EPISODE: 7 "BATTLE CRIES" 10/07/02
WRITTEN BY: Heather Ferguson (fergus80)
EMAIL: hferguso@niu.edu
WEBSITE: http://eric_greta.tripod.com (Jensen)
RATING: PG-13 (For now, will post alternate chapters if ratings change)
SUMMARY: How 'Freak Nation' and S3 should have been. M/A
SPOILERS: Everything!
DISCLAIMER: All Dark Angel characters belong to James Cameron, FOX, etc. etc. etc.
FEEDBACK: PLEASE!!! I CRAVE IT!!! It makes me want to write more.
DEDICATION: To all the Nuns at the Church of Alec, and the Blue Lady! And a special thank you to those who read, and corrected my spelling, grammar, tenses, etc. You know who you are, you wonderful nuns you. ;)
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The soldiers' breath could be seen in the night's air, as he stood his ground next to his fellow comrades just outside of the west entrance of Terminal City. He looked at the fence, seeing the debris and run down buildings behind it. It seemed so quite, abandoned, eerie. For a split second he thought he saw movement, someone running around, but it was too dark to be sure.
*A transgenic?* He thought to himself, grasping his machine gun a little
tighter, and looking to the man next to him. Who seemed to not have noticed
anything. His eyes went back to the fence, and his shoulders straightened
a little more, *Or Ghosts?*
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Cara sat with her back to the newly erected barricade, her hand in the brown paper bag, fishing out another cheese curl. *Late night snack of champions,* she thought with a small laugh. She turned to the other X6 next to her, "Trade you my twinkie for… well… whatcha got?"
The X6 boy laughed quietly, and sat down his gun next to him, and crossed his legs leaning back against the stone like she was. He opened his bag, "Corn chips or brownie."
"Dibs on the brownie," Cara said handing him the twinkie.
He just laughed, "What is it about women and chocolate?" He then rubbed his shoulder from where her fist punched him. He then looked down at his watch, "Just a little over two hours."
"Good, the wait is driving me crazy," she replied taking a bite out
of the brownie.
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"We know their biggest group of troops is at the south entrance," Dix said looking at the printout in front of him. "But their biggest arsenal is at the north."
Alec nodded, "Okay." He looked to his right at Vin as he leaned on the table, "I want you to take lead of the south group. There's going to be guns, but I'm sensing a lot of hand to hand combat once they come in."
"No problem," Vin replied.
"I'll take the north entrance." Alec looked over at Mole, "Those guys have everything ready, that we talked about?"
Mole smirked, "Oh yeah, even cooked up something new you might find interesting."
Alec smiled, "Good, good. Oh, and Mole, I want you on the west," He turned to Joshua, "Your getting the east buddy." He knew that the least concentration of troops was there.
Joshua grinned, "Oh I'll be able to see the sunrise."
"Wait. What about me?" Max asked moving over to the table from where she had been leaning against the rail.
"You're staying in headquarters," Alec responded.
"The hell I am."
His hand went to the back of his neck rubbing it. "Max, you need to stay here and organize things with Dix, Luke, and Logan."
Max shook her head, "Wouldn't it be better for you to stay and coordinate? You did come up with all this." She said motioning to the plan on the table.
He knew that in a way she was right, and saw the look from Vin beside him, but he wasn't going to change his mind. The safest place for her was to stay there. And he knew Dix, Luke, and heck even Logan would do anything to keep her safe. Out there, that was a different story. And if he knew she was okay, he could keep his head focused on the events happening around him.
"No, Max. You're the leader, you need to stay here and lead." He looked over to Logan, knowing the guy would back him up on this one, just because it would keep her in arms length, even if they couldn't touch.
Logan nodded with a sigh, "He's right Max. You should stay here, it's safer."
Alec cringed, *Wrong words.* He looked up and saw the fire in Max's eyes, and put up a hand, looking at Logan. "It's not safe anywhere." He then turned back to Max, "But I'm sure White has also given orders to find you. The whole thing with the Familiars, the runes, not to mention Ray…" He just let it trail off, and when he saw her sigh, he almost smiled because he knew he had won.
