Max paced around the room nervously. She looked at her watch again. "Logan
I thought that you said they'd be here by now?!"
"They said they would be, they might just be running a little late ok? Calm down."
"Calm down! Don't tell me to calm down. This is my family. I haven't seen them in so long and you're telling me to calm down!"
"Look."
The door to the warehouse opened and four figures appeared. Max whirled around and looked at them. She recognized Syl and Krit but the other two were harder to place. "Jondy? Zane?" she cried and ran over to them.
"Maxie!" they all yelled and pulled her into a big group hug. They stood there for a while, just enjoying the feeling of being safe, with their family.
Logan cleared his throat. "Um..we should be getting back, they'll be worried about us."
They four new comers looked over at the speaker. "Who's this?" Zane asked.
"I'm Logan, Max's boyfriend."
"Oh," Jondy said, "Boyfriend huh?" She took in Max's red face and glare and decided not to say anything more after that, just settling for a smirk.
"Well, let's go home then shall we?" Syl said. Max nodded happily and linking arms with Krit showed them the way into Terminal City through the sewers.
...............
The next day.
"Hey Max, where were you last night?" Alec asked.
"I wanna show you something." Max dragged him away, a smile on her face. Alec looked down at her worried, was she high or something? He hadn't seen her this happy in ages and it had been a while since they had even talked to each other let alone touched one another.
"C'mon Max. you're the one who is always on my back about being late to your precious meetings and now you're making me late. And then you're gonna yell at me for being late and then you're gonna hit me for being late. So I don't see why you're dragging.."
"Alec. Shut up."
He grinned to himself. This was the Max he knew. He wondered what was so important that she couldn't wait till after the meeting to show him. They rounded the corner and he saw a group of people standing there. He stopped short, they had all seen him and were running towards him.
"BEN!" they yelled.
"Whoa," he backed up, "Not Ben, ALEC. Get that? A.L.E.C. Alec."
They stopped and looked at one another in confusion, then at Max. She blushed. "Yeah, I'm sorry. I kinda forgot to tell you that Alec was Ben's twin."
They were all still looking at him and he was getting freaked out. "So ..um Max," he said to try and get the attention off himself, "are you gonna introduce me or what?"
"Oh yeah, sorry. That's Krit, Syl, Jondy and Zane." She said as she pointed them out to him.
"Nice to finally meet you guys," he said, smiling around. "So we better get to the meeting huh?"
"Yeah," she agreed.
"Blake told you what happened right? With White?" he asked her.
"Yeah, can you believe that we might actually be rid of him?"
"Not yet anyway," he grimaced.
"Whose Blake?" Syl asked.
Max went to say something but Alec got there first.
"Well, he's my buddy and he and Max were buddies too but now...I think something is happening," he smirked over to Max.
Max slapped him while her siblings laughed. "I thought that Logan was your boyfriend?" Zane asked.
Alec began laughing hysterically at the look on Max's face.
"Alec, SHUT UP!" but that just made him laugh harder, Jondy and Syl joined him.
"I thought he was a bit too old for you," Jondy giggled.
"More than a bit," Syl said under her breath, knowing full well that everyone could hear her. They all just laughed harder while Max was getting angrier.
Alec looked around at the group, he had thought that they would have been just like Max or maybe even like Zack but these guys were all relaxed and cool. He could deal with them on the crew but he didn't know how the others would. He looked deep in thought and Max was wondering what was wrong with him. He had been enjoying the laugh at her expense and now he had just suddenly shut up. Just typical she thought, he's silent when I don't want him to be.
"Alec, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," he answered distractedly. "Just thinking about the meeting that's all."
"Don't worry about it," she said dismissively.
They walked into HQ and Max led her siblings up onto the podium. Alec looked at her in surprise but she didn't notice.
"OK everyone," she started, "you all know the developments with the Familiars, Alec is gonna fill you in on what we are gonna do with the government."
