Disclaimer: (This is my first story so I don't know whether I should write
another disclaimer, oh well) I don't own these characters! They all belong
to James Cameron's Dark Angel!
Author's note: Thanx again for all those reviews everyone gave! It really does inspires a person to continue on writing (or in other cases, typing)! Plus, I think I know now what's gonna happen at the end of the story thanks to a book called Dragonlinks by Paul Collins. For those who have read it already, my idea isn't even close to the basic plot of the story, but anyway. Please R&R Thanx! ^_^
Chapter 3
"Hey Max! You know where Joshua is?" asked Alec as soon as he walked in and saw Max and Logan sitting on the chairs.
"He just went to the kitchen to do something. I think he went to get more paints for his painting."
"Oh right, thanks!" Alec waved his hand and headed off to the kitchen.
"You know, its not really you're fault you let them out into this world. You couldn't help it, manticore was already on fire, what else could you do? Watch your fellow transgenics die? I would have done the same thing as you!" said Logan, trying really hard to comfort Max.
"Yeah, I suppose your right! Well, we still have a transgenic to catch!" said Max and with that, she walked out of the house, jumped on her Ninja and was off.
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"JOSHUA!!! JOSHUA!!!" Alec called out helplessly.
He couldn't find Joshua anywhere. He had checked the kitchen, the basement and the rest of the rooms in the house, though there weren't many.
"Geez, where could dogboy be? Hiding? He isn't exactly hiding material!" exclaimed Alec to himself.
"Looking for someone, Alec?" asked Logan from behind as he leaned against the door frame, then realised it was dirty and stood up straight again while brushing off any dirt on his shoulder.
"Yeah! I'm looking for Joshua actually. You know where he went? Anything? I need him for something, you know, an errand."
"If your going to ask him to go outside into the public, you know he won't do it because Max gave him strict orders to stay inside at all costs! And you know that Joshua knows why that's so! Anyway, what kind of errand?" asked Logan, wondering whether it was a Jam Pony errand or something else.
"Oh, you know, private stuff. It's confidential!"
"Oh, I see! Well, I'd better be off than. Bye!"
Logan had walked out of the house and was about to hop into his Aztec when he had an idea. He crept round the back of the house and peered through one of the windows. Though it was a bit hard to peer through, Logan managed to see what was going on inside. Alec was rummaging around the kitchen looking for something. Finally after a few minutes, he stood up, holding a weird mechanism like a trophy. It was shaped like scissors, but instead of having two straight blades for cutting, it had two sharp rings so that if you put a carrot in the middle of the two rings and pressed the handles together, the carrot would snap in half. Logan couldn't believe it, but that had to be the weapon that was used on those girls. He only just remembered it, but all of the girls had a curious red cut that resembled a ring around their little finger of their left hand. He didn't think it was that important so he had dismissed it off is thoughts. There was definitely something weird happening, Alec couldn't possibly be the killer, but he did have a barcode on the back of his neck and that did prove something. But he also didn't growl like a dog, unless this was one of Alec's lame jokes.
Logan was about to creep back to his Aztec when he fell into a ditch nearby. Alec heard him from inside and rushed outside to find Logan on the ground. Alec was so angry with Logan for spying on him that he dragged Logan of the ground and chucked him a few metres until Logan reached the barrier fence on the other side of the yard. Alec than walked off and disappeared into the house, which was followed by the sound of a motorbike zooming off.
"Wow! Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!" mumbled Logan as he got up and started adjusting his neck.
He started walking across the yard to his Aztec and drove off wondering what had gotten into Alec that made him so angry.
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That night, Max had had a bad dream. In the Morning, she woke up, got out of bed and walked into the kitchen of her apartment only to see Original Cindy making coffee for both of them.
"Hey Boo! Sleep well?" asked OC in her nightgown as she sat down, tucking one of legs under her thigh, on the couch and cupping her mug to keep her hands warm.
Max mumbled something that sounded a lot like "anymorecoffeleftforme?" and grabbed cup sitting on the bench. She then walked over to where OC was sitting and sat opposite her on the couch while sipping some of the coffee.
