The True Escapee Part 5
Disclaimer: You know the deal, there not mine, blah blah blah (god I wish Alec was thou)
Summary: Bit of info on Tia and her past. But how will she take, learning about what she is and her background Spoilers/Timeframe: Season 2 before Hello, Goodbye Rating: M15+ ????????? Don't know how American ratings work Authors Notes: This is the second last chapter so as always REVIEWS ARE MOST WELCOME! Don't forget to keep hassling FOX, Breeders - it was going to be our season! ---------------------------------------------
"What do you mean 'What's and X-5'! I'm an X-5, you're an X-5!"
Max just received a blank look
"X-5's, Manticore..You've been there" The unchanging expression caused to continue
"You know, guards, doctors, X-7's in the forest, fields ops, nomiles in the basement, the blue lady.. Well maybe not for you but you gotta remember something like that"
The only thing Max got in return for her scattered memories was silence and a look of shock.
"Ahh, I give up. If you don't know what I'm talking about, your either brain-dead or have a damn good ability at blocking stuff out. Your and X-5 but look.. I don't know... I give up... if you want me I'll be in the kitchen.
Max turned on her heel heading for the kitchen, throwing her hands in the air to show her frustration. Tia turned to look at Logan, his face also showing his confusement. He turned back to his computer.
Tia looked away and slowly got to her feet. As she brushed herself down she angrily mumbled.
"Stupid bitch, knew she would make it hard"
Logan whipped around so quickly it took Tia by surprise
" You have no idea what she was talking about do you, That 'Stupid bitch' is probably the closest thing you will ever have as a sister"
"Yeah sure, hate to break it to you but I'm an only child, mum died when I was three"
"I wasn't talking genetically, well I was, but I meant she is one of the very few people that could ever understand you, she's like you"
"Mmm, whatever, so what is all that crap she was talking about, sounded like a prison, Did she do time?"
Logan sighed. He knew Max would have nothing to do with Tia until she lost her ignorance of their shared background. It was up to him to straiten her out. And it was going to take awhile.
"That 'prison' was a government founded black operation, well it was until Max burnt it to the ground a few months ago"
"Oh, well what's it got to do with me?"
"Everything"
"Oh"
"By the way, what's the password for this disk of yours"
"Easy, it's the last three digits of my tattoo multiplied by my age and the zip code of the one place I promised my mother I would never go to"
".. And that is?"
"Wingadee" Tia ignored Logans puzzled look "it was were mum grew up before escaping to the bid wide world, before she had me. She said that what happened to her only happened because she had been trapped in that hell hole for eighteen years of her life. She told me to put as much space between me and that place as soon as I could. Have been since I was eight. I think the couple of ten thousand miles is pretty good, and so here I am."
"Where exactly is this hell hole, cause I thought I was in it" Logan attempted to joke
Tia bent over the keyboard and typed in a lengthy digit.
"It's in the middle of nothing in the middle of a bigger nothing that is a large part of the place you call Australia"
"Oh"
"And we're in, Logan I would like you to meet my mother Sara"
On the screen in front of them was a picture was a freeze frame of a girl that couldn't have been any older than Tia or Max. She was reasonably attractive but held no resemblance to her so called daughter. The only feature they had come to share was the look of hate, pain and wisdom in their eyes. Tia smiled at the picture and sighed as she pressed the play button. As the screen jumped to life, Tia sat down and stretched herself out on the floor. She had seen this clip over and over again and she knew it off by heart. She even knew exactly were the static cut through the footage and when it would break momentarily to hear her mother say the words, "Seattle.. Lydecker... Project.. Diana.. Sergeant... Pulse" before ending with a sudden clearing of static just long enough to see the sad smile of her mother flash on the screen with the words "I did all I could, I got you away, I wish I could have done more for you but remember I will always love you Tia"
"I love you to Mum" Tia said quietly from her place on the floor
As the footage ended, Tia stretched again on the floor and yawned.
"That was made by mum the day before she killed herself. I remember, don't ask me how, but the morning before she died she kept mumbling "so they can't trace you, so they don't get my little girl"
"So that's my story. Since she told me to get away I figured I'd try to figure out what happened to her and find out why I'm so different. I figured I start right here in Seattle, Lydecker was the second step, that was harder. I got as far as the fact he was military but the trail disappeared, that's where you come in. I figured you might have something. Don't worry no one else is going to find out" she quickly added seeing the troubled look on Logan's face.
"Thanks, now I think I can fill you in on your story"
** A couple of hours later**
Tia sat in stunned silence as Logan wheeled himself out of the room giving Tia a worried glance.
Max was stretched out on the couch reading a book as Logan approached her
"So what's the deal?" she asked
Logan looked at Max slightly uncomfortable and not knowing how Max would react
"She has no idea about anything because.. She was never there, like she could ever remember anyway"
"That makes no sense, she's an X-5, of course she was there"
"Max, it seems that her sergeant mother got an idea of what she was carrying and ran, obviously she made it"
"Oh god"
"Exactly, she has been living all her life knowing she was different with no reason why"
"Still, I don't know about her"
Max, she was just trying to find out what she is, can you go talk to her, she just found out she is a genetically engineered human designed to kill and that she is currently towards the top of meant peoples "to kill" list. It can't be an easy thing to discover about yourself.
"Ok, but I'm not promising any break throughs, I don't do therapy"
"Thanks"
Max stood and approached the room Logan had just come from. Seconds later Max reappeared
"Logan, I think we have a problem"
Logan went in the room, Tia was nowhere to be seen. Turning back to Max, he found she had also disappeared.
