Designate That – Chapter Three - by CindyZ
This just came to me while watching a rerun of Pollo Loco. It's the only one of season one that I'll watch, (for obvious reasons, J). I had only seen it once before, and it has inspired this. This is TOTALLY AU, but just from the beginning of season two. It is from Max's POV, but there will be a lot more of Alec later on. – I'm gonna probably skip loads of the eps, and definitely loads of the Logan parts.
Teaser: What if what Renfro suggested in Pollo Loco was true. That madness was hereditary in X5's. All it needs is a trigger, and unknown to Manticore they ARE the trigger. Some can survive longer than other's but no one can survive forever. And Max is the one that breaks.
Disclaimer: I know, I know, I'm using a lot of the lines in the ep. I apologise, please don't sue me, I admit I didn't write them. The tweaking however, I admit I did do, so please don't sue a penniless student.
Pairing, M/A
Rating: R
A/N: This is gonna be quite long people. However, I do have the whole thing written out, so review and they might get out quicker. Hope you enjoy!
A/N2: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO MAIA for betaing this thing. You are a STAR girl – thanks a bunch!!
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X5-494 left my cell at 0100 exactly, parting with a sarcastic, 'It was fun'. I wanted to beat him to the ground at that remark, but I gave him a grimace instead. He had already gone, though.
We were in the yard the next morning, doing our exercises and sparring when we were told to line up. Being the good little Manticorean I was, I did it, but I had no idea what the occasion was. We had already had a roll call. I had an inkling when 494 stood next to me. He wouldn't have if he had any choice – the memory of my boot in his stomach must have made him wary as he was tense and I could see him monitoring me out of the corner of his eyes.
Renfro worked her way down all the assembled X5's asking about our 'copulation'. So that's what she wanted. Well, she wasn't going to get anything out of me.
When she was standing in front of 494, but looking at me, the Bitch demanded a report. I said nothing. There was no way in hell I was going to admit to sleeping with the enemy. I looked her straight in the eye. I could see her impatience, but I was still silent. I wouldn't lie to her for myself, and certainly not for 494.
Then the little ass lied through his teeth. "Successful copulation between myself and X5-452, ma'am. Twice."
It was official. I didn't care that he looked like Ben, I didn't care that he had saved us from a through debriefing, I was going to kill him.
The Bitch looked surprised, and congratulated me like a little dog. She had to throw Logan into it didn't she? I felt 494's slight tensing at the mention of my boyfriend. Was he jealous? I hoped so.
Then Renfro asked me if I received any medical treatment when I was on the outside. I could practically hear 494's laughter in my head, a reply to his earlier assumption that I might have 'caught' something on the outside. I knew he was listening.
Regardless, I answered truthfully. Why the hell would she want to know anyway? She just looked at me coldly and I was lead away. Was that look supposed to scare me?
I was taken into a room in the hospital barracks, and I hoped I would not be shown another of my dead siblings. I let nothing show on my face.
"Then how do you explain this?" the Bitch asked, and I looked at a replica of myself. She was only about 10 or 11, and I could see that she was scared. She was surrounded by ice packs and was aging rapidly. It was the same thing that happened to Brin. I remained impassive but inside I was screaming. Why did they have to show me this?
"She's a younger version of you, but she's suffering from late-stage progeria. Except for her X7-specific code sequences, her DNA is identical to yours. So I'm gonna ask you again: Did you receive any medical care that we should know about?"
I really hadn't. Of course she didn't believe me.
"Then I guess we're just gonna have to do spinals on you both so we can run a DNA analysis. Or maybe you've just been lucky. For all we know, that could still happen to you."
She turned away and started making arrangements. My clone stared back at me, my literal sister, but what could I do? I was taken away and refused to let the fear touch me. If that happened I wouldn't care. As long as Manticore was destroyed.
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