"Hey Boo, what's up?" asked OC, obviously worried for Max's sake.
"Oh, I had a weird dream last night. It was about Manticore, but the whole place was different. It was less high tech and there was only about 10 people there including me. I was one of those lab people and we were working on an experiment called Triple Energy X. The experiment was a normal human being, which looked a lot like me. But it was really powerful and could take down a whole army of men, well that was what it was built to do. I don't know, but somehow, the dream seemed sort of, you know.real, I guess." Exclaimed Max
"You know what, I think you've had enough time trying to save the world and its getting into your head that if there's just one slight little problem, you have to go in and fix the whole situation up. How about, tonight we have some fun at Crash with Sketchy and Alec. Play some pool maybe, get your mind off this whole responsibility for once. What do you think?" asked OC
"Yeah, that'd be a good idea." Said Max and walked to her room to get ready for work.
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"Bip Bip Bip! Get back to work people! Finally, you're on time for once, Max! Something wrong with you?" asked Normal as Max entered Jam Pony.
"Oh, I had a lonely night last night which made me think about some stuff, and I thought, I feel sorry for Normal, having to wake up early and all and trying to save the world from not receiving their mail. So I decided to help you out, you know be here early so that people are able to get their mail in the morning. It must be such a hard work to be the head of this whole company!" exclaimed Max trying hard not to laugh and at the same time trying to be serious.
"Strange girl!" exclaimed Normal as he bit into his peanut butter sandwich and went on pestering others to hurry up.
"What's up with my Boo!" asked OC when Max arrived at her Locker.
"Decided it was time to get Normal on the right track about me!" said Max.
"Well, I must say, you did quite a good job!" exclaimed OC as they both laughed knowing that Max had failed the 'attempt' of trying to get Normal to look at her in a different light.
They both set back to work delivering messages and by the end of the day, they were both tired from delivering so many packages in one day.
"You know what?" asked OC
"What?" asked Max
"That's probably the most time I've ever laid eyes on the same package in one day!" replied OC
They both laughed because during their run, they both got their packages mixed up and kept on giving people the wrong packages ending up with many complaints and the same packages again.
"Hello ladies! Ready to be beaten in pool by me and my apprentice when we meet up again at Crash tonight?" Alec asked as his head popped around the lockers with his arm around Sketchy's neck, who had a massive grin on his face.
"You bet!" said OC with an expression on her face saying quite clearly that she didn't tolerate with lower class like them.
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Both OC and Max where playing pool against Alec and Sketchy for $100. Alec and Sketchy were winning so far by only a small margin and both were clearly having tons of fun, flirting with all the girls that walked past.
"You know what, at the end of the day, when we win the $100, I'm gonna take my share of the prize and drink more beer till I can't drink anymore!" slurred Sketchy, getting drunker by the minute.
"Hey, Sketch my boy, I don't think that's quite a good idea." said Alec as he patted Sketchy on the back and popped the last black ball in.
"Thank you ladies!" said Alec as he bowed to OC and Max and grabbed the $100 giving $50 to Sketchy and strolled off.
"Well, that wasn't fair was it? We didn't even get a go! That hog just stole the money!" cried OC obviously infuriated by what just happened.
"Don't worry about it OC, its just $100. Besides, I feel like going now. I'll see you back at the apartment, OK?" asked Max
"Yeah, See Ya!"
Max walked out of Crash and was just about to hop on her Ninja and zoom off into the night when she noticed something move at the end of the alley way. She decided to leave her Ninja and have a look on what might be there. She crept slowly and was able to hear a low growling sound mixed in with some muffled screams. There was a huge figure crouching over a tiny one and something was going on between them. She managed to get a better look and saw that the tiny figure was crying and had recent scars on her. She looked like one of those 5 girls she had saved and sensed that the girl was in trouble. She went in to help the poor girl, grabbing the huge figure and chucking over to the other side of the alley. She walked towards him and gave some high kicks to the huge figure's head and some hard punches to the stomach. She stopped, waiting for her opponent to get up, but as her opponent raised his head, she froze. She couldn't believe what she saw. This couldn't be right!