"Fine," she said in a huff and leaned back against the rail, her arms crossed over her chest. "Yeah, leader my ass. No one lets me make any decisions."
Alec grinned at her, "Now that's not true. You decided we had pizza for dinner." She just glared at him, and flipped her hair, giving him the finger at the same time. "And if I do remember correctly, you delegated this authority to me."
Another evil look from her and she responded, "Then stop wasting time, and finish planning."
He gave a half salute, "Yes ma'am."
Mel rolled her eyes, as Vin tried not to laugh and spoke, "So General…" Snickers could be heard coming from the group.
Alec gave the dark haired man a glare, "Funny." He turned back to the
plan on the table.
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They designed her to be the perfect soldier--a human weapon. Then she
escaped. In a future not far from now, in a broken world, she is haunted
by her past. She cannot run; she must fight to discover her destiny. ---
DARK ANGEL
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The meeting was over, and everyone was heading to their respective posts. Vin walked down the steps behind Mel, "Well I'll see ya soon."
She shook her head, as she got to the main floor, "I hope not."
He gave her a strange look, "Why?"
They both started to walk towards the door, and she hit his shoulder, "I don't want to see you in the medical ward."
Vin gave her a soft smile, "Well hopefully you won't see anyone there."
She nodded in agreement, but they both knew that wasn't going to be the
case as they walked out the door.
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Max took the plans and headed towards her office. She wanted to go over them a few more times, so that she wouldn't even have to look at them, when everything was happening.
Alec watched her go into her office and shut the door behind her, and he walked over to Dix and Logan, now back on the computers. He straightened his shoulders, and took a breath. God he hated this. His hand went out and he laid it gently on Logan's shoulder. The older man slowly turned to him with wide eyes.
"Logan, buddy," Alec almost choked on the last word. But he put a smile on his face anyway. "We both know Max."
Logan nodded, "Uh huh."
"We… know how she can get." Another nod. "Sometimes, she really doesn't think things through. And goes and does things without thinking of her own safety."
Logan nodded again, "What are you saying Alec?"
Alec swallowed, a sickening feeling in his stomach. "Watch her."
"What?"
"Don't let her do anything stupid. Don't let her leave headquarters. And if things…" he paused, his eyes closing for a moment, then opening again, "If things get really bad… get her out of here."
Logan looked up at the younger man, *Is he actually asking me to protect Max?* His eyes narrowed slightly, *Why does he care so much?* His thoughts started to plague him. Was there more to the two of them then he thought before? He looked at the X5 again, "You know I'd do anything to keep her safe."
Alec nodded. Yeah, he did know, and that's why he was there. He looked
over at Dix, then Luke, and with a small nod from each, got confirmation
they would do the same. Alec squeezed his shoulder, "Good." He then turned
around and headed for Max's office, his hands unconsciously wiping on his
pants as he went.
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Max's finger traveled over the paper in front of her. Going over each of the troop assignments. Where things were, what was planned. The fastest routes, the fall back areas. Every scenario that could be thought up. Her mind was quickly remembering it, analyzing it, like her X5 mind was supposed to do. She was quickly learning strategy, and military maneuvers she didn't know before. But she was still nervous, there was a lot she didn't know, and even more that she never experienced. She smiled slightly, glad that the others around her had the training, and happy to know that she could rely on them. Vin, Mel, Mole… Alec.
She sighed to herself, *Rely on Alec. Wow.* She shook her head to herself, her mind realizing how much things had changed in a little over a year. He had somehow went from being a pain in her ass too… *Well he's still a pain in the ass,* she thought to herself, but this time it was with a smile and not angry huff like it would have been before. She rested her palm in her hand, and her fingertips trailed over her lips.
Her mind drifted back to the closet and stealing the pilot. She closed her eyes, and let one of her fingers move over her bottom lip. She could remember his lips on hers, the taste of his mouth, and the smell of him sounding her. She had to admit that she hadn't felt anything like that before, the electric shock that seemed to move from his lips through her whole body.
