Chapter 2:
As May came to, lying on her back on the bed, that came out from the wall, in one of the cells at Manticore. She looked around as she sat up, before noticing someone standing by the door, watching her with searching eyes, as if unsure whether he should speak or not.
She smiled weakly before swinging her feet off the bed in a swift manner. She looked up at the blonde boy. no. man in front of her. "Who are you?" May asked.
Alec grinned; glad to see she was awake. "I, am 494, but. some call me Alec. And your May, or 497, an X-5, but a doctor took you away from Manticore when you were four, and said you were his daughter. You joined Gymnastics Express in eighth grade, before joining the Northwood Dance Team for your freshman year; during that time you attended Metropolitan Gymnastics and Summit Gymnastics. In tenth grade you took Spanish, a Social Studies Honors Class, Honors English, Geometry III-IV, and Life Management. You only took Life Management because you had it first period, therefore you could eat something for breakfast. You were also on the Chatelaines for the three years, and this was your final year on the team. Do I need to go on?" Alec asked, smirking.
May gaped; he knew so much about her, how? She gave him a quizzical glance before looking down at her feet, still in her other attire. She noticed a stack of clothes in the corner, a pair of cameo pants, black boots, a white top with the Manticore symbol on it and her designation number on it. It also had the breeding core symbol on it next to her designation. "No, don't bother." She looked back up at him, looking over his muscular body. He was clad in the same clothes in the corner, breeding core symbol in all. Unknowingly to her the symbol meant they were not just ordinary X-5's but ones with the blood of those from the breeding core in them. Even Alec didn't know this. Despite him being favored by White and most other staff he didn't have access to everything.
Max had yet to be captured once more, as she was trying to lay low up in Canada as White found his new source of interest in May. Luckily for Max, her little scheme succeeded. However, she would never know that Alec had been caught and he was beginning to develop a crush on May as he spent more and more time with her. Training her, teaching her, helping her, and making sure she wasn't pushed around. May would look to Alec for orders, even if White gave them she would never complete something unless Alec told her she should. It was kind of cute, but she never was dominant. That's why she never got Officer on the Dance Team she was on. As time passed she too developed a slight crush on Alec, but she would never admit. just yet anyhow.
One day.
It was high noon, or would have been had it not been pouring down rain. Alec, May, and four other X-5's, clad in black boots, cameo pants, a black long sleeve form fitting top and a cameo vest, patrolled a certain area in pairs. They were looking for certain objects listed only in their minds. It was a scavenger hunt. But, every so often they might encounter the other two teams and would have to combat hand-to-hand, the winner taking one of the other team's objects and disqualifying the other team. They had started with twenty teams. White watched from a tower in the center of the course, video camera's on each transgenics vest gave view to what he/she was doing. He smiled as May kicked the opponent in the face, knocking them back. Alec followed up, and stole an object. The disqualification signal of the opposing team echoed through the woods as May and Alec ran farther on, they had one more object to find. a black stone with the letter M on it. So far they had found a rock with a letter J on it, and N.
Alec signaled her to stop; she did, hiding behind a tree next to Alec. They wanted to avoid the other team as best they could. The other team was about 100 yards away. After they'd past Alec and May continued to jog through the forest, searching every which way. May signaled him to stop, in which he did. She bent down, picking up a black rock with an M on it. She smiled. "Game over." Her smile grew as they jogged back, Alec carrying the items in a black bag. Before reaching the tower Alec stopped her. "May," he whispered.
"What Alec?" she whispered back, hesitantly stopping. She'd grown to like Manticore, she didn't mind being pushed to become better at what she was capable of doing. It had been this way with Dance. Alec had helped May along so much, he was like a big brother. or was it more?
"Good job." He said. He rarely said good job to anyone, but May. And usually it was good job, but you can do better.
May smiled in return, hugged him before continuing on. "Thanks." She whispered.
