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Krit ran up to Zack and Max, seeing Zack holding Max. Zack glanced over as Krit looked at him helplessly and sadly. Zack turned his eyes away and looked down at the ground, avoiding his brother's eyes. Krit then had a bad feeling, something was wrong. Krit walked up closer to them and then saw Syl's body behind them, she wasn't moving and her eyes closed.

"Syl!" Krit replied running up to her and squatting down beside her, feeling her pulse.

"She's dead Krit." Zack said softly and sadly.

Krit looked blankly at Zack then fell on his butt from the shock as he looked at her. Logan and Alec then showed up, both hearing Max crying.

"Are you sure?" Krit asked getting tears in his eyes.

"Yea, Ben killed her." Zack added in the same tone.

Alec looked at Logan helplessly who only returned the look.

"Ben......killed, our sister?" Krit asked his voice craking as he tried not to cry.

Zack shook his head yes. Zack had no tears in his eyes, he just had an emotionless face, he didn't know weither to be mad or sad.

"Ben said that Lydecker told him it was ok to kill Syl." Max said finally letting up from Zack's shoulder.

Zack sighed and whipped the tears away from her face with his thumb then looked at Krit who looked confused.

"Why would Lydecker do that? I thought he wanted all of us?" Krit replied.

"I don't know. I don't know why he wants us so badly." Zack replied.

"Ben said he didn't want Syl that bad." Max responded.

"So naturally they kill her to get to you. To try and make you crack." Alec acknowledged taking a step closer to his friends.

They all looked at him then away.

"I hate to be the bad news carrier, but since this is such a depressing moment anyway, FYI guys, I don't think these people are going away." Alec replied squatting down beside them.

"So what are you saying, it's only a matter of time before they bag us?" Krit asked.

"No, well..........yes, I don't know, but I swear on my grave that as long as Ames White is living and breathing on this earth, Max isn't safe and he'll be after her until the day he dies. Now Lydecker, I don't know his deal, I didn't know him as well as you guys did, but I think he won't stop either. I mean think about it, even if, oh my gosh, the public finds out completely, and they accept us, like they don't think anything of us, and we can walk down the street able to show our barcode, everything........that won't stop them. They'll still try to get us." Alec said.

"Alec's right, Manticore's never going away, no matter how many times you try to destroy it. There is always gonna be someone." Logan agreed.

"You know, I think we all know that deep down inside, but we just didn't want to believe it." Zack agreed.

"I thought of that possibility all the time, I kept it in the back of my head, but I always hopped that they would just give up." Krit said running his hands through his gelled hair.

"Oh they will, they might give up on everything, except you 12.............or what's left of you." Alec replied.

"Why?" Zack asked confused.

Alec looked at him.

"One, they have the MOST information about you, months after you escaped, information ad files about all of you were pouring out off offices and stuff, and 2 well.........the night you guys got out, yeah Lydecker was pissed, but he was also proud. All of Manticore was proud, but mad. You managed to get out, I mean NO ONE thought you guys would make it, even if you got out they thought it would be a matter of weeks before they gt all of you. Lydecker, Madam X, everyone said the best of you got out in '09. Do you have any idea, HOW MANY attempts transgenics made to get out. They throught it was easy because it's been done before. At least every other night until Max burned the place down some transgenic or some group of transgenics tried to get out, but ever single one failed. And I think Lydecker wants to know why, why you were the only ones able to make it out of there." Alec replied.

The 3 looked at each other, having no clue that Lydecker thought that.

"Believe me, they always talked about you when I was there. I think they wanna breed from you guys so they can make transgenics like you, I guess 'better,' 'stonger,' and have an army with your traits. " Alec replied.

Max looked at Zack who only looked back. Krit gave a face that ment, 'GROSS'.

"They need a better hobby." Max said quietly.

"Hell yea." Krit agreed.

"How could a person be so sick, Lydecker knows about our 'brother/sister' relationship with all of us." Zack said trying to shake the image from his brain.

"To him, it doesn't matter as long as he gets the army that he always wanted." Logan replied.

They all thought.

