Title : Chapter Two : Careful huh ?
Author: SmartAlexia
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst ?
Pairing: A/J...M/....well, nobody.
Disclaimer: Jaimie is mine. The others aren't. But still, if you want to give me Alec, I'm okay with it.
Comments: thanks to my Evil Sister Alecsangel for the fight scene and the beta-ing, to Manada for the B&E thing, to Panda for her help, Hobbes for the last checking, and my Muse ! Go check for amazing M/A fics !
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"Listen to me now. You really need to leave TC. It's for you. I wouldn't say something like that Logan if it wasn't for real. You're in danger here." Jaimie pointed to his arms, that were covered with patches of red and white spots. "See that ? It's not only on the skin, it's on your immune system too. If you don't leave quickly, the smallest illness could kill you."
"You're sure ? But if I leave, it's not going to change anything. I'm infected. It's too late."
Jaimie rolled her eyes at the older man sitting in front of her. She didn't have anything against the ordinary, but sometimes she felt better being a transgenic. She was stronger, smarter, faster. And so much less blind.
"No. Because you wouldn't be in contact with the toxins which cause these reactions. I will give you medication, and in two weeks you will be as good as new."
"So, I could come back here ! Great, thanks Jaimie." Logan was smiling like an idiot, and Jaimie thought that he really was.
"No. You can't come here again."
Logan looked up. "Why's that ?"
"Because it would start again, and maybe be even worse." She nodded seriously, he needed to understand that he was really in danger.
He sighed. Finally. She had won. She thought he was going to argue with her about staying in TC all day long. She petted his hand and he looked at her. "Go talk to Max. Explain it to her. You can help us from the exterior. You may be more useful outside than inside."
He didn't answer. Just nodded, got up, and left.
**
"Alec ? In my office, now."
* Oh shit. She's pissed. I didn't do anything this time though. Ok, Alec, buddy. Don't take her shit. You're good at repartee, so come on. Do it. Retort. *
Alec climbed up the stairs to Max' office, entered, and closed the door behind him. "What Max ?"
"Logan left this morning." Alec give her a blank look. * Why is she telling me that ? Does she think that I care ? *
He tilted his head. "You knew it would happen."
He shrugged his shoulders. "He couldn't stay here much longer without being ill."
"I know." She seemed so down, he almost pitied her.
Alec sighed. "Why did you want me to come in your office Max ? Don't take too long, I've got things to do."
She raised an eyebrow. "Oh. I just wanted to know how the planning of the raid is going."
He crossed his arms. "Good. But tell me the truth. What did you wanted ? Comfort ?"
She looked down and stared at her hands. "Well...maybe."
He shook his head. "Listen to me Max. Stop mourning over your pathetic life and move on okay ? That's the best piece of advice I can give you. You want the guy ? Fight for it, fight for him." He knocked his fist on her desk, making her jump and look at him. "You don't want this relationship anymore ? And don't give me you're we're not in anything shit. If you don't want that, then move on. Find you a good guy, transgenic, ordinary, I don't care, but stop doing that to yourself. You think it will go better with time ? You're wrong. If you just sit and wait, you'll suffer all your damn life. But then again, I think you like being miserable. I can't give you any comfort Max. Don't turn to me when you need a hug. I'm not going to be there for that. I've taken too many punches from you in the past. I only want to be involved with you the least that it's possible to be. Only professionally. You're our leader, great, I can live with that. I think you will do good. But don't insert me into your personal life. I can't take your crying about your lonely, miserable, fucked up life anymore. So, if you have a problem with TC, I will be there. If you're feeling bad, go to Mole."
**
"Okay. So team one, you go south. Pitt, you lead them." Alec nodded at the X5, who took an earpiece and a mic. Only the team leaders had comm units, because of their lack of equipment.
"I take the team two and go north. Team one, you take the meat, and we take the vegetables. It's easy in, easy out. You break, you enter, you take the food, you leave, you load the trucks. Understood ?"
