Chapter 10...........
Zack watched his baby sister ride off into the night. He was worried about her. She was crazy, just like Ben. Though she wasn't killing people. But Ben wasn't at first either. Ben. He missed his brother so much. He and Max had always been different to him. He had always loved them the most. Which is probably why he had developed these feelings for Max.
Zack almost wished that they had never escaped. That he had never thought of it. They would be soldiers, and wouldn't be the happiest people that ever were, but they would be together. A team. A whole. Ben never would of died, and they wouldn't of lost anyone else be it for any reason. And Ben would of remained sane, and Max wouldn't of fallen down the same tack as Ben. Not to mention she wouldn't be pregnant by Ben's twin.
Zack sat on his bed and remembered more of his last encounter with Ben. Flashback;
"So, why don't cha show me around the new neborhood. Got any friends?" Zack asked him. He hoped he did, it was important for Ben to move on from manticore, like everyone else had. And Ben still wasn't moving on. But that would change, he would find Max, and the three off them could stay together.
Ben shook his head, "I don't need any friends, I have you, and soon we'll have Max. And I'll always have the blue lady" Ben said.
Zack looked down at his hands. The 'Blue lady'. Zack didn't think that Ben should still believe in that, after all that had happened to them. But what was the harm, if it made him feel safe. Zack decided to save the blue lady for another day. "Ben, you need friends." Zack scolded him.
"How many friends do you have Zack?" Ben asked him.
"That's different. I can't have friends, I'm to busy looking after all of you" he said.
"Whatever" Ben said. "When you find Max, You'll tell me right? Where she is? How to find her? How she has changed? Because I need to know Zack. You won't let me see anyone else, but Zack, I NEED to see her. It's Maxie. My baby sister. I always had more in common with her then anyone else. You'll let me see her won't you? If you don't then I'll leave, and I'll find her any ways" Ben Pleaded with Zack.
Of course I'll let you see her " Zack said. "I"ll find her and we can all move to Canada or something" Zack said. Ben nodded.
Present;
Zack choked back a small tear that threatened to fall. He remembered what had happened after he found Max. How telling Ben where she was had gotten him killed. Damn Manticore! Killing his brother because he wasn't perfect.
FLASHBACK;
Zack walked around the small abandoned building in Chicago. He saw Ben Sleeping on a small bed. "Ben" Zack said loudly. Ben sat up with a start. His eyes were almost un recognizable. The looked crazy. But Zack had been to excited to notice to much. "Ben I found her!" Zack said.
Ben looked confused, "Found who" he said. His voice was almost cold. Lacking in Ben-ness. He stood up and pulled on his black jumper.
"I found Max" Zack said.
Bens expression changed slightly. He looked more like Ben for a second, "Where is she" Ben asked.
Zack found himself reluctant to tell Ben. Ben had changed. He looked different, sounded different. He smelled different. He smelled of knowledge, of blood shed. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to see her" Zack said. He was now glad that Max had refused to come with him. His plan had been to surprise her with Ben, but he didn't think that this new Ben would be the best surprise. "She isn't safe" he was lying impart, Ben was the one that wasn't safe.
"I don't care, tell me where she is" he demanded.
"She's in Seattle, That's all I'm telling you. And I think it's a bad idea for you to go see her. Ben, she'll put you in danger. She's to wrapped up in this 'Eyes only' Guy to care that she herself is in danger." He was ready to beg Ben to stay.
"You know I have to see her" Ben said. Zack nodded after a moment. "I just have a few things around here to wrap up, and then I'll go" he said.
PRESENT;
Zack walked over to the bigger house. He had to go after Max. He had left Ben out of fear. He had feared his little brother. If only he had stayed. If only he had gone to Seattle with Ben. But no. He tried to beat him there, which is when things really got complicated. When Brin called him. And then he had to save Max again, and then he had gotten captured by Manticore. He had never had the chance to tell Max. And by the time he got away from Manticore, He had actually forgotten. He couldn't remember at all. Until Max had told him how Ben had been in Seattle, and how he had been killing people, and how Manticore killed him.
He want's going to give himself a chance to forget again. He was going after Max. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Max sped along on her motorcycle. She was going to Alecs new apartment, he had asked her to come see him when she got back. It began to rain. She went faster, but it was no use. The rain was coming down so hard that it only took about one minute for it to completely soak through her clothing.
She didn't care that much though. It didn't bother her, it eased the pain a little. the pain of everything. Of Zack not understanding, of Ben. Of her pregnancy, of Logan, of Alec, of everything. Besides, she could now see Alecs new building. She pulled up alongside it, hopped off her motorcycle, and went into the building. She walked up the stairs, and found his apartment. She knocked on the door. It only took Alec a moment to answer the door.