Upon reaching the tower White came down the stairs, a black umbrella shielding him from the rain. The other nineteen teams glared at Alec and May as she sat in the open, drenched in rain while Alec and May stood under an overhang.
"Good job 494 and 497, you will get the rest of the day off to go about what you wish. While the rest of you," he said turning to the other teams, "will be running laps and doing swimming drills for the next seven hours until night fall." They nodded once before getting up to go to the track, walking in single file behind an officer.
Alec and May stayed with White. They followed him inside the tower, and down to the lower level. While walking through the pathway between Manticore and the tower, purposefully build to prevent walking in the open between the two places. The tunnel was fairly bright and clean. Hard stone floors and metal walls glistened with crisp cleanness. Alec and May walked side-by-side, silent, behind White.
White spoke to them as they walked the mile back to Manticore. "You two have been doing exceptionally well lately. I'm surprised. I'd thought you two would have been the most trouble to get back into shape. " He waited for Alec to reply, for he knew May wouldn't. Or would she?
Amazingly, she did. before Alec had the chance. "Thank you Sir. I strive to meet your standards." She answered, eyeing Alec through her golden brown eyes.
White grinned; he knew she would finally warm up to him, sometime. "I'm glad. Have you ever wondered what those symbols by your designation were?" he asked.
Alec responded this time. "Yes, Sir. I have wondered why you put them on only certain X-5's." Alec truthfully wondered.
White nodded.yes. "And you 497?" he asked. She answered a quick 'Yes, Sir.' He nodded again, partially in thought. "It's a symbol, as you can tell, it means that you two aren't just ordinary X-5's but more then that. You're as human as a transgenic can get. Despite your perfect DNA, you have the blood of those who have strived to perfect the blood of the human race since the beginning of time." He answered.
May gasped, Alec looked at her quizzically; White turned his head around and raised an eyebrow before looking back to the front as they continued on the walk. "Surprised?" he asked.
May hesitated. "Yes. Sir, I never knew I could be honored with such perfection. "
White smirked. She was so vulnerable, too cute, how sad she wasn't human. Well, she was, but not completely. "Perfection, yes. You could call us that."
Alec noticed his wording. "Us? Sir, do you mean you're a part of that. organization?" Most obviously, if one hadn't noticed, Alec's mind had been altered slightly to not remember certain things.
White smirked again, it had worked. "Yes. And in fact, May, to my knowledge, contains my blood." He let it sink in, before adding, "And you Alec, contain the blood of one of my most honorable friends."
Alec's eyes widened before going back to normal, May walked in silence, amazed, honored, and surprised. "Thank you Sir." He replied before too going silent.
White's face went slightly blank as they finished their walk in silence. He left Alec and May in one of the larger cells before going about his business leaving Alec and May alone.
May took of the vest and lay it on the floor quietly before slipping off her boots. She was soaked from head to toe. Alec was the similar, except a bit drier pants and his hair was not wet. He slipped off his vest, shirt, and boots. Both had black socks on that were amazingly dry. Alec grinned, sitting down on the floor across from May who had resumed the spot a moment before. "So, how was that for your first scavenger hunt?" he asked smiling as he looked into her beautiful eyes.
May smiled. "It was good, not too hard. And, we didn't have to run in the rain, or swim. I thought it'd be harder." She looked up at the ceiling, closing her eyes and resting her head against the wall. She was tired, but not tired enough to just fall asleep, which she rarely did.
Alec nodded, watching her carefully. "They make them fairly hard once they work you up to a higher level. Though I admit you did really good today. Do you want to go grab some early dinner? I'm sure White wouldn't mind letting us actually eat a meal. " he suggested.
May nodded and got up, slowly, as did Alec. "Yeah. lets go." she said as they walked out, two guards, one behind, one in front leading them to the cafeteria for a meal.
A/N: Ack. writer's block at the moment, but. tell me what you think anyhow! I'll try to update as much as possible.