Her mind halted and she moved her head to the side with a sigh. *All just to shut me up,* she thought remembering the guards moving by the closet.
"Do you always read plans with your eye's closed?"
Max's eyes flew open as she jumped in her chair. She looked up to see Alec standing across her desk, a small smirk on his face, but a curiosity in his eyes. "ALEC!" She screamed at him, quickly getting up from her chair, moving around her desk. He moved quickly out of the way, moving his arms to block her attack on him. Her hands moving out trying to smack him, "You scared the hell out of me! How dare you sneak up on me like that!" She yelled, finally connecting with his shoulder. "Don't you know how to knock?"
He ducked and moved around the desk, as she kept pursuing him, laughing slightly. "First off, I did knock." He said putting his hands up, as they got back around the desk.
She stopped, and put her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowing, "You did?"
Alec nodded, "Yeah, twice. You didn't answer."
Her mind quickly replayed her thoughts, *Was she that distracted that she didn't hear him?* She glared back at him, disbelieving… slightly.
"And besides… like X5's ever knock," he winked at her, and her mouth opened, and she rushed at him again. Her hand finally getting to smack him upside the head.
His hands grabbed her wrists, pulling her tightly against him, stopping her onslaught, "Geez… I'm going into battle in a little while, and you're trying to injure me before I even get out there."
She stopped immediately at his words as they dawned on her. *Battle. War.* She swallowed, a small amount of fear running through her as she looked up at him.
He saw the fear, and he smile down at her, "Max… I'm just kidding. Everything will be okay." But he knew he was just saying that for her benefit.
Max shook her head, "You know that's not true." She closed her eyes and lowered her face.
Alec sighed, and let go of one of her wrists. He moved his hand to under her chin and tilted her face to look up at him, "No, everything is not going to go smoothly. I can't tell you how this will turn out. But there is no other choice."
"I know," she said quietly looking up at him. "I just don't want to…" she trailed off.
"Don't want to what?"
She swallowed, "I don't want to… lose anyone."
He looked down at her, his eyes searching hers for her exact meaning. Did she mean in general, or was she talking specifically? Could she actually be worried about me? Then he almost laughed it off. *No, she's worried about everyone.* "Max… I hate to tell you this."
She put up her free hand, "No, don't. I already know. I know we are going to lose people in this. I know people are going to get hurt." She shook her head, "I just wish it didn't have to happen." She then rested her head against his chest, and moved her arm around him.
He stood there for a second in shock, and then let go of her other wrist, his arms moving around her. He rested his head against the top of her head. His face nuzzled into her hair, his senses taking in her scent, and his lips lightly touched the top of her hair. Her other arm circled around him, and he held onto her.
Here she was again, letting him comfort her, hold her. Alec made her mad like no one else could. He could get under her skin and drive her insane. Yet at the same time… She pushed the thought away and slowly backed her head away and looked up at him, "You should probably be getting to the north entrance."
Alec looked down at her and nodded slowly, his hand pushed some of her hair behind her ear. "Yeah, I should." He tilted his head slightly, "Are you going to be okay?"
She almost laughed, "Me? I'm stuck here in headquarters. I'm the last one you should be worrying about." But she saw in his eyes that he was, and she swallowed, *What the hell is going on? With him? With me?* She let her eyes trail over his face, down to his lips. Her thoughts from before coming back.
He saw her eyes move down his face, saw them settle on his mouth. He held his breath. If it was going to happen, she was going to have to be the one to make the first move… this time.
She blinked, as the thought of what she was actually thinking went through her head. *What the hell am I doing?* Her eyes shot back to his, and she swallowed at the look she saw there. She closed her eyes and moved her head to the side. *It's just the tension, the high emotions with everything going on,* she told herself. She opened her eyes again, and put her palm on his chest, slightly moving herself away from him in the process. "You better get out there General," she gave him a smile and slight wink.
Alec felt the held breath leave his body, his usual grin coming back over his face even though disappointment ran through him. He gave her a half salute, "Yes, sir."
