Title: Three Chimeras

Author: Nefertiry

E-mail: scorpy282003@yahoo.com

Rating: PG, maybe PG-13

Pairing: M/L and J/A

Summary: Max lost one of her sisters 13 years ago. Now she's back in her life. She might have answers to many questions, but is she a friend or foe? Post 'Freak Nation'

Disclaimer: definitely not mine. The characters belong to James Cameron and FOX. But Jessica is ABSOLUTELY mine. I don't make any money using these characters.

THIS IS OFICIALLY THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THREE CHIMERAS'

A/N To Roxy: what did you mean in your review? I didn't understand. Could you explain?

A/N: Warning: this story is COMPLETELY result of my imagination. Any similarity to other authors' plots, characters, or events is PURELY COINCIDENTIAL AND ABSOLUTELY UNINTENTIONAL.

Kiss Me, Kill Me…

Alec and Jessica spent the whole Sunday in bed so by the evening they got pretty hungry.

"Alec, we screwed up our sleep cycles", said Jessica when they both were taking shower. "I mean, look at us – sleeping in the daytime and doing hell knows what at night."

"I can't say we got much sleep lately", smiled Alec, holding soapy and wet Jessica. "And if you didn't trigger my superpowers the previous night, you surely have done it this night."

"Oh, yeah, definitely." Jessica ran her finger down Alec's chest and then lower, lower… "You are so yummy, I could eat you", she practically purred.

"Speaking of eating, I'm hungry." Alec liked what Jessica was doing, but his stomach reminded him of its existence.

"I'm hungry too, but we emptied my fridge in the morning. Remember?" She kissed him and then, taking the towel, stepped out of the shower.

"How can I forget? It was like in that old movie, what's it called?" Alec also took the towel and wrapped it around his waist.

"Nine and a half weeks", said Jessica from the bedroom. Alec entered the bedroom and saw her, still wearing the towel and checking out the wardrobe.

"Jess, the eternal question of all women? What to wear?" He pulled her close to him. "I like you in a towel or without it."

Jessica put her hand on his towel. "Likewise, but we need to go out and eat something and if we go wearing only towels…" The ringing of the cell phone interrupted her. 'Where did I put the phone?' thought Jessica, looking for her ñell phone. Finally, she found it and answered the call.

"Hello", she said.

"Jess, it's me", said Max. "Let's go to Crash and eat something. I emptied Logan's fridge."

"Max, you read my mind. We'll meet you at Crash in half an hour. Ok?"

"Ok, see ya." Max hung up the phone.

"Oh, you're dressed." Jessica saw Alec buttoning his jeans. "I'll be ready in 10 minutes."

Crash

An hour later

Jessica parked her BMW near the club and saw Logan's car. They stopped by at Alec's apartment so that he could change his clothes and they got late. "They're here", she said, turning off the ignition.

They got out of the car, she locked it, and they entered the club.

Max, Logan, and OC sat at their usual table. Max noticed Jessica and waved her to join them.

"Jess, what have you done to my boo?" asked OC. "She's smiling like a happy cat."

"A happy cat? I'd love to see one", said Jessica, sitting down near Max. "I didn't do anything, Logan did."

"Have you ordered anything?" asked Alec, sitting near Jessica.

"No, we waited for you", answered Max.

*

When they finished their dinner, or whatever it was, Alec and Logan decided to stretch muscles and play some pool. Girls went to the bar to get some drinks. Max and OC ordered beer and Jessica wanted orange juice.

"Orange juice?" Max raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I'm in the mood for orange juice", answered Jessica and took her glass.

The girls went to the pool table where Alec and Logan played. A crowd of girls gathered around the table, they all were admiring Alec. Jessica, Max, and OC came up to that crowd.

"He's cute", said one of the girls, looking at Alec.

"He's hot", said her friend, licking her lips.

"He's MINE." The girls heard a sexy voice behind their backs and turned to see who that voice belonged to. They saw a dark-haired gorgeous beauty with a glass in her hand. They understood that they had no chance getting the guy and shut up. Max and OC burst out laughing.

Alec saw Jessica and said. "Are you in?"

