A/N: hey guys here's another chapter for you all. I hope you liked the last
one, also I'm sorry this one took so long, but I moved on the 15 and my
Internet didn't get hooked up until the 20th. Anyway I hope everyone is
still enjoying this story and thanks to everyone for reviewing. I really
appreciate it. And I'm sorry about the length but I was at a total loss!
A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO READ REUNION-BY KIRSTEN TAPP: I did not write Reunion nor do I have anything to do with it. Kirsten Tapp wrote it and she simply gave me permission to post it. When I copy and paste the chapters from dafan.com they come out without paragraphs and I'm sorry but I am not going through all of her 12 page stories splitting up the paragraphs, If you think its unreadable, don't read it but I'm sorry I just don't have the time to do that. When I get to the ones that are not on dafan.com (which I have) then they will have paragraphs but until then your just going to have to sit tight. Thanx for reading my story and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Only minutes later they had all decided that now was as good a time as any, to stake out Tinga's apartment.
They were in the Aztec looking out at the building.
"Alright, Max: you take the building across the street, Jondy: you take the building on the other side, Logan: you keep lookout in the car, and I will keep watch in the hallways of her place. We meet back here at 2300 hours."
"And the CO shines through" Max sarcastically remarked.
"Just go Maxie"
"Fine"
Everyone moved out to their specific locations that Zack had set out for them.
Max set up her observation from the roof of the building looking over Tinga's. She was sitting on the edge of the roof looking down at the view of Tinga and Charlie's window. She saw Charlie helping Case get ready for bed, telling him a bedtime story and then getting himself ready. By 11 o'clock she had seen nothing out of the ordinary in the apartment itself but she had noticed that Lydecker had set up some of his men on surveillance of the building. Max was making her way towards the door that led off the roof when she was ambushed.
A dark figure caught her from behind and flipped her over, Max got up and caught her attackers arm throwing her over, landing on the ground with a thud the figure looked up at Max with anger in their eyes.
Max's face softened when she saw the face of her attacker. Tinga. Max helped her off the ground but the woman still looked angry, obviously not realizing whom she had just attacked.
"Tinga it's me"
Tinga still looked puzzled.
"Its Max"
Tinga face softened considerably.
"Oh god Max,"
She brought her sister into a tight hug, and through it Max could hear Tinga quietly crying, she pulled back to look at her sister.
"Tinga whets wrong?"
"I. I can't ever see them again" Tinga broke down into tears. "I miss them so much but it will put them in so much danger if I go anywhere near them."
"Its alright big sister, we'll get them out and then you can leave together."
Tinga looked happier but only for a second.
"Wait, who else is hear with you?"
She was obviously talking about Zack in particular.
"Well. there's Jondy, Zack, which you probably already figured out. And Logan."
"Does Zack know about Charlie and Case? And who's Logan?"
"Yes Zack does know about Charlie and Case, and Jondy and I mostly convinced him that no matter what he did he couldn't keep you away from them so not to even try."
"Good, but what about the latter question?"
Max looked slightly uncomfortable.
"Logan is my boyfriend, you met him last time but he wasn't my boyfriend then."
"Ooo, and what does Zack think about that relationship"
"Let's just say he is NOT happy about it in the least."
"Well he always did have more than brotherly love for you then didn't he"
"Yeah a lot of us are realizing this lately." Max shifted uncomfortably. "Anyway, let's get the others I was supposed to meet them at the car about- " she looked down at her watch "-20 minutes ago"
They made their way down to the bottom of the building and towards the Aztec. They were greeted harshly by Zack when they got to the car.
"Where have you been?!?! You were supposed to be here 30 minutes ago!"
"Calm down Zack you're going to explode, Tinga and I were just having a little bonding moment no biggy."
"No biggy to you maybe"
"What ever Zack, we have to go save Tinga's family now"
"What!?"
"We. Are. Going. To. Save. Tinga's. Family. Right. Now!"
"Lydecker has too many men watching the building! We couldn't get anywhere near them without being captured."
"We have to try Zack! This is her family, just like you, Jondy and I are her siblings!"
"Fine, but you all have to follow my plan and we have to be as discreet as possible."
"You made the right choice Zack"
"Yeah what ever"
They had made it to her the right floor without any problems, and they were all making their way down the hallway to the right door. Logan had opted to stay in the car and notify them on their coms if there was any suspicious movements from Lydecker's people.
They silently made their way through the apartment, Zack, Max and Jondy waited in the entrance while Tinga went to the bedroom to wake Charlie and Case.
When she came back following behind her were a very shell-shocked Charlie and a confused Case. They made their way up to the roof where they would climb down. They had harnessed up Charlie, Zack, Jondy, Tinga and Case hanging onto Tinga for dear life, Max was to make sure they had all gotten down and then she would send herself down.