"We could run becuase I don't know about you but I don't wanna screw Jondy or Max or Tinga." Krit suggested.

"They would follow, especially if you have Max with you, at least Ames would." Logan said.

"And I'm not leaving her." Zack said if Max was thinking about telling them to leave her behind and run for their lives.

"I know what happened before, and I'm not letting anyone else pose as me and try and screw you guys over. I know what happened, I have my sources." Zack shared.

"Yea it screwed us." Krit agreed.

Zack sighed.

"I think we should have the others come back." Zack suggested, not wanting to do it.

"I don't think Tinga would come, what about her family?" Max asked.

"She's gonna have to leave them." Zack said.

"Yea right Zack, she would die for them, no way is she gonna leave them and never look back." Max said.

Zack looked at Max.

"She's gonna have too, if she stays with them, it's only a matter of time before they find her and kill them. And I don't think she wants to see them killed, ESPECIALLY by Manticore." Zack pointed out.

Max didn't say anything, he was right. Max stood up as did Zack and Krit. Max paced trying to figure out what to do, Krit just stood looking at the stars and Zack pulled out his cellphone, getting ready to contact all of them.

Suddenly somethnig jumpd out from a tree and landed behind Max, grabbing her by the throat and flipping her backwards, Max hitting the ground on he back hard. Every eye went to her.

"Max!" Zack called getting ready to run over and punch the guys lights out, but before he could someone landed in front of him and kicked him in the face.

Krit noticed this and was about ready to go help Max since Zack couldn't, but someone then landed on top of him, knocking him to the ground. Alec pushed Logan behind a bush and then noticed there were about 15 guards with teasers coming near them. Zack jumped up and noticed it as well. Krit punched the man that was on top of him and kicked him in the side, then grabbed his collar and ran him into a tree and turned, his back to Alec, so no one could sneak up on either of them. Max rammed her foot into the man's grion that threw her to the ground and then punched him in the face. She watched him drop to the ground and then stood up, fists raised as she slowly backed up to come back to back with Zack.

"Oh please." Max said.

One lunged at Max and Zack at the same time. Max grabbed the arm that the teaser was in, the one that was out stretched in attempt to hit her,Max kneed him in the stomach and ripped the teaser from his hand and threw it to the ground. Zack grabbed his attacker the same way Max did hers and the yanked him to his left as Max yanked her attacker to her right, running them into each other, both falling to the ground, knocked out.

"Who's next!?" Max demanded.

More closed in faster. Alec kicked one in the chest and the punched another then threw him into the man he kicked in the chest. Krit blocked a punch and grabbed the man's arm and broke it and kicked him down to the ground. The 4 continued to fight all until all were either knocked out or in too much pain to move. Max suddenly threw her fist to her right side, sensing someone over there. Someone caught it. Her eyes widened once she come in contact with him.

"Ames." she said scared.

Ames grinned.

"Hello love, hope you didn't give all your energy and ass kicking to these losers." Ames said then lifted her up and threw her into a tree.

"Max!" Zack called as he saw Ames walking up to her.

He ran at Ames and tackled him to the ground. Krit watched Zack tackle the familiar but suddenly felt someone punched him. Krit fell to the ground but his enemy didn't give him anytime to recover before he grabbed his collar and rammed him against a tree.

"Ben." Krit said softly as his feet dangled as Ben lifted him off the ground.

"Krit, little Krit, is that you baby brother. Wow you haven't changed much since the last time I saw you." Ben said smiling at him.

"You killed Syl." he said meanly.

"Uhhh, yea I did, what are you going to do about it. Maybe you'll be next." Ben said.

"Ben." a voice said.

Krit looked to his left as did Ben and saw Lydecker walk up.

"Your not killing Krit." Lydecker said.

Ben lowered him to where he was standing, but had his hands behind his back, holding them there with his strong grip. Lydecker placed a hand on Krit's shoulder. And looked him over, examining him.

"Get off of me." Krit warned.

"Now Krit is that any way to talk to me?" Lydecker asked.

Krit wanted to say something but thought it best if he kept his mouth shut.

"That's what I thought. I miss ya Krit, when are you going to come back home?" Lydecker asked smiling.

