Okay. You may have noticed I'm stalling the Sandeman part of the story.
Reason number 1: having Sandeman there means that supposedly all the
character's questions can be answered and that makes it boring so I'm only
gonna allow Sandy to answer a few. Reason number 2: my brother/muse (I have
many) is somewhere in Australia called Alice Springs with two girls and
he'll be there till the end of the week. Seeing as he's the one I go to for
genetics facts as he's the scientist, bio-medicine, genetics, physics,
chemistry, why my hair is brown and I can't ask him to confirm at least to
some point that the facts I'm planning to give you are true. You're gonna
have to wait. You can be sure though that if I write a medical fact it
won't be far from the truth, cause sometimes you need to bend the rules.
Part 11
Max laid staring up at the sky in the small park that resided inside TC. Jondy had gone to find Spartacus and there was still half an hour until 6:30 when today's morning meeting began.
Kadu', Zane's dog lay beside her as she stroked the animal's head methodically. He licked her shoulder affectionately every once in a while drawing soft half smiles from her lips. She really needed to figure things out and her mental list was growing by the minute. She mentally read down it again; Morning meeting, supplies, a plan of action, Sandeman and the whole familiar thing, the humans outside and Alec. And really all she wanted to really do was drive her baby, head to Crash to hang with the gang and then maybe a trip to the Space Needle.
All of a sudden her senses heightened and she tuned into her surroundings, seeing only the surprisingly sill alive overgrown vegetation around her and silence if you didn't count the sounds of early morning.
She sniffed the air and noticed that Kadu' hadn't reacted at all but yet she smelled someone. Her tongue darted out, tasting the air and finding, the taste of adrenaline, nervousness. She scanned again her surroundings from right to left knowing that this way she'd pick up on a lot more detail. And there she saw it, in the distance, some 300 feet away she spotted a clothed arm hiding amongst a bush.
Max rolled her eyes and lied back down; "Whoever you are, you suck at sneaking up on people!" she yelled and patiently waited for the observers to reveal themselves. Her tongue darted out again and she shook her head in disappointment, "Fine you wanna do this the hard way. Two of you in the bush, 300 feet to my right, one on my left hiding in the tree, four positioned in scatter Y formation down wind from me in the long grass, two in the building behind me using debris as cover and the rest of ya behind that old junker."
Max sat up grinning and watched as the young transgenics came out of their hiding places annoyed but excited looks on their faces. She grinned spotting Dalton among them, she motioned to them with her head and they made their way to her, "How'd you spot us ma'am?"
Max rolled her eyes and grinned, her troubles momentarily forgotten, "I told you, you guys sucked. I'd have imagined you boys and girls to be on the top of your game. I mean I ran away when I was nine, the youngest of you here is what 12? 13? That still means you've got three years of training on me."
An X6, the one who had spoken up furrowed his eyebrows at her teasing. Max chuckled at his offended look and confused stance at her demeanor, "The name's Max by the way," she lowered her voice pretending to whisper and everyone drew closer to hear what she'd say, "Besides. Having Lydecker's swat team on my ass for 10 years in a row kinda helped."
Max laughed inwardly at their completely surprised and curious faces. It was probably the first time that their 'superior', like she even wanted to be, had joked around with them. She'd always felt strangely light-hearted around kids, or people younger than her. Like giving them something she'd never had as a child.
"So, d'you have anything important on your minds or were you just bored," she said gesturing for them to sit down, "It's way too early, you shouldn't even be up. If I could sleep, peacefully that is, no weird Manticore dreams, I'd take the chance."
"Do you like Alec?" Dalton's simple question froze her and she stared open mouthed at him, blinking as her brain tried to register the words.
******
"Darling, Max never has a plan. She acts impulsively with every situation she's given, doing what feels right and that's how she survives so well. But you have thrown her perception of doing what feels right completely off. Now I can tell you for a fact that she does think of you as more than a friend. How much more I'm not sure but you two need to put all your problems and thoughts out in the open, best way to do that is fight," Jondy said.
