Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters. Iris is mine.
Thanks for the reviews. Sorry for the delay, had other stuff on my mind,
which I'm not gonna bore you with right now.
I'll need at least 5 reviews before I post the next chapter.
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THE NEXT MORNING: JAM PONY
Max and Alec were already at work, they didn't have to start for about an hour. They were standing near the lockers, holding each other. It's quite cute though. OC was standing a couple of yards away talking to Normal (out of all the people who were there, she's talking to him!)
"I'm never gonna get those two away from each other, am I?" Normal asked while looking at Max and Alec
"Nope, no chance in hell! I still can't believe they're together."
"Yea, I know! Disgusting, isn't it?"
"Hey!" she slapped Normal on his arm "'Don't say that about my boo and her boy!"
"Hey, easy there! It's bad form to hit your employer! Do that again and you're fired!" he replied
"Yeah right! Like I never heard that before!" she replied sarcastically before walking away
"Why do I hire these people?" he turned around ready to walk back to his office when he saw Iris standing there "So, are we all better again?" he asked her
"Yea, boss, all better and ready to work again!" she replied "Hey Max, Alec!" she shouted
They both turned their heads to see her facing them.
"Well, good! Put you stuff in your locker and get to work! Bip!" said Normal as he walked away
"Iris! Ehm, hey." Said Alec, looking all confused. He didn't think she'd be back again.
"Hi! Everything okay? You're starting to look a bit pale." She replied
Max and Alec were both kinda stunned by her appearance and didn't know what to say. The good news was that Vic and Jess were nowhere near her. Besides last time they saw Jess, Zack had him in a tight grip. But they haven't seen Zack all morning either.
"We're fine!" Max replied "and you?"
"I'm doing okay, considering everything."
OC joined them "What are you doing here?"
"Last time I checked I worked here. So."
"Where's you brother?" Alec asked her
"At home."
"And Jess?" Max asked
"Jess? You know Jess?"
"Yeah, we do, not that's any of your business."
AN EMPTY WAREHOUSE SOMEWHERE IN TOWN
Jess was tied up in a chair, the chair was in the middle of the room. Zack wasn't in sight and Jess was still unconscious. It was really quiet, you could only hear the wind blowing against some open windows. Then a door opened, Zack.
He walked towards Jess with a bag in his hands.
"Well, you're not so strong, are you. Most of us would've been awake by now, guess you're not one of the strong, the best soldiers."
Jess's head was hanging against his chest. Suddenly he started to cough.
"Ah, finally!" Zack held Jess's head up "You're awake! Took you long enough."
Jess was still coughing a bit "Where am I? Why are you doing this?"
"Don't worry, you're somewhere where on one can hear you if you scream, good to know huh?! As to why I'm doing this? You don't know? Come on, you can't be that dense!" silence, he didn't answer "Apparently you are."
"I guess so." He finally answered
"Let me ask you a question first, before I answer yours. How do you know Iris? What is she, to you? Are you in town to help here?"
"That sounds like three questions to me." Jess replied
"You're right, answer them!"
"I don't think so, we both know we're not built to break that easily!" he chuckled
"True! Would you prefer if I'd torture you first?" Zack asked
"You do what you have to do, so will I."
"Fine! Have it your way!" Zack opened the back and put the stuff that was in it on a piece of cloth on the table. "This may hurt, a lot! Feel free to scream!"
The equipment on the table: a knife, a poker, a box of matches, a couple of very long needles (about 3 inches) and a first aid kit.
"Pretty nice equipment huh?! That's all I could find on so short notice. How bout we start of with breaking a few bones? Like say the ones in your fingers?"
"You'll never break me Zack! I don't understand, why are you doing this to me? I thought we were friends!" Jess replied
"We are, but your girl is trying to kill someone I care about!"
"What? Iris? She only wants Ben! She will kill anyone who gets near him." Jess said "even me."
"I know, guess who she's trying to kill now, my baby sister, cos she's with Alec now." Zack said, he was looking pretty mad "the only reason I'm telling you this is because you know what she's capable of, I need you to tell me everything you know about her."
"Why? So you can kill her? Never!"
"No, I never said anything about killing anyone, I just want to keep my sister and her friends save."
"We both know, you'll kill her, that's what we're trained to do." Jess started to wiggle with his hands "you can't do that! You really wanna know why I'm in town?"
"Yeah, I have to know on which side you stand, are you gonna help me?"
"I can't!" Jess replied "I have to be here for Iris, Vic asked me to come. I'm the only one who can keep her in control."
"What? You just said she almost killed you once, and now you're trying to help her? Why?"