Everyone had gotten to the bottom with little problems and Max was just about to attach herself to the harness that had been set up for her. But before she could get the harness on she spotted a dark figure near the edge of the roof, immediately recognizing it as Brin she started to walk towards her.
"Brin?"
"Maxie, you have to help me get away from them!"
"How do I know you're not turned?"
"How well do you know me Maxie, you know I'm not turned, but god knows they tried. I've been playing 'good little soldier' for the past few months, and now they finally trust me enough to send me out on a mission, but you have to get me away! They're coming for Tinga"
"Alright, c'mon Brin, I'll take you down with me, Tinga and the others are at the bottom"
"Ok"
Max and Brin made their way down the bottom of the building, when they got there they were confronted by a not-so-happy Zack.
"Where have you been?"
Zack obviously hadn't noticed Brin who was still making her way down to the bottom of the building.
"I found Brin"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, she came to find me, Lydecker thinks she's turned but she's not."
"Well where is she!?"
"Calm down she's right behind me"
Max looked up to the side of the building where Brin was getting closer and closer to the bottom.
"Oh my god" both Tinga and Zack said at the same time.
Brin hit the ground with a slight thud, she turned around to look at the other x5s and she smiled.
"Hey Zack. Tinga"
"Uh, hey Brin" Tinga stuttered out.
"Well what's with you, come and give you little sister a hug!"
Tinga smiled and walked towards Brin wrapping her arms around the x5s slim body tightly.
"We missed you"
"I missed you too"
Max hated to break up the moment Tinga and Brin were having (they were always close back at Manticore) but she had to get them all back to Logan's car before Lydecker found them.
"Guys, we have to get back to the car, don't wanna get discovered."
"Right" Brin, said still smiling. "Lets go then"
They all made their way silently down the street to Logan's car, Case was silently asleep with his head resting on Tinga's shoulder, and Charlie still looked pretty shocked.
They had gotten back to the hotel without any major problems, but there was still the matter of explaining to Charlie what had just happened.
Tinga walked over to Charlie who was sitting on the bed of the room they had gotten themselves for however long they had to stay away from their apartment. She sat down beside him and took his hand in hers, forcing him to look her in the eye.
"Charlie I have to tell you something"
"I'm not sure if I want to hear this"
"But you have to know" Charlie only looked down at their hands "I'm not exactly human" Tinga started off.
"How could you not be human!"
"Well I am. Partly, I just have some other DNA mixed in."
"And how exactly did that happen?"
"I wasn't born in any normal hospital for one, I was designed in a lab, a test tube and then put into a serogate mother who carried me to term."
Charlie looked absolutely shocked.
"I was made in a place called Manticore, all of my brothers and sisters and I. We were designed to be the perfect soldier, sort of like a human weapon. But when we were 9 we escaped, we knew something wasn't right there. I've wanted to tell you so many times, but I couldn't get it out. I actually told you once, but you looked so disgusted that I said I was joking. You looked. kinda like you look now."
A single tear trickled down Tinga's cheek followed by a river of more.
Max and Logan were cuddled up on the bed in their room watching a pre-pulse movie.
"Logan, what do you think Charlie will do when he finds out about Tinga and Manticore?"
"I really don't know Max, I mean imagine finding out the one you love and are commited to is only half human? It would be pretty scary thinking about what they could do."
"You didn't think that about me did you?"
"You have to remember Max, when I found out about you I didn't know you at all. So I think yes I probably did think that about you. But its different now, I know you and I know you're nothing like that. To me, you completely human in every way."
Max smiled and snuggled towards him more.
"good answer."
Logan chuckled and hugged Max towards him.
The next morning Max was just leaving her room to go on a morning run, she met up with Tinga in the corridor.
"So, how'd it go last night?"
"Not all that bad, but I wont say it went well that's for sure."
"How'd he take it?"
"Not that well"
"Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah I think we can pretty much work it out."
Logan woke up in the morning only to find the other side of the bed cold and empty, he got up slowly to go find Max.
Charlie woke up to the same sensation and went to find Tinga.
Charlie and Logan met up in the corridor between the two rooms.
"How'd you get through it?" Charlie asked abruptly.
Logan looked confused. "Get through what?"
"That fact that your girlfriend is only half human?"
"Well, when I first found out I didn't know Max very well and we certainly werent a couple."
"Right"
"It took my awhile but when I got to know her I realized that shes not different from anyone else, she didn't choose to be made in a lab, to be a genetically engineered soldier. But it happened and I thank Manticore every day for making her. Without them we both wouldn't have women who we love and who love us."
Charlie looked like a huge weight had been lifted.
"Your right"
Logan smiled at the other man.