All the X's, series 5 and 6 nodded at the tall man. "We head out in 10 minutes. Be prepared."
"And careful" added Max from her place next to Luke. Alec nodded to her as their eyes met.
**
A phone rang. She growled. "God ! Can't I just sleep ?"
Jaimie took the phone and picked up. "Hello ?"
{{ How it's going ? }}
The blonde sighed and sat up. "Good so far. Max and I don't go along very well for now, but she's just annoying me. But that doesn't matter. And for you ?"
{{ I'm searching, and I will find him. Don't worry about that. I just wanted to know how it was going for you. }}
"Don't worry. "
{{ Still no news from White ? }}
"Nothing. I don't know when or where he will make his move, and that's driving me insane."
{{ You have to stay calm. Max didn't ask to begin negociations with the government ? }}
Jaimie shook her head, even if the other person couldn't see her. "No. I think she's waiting for them to wake up and ask for it, or attack."
{{ If she wants to do something, talk her out of it. I know you're not on good terms with her, but you could use 494. }}
She sighed. "I don't like that."
{{ It's your job. }}
The line went dead. She closed her eyes.
**
Darkness was surrounding them as they slowly made their way to the warehouse. Security was low, so they jumped the fence and crept along the roof without being spotted. One by one entering the warehouse by a shattered window. When they were all in, Alec assigned each a room to visit and collect things from. He slowly walked to the far end of the corridor and opened the door of the last room. Inside he found the Heaven for cooks. He began stuffing his bag with all kinds of vegetables, eyes narrowing or eyebrows raising as he took some strange types of food. Leeks, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots. He frowned when he took them. He hated carrots.
His mind drifted off the task as he thought of the conversation he had with Max earlier. She cried after his outburst, but he was already gone when she let the tears flow. He had felt bad, but only for a moment because he knew he had been right. She was so self-centered ! She declared herself "leader" of the transgenics, without even asking herself if she was able do it, without thinking about other possibilities. She liked to support the world on her shoulders, it seemed. To Alec, she just needed to busy herself forgetting her non existant life. But she should have choose something lighter to carry than a ever growing bunch of genetically enginereed soldiers in war against the whole world. But then again, her life was never miserable enough for her. She was comforted in her misfortune.
His mind chose to set on Jaimie then. The girl was so powerful that it was almost frightening. All female X5's were strong, but Jaimie had something else. She seemed to understand him. When their eyes locked together, it was like she could read him, even through his mask of cockiness and confidence. She had the same ways of hiding herself. Only she dared to do everything that he didn't. Throwing insults at Max for example. When she called Max "Ice Queen" he thought he was going to die from silent laughter. Max's face at that moment...priceless.
A slight noise made him snap back to reality and turn around to see a member of his team signaling him that the others were finished. He nodded, and zipped his bag closed. He left the room and was just in time too see four guards running toward them from the other end of the corridor. Alec calculated the odds.
"Tim, Fric, I want you two out with the bags. Go go !" He rushed the X6 and the X5 to the window while giving them his bag. Then he moved to stand in the middle of the corridor with the second X6 that had come with him. In a flash, one of the guards went down as Alec choked him from behind. The X6, Diesel, knocked another out cold with a quick series of kicks and punches. He smiled.
"Two down, two to go."
Alec shook his head at the boy's cockiness. Another guard rushed at Alec, who side-stepped, spinning around and kicking the guard in the back. The guard recovered and threw a punch at the transgenic who easily blocked and landed several solid punches to the guard's chest. Meanwhile Diesel crushed the third guard's windpipe, like Alec had done with the first, letting him drop to the floor soundly. He turned around to help the X5, but all he could see was Alec falling down, his hand clutching his stomach, his mouth open like a fish. The young X saw red. He blurred to the guard, taking his gun from him, and shooting him in the exact same spot that Alec was.