Alec walked up and looked around the room, he knew that everyone there was itching to get back at the Familiars and they would do everything and anything possible. "So, Sgt. Wilson said that they needed our help to kill the Familiars, he said that some of the most influential people in the anti- transgenic campaign had conveniently disappeared around the time of the second EO broadcast, he figured that these people were probably Familiars too. We also decided that since they were forced into the lime light they would wanna take us out soon, probably just like the army that White had wanted to have, so they want us to be prepared. They're gonna help us with supplies and stuff, we're gonna help with their training. The army is kinda scared now that they've seen what a Familiar can do to a transgenic." He smiled at the smirks and laughs that he heard from the crowd. "BUT we are also gonna have to double our own training. We will have our original units that can join together into four large units, mainly the X5 and X6's and maybe a few of the older X7's, the younger X7's and X8's will help the military organize themselves, run errands and keep contact with HQ and the larger units. I don't want them to have to be in any unnecessary fighting." He looked around and saw the others nodding, he sighed in relief, he had thought that maybe some would go against his plans but they were all for it.
"Did everyone get that?" Max asked.
There was a chorus of yes's. She looked around to her siblings and smiled at them. "Ok, everyone, we will split you up into your groups and you will all be under the charge of either Syl, Krit, Jondy or Zane." She looked again to her siblings, she wanted them to be a part of this, an important part.
"Max!" Alec hissed, "What the hell are you doing?! You can't do that!"
"Why not?!" Max said, insulted. She went to continue when she suddenly noticed the commotion in front of her. "What's wrong?" she asked the transgenics.
"Who are these people and why are they in charge?" Case asked angrily.
"These people are my siblings and they are in charge because I put them in charge," Max said, not noticing that her family were seriously embarrassed by the obvious feelings of disagreement.
They muttering grew louder and louder. Max yelled for them to be silent but she was ignored. She looked over at Alec but was surprised the see him staring at her quite angrily. She looked at Blake but he just turned away from her. She didn't know what was happening.
Suddenly she heard someone, "What the hell is happening here?"
She looked around to see who had spoken and realized that it was Jade. Jade had been helping the younger kids this morning she had been late to the meeting. She also noticed the severe drop in volume. Jade marched to the front of the group glaring at the transgenics.
She was about to go to Alec when, "Ma'am, we will not be put in the charge of niners."
She turned to see who had spoken, "Violet, I thought that I'd told you not to call me ma'am and I also told you to do whatever Max told you to." She glared at the X in front of her.
"I know that ma'am but she's not the one I'm talking about."
"What do you mean she wasn't the one you were talking about?" Jade asked confused.
"She was talking about the other niners ma'am," Case explained.
"What do you mean 'other niners'?" Jade asked, her upper lip curling. Blake saw it and went to stand next to her, hoping to calm her down. Alec also saw the look and started the fidget around, not knowing what to do.
"Max found some of her siblings," Logan said. Jade looked around in surprise, she hadn't even noticed the human. She found her siblings huh? Jade thought to herself. She turned around. She looked at the four other faces next to Max. Max looked down at her.
"We will NOT be put under niners ma'am," Case repeated.
"Who was putting them in charge anyway?" Jade asked coldly, still looking up at Max.
"I was," Max replied equally coldly.
"I thought that I'd already told you," Jade said.
"Told me what?" Max asked.
"That if you put my units in danger then you answer to ME!" Jade bit out.
"I wasn't putting them in danger!" Max flashed back at her.
"Yeah right," Jade snorted, "like they'd be safe under niners."
"Jade," Blake said quietly, putting his hand on her arm. She shook him off and continued to leer at Max.
Max could feel the anger pulsing in her. She jumped down. "What are saying Jade, that you don't think that they know how to deal with leadership?"
"No Max, I don't THINK that they don't know, I KNOW that they don't know."
Max just stared at her furiously, she had never felt so angry with anyone, even Alec. Jade continued, "A leader is someone who not only knows how to lead but how to fight."