Behind them they could hear movement coming from inside Tinga and Charlies room.
"Oh, Case must be awake. Thanks for your help man."
"No problem."
Charlie walked back into his room leaving Logan to go and find Max.
A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO READ REUNION-BY KIRSTEN TAPP: I did not write Reunion nor do I have anything to do with it. Kirsten Tapp wrote it and she simply gave me permission to post it. When I copy and paste the chapters from dafan.com they come out without paragraphs and I'm sorry but I am not going through all of her 12 page stories splitting up the paragraphs, If you think its unreadable, don't read it but I'm sorry I just don't have the time to do that. When I get to the ones that are not on dafan.com (which I have) then they will have paragraphs but until then your just going to have to sit tight. Thanx for reading my story and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Only minutes later they had all decided that now was as good a time as any, to stake out Tinga's apartment.
They were in the Aztec looking out at the building.
"Alright, Max: you take the building across the street, Jondy: you take the building on the other side, Logan: you keep lookout in the car, and I will keep watch in the hallways of her place. We meet back here at 2300 hours."
"And the CO shines through" Max sarcastically remarked.
"Just go Maxie"
"Fine"
Everyone moved out to their specific locations that Zack had set out for them.
Max set up her observation from the roof of the building looking over Tinga's. She was sitting on the edge of the roof looking down at the view of Tinga and Charlie's window. She saw Charlie helping Case get ready for bed, telling him a bedtime story and then getting himself ready. By 11 o'clock she had seen nothing out of the ordinary in the apartment itself but she had noticed that Lydecker had set up some of his men on surveillance of the building. Max was making her way towards the door that led off the roof when she was ambushed.
A dark figure caught her from behind and flipped her over, Max got up and caught her attackers arm throwing her over, landing on the ground with a thud the figure looked up at Max with anger in their eyes.
Max's face softened when she saw the face of her attacker. Tinga. Max helped her off the ground but the woman still looked angry, obviously not realizing whom she had just attacked.
"Tinga it's me"
Tinga still looked puzzled.
"Its Max"
Tinga face softened considerably.
"Oh god Max,"
She brought her sister into a tight hug, and through it Max could hear Tinga quietly crying, she pulled back to look at her sister.
"Tinga whets wrong?"
"I. I can't ever see them again" Tinga broke down into tears. "I miss them so much but it will put them in so much danger if I go anywhere near them."
"Its alright big sister, we'll get them out and then you can leave together."
Tinga looked happier but only for a second.
"Wait, who else is hear with you?"
She was obviously talking about Zack in particular.
"Well. there's Jondy, Zack, which you probably already figured out. And Logan."
"Does Zack know about Charlie and Case? And who's Logan?"
"Yes Zack does know about Charlie and Case, and Jondy and I mostly convinced him that no matter what he did he couldn't keep you away from them so not to even try."
"Good, but what about the latter question?"
Max looked slightly uncomfortable.
"Logan is my boyfriend, you met him last time but he wasn't my boyfriend then."
"Ooo, and what does Zack think about that relationship"
"Let's just say he is NOT happy about it in the least."
"Well he always did have more than brotherly love for you then didn't he"
"Yeah a lot of us are realizing this lately." Max shifted uncomfortably. "Anyway, let's get the others I was supposed to meet them at the car about- " she looked down at her watch "-20 minutes ago"
They made their way down to the bottom of the building and towards the Aztec. They were greeted harshly by Zack when they got to the car.
"Where have you been?!?! You were supposed to be here 30 minutes ago!"
"Calm down Zack you're going to explode, Tinga and I were just having a little bonding moment no biggy."
"No biggy to you maybe"
"What ever Zack, we have to go save Tinga's family now"
"What!?"
"We. Are. Going. To. Save. Tinga's. Family. Right. Now!"
"Lydecker has too many men watching the building! We couldn't get anywhere near them without being captured."
"We have to try Zack! This is her family, just like you, Jondy and I are her siblings!"
"Fine, but you all have to follow my plan and we have to be as discreet as possible."
"You made the right choice Zack"
"Yeah what ever"
They had made it to her the right floor without any problems, and they were all making their way down the hallway to the right door. Logan had opted to stay in the car and notify them on their coms if there was any suspicious movements from Lydecker's people.
They silently made their way through the apartment, Zack, Max and Jondy waited in the entrance while Tinga went to the bedroom to wake Charlie and Case.
When she came back following behind her were a very shell-shocked Charlie and a confused Case. They made their way up to the roof where they would climb down. They had harnessed up Charlie, Zack, Jondy, Tinga and Case hanging onto Tinga for dear life, Max was to make sure they had all gotten down and then she would send herself down.
Everyone had gotten to the bottom with little problems and Max was just about to attach herself to the harness that had been set up for her. But before she could get the harness on she spotted a dark figure near the edge of the roof, immediately recognizing it as Brin she started to walk towards her.