"Nah, I'll pass. I'll just watch." Jessica sipped her juice.

"Claiming your territory, girl?" asked OC, smiling.

"Oh, yeah."

"Max, are you gonna come to work tomorrow? Normal was pissed when you missed two days", said OC.

"Yep, I'll come and make up something. You know I'm good at making up excuses for being absent", answered Max, drinking her beer.

"Yeah, I remember that. Your personal best was 'I had a heart transplant'. Normal almost had a heart attack when he saw the scar", chuckled Cindy.

"Well, I'm a girl with imagination", smiled Max.

"Look, you, girl with imagination, I can help you with your problem. I mean Normal", said Jessica.

"How?" wondered Max.

"You'll see."

Jam Pony

Monday morning

That was a very gloomy morning. When Max was on her way to Jam Pony, she looked at the sky and made a bet with herself - whether it would rain when she's on the run or when she's at Jam Pony HQ. If it rained during the run, she decided that for a week she would come to work late. If it rained between the runs – she would come in time.

The rain began when she was at the checkpoint, so Max had to stick to her bet.

When Normal saw her, he sighed with relief. "I knew that wouldn't last long and you've just proved that, missy-miss. Now tell me why I shouldn't fire you after two days' absence."

"Well, because I'm an incredibly charming person or because I'm a valuable employee…" she started, but seeing 'Oh, please-cut-the-crap' look on Normal's face, added. "Pick any explanation you like. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't hit you." With charming smile, she went to the lockers. She took off her wet jacket and found another one in the locker.

It was strange but she didn't see Alec anywhere.

"Hey, Sketchy, have you seen Alec?" she asked when he strolled by.

"Nope, he hasn't showed up yet", answered Sketchy. "Look, Max, is Jessica seeing anyone?"

"Sketchy, you're my friend, so I'll say nicely – THE GIRL IS NOT FOR YOU!"

Alec and Jessica entered Jam Pony and the whole male staff that hadn't seen Jessica before stared at her. Indeed, there was something to stare at – red tight leather pants, white cropped top, that perfectly matched her tan skin and red leather jacket. They both came up to Normal's desk and he gasped at the sight of the beautiful vision.

"Normal, I'm late. Traffic, y'know", said Alec, but Normal didn't hear him. All he could see was Jessica, standing in front of him and smiling at him, Normal. JESSICA WAS SMILING AT NORMAL. He could believe his eyes.

"Hey, Normal", said Jessica, trying to sound nice but deep down in her soul she was laughing, seeing stupid expression on Normal's face. Normal was blinded by Jessica's beauty; or it was Jessica's red outfit that blinded him.

"Normal, wake up", said Max, coming up to them. "Hi, guys. Jessica, what are you doing here?"

"I came to help you if you have problems with Normal, besides I gave Alec a lift", answered Jessica. "Did you see the rain outside?"

"I got caught in the rain", smiled Max. "I don't know how we'll go on the runs, the rain is too heavy. And I solved my problems with Normal."

"Max! Hot run, sector 6", yelled Normal. 'Revenge is sweet' he thought, sending Max on the run while it rained heavily outside. "Bip, bip, bip. What are you waiting for?"

"For the rain to stop", said Max, turning to her boss.

"Dream on. Get the package and deliver it. Now!" said Normal and then gave Alec a package. "This is for you, Golden Boy. Sector 8. You can deliver it when the rain stops."

Alec winced. "I'll deliver it now."

"C'mon, Max, Alec, I'll drive you there", suggested Jessica.

"Ok, let's go", said Max, casting an angry glance at Normal. 'You'll regret about that', she thought.

Jessica drove Max to sector 6. She delivered the package, got the signature and returned to the car where Alec and Jessica were busy making out. "Get a room", chuckled Max.

"Let's go to sector 8", said Jessica, starting the engine and trying to calm down a little. Alec turned her on.

"So, what did you do last night? After 'Crash', I mean", asked Max innocently.

"Slept", answered Jessica. "Oh, don't give me this look, Max", she said, looking at Max. "We just slept, like when you close your eyes and sleep."