"They can fight!" Max ground out.
"Oh you mean like you do?" Jade sneered. "That won't get them anywhere."
"I can't even count how many times I beat Alec!"
"Oh and was that when he was letting you win or when he wasn't trying?" Jade asked innocently.
"He was trying!" Max seethed.
"Yeah, uh huh." Jade said sarcastically.
"Fine, you don't believe me? Then fight me!" Max yelled.
"Why bother?" Jade asked. "I know I'm gonna win."
Max felt her control snap and she leapt at Jade. Jade blurred out of the way and kicked a foot out. Max overbalanced, she hadn't even seen Jade move away but all of a sudden she was gone. She felt the kick though, right in the gut. She landed on the ground and immediately jumped back up again. They started circling one another and the transgenics moved to give them room. Alec came and stood next to Blake, they looked at each other worriedly. Logan came up and began hissing at them. "Why don't you stop this?"
"You try and stop it!" Blake said, looking in disgust at the man. Was he stupid or something? He turned back to the fight.
Max would attack and Jade would block her hits, not one of them got past and you could tell that it was starting to frustrate Max. Blake didn't know what to do, he knew what was going on in his sister's mind but he also knew that it wasn't Max's fault. She just didn't know the deal. Max was getting more and more frustrated and it looked like Jade was getting bored. Max threw a right hook but instead of blocking it Jade grabbed her arm and threw her over her shoulder. Max landed on the ground winded, she went to get up when Jade flipped her so that she was on her stomach, Jade then twisted her arm back and put her knee in the small of her back, she twisted around trying to get free. Jade used her free hand to grab a handful of her hair and pull her head back. "Like I said, he wasn't trying," she said conversationally to Max. "I also told you that a leader needed to know how to fight, they don't get frustrated and just start throwing wild hits." Jade pushed Max's head forward and stood up. She stood back and waited for Max to get up. Max stood up slowly, she couldn't believe that Jade beaten her and without even breaking into a sweat either. She looked around at her siblings. They were all staring angrily at Jade and she was staring right back.
"Jade," Blake started again.
"No," she said as she turned to look at him. "NO."
"I'm still putting them in charge," Max said, her stubborn side coming through.
"That's fine," Jade said.
Max looked at her in shock. What the hell was happening she thought.
"That's fine," she repeated, "because my units won't be in this fight."
"What!" Max said outraged.
"Jade!" Alec said, not quite understanding what was going on, he knew that she would've been mad about the niners being here but he didn't think that she would be so affected.
She ignored him and turned around to her units. "Units ready?" she asked.
"You can't do this!" Max asked suddenly scared as she watched them form up.
"Yes I can," she answered coolly.
"What if they don't want to go?"
Jade turned to look at her contemptuously. Then rolled her eyes. "Units that want to stay?" she yelled out.
There was no answer. She turned back to look at Max again. "Units out," she said quietly and walked out of HQ. Her units followed. Max looked around in desperation, they needed to be together in this fight. Alec looked like he was in shock, Blake looked upset. There was silence as the troops filed out. The rest of the units looked at Alec in confusion. He in turn looked at Blake.
Blake sighed, then said, "The rest of you go on with your regular jobs, we'll call you back later."
They looked at Alec and at his nod, filed out. Alec turned back to Blake, "What the hell was that about?"
Blake looked at him in defeat, then turned to Dix. "Dix, bring up Jade's file. But only the second page got it? I don't want to die."
Dix looked at him intently, "Are you sure?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah," Blake sighed, "but just page two ok?"
"C'mon," he said to the rest of them. Max, Alec, Zane, Jondy, Syl and Krit followed him to the screen. "Don't tell her that I showed you, this stays in here alright?" he waited till they nodded then continued. "This will explain everything."
A/N: I just wanted to thank you guyz for reviewing, keep it up! : ) I didn't really know how to write the fight scene so I'm just gonna apologize anyway.
