She looked at herself in the mirror and adjusted the wig. She giggled to
herself, she looked so different. Especially with the new contacts that she
bought. They were a deep midnight blue. She put them on and it was like she
was a different person. It was the image she wanted to give. She didn't
want people to recognize her in this place, well not yet anyway. She
thought about Max, what the hell am I gonna do about her? She's the leader
of this... then another thought came into her head. No, Biggsy had said
that Alec was the real leader, with him here she didn't have to worry. Then
she blanched, but if Alec was with Max then he would probably be doing
whatever she told him to. She sighed. Maybe I should just stay in the
bathroom forever. Then she straightened up, took a deep breath and walked
over to the door, then turned around and walked back. She walked towards
the door, then back. She sighed, frustrated at herself. Then commanded
herself to get out and into headquarters, they were supposed to have a
meeting today. Come on Jade, no wait, its Stacy, she grinned to herself.
I've always liked that name. And with a smile walked out of the door and
into HQ. She turned the corner and ran straight into a living body.
"Alec!" she yelped, "You're on my foot."
"Oh crap. I am so sorry, are you alright?" he asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, you great oaf."
"Oaf?!" he repeated, insulted. Who the hell was this woman to call him an oaf? She was the one who had run into him, not the other way around. He looked down and her about to say something when she looked up. He stared at her, wondering why she looked so familiar.
"Kinda reminds you of how we met huh?" she grinned.
He knew that smile. "Jade?" he asked, not quite believing it was her.
"Yeah, it's me but the name is Stacy remember?"
"Stacy? Why did you change your name?"
"Cos I felt like it. Just don't call me Jade alright? Please?" she begged him, giving him his own puppy dog face. He laughed and was about to pull her to him when she backed away. He just looked at her and smiled.
"Max and I aren't together you know. She was just telling Logan that so that he'd stay away from her."
She looked at him but didn't know what to say. She saw him moving towards her but she didn't know what to do. She wanted him back, so much. Especially since this whole thing had been a misunderstanding but she just didn't think that she could get the image of him and Max together out of her head. She shook her head at him. His face fell. She put her finger under his chin and made him look at her. "We'll talk later alright sweetie?"
He smiled, she had called him sweetie again. He had missed that as well. He was about to say something when he noticed that her gaze had fallen on something behind him and he turned to see Max walking towards him.
"Hey," she said tentatively, looking up at him, then she noticed who he was talking to and went to introduce herself when she stopped short. "You..you look like someone I know."
Jade looked at her a bit worried, I mean if Max could see through her disguise then there would be no hope at all that other people wouldn't know her. I mean there was only so much a wig and colored contacts could do. She had to make up something fast. "Who do I remind you of?" she asked Max, deliberately pitching her voice low and husky.
"Oh" Max said surprised. "Um.."
"I know that I was supposed to have a sister back at Manticore, maybe you met her?" Jade said, trying to pull Max off her track.
"Yeah that must be it," Max said. She looked at Alec. "We're starting the meeting."
"Yeah whatever," he replied, his voice cool. She flinched at his tone and looked up again but he was staring over her head. She sighed and went on to the podium to begin today's meeting. She stepped up there and tried to get everyone silent but they just kept on talking. She tried everything she could but she couldn't get their attention. They just weren't listening, no matter what she did. She looked over just in time to see a grin on Mole's face just before he turned away again. She looked out in desperation, this had never happened before. She didn't know what to do. All of a sudden, a voice rang out "Hey, quiet. Listen." With that, the noise immediately dropped and she turned to give Alec a smile but he just looked at her and turned away. No emotion on his face. She sighed, she would make it up to him. She didn't know why they didn't listen to her. Then she began the briefing. They were in desperate need of more medical supplies and more food. Mole had wanted more guns but she had said no. He had looked at her with such contempt but she ignored it. She didn't want these people have the life that they had at Manticore but in the end she had relented because Alec had said that they only needed them to protect themselves from the humans. And White for that matter. He hadn't been seen for a while now and she didn't know if that was a good thing.
When the meeting had ended and all the transgenics had left to do their various jobs, she sat down on one of the chairs exhausted. None of them had looked like they were listening to a single word that she said and Alec had never even looked at her the whole morning and then had gone off with that blonde girl. She really did look familiar. Then she bolted up straight. Omigod she looked like Jade. That was who this girl reminded me of. Jade. She had the exact same features except for the hair and the eyes. Well she had said that she had a sister. Trust Alec to fall for the sister of the girl that he was in love with.
"Welcome to your new home." She heard Dix saying to someone and turned around to find a new transgenic there. A new very good looking transgenic. Well all of the X series were made to be good looking but this one was well, almost as good looking as Alec and that was saying something. He had black hair and green eyes. Hell she thought. His eyes are just like Jade's. No way she thought. I just have Jade on the mind but the more she looked at him the more she was starting to think that maybe Jade had a brother as well or something. Not that their features were anything alike, just the color of the eyes and hair. Actually the shape of their eyes was the same as well. Max blushed as the newcomer caught her staring at him. He grinned and waltzed over there. He had the same swagger that Alec walked with. The whole 'I know I'm hot' thing going as well.
"Hey, Dix told me that you were our leader. Max is it?" he asked.
Max just nodded her head in reply. Too caught up in his eyes. He grinned some more. "I'm Blake."
