CHAPTER: Curfew
Max walked pass a group of sector police. She held her breath as she passed them.
" Hey! come back here," one of them shouted.
Max frowned and walked back towards the officers. They raised her hair to expose her neck. Since the hostage situation at Jam Pony things had gotten worse for the Transgenics. Regular neck checking in the public streets, raids on transgenic headquarters and worst was the fact they were arrested most of times for just having a barcode on their neck. " You're free to go," the officer said stopping a next woman. She had her barcode removed every week to make sure it wasn't visible. They didn't know they could temporarily remove it, so that was one less group of armed sector cops she had to face.
She walked into terminal city, she saw a man giving her a bad eye. She grew use to it, people where just afraid and they let their fear and insecurity turn into hate.
" So did you find him," Alec asked her from behind a car.
" What are you doing hiding behind that?" she asked eyeing the old car. She was looking into the face of the father of her child.
" I was trying to fix it, we could use a car," he hit the car and all parts inside fell to ground under the car. He moved from it and walked to Max. "So did you meet him or what?"
" Yeah I met him," she said walking off.
He ran up to meet her. " So what did he say?"
" He didn't say much." She said coolly.
He studied her face he knew she was keeping something from him. " Max, what did he say?" He repeated.
" He said the runes on my body told me my destiny, then he died." She wasn't ready to tell him what was going to happen, and besides it wasn't lie, it was a shortened version of the truth.
" That's it." He said. He was a little disappointed, they spent so long looking for this man to get some information and all he could tell them was something they knew already.
" What's the time?" Max asked to change the conversation. " I have to meet Original Cindy for some food supplies.
Alec looked at his watch, it was 5:15 pm but his attention was diverted to something else. " Oh god." He said staring at what was beyond the face of the wristwatch.
" What is it?" Max said coming to see.
" I've got those rune things on my hand." He said pulling up the sleeves of his sweater to reveal more.
Max came closer to observe them. She knew why they were happening. Inside her was turning she was getting nervous.
" I guess he had something to tell me too." He said lifting up all areas of his clothes to see how much and where they were. " What do you think they say?"
" I don't know." She lied and walked then walked off.
Alec noticed that what was happening was too much for Max, she didn't know what was going on and the only man with the answers was gone. He ran up to meet her. " It's probably nothing." He said trying to make her feel better. " Don't get too worried it will work out."
" I gotta go meet Cindy," she said walked back out the entrance. " We'll get pictures of those things later."
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Max came later with a few bags of food supplies. She couldn't believe Normal had it in him to be a caring human being. He had been supplying them with foodstuff since the coup began.
She opened a bag that had Alec's name written on it. Normal sent a special bag of goodies for Alec; he said he wanted to make sure they were feeding his boy right. The bag was filled with Twinkies, M&Ms, Skittles, Pringles, Mars bars and all the other junk food anyone who was lucked up would like.
" You're here late." He said coming to look into his goodie bag. He took out a pack of M&Ms and stuffed some in his mouth. " You know we have a curfew, it dangerous outside, especially for us."
Whenever the violence got to intense during the coup the city would get a curfew. After the curfew had started anything could happen and you had no right to seek legal justice. The problem was this curfew was way too early. Gang members came out a little after eight o' clock. The curfew began at seven. " Alec I can take care of myself."
"Max I don't want anything to happen to you." he said giving her some of his goodies. " You know how much you mean to everyone here?"
Max noticed he was already becoming protective of her. He was always but she only realized it when someone pointed it out. It was beyond her how Alec could be a father; he himself was like a big kid.
" You look deep in thought," he pointed out.
" We have to take pictures of those runes for Logan to analyze."
" You can't wait to see without clothes on huh?" he said giving her that cocky grin.
" You're the one who can't wait to show me," she said hitting him on his shoulder.
" I'm sorry to disappoint you but it's only on the upper half off my body," he said smiling. " But you can get free show of the other half."
" No thanks." She said pushing him into her room. The idea that he didn't know she would see it in two days was kind of funny.
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Max walked pass a group of sector police. She held her breath as she passed them.