"I needed to get some sleep. Sex is great, but sometimes even transgenics need rest", noted Alec. "What about you, Max? What did YOU do?"

"You won't believe this, but I also slept. In my own bed. In Cindy's and my apartment", answered Max.

"Really?" Alec raised an eyebrow. "Logan also got tired?"

"No, he wanted me to get some sleep and I think he was more eager to lay his hands on the database, rather than on me", said Max, sounding a little upset.

"Poor Maxie", chuckled Alec. "Logan cheated on you with Jessica's database."

"Alec, don't mess with me", warned him Max.

"Guys, how to get to sector 8?" asked Jessica, interrupting the bantering between Max and Alec.

Max explained her how to get there and soon Jessica pulled over near a multi-storied building. Alec took the package and entered the building.

He looked at the package. The addressee lived on the 10th floor. Alec came up to the apartment and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Alec heard a man's voice behind the door.

"Jam Pony messenger. I have a package for you", answered Alec.

The door opened and a young man appeared in the doorway. "Where's the package?" he asked friendly

Alec froze. Something happened to his vision. Instead of a normal person he saw some dark figure.

"Are you alright?" asked the man.

Alec shook off the delusion. Nothing happened. He still saw the dark figure.

"Are you alright?" repeated the man.

"Yes. Here's your package. Sign here", said Alec quietly and handed him the clipboard. The man signed and gave Alec the clipboard. He took the package and closed the door.

Alec quickly ran down the stairs and yanked the door of the car.

"Easy, Alec. I want this car in one piece", said Jessica. "What happened? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Was the client so scary?" asked Max mockingly.

"Thanks God! You look like normal people", said Alec hastily, seeing two beautiful girls in front of him.

"What is wrong with you?" wondered Jessica, seeing Alec's pale face.

"I saw something. The man who opened the door looked not like human; it was more like a dark figure", said Alec, calming down.

"Jackpot!" exclaimed Jessica. "Looks like it was your superpower in action. Let's go and test Max's power."

"Are you saying it was a Familiar and I saw him?" asked shocked Alec.

"Yep", nodded Jessica. "Let's go."

They got out of the car and Jessica locked it. Then Three Chimeras entered the building to test their superpowers on one of the Familliars. They went to the 10th floor and Alec pointed at one of the doors. "Here."

Jessica knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" asked the man.

"Jam Pony messengers", said Jessica.

The door opened and the suspected Familiar asked. "Another package?"

Jessica flashed her smile. "No, sir. You are our 100.000th client and we came here to congratulate you."

"What do you see?" whispered Max to Alec. They stood behind Jessica, who was distracting the man's attention.

"The same. Dark figure", answered Alec quietly.

Max came up to Jessica and addressed the man. "We want to shake the hand of our anniversary client."

The man didn't understand anything. "What are you talking about?"

Max grabbed his hand and shook it. 'I hope Jessica was right or I'll make a complete fool out of myself.' She let go of the man's hand and three Chosen Ones stared at their first victim.

First nothing happened. The man looked at the beautiful girls who stared at him with curiosity and then felt like he was burning. Literally. Few moments later Three Chimeras stared at the pile of ash in front of them.

"This is some Touch of Death", whispered astonished Jessica.

"Let's get out of here", said Max and everyone agreed with her. They quickly descended the stairs and got into BMW. Jessica started the engine and drove off. She stopped five blocks away from that building and turned to the transgenics who sat in the backseat. "So, my partners in prophecy", started Jessica. "What do you think of your powers?"

Max smiled wearily. She still was under the impression of her 'Touch of Death'. "It was SOMETHING. Wow!"

"Big 'WOW'", nodded Alec. He was also impressed by Max's power. "Does this mean that the prophecy started coming true?"

Jessica shrugged. "I don't know. I'll get you to Jam Pony." She started the engine.

Jessica drove them to Jam Pony and went home. She read the original page ten times, translating it and trying different meanings of words but still couldn't get the exact date and the description of that Great Evil. Jessica put the page in the journal and stared at the wall. The ringing of her cell phone brought her back to reality.

"Jess, it's Logan. You should come to my house. I have something to show you", said the man and disconnected the call.