"You want me to fight Max?" Alec said incredulously, "As in physically?"
Jondy nodded, "Yep, you need to figure out all of your issues and the easiest way is to put her in a situation which she needs to react too. Get rid of all that angst so that you two can do. whatever and the rest of us can breathe. Specially Spartacus. And don't worry girly girl, you may have snivelled out of this talk but I'll catch ya later on."
******
Max walked inside HQ. She'd muttered some response to Dalton and the group and then she'd fled saying something about a meeting and being busy. Mole nodded his head at her in acknowledgement and motioned for her to sit down. Everyone was already seated and she quickly walked up to the front to begin.
******
The meeting had come and gone and now everyone had set tasks. Alec waited bored for everyone to leave noticing the looks sent his way. Word had gotten round quickly and Alec doubted there was a single transgenic that didn't know.
That night they had planned some heists. The supplies they'd brought with them for now would last but they needed to be ready should anything unexpected come up. That meant cash. He'd also try to convince Max to head to Crash with him once they finished the job even though it was unlikely she'd agree.
Alec smiled, soon they'd have their own bar, it was being set up. Apparently he wasn't the only transgenic who liked his drink. He was starting to see their freaky little group as a nation, Freak Nation that was and he felt strangely proud of his kind.
He was broken out of his reverie by Max's retreating form heading outside and quickly he ran to catch up to her; getting under her skin was easy, the problem was how much to piss her off.
"Hey Max can I borrow your bike for an errand?" he said plastering on his trademark smirk and wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"You have to be out of your mind. What errand anyway?" Max exclaimed.
Alec grinned. He was still surprised she hadn't broken his arm but he'd take what he could get and Max had left herself wide open for the perfect shot. After this jab getting her royally pissed off would be cake. They were outside now and Alec quickly scanned the surroundings making sure they had enough space, "Well you see, there's this girl. And she's a bit of a challenge so I thought a small gift would."
Max's face flushed, her eyes slitting as she saw red. How stupid she'd been to think that the kiss could have meant anything to him. The smirk on his face only served to ignite her anger and she yelled halting his sentence, "ALEC, YOU ARE NOT USING MY BIKE TO PICK UP GIRLS!"
Alec sent a silent prayer to the blue lady asking for Jondy to be right. He frowned, "That's not fair I mean just because you're not getting any doesn't mean I."
Max never let him finish. She lunged at him but Alec had anticipated and blocked her right hook. She followed through with her left to his stomach sending him hurtling backwards and knocking over some rubbish bins.
Any and all transgenics not on guard and within the vicinity flocked to that one spot in seconds, Max's brothers and sister were at the front along with, Rook, Spartacus and the rest of the gang including Mole.
Alec quickly jumped to his feet and got into an attack stance. The two circled each other ignoring the crowd around them; "Did it mean anything?"
His words surprised her for a second and she hesitated; Alec took it to his advantage blurring towards her with a spin kick sending her backwards. Her reflexes kicked in and she landed on her hands doing a flip and kicking him in the face. She righted herself again and not missing a beat punched him in the chest below his heart. Alec blocked her second punch directing towards his face and instead punched her causing Max to stumble back.
"I asked you if it meant anything or if it was spur of the moment Maxie. Why did you kiss me?" he continued blocking her hits. He swooped her legs up from under her and went to grab her shoulders but she grabbed him and flung him over her head and with a backwards roll he found himself pinned on the ground Max on top.
Their breathing was heavy and Max took her time to look him over finally reaching his eyes and seeing complete sincerity but confusion. He really truly wanted to know. She sighed and relented, "Because for the first time in a while it just felt like the right thing to do. I didn't have to weigh the pro's with the cons. It just felt right, so I went for it."
Alec watched her understanding why. She went to pick herself up off of him but he grabbed her jacket and reversed their positions, smiling at her shocked look, "It just feels right," he said by way of explanation and tipped his head down to meet hers.
Max froze for a second and a moment after her mouth responded to his and their lips moved tenderly against one another. The world fluttered away forgotten for those few brief moments and nothing existed but them.
