Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters. Iris is mine. Just to male things clear, Iris is wanted to go to Crash with Alec, but he didn't wanna go, so she asked Sketchy in the hope that Alec would get jealous. Schmidta, if you already love this story (by the way thanks for reading it, you and everyone else) than you're definitely gonna love this and the next chapter.

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6:45 PM, CRASH

Sketchy was already at Crash waiting for Iris while drinking and talking to some of the guys.

Meanwhile Iris was still at home getting ready for her date with Sketchy, she was wondering why on earth she asked him out. She didn't even like the guy, not really, he was nice and all but that was about it.

She was done getting dressed and almost done with her hair. She walked into the living room to find one of her hair clips. The doorbell rang. She walked over to the door and opened it.

"Hey there beautiful! Long time no see!"

"Oh my god! Vic!" and she flew into his arms "What are you doing here? How did you find me?" she kissed him on his cheek.

"So, I take it you're glad to see me?" he asked

"Yeah, of course! I missed you." And she let go of him.

"What are you doing in Seattle, since when have you lived here?" he asked her

"I've been living here for a couple of weeks now. So what's up with you, where have you been?"

"Around, I've taken the others away from here, they're across the country, they're save. You should come too."

"I can't, I live here now, my life is here now."

"That wasn't a request, 527! It isn't save here, they'll be coming for us, this will be the first place they'll look!" he said loudly

"Reality check Vic, we're in the real world now, you're not my CO anymore!"

"Maybe not, but I'm still responsible for you, you're my sister, my family. Not because we were in the same unit, but because we really are family, we're twins!"

"I can't leave this place, I've finally found him!" she cried out

"Found who?" he asked

"493, Ben!"

"Oh no, not that again! He's gone Iris, you saw his body, you even touched it! He's dead!"

"No, I've found him again! He goes by the name Alec now. But it's him, he even hangs out with that other transgenic, like in the old days at Manticore. He still hangs with 452!"

"452? The one who escaped, who burned down Manticore and set us free?"

"Yeah, that's her! They both work at Jam Pony, and so do I." she said

"So, you infiltrated their little gang, do they know yet, that you're one of them?" he asked

"I don't think so, but 452, Max, I think she suspects something. That doesn't matter, I'm gonna kill her!"

"Like you tried the last time?"

"I'll kill her, for real this time!"

"Right, sure you will, just remember, they'll be no one here to help you. Why are you so dressed up anyway?" he asked

"I . I have a date." She looked at her watch, 6:53. "And if I don't hurry I'll be late. We're suppose to meet at Crash, it's a local bar, you wanna come?"

"Sure, I guess. Hey, can I crash here? Haven't had the time to check in at a hotel." He asked

"Of course you can crash here, you can stay as long as you want, brother."

He put his bag in the spare bedroom and left with Iris to go to Crash.

7:05 CRASH

"Face it Sketch, she stood you up!" said Alec, who just walked in with Max and OC.

"Very funny Alec! She'll be here."

They sat down at a table with Sketchy.

"So Max, are you feeling okay?" Sketch asked her

"Yeah, why?"

"You just kinda looked down this morning. But it's okay now so."

Iris entered Crash with her brother, they stood still on the staircase. They cased the place, and saw the guys sitting at a table.

"Wow, the resemblance is unreal!" Vic said

"It's him, just like I said!" Iris replied "Come on, let's go to them, I'll introduce you."

"No, wait." He said while yanking her back "I know he looks a lot like 493."

"His name is Ben!"

"Fine, like Ben, but it can't be him, they don't revive people at Manticore." He said "I'm just saying,.." he saw the look on her face, she needed to believe that that was Ben "be careful okay." She smiled

They walked to the table were everyone was sitting.

"Hey!" Iris greeted them "I thought you weren't coming?"

"Yeah, I wasn't. But Max wanted to go, so. plus I wanted to see if you'd go through with it." Alec replied

"Hey, glad you decided to show up." Said Sketchy, while standing up to greet her, like a gentleman.

"So, who's your friend?" Max asked looking up at him, he smiled

"Oh, everyone, this is my brother Vic."

"Hey, everyone!" said Vic.

Iris introduced him to everyone.

"So what brings you to our fair city, Seattle?" OC asked Vic

"Oh, just being a big brother, checking up on my twins sis, making sure she's okay." He answered

"So, twins huh, yeah you guys kinda look a like!" said Max

Sketchy was dancing with Iris, she didn't mind dancing with him. She was staring at Alec who was busy talking with Max, OC and Vic. Vic stood up.

"If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna see if my sis want's to dance with her big brother."

"So how much older than her are you?" OC asked

"About two minutes, not much I know, but I'm still older!" he replied and grinned

He walked onto the dance floor and tagged Sketchy on the shoulder.