"Not anytime soon." Krit hissed at him.

Lydecker looked at Syl's body.

"I see Syl is decesed." Lydecker said.

"Shut up." Krit warned.

Suddenly Alec kicked Lydecker in the chest and tackled Ben off Krit. Krit looked back and saw Alec wrestling with Ben. Krit looked at Lydecker and smiled evily.

Zack pinned Ames to the ground but Ames lifted his leg and hit him on the back, knocking Zack off of him. Ames jumped up as did Zack.

"Zack, don't! You don't know what your getting yourself into!!!" Max shouted as she jumped up.

Zack tried to kick Ames but he smacked it away and then caught Zack's punch and kicked him in the stomach sending him flying back. Ames then turned around and grabbed Max by the throat and lifted her up off the ground. Max grabbed his wrist as her feet dangled.

"Now I could really kill one of your loved ones 452, consiering you killed mine." Ames said digging his finers into her throat.

She winced but looked him in the eyes never the less.

"DON'T! I didn't kill Ray, I'm not that heartless. Please, don't do anything to my family." Max said loosing breath.

"So you understand how I'm feeling?" Ames said behind his teeth.

"I understand why your upset, but you got to believe me, I would have stopped them if it wasn't too late. I wouldn't do anything so stupid if it envolved my family too." Max said struggling to get down.

"Why would the conclave kill my son then!?" Ames shouted.

"So you wouldn't get to attatched to him, so you would concentrate on what they told you to do more than spending time with him, I DON'T KNOW!" she said now finding it hard to breath.

Ben then punched Alec down and grabbed Krit off of Lydecker, who was being punched by Krit, and threw Krit on Alec. Alec winced as he fell on top of him.

"OUCH! Sorry Alec." Krit groaned.

"No prob." Alec said.

Ames then let Max go from the throat and lowered her onto the ground and threw her into Lydecker. Max looked at him and screamed and tried to get away but Lydecker grabbed her and held her tight.

"Let me go!" she shouted at him.

"Hello again Max, you might want to meet your new breeding partner." Lydecker said looking at Ben.

Max looked at him too meanly as he grinned.

"He inches a little closer, I'll make SURE he can't have kids." she hissed at them.

Suddenly a shot fired out, landing in Lydecker's hand. Lydecker howled in pain and dropped Max. Alec then got up and shoved Ben into a tree. Krit got up and elbowed Lydecker in the face, knocking him out. Zack ran up to Max, grabbed her hand and took off running into the woods, Logan, Alec, and Krit followed.

"Now what!?" Alec shouted as they ran, knowing Ben and Ames were following them.

"Don't worry, make for the road, I got us covered!" Logan shouted.

Max was going a little faster than normal considering Zack was almost dragging her, she moved low branches and leaves out of her way as she ran. Suddenly Ames jummped in front of her and Zack. Zack let Max go and shoved her righ and he went left. max continued running as did Zack.

"THIS ISN'T WORKING OUT TOO WELL LOGAN!" Zack shouted.

"Almost there!" Logan shouted back.

Ben then jumped out in front of Alec and Krit.

"WHOA!" Alec shouted in fear.

Krit and Alec dogged him and continued running. Ben looked at then run and smile.

"There's the road!" Max said happily.

"I don't think so girly girl." Ben told her as he jumped from behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her back and throwing her on the ground, pinning her down. Ben sat on her stomach and held her arms down. Krit saw this and looked back.

"Max!" Krit shouted.

Zack stopped and looked knowing Krit didn't shout Max's name just for the heck of it. Ben grinned.

"Guess we both have to get used to this position huh Maxie?" Ben asked.

"Go to hell, and get off me!" she shouted at him.

Krit kicked Ben in the ribs, air draining from his lungs as he fell off Max. Krit helped her up and they all continued running. The 5 busted out of the forest and saw police cas.

"Thanks Matt, owe you!" Logan shouted as they ran into town.

"NO problem Logan!" Matt shouted back.

Suddenly Ames and Ben ran out, Matt and police men stopped them immedialty. Ames glared at them as he watched them disappear into town.