"Government Involvement"
Chapter 05: History Lesson
Summary: Dark Angel/Alias Crossover
Dark Angel storyline: Mid Second-season, somewhere around "Love in Vein" - Max burnt down Manticore and freed all the transgenics, including the extremely-hot-yet- playfully-annoying Alec (*sigh*). The virus is in effect, but it's really not relevant to this storyline.
Alias storyline: Mid second-season as well, after "Salvation." Although Irina Derevko probably won't play into the story that much. Sark hasn't come to work for SD-6 yet, though he may enter the storyline later ;)
Alterations.. The year is 2002 (Just pretend Dark Angel was set in that year). The pulse still happened, though the only place that was really affected was Washington: especially Seattle. Seattle is still like a third-world- country, sort of excluded from the rest of the U.S.
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After exiting the interrogation room, Jack Bristow entered the conference room, where Sloane was waiting for him, along with Sydney and Dixon.
"What's so urgent?" Jack asked inquisitively.
Sloane let out a small sigh. "We have a small problem. I called you three here, because I want you to know this, before we deal with this 'Max' girl anymore."
Jack nodded and took a seat at the table. He noticed a packet of papers was sitting in front of each of the four of them.
Sloane leaned back in his chair. "When our prisoner was drugged and brought here, I had a lab tech take a blood sample as well as scan her fingerprints, so we could try and get some positive identification on her." He began to explain.
"Her picture didn't match any of the profiles that we have, or any in the government records," Dixon added.
Sydney raised her eyebrows. "That's odd." She commented. "Obviously this girl doesn't want us knowing who she is."
Sloane nodded in agreement. "I just got the tests back a few minutes ago," he motioned toward the papers in front of them. "If you read this report, you'll see that her blood is not exactly normal."
Sydney opened up the packet and flipped through the pages. She gave Sloane a puzzled look. "I don't understand," she commented after reading he document.
"This is definitely not normal human DNA," Dixon observed.
"Exactly." Sloane said. "Her DNA is perfect: no junk-DNA at all. We did some research on this, and the results led back to Manticore."
"Manticore?" Jack inquired, the name familiar. "You mean that covert government organization that altered kids DNA and turned them into super- soldiers?"
"I thought that was all myth," Sydney asked incrediculously with a look of disbelief. "Torturing little kids? Forcing them to train and kill? That' CAN'T be for real!"
"I'm afraid so," Jack said in a low tone. "But if this girl is one of these genetically-engineered soldiers, which would explain why she was able to escape so easily back in Seattle."
"I remember reading about Manticore; it said something about all of the x- units having a barcode permanently tattooed on their necks. We can check the girl, and see if she has one," Dixon suggested to the group.
"Wait. What's an x-unit?" Sydney asked naively.
"They were classified into x-units 1-8. There might be more, but no one knows since the building burnt down a couple months ago, and a lot of lives were lost," Jack clarified. "Manticore was on the map as a hospital; so when it burned down no one was able to tell of the horrible experiments that went on there."
"I don't want Max to know that we know she is a Manticore solider, if that's what she really is," Sloane stepped in. "The less she knows, the better. The more we know, the more easily we can manipulate her."
He received three nods from the group; all of them indicating they understood and would keep the information confidential.
"For now, we leave her alone. Let her sit and wait until we figure out how to deal with her," Sloane said as he stood up, indicating they were dismissed.
"Jack, stay for a minute, would you?" Sloane ordered as Sydney and Dixon left the room. "I want to talk to you for a minute."
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"Hey," Alec said as he crept up behind Logan after breaking into his apartment.
Logan jumped slightly, startled by the sudden voice in his quiet apartment. He turned around in his chair to look at Alec. "You know, you can just knock and I'll come open the door and let you in," he said sarcastically.
Alec grinned. "I know, but where's the fun in that?" He leaned against the computer desk. "So what's up?"
Logan, who of course was seated at his computer desk, began typing away at his keyboard. "Max went in to meet these guys, and turned off her radio. A couple minutes later I saw a vehicle pull out of the building and take off. I tried to contact her again; but her radio was still off. So I went in after her, only to find this." As he said this last part, he picked up the broken transmitter and tossed it to Alec.
Alec examined it for a few seconds. "Looks like it was stepped on or something," he said. He turned his attention back to Logan. "So do we have any leads or anything? Did you get plates on the vehicle?"
Logan shook his head, "It was too dark. I can only presume they took her to SD-6 headquarters to question her. I bet they'd give anything to figure out who I am."
Alec widened his eyes. "So basically, this whole situation is YOUR fault?" he asked, rather amused at this.
Logan rolled his eyes but dismissed the question. "Luckily, I have a contact on the inside. He's only an engineer, not an agent, so he doesn't have a lot of clearance to get information, but he can figure out what room they're holding her in."