" Hey! come back here," one of them shouted.
Max frowned and walked back towards the officers. They raised her hair to expose her neck. Since the hostage situation at Jam Pony things had gotten worse for the Transgenics. Regular neck checking in the public streets, raids on transgenic headquarters and worst was the fact they were arrested most of times for just having a barcode on their neck. " You're free to go," the officer said stopping a next woman. She had her barcode removed every week to make sure it wasn't visible. They didn't know they could temporarily remove it, so that was one less group of armed sector cops she had to face.
She walked into terminal city, she saw a man giving her a bad eye. She grew use to it, people where just afraid and they let their fear and insecurity turn into hate.
" So did you find him," Alec asked her from behind a car.
" What are you doing hiding behind that?" she asked eyeing the old car. She was looking into the face of the father of her child.
" I was trying to fix it, we could use a car," he hit the car and all parts inside fell to ground under the car. He moved from it and walked to Max. "So did you meet him or what?"
" Yeah I met him," she said walking off.
He ran up to meet her. " So what did he say?"
" He didn't say much." She said coolly.
He studied her face he knew she was keeping something from him. " Max, what did he say?" He repeated.
" He said the runes on my body told me my destiny, then he died." She wasn't ready to tell him what was going to happen, and besides it wasn't lie, it was a shortened version of the truth.
" That's it." He said. He was a little disappointed, they spent so long looking for this man to get some information and all he could tell them was something they knew already.
" What's the time?" Max asked to change the conversation. " I have to meet Original Cindy for some food supplies.
Alec looked at his watch, it was 5:15 pm but his attention was diverted to something else. " Oh god." He said staring at what was beyond the face of the wristwatch.
" What is it?" Max said coming to see.
" I've got those rune things on my hand." He said pulling up the sleeves of his sweater to reveal more.
Max came closer to observe them. She knew why they were happening. Inside her was turning she was getting nervous.
" I guess he had something to tell me too." He said lifting up all areas of his clothes to see how much and where they were. " What do you think they say?"
" I don't know." She lied and walked then walked off.
Alec noticed that what was happening was too much for Max, she didn't know what was going on and the only man with the answers was gone. He ran up to meet her. " It's probably nothing." He said trying to make her feel better. " Don't get too worried it will work out."
" I gotta go meet Cindy," she said walked back out the entrance. " We'll get pictures of those things later."
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Max came later with a few bags of food supplies. She couldn't believe Normal had it in him to be a caring human being. He had been supplying them with foodstuff since the coup began.
She opened a bag that had Alec's name written on it. Normal sent a special bag of goodies for Alec; he said he wanted to make sure they were feeding his boy right. The bag was filled with Twinkies, M&Ms, Skittles, Pringles, Mars bars and all the other junk food anyone who was lucked up would like.
" You're here late." He said coming to look into his goodie bag. He took out a pack of M&Ms and stuffed some in his mouth. " You know we have a curfew, it dangerous outside, especially for us."
Whenever the violence got to intense during the coup the city would get a curfew. After the curfew had started anything could happen and you had no right to seek legal justice. The problem was this curfew was way too early. Gang members came out a little after eight o' clock. The curfew began at seven. " Alec I can take care of myself."
"Max I don't want anything to happen to you." he said giving her some of his goodies. " You know how much you mean to everyone here?"
Max noticed he was already becoming protective of her. He was always but she only realized it when someone pointed it out. It was beyond her how Alec could be a father; he himself was like a big kid.
" You look deep in thought," he pointed out.
" We have to take pictures of those runes for Logan to analyze."
" You can't wait to see without clothes on huh?" he said giving her that cocky grin.
" You're the one who can't wait to show me," she said hitting him on his shoulder.
" I'm sorry to disappoint you but it's only on the upper half off my body," he said smiling. " But you can get free show of the other half."
" No thanks." She said pushing him into her room. The idea that he didn't know she would see it in two days was kind of funny.
NOTE: Review please. It's my muse.
And don't forget, DON"T WATCH FIRE FLIES.
.