Disclaimer: do I have to do this every time…..I don't own nothing happy now!
Summary: Alec remembers the events leading up to a child's death.
Paring: M/A
A/N: I've been on vacation for a while so….sorry for the wait. I hope you enjoy and here it goes………..
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Tears ran endlessly down the smooth cheeks of a young mother. Only a few hours ago she had been happily looking forward to the birth of her first child. The happy time was shattered just like her life. Max's heart lay deep within her after loosing yet another person close to her. Only this time it was her son.
Alec had stayed with her for a while but like the others he left when the doctor told him to go. Someone had to be at T.C. during this tense time after all. And right now it couldn't be her.
Max's eyes striated over to the small proto crib, which held the cause of her pain. The still bundle gripped at her broken heart and pulled. A new wave of tears dampened her tan cheeks.
The young women cried in mourning to her lost child but also for all those whom she had lost. Her first family, Tanga, Brin, Ben, Seth, and all the others that she had never seen. Then she thought about the kind mother who had taken her in upon request from her daughter so near to the escape. She remembered leaving them and them joining her next family the Chinese Clan which she had also abounded after putting them in danger.
" I'm a poison killing ever one that I love." She whispered remembering Renfro's words from so long ago. " And now I've killed my own child." The words barely left her lips before even more tears filled her eyes. " It's all my fault."
Max buried her face in her hands as she drifted back through the months to the very beginning of this whole problem.
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" Hey Alec so glad you could join us this fine morning." Joe teased from the command center.
" Yeah, yeah." The X5 replied sinking into a seat. The T.C. leaders glanced at him each in turn before facing Joe who had started the meeting this morning.
Alec didn't hear a word of what the others said as they went over the problems that needed solving in T.C. and how to fix them. He was in his own little world still wrapped up in his thoughts from the night before. 'What does my heart tell me?' He asked himself yet again.
"Hey Alec! Earth to Alec!" Joe waved his hand in front of the other man's face as to draw his attention back to the meeting.
"What." Alec asked after snapping out of his thoughts.
The little group laughed. " Hey Alec how's the planning for that heist we need the money from coming?" Joe asked amusement clear in his face.
" It's done all I need is a team." Alec answered.
" How many?" Mole asked from his perch in the corner.
" Only one other besides myself." Alec explained. The lizard man nodded.
" You got anyone in mind?" He asked gruffly.
" Yep, just gotta ask." Alec looked across the table at one of the able bodied young tanginess. " So Joe do you wanna go on a heist?" Alec asked.
" Do you even gotta ask." The green haired man answered with a trace of a smile on his lips.
" Hold it hot shot." A voice spoke up. " If you haven't forgotten already. I need you here solider boy." A round-bellied female said.
"Oops! Sorry man but Tina's right. Your gonna have to find some one else." Pleased by what her mate had replied the bright eyed lady moved on with her paper work to deliver.
" She's got you on a short leash." Alec observed.
" You could say that." Joe replied while cocking an eyebrow. " So." He said moving on. " Who are you gonna get to replace me." He put up a fake pout.
" I might just take Tina." Alec joked.
" Not in your life pretty boy." Tina called from the floor below there raised platform.
" Darn." Alec cursed while a smirk slipped onto his lips. " I guess that only leaves me one choice." Alec pretended to slump in his chair.
" And who would that be?" Joe asked.
" One of my good friends who's been itching to get out of this place."
" You can't take Sid." Mole said matter of factly.
" And why not." He asked.
" Because he's reckless." Mole answered.
" While so am I." Alec answered.
" Alec nobody believes that but Max and you know it." Joe rubbed his forehead with the back of his head. " Take Dee."
"Alright if I have to." Alec complained.
Dee a young X6 who did everything by the book was no fun to go on a mission with. Back at Manticore she had been a co which didn't explain much since Alec was a co as while. Alec of course was only pretending to sulk because he knew that with Dee's help that the mission would be complete without any unseen factors which his other choices would have no doubt caused.
"I'll inform her in a few." Alec sighted.
" All right then is that everything for to day?" Joe asked while looking around the table. " In that case your all free to go." The group rose from their seats and scattered to their assigned tasks.
Joe to the new hospital and Drix to his computers while Mole filled down stairs to his armory. Alec set out in search of Dee.
The fourteen year old wouldn't be that hard to find since she seemed to always be near the command center. Alec began his search at the new housing that Dee had last been seen working on with a group of other X6s. they had done a pretty good job of clearing the debris from the more sturdy apartments then finding furniture to but inside them so that the new inhabitants would have some things of their own to go to.
"Dee!" He called in to the tall brow building that used to be a hotel. Almost amenably the light haired youth appeared at the window of one of the rooms.
" Sir what do you need sir." She called down.
" Come down here solider." Alec called back up.
Quickly the teen left her current job to go to Alec. Like most of Manticore's creations she respected and looked up to Alec. In this respect for him she obeyed ever thing he told her to do just like Manticore had programmed her to do.
Dee stood up straight by his side in a matter of seconds with her hand up in salute.
" At ease." Alec shouted a bit annoyed. " Dee listen to me your no longer at Manticore so you don't have to salute superior officers any more." He explained.
" I know." The blond answered while waving her ponytail around as she moved. " So what do you want sir?" She asked right away.
Alec gave the teen a stern look. " Don't call me that." The girl shrugged and Alec sighted. This was gona be one long heist. "Ok Dee now you've been chosen to go on a heist."
The girl's big blue eyes shone with pleasure. " Thank you." She cried forgetting her training for a moment as she flung her arms around the older man.
" Whoa!" Alec exclaimed with a smile. " Easy there Dee." He laughed at the teen's redding-cheeks.
" Sorry." She mumbled.
" No need to be missy." Alec flashed her one of his smiles before informing her that she were to come with him to the command center at once. So Alec returned to his office with the X6 following on his heels like a little puppy dog.
" Why did you avoid going past Max's office?" The girl asked once then were alone in his office.
Alec looked up from his plans in surprise. " I didn't avoid her office and besides she isn't even there."
" I know that." Dee told him. " Cherry told me that she is in the isolation ward because she is in heat." The little girl informed him.
" That's right." Alec said.
Over the next few hours the two went about memorizing the plans. During this time Alec learned that Dee was just like any other girl chatty.
A/N: What do you think? Next time it'll be the heist.