She grinned wider at his response, and then he turned walking for the door. "You know, I can get used to that."
"What?" he asked turning around at the door.
"You taking my orders." He shook his head and grinned, his hand going to the door. She watched him about ready to leave, and she quickly spoke, stopping him, "Alec…" He turned around again, looking at her with a questioning look. "Be Careful."
He stopped for a minute taking in her words, a small genuine smile playing across his face. His hand turned the doorknob, opening the door, "Always," he said and walked out, closing it behind him.
Max wrapped her arms around herself trying to take strength from his certainty. She straightened her shoulders, grabbed the papers from the desk, and walked to the door. She opened it and walked into main headquarters. She moved over to the computers, picked up a headset and put it on, then walked up to the second level, and turned to the railing looking over everyone. She looked at her watch, *Twenty minutes.*
Her eyes scanned the crowd. Vin, Mel, Alec, Mole, and Joshua were already
gone. Dix, Luke, Logan, and some of the other regulars were there, as well
as some new helpers. She put her hands on the railing, and took a deep
breath. "Okay people!" Everyone turned to look up at her, "Let's show 'em
what we got."
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Vin looked down at his watch, his hand went to his ear, where his earpiece rested. "Beta here, can you hear me?"
{{Loud and clear Beta,}} came Luke's voice.
{{Vin stay off the comm.… unless it's important,}} Mel's voice echoed back at him.
He rolled his eyes, looking over the barricade, and then to the other transgenics near him, "I just wanted to make sure it was working."
{{It's working, now shut up!}} Mole yelled back.
Laughter could then be heard over the link, {{Alec, shut up! I can hear that,}} Max's voice rang in.
{{Sorry Maxie, or should I say sir?}} Alec replied.
Vin laughed, "Sir?"
{{Uh, guys… Five minutes,}} Joshua informed them.
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White looked over at the General standing next to him, "Your people ready?" The man just nodded at him. White smiled, "Good." He looked down at his watch, "It's time."
The general signaled to his troops and they started to walk towards the fence. The men quickly taking down the weaved metal, and then moving into the city before them. Guns pointed out in front of them, as they slowly advanced into the dark.
White watched and looked around. He ducked back and moved round the troops, and down the closest alleyway. He ran and jumped, grabbing onto one of the old fire escape ladders and climbed up to the roof. He walked across the roof, looking over at the other buildings on the inside edge of Terminal City.
"I will find you 452," he said, and then walked to the middle of the
roof. He started running towards the edge and jumped through the air. His
body falling and then hitting the next roof, rolling on the shingles. He
sprung to his feet, and cranked his neck to the side. He walked over to
the edge and jumped the two stories to the ground. "Now, where will you
be?"
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Max watched the troops move into the city on the monitors, her knuckles
were white holding the microphone in front of her. She watched them get
closer and closer to the barricades, and then she hit the button. "Stop
where you are."
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The troops heads moved up, looking to the rooftops, their guns pointing towards the sound of the voice. But they couldn't tell where it was coming from.
{{We don't want to fight you.}} Max's voice echoed to them, from the speakers set up around the city.
The general signaled for his troops to keep moving.
{{We just want to live in peace.}} Her words were falling on deaf ears,
as they continued to move further into the city. {{If you do not leave,
we will be forced to defend ourselves.}}
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Max looked back at the television screens, the men were still advancing,
and she sighed. She knew that talking wasn't going to work, but at least
she had tried. She sighed, and pushed the button again. "You were warned."
Her hand went to her mouthpiece, "Now." She then gave the signal to Dix,
and he pushed a couple buttons.
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Joshua heard Max's voice in his ear, and he motioned to his group, every covered their heads, leaning into the barricade. Moments latter small explosions could be heard through the whole city. Dirt and debris was being flung into the air in front of the barricades and around the men coming into the city.
Small explosives went off from the ground and the walls around the entrances,
showering the men with small rocks, pieces of metal. All of it sending
a large volume of dirt into the air, making it hard for any human to see.
Any… human.
