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Max sat next to Krit on the couch. Max looked over her older brother, he was silent and sipping on his coffee that Logan had gave him. Max sighed to herself then looked over at Zack. He paced stressfully back and forth in front of Logan's windows.

"So, you saw it?" Max asked his softly.

"Yea Max, it didn't see me, god thing too or else I wouldn't be here right now. He looks exactly like Zack, except the thing's hair is different." he answered her.

"What happens if we can't tell the difference between it and Zack?" Max asked a little scared.

"Oh believe me Maxie, you'll know, you'll be able to tell." Krit responded.

"What gets me is……why Zack? Why would Lydecker and Ames focus on giving this beast Zack's appearance?" Alec asked them.

"Could be a number of reasons." Max acknowledged.

"He's the oldest out of us 12." Krit said.

"I was their CO." Zack added still pacing.

"He knows how close we all are to Zack and thought it would be funny to use that against us." Max also added.

"Or they used greater portions of Zack's DNA because he was the top of the X5 group and it just happened to look like him because the large amount of DNA that they poured into this creation." Logan said.

Alec looked around.

"Ok, I'll take any of those." Alec replied leaning into one of Logan's chairs.

"Well I made dinner in case anyone is hungry." Logan said changing the subject.

Soon the doorbell rang again, Max again answered it. Jondy looked at Max, tears instantly coming to her blue eyes.

"Max, is that you?" Jondy asked.

Max studied her and smiled.

"Jondy." she said happily collapsing into her arms.

Her blondish brown hair was to her shoulders and like all the others she was dressed in mainly black.

"Max, your so beautiful, I thought you were dead." she said crying. Max smiled and she lead her in.

"Jondy!" Zack and Krit said happily jumping up and running to her.

Max let Krit hug her tightly then Zack. Jondy laughed looking at them.

"Jondy, this is Ben's clone, Alec and our lifeline, Logan Cale." Max introduced them.

Jondy smiled and hugged Alec and then did the same to Logan.

"So anyone else coming here?" Jondy asked Zack.

"Tinga, that's all." he answered.

Jondy shook her head and looked at Max and smiled.

"So, you've been in Seattle all this time and still haven't gotten caught?" she asked amazed.

"Well once but Zack went down with me. But other than that no, Lydecker and this new guy, Ames White are really stupid." she said.

"And I had a lot f help from my friends." she added looking over at Alec and Logan who smiled back.

Krit looked up at Zack.

"So, what do we do?" he asked.

"We'll wait until Tinga gets here, then we'll discuss this." Zack replied.

"Good plan. Now Logan, you said you had dinner?" Max replied smiling as she walked into the kitchen.

Logan smiled as well.

"Yea bud thanks." Alec said following Max.

Logan looked at the others.

"If any of you are hungry, please by all means help yourself, I've got plenty." Logan said.

All of them stood up and walked into the kitchen.

All of them sat in Logan's living room, all full.

"Logan, I think you killed us." Alec said.

"Yea Logan that was great." Jondy answered.

Logan picked up the last plates.

"Thank you." he answered and took them into the kitchen.

A knock came at the door. Zack jumped up and opened it. Tinga walked in.

"Tinga!" Jondy said happily running up to her and hugging her.

Tinga said hello to everyone, giving everyone a big hug including Logan.

"Where's you family?" Zack asked her.

"Back in the place Logan gave s with new identities. I figured that, that was the safest place for them." Tinga answered.

"Good choice." Zack assured her.

Tinga shook her head in agreement and took a seat on the floor next to Max. Krit scooted over on the couch so Zack was sitting next to him, and Jondy on the other side of Zack. Alec sat in a chair and Logan stood near the window.

"So the deal with this transgenic, we gotta move fast, it already took 2 of us away." Zack shared.

"Who?" Tinga said alarmed.

"Sly and Zane." Max answered for him.

"Yes, they are gone, back on their way to Manticore as far as I know, and they almost got Krit." he added.

"He looks EXACTLY like Zack except the hair, it's spiked up like Logan's." Krit explained.