They broke apart and wordlessly looked at one another, neither sure on what to do, "Took you guys long enough and I'm sure you'll be glad to know that I've got it all on tape," Spartacus' voice broke through the fog and the whole crowd around them erupted into laughter.
Max's cheeks tinted and she buried her face into his shirt trying not to giggle.
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Part 11
Max laid staring up at the sky in the small park that resided inside TC. Jondy had gone to find Spartacus and there was still half an hour until 6:30 when today's morning meeting began.
Kadu', Zane's dog lay beside her as she stroked the animal's head methodically. He licked her shoulder affectionately every once in a while drawing soft half smiles from her lips. She really needed to figure things out and her mental list was growing by the minute. She mentally read down it again; Morning meeting, supplies, a plan of action, Sandeman and the whole familiar thing, the humans outside and Alec. And really all she wanted to really do was drive her baby, head to Crash to hang with the gang and then maybe a trip to the Space Needle.
All of a sudden her senses heightened and she tuned into her surroundings, seeing only the surprisingly sill alive overgrown vegetation around her and silence if you didn't count the sounds of early morning.
She sniffed the air and noticed that Kadu' hadn't reacted at all but yet she smelled someone. Her tongue darted out, tasting the air and finding, the taste of adrenaline, nervousness. She scanned again her surroundings from right to left knowing that this way she'd pick up on a lot more detail. And there she saw it, in the distance, some 300 feet away she spotted a clothed arm hiding amongst a bush.
Max rolled her eyes and lied back down; "Whoever you are, you suck at sneaking up on people!" she yelled and patiently waited for the observers to reveal themselves. Her tongue darted out again and she shook her head in disappointment, "Fine you wanna do this the hard way. Two of you in the bush, 300 feet to my right, one on my left hiding in the tree, four positioned in scatter Y formation down wind from me in the long grass, two in the building behind me using debris as cover and the rest of ya behind that old junker."
Max sat up grinning and watched as the young transgenics came out of their hiding places annoyed but excited looks on their faces. She grinned spotting Dalton among them, she motioned to them with her head and they made their way to her, "How'd you spot us ma'am?"
Max rolled her eyes and grinned, her troubles momentarily forgotten, "I told you, you guys sucked. I'd have imagined you boys and girls to be on the top of your game. I mean I ran away when I was nine, the youngest of you here is what 12? 13? That still means you've got three years of training on me."
An X6, the one who had spoken up furrowed his eyebrows at her teasing. Max chuckled at his offended look and confused stance at her demeanor, "The name's Max by the way," she lowered her voice pretending to whisper and everyone drew closer to hear what she'd say, "Besides. Having Lydecker's swat team on my ass for 10 years in a row kinda helped."
Max laughed inwardly at their completely surprised and curious faces. It was probably the first time that their 'superior', like she even wanted to be, had joked around with them. She'd always felt strangely light-hearted around kids, or people younger than her. Like giving them something she'd never had as a child.
"So, d'you have anything important on your minds or were you just bored," she said gesturing for them to sit down, "It's way too early, you shouldn't even be up. If I could sleep, peacefully that is, no weird Manticore dreams, I'd take the chance."
"Do you like Alec?" Dalton's simple question froze her and she stared open mouthed at him, blinking as her brain tried to register the words.
******
"Darling, Max never has a plan. She acts impulsively with every situation she's given, doing what feels right and that's how she survives so well. But you have thrown her perception of doing what feels right completely off. Now I can tell you for a fact that she does think of you as more than a friend. How much more I'm not sure but you two need to put all your problems and thoughts out in the open, best way to do that is fight," Jondy said.
"You want me to fight Max?" Alec said incredulously, "As in physically?"
Jondy nodded, "Yep, you need to figure out all of your issues and the easiest way is to put her in a situation which she needs to react too. Get rid of all that angst so that you two can do. whatever and the rest of us can breathe. Specially Spartacus. And don't worry girly girl, you may have snivelled out of this talk but I'll catch ya later on."