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The general watched his men break up, trying to get away from the explosives,
and he raged, "Get your asses into gear, and find those trannies!" He readied
his own gun, as he moved towards the barricade, seeing movement, he starting
firing his gun.
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Alec could hear the gunfire start, his hands motioning for everyone to stay down, his hand to his mouthpiece, "Dix… final round." Moments later he got confirmation of his call with the next round of small explosives going off, sending up another huge cloud of dirt into the air.
"How close are they?" He asked into the piece again.
{{Alpha, they are ten yards and closing. Beta, 12. Delta, 8. Gamma, 15,}} Luke replied to the group.
Alec's hand signals made everyone turn around, resting their guns over the barricade, looking out at the dust cloud and the men that could be seen. Every fiber of the solider in him told him to start firing, to take them out. But he knew they couldn't. They had to wait until they started actually firing at them. The small explosives weren't meant to do any serious damage, mostly just to scare them and give the transgenics some cover.
"Wait for it," he said quietly knowing that his fellow soldiers could
hear him. But he wasn't going to have to wait long.
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Vin watched the military move closer to their position, their numbers
were high, and he hoped their intelligence had been accurate. He had mainly
X5's with him, knowing the physical fighting was going to be tougher at
this entrance. He could feel the tension in the air, as the final explosives
went off, and then the troops stopped firing wildly into the air, and started
to target their barricade. Machine guns went off, and a few bullets flew
over his head. His hand gave the order, and bullets started firing back.
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Mole started refilling his gun, his eye catching an X6 get hit a few
people away from him. He turned back to the barrier, and started firing
again, taking down the solider that shot the kid.
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Alec's whole body shook as a grenade when off a few yards behind him. He turned to the X6 next to him, "Ready to show me what you got?"
The kid smiled, and pulled out his remote control, and started pushing buttons. "Ready."
Her fired a few more rounds, "Number two." He said and then motioned for everyone to duck again. The boy hit the button, and a loud boom, and a wave of vibration flung the transgenics against the wall, and the military to the ground. Alec looked at the boy with a slight shock, "What the hell was that?"
"The small one."
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Max just about fell off her feet as the shockwave hit her, "What the hell was that?" She quickly looked up at the TV, the ones showing the north side was pure static for a minute and a wave of fear hit her, until it came back into focus.
Luke laughed, "Tad must have gotten his project working."
She just nodded, "Lovely." She turned back to the TV and saw the troops still moving in, people dropping and being carried off.
{{Max… I need more help down here,}} Mel's voice was frantic in her ear and she quickly turned to Dix.
"Mel, I'm sending whoever we can," Max responded, her stomach fluttering. Now knowing that Mel was being overrun with wounded.
She whirled back around at Luke and his words, "We've got movement on
grid eight."
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Two transgenics went down next to Joshua as he fired over the barricade. His hand moved to the mouthpiece, "I've got wounded over here, and no one can help them."
{{Same here,}} came Mole's voice.
{{We all do,}} Vin replied slightly out of breath with the sound of a scuffle and bullets in the background.
{{We're sending out who we can to pick them up,}} Max's voice responded.
Joshua gave the X5 a concerned look next to him, "Hold on." He told
him, and then turned back to the intruders with his gun.
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Another, large shockwave rocked headquarters as Max looked up at the
screen of grid 8, it flicked slightly, "Damn it Alec, what the hell are
you doing?"
{{Trying to win,}} Was his only reply as the sound of bullets rang in the background making her body tense as his comm. went back off.
Her eyes squinted watching the figure move, and she tensed feeling someone behind her. She took a step forward, "Not so close Logan."
His eyes squinted up at the TV, "Who is it?"
She watched the person walking, the determination in his step. The long
coat, the short hair, her eyes focusing more, "White…"
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One of the general's fell to the ground, dirt covering him. He turned
watching the rest of his unit hit the dirt. Men falling all around him.
He turned over, getting his gun back in position and firing.
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Vin's gun connected with the guy's face, his leg going backwards hitting
the other soldier in the chest. Another X5 flung one soldier into one of
Vin's attackers, as Vin punched the other one in the face. He barely had
time to turn around to knock the machine gun from the next guy's hand,
before the bullets rang out.