"Brin?"
"Maxie, you have to help me get away from them!"
"How do I know you're not turned?"
"How well do you know me Maxie, you know I'm not turned, but god knows they tried. I've been playing 'good little soldier' for the past few months, and now they finally trust me enough to send me out on a mission, but you have to get me away! They're coming for Tinga"
"Alright, c'mon Brin, I'll take you down with me, Tinga and the others are at the bottom"
"Ok"
Max and Brin made their way down the bottom of the building, when they got there they were confronted by a not-so-happy Zack.
"Where have you been?"
Zack obviously hadn't noticed Brin who was still making her way down to the bottom of the building.
"I found Brin"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, she came to find me, Lydecker thinks she's turned but she's not."
"Well where is she!?"
"Calm down she's right behind me"
Max looked up to the side of the building where Brin was getting closer and closer to the bottom.
"Oh my god" both Tinga and Zack said at the same time.
Brin hit the ground with a slight thud, she turned around to look at the other x5s and she smiled.
"Hey Zack. Tinga"
"Uh, hey Brin" Tinga stuttered out.
"Well what's with you, come and give you little sister a hug!"
Tinga smiled and walked towards Brin wrapping her arms around the x5s slim body tightly.
"We missed you"
"I missed you too"
Max hated to break up the moment Tinga and Brin were having (they were always close back at Manticore) but she had to get them all back to Logan's car before Lydecker found them.
"Guys, we have to get back to the car, don't wanna get discovered."
"Right" Brin, said still smiling. "Lets go then"
They all made their way silently down the street to Logan's car, Case was silently asleep with his head resting on Tinga's shoulder, and Charlie still looked pretty shocked.
They had gotten back to the hotel without any major problems, but there was still the matter of explaining to Charlie what had just happened.
Tinga walked over to Charlie who was sitting on the bed of the room they had gotten themselves for however long they had to stay away from their apartment. She sat down beside him and took his hand in hers, forcing him to look her in the eye.
"Charlie I have to tell you something"
"I'm not sure if I want to hear this"
"But you have to know" Charlie only looked down at their hands "I'm not exactly human" Tinga started off.
"How could you not be human!"
"Well I am. Partly, I just have some other DNA mixed in."
"And how exactly did that happen?"
"I wasn't born in any normal hospital for one, I was designed in a lab, a test tube and then put into a serogate mother who carried me to term."
Charlie looked absolutely shocked.
"I was made in a place called Manticore, all of my brothers and sisters and I. We were designed to be the perfect soldier, sort of like a human weapon. But when we were 9 we escaped, we knew something wasn't right there. I've wanted to tell you so many times, but I couldn't get it out. I actually told you once, but you looked so disgusted that I said I was joking. You looked. kinda like you look now."
A single tear trickled down Tinga's cheek followed by a river of more.
Max and Logan were cuddled up on the bed in their room watching a pre-pulse movie.
"Logan, what do you think Charlie will do when he finds out about Tinga and Manticore?"
"I really don't know Max, I mean imagine finding out the one you love and are commited to is only half human? It would be pretty scary thinking about what they could do."
"You didn't think that about me did you?"
"You have to remember Max, when I found out about you I didn't know you at all. So I think yes I probably did think that about you. But its different now, I know you and I know you're nothing like that. To me, you completely human in every way."
Max smiled and snuggled towards him more.
"good answer."
Logan chuckled and hugged Max towards him.
The next morning Max was just leaving her room to go on a morning run, she met up with Tinga in the corridor.
"So, how'd it go last night?"
"Not all that bad, but I wont say it went well that's for sure."
"How'd he take it?"
"Not that well"
"Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah I think we can pretty much work it out."
Logan woke up in the morning only to find the other side of the bed cold and empty, he got up slowly to go find Max.
Charlie woke up to the same sensation and went to find Tinga.
Charlie and Logan met up in the corridor between the two rooms.
"How'd you get through it?" Charlie asked abruptly.
Logan looked confused. "Get through what?"
"That fact that your girlfriend is only half human?"
"Well, when I first found out I didn't know Max very well and we certainly werent a couple."
"Right"
"It took my awhile but when I got to know her I realized that shes not different from anyone else, she didn't choose to be made in a lab, to be a genetically engineered soldier. But it happened and I thank Manticore every day for making her. Without them we both wouldn't have women who we love and who love us."
Charlie looked like a huge weight had been lifted.
"Your right"
Logan smiled at the other man.
Behind them they could hear movement coming from inside Tinga and Charlies room.
"Oh, Case must be awake. Thanks for your help man."
"No problem."
Charlie walked back into his room leaving Logan to go and find Max.