As May came to, lying on her back on the bed, that came out from the wall, in one of the cells at Manticore. She looked around as she sat up, before noticing someone standing by the door, watching her with searching eyes, as if unsure whether he should speak or not.
She smiled weakly before swinging her feet off the bed in a swift manner. She looked up at the blonde boy. no. man in front of her. "Who are you?" May asked.
Alec grinned; glad to see she was awake. "I, am 494, but. some call me Alec. And your May, or 497, an X-5, but a doctor took you away from Manticore when you were four, and said you were his daughter. You joined Gymnastics Express in eighth grade, before joining the Northwood Dance Team for your freshman year; during that time you attended Metropolitan Gymnastics and Summit Gymnastics. In tenth grade you took Spanish, a Social Studies Honors Class, Honors English, Geometry III-IV, and Life Management. You only took Life Management because you had it first period, therefore you could eat something for breakfast. You were also on the Chatelaines for the three years, and this was your final year on the team. Do I need to go on?" Alec asked, smirking.
May gaped; he knew so much about her, how? She gave him a quizzical glance before looking down at her feet, still in her other attire. She noticed a stack of clothes in the corner, a pair of cameo pants, black boots, a white top with the Manticore symbol on it and her designation number on it. It also had the breeding core symbol on it next to her designation. "No, don't bother." She looked back up at him, looking over his muscular body. He was clad in the same clothes in the corner, breeding core symbol in all. Unknowingly to her the symbol meant they were not just ordinary X-5's but ones with the blood of those from the breeding core in them. Even Alec didn't know this. Despite him being favored by White and most other staff he didn't have access to everything.
Max had yet to be captured once more, as she was trying to lay low up in Canada as White found his new source of interest in May. Luckily for Max, her little scheme succeeded. However, she would never know that Alec had been caught and he was beginning to develop a crush on May as he spent more and more time with her. Training her, teaching her, helping her, and making sure she wasn't pushed around. May would look to Alec for orders, even if White gave them she would never complete something unless Alec told her she should. It was kind of cute, but she never was dominant. That's why she never got Officer on the Dance Team she was on. As time passed she too developed a slight crush on Alec, but she would never admit. just yet anyhow.
One day.
It was high noon, or would have been had it not been pouring down rain. Alec, May, and four other X-5's, clad in black boots, cameo pants, a black long sleeve form fitting top and a cameo vest, patrolled a certain area in pairs. They were looking for certain objects listed only in their minds. It was a scavenger hunt. But, every so often they might encounter the other two teams and would have to combat hand-to-hand, the winner taking one of the other team's objects and disqualifying the other team. They had started with twenty teams. White watched from a tower in the center of the course, video camera's on each transgenics vest gave view to what he/she was doing. He smiled as May kicked the opponent in the face, knocking them back. Alec followed up, and stole an object. The disqualification signal of the opposing team echoed through the woods as May and Alec ran farther on, they had one more object to find. a black stone with the letter M on it. So far they had found a rock with a letter J on it, and N.
Alec signaled her to stop; she did, hiding behind a tree next to Alec. They wanted to avoid the other team as best they could. The other team was about 100 yards away. After they'd past Alec and May continued to jog through the forest, searching every which way. May signaled him to stop, in which he did. She bent down, picking up a black rock with an M on it. She smiled. "Game over." Her smile grew as they jogged back, Alec carrying the items in a black bag. Before reaching the tower Alec stopped her. "May," he whispered.
"What Alec?" she whispered back, hesitantly stopping. She'd grown to like Manticore, she didn't mind being pushed to become better at what she was capable of doing. It had been this way with Dance. Alec had helped May along so much, he was like a big brother. or was it more?
"Good job." He said. He rarely said good job to anyone, but May. And usually it was good job, but you can do better.
May smiled in return, hugged him before continuing on. "Thanks." She whispered.
