1 Chapter 3
A/N: Some comments about my spelling, just wanted to say I'm sorry. Not one of my strong points. Even with spell check I still get them wrong. Any way thanks for the reviews and keep it up.
Present
Max run up behind Alec and grabbed hold of his shoulder, Alec turned and pushed her away. Feeling stupid he stopped and looked her in the eyes.
As soon as Max had started to show sympathy towards him it had made him feel insecure. He needed to bail. But Max being Max decided to follow him.
"Look Max don't take this the wrong way, but leave me alone, I don't need your sympathy or your help." Alec turned and headed toward an unlighted street. His trained senses detected something in the shadows ahead. Peering over his shoulder he caught sight of Max still following him, from the look in her eyes he guessed she had detected some one else's presence to.
He slowed down so Max could catch up with him. Allowing their footsteps to become one, they were able to make out the presence of a second person coming in from behind. They turned left walking into an abandoned alleyway. Know that three sets of footsteps echoed off the walls, theirs and the two people following them, Max and Alec could be curtain that the two people weren't just on a morning stroll.
Grabbing Alec's arm they headed towards a wall that was cutting them off from the rest of the city. Listening Max could hear the footsteps getting louder. Picking up their pace they broke into a run. Max looked at Alec then at the fast approaching wall. Signalling with her hands, Alec looked at her and nodded.
Just as their followers were yards away from their position, both soldiers jumped up at the wall, then pushed off of it. They somersaulted over the men's heads and landed behind them. The two men turned quickly, but Alec and Max were quicker, they brought up their legs and smacked their feet into the heads of both men. They fell against the wall and were pinned down by both soldiers.
Max looked at the two men, they were both wearing black suites but were not part of Whites team, they did not appear to be wearing any sort of communication device or carrying any type of weapon. "Who do you work for, I want answer's right now." Max pushed her arm into the neck of the man she was holding down.
"Max I don't think he can answer you" Alec starred at his pinned man "They don't have tongs" he turned to look at Max. Max continued to look at the man underneath her. "This one does" she pinched the guys nose making him open his mouth. "Your ones broken" If he hadn't felt so tense he might have laughed. Instead he just shook his head.
Grabbing the guy's arms Alec pulled him to his feet, While Max did the same.
"I'm going to ask you again, who do you work for." She slammed him into the wall, hoping to jog some memories.
"I work for him" He smiled at her now looking up at the sky, "God" his teeth glistened as his lips parted.
1.1 Flashback
Max looked at her brother at the person he had become "Do you hate yourself that much. Hate what you're doing that much." He just looked at her like nothing she said mattered. "I do it for her." Ben tilted his head and looked her in the eyes. He could tell she was shocked. See the surprise in her eyes.
Present
Max's breath caught in her mouth as she registered what he had said, Alec called her name. She looked at him and for a second she saw her brother Ben staring back at her. She tried to clear the painful memories but they stabbed into her in a thousand different places. Her sudden weakness allowed the man in her grasp to take advantage. He slammed his head forward strait into Max. She let go of him and fell to the ground.
He smiled down at her. His eyes blazed as he stepped forward. "Get ready to meet your maker"
"Get up" Alec called her name but it sounded distant, "Max, move" Alec slammed his guy into the one Max had been holding. They both fell to Max's side. Alec grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. But he wasn't quick another to move. The man that had head butted Max went for his feet. He brought Alec down hard. Then moving forward he pinned him to the ground. The other slammed Max into the wall, her head hit the concrete before she slid towards the ground.
***
Logan increased his search, until pulling up several documents on Gavings family.
"It looks like Gavings father had a twin brother." Logan nodded at Asha to come over to where he was sitting. "He disappeared shortly after his brother died." Asha nodded and looked at the computer screen,
"Who's that" She pointed to a figure sitting between the two brothers. Logan looked at the text next to the family photo.
"David Gavings" Logan continued to read from the text.
"Isn't that the guy Alec said was working from the inside, giving out the details of the X series soldiers."
