Alec walked into the cafeteria and went to get some food for them when he
groaned. Crap he thought, I don't know where her apartment is. He slapped
himself on his head then turned at the sound of a giggle.
"You know, you really shouldn't kill those brain cells of yours. I mean, you need all that you can get," Cece said, smirking up at him. He glared at her but it just made her laugh harder.
"You know she's right man," Biggs said, trying to keep a straight face. Alec glared at him too then turned to walk back to HQ to see if Dix knew where she was staying, ignoring the guffaws that came as soon as he turned his back. Typical, he thought, Biggs goes along with his woman. He walked up to Dix and said, "Hey man, do you know where Jad.. I mean Stacy is staying?"
"Stacy?" Dix asked, "what's her designation?"
Alec just looked at him in shock. In all this time he had no idea what Jade's designation was. Dix almost smiled at the look on Alec's face, he looked totally flabbergasted at such a simple question. He noticed the look on Dix's face and muttered something, leaving quickly before he made an even bigger fool out of himself. He made his way back to the cafeteria, he got there just in time to see Max and Blake walk in, he also saw over half the transgenics stand to attention and salute as soon as they entered. What the hell he thought. The others just looked around in surprise but then also stood when they saw Alec.
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Max walked into the cafeteria and all of a sudden, the room was silent, then there was a rush of people standing and saluting. She looked around in shock. Next to her Blake barked "Stand down, we aren't back at Manticore anymore." The soldiers sat back down again but the ones that stood up later looked towards Alec in confusion, then sat down. She turned to look at Blake. He just smiled and walked to the line as if this was a normal occurrence. Just who the hell are you X5-696 Max thought to herself. She turned to see Alec behind her watching Blake with narrowed eyes. She sighed, she could tell there was gonna be an ego contest. Blake stood there with his food and then wandered over to where Max sat with Alec, Biggs and Cece. Alec looked at Cece, she was one of the one's who had stood to attention. He watched as Blake strolled over and Cece straightened unconsciously. Blake plopped his tray down and smiled at everyone. "Is the food good?" he asked. "Yes Sir." Cece answered, none of the others said anything. Max was still in shock, Alec and Biggs were looking at him with narrowed eyes. He sighed as he looked around the table.
"I haven't seen you three before? Were you in the other compound?" he asked them. "Cece don't call me sir."
"Yes Si." she started. "Blake" he supplied.
"Yes, Blake."
"Yeah we were in the other compound," Alec replied coolly. Not taking his eyes off the stranger.
"What other compound?" Max asked confused.
"The Manticore facility was split in two Max. There were two separate compounds. If you were in one then you didn't really get contact with people in the other," Cece explained. "We were on one side," she pointed to Blake and herself, "they were on the other."
"Designation" Biggs said. Max looked at him in shock, "Biggs we don't go by designations anymore, we have names."
Biggs ignored her, Blake just looked at him coolly. "X5-696" he replied, "You?"
"696?" Biggs whistled, "heard a lot about you. Explains their reaction."
"Yeah well, old habits die hard," he grinned back, "you're designations?" he asked again.
"X5-511" he replied. Blake looked at him and smiled "well I've heard a lot about you too 511, what do you go by now?"
"Biggs" he grinned back. "You?"
"Blake" he said, he turned to Alec "you never told me you're designation Alec?"
"X5-494"Alec answered shortly, Blake almost choked on his food.
"494?! Well, I've heard even more about you." He looked at Alec in interest. "We have a lot to talk about."
Max looked at the males at the table, wondering what the hell they were talking about. She snorted at Blake's comment about Alec. "Yeah, you've probably heard about all the times Alec screwed up huh?" She looked at Alec expecting to see a smile on his face but all she got was a cold expression. She sighed inwardly, he was still mad at her. Blake on the other hand was looking at her weirdly.
"Is that how you talk to you're CO?" he asked. Max looked at him confused.
"My CO?" she asked. "Alec's not my CO."
"He's not?" Blake asked. "Well you weren't under my command so you had to be under his." He looked at her weirdly.
"I wasn't under Alec's command and I mean there were heaps of CO's back at Manticore weren't there? Why do you assume that just because I wasn't under your command I would be under his?" she babbled, not liking the way the conversation was going. She knew nothing about the way Manticore operated now. Blake was staring at her even more strangely now and she felt herself go red under his gaze. Alec watched her squirm with satisfaction.
"No," Blake said slowly. "There were only two, one on each side of the facility."
Max looked at him in shock. Only two? And Alec was one of them, so he was important back there. She couldn't quite believe it, this was the man that she blamed for everything that went wrong in her life. This was the man who she thought screwed everything up and yet, he was one of the most important people back at Manticore and she thought that he was just another brain washed soldier.
"How come you don't know this Max? What's you're designation?" Blake asked her curiously.
"I just don't," she stammered, "My designation is X5-452."
Blake looked at her not blinking, then said quietly, "Rogue." Then he stood up and left the table. Max looked at him in shock. She didn't think that he would take it that badly. She looked back at the table, Alec looked at her for a second and then went after Blake. Biggs and Cece wouldn't meet her eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me that Alec was CO?" she asked them quietly.