"Because I love her, always have. But she doesn't love me, not the way she loves Ben."
"Are you completely insane? She only met Ben once, once! That chick is a complete psycho!" Zack shouted, the sound echoed through the building.
"Never the less, I still love her, I can't help it."
SECTOR 12
Vic was standing in a room, there were chairs against the walls to sit on, but he preferred to stand up. Gives him a better chance to defend himself if someone decides to attack him. A big part of him was still back at Manticore. He was told to wait there until someone came to get him. Vic was starting to get impatience, he'd been standing there for almost half an hour by now.
"Damn, hello!" he shouted "is anyone here? I'm not planning to stay here and wait for much longer!"
"Patience is a virtue, hasn't anyone ever told you that?" a man entered the room "we're sorry to keep you waiting, we're ready for you now. Follow me." The man turned around and started to walk "Well, are you coming?"
'Wow, this guy's weird, this whole building is weird' "yeah, I'm coming"
Vic followed the man into another room.
"So, you're the guy who wants to buy my equipment." Said the fat man on the chair
"Yeah, I'm the guy who's planning to do that, mister.."
"People call me: the fat man. I wonder why." The fat man replied sarcastically
"Funny, so where is it?" Vic asked
BACK AT JAM PONY
"So, just look at you two. Just like two lovebirds! Cute." Said Iris
"Yeah, we know." Alec replied and kissed Max on her head.
"So Max, how long have you two been together?"
"Just a couple of days, why do you care?" Max replied
"Oh just wondering, have you told Logan yet? I saw him walking down the street this morning, he looked kinda down."
"Yea, we told him yesterday." 'what is she trying to do? This isn't going to break Alec and me apart, nothing will.'
"Oh, well that explains everything now doesn't it?!" she replied
OC saw the look on Max's face, she didn't like this whole situation. 'now what can I do to help my boo?' she walked over to the table where the packages were lying and grabbed a few. She walked back to Alec, Max and Iris.
Iris was still talking to Max and Alec about Logan, she was trying to make them uncomfortable with each other. She was basically planting a guilt trip on them o drive them apart.
OC was back and shoved the packages in Iris's arms.
"Here, Normal wants you to deliver these, right now! They're important, they have to be at those addresses in 10 minutes." She said pointing to the addresses. "Well? Why are you still standing here, go bip, bip, bip!"
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So what d'ya think? Leave me a review! Thanks ghosty girl
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THE NEXT MORNING: JAM PONY
Max and Alec were already at work, they didn't have to start for about an hour. They were standing near the lockers, holding each other. It's quite cute though. OC was standing a couple of yards away talking to Normal (out of all the people who were there, she's talking to him!)
"I'm never gonna get those two away from each other, am I?" Normal asked while looking at Max and Alec
"Nope, no chance in hell! I still can't believe they're together."
"Yea, I know! Disgusting, isn't it?"
"Hey!" she slapped Normal on his arm "'Don't say that about my boo and her boy!"
"Hey, easy there! It's bad form to hit your employer! Do that again and you're fired!" he replied
"Yeah right! Like I never heard that before!" she replied sarcastically before walking away
"Why do I hire these people?" he turned around ready to walk back to his office when he saw Iris standing there "So, are we all better again?" he asked her
"Yea, boss, all better and ready to work again!" she replied "Hey Max, Alec!" she shouted
They both turned their heads to see her facing them.
"Well, good! Put you stuff in your locker and get to work! Bip!" said Normal as he walked away
"Iris! Ehm, hey." Said Alec, looking all confused. He didn't think she'd be back again.
"Hi! Everything okay? You're starting to look a bit pale." She replied
Max and Alec were both kinda stunned by her appearance and didn't know what to say. The good news was that Vic and Jess were nowhere near her. Besides last time they saw Jess, Zack had him in a tight grip. But they haven't seen Zack all morning either.
"We're fine!" Max replied "and you?"
"I'm doing okay, considering everything."
OC joined them "What are you doing here?"
"Last time I checked I worked here. So."
"Where's you brother?" Alec asked her
"At home."
"And Jess?" Max asked
"Jess? You know Jess?"
"Yeah, we do, not that's any of your business."
AN EMPTY WAREHOUSE SOMEWHERE IN TOWN
Jess was tied up in a chair, the chair was in the middle of the room. Zack wasn't in sight and Jess was still unconscious. It was really quiet, you could only hear the wind blowing against some open windows. Then a door opened, Zack.
He walked towards Jess with a bag in his hands.
"Well, you're not so strong, are you. Most of us would've been awake by now, guess you're not one of the strong, the best soldiers."