Upon reaching the tower White came down the stairs, a black umbrella shielding him from the rain. The other nineteen teams glared at Alec and May as she sat in the open, drenched in rain while Alec and May stood under an overhang.
"Good job 494 and 497, you will get the rest of the day off to go about what you wish. While the rest of you," he said turning to the other teams, "will be running laps and doing swimming drills for the next seven hours until night fall." They nodded once before getting up to go to the track, walking in single file behind an officer.
Alec and May stayed with White. They followed him inside the tower, and down to the lower level. While walking through the pathway between Manticore and the tower, purposefully build to prevent walking in the open between the two places. The tunnel was fairly bright and clean. Hard stone floors and metal walls glistened with crisp cleanness. Alec and May walked side-by-side, silent, behind White.
White spoke to them as they walked the mile back to Manticore. "You two have been doing exceptionally well lately. I'm surprised. I'd thought you two would have been the most trouble to get back into shape. " He waited for Alec to reply, for he knew May wouldn't. Or would she?
Amazingly, she did. before Alec had the chance. "Thank you Sir. I strive to meet your standards." She answered, eyeing Alec through her golden brown eyes.
White grinned; he knew she would finally warm up to him, sometime. "I'm glad. Have you ever wondered what those symbols by your designation were?" he asked.
Alec responded this time. "Yes, Sir. I have wondered why you put them on only certain X-5's." Alec truthfully wondered.
White nodded.yes. "And you 497?" he asked. She answered a quick 'Yes, Sir.' He nodded again, partially in thought. "It's a symbol, as you can tell, it means that you two aren't just ordinary X-5's but more then that. You're as human as a transgenic can get. Despite your perfect DNA, you have the blood of those who have strived to perfect the blood of the human race since the beginning of time." He answered.
May gasped, Alec looked at her quizzically; White turned his head around and raised an eyebrow before looking back to the front as they continued on the walk. "Surprised?" he asked.
May hesitated. "Yes. Sir, I never knew I could be honored with such perfection. "
White smirked. She was so vulnerable, too cute, how sad she wasn't human. Well, she was, but not completely. "Perfection, yes. You could call us that."
Alec noticed his wording. "Us? Sir, do you mean you're a part of that. organization?" Most obviously, if one hadn't noticed, Alec's mind had been altered slightly to not remember certain things.
White smirked again, it had worked. "Yes. And in fact, May, to my knowledge, contains my blood." He let it sink in, before adding, "And you Alec, contain the blood of one of my most honorable friends."
Alec's eyes widened before going back to normal, May walked in silence, amazed, honored, and surprised. "Thank you Sir." He replied before too going silent.
White's face went slightly blank as they finished their walk in silence. He left Alec and May in one of the larger cells before going about his business leaving Alec and May alone.
May took of the vest and lay it on the floor quietly before slipping off her boots. She was soaked from head to toe. Alec was the similar, except a bit drier pants and his hair was not wet. He slipped off his vest, shirt, and boots. Both had black socks on that were amazingly dry. Alec grinned, sitting down on the floor across from May who had resumed the spot a moment before. "So, how was that for your first scavenger hunt?" he asked smiling as he looked into her beautiful eyes.
May smiled. "It was good, not too hard. And, we didn't have to run in the rain, or swim. I thought it'd be harder." She looked up at the ceiling, closing her eyes and resting her head against the wall. She was tired, but not tired enough to just fall asleep, which she rarely did.
Alec nodded, watching her carefully. "They make them fairly hard once they work you up to a higher level. Though I admit you did really good today. Do you want to go grab some early dinner? I'm sure White wouldn't mind letting us actually eat a meal. " he suggested.
May nodded and got up, slowly, as did Alec. "Yeah. lets go." she said as they walked out, two guards, one behind, one in front leading them to the cafeteria for a meal.
A/N: Ack. writer's block at the moment, but. tell me what you think anyhow! I'll try to update as much as possible.