"Hey, mind if I cut in?" he asked

Sketchy looked at Iris for approval, she nodded so he let go.

"Thanks."

"Sure, have fun" and Sketch walked back to the table and sat down. "I think she's really starting to like me."

"Yeah, me too." Alec replied

On the dance floor

"So, he's okay, I approve." Vic said to his sis

"You approve Alec or Sketchy?"

"Preferably Alec, but Sketchy is okay, for a normal human."

"Great, now I just need to get rid of Max and get Alec to be mine." She said

"Need help?" he asked

"Oh, that's sweet, you're willing to help your younger sis out?"

"Yeah, anything to make you happy, and maybe afterwards I can convince you to get out of Seattle."

"Yeah maybe. Guess you can never tell."

"So, you want me to take out Max or capture Alec?" he asked

"I'll take Max, I got some unfinished business with her, you capture Alec. That cool?"

"Sure, now make sure she's really dead so she can't come after you, okay?"

"Yeah."

"When do you want to do it?" he asked

"As soon as possible, like tonight."

"We'll do!" and he let go of her, Sketchy took over.

"So Alec, any of these girls yours?" Vic asked sitting down next to Alec while pointing to all the girls in the crowd.

"Ha, no, I'm a one woman man, sadly I haven't found the right woman yet." He looked over to Max

"To bad, what about her?" he pointed to Max "you seem to get along with her."

"Max? No, she's sort of spoken for." He replied

"To bad, she's cute." Vic said "So, were is her man than?"

"Don't know, home I guess, they had a fight or something."

"She doesn't seem to upset about it. So Iris told me you have a bike, I take it that Motorcycle, the green/black one, outside is yours?" Vic asked

"Yeah, nice huh?!"

"Yeah, that's a pretty sweet ride!"

"You wanna check it out?" Alec asked

"Yeah, for sure."

They stood up and walked outside. They starred at the bike for a sec and then Vic grabbed Alec from behind. Alec tried to struggle himself loose from Vic's grip, but it didn't work. Vic had his arm around Alec's neck and held on until he passed out. He put Alec in a van and drove it back to Iris's place. He carried him inside and tied him to a chair. After that he sat down on the couch and took a hard look at Alec. He still couldn't believe how much he looked like Ben. Then he turned around and flipped on the TV and waited for Iris.

CRASH

After a while, after a couple of songs Iris told Sketchy she wanted to sit and talk to the others, he said okay. He didn't really felt like talking so he went to the pool table to play pool.

"Hey, where's Alec?" Max asked OC

"I don't know? He left with Vic to check out his bike or something, guy stuff!" OC replied

"Oh"

"Hey, Max? Could you come with me for a sec? I need to ask you something." Said Iris

"Okay." Said Max

They walked out of Crash

"So what did you wanna ask?" Max asked

"Nothing really, just stay away from Ben!"

"Ben? I knew it! You are Manticore! Ben is dead! You think Alec is Ben! Well he isn't Ben!"

"Yes he is, he has to be!" Iris cried

"He isn't! Alec is Ben's twin, 494!"

"How do you know that for sure?"

"Cos." a tear rolled down her cheek "cos I killed Ben." Max said

"You what? You killed the man I love? I knew it! I should've killed you back at Manticore when I had the chance! "

"You think I wanted to kill Ben? He was my brother, he told me to kill him, he didn't wanna go back, so I did, I'm not proud of what I did. If I could have saved him I would've."

"Yeah, right! It doesn't matter anyway, I've got Alec now."

"What?" suddenly she saw Alec's motorcycle, it was still there "Vic, he took Alec with him, where is he? Tell me!"

"He's mine now 452! You seem to be very fond of him, maybe I should kill him, then you know how I felt when I found out Ben was dead." she smiled.

Max jumped up, ready to kill her. Iris ducked and swung her leg backwards, tackling Max. Max flipped up from the ground and kicked Iris in the stomach, she flew back against a wall, she banged up against it and fell to the ground, a couple of bricks came loose and collapsed on her. Her back started to bleed. She stood up, ready to attack Max. She blurred over to her and punched her in the stomach and the face. She stumbled back, and punched Iris back. Iris started to kick, but Max blocked all of her kicks and her punches. Max blurred up behind her and elbowed her in the back, right on her bleeding wound. She fell to the ground, she was knocked out! Max dragged her to an alley and tied her up. She made sure Iris was secure, that she couldn't break free. Then she picked up her purse and got her wallet and ID card out of it. She got her home address, stepped on her motorcycle and drove to Iris's place.

IRIS'S PLACE

"Ouch, au my head. Where am I?" Alec looked around

Vic turned his head "Welcome home, Ben"

(TBC)

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