"Max" he said, "I wasn't expecting you back for a couple of days" he said, "Oh god, look at you your soaking wet, come in" he said. He stood back from the door and let her in. She walked in the apartment and looked around. It was smaller then his last place, but it was nicer. She took off her jacket, only to find that her shirt was just as wet. "Did everything go okay with Zack? He didn't go on a must-kill-Logan trip again?" Alec asked.
Max shook her head, but didn't say anything She wrapped her arms around herself, suddenly finding it very cold. Alec noticed this and came over to her, "Max, your shaking" he said. He put his hands on her shoulders and rubbed her arms, trying to warm her up. Max looked up at the man with Bens face. He looked down at her, his eyes full of concern. She wrapped her arms around her neck, and buried her face in his chest. Alec wrapped his arms around her and slowly stroked her back. "Max, let's get you into some dry clothes" Alec said.
Max let him lead her into his room. He went over to his dresser and pulled out a gray sweat suit. "Here" he said handing it to her, "It will be way to big for you, but at least you wont be cold." He smiled at her.
She kin of smiled back, but didn't really move. She just stood there with a blank expression on her face. She was stroking the pendant on her neck, looking off into the distance at something only she could see. Her eyes were glazed over a little. After a moment she looked back at Alec, "this necklace was Ben's" she said after a moment. Alec didn't know how to respond. "It's not wrong is it? For me to wear it, for me to want him back? there nothing wrong in that, right?" she asked. A small tear was in the corner of her eye, waiting to fall.
"No, of course you want him back, he was your brother, well kind of, let's just say he was like a brother" Alec said. He couldn't think of Max as Bens sister. Ben was his blood brother.
"So if I had him back, and didn't want to let him go, that would be okay also, right?" she asked.
Alec didn't know how to answer this. He didn't even understand the question. "Max, Ben is dead. He's not coming back. But maybe, IF it did happen, and it was like with Zack or something, then Of course you wouldn't want to loose him again." Alec hoped that that was a good enough answer for her. He still didn't get the question. Max knew that Ben was dead. He didn't even understand why she was asking him of all people something like this.
Max nodded. She put the gray sweat suit down on his bed, and pulled her shirt over her head. She was wearing a tank top underneath it, but it still made Alec feel uncomfortable. He turned to leave, but she stopped him. She grabbed his and hand put it on her stomach. "Does it make you un happy? me being pregnant?" she asked
Alec shook his head, "It doesn't matter how I feel, it's your body that the child is growing in" he said. She was acting really weird this evening, with her questions. But the truth was, it really didn't make him un happy at all.
"It does matter" Max said, "This baby is yours to, and I don't want you to hate it" Max said. Her eyes were more solid now, looking directly at him.
"No Max, it doesn't make me un happy. And I could never hate it. It's a little bit of you, and a little bit of me, all musshed together. And you know it's going to be beautiful, because, I mean, just look at us. And it will be ours, I could never hat anything that came from you Max" he said.
Max looked up at him, "It wont be normal" she said, "It will be like us, Like Tingas boy, but worse, because it will come from two transgenics, not just one." she looked down for a moment, a tearful memory on her mind. "Damn it Alec!" she said loudly, "This is just what they wanted. Manticore. It's been over ten years since the escape, and they're still ruining my life" she said. She moved away from him. "Alec, what if there still out there, and they moved the operation. What if they'll find the baby and take it away from us, Or what if White and his little breeding cult kill it. "Alec, I cant loose it" she said, already attached to the life growing inside of her.
"Max, no one is going to hurt this baby. got that? no one. If they look for us we'll run. In fact, we should go now Max. Well, not right now. But soon, before it's to late. We can leave the country, and we'll go some where where there's no Manticore, and no crazy breeding cult. Or if there is, it won't matter because we won't know and we can be naive, like everyone who is normal. And we can be normal. We'll buy some stupid little house and have a normal family" Alec said. She was right, if any of their enemies found out, they would be looked for.
"Alec no" she said. "I can't leave Logan, and I can't leave OC or Sketchy. This is my home. I can't leave." she said. She began to cry, "When Manticore was destroyed, this, all of this, was supposed to end. But it didn't. It never ends." she said.
Alec nodded in understanding. "We can't stay Max" he said. He knew it was true, and he knew that she knew it also.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N- And here's chapter ten. I hope you like it. It might take me a little while to get the next chapter up, but many reviews could urge me to hurry. But, I'm not quite sure what will happen next, so any input would be gratefully appreciated.
.