"I hate it when they do that"
Disclaimer: You know the deal, there not mine, blah blah blah (god I wish Alec was thou)
Summary: Bit of info on Tia and her past. But how will she take, learning about what she is and her background Spoilers/Timeframe: Season 2 before Hello, Goodbye Rating: M15+ ????????? Don't know how American ratings work Authors Notes: This is the second last chapter so as always REVIEWS ARE MOST WELCOME! Don't forget to keep hassling FOX, Breeders - it was going to be our season! ---------------------------------------------
"What do you mean 'What's and X-5'! I'm an X-5, you're an X-5!"
Max just received a blank look
"X-5's, Manticore..You've been there" The unchanging expression caused to continue
"You know, guards, doctors, X-7's in the forest, fields ops, nomiles in the basement, the blue lady.. Well maybe not for you but you gotta remember something like that"
The only thing Max got in return for her scattered memories was silence and a look of shock.
"Ahh, I give up. If you don't know what I'm talking about, your either brain-dead or have a damn good ability at blocking stuff out. Your and X-5 but look.. I don't know... I give up... if you want me I'll be in the kitchen.
Max turned on her heel heading for the kitchen, throwing her hands in the air to show her frustration. Tia turned to look at Logan, his face also showing his confusement. He turned back to his computer.
Tia looked away and slowly got to her feet. As she brushed herself down she angrily mumbled.
"Stupid bitch, knew she would make it hard"
Logan whipped around so quickly it took Tia by surprise
" You have no idea what she was talking about do you, That 'Stupid bitch' is probably the closest thing you will ever have as a sister"
"Yeah sure, hate to break it to you but I'm an only child, mum died when I was three"
"I wasn't talking genetically, well I was, but I meant she is one of the very few people that could ever understand you, she's like you"
"Mmm, whatever, so what is all that crap she was talking about, sounded like a prison, Did she do time?"
Logan sighed. He knew Max would have nothing to do with Tia until she lost her ignorance of their shared background. It was up to him to straiten her out. And it was going to take awhile.
"That 'prison' was a government founded black operation, well it was until Max burnt it to the ground a few months ago"
"Oh, well what's it got to do with me?"
"Everything"
"Oh"
"By the way, what's the password for this disk of yours"
"Easy, it's the last three digits of my tattoo multiplied by my age and the zip code of the one place I promised my mother I would never go to"
".. And that is?"
"Wingadee" Tia ignored Logans puzzled look "it was were mum grew up before escaping to the bid wide world, before she had me. She said that what happened to her only happened because she had been trapped in that hell hole for eighteen years of her life. She told me to put as much space between me and that place as soon as I could. Have been since I was eight. I think the couple of ten thousand miles is pretty good, and so here I am."
"Where exactly is this hell hole, cause I thought I was in it" Logan attempted to joke
Tia bent over the keyboard and typed in a lengthy digit.
"It's in the middle of nothing in the middle of a bigger nothing that is a large part of the place you call Australia"
"Oh"
"And we're in, Logan I would like you to meet my mother Sara"
On the screen in front of them was a picture was a freeze frame of a girl that couldn't have been any older than Tia or Max. She was reasonably attractive but held no resemblance to her so called daughter. The only feature they had come to share was the look of hate, pain and wisdom in their eyes. Tia smiled at the picture and sighed as she pressed the play button. As the screen jumped to life, Tia sat down and stretched herself out on the floor. She had seen this clip over and over again and she knew it off by heart. She even knew exactly were the static cut through the footage and when it would break momentarily to hear her mother say the words, "Seattle.. Lydecker... Project.. Diana.. Sergeant... Pulse" before ending with a sudden clearing of static just long enough to see the sad smile of her mother flash on the screen with the words "I did all I could, I got you away, I wish I could have done more for you but remember I will always love you Tia"
"I love you to Mum" Tia said quietly from her place on the floor
As the footage ended, Tia stretched again on the floor and yawned.
"That was made by mum the day before she killed herself. I remember, don't ask me how, but the morning before she died she kept mumbling "so they can't trace you, so they don't get my little girl"
"So that's my story. Since she told me to get away I figured I'd try to figure out what happened to her and find out why I'm so different. I figured I start right here in Seattle, Lydecker was the second step, that was harder. I got as far as the fact he was military but the trail disappeared, that's where you come in. I figured you might have something. Don't worry no one else is going to find out" she quickly added seeing the troubled look on Logan's face.
"Thanks, now I think I can fill you in on your story"
** A couple of hours later**
Tia sat in stunned silence as Logan wheeled himself out of the room giving Tia a worried glance.
Max was stretched out on the couch reading a book as Logan approached her
"So what's the deal?" she asked
Logan looked at Max slightly uncomfortable and not knowing how Max would react
"She has no idea about anything because.. She was never there, like she could ever remember anyway"
"That makes no sense, she's an X-5, of course she was there"
"Max, it seems that her sergeant mother got an idea of what she was carrying and ran, obviously she made it"
"Oh god"
"Exactly, she has been living all her life knowing she was different with no reason why"
"Still, I don't know about her"
Max, she was just trying to find out what she is, can you go talk to her, she just found out she is a genetically engineered human designed to kill and that she is currently towards the top of meant peoples "to kill" list. It can't be an easy thing to discover about yourself.
"Ok, but I'm not promising any break throughs, I don't do therapy"
"Thanks"
Max stood and approached the room Logan had just come from. Seconds later Max reappeared
"Logan, I think we have a problem"
Logan went in the room, Tia was nowhere to be seen. Turning back to Max, he found she had also disappeared.
"I hate it when they do that"