Jess's head was hanging against his chest. Suddenly he started to cough.
"Ah, finally!" Zack held Jess's head up "You're awake! Took you long enough."
Jess was still coughing a bit "Where am I? Why are you doing this?"
"Don't worry, you're somewhere where on one can hear you if you scream, good to know huh?! As to why I'm doing this? You don't know? Come on, you can't be that dense!" silence, he didn't answer "Apparently you are."
"I guess so." He finally answered
"Let me ask you a question first, before I answer yours. How do you know Iris? What is she, to you? Are you in town to help here?"
"That sounds like three questions to me." Jess replied
"You're right, answer them!"
"I don't think so, we both know we're not built to break that easily!" he chuckled
"True! Would you prefer if I'd torture you first?" Zack asked
"You do what you have to do, so will I."
"Fine! Have it your way!" Zack opened the back and put the stuff that was in it on a piece of cloth on the table. "This may hurt, a lot! Feel free to scream!"
The equipment on the table: a knife, a poker, a box of matches, a couple of very long needles (about 3 inches) and a first aid kit.
"Pretty nice equipment huh?! That's all I could find on so short notice. How bout we start of with breaking a few bones? Like say the ones in your fingers?"
"You'll never break me Zack! I don't understand, why are you doing this to me? I thought we were friends!" Jess replied
"We are, but your girl is trying to kill someone I care about!"
"What? Iris? She only wants Ben! She will kill anyone who gets near him." Jess said "even me."
"I know, guess who she's trying to kill now, my baby sister, cos she's with Alec now." Zack said, he was looking pretty mad "the only reason I'm telling you this is because you know what she's capable of, I need you to tell me everything you know about her."
"Why? So you can kill her? Never!"
"No, I never said anything about killing anyone, I just want to keep my sister and her friends save."
"We both know, you'll kill her, that's what we're trained to do." Jess started to wiggle with his hands "you can't do that! You really wanna know why I'm in town?"
"Yeah, I have to know on which side you stand, are you gonna help me?"
"I can't!" Jess replied "I have to be here for Iris, Vic asked me to come. I'm the only one who can keep her in control."
"What? You just said she almost killed you once, and now you're trying to help her? Why?"
"Because I love her, always have. But she doesn't love me, not the way she loves Ben."
"Are you completely insane? She only met Ben once, once! That chick is a complete psycho!" Zack shouted, the sound echoed through the building.
"Never the less, I still love her, I can't help it."
SECTOR 12
Vic was standing in a room, there were chairs against the walls to sit on, but he preferred to stand up. Gives him a better chance to defend himself if someone decides to attack him. A big part of him was still back at Manticore. He was told to wait there until someone came to get him. Vic was starting to get impatience, he'd been standing there for almost half an hour by now.
"Damn, hello!" he shouted "is anyone here? I'm not planning to stay here and wait for much longer!"
"Patience is a virtue, hasn't anyone ever told you that?" a man entered the room "we're sorry to keep you waiting, we're ready for you now. Follow me." The man turned around and started to walk "Well, are you coming?"
'Wow, this guy's weird, this whole building is weird' "yeah, I'm coming"
Vic followed the man into another room.
"So, you're the guy who wants to buy my equipment." Said the fat man on the chair
"Yeah, I'm the guy who's planning to do that, mister.."
"People call me: the fat man. I wonder why." The fat man replied sarcastically
"Funny, so where is it?" Vic asked
BACK AT JAM PONY
"So, just look at you two. Just like two lovebirds! Cute." Said Iris
"Yeah, we know." Alec replied and kissed Max on her head.
"So Max, how long have you two been together?"
"Just a couple of days, why do you care?" Max replied
"Oh just wondering, have you told Logan yet? I saw him walking down the street this morning, he looked kinda down."
"Yea, we told him yesterday." 'what is she trying to do? This isn't going to break Alec and me apart, nothing will.'
"Oh, well that explains everything now doesn't it?!" she replied
OC saw the look on Max's face, she didn't like this whole situation. 'now what can I do to help my boo?' she walked over to the table where the packages were lying and grabbed a few. She walked back to Alec, Max and Iris.
Iris was still talking to Max and Alec about Logan, she was trying to make them uncomfortable with each other. She was basically planting a guilt trip on them o drive them apart.
OC was back and shoved the packages in Iris's arms.
"Here, Normal wants you to deliver these, right now! They're important, they have to be at those addresses in 10 minutes." She said pointing to the addresses. "Well? Why are you still standing here, go bip, bip, bip!"
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So what d'ya think? Leave me a review! Thanks ghosty girl