As the guard fell, Diesel ran to Alec. "Come on; wake up ! "
**
Author: SmartAlexia
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst ?
Pairing: A/J...M/....well, nobody.
Disclaimer: Jaimie is mine. The others aren't. But still, if you want to give me Alec, I'm okay with it.
Comments: thanks to my Evil Sister Alecsangel for the fight scene and the beta-ing, to Manada for the B&E thing, to Panda for her help, Hobbes for the last checking, and my Muse ! Go check for amazing M/A fics !
**
"Listen to me now. You really need to leave TC. It's for you. I wouldn't say something like that Logan if it wasn't for real. You're in danger here." Jaimie pointed to his arms, that were covered with patches of red and white spots. "See that ? It's not only on the skin, it's on your immune system too. If you don't leave quickly, the smallest illness could kill you."
"You're sure ? But if I leave, it's not going to change anything. I'm infected. It's too late."
Jaimie rolled her eyes at the older man sitting in front of her. She didn't have anything against the ordinary, but sometimes she felt better being a transgenic. She was stronger, smarter, faster. And so much less blind.
"No. Because you wouldn't be in contact with the toxins which cause these reactions. I will give you medication, and in two weeks you will be as good as new."
"So, I could come back here ! Great, thanks Jaimie." Logan was smiling like an idiot, and Jaimie thought that he really was.
"No. You can't come here again."
Logan looked up. "Why's that ?"
"Because it would start again, and maybe be even worse." She nodded seriously, he needed to understand that he was really in danger.
He sighed. Finally. She had won. She thought he was going to argue with her about staying in TC all day long. She petted his hand and he looked at her. "Go talk to Max. Explain it to her. You can help us from the exterior. You may be more useful outside than inside."
He didn't answer. Just nodded, got up, and left.
**
"Alec ? In my office, now."
* Oh shit. She's pissed. I didn't do anything this time though. Ok, Alec, buddy. Don't take her shit. You're good at repartee, so come on. Do it. Retort. *
Alec climbed up the stairs to Max' office, entered, and closed the door behind him. "What Max ?"
"Logan left this morning." Alec give her a blank look. * Why is she telling me that ? Does she think that I care ? *
He tilted his head. "You knew it would happen."
He shrugged his shoulders. "He couldn't stay here much longer without being ill."
"I know." She seemed so down, he almost pitied her.
Alec sighed. "Why did you want me to come in your office Max ? Don't take too long, I've got things to do."
She raised an eyebrow. "Oh. I just wanted to know how the planning of the raid is going."
He crossed his arms. "Good. But tell me the truth. What did you wanted ? Comfort ?"
She looked down and stared at her hands. "Well...maybe."
He shook his head. "Listen to me Max. Stop mourning over your pathetic life and move on okay ? That's the best piece of advice I can give you. You want the guy ? Fight for it, fight for him." He knocked his fist on her desk, making her jump and look at him. "You don't want this relationship anymore ? And don't give me you're we're not in anything shit. If you don't want that, then move on. Find you a good guy, transgenic, ordinary, I don't care, but stop doing that to yourself. You think it will go better with time ? You're wrong. If you just sit and wait, you'll suffer all your damn life. But then again, I think you like being miserable. I can't give you any comfort Max. Don't turn to me when you need a hug. I'm not going to be there for that. I've taken too many punches from you in the past. I only want to be involved with you the least that it's possible to be. Only professionally. You're our leader, great, I can live with that. I think you will do good. But don't insert me into your personal life. I can't take your crying about your lonely, miserable, fucked up life anymore. So, if you have a problem with TC, I will be there. If you're feeling bad, go to Mole."
**
"Okay. So team one, you go south. Pitt, you lead them." Alec nodded at the X5, who took an earpiece and a mic. Only the team leaders had comm units, because of their lack of equipment.
"I take the team two and go north. Team one, you take the meat, and we take the vegetables. It's easy in, easy out. You break, you enter, you take the food, you leave, you load the trucks. Understood ?"
