armrests of his chair. During their fight she just wanted to bitch slap him up side the head for being so busy with his new toy's to think about Carina. But she knew better. Logan was decently level headed. He just didn't know. That's what she told herself as she lifted herself up slowly trying not to wake him. She suddenly felt harder inside as Logan's comforting aura left her. She took in another deep breath and walked across the room only to pause again with her hand on the doorknob.
Jake turned too see Max walk through the door. She looked from Carina to him, she seemed almost disappointed to find him there.
"Hi Max." He said kindly.
"Hey Jake. Can I have a minute alone with her." Jake nodded and vacated the chair next to the bed. He made sure to take one last look at Carina before walking out.
Max watched him go then slowly went to take his chair. Her face again reassumed it's worried pout. She reached out for Carina's hand finding it warm, probably from Jake's touch.
"He likes you," Max said quietly to her trying to ignore what she was feeling. She placed a kiss on Carina's hand and held it to her cheek. A tear fell down it and Max sighed sadly. "You have to find your way back. That's an order soldier," Max tried to keep her voice from quivering but she couldn't help it. "We have work to do. Wake up." Max forced herself to bark out the order a little. "I order you to wake up." She said a little rougher. "Do you want to be court-martialed soldier," her voice betrayed her and she could only whisper the end. She entwined Carina's fingers in her own. She reached with her other hand and stroked her face lightly. "Come back to me...please"
Max watched as Carina's eyes slowly opened and she blinked. Max's frown turned into a smile and she blinked away the few tears that were becoming unnecessary. "Hey." Max whispered.
Carina closed her eyes for a second and forced out a weak "Hey."
"I was worried," Max said still talking softly.
"About me?" Carina said with difficulty.
"No the other invalid lying next to you," she said smartly. Carina felt warm inside from Max's statement and that's when she realized that something was very different.
"Max," she said in a worried voice. "I can't hear it." Carina's eyes filled with tears. The computer was silent in her head and it made her more scared than she had ever been in her life.
Carina 9b
"You scrambled her!" Max yelled in disbelief. Logan had just finished telling her exactly what had happened.
"That's not exactly how it happened," Logan deflected trying to control his temper. "For a genetically engineered soldier she lets her judgement be clouded by emotion an awful fucking lot," he thought to himself.
"So your telling me you didn't stick her in the path of a computer that sent a scrambled signal through her head." She retorted. Her angry stare was only met with his open mouth searching for a reply. He closed it and just stared at her. "I trusted you to watch over her," Max said angrily then whipped around heading for the guest bedroom.
"Max," He called to her. "Max," He said a little harsher. She turned back to him and he swore he could see steam rolling off of her she looked so angry. "It was a mistake." He said as calmly as he could. She was being irrational and it was frustrating. "and I'm sorry it happened. But you said she would be alright."
"That's when I thought you asked her what the sound of one hand clapping was. That amount of information could have fried her chips." Logan watched as something changed in her. It wasn't her intensity but something else. "Do you know what they were going to do to her?" She paused for his response.
"No," he said quietly.
"They were going to take her apart because she was flawed." The look in her eyes scarred Logan. "They were going to take her apart piece by piece and study her just like they did with all the other kids who weren't quite perfect."
"You're not at Manticore Max," He said forcefully. "When she wakes up she's going to be fine. No one is going to study her and no one is going to study you," he hit the chord in her that he was searching for and she was silent. She starred at him for a long time with an unreadable expression then sighed and her worried pout returned.
"I can't lose her Logan."
"I know," He responded. He wanted to reach out and comfort her but his handicap prevented him from standing up and holding her. Without really thinking he reached out his hand and called her name gently. She took it, let herself be pulled into his lap, and tucked her head next to his. He put his arms around her and they sat in silence.
Carina
Part 10
Max knew the sun had gone down but she barely saw the orange tones that drifted lazily through the room. She was so mindless with worry that she barely noticed as the light disappeared. She kept waiting for Carina to walk through that door, smiling, but she didn't. Max had already seen two of her siblings fall, one in the snow and one at the end of Lydecker's gun. Max's heart cried for them but Carina was like her baby sister, she was the one who needed protection.
Max suddenly woke out of her daze. It was well into the night and the room was lit by the dim moonlight. A yellow glow flowed towards her from under the door of the bedroom, almost as if it was beckoning her. She breathed deeply as if to collect courage from the air and made up her mind. She would walk through the door. "Calm down girl." She thought to herself. "It's only a door." Somehow, it was more than that. Max and Carina's God peered down through squinty eyes at them, hid behind automatic weapons, and armed soldiers. They escaped his world but the fear was still there. She was afraid because somewhere in the back of her mind she thought the only person who might be able to help her baby sister was that man. She was helpless.
She looked back at Logan, not blaming him for falling asleep. They had been sitting there for hours. "Let me go Logan." She whispered in his ear hoping he wouldn't wake up but just do it in his sleep. He mumbled something that sounded like a refusal and held on even tighter. She smiled a little then suddenly suppressed it, feeling a little guilty. She felt she should be in the other room with her sister. She easily pried Logan's arms away from her and set them on the armrests of his chair. During their fight she just wanted to bitch slap him up side the head for being so busy with his new toy's to think about Carina. But she knew better. Logan was decently level headed. He just didn't know. That's what she told herself as she lifted herself up slowly trying not to wake him. She suddenly felt harder inside as Logan's comforting aura left her. She took in another deep breath and walked across the room only to pause again with her hand on the doorknob.
Jake turned too see Max walk through the door. She looked from Carina to him, she seemed almost disappointed to find him there.
"Hi Max." He said kindly.
"Hey Jake. Can I have a minute alone with her." Jake nodded and vacated the chair next to the bed. He made sure to take one last look at Carina before walking out.
Max watched him go then slowly went to take his chair. Her face again reassumed it's worried pout. She reached out for Carina's hand finding it warm, probably from Jake's touch.
"He likes you," Max said quietly to her trying to ignore what she was feeling. She placed a kiss on Carina's hand and held it to her cheek. A tear fell down it and Max sighed sadly. "You have to find your way back. That's an order soldier," Max tried to keep her voice from quivering but she couldn't help it. "We have work to do. Wake up." Max forced herself to bark out the order a little. "I order you to wake up." She said a little rougher. "Do you want to be court-martialed soldier," her voice betrayed her and she could only whisper the end. She entwined Carina's fingers in her own. She reached with her other hand and stroked her face lightly. "Come back to me...please"
Max watched as Carina's eyes slowly opened and she blinked. Max's frown turned into a smile and she blinked away the few tears that were becoming unnecessary. "Hey." Max whispered.
Carina closed her eyes for a second and forced out a weak "Hey."
"I was worried," Max said still talking softly.
"About me?" Carina said with difficulty.
"No the other invalid lying next to you," she said smartly. Carina felt warm inside from Max's statement and that's when she realized that something was very different.
"Max," she said in a worried voice. "I can't hear it." Carina's eyes filled with tears. The computer was silent in her head and it made her more scared than she had ever been in her life.