"Yere" Logan nodded "It doesn't say what happened to him" Logan scanned the text once more hopping to come up with some more clues. After a minute of finding nothing useful, Logan headed towards his cell phone. He speed dialled Alec's number and waited for a reply.
***
Ringing invaded the back of Max's head. As her vision cleared she became aware of shouting. Shadows danced in front of her foggy eyes making her feel nauseous. So this was them, the cult Alec had talked about. Manticore didn't do a very good job at getting rid of them. Placing her hands in front of her she attempted to make her way into a sitting position. As she began to accomplish this some one slammed into her. She fell back against the wall and onto the cold floor.
"Yore not making this any easier," She pushed Alec off of her. He rolled sideways onto his left arm. Propping him self up onto his elbows and then his hands. He kicked his feet backward and made contact with one of their attackers chest.
"Shut up and help"
Max scanned the street looking for Alec's cell phone. She punched one of the guys as he tried to get up. Finding the phone she ran towards it. But turned when she heard Alec yell.
"Max" seeing the expression on his face, she decided to leave the phone. But when she caught the sight in his eyes she realised it wasn't the phone he was worried about. Matching Alec's gaze she found her self face to face with three more men. This keeps getting better and better. Alec why can't you make some nice friends.
She moved forward towards Alec, who had decided that this was a fight that they couldn't win. Alec jumped up onto the wall and grabbed Max as she did the same. They jumped onto the over side and headed out into the lit street. She could still hear Alec's cell phone ringing until it stopped suddenly.
"Any thing series" Alec turned to look at Max, who was swaying slightly. Max rubbed the back of her head then places her fingers in front of her eyes looking for blood. Finding non she looked back at Alec, "No just a bad head ache"
"Max the emotional time bomb" Alec smirked, "For a second I though you'd lost it back there" Alec let go of her arm when she went to punch him. "Screw you Alec"
Alec rolled his eyes, "Look I'm only telling you what I saw" Max grabbed his shoulders and slammed him through a broken door, she looked over her shoulder making sure no one was following them. As the cost was clear she headed through into an abandoned house.
Alec had begun to pick him self up. "God Alec, the only reason I'm out here was because I was concerned about you." She made sure he was looking at her. " I could have left you for those guys, this is your mess not mine" She was taken back by the hardness of her words, even more so when she sore the expression in his eyes.
She ran her fingers through her hair and sat against a dusty wall, "Sorry, I didn't mean it like it sounded" Alec came and sat next to her, "They reminded me of a bad memory" Max signed and rested her head against the wall. She noticed Alec staring at her. "I guess you weren't expecting to see them again" Alec nodded then turned to stare out the door. For the next hour both sat in silence, staring out the cracked door that isolated them from the outside world. They listened for any sine of life, keeping quiet when people passed. Mostly couples holding hands waiting to watch the sun go down. After a while the rising moon started to shine through cracks in the ceiling and door. Max watched as the white light lit up Alec's eyes. Max looked into them and noticed moonlight sparks dancing around his pupils.
It took another second for her to notice that they were surprisingly bright. The moonlight picked up a tear as it trailed down his cheek.
Flash back
Alec looked at her "She was in my unit"
Logan looking at the picture "They killed her"
Present
"Ow god Alec" Max pulled his head onto her crossed knees, "You shouldn't bottle up your emotions," Max traced her fingers down the side of his face then through his hair, trying to soothe him. "I was so screwed up in my own emotions I didn't think about how this was affecting you." She let him lay there, letting him cry for the lost X series soldiers. She let him cry for his friends. For his family.
To be continued…
Part 4 is written and ready to post. Please, please review. Then I will post quicker. I would love to here what you think
Help…
When I edit this onto sight. I notice the font changes and the parts that are in italic are no longer in italic. I'm not sure how to change it when I post. Also where do the numbers come from they keep popping up in some paragraphs. What am I doing wrong. Any suggestions or help will be welcomed at rommie85@hotmail.com
Thank you
A/N: Some comments about my spelling, just wanted to say I'm sorry. Not one of my strong points. Even with spell check I still get them wrong. Any way thanks for the reviews and keep it up.