Jondy gave Max a glance of fear.

"So how do we stop it?" Jondy asked him.

Zack exchanged glances with Max.

"We don't know, we don't even know if we can. According to what we've heard, this guy seems pretty tough." Zack admitted.

"So the plan is, stick together and we fight him together not apart, we might have a chance. We go no where without each other and Max and Alec that means no work. We can't risk it." Zack added.

All of them shook their head in understanding.

"Alright, I guess there is nothing else we can do." Krit replied.

"Get some sleep, and we'll decide what to do tomorrow." Zack ordered.

Max leaned against her bed in the guest room. Sleep? Ha, sleep, Max doesn't sleep. Annoyed of sitting still she got up and silently opened the door and creeped down Logan's hallway, towards his kitchen. She was thirsty and she reached the refrigerator , taking out the milk. Suddenly she froze. She hear movement.

Ignoring her thirst she slowly and quietly set the jug of milk on the counter. Then taking light steps she reached the end of the kitchen wall and peered around the edge. She saw the dark room and she focused her eyes on the front door. She saw the door knob jiggling slightly and the sounds of something in the key hole, Max's guess someone trying to pick the lock.

Max then ran across the living room as quietly as she could over to the hall. She ran into Zack's room, immediately hitting her knees and shaking him.

"Zack, Zack, wake up." Max whispered.

Zack's eyes opened widely as he looked at Max.

"Max, what are you-" he stopped by seeing the face on Max.

"What is it?" Zack asked.

"Zack, there is someone trying to break in." she told him.

Zack's eyes widened. Immediately he jumped up.

"Get the others up." he ordered.

Max ran into the other bedrooms, pulling the other's up. They all met in the middle of the hallway.

"Ok, everyone find a place for cover, HURRY!" Zack replied.

Krit dogged behind the couch and Tinga in a closet. Alec shoved his back up against the wall of the kitchen and Logan hid underneath the bar. Jondy jumped up on the ceiling and held herself in place on it. Max took cover behind Logan's large computer desk, sitting on her butt and pulling her knees to her chest. Zack made sure everyone was not visible then dropped on the other side of the couch. Zack then made a hand signal to Krit and Alec. Alec gave a thumbs up and Krit shook his head in understanding. He then looked at Jody and gave a hold position, and she shook her head yes. He moved his finger to Tinga and made a different set of hand motions and then did the same for Max, both nodding their head.

Suddenly a figure walked into the room. Zack then jumped up and punched it in the face. Jondy then jumped down and got him in a head lock. Logan turned on the lights.

"Bling?" Max asked standing up.

Krit stood up as well. Alec peered around the walked out from the wall completely. Jondy looked at him.

"You know this guy Max?" Jondy asked as Tinga walked out from the closet.

"He's my helper around the house." Logan answered standing up.

"Whoa, like a maid?" Krit asked grinning finding it funny.

Jondy let him go.

"I prefer helper." he answered rubbing his jaw.

"Sorry about that. Thought you were someone else." Zack apologized.

"It's ok, now if you excuse me, I am going to go to bed, is it ok if I crash here tonight Logan?" he asked.

"Um, Sure." Logan answered.

Bling smiled.

"Thanks, good night everyone." he said then he walked down the hall and everyone heard a door shut.

Zack breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly a man jumped though the window, breaking the glass. The all turned their head away and guarded themselves with their hands.

"Looking for me?" a voice asked.

Max's eyes widened as she slowly turned around. The all looked upon the thing. Krit was right he did look like Zack only his blonde hair was spiked up with the ends of it in black. Max shivered as he saw the size of his arms and his fists curl together so hard it turned his knuckles white. It'll hurt if he nails you.

"Seems that I hit the jackpot here. That means I only have 3 more left to find." he said smiling.

"Sorry to break it to you, but none of us are going back." Jondy told him.

He smirked evilly.

"We'll see about that." he answered as he scanned them.

Max then saw his icy blue eyes lock on her.

"You." he said pointing to Max.

Max felt her heart stop and Zack looked at what he was point at.