"Joshua, is that you?" asked Max.
Author's note: Thanx again for all those reviews everyone gave! It really does inspires a person to continue on writing (or in other cases, typing)! Plus, I think I know now what's gonna happen at the end of the story thanks to a book called Dragonlinks by Paul Collins. For those who have read it already, my idea isn't even close to the basic plot of the story, but anyway. Please R&R Thanx! ^_^
Chapter 3
"Hey Max! You know where Joshua is?" asked Alec as soon as he walked in and saw Max and Logan sitting on the chairs.
"He just went to the kitchen to do something. I think he went to get more paints for his painting."
"Oh right, thanks!" Alec waved his hand and headed off to the kitchen.
"You know, its not really you're fault you let them out into this world. You couldn't help it, manticore was already on fire, what else could you do? Watch your fellow transgenics die? I would have done the same thing as you!" said Logan, trying really hard to comfort Max.
"Yeah, I suppose your right! Well, we still have a transgenic to catch!" said Max and with that, she walked out of the house, jumped on her Ninja and was off.
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"JOSHUA!!! JOSHUA!!!" Alec called out helplessly.
He couldn't find Joshua anywhere. He had checked the kitchen, the basement and the rest of the rooms in the house, though there weren't many.
"Geez, where could dogboy be? Hiding? He isn't exactly hiding material!" exclaimed Alec to himself.
"Looking for someone, Alec?" asked Logan from behind as he leaned against the door frame, then realised it was dirty and stood up straight again while brushing off any dirt on his shoulder.
"Yeah! I'm looking for Joshua actually. You know where he went? Anything? I need him for something, you know, an errand."
"If your going to ask him to go outside into the public, you know he won't do it because Max gave him strict orders to stay inside at all costs! And you know that Joshua knows why that's so! Anyway, what kind of errand?" asked Logan, wondering whether it was a Jam Pony errand or something else.
"Oh, you know, private stuff. It's confidential!"
"Oh, I see! Well, I'd better be off than. Bye!"
Logan had walked out of the house and was about to hop into his Aztec when he had an idea. He crept round the back of the house and peered through one of the windows. Though it was a bit hard to peer through, Logan managed to see what was going on inside. Alec was rummaging around the kitchen looking for something. Finally after a few minutes, he stood up, holding a weird mechanism like a trophy. It was shaped like scissors, but instead of having two straight blades for cutting, it had two sharp rings so that if you put a carrot in the middle of the two rings and pressed the handles together, the carrot would snap in half. Logan couldn't believe it, but that had to be the weapon that was used on those girls. He only just remembered it, but all of the girls had a curious red cut that resembled a ring around their little finger of their left hand. He didn't think it was that important so he had dismissed it off is thoughts. There was definitely something weird happening, Alec couldn't possibly be the killer, but he did have a barcode on the back of his neck and that did prove something. But he also didn't growl like a dog, unless this was one of Alec's lame jokes.
Logan was about to creep back to his Aztec when he fell into a ditch nearby. Alec heard him from inside and rushed outside to find Logan on the ground. Alec was so angry with Logan for spying on him that he dragged Logan of the ground and chucked him a few metres until Logan reached the barrier fence on the other side of the yard. Alec than walked off and disappeared into the house, which was followed by the sound of a motorbike zooming off.
"Wow! Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!" mumbled Logan as he got up and started adjusting his neck.
He started walking across the yard to his Aztec and drove off wondering what had gotten into Alec that made him so angry.
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That night, Max had had a bad dream. In the Morning, she woke up, got out of bed and walked into the kitchen of her apartment only to see Original Cindy making coffee for both of them.
"Hey Boo! Sleep well?" asked OC in her nightgown as she sat down, tucking one of legs under her thigh, on the couch and cupping her mug to keep her hands warm.
Max mumbled something that sounded a lot like "anymorecoffeleftforme?" and grabbed cup sitting on the bench. She then walked over to where OC was sitting and sat opposite her on the couch while sipping some of the coffee.
"Hey Boo, what's up?" asked OC, obviously worried for Max's sake.