Zack watched his baby sister ride off into the night. He was worried about her. She was crazy, just like Ben. Though she wasn't killing people. But Ben wasn't at first either. Ben. He missed his brother so much. He and Max had always been different to him. He had always loved them the most. Which is probably why he had developed these feelings for Max.
Zack almost wished that they had never escaped. That he had never thought of it. They would be soldiers, and wouldn't be the happiest people that ever were, but they would be together. A team. A whole. Ben never would of died, and they wouldn't of lost anyone else be it for any reason. And Ben would of remained sane, and Max wouldn't of fallen down the same tack as Ben. Not to mention she wouldn't be pregnant by Ben's twin.
Zack sat on his bed and remembered more of his last encounter with Ben. Flashback;
"So, why don't cha show me around the new neborhood. Got any friends?" Zack asked him. He hoped he did, it was important for Ben to move on from manticore, like everyone else had. And Ben still wasn't moving on. But that would change, he would find Max, and the three off them could stay together.
Ben shook his head, "I don't need any friends, I have you, and soon we'll have Max. And I'll always have the blue lady" Ben said.
Zack looked down at his hands. The 'Blue lady'. Zack didn't think that Ben should still believe in that, after all that had happened to them. But what was the harm, if it made him feel safe. Zack decided to save the blue lady for another day. "Ben, you need friends." Zack scolded him.
"How many friends do you have Zack?" Ben asked him.
"That's different. I can't have friends, I'm to busy looking after all of you" he said.
"Whatever" Ben said. "When you find Max, You'll tell me right? Where she is? How to find her? How she has changed? Because I need to know Zack. You won't let me see anyone else, but Zack, I NEED to see her. It's Maxie. My baby sister. I always had more in common with her then anyone else. You'll let me see her won't you? If you don't then I'll leave, and I'll find her any ways" Ben Pleaded with Zack.
Of course I'll let you see her " Zack said. "I"ll find her and we can all move to Canada or something" Zack said. Ben nodded.
Present;
Zack choked back a small tear that threatened to fall. He remembered what had happened after he found Max. How telling Ben where she was had gotten him killed. Damn Manticore! Killing his brother because he wasn't perfect.
FLASHBACK;
Zack walked around the small abandoned building in Chicago. He saw Ben Sleeping on a small bed. "Ben" Zack said loudly. Ben sat up with a start. His eyes were almost un recognizable. The looked crazy. But Zack had been to excited to notice to much. "Ben I found her!" Zack said.
Ben looked confused, "Found who" he said. His voice was almost cold. Lacking in Ben-ness. He stood up and pulled on his black jumper.
"I found Max" Zack said.
Bens expression changed slightly. He looked more like Ben for a second, "Where is she" Ben asked.
Zack found himself reluctant to tell Ben. Ben had changed. He looked different, sounded different. He smelled different. He smelled of knowledge, of blood shed. "I don't think it's a good idea for you to see her" Zack said. He was now glad that Max had refused to come with him. His plan had been to surprise her with Ben, but he didn't think that this new Ben would be the best surprise. "She isn't safe" he was lying impart, Ben was the one that wasn't safe.
"I don't care, tell me where she is" he demanded.
"She's in Seattle, That's all I'm telling you. And I think it's a bad idea for you to go see her. Ben, she'll put you in danger. She's to wrapped up in this 'Eyes only' Guy to care that she herself is in danger." He was ready to beg Ben to stay.
"You know I have to see her" Ben said. Zack nodded after a moment. "I just have a few things around here to wrap up, and then I'll go" he said.
PRESENT;
Zack walked over to the bigger house. He had to go after Max. He had left Ben out of fear. He had feared his little brother. If only he had stayed. If only he had gone to Seattle with Ben. But no. He tried to beat him there, which is when things really got complicated. When Brin called him. And then he had to save Max again, and then he had gotten captured by Manticore. He had never had the chance to tell Max. And by the time he got away from Manticore, He had actually forgotten. He couldn't remember at all. Until Max had told him how Ben had been in Seattle, and how he had been killing people, and how Manticore killed him.
He want's going to give himself a chance to forget again. He was going after Max. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Max sped along on her motorcycle. She was going to Alecs new apartment, he had asked her to come see him when she got back. It began to rain. She went faster, but it was no use. The rain was coming down so hard that it only took about one minute for it to completely soak through her clothing.
She didn't care that much though. It didn't bother her, it eased the pain a little. the pain of everything. Of Zack not understanding, of Ben. Of her pregnancy, of Logan, of Alec, of everything. Besides, she could now see Alecs new building. She pulled up alongside it, hopped off her motorcycle, and went into the building. She walked up the stairs, and found his apartment. She knocked on the door. It only took Alec a moment to answer the door.