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Joshua continued to fire into the group of intruders, wincing slightly as one of his bullets hit a man in the knee. He heard the commotion behind him, and turned to see Gem and Sonya creeping towards them. They each grabbed two of the wounded transgenics, and started to move away.
More gunfire went off, and Joshua heard them rush past his head, a small
howl ringing out behind him. Turning quickly, he saw the dark blood flow
from Sonya's shoulder.
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"What the hell is he doing here?" Max yelled at the screen, her hand rose pointing at it.
"He's looking for you," Logan said from behind her.
She was steaming, "We don't have time for this!" She pulled off the headset attached to the radio and marched down the steps. Then she walked over to Mole's table, and grabbed a handgun.
"Max!" Logan said moving after her, almost grabbing her arm, but stopping short. "What are you doing?"
She spun around, seeing everyone look at her. "I'm not going to let him mess everything up." She put the gun into the back of her pants and then sprinted out the door.
"MAX!" Logan yelled. "I can't let her go alone," he said feeling the blood pump through his body, he rushed out the door behind her.
Luke and Dix looked at each other, "Who tells Alec?"
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The general looked around, seeing that his men weren't advancing. *They knew we were coming.* He scanned the scene, his eyes hardening. With a large sigh, he signaled his troops, as he sprang to his feet. *Fall back.*
The soldiers started backing towards the exit, taking some of their
fallen comrades with them. Showering bullets into the air with their guns
for cover. The general looked over his shoulder as he moved through the
fence, *This isn't over.*
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Alec wiped some debris from his shoulders and his hair, and coughed
a little dirt, he turned to look over his shoulder, and smiled seeing the
troops running back trough the gate. He turned to Tad next to him, "Six
was good." The boy smiled.
His troops fired some more rounds, keeping the military in retreat. His hand went to his radio, "North side is bugging out, we have it secure."
{{Good, send as many as you can to the south.}} Dix's voice came over the earpiece. Alec motioned for half of his troops to head south in a hurry. They quickly darted up and blurred away. {{Uhhh... Alec…}}
He didn't like the sound of that voice, "What is it Dix?" He asked as he gave more hand signals. The guns stopping, and the transgenics slowly standing up. Some moved to their injured, others cautiously approached the military troops. Gathering their wounded and moving the dead.
{{White's in sector eight, moving to seven.}}
His jaw clenched, and he picked up one of the extra radio's giving it to Tad. The boy turned it on, and ran the earpiece into his ear. Alec stood up, "I'll take care…"
But he didn't finish as Dix continued quickly, {{Max left to find him. Logan right on her tail.}}
"SHIT!" Alec yelled, his jaw clenching and eyes shutting tight. He turned
to Tad, "You're in charge here. You know what to do." The boy nodded, and
Alec blurred in the direction of grid eight.
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Max ran through the streets her senses taking in everything around her, the sounds of the battle still in the background. But her ears heard it, the sound of footsteps. The sound so out of place with everything else, she whirled around the corner, down the block, and ran full force into him.
White flew backwards, falling to the ground, then quickly jumped to his feet. "Well 452, I guess I don't have to find you. You came to me."
She glared at him her body at alert, "You're on my turf, and for the
last time… the name is Max."
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Joshua rushed for her, as she went down with the two other transgenics she was helping. "Sonya…" He said moving to her, she turned her head to him. Gem started to turn, and Sonya motioned for her to get the other two to the medical ward.
"I'm okay," she said, slowly getting to her feet. Helping the other two as well, "We'll all make it together, right?" She said turning to the other two, and they nodded. She looked back at Joshua, "Get back to your troops."
He nodded and quickly returned, motioning for them to give the others
cover fire as the wounded retreated back into the city.
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Alec raced through grid eight, his hand at his ear, "Where are they?"
{{Max and White are in grid seven.}} Dix's voice replied.
"Damn it, damn it…. Damn it." He yelled as he blurred to their coordinates.