All the X's, series 5 and 6 nodded at the tall man. "We head out in 10 minutes. Be prepared."
"And careful" added Max from her place next to Luke. Alec nodded to her as their eyes met.
**
A phone rang. She growled. "God ! Can't I just sleep ?"
Jaimie took the phone and picked up. "Hello ?"
{{ How it's going ? }}
The blonde sighed and sat up. "Good so far. Max and I don't go along very well for now, but she's just annoying me. But that doesn't matter. And for you ?"
{{ I'm searching, and I will find him. Don't worry about that. I just wanted to know how it was going for you. }}
"Don't worry. "
{{ Still no news from White ? }}
"Nothing. I don't know when or where he will make his move, and that's driving me insane."
{{ You have to stay calm. Max didn't ask to begin negociations with the government ? }}
Jaimie shook her head, even if the other person couldn't see her. "No. I think she's waiting for them to wake up and ask for it, or attack."
{{ If she wants to do something, talk her out of it. I know you're not on good terms with her, but you could use 494. }}
She sighed. "I don't like that."
{{ It's your job. }}
The line went dead. She closed her eyes.
**
Darkness was surrounding them as they slowly made their way to the warehouse. Security was low, so they jumped the fence and crept along the roof without being spotted. One by one entering the warehouse by a shattered window. When they were all in, Alec assigned each a room to visit and collect things from. He slowly walked to the far end of the corridor and opened the door of the last room. Inside he found the Heaven for cooks. He began stuffing his bag with all kinds of vegetables, eyes narrowing or eyebrows raising as he took some strange types of food. Leeks, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots. He frowned when he took them. He hated carrots.
His mind drifted off the task as he thought of the conversation he had with Max earlier. She cried after his outburst, but he was already gone when she let the tears flow. He had felt bad, but only for a moment because he knew he had been right. She was so self-centered ! She declared herself "leader" of the transgenics, without even asking herself if she was able do it, without thinking about other possibilities. She liked to support the world on her shoulders, it seemed. To Alec, she just needed to busy herself forgetting her non existant life. But she should have choose something lighter to carry than a ever growing bunch of genetically enginereed soldiers in war against the whole world. But then again, her life was never miserable enough for her. She was comforted in her misfortune.
His mind chose to set on Jaimie then. The girl was so powerful that it was almost frightening. All female X5's were strong, but Jaimie had something else. She seemed to understand him. When their eyes locked together, it was like she could read him, even through his mask of cockiness and confidence. She had the same ways of hiding herself. Only she dared to do everything that he didn't. Throwing insults at Max for example. When she called Max "Ice Queen" he thought he was going to die from silent laughter. Max's face at that moment...priceless.
A slight noise made him snap back to reality and turn around to see a member of his team signaling him that the others were finished. He nodded, and zipped his bag closed. He left the room and was just in time too see four guards running toward them from the other end of the corridor. Alec calculated the odds.
"Tim, Fric, I want you two out with the bags. Go go !" He rushed the X6 and the X5 to the window while giving them his bag. Then he moved to stand in the middle of the corridor with the second X6 that had come with him. In a flash, one of the guards went down as Alec choked him from behind. The X6, Diesel, knocked another out cold with a quick series of kicks and punches. He smiled.
"Two down, two to go."
Alec shook his head at the boy's cockiness. Another guard rushed at Alec, who side-stepped, spinning around and kicking the guard in the back. The guard recovered and threw a punch at the transgenic who easily blocked and landed several solid punches to the guard's chest. Meanwhile Diesel crushed the third guard's windpipe, like Alec had done with the first, letting him drop to the floor soundly. He turned around to help the X5, but all he could see was Alec falling down, his hand clutching his stomach, his mouth open like a fish. The young X saw red. He blurred to the guard, taking his gun from him, and shooting him in the exact same spot that Alec was.
As the guard fell, Diesel ran to Alec. "Come on; wake up ! "
**