"Max" he said, "I wasn't expecting you back for a couple of days" he said, "Oh god, look at you your soaking wet, come in" he said. He stood back from the door and let her in. She walked in the apartment and looked around. It was smaller then his last place, but it was nicer. She took off her jacket, only to find that her shirt was just as wet. "Did everything go okay with Zack? He didn't go on a must-kill-Logan trip again?" Alec asked.
Max shook her head, but didn't say anything She wrapped her arms around herself, suddenly finding it very cold. Alec noticed this and came over to her, "Max, your shaking" he said. He put his hands on her shoulders and rubbed her arms, trying to warm her up. Max looked up at the man with Bens face. He looked down at her, his eyes full of concern. She wrapped her arms around her neck, and buried her face in his chest. Alec wrapped his arms around her and slowly stroked her back. "Max, let's get you into some dry clothes" Alec said.
Max let him lead her into his room. He went over to his dresser and pulled out a gray sweat suit. "Here" he said handing it to her, "It will be way to big for you, but at least you wont be cold." He smiled at her.
She kin of smiled back, but didn't really move. She just stood there with a blank expression on her face. She was stroking the pendant on her neck, looking off into the distance at something only she could see. Her eyes were glazed over a little. After a moment she looked back at Alec, "this necklace was Ben's" she said after a moment. Alec didn't know how to respond. "It's not wrong is it? For me to wear it, for me to want him back? there nothing wrong in that, right?" she asked. A small tear was in the corner of her eye, waiting to fall.
"No, of course you want him back, he was your brother, well kind of, let's just say he was like a brother" Alec said. He couldn't think of Max as Bens sister. Ben was his blood brother.
"So if I had him back, and didn't want to let him go, that would be okay also, right?" she asked.
Alec didn't know how to answer this. He didn't even understand the question. "Max, Ben is dead. He's not coming back. But maybe, IF it did happen, and it was like with Zack or something, then Of course you wouldn't want to loose him again." Alec hoped that that was a good enough answer for her. He still didn't get the question. Max knew that Ben was dead. He didn't even understand why she was asking him of all people something like this.
Max nodded. She put the gray sweat suit down on his bed, and pulled her shirt over her head. She was wearing a tank top underneath it, but it still made Alec feel uncomfortable. He turned to leave, but she stopped him. She grabbed his and hand put it on her stomach. "Does it make you un happy? me being pregnant?" she asked
Alec shook his head, "It doesn't matter how I feel, it's your body that the child is growing in" he said. She was acting really weird this evening, with her questions. But the truth was, it really didn't make him un happy at all.
"It does matter" Max said, "This baby is yours to, and I don't want you to hate it" Max said. Her eyes were more solid now, looking directly at him.
"No Max, it doesn't make me un happy. And I could never hate it. It's a little bit of you, and a little bit of me, all musshed together. And you know it's going to be beautiful, because, I mean, just look at us. And it will be ours, I could never hat anything that came from you Max" he said.
Max looked up at him, "It wont be normal" she said, "It will be like us, Like Tingas boy, but worse, because it will come from two transgenics, not just one." she looked down for a moment, a tearful memory on her mind. "Damn it Alec!" she said loudly, "This is just what they wanted. Manticore. It's been over ten years since the escape, and they're still ruining my life" she said. She moved away from him. "Alec, what if there still out there, and they moved the operation. What if they'll find the baby and take it away from us, Or what if White and his little breeding cult kill it. "Alec, I cant loose it" she said, already attached to the life growing inside of her.
"Max, no one is going to hurt this baby. got that? no one. If they look for us we'll run. In fact, we should go now Max. Well, not right now. But soon, before it's to late. We can leave the country, and we'll go some where where there's no Manticore, and no crazy breeding cult. Or if there is, it won't matter because we won't know and we can be naive, like everyone who is normal. And we can be normal. We'll buy some stupid little house and have a normal family" Alec said. She was right, if any of their enemies found out, they would be looked for.
"Alec no" she said. "I can't leave Logan, and I can't leave OC or Sketchy. This is my home. I can't leave." she said. She began to cry, "When Manticore was destroyed, this, all of this, was supposed to end. But it didn't. It never ends." she said.
Alec nodded in understanding. "We can't stay Max" he said. He knew it was true, and he knew that she knew it also.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N- And here's chapter ten. I hope you like it. It might take me a little while to get the next chapter up, but many reviews could urge me to hurry. But, I'm not quite sure what will happen next, so any input would be gratefully appreciated.
.