"They said they would be, they might just be running a little late ok? Calm down."
"Calm down! Don't tell me to calm down. This is my family. I haven't seen them in so long and you're telling me to calm down!"
"Look."
The door to the warehouse opened and four figures appeared. Max whirled around and looked at them. She recognized Syl and Krit but the other two were harder to place. "Jondy? Zane?" she cried and ran over to them.
"Maxie!" they all yelled and pulled her into a big group hug. They stood there for a while, just enjoying the feeling of being safe, with their family.
Logan cleared his throat. "Um..we should be getting back, they'll be worried about us."
They four new comers looked over at the speaker. "Who's this?" Zane asked.
"I'm Logan, Max's boyfriend."
"Oh," Jondy said, "Boyfriend huh?" She took in Max's red face and glare and decided not to say anything more after that, just settling for a smirk.
"Well, let's go home then shall we?" Syl said. Max nodded happily and linking arms with Krit showed them the way into Terminal City through the sewers.
...............
The next day.
"Hey Max, where were you last night?" Alec asked.
"I wanna show you something." Max dragged him away, a smile on her face. Alec looked down at her worried, was she high or something? He hadn't seen her this happy in ages and it had been a while since they had even talked to each other let alone touched one another.
"C'mon Max. you're the one who is always on my back about being late to your precious meetings and now you're making me late. And then you're gonna yell at me for being late and then you're gonna hit me for being late. So I don't see why you're dragging.."
"Alec. Shut up."
He grinned to himself. This was the Max he knew. He wondered what was so important that she couldn't wait till after the meeting to show him. They rounded the corner and he saw a group of people standing there. He stopped short, they had all seen him and were running towards him.
"BEN!" they yelled.
"Whoa," he backed up, "Not Ben, ALEC. Get that? A.L.E.C. Alec."
They stopped and looked at one another in confusion, then at Max. She blushed. "Yeah, I'm sorry. I kinda forgot to tell you that Alec was Ben's twin."
They were all still looking at him and he was getting freaked out. "So ..um Max," he said to try and get the attention off himself, "are you gonna introduce me or what?"
"Oh yeah, sorry. That's Krit, Syl, Jondy and Zane." She said as she pointed them out to him.
"Nice to finally meet you guys," he said, smiling around. "So we better get to the meeting huh?"
"Yeah," she agreed.
"Blake told you what happened right? With White?" he asked her.
"Yeah, can you believe that we might actually be rid of him?"
"Not yet anyway," he grimaced.
"Whose Blake?" Syl asked.
Max went to say something but Alec got there first.
"Well, he's my buddy and he and Max were buddies too but now...I think something is happening," he smirked over to Max.
Max slapped him while her siblings laughed. "I thought that Logan was your boyfriend?" Zane asked.
Alec began laughing hysterically at the look on Max's face.
"Alec, SHUT UP!" but that just made him laugh harder, Jondy and Syl joined him.
"I thought he was a bit too old for you," Jondy giggled.
"More than a bit," Syl said under her breath, knowing full well that everyone could hear her. They all just laughed harder while Max was getting angrier.
Alec looked around at the group, he had thought that they would have been just like Max or maybe even like Zack but these guys were all relaxed and cool. He could deal with them on the crew but he didn't know how the others would. He looked deep in thought and Max was wondering what was wrong with him. He had been enjoying the laugh at her expense and now he had just suddenly shut up. Just typical she thought, he's silent when I don't want him to be.
"Alec, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," he answered distractedly. "Just thinking about the meeting that's all."
"Don't worry about it," she said dismissively.
They walked into HQ and Max led her siblings up onto the podium. Alec looked at her in surprise but she didn't notice.
"OK everyone," she started, "you all know the developments with the Familiars, Alec is gonna fill you in on what we are gonna do with the government."