"So we know where SD-6 is located?" Alec asked.
Logan replied with a nod. "There cover-up is a bank. All the agents claim to work at the bank to avoid suspicion. Our only problem will be getting into the building."
Alec smirked. "Logan, come on man: you're forgetting I'm a well-trained soldier her!" he said confidently. "I can break into any building!"
"I know, I know," Logan responded. "But there security is incredible. It'd be a lot safer if we can get you an ID badge and make you look like you fit in."
Alec shrugged. "Whatever, just figure out where she is, and I'll go rescue the damsel in distress."
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"Sydney," Jack said, walking up to his daughter's workstation. "Come with me, I need to show you something."
Sydney nodded and stood up, following her father into one of the conference rooms. Knowing he wanted to talk to her in private, she shut the doors behind them and closed the blinds.
As they sat down at the table, Jack pulled out a small device. It was designed to interfere with all communication transmitters; this way their conversation wouldn't be overheard via bugs.
He clicked the device on and turned to Sydney.
"We need to get Max out of here," Jack said.
Sydney raised her eyebrows at him. "Dad, she's the ENEMY in case you've forgotten."
"I know," he said impatiently. "But Sloane just informed me that Manticore still exists. The building doesn't, but there are people who are searching for all of the transgenics who escaped during the fire and beforehand. To put it bluntly, they're trying to round them up to kill them off."
"That's horrible," Sydney commented.
"It gets worse. Sloane happens to know one of these men who is being hired to find and kill them. His name is Ames White. Sloane wants to turn Max over to White for a price after we get some information from her; he thinks it will be an easy couple of dollars," Jack continued.
"He wants to SELL her?!" Sydney nearly shouted angrily.
"SHH!! Keep your voice down," Jack commanded.
"I can't exactly say I like the girl, after our run-in with her, but we can't let him do that," Sydney finished.
"Exactly, but I have an idea: We need to get Max out of here, but make it look like she escaped. Instead, we'll take her CIA headquarters, where we can talk to her." Jack said.
He paused and took a deep breath. "We're going to have to do this at night, when there are less people around. And we'll probably have to get some help from the CIA, but I think we can make it work. I just have to run everything by Kendall first."
Sydney nodded and looked her father in the eye. "Sounds like a plan."
Summary: Dark Angel/Alias Crossover
Dark Angel storyline: Mid Second-season, somewhere around "Love in Vein" - Max burnt down Manticore and freed all the transgenics, including the extremely-hot-yet- playfully-annoying Alec (*sigh*). The virus is in effect, but it's really not relevant to this storyline.
Alias storyline: Mid second-season as well, after "Salvation." Although Irina Derevko probably won't play into the story that much. Sark hasn't come to work for SD-6 yet, though he may enter the storyline later ;)
Alterations.. The year is 2002 (Just pretend Dark Angel was set in that year). The pulse still happened, though the only place that was really affected was Washington: especially Seattle. Seattle is still like a third-world- country, sort of excluded from the rest of the U.S.
Enjoy the story, and DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!!!!
If you want me to e-mail you as soon as the next chapter is up, leave your e-mail address in the review section, or e-mail it to me!
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After exiting the interrogation room, Jack Bristow entered the conference room, where Sloane was waiting for him, along with Sydney and Dixon.
"What's so urgent?" Jack asked inquisitively.
Sloane let out a small sigh. "We have a small problem. I called you three here, because I want you to know this, before we deal with this 'Max' girl anymore."
Jack nodded and took a seat at the table. He noticed a packet of papers was sitting in front of each of the four of them.
Sloane leaned back in his chair. "When our prisoner was drugged and brought here, I had a lab tech take a blood sample as well as scan her fingerprints, so we could try and get some positive identification on her." He began to explain.
"Her picture didn't match any of the profiles that we have, or any in the government records," Dixon added.
Sydney raised her eyebrows. "That's odd." She commented. "Obviously this girl doesn't want us knowing who she is."
Sloane nodded in agreement. "I just got the tests back a few minutes ago," he motioned toward the papers in front of them. "If you read this report, you'll see that her blood is not exactly normal."
Sydney opened up the packet and flipped through the pages. She gave Sloane a puzzled look. "I don't understand," she commented after reading he document.
"This is definitely not normal human DNA," Dixon observed.
"Exactly." Sloane said. "Her DNA is perfect: no junk-DNA at all. We did some research on this, and the results led back to Manticore."
"Manticore?" Jack inquired, the name familiar. "You mean that covert government organization that altered kids DNA and turned them into super- soldiers?"
"I thought that was all myth," Sydney asked incrediculously with a look of disbelief. "Torturing little kids? Forcing them to train and kill? That' CAN'T be for real!"