"Oh, I had a weird dream last night. It was about Manticore, but the whole place was different. It was less high tech and there was only about 10 people there including me. I was one of those lab people and we were working on an experiment called Triple Energy X. The experiment was a normal human being, which looked a lot like me. But it was really powerful and could take down a whole army of men, well that was what it was built to do. I don't know, but somehow, the dream seemed sort of, you know.real, I guess." Exclaimed Max
"You know what, I think you've had enough time trying to save the world and its getting into your head that if there's just one slight little problem, you have to go in and fix the whole situation up. How about, tonight we have some fun at Crash with Sketchy and Alec. Play some pool maybe, get your mind off this whole responsibility for once. What do you think?" asked OC
"Yeah, that'd be a good idea." Said Max and walked to her room to get ready for work.
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"Bip Bip Bip! Get back to work people! Finally, you're on time for once, Max! Something wrong with you?" asked Normal as Max entered Jam Pony.
"Oh, I had a lonely night last night which made me think about some stuff, and I thought, I feel sorry for Normal, having to wake up early and all and trying to save the world from not receiving their mail. So I decided to help you out, you know be here early so that people are able to get their mail in the morning. It must be such a hard work to be the head of this whole company!" exclaimed Max trying hard not to laugh and at the same time trying to be serious.
"Strange girl!" exclaimed Normal as he bit into his peanut butter sandwich and went on pestering others to hurry up.
"What's up with my Boo!" asked OC when Max arrived at her Locker.
"Decided it was time to get Normal on the right track about me!" said Max.
"Well, I must say, you did quite a good job!" exclaimed OC as they both laughed knowing that Max had failed the 'attempt' of trying to get Normal to look at her in a different light.
They both set back to work delivering messages and by the end of the day, they were both tired from delivering so many packages in one day.
"You know what?" asked OC
"What?" asked Max
"That's probably the most time I've ever laid eyes on the same package in one day!" replied OC
They both laughed because during their run, they both got their packages mixed up and kept on giving people the wrong packages ending up with many complaints and the same packages again.
"Hello ladies! Ready to be beaten in pool by me and my apprentice when we meet up again at Crash tonight?" Alec asked as his head popped around the lockers with his arm around Sketchy's neck, who had a massive grin on his face.
"You bet!" said OC with an expression on her face saying quite clearly that she didn't tolerate with lower class like them.
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Both OC and Max where playing pool against Alec and Sketchy for $100. Alec and Sketchy were winning so far by only a small margin and both were clearly having tons of fun, flirting with all the girls that walked past.
"You know what, at the end of the day, when we win the $100, I'm gonna take my share of the prize and drink more beer till I can't drink anymore!" slurred Sketchy, getting drunker by the minute.
"Hey, Sketch my boy, I don't think that's quite a good idea." said Alec as he patted Sketchy on the back and popped the last black ball in.
"Thank you ladies!" said Alec as he bowed to OC and Max and grabbed the $100 giving $50 to Sketchy and strolled off.
"Well, that wasn't fair was it? We didn't even get a go! That hog just stole the money!" cried OC obviously infuriated by what just happened.
"Don't worry about it OC, its just $100. Besides, I feel like going now. I'll see you back at the apartment, OK?" asked Max
"Yeah, See Ya!"
Max walked out of Crash and was just about to hop on her Ninja and zoom off into the night when she noticed something move at the end of the alley way. She decided to leave her Ninja and have a look on what might be there. She crept slowly and was able to hear a low growling sound mixed in with some muffled screams. There was a huge figure crouching over a tiny one and something was going on between them. She managed to get a better look and saw that the tiny figure was crying and had recent scars on her. She looked like one of those 5 girls she had saved and sensed that the girl was in trouble. She went in to help the poor girl, grabbing the huge figure and chucking over to the other side of the alley. She walked towards him and gave some high kicks to the huge figure's head and some hard punches to the stomach. She stopped, waiting for her opponent to get up, but as her opponent raised his head, she froze. She couldn't believe what she saw. This couldn't be right!
"Joshua, is that you?" asked Max.