Alec walked up and looked around the room, he knew that everyone there was itching to get back at the Familiars and they would do everything and anything possible. "So, Sgt. Wilson said that they needed our help to kill the Familiars, he said that some of the most influential people in the anti- transgenic campaign had conveniently disappeared around the time of the second EO broadcast, he figured that these people were probably Familiars too. We also decided that since they were forced into the lime light they would wanna take us out soon, probably just like the army that White had wanted to have, so they want us to be prepared. They're gonna help us with supplies and stuff, we're gonna help with their training. The army is kinda scared now that they've seen what a Familiar can do to a transgenic." He smiled at the smirks and laughs that he heard from the crowd. "BUT we are also gonna have to double our own training. We will have our original units that can join together into four large units, mainly the X5 and X6's and maybe a few of the older X7's, the younger X7's and X8's will help the military organize themselves, run errands and keep contact with HQ and the larger units. I don't want them to have to be in any unnecessary fighting." He looked around and saw the others nodding, he sighed in relief, he had thought that maybe some would go against his plans but they were all for it.
"Did everyone get that?" Max asked.
There was a chorus of yes's. She looked around to her siblings and smiled at them. "Ok, everyone, we will split you up into your groups and you will all be under the charge of either Syl, Krit, Jondy or Zane." She looked again to her siblings, she wanted them to be a part of this, an important part.
"Max!" Alec hissed, "What the hell are you doing?! You can't do that!"
"Why not?!" Max said, insulted. She went to continue when she suddenly noticed the commotion in front of her. "What's wrong?" she asked the transgenics.
"Who are these people and why are they in charge?" Case asked angrily.
"These people are my siblings and they are in charge because I put them in charge," Max said, not noticing that her family were seriously embarrassed by the obvious feelings of disagreement.
They muttering grew louder and louder. Max yelled for them to be silent but she was ignored. She looked over at Alec but was surprised the see him staring at her quite angrily. She looked at Blake but he just turned away from her. She didn't know what was happening.
Suddenly she heard someone, "What the hell is happening here?"
She looked around to see who had spoken and realized that it was Jade. Jade had been helping the younger kids this morning she had been late to the meeting. She also noticed the severe drop in volume. Jade marched to the front of the group glaring at the transgenics.
She was about to go to Alec when, "Ma'am, we will not be put in the charge of niners."
She turned to see who had spoken, "Violet, I thought that I'd told you not to call me ma'am and I also told you to do whatever Max told you to." She glared at the X in front of her.
"I know that ma'am but she's not the one I'm talking about."
"What do you mean she wasn't the one you were talking about?" Jade asked confused.
"She was talking about the other niners ma'am," Case explained.
"What do you mean 'other niners'?" Jade asked, her upper lip curling. Blake saw it and went to stand next to her, hoping to calm her down. Alec also saw the look and started the fidget around, not knowing what to do.
"Max found some of her siblings," Logan said. Jade looked around in surprise, she hadn't even noticed the human. She found her siblings huh? Jade thought to herself. She turned around. She looked at the four other faces next to Max. Max looked down at her.
"We will NOT be put under niners ma'am," Case repeated.
"Who was putting them in charge anyway?" Jade asked coldly, still looking up at Max.
"I was," Max replied equally coldly.
"I thought that I'd already told you," Jade said.
"Told me what?" Max asked.
"That if you put my units in danger then you answer to ME!" Jade bit out.
"I wasn't putting them in danger!" Max flashed back at her.
"Yeah right," Jade snorted, "like they'd be safe under niners."
"Jade," Blake said quietly, putting his hand on her arm. She shook him off and continued to leer at Max.
Max could feel the anger pulsing in her. She jumped down. "What are saying Jade, that you don't think that they know how to deal with leadership?"
"No Max, I don't THINK that they don't know, I KNOW that they don't know."
Max just stared at her furiously, she had never felt so angry with anyone, even Alec. Jade continued, "A leader is someone who not only knows how to lead but how to fight."