Present
Max run up behind Alec and grabbed hold of his shoulder, Alec turned and pushed her away. Feeling stupid he stopped and looked her in the eyes.
As soon as Max had started to show sympathy towards him it had made him feel insecure. He needed to bail. But Max being Max decided to follow him.
"Look Max don't take this the wrong way, but leave me alone, I don't need your sympathy or your help." Alec turned and headed toward an unlighted street. His trained senses detected something in the shadows ahead. Peering over his shoulder he caught sight of Max still following him, from the look in her eyes he guessed she had detected some one else's presence to.
He slowed down so Max could catch up with him. Allowing their footsteps to become one, they were able to make out the presence of a second person coming in from behind. They turned left walking into an abandoned alleyway. Know that three sets of footsteps echoed off the walls, theirs and the two people following them, Max and Alec could be curtain that the two people weren't just on a morning stroll.
Grabbing Alec's arm they headed towards a wall that was cutting them off from the rest of the city. Listening Max could hear the footsteps getting louder. Picking up their pace they broke into a run. Max looked at Alec then at the fast approaching wall. Signalling with her hands, Alec looked at her and nodded.
Just as their followers were yards away from their position, both soldiers jumped up at the wall, then pushed off of it. They somersaulted over the men's heads and landed behind them. The two men turned quickly, but Alec and Max were quicker, they brought up their legs and smacked their feet into the heads of both men. They fell against the wall and were pinned down by both soldiers.
Max looked at the two men, they were both wearing black suites but were not part of Whites team, they did not appear to be wearing any sort of communication device or carrying any type of weapon. "Who do you work for, I want answer's right now." Max pushed her arm into the neck of the man she was holding down.
"Max I don't think he can answer you" Alec starred at his pinned man "They don't have tongs" he turned to look at Max. Max continued to look at the man underneath her. "This one does" she pinched the guys nose making him open his mouth. "Your ones broken" If he hadn't felt so tense he might have laughed. Instead he just shook his head.
Grabbing the guy's arms Alec pulled him to his feet, While Max did the same.
"I'm going to ask you again, who do you work for." She slammed him into the wall, hoping to jog some memories.
"I work for him" He smiled at her now looking up at the sky, "God" his teeth glistened as his lips parted.
1.1 Flashback
Max looked at her brother at the person he had become "Do you hate yourself that much. Hate what you're doing that much." He just looked at her like nothing she said mattered. "I do it for her." Ben tilted his head and looked her in the eyes. He could tell she was shocked. See the surprise in her eyes.
Present
Max's breath caught in her mouth as she registered what he had said, Alec called her name. She looked at him and for a second she saw her brother Ben staring back at her. She tried to clear the painful memories but they stabbed into her in a thousand different places. Her sudden weakness allowed the man in her grasp to take advantage. He slammed his head forward strait into Max. She let go of him and fell to the ground.
He smiled down at her. His eyes blazed as he stepped forward. "Get ready to meet your maker"
"Get up" Alec called her name but it sounded distant, "Max, move" Alec slammed his guy into the one Max had been holding. They both fell to Max's side. Alec grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. But he wasn't quick another to move. The man that had head butted Max went for his feet. He brought Alec down hard. Then moving forward he pinned him to the ground. The other slammed Max into the wall, her head hit the concrete before she slid towards the ground.
***
Logan increased his search, until pulling up several documents on Gavings family.
"It looks like Gavings father had a twin brother." Logan nodded at Asha to come over to where he was sitting. "He disappeared shortly after his brother died." Asha nodded and looked at the computer screen,
"Who's that" She pointed to a figure sitting between the two brothers. Logan looked at the text next to the family photo.
"David Gavings" Logan continued to read from the text.
"Isn't that the guy Alec said was working from the inside, giving out the details of the X series soldiers."