*Great she's found him, or vice versa.*
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Logan looked down from the fire escape he was perched on, Alec's blood having given him the ability to move faster and jump a little higher. Moving around the roofs had made it easier to find Max. And there she was, and so was White, right below him.
He watched them start to circle each other, both seeming to have a conversation.
"I've got to help you Max," he said, looking down, trying to think of what
he could do, feeling the power run through his veins.
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"Why the hell are you here White? Don't think the military can do their job effectively?" Max said as she moved around the alley way, keeping her eyes on him, waiting for him to make a move for his gun, that she knew he was carrying.
"I want my son 452!" White yelled back at her, his foot coming out, trying to swipe at her.
She dodged it easily and flipped over his head shoving her foot into his back. He stumbled a few steps and quickly turned around with a glare to her. "How many times have I told you, I don't know where he is." She then gave him a cocky smile she picked up from someone else she knew, "Besides, I wouldn't tell you if I did."
Anger fueled through him, and his arm came out. She blocked the hit with her right arm, and the other one with her left. Before she knew what happened, and image was falling from the sky throwing White away from her, the two rolling away. She stumbled backwards, her eyes going wide at seeing Logan punching White. But he only got in one, and was quickly turned around, a hand around his neck, and a gun to his head.
Max reacted quickly, drawing the gun from behind her back and trained it on White. White grinned back at her, "Well, well 452. You're actually carrying a gun now? Terminal City making you hard?"
Her eyes floated from White to Logan. *What the hell was he thinking?* Her eyes narrowed, her finger on the trigger, "Let him go."
White smiled, "Let go of Mr. Logan Cale? Eye's Only? You're boyfriend? I think not."
Her eyes narrowed, "He's not…"
"Whatever," White interrupted her. "Now tell me where Ray is. You come with me, and I let him go."
"I don't trust you."
White laughed, and then gripped Logan's neck more firmly. "I can kill him in a split second. Now where the hell is Ray!"
"She doesn't know, but I do," Logan choked out.
Max's world sank at his words, and White's smile got bigger. "Good,"
White said, "Then I only need you." He turned his gun towards Max.
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Alec turned the corner and saw White holding Logan, and Max pointing a gun towards the familiar. His hand went to his earpiece as he saw White move his hand. "Tad, eight, now!" He yelled as he blurred down the alley way, his feet jumping a split second before the wave hit.
The boom rang through Terminal City and alley way knocking everyone to the ground as the gun went off. Alec's body still in motion hit White, knocking Logan towards the wall.
Alec and White sprung to their feet, a trickle of blood running down White's mouth, he spat some to the ground, "494, should have known you wouldn't have been too far behind."
Alec's hands moved out, punching him in the face, then another one. White kicked, Alec blocked, his other foot hitting the familiar in the ribs. His fist coming out again, which White blocked, his right hand connecting with the transgenic's jaw.
Logan shook his head, opened his eyes, and saw White and Alec fighting, his head turned and saw Max on the ground. His head spinning, he crawled over to her. Her eyes were closed, blood pooling around her head and body, her clothes covered. He started to reach for her neck, and stopped at his uncovered hands.
The two men kept fighting. Fists, feet, and legs flying at each other. Blocking, hitting, blood from both splattering each other. Alec kicked his foot out, the other man falling to the ground. White rolled with it, and pushed his leg out, kicking the X5 in the chest, pushing him against the wall. Alec's eyes caught sight of the gun, and his body rolled to it, his hands wrapping around the handle. He jumped to his feet, as a yell broke his attention, "ALEC!"
His head turned at the sound of Logan's voice. His eyes quickly seeing Max lying on the ground, his mind raced, and he turned pointing the gun to nothing. His eyes catching a lone figure running down the alleyway, and turning the corner. Part of him told him to run after him, but the bigger part had him over on the ground next to Max in less than a heartbeat.
His eyes ran over her, his hand came to her neck quickly. His breathing starting again at feeling the beat under his fingertips, "She's alive." He looked up at the older man. "What the hell do you think you were doing?" He was about to respond but Alec continued, "Get back to headquarters."