Jessica sighed, stood up from the couch and took her jacket. 'I also have news for you, Logan', she thought and went to the door.

Sandeman's/Joshua's/Logan's house

Afternoon

Jessica opened the door. "Logan, it's me", she yelled.

"Come in. I'm in the living room." She heard his voice and went to the living room.

Logan sat at the table and looked at the screen of Jessica's laptop. "Hey. You won't believe what I've found."

"Hey yourself", said Jessica, sitting down on the couch. "You won't believe what has happened today."

"You first." Logan looked at Jessica.

"Max and Alec tested their superpowers", said Jessica matter-of-factly.

"WHAT?" exclaimed Logan. "How?"

"Alec had a run at sector 8. He delivered a package to some guy and when he saw that guy, Alec's power got activated. Instead of a man he saw a dark figure."

"That was a Familiar", whispered amazed Logan,

"Yep. When we went to that apartment again, Max touched the man and he burnt down. Literally. Turned into a pile of ash", explained Jessica.

Logan whistled. "Cool. How did they take it? Their powers in action, I mean."

"They were impressed. What's your news?" wondered Jessica.

"I looked at the personal files of Manticore employees and found one interesting detail. 21 years ago Elizabeth Renfro worked at one highly classified government organization. In the year of 2000 the organization was compromised and the whole project was shut down", said Logan.

"What was its name?" asked intrigued Jessica.

"It was called the 'Initiative' and was located in a small town in California. Sunnydale."

"Does it have any connection with Manticore?" asked Jessica.

"I didn't find any. Renfro was about 20 at that time. She was one of the assistants of Professor Maggie Walsh. Professor Walsh was the Head of that project", explained Logan.

"What did they do?" wondered Jessica.

"I didn't find much information on that project, only that it was connected with the study of paranormal things."

"Great. Ghosts and spooky things?" smirked Jessica.

"No, demons and vampires."

"Really?" laughed the girl. "That's something new."

"I think we should go to Sunnydale, ask people around. Maybe they remember something", supposed Logan.
Jessica stood up. "We'll go there tomorrow morning. I'll tell Max and Alec. Do you still need the database?"

"Yes, I want to look for more information. Maybe this 'Initiative' was mentioned more that once." Logan returned to his search.

Jessica left the house and went to Jam Pony. The working day was almost over but Max and Alec hadn't left yet.

"Jessica, it's so great you've dropped by", said Alec, hugging her and kissing her. "Let's go to Crash and celebrate the successful 'test-drive' of our superpowers."

"Not tonight", smiled Jessica. "Logan found an interesting lead. I'm going to California early in the morning. I'll have to get up early."

"What about us?" asked Max.

"How can I go without you? Of course you're going with me. It will take a day. We'll be back by Wednesday."

"I'll have to make up some excuse that I won't come to work tomorrow", frowned Max. "Normal is dreaming about firing me."

"Leave Normal to me", assured her Alec. "When do we leave?"

"Very early. Y'know, I could wake you up", said Jessica, smiling mischievously.

"Only with a kiss", grinned Alec.

Max rolled eyes. "You two need a cold shower."

They went to Jessica's car. Max asked to drive her to Logan's and then Jessica and Alec went to Skytower.

Jessica's apartment

Tuesday

8 a.m.

A sound that didn't belong to the dream Jessica was seeing, belonged to her cell phone.

"What?" she said in a sleepy voice.

"Jessica, what exactly did you have in mind when you said that we would leave very early?" wondered Max.

"What time is it?" asked Jessica.

"8 a.m.", replied Max.

"Oops, overslept", mumbled Jessica and shook Alec's shoulder. "Alec, get up."

"Where's the wakeup kiss?" he muttered, eyes closed.

"You'll get a wakeup cold shower if you don't get up right now", threatened him Jessica and then to Max. "Max, we'll be ready soon. Wait for us." Then she disconnected the call, jumped off the bed and ran to the shower.

"Alec, get up. We overslept!" she yelled from the bathroom.

Alec opened his eyes, looked at the clock and got up. He joined Jessica in the shower and there he got his morning kiss.