"I'm afraid so," Jack said in a low tone. "But if this girl is one of these genetically-engineered soldiers, which would explain why she was able to escape so easily back in Seattle."
"I remember reading about Manticore; it said something about all of the x- units having a barcode permanently tattooed on their necks. We can check the girl, and see if she has one," Dixon suggested to the group.
"Wait. What's an x-unit?" Sydney asked naively.
"They were classified into x-units 1-8. There might be more, but no one knows since the building burnt down a couple months ago, and a lot of lives were lost," Jack clarified. "Manticore was on the map as a hospital; so when it burned down no one was able to tell of the horrible experiments that went on there."
"I don't want Max to know that we know she is a Manticore solider, if that's what she really is," Sloane stepped in. "The less she knows, the better. The more we know, the more easily we can manipulate her."
He received three nods from the group; all of them indicating they understood and would keep the information confidential.
"For now, we leave her alone. Let her sit and wait until we figure out how to deal with her," Sloane said as he stood up, indicating they were dismissed.
"Jack, stay for a minute, would you?" Sloane ordered as Sydney and Dixon left the room. "I want to talk to you for a minute."
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"Hey," Alec said as he crept up behind Logan after breaking into his apartment.
Logan jumped slightly, startled by the sudden voice in his quiet apartment. He turned around in his chair to look at Alec. "You know, you can just knock and I'll come open the door and let you in," he said sarcastically.
Alec grinned. "I know, but where's the fun in that?" He leaned against the computer desk. "So what's up?"
Logan, who of course was seated at his computer desk, began typing away at his keyboard. "Max went in to meet these guys, and turned off her radio. A couple minutes later I saw a vehicle pull out of the building and take off. I tried to contact her again; but her radio was still off. So I went in after her, only to find this." As he said this last part, he picked up the broken transmitter and tossed it to Alec.
Alec examined it for a few seconds. "Looks like it was stepped on or something," he said. He turned his attention back to Logan. "So do we have any leads or anything? Did you get plates on the vehicle?"
Logan shook his head, "It was too dark. I can only presume they took her to SD-6 headquarters to question her. I bet they'd give anything to figure out who I am."
Alec widened his eyes. "So basically, this whole situation is YOUR fault?" he asked, rather amused at this.
Logan rolled his eyes but dismissed the question. "Luckily, I have a contact on the inside. He's only an engineer, not an agent, so he doesn't have a lot of clearance to get information, but he can figure out what room they're holding her in."
"So we know where SD-6 is located?" Alec asked.
Logan replied with a nod. "There cover-up is a bank. All the agents claim to work at the bank to avoid suspicion. Our only problem will be getting into the building."
Alec smirked. "Logan, come on man: you're forgetting I'm a well-trained soldier her!" he said confidently. "I can break into any building!"
"I know, I know," Logan responded. "But there security is incredible. It'd be a lot safer if we can get you an ID badge and make you look like you fit in."
Alec shrugged. "Whatever, just figure out where she is, and I'll go rescue the damsel in distress."
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"Sydney," Jack said, walking up to his daughter's workstation. "Come with me, I need to show you something."
Sydney nodded and stood up, following her father into one of the conference rooms. Knowing he wanted to talk to her in private, she shut the doors behind them and closed the blinds.
As they sat down at the table, Jack pulled out a small device. It was designed to interfere with all communication transmitters; this way their conversation wouldn't be overheard via bugs.
He clicked the device on and turned to Sydney.
"We need to get Max out of here," Jack said.
Sydney raised her eyebrows at him. "Dad, she's the ENEMY in case you've forgotten."
"I know," he said impatiently. "But Sloane just informed me that Manticore still exists. The building doesn't, but there are people who are searching for all of the transgenics who escaped during the fire and beforehand. To put it bluntly, they're trying to round them up to kill them off."
"That's horrible," Sydney commented.
"It gets worse. Sloane happens to know one of these men who is being hired to find and kill them. His name is Ames White. Sloane wants to turn Max over to White for a price after we get some information from her; he thinks it will be an easy couple of dollars," Jack continued.
"He wants to SELL her?!" Sydney nearly shouted angrily.
"SHH!! Keep your voice down," Jack commanded.
"I can't exactly say I like the girl, after our run-in with her, but we can't let him do that," Sydney finished.
"Exactly, but I have an idea: We need to get Max out of here, but make it look like she escaped. Instead, we'll take her CIA headquarters, where we can talk to her." Jack said.
He paused and took a deep breath. "We're going to have to do this at night, when there are less people around. And we'll probably have to get some help from the CIA, but I think we can make it work. I just have to run everything by Kendall first."
Sydney nodded and looked her father in the eye. "Sounds like a plan."