Logan stood up, as Alec ripped is shirt, tearing the fabric off. He found the bleeding from a graze around her shoulder, tying it off. His mind not comprehending why it would bleed so much. Then as he started to pull her up, he felt the thick liquid run down his fingers at the back of her head. His stomach almost lurching. He pulled off the rest of his shirt, and pressed it to the back of her head.
"I'm going with you," Logan said.
Alec moved her into his arms, standing quickly, "Do you see this blood?" He yelled, his eyes full of rage, "It will kill you!" He said, and turned away from the other man, and sprinted towards the medical ward.
Her looked down at her, guilt washing through him. *I should have known
better.* Was all he could think as he willed his legs to move faster.
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Mel pressed the large wad of cotton to the wound and started wrapping it with gauze. "Gem, finish up here." She yelled, the other woman taking over, as the blond turned to another patient. Her fingers grabbed the tweezers and worked their way into the bullet wound. The X winced but took the pain, as she pulled the metal out.
She turned to Sonya, "Bandage her." The Husky transgenic, picked up a few supplies and starting wrapping the wound. Ignoring the pain in her own bandaged shoulder.
Mel started on the stitches on the head of an X6 when she whirled around at Alec's panic filled yet angry voice, "Mel!" Her eyes widened at seeing his bare chest covered in blood, caring an equally bloody Max in his arms. He moved quickly over to a table, an X5 jumped off of it to make room.
She quickly moved over to them, "What the hell happened?" She said, turning Max's body to the side, getting a look at her head.
"White," was all he could say as he looked down at the brunette.
Mel nodded, "I need two or three pints, NOW!" Dalton rushed over to her, with the pints and tubing, starting the IV himself. Mel's fingers inspected the gash at the back of Max's head. She quickly stitched it up, and started to bandage it. Once Dalton got the IV started, he started to bandage Max's shoulder.
Mel looked up at Alec, and saw the concerned look in his eye. "She's going to be okay."
His eyes blinked slightly, and then turned towards her, "Are you…"
"I'm positive," she said resting her hand on his for a minute. He nodded, his eyes going back to Max. Mel gave a soft smile and shook her head, "Alec…" He turned back to her, "I've got her. Go get everything else under control."
Her words slowly encircled his brain, and his shoulders straightened. "Right." He said, his hand went back to his earpiece. "Report," he said giving one last look to Max, closed his eyes for a second, and then turned around, heading out of the building.
{{Alpha still secure,}} came Tad's voice. Alec nodded to no one as he walked outside.
{{Gamma is now secure, taking stock now,}} Mole returned.
{{Delta is good. Wounded taken care of. Military being rounded up.}}
Alec waited, and waited, "Beta?" He asked, his legs moving quicker, starting in a run towards the south of Terminal City. "Beta?" he asked again. Still nothing. "Luke?"
{{I'm not seeing any movement Alec. We lost the feeds a few times down there, during the battle.}}
Alec ran faster, his body blurring to the south entrance. "Vin?" He
called. Nothing. "VIN RESPOND GOD DAMN IT!" Nothing. His legs moved faster,
"VIN!!!!"
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Scenes from an All New DA on 10/14/02:
***Basically this would be equal to November Sweeps Episodes***
*NEXT WEEK ON AN ALL NEW 2 HOUR DARK ANGEL*
Mel nodded, her lip quivering slightly, and then her eyes closed. Alec
pulled her towards him, and enveloped her in a hug.
THE STORM HAS ENDED….
"We've gone over our footage with a fine tooth comb, and found nothing,"
Dix informed Alec.
THE CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED…
Max's arms just reached out, and pulled Alec to the bed, her arms wrapping
around him, hugging him. "I'm sorry."
WOUNDS ARE HEALING…
"Mole!" Alec shouted as he moved, "I need a group of uninjured X5's
in ten minutes, a van, and weapons to go with it."
BUT ARE NEW PROBLEMS BREWING?
Max's eyes darted down to Alec's lips, then back to his eyes. Her head
leaned in, and softly her lips brushed against his.