10 minutes later they were ready to go. Jessica's long hair was wet but she knew it would get dry soon. She put on black leather pants, a black top, biker boots and took her favorite leather jacket. Then she found her Desert Eagle and loaded it. She doubted that she would need a gun, but just in case… Jessica put on the shoulder holster and put the gun in it. The cell phone went to its usual place – the pocket.

Then she went to the living room. Alec, who had just returned from the kitchen, where he emptied her fridge while she was getting dressed, gasped. "Jess, you look awesome with a gun."

Jessica smiled. "I know." She came up to the desk, took the journal, the disc from the desktop computer and the box in which that disc was previously. She put everything in the backpack and took a couple of her IDs and a big pack of money. Alec watched her manipulations with interested face. "Why do you need all this stuff? It's not like we are going far away and you won't see any of these things anymore."

"Just in case", murmured Jessica. "All set. We can go." She put on her jacket and went to the door.

They locked the apartment and went to the elevator. Jessica told Alec to go to the underground parking, but she went to the lobby.

"Hey, Phil" she greeted the concierge.

"Good morning Miss Jordan", said Phil.

"Remember the people that visited me about a week ago? I want you to let them in any time and without any questions", said Jessica with a pleasant smile.

"Ok. There's a package for you, Miss Jordan." Phil took a small package from his desk and handed it to Jessica.

"Thanks." She took it and went to the parking.

*

In the car she looked at the return address – 'Law office 'D'Arcy, Siegfried, and Ryan', 53, rue Rivoli, Paris, France.'

"Hmm", said Jessica. "Am I being sued for something?" And then she noticed three words in brackets under her name – 'for Logan Cale'. "If Logan is being sued why would they send the letter to me?" she wondered and looked at Alec. He shrugged. "I have no idea."

Jessica put the package in the glove compartment and started the engine. "I'll open it later", she said.

Sandeman's/Joshua's/Logan's house

They came a little later than she expected. Alec asked her to make a stop at his place. He wanted to put on more convenient clothes for the road trip.

Jessica turned off the ignition and got out. "Are you coming?" she asked Alec.

"No, I'll wait here."

She came up to the door and opened it. "Max, Logan, it's Jessica", she yelled.

"No need to yell. We are ready to go", said Max, coming out of the living room.

"Tell Logan to take my laptop", noted Jessica, staying in the hall.

"Logan, take Jessica's laptop", yelled Max.

"See, you're yelling. Why can't I?" asked Jessica, smiling.

Logan came out of the living room, carrying the laptop and some papers. "What took you so long?"

"We overslept", replied Jessica.

"Jess, can we make a stop at my place? I want to change my clothes for something more convenient", said Max when the girls went to the car.

"Sure. Alec already did that", answered Jessica and got into the car. Logan joined them a little later as he had to lock the house.

"Logan, do you know how to get to this Sunnydale?" asked Jessica, turning to Logan.

He took a map from his pocket, unfolded it and showed her the point of their destination. "I marked the route so that we wouldn't waste time."

"Great", said Jessica and started the engine.

*

An hour later, having made a stop at Max's place and at the checkpoints, which, by the way, Jessica passed very quickly, having flashed one of her IDs to the sector cops, they exited the city limits.

"Logan, did you find anything else about this 'Initiative'?" asked Jessica, looking at the road.

"Not much. I contacted one of my sources. He worked at the University of Sunnydale since '98 till '01. When this project worked he noticed armed men in the black ops gear that walked around the campus. And not once. One night he followed them and they entered one of the fraternity houses. A couple of nights later he noticed them, dragging something and they dragged that thing to one of the cemeteries, which are 12 in number", explained Logan.

Max whistled. "12 cemeteries?! How big is that town?"

"Not really. They must've had a high death rate. Anyway, I found the map of Sunnydale and printed it. I marked the cemeteries and my source told me that he followed those men to one of the central cemeteries."

"Great, again cemetery. Sandeman sends me to the cemetery, Logan sends me to the cemetery. They absolutely don't care that I don't like cemeteries", murmured Jessica. "Anything else?"

"I found one strange thing in the database. A hidden file. Very big. Even compressed and archived it's very big", said Logan.