"It was an order that we keep it secret," Cece said looking at her. Max looked at her then got up and went after Alec and Blake.
"You know, you really shouldn't kill those brain cells of yours. I mean, you need all that you can get," Cece said, smirking up at him. He glared at her but it just made her laugh harder.
"You know she's right man," Biggs said, trying to keep a straight face. Alec glared at him too then turned to walk back to HQ to see if Dix knew where she was staying, ignoring the guffaws that came as soon as he turned his back. Typical, he thought, Biggs goes along with his woman. He walked up to Dix and said, "Hey man, do you know where Jad.. I mean Stacy is staying?"
"Stacy?" Dix asked, "what's her designation?"
Alec just looked at him in shock. In all this time he had no idea what Jade's designation was. Dix almost smiled at the look on Alec's face, he looked totally flabbergasted at such a simple question. He noticed the look on Dix's face and muttered something, leaving quickly before he made an even bigger fool out of himself. He made his way back to the cafeteria, he got there just in time to see Max and Blake walk in, he also saw over half the transgenics stand to attention and salute as soon as they entered. What the hell he thought. The others just looked around in surprise but then also stood when they saw Alec.
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Max walked into the cafeteria and all of a sudden, the room was silent, then there was a rush of people standing and saluting. She looked around in shock. Next to her Blake barked "Stand down, we aren't back at Manticore anymore." The soldiers sat back down again but the ones that stood up later looked towards Alec in confusion, then sat down. She turned to look at Blake. He just smiled and walked to the line as if this was a normal occurrence. Just who the hell are you X5-696 Max thought to herself. She turned to see Alec behind her watching Blake with narrowed eyes. She sighed, she could tell there was gonna be an ego contest. Blake stood there with his food and then wandered over to where Max sat with Alec, Biggs and Cece. Alec looked at Cece, she was one of the one's who had stood to attention. He watched as Blake strolled over and Cece straightened unconsciously. Blake plopped his tray down and smiled at everyone. "Is the food good?" he asked. "Yes Sir." Cece answered, none of the others said anything. Max was still in shock, Alec and Biggs were looking at him with narrowed eyes. He sighed as he looked around the table.
"I haven't seen you three before? Were you in the other compound?" he asked them. "Cece don't call me sir."
"Yes Si." she started. "Blake" he supplied.
"Yes, Blake."
"Yeah we were in the other compound," Alec replied coolly. Not taking his eyes off the stranger.
"What other compound?" Max asked confused.
"The Manticore facility was split in two Max. There were two separate compounds. If you were in one then you didn't really get contact with people in the other," Cece explained. "We were on one side," she pointed to Blake and herself, "they were on the other."
"Designation" Biggs said. Max looked at him in shock, "Biggs we don't go by designations anymore, we have names."
Biggs ignored her, Blake just looked at him coolly. "X5-696" he replied, "You?"
"696?" Biggs whistled, "heard a lot about you. Explains their reaction."
"Yeah well, old habits die hard," he grinned back, "you're designations?" he asked again.
"X5-511" he replied. Blake looked at him and smiled "well I've heard a lot about you too 511, what do you go by now?"
"Biggs" he grinned back. "You?"
"Blake" he said, he turned to Alec "you never told me you're designation Alec?"
"X5-494"Alec answered shortly, Blake almost choked on his food.
"494?! Well, I've heard even more about you." He looked at Alec in interest. "We have a lot to talk about."
Max looked at the males at the table, wondering what the hell they were talking about. She snorted at Blake's comment about Alec. "Yeah, you've probably heard about all the times Alec screwed up huh?" She looked at Alec expecting to see a smile on his face but all she got was a cold expression. She sighed inwardly, he was still mad at her. Blake on the other hand was looking at her weirdly.
"Is that how you talk to you're CO?" he asked. Max looked at him confused.
"My CO?" she asked. "Alec's not my CO."
"He's not?" Blake asked. "Well you weren't under my command so you had to be under his." He looked at her weirdly.
"I wasn't under Alec's command and I mean there were heaps of CO's back at Manticore weren't there? Why do you assume that just because I wasn't under your command I would be under his?" she babbled, not liking the way the conversation was going. She knew nothing about the way Manticore operated now. Blake was staring at her even more strangely now and she felt herself go red under his gaze. Alec watched her squirm with satisfaction.
"No," Blake said slowly. "There were only two, one on each side of the facility."
Max looked at him in shock. Only two? And Alec was one of them, so he was important back there. She couldn't quite believe it, this was the man that she blamed for everything that went wrong in her life. This was the man who she thought screwed everything up and yet, he was one of the most important people back at Manticore and she thought that he was just another brain washed soldier.
"How come you don't know this Max? What's you're designation?" Blake asked her curiously.
"I just don't," she stammered, "My designation is X5-452."
Blake looked at her not blinking, then said quietly, "Rogue." Then he stood up and left the table. Max looked at him in shock. She didn't think that he would take it that badly. She looked back at the table, Alec looked at her for a second and then went after Blake. Biggs and Cece wouldn't meet her eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me that Alec was CO?" she asked them quietly.
"It was an order that we keep it secret," Cece said looking at her. Max looked at her then got up and went after Alec and Blake.