"Come here girly, there's a couple of people waiting at home for you." he shared.

"I bet they are." she said meanly.

Zack stepped in front of her as did Krit, and Jondy, Alec, and Tinga.

"Leave our baby sister alone you bastard." Tinga hissed at him.

The Zack look alike started laughing hardly.

"Please, try it." he answered.

Tinga lunged at him sending a fist towards his face. The Zack clone dogged it, making Tinga made. He sent a punch to her chest that she blocked then tried to send a kick to her side which she also blocked. Tinga tried to punch him in the face again, but he caught the fist over her head and then spun around and kicked her powerfully in the chest, sending her back into a wall.

Krit ran up to him, sending out his leg, kicking him in the chest. Alec also lunged forward punching him in the side. He didn't even flinch but just picked Krit up and threw him into a wall. Once Krit hit the hall, he made a large hole as he fell to the ground plaster fell on top of him.

Alec did a roundhouse and landed the kick in his face. The transgenic shook it off and punched him hard in the face. Alec groaned as the force of the punch sent him stumbling back and over the couch.

Zack jumped up and grabbed Logan's chandelier , wrapping his legs around the evil thing's neck. Zack let go of the chandelier and used all his strength to bring him crashing to the ground. Zack jumped up quickly as did their clone. Zack flipped over his head and tried to kick him from behind. Expecting this he grabbed Zack's leg and rammed him into the wall then punched him in the face. The force of the punch was so strong that it sent Zack crashing into Logan's computer.

Krit was up and tried to send an elbow into his face. He grabbed it and slammed him into Jondy, both falling to the ground.

Max looked at him.

"Time for me to take you home 452." he said.

"No way, I'm the bomb, so Ka-Boom!" she shouted.

The sent a fist flying at his face. He easily caught it. Determined she sent a leg up in attempt to kick the air out of him. He caught it as well. He then dropped her leg and with his arm, pulled her closer to him, grabbing her hair. 'Zack' pulled her head down and made her head smack off his knee, he came up and did that again. Max let out a noise of pain as he threw her to the ground. He walked towards her and unexpectedly she kicked her leg up hitting him in the chest.

Zack jumped up and tackled him to the ground. The 2 wrestled Zack on top of him. Zack grabbed the thing's throat. He just smiled and punched Zack off of him and jumped to his feet. Zack sent a kick to his feet which he blocked. The transgenic did a spun and threw his leg out hitting Zack in the face.

Max ran up and kicked him in the back, getting his attention and he turned to face the girl. Max jumped up and kicked out her left leg, hitting his face and the kicked her right leg also nailing him in the face before she hit the ground on her feet. He then tried to punch her in the face but she surprisingly block it and then back flipped over his head, placing her hands on his shoulders. She landed and it him in the claves with her foot.

He groaned in anger as he grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up. Max gripped his hands as he face was inches away from the ceiling fan. She looked scared at it as she kicked violently.

"Max!" Zack called.

Alec then tackled him, causing him to drop her. Alec sent a punch to his left cheek. The thing only smiled at him then kicked his leg up, flipping Alec over his head and into a chair. He got up and grabbed Max and threw her through the large glass window.

"Max!" Krit yelled.

Logan then ran up behind the transgenic and jabbed him with a teaser. He shook violently and fell out the window thanks to Zack pushing him. Zack looked over the edge as did all of the others.

"Max! Are you ok!" Krit yelled.

Max hung onto a bar of a balcony a floor under Logan's apartment.

"Pull yourself up Max!" Zack ordered.

Max pulled herself up so she was safely on the balcony underneath Logan's balcony.

"Jump up we'll catch you!" Jondy yelled at her.

Max jumped as high as she could and Jondy caught her wrist. The others helped Jondy pulled Max up.

"Maxie are you ok?" Zack asked touching her face, checking her for injuries.

"I'm fine. Freaked. Zack, no way will we beat him." max said sadly.

Zack looked at Krit then at Alec and finally Tinga.

"We better find a new place to hide, he knows we're here now." Logan replied.

"Good plan, come on let's go." Jondy said helping Max up.