"So, what's in it?" wondered Jessica, looking at the rearview mirror.

"I don't know. I didn't get the chance to work with it, thanks to someone." Logan looked at Max. Max smiled mischievously.

"Figures", smirked Alec and reached for the radio, trying to find some FM-station.

She wakes you up early in the morning
She tells you baby I feel a little horny
She brings you up and then you know you want it
I like the way you give it girl
Your mouth is dry
Your heart is beating faster
You wanna die but you're afraid to ask her
She pops a gun
Your prayer's already answered
Tick tock man
Thank you man

Don't fool yourself
You can't stop it if you try
And it's a bumpy ride

"Jessica, this song is about you. AND you have a gun with you", chuckled Alec.

"Jess, why did you take the gun with you?" asked Max, who didn't like guns.

"Just in case", replied Jessica, casting a swift glance at Alec, who was listening to the song.

She be the one
She be the drug
She's gonna take you high, take your love
And never get enough
She be the one
She be the bomb
Watch out here she comes
You know you're gonna get some

She hits a club
And everybody watches
And when she dances
Everybody wants it
The kind of girl you've kinda gotta watch
She might just get away

She makes you wait
She likes to play that kind of game
She takes your money
And tries to give it all away
She makes you nasty
And makes you wanna feel pain
Then she'll make you want it again

"Yep, this song is definitely about you", nodded Alec.

"I don't take your money. I have plenty of my own", retorted Jessica, holding back a smile.

Sunnydale

One of the central cemeteries

Late in the evening

They arrived at Sunnydale only in the evening. Jessica expected to get to Sunnydale much earlier, but they had some 'adventures' during their road trip. First somewhere between Portland and Salem the road was blocked because of a terrible car crash and they had to make a detour, big detour. Then near San Francisco the car ran out of gas and they spent two hours trying to get the fuel for her car. Finally when they approached Sunnydale and saw the road sign, she punctured the tire and had to change it. So, when Jessica stopped the car near the cemetery she wasn't in a very good mood. "Let's go, look for something we don't know. Again." Jessica sighed and took her backpack. She suddenly remembered about the package and took it from the glove compartment.

"Why are you taking it with you?" asked Logan.

"What if somebody steals it?" retorted Jessica and added her laptop to the contents of the backpack.

They got out of the car. "Where do we go from here?" wondered Jessica, locking the car.

"The cemetery is waiting for us", said Max.

They opened the gate and entered the graveyard. Max and Alec were walking a little faster than Jessica and Logan who walked behind.

"Logan, I got this weird package this morning and it's for you", said Jessica, giving the package to Logan.

"Strange. I don't know anyone at this law office", muttered Logan, reading the address. "I'll read it later."

"So, Alec, I see things between you and Jessica are going well", noted Max.

"Everything is so perfect that it scares me sometimes. Max, I still keep thinking that she sees Ben in me, that one night she'll call me 'Ben'. What if I get killed and she'll scream out his name, not mine?" said Alec quietly, so that Jessica wouldn't hear him.

"Alec, you're paranoid. Jessica sees you and only you. Don't even think about things you've just said", said Max firmly, looking at Alec.

They approached some deserted crypt. Jessica came up to them. "Guys, Logan said that this 'Initiative' was located in the underground facility under the University of Sunnydale and … Alec, are you ok? You look weird?" she asked, seeing his face.

Alec smiled. "Everything is fine, Jess. Really." He put his arms around her and kissed her. His kiss was sweet and gentle. Jessica broke the kiss and smiled at him.

Suddenly they felt something strange. It was like some invisible hand grabbed them and shook them. Jessica looked around. Everything around seemed different, and at this graveyard they weren't alone any more. She saw a blonde girl make a strike and then time slowed down for her. It was like in slow motion – the girl strikes Alec in the chest with some stick. Alec grabs his chest, wincing in pain. Blood. The girl's eyes widen. She's in shock. And then the time speeds up. Max and Jessica scream. "YOU BITCH! YOU KILLED HIM!"

The End

A/N: That's all, folks. Review, please. Oh, the song is "She Be The One", E. Iglesias.