******
Max walked inside HQ. She'd muttered some response to Dalton and the group and then she'd fled saying something about a meeting and being busy. Mole nodded his head at her in acknowledgement and motioned for her to sit down. Everyone was already seated and she quickly walked up to the front to begin.
******
The meeting had come and gone and now everyone had set tasks. Alec waited bored for everyone to leave noticing the looks sent his way. Word had gotten round quickly and Alec doubted there was a single transgenic that didn't know.
That night they had planned some heists. The supplies they'd brought with them for now would last but they needed to be ready should anything unexpected come up. That meant cash. He'd also try to convince Max to head to Crash with him once they finished the job even though it was unlikely she'd agree.
Alec smiled, soon they'd have their own bar, it was being set up. Apparently he wasn't the only transgenic who liked his drink. He was starting to see their freaky little group as a nation, Freak Nation that was and he felt strangely proud of his kind.
He was broken out of his reverie by Max's retreating form heading outside and quickly he ran to catch up to her; getting under her skin was easy, the problem was how much to piss her off.
"Hey Max can I borrow your bike for an errand?" he said plastering on his trademark smirk and wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"You have to be out of your mind. What errand anyway?" Max exclaimed.
Alec grinned. He was still surprised she hadn't broken his arm but he'd take what he could get and Max had left herself wide open for the perfect shot. After this jab getting her royally pissed off would be cake. They were outside now and Alec quickly scanned the surroundings making sure they had enough space, "Well you see, there's this girl. And she's a bit of a challenge so I thought a small gift would."
Max's face flushed, her eyes slitting as she saw red. How stupid she'd been to think that the kiss could have meant anything to him. The smirk on his face only served to ignite her anger and she yelled halting his sentence, "ALEC, YOU ARE NOT USING MY BIKE TO PICK UP GIRLS!"
Alec sent a silent prayer to the blue lady asking for Jondy to be right. He frowned, "That's not fair I mean just because you're not getting any doesn't mean I."
Max never let him finish. She lunged at him but Alec had anticipated and blocked her right hook. She followed through with her left to his stomach sending him hurtling backwards and knocking over some rubbish bins.
Any and all transgenics not on guard and within the vicinity flocked to that one spot in seconds, Max's brothers and sister were at the front along with, Rook, Spartacus and the rest of the gang including Mole.
Alec quickly jumped to his feet and got into an attack stance. The two circled each other ignoring the crowd around them; "Did it mean anything?"
His words surprised her for a second and she hesitated; Alec took it to his advantage blurring towards her with a spin kick sending her backwards. Her reflexes kicked in and she landed on her hands doing a flip and kicking him in the face. She righted herself again and not missing a beat punched him in the chest below his heart. Alec blocked her second punch directing towards his face and instead punched her causing Max to stumble back.
"I asked you if it meant anything or if it was spur of the moment Maxie. Why did you kiss me?" he continued blocking her hits. He swooped her legs up from under her and went to grab her shoulders but she grabbed him and flung him over her head and with a backwards roll he found himself pinned on the ground Max on top.
Their breathing was heavy and Max took her time to look him over finally reaching his eyes and seeing complete sincerity but confusion. He really truly wanted to know. She sighed and relented, "Because for the first time in a while it just felt like the right thing to do. I didn't have to weigh the pro's with the cons. It just felt right, so I went for it."
Alec watched her understanding why. She went to pick herself up off of him but he grabbed her jacket and reversed their positions, smiling at her shocked look, "It just feels right," he said by way of explanation and tipped his head down to meet hers.
Max froze for a second and a moment after her mouth responded to his and their lips moved tenderly against one another. The world fluttered away forgotten for those few brief moments and nothing existed but them.
They broke apart and wordlessly looked at one another, neither sure on what to do, "Took you guys long enough and I'm sure you'll be glad to know that I've got it all on tape," Spartacus' voice broke through the fog and the whole crowd around them erupted into laughter.
Max's cheeks tinted and she buried her face into his shirt trying not to giggle.
Please review. Please. Oh and someone asked me if I did challenges. Send me one and if I like it I might give it a shot.