She went to shake his hand when she heard a scream behind her.
"BLAKE!" It was the blonde that Alec had been with and Max watched as the girl threw herself onto Blake and him swinging her around, both of them laughing. She looked over at Alec and saw the anger, then sadness in his eyes. They both turned to see that Blake and the blonde were now on the ground and hugging each other. Alec felt the sadness grow in him. She has someone else he thought, that's why she doesn't want to be with me. He turned and walked away from the woman that he knew he would love for the rest of his life, even if she didn't love him back.
"Alec!" she yelped, "You're on my foot."
"Oh crap. I am so sorry, are you alright?" he asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, you great oaf."
"Oaf?!" he repeated, insulted. Who the hell was this woman to call him an oaf? She was the one who had run into him, not the other way around. He looked down and her about to say something when she looked up. He stared at her, wondering why she looked so familiar.
"Kinda reminds you of how we met huh?" she grinned.
He knew that smile. "Jade?" he asked, not quite believing it was her.
"Yeah, it's me but the name is Stacy remember?"
"Stacy? Why did you change your name?"
"Cos I felt like it. Just don't call me Jade alright? Please?" she begged him, giving him his own puppy dog face. He laughed and was about to pull her to him when she backed away. He just looked at her and smiled.
"Max and I aren't together you know. She was just telling Logan that so that he'd stay away from her."
She looked at him but didn't know what to say. She saw him moving towards her but she didn't know what to do. She wanted him back, so much. Especially since this whole thing had been a misunderstanding but she just didn't think that she could get the image of him and Max together out of her head. She shook her head at him. His face fell. She put her finger under his chin and made him look at her. "We'll talk later alright sweetie?"
He smiled, she had called him sweetie again. He had missed that as well. He was about to say something when he noticed that her gaze had fallen on something behind him and he turned to see Max walking towards him.
"Hey," she said tentatively, looking up at him, then she noticed who he was talking to and went to introduce herself when she stopped short. "You..you look like someone I know."
Jade looked at her a bit worried, I mean if Max could see through her disguise then there would be no hope at all that other people wouldn't know her. I mean there was only so much a wig and colored contacts could do. She had to make up something fast. "Who do I remind you of?" she asked Max, deliberately pitching her voice low and husky.
"Oh" Max said surprised. "Um.."
"I know that I was supposed to have a sister back at Manticore, maybe you met her?" Jade said, trying to pull Max off her track.
"Yeah that must be it," Max said. She looked at Alec. "We're starting the meeting."
"Yeah whatever," he replied, his voice cool. She flinched at his tone and looked up again but he was staring over her head. She sighed and went on to the podium to begin today's meeting. She stepped up there and tried to get everyone silent but they just kept on talking. She tried everything she could but she couldn't get their attention. They just weren't listening, no matter what she did. She looked over just in time to see a grin on Mole's face just before he turned away again. She looked out in desperation, this had never happened before. She didn't know what to do. All of a sudden, a voice rang out "Hey, quiet. Listen." With that, the noise immediately dropped and she turned to give Alec a smile but he just looked at her and turned away. No emotion on his face. She sighed, she would make it up to him. She didn't know why they didn't listen to her. Then she began the briefing. They were in desperate need of more medical supplies and more food. Mole had wanted more guns but she had said no. He had looked at her with such contempt but she ignored it. She didn't want these people have the life that they had at Manticore but in the end she had relented because Alec had said that they only needed them to protect themselves from the humans. And White for that matter. He hadn't been seen for a while now and she didn't know if that was a good thing.
When the meeting had ended and all the transgenics had left to do their various jobs, she sat down on one of the chairs exhausted. None of them had looked like they were listening to a single word that she said and Alec had never even looked at her the whole morning and then had gone off with that blonde girl. She really did look familiar. Then she bolted up straight. Omigod she looked like Jade. That was who this girl reminded me of. Jade. She had the exact same features except for the hair and the eyes. Well she had said that she had a sister. Trust Alec to fall for the sister of the girl that he was in love with.
"Welcome to your new home." She heard Dix saying to someone and turned around to find a new transgenic there. A new very good looking transgenic. Well all of the X series were made to be good looking but this one was well, almost as good looking as Alec and that was saying something. He had black hair and green eyes. Hell she thought. His eyes are just like Jade's. No way she thought. I just have Jade on the mind but the more she looked at him the more she was starting to think that maybe Jade had a brother as well or something. Not that their features were anything alike, just the color of the eyes and hair. Actually the shape of their eyes was the same as well. Max blushed as the newcomer caught her staring at him. He grinned and waltzed over there. He had the same swagger that Alec walked with. The whole 'I know I'm hot' thing going as well.
"Hey, Dix told me that you were our leader. Max is it?" he asked.
Max just nodded her head in reply. Too caught up in his eyes. He grinned some more. "I'm Blake."
She went to shake his hand when she heard a scream behind her.
"BLAKE!" It was the blonde that Alec had been with and Max watched as the girl threw herself onto Blake and him swinging her around, both of them laughing. She looked over at Alec and saw the anger, then sadness in his eyes. They both turned to see that Blake and the blonde were now on the ground and hugging each other. Alec felt the sadness grow in him. She has someone else he thought, that's why she doesn't want to be with me. He turned and walked away from the woman that he knew he would love for the rest of his life, even if she didn't love him back.