Out of the future

Chapter 16: Plots and Confessions

"How are you feeling?"

Asha lay in the middle of the bed, her breathing was quite shallow.

"Asha?"

"I'll be fine," she said breathing deeply and opening her eyes.

Logan opened and closed his mouth, what did you say to someone you thought you knew only to find out something that you don't know what to make of?

"You're sure your okay?" he asked again.

"I told you I'm fine."

"Why didn't you tell me?" he blurted out before he could stop himself.

"Same reason why you never told me you were Eyes Only," said Asha slowly sitting up.

"How did you…"

"Come on Logan, your eyes," she said, "I knew it was you the second time I saw one of those Streaming Freedom Bulletins and your voice has certain characteristics in it that no one else can mimic."

"Asha I..just…really….who are you? What are you? Why? How…well for starters why the hell haven't I seen that barcode until now, you've had your hair up plently of times."

"It's called make-up," she told him, "and I just had a shower remember, washed it all off."

"Is it really Asha?" he asked.

"What's in a name?" she said, "Just forget this whole thing happened."

"Excuse me?" asked Logan, "forget? Asha!"

"Logan trust me it'll be a lot better for you."

"Why do all of you transgenics think you know what's better for me? It's getting really annoying."

"Just forget it."

"Oh no, I don't think so, I'm going to get to the bottom of this and I have a few good questions to ask or at least a few things to point out."

"Logan…"

"The seizures for one, would make you an X5. The thing that's making me wonder a bit is: Manticore cured the seizures, the only one's who didn't get fixed were the. . . '09 escapees," he said realizing something, "Max's family."

"Logan you can't tell her," said Asha

"If you're part of her family and there were only two white sisters…well… still alive, I've already met Syl so that would make you…"

"Would you snap out of it!" said Asha snapping her figers in front of his face. Logan was sitting at the end of the bed and was completely spacing out.

"It's Jondy isn't it?" he asked snapping back to reality, "Right in front of me all this time. Right in front of Max this whole time."

"Logan, she can't know."

"Asha what? Why?"

"Just hear me out, this is to protect Max, this is all for her."

"We've got a few hours," he said looking at his watch, "make it good. How is this to protect Max?"

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"We're getting nowhere, they're just standing there," said Rachel trying to peer out the window inconspicuously, which was quite hard because the poison still wasn't fully out of her system.

"Rachel just sit back," said Jesse pulling her back gently, until she flopped onto the floor. They were trying to be quiet just in case Max or Alec over heard them eavesdropping.

"How would you get them together?"

"They're your parents Rache."

"Duh, I know that but. . ."

"But what?" asked Jesse

"I want them together but I don't want to push them together," she said, "get it?"

"Yeah, I get it, but I don't play Match Maker real well."

"Manticore was the one playing Match Maker they're the reason they met in the first place."

"So we stick around until your Mom goes into Heat."

"Okay Jesse, I'm supposed to be concieved in the next two years not two weeks!" she snapped.

"Two weeks?"

"Well, Mom'll go into Heat then, back home at least," said Rachel a little distant.

"Well you don't know how long they were sleeping together before you came along do you?"

"This conversation is really starting to creep me out," said Rachel, "I already feel sick and don't want to feel any sicker."

"Weren't they making out at the hospital?"

"Again with the creepy."

"Sorry," said Jesse, "just trying to make you feel better."

"How is this making me feel better? She just said it was nothing, you heard her."

"I think they like to draw it out," said Jesse absently.

"What?" asked Rachel warily.

"They probably don't even realize it yet, but they feed off of each other, and because they're so stubborn the sexual tension builds and builds until eventually. . ."

"I'd like to change the subject but this could get them together, I knew you were a genius," said Rachel struggling to sit up.

"I think they're into the whole love/hate thing," said Jesse, "are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"We're so evil together, what would your father say?" said Rachel flashing Jesse the 'Alec grin'

"He'd say that you're a bad influence on me and that I should be dating a nice, sweet, good girl not Alec's Daughter."

"We're not dating."

"That's what I told him, but after the kitchen incident I don't think he believes me," said Jesse laughing.

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We've got a few hours," he said looking at his watch, "make it good. How is this to protect Max?"

"The last time I saw Zack, he told me to protect her if anything happened to him. He wouldn't tell me what happened or what was happening, all he told me was that Max and Tinga were in trouble and he was recruiting Krit and Syl to help him out. Zane and I were to no way be involved. The day the Eyes Only bulletin came up about Manticore was the same day you called me to come down to Seattle. As long as I was out of San Fransisco it was fine with me, you needed the S1W's help and I would come down. You surprised me by asking if I knew about Manticore and I almost lost it when I heard that Max was dead. Zack and Tinga with her.

"I finally knew what he was talking about, they went to get Tinga but got themselves caught instead, I told you I'd help bring them down. Three months later Max shows up alive, and Zack's amnesic. Zane's nowhere to be found, and here I am, in the perfect position to protect her, and then all this happens."

"Rachel and Jesse," said Logan, "But I still…"

"Don't get what I'm doing?" asked Asha, "It's easier to watch out for someone if they don't know your there. She should know, but she can't. Zack's gone and with this whole Familiar stuff going on not to mention the X38's and Rachel being Perfection, I have to protect her more than ever, Zack's gone and now it's my turn. Do you think it's easy? Always pretending? Not telling her I'm right here? Doing things and saying things that I know will make her want to throw me out a window, all to protect a cover? This is for her own good and you know it, other wise you would have told her where the others are already."

"What?" asked Logan slightly paling.

"You know where they are and you know it," said Asha, "Zane, Jeice and her baby, Krit, Syl, even Brin."

"Have you been hacking into my files?"

"What do you think Jesse and I were talking about at the hospital?"

"This is Blackmail," said Logan.

"And with you accidentally finding out about me, you now know where all of Max's family are," said Asha, "and if you even try to switch this around to blackmail me, the question is, which one of us she's going to want to kill more."

"I'm starting to see your point," said Logan in defeat.

"I knew you would," said Jondy.

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A/N: Another talking chapter but w/ a little R/J humour. If I got anything screwed up I'm sorry but I only started watching DA at 'Gill Girl' and saw bits and pieces of S1 when it was originally airing.

Voila Asha=Jondy.