"Yere" Logan nodded "It doesn't say what happened to him" Logan scanned the text once more hopping to come up with some more clues. After a minute of finding nothing useful, Logan headed towards his cell phone. He speed dialled Alec's number and waited for a reply.
***
Ringing invaded the back of Max's head. As her vision cleared she became aware of shouting. Shadows danced in front of her foggy eyes making her feel nauseous. So this was them, the cult Alec had talked about. Manticore didn't do a very good job at getting rid of them. Placing her hands in front of her she attempted to make her way into a sitting position. As she began to accomplish this some one slammed into her. She fell back against the wall and onto the cold floor.
"Yore not making this any easier," She pushed Alec off of her. He rolled sideways onto his left arm. Propping him self up onto his elbows and then his hands. He kicked his feet backward and made contact with one of their attackers chest.
"Shut up and help"
Max scanned the street looking for Alec's cell phone. She punched one of the guys as he tried to get up. Finding the phone she ran towards it. But turned when she heard Alec yell.
"Max" seeing the expression on his face, she decided to leave the phone. But when she caught the sight in his eyes she realised it wasn't the phone he was worried about. Matching Alec's gaze she found her self face to face with three more men. This keeps getting better and better. Alec why can't you make some nice friends.
She moved forward towards Alec, who had decided that this was a fight that they couldn't win. Alec jumped up onto the wall and grabbed Max as she did the same. They jumped onto the over side and headed out into the lit street. She could still hear Alec's cell phone ringing until it stopped suddenly.
"Any thing series" Alec turned to look at Max, who was swaying slightly. Max rubbed the back of her head then places her fingers in front of her eyes looking for blood. Finding non she looked back at Alec, "No just a bad head ache"
"Max the emotional time bomb" Alec smirked, "For a second I though you'd lost it back there" Alec let go of her arm when she went to punch him. "Screw you Alec"
Alec rolled his eyes, "Look I'm only telling you what I saw" Max grabbed his shoulders and slammed him through a broken door, she looked over her shoulder making sure no one was following them. As the cost was clear she headed through into an abandoned house.
Alec had begun to pick him self up. "God Alec, the only reason I'm out here was because I was concerned about you." She made sure he was looking at her. " I could have left you for those guys, this is your mess not mine" She was taken back by the hardness of her words, even more so when she sore the expression in his eyes.
She ran her fingers through her hair and sat against a dusty wall, "Sorry, I didn't mean it like it sounded" Alec came and sat next to her, "They reminded me of a bad memory" Max signed and rested her head against the wall. She noticed Alec staring at her. "I guess you weren't expecting to see them again" Alec nodded then turned to stare out the door. For the next hour both sat in silence, staring out the cracked door that isolated them from the outside world. They listened for any sine of life, keeping quiet when people passed. Mostly couples holding hands waiting to watch the sun go down. After a while the rising moon started to shine through cracks in the ceiling and door. Max watched as the white light lit up Alec's eyes. Max looked into them and noticed moonlight sparks dancing around his pupils.
It took another second for her to notice that they were surprisingly bright. The moonlight picked up a tear as it trailed down his cheek.
Flash back
Alec looked at her "She was in my unit"
Logan looking at the picture "They killed her"
Present
"Ow god Alec" Max pulled his head onto her crossed knees, "You shouldn't bottle up your emotions," Max traced her fingers down the side of his face then through his hair, trying to soothe him. "I was so screwed up in my own emotions I didn't think about how this was affecting you." She let him lay there, letting him cry for the lost X series soldiers. She let him cry for his friends. For his family.
To be continued…
Part 4 is written and ready to post. Please, please review. Then I will post quicker. I would love to here what you think
Help…
When I edit this onto sight. I notice the font changes and the parts that are in italic are no longer in italic. I'm not sure how to change it when I post. Also where do the numbers come from they keep popping up in some paragraphs. What am I doing wrong. Any suggestions or help will be welcomed at rommie85@hotmail.com
Thank you