"They can fight!" Max ground out.
"Oh you mean like you do?" Jade sneered. "That won't get them anywhere."
"I can't even count how many times I beat Alec!"
"Oh and was that when he was letting you win or when he wasn't trying?" Jade asked innocently.
"He was trying!" Max seethed.
"Yeah, uh huh." Jade said sarcastically.
"Fine, you don't believe me? Then fight me!" Max yelled.
"Why bother?" Jade asked. "I know I'm gonna win."
Max felt her control snap and she leapt at Jade. Jade blurred out of the way and kicked a foot out. Max overbalanced, she hadn't even seen Jade move away but all of a sudden she was gone. She felt the kick though, right in the gut. She landed on the ground and immediately jumped back up again. They started circling one another and the transgenics moved to give them room. Alec came and stood next to Blake, they looked at each other worriedly. Logan came up and began hissing at them. "Why don't you stop this?"
"You try and stop it!" Blake said, looking in disgust at the man. Was he stupid or something? He turned back to the fight.
Max would attack and Jade would block her hits, not one of them got past and you could tell that it was starting to frustrate Max. Blake didn't know what to do, he knew what was going on in his sister's mind but he also knew that it wasn't Max's fault. She just didn't know the deal. Max was getting more and more frustrated and it looked like Jade was getting bored. Max threw a right hook but instead of blocking it Jade grabbed her arm and threw her over her shoulder. Max landed on the ground winded, she went to get up when Jade flipped her so that she was on her stomach, Jade then twisted her arm back and put her knee in the small of her back, she twisted around trying to get free. Jade used her free hand to grab a handful of her hair and pull her head back. "Like I said, he wasn't trying," she said conversationally to Max. "I also told you that a leader needed to know how to fight, they don't get frustrated and just start throwing wild hits." Jade pushed Max's head forward and stood up. She stood back and waited for Max to get up. Max stood up slowly, she couldn't believe that Jade beaten her and without even breaking into a sweat either. She looked around at her siblings. They were all staring angrily at Jade and she was staring right back.
"Jade," Blake started again.
"No," she said as she turned to look at him. "NO."
"I'm still putting them in charge," Max said, her stubborn side coming through.
"That's fine," Jade said.
Max looked at her in shock. What the hell was happening she thought.
"That's fine," she repeated, "because my units won't be in this fight."
"What!" Max said outraged.
"Jade!" Alec said, not quite understanding what was going on, he knew that she would've been mad about the niners being here but he didn't think that she would be so affected.
She ignored him and turned around to her units. "Units ready?" she asked.
"You can't do this!" Max asked suddenly scared as she watched them form up.
"Yes I can," she answered coolly.
"What if they don't want to go?"
Jade turned to look at her contemptuously. Then rolled her eyes. "Units that want to stay?" she yelled out.
There was no answer. She turned back to look at Max again. "Units out," she said quietly and walked out of HQ. Her units followed. Max looked around in desperation, they needed to be together in this fight. Alec looked like he was in shock, Blake looked upset. There was silence as the troops filed out. The rest of the units looked at Alec in confusion. He in turn looked at Blake.
Blake sighed, then said, "The rest of you go on with your regular jobs, we'll call you back later."
They looked at Alec and at his nod, filed out. Alec turned back to Blake, "What the hell was that about?"
Blake looked at him in defeat, then turned to Dix. "Dix, bring up Jade's file. But only the second page got it? I don't want to die."
Dix looked at him intently, "Are you sure?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah," Blake sighed, "but just page two ok?"
"C'mon," he said to the rest of them. Max, Alec, Zane, Jondy, Syl and Krit followed him to the screen. "Don't tell her that I showed you, this stays in here alright?" he waited till they nodded then continued. "This will explain everything."
A/N: I just wanted to thank you guyz for reviewing, keep it up! : ) I didn't really know how to write the fight scene so I'm just gonna apologize anyway.