"I'm telling you now, this cant go further than this room. Most of our
units already know this but your units probably don't, you probably know
some of what happened Alec. You five definitely don't know anything. Just
don't tell her that I showed you alright, I kinda like being able to use my
legs," Blake looked around at the six faces then turned to Dix. "Have you
got it?" he asked.
"Yeah, I have it. Are you sure that you wanna do this Blake? I'm not sure that it's a good idea," he asked quietly.
"It's the only way, they have to understand and they would have to know sometime though don't you think?"
"Yeah, I guess. But I still don't like having to do it."
"Me either," Blake whispered, "But they have to know."
The six of them just looked around at each other, totally confused but starting to get really worried. What was the big secret? How come they didn't know?
"I don't want you to read what it says, I'll just tell you ok?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, that's fine," Alec answered and the rest nodded in agreement.
"Ok well you know that you guys escaped from our compound and not Alec's right?" he asked looking around at the five faces. Max nodded but the rest just looked confused so Max told them everything that Cece had told her. They nodded their understanding and Blake continued. "Well, our side of the compound was punished a lot harder than the other side because well..you were from our side. We got the whole deal, the brain washing, the torture, everything so we wouldn't run away like you did. You know that some people got it a lot worse than the others.."
"Why did some get it worse?" Zane asked.
"Because they were thought to have been more like the one's that escaped," Blake said, looking at Alec. Zane looked at him confused, not understanding why he was looking at Alec when all of a sudden he sat up straighter.
"More like the other's...you mean like the twins?" he asked, looking over at Alec.
Blake nodded in confirmation, glancing again at Alec. Alec just sat there looking straight ahead, not looking at anyone else. The others looked at him uncomfortably, they had never thought that others would be punished for their actions.
"The twins were some of the one's that got it the worst, I think that they got 5 months of psy ops and another month of re-indoc," he looked over at Alec for confirmation but Alec didn't reply. Blake took his silence for agreement and continued, "I remember that not all of them came back and some of the ones that did were never the same again. It was like they had lost the bit inside them that made them human as well as soldiers."
Max looked at Alec with tears in her eyes but he ignored her, his eyes were cold as they looked at Blake. Blake looked back at him steadily. He knew that this was something that Alec didn't want to talk or think about but it had to be done for them to understand.
"The twins were treated pretty bad but there was another group that were treated worse."
"Worse?" Max asked confused, "what other group? I thought that the twins would have had it worst?"
"They were tested for genetic defects, things in their genes that made them the same as you. These people weren't tested at all, just punished."
Alec looked up at him, he didn't know who these people could be. None of the others could think of it either.
Blake sighed, he knew that this was going to be hard but he didn't realize how hard. "Has she told you her designation?" he asked looking at Max and Alec.
They both shook their heads, no. "Have you ever wondered why?" Blake asked.
"It was never a really big thing I guess and I figured it out when you told me she was your CO," Alec said.
"I never even thought about her designation," Max said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Does she look really familiar to you?" Blake asked, staring intently at her.
"Yeah, she did. I never knew why. I guess if we were in the same compound I could have seen her there," Max suggested.
Blake shook his head. "Her designation was X5-479," he said, turning his gaze onto the niners.
Alec had drawn a blank at that, he knew 479 was the leader of the other compound but that was about it. The others however all gasped and sat there in shock.
"479?" Max said, haltingly.
"Yeah," Blake said, looking at her sympathetically. "I know it's hard Max but you have to understand where she's coming from."
Alec looked at them in confusion. What the hell were they on about?
"Could someone explain please?" he finally asked.
Blake took a deep breath. "You know how the escape was about a week after we were all given new unit members?" he asked Alec.
"Yeah," Alec nodded.
"Well she was transferred into Max's unit and when they escaped, the new members were left behind. They had no idea what was happening. The next day they were taken into re-indoc."
"Why re-indoc?" Alec asked. "They didn't do anything wrong."
"Colonel asked them what they knew about it and when they said that they didn't know anything, he didn't believe them. He thought that they were trying to protect you by not telling so he tried to get it out of them by force."
He looked around at the group, Max was in tears and the other girls were close to it. The guys just sat their stunned. Dix was looking at Max sympathetically.
"They spent 4 months in re-indoc, a month in psy ops and then another 4 months in indoc. She had to spend another 3 months in the infirmary so she wasn't let out for a year. So you have to understand," he said looking around at them, "having you here is really hard for her. She was punished for what happened. I know that you couldn't have known what was going to happen but it did happen and it happened to her. It's something that's really hard to deal with and I guess just seeing you all again just brought it all back. You made it worst by putting them in charge of her units," he said looking at Max while she blushed in embarrassment. "You just have to give her time, I mean you and her got on after a while didn't you?" he asked Max.
Max nodded but still looked downcast. Well I know why she hates me now she thought to herself. I caused her so much pain. She felt the tears coming and tried to hold them in but failed, she felt someone's hand on her face wiping them away. She looked up to see Blake's eyes looking at her, eyes so much like Jade's. "Do you hate me too?" she asked suddenly scared that he'd take his sister's side and leave her forever.
"No, I don't hate you Max. It's just that..she's my sister and I don't like seeing her hurting," he said looking over at Alec. Alec nodded and went to stand up when something occurred to him.
"Blake what happened to the other two?" he asked.
Blake looked at him in shock, "I don't know," he said. "I never asked and she never told. It might be on her file though. Dix can you..."
"Already on it," he replied, tapping away at his computer.
"The other two...well. It doesn't say," he stammered.
"Dix I already told you, you are a really bad liar. Just tell us," Max said, clutching Blake's shirt.
Dix looked over at Blake, his eyes begging him. He didn't want to tell. He knew that they felt bad enough, they didn't need anything else.
"Dix," Max said, warningly.
He sighed and muttered, "They didn't make it."
They looked at him in shock. "What do you mean they didn't make it?" Jondy asked.
"One died in the fourth month of re-indoc. The other in psy ops. She was the only one that came out alive and she had gone through more than they had," he said, slightly admiringly.
Max turned her head into Blake's chest and he put his arms around her. He hated seeing her upset but she had to know the truth. He turned worried eyes to Alec, he hadn't known that the other's hadn't made it. It just meant that the punishments had to be even worse than he thought. Alec looked at him in understanding and went to find Jade. He couldn't believe that she had been through all that, he didn't understand why she didn't tell him but then if it had been him, he wouldn't have wanted to talk about it either. He stopped outside her apartment door, took a deep breath and walked in.
A/n: please tell me what you think. Thank you again for those who reviewed. Sorry it took me so long to update but it was really hard to write.
"Yeah, I have it. Are you sure that you wanna do this Blake? I'm not sure that it's a good idea," he asked quietly.
"It's the only way, they have to understand and they would have to know sometime though don't you think?"
"Yeah, I guess. But I still don't like having to do it."
"Me either," Blake whispered, "But they have to know."
The six of them just looked around at each other, totally confused but starting to get really worried. What was the big secret? How come they didn't know?
"I don't want you to read what it says, I'll just tell you ok?" Blake asked.
"Yeah, that's fine," Alec answered and the rest nodded in agreement.
"Ok well you know that you guys escaped from our compound and not Alec's right?" he asked looking around at the five faces. Max nodded but the rest just looked confused so Max told them everything that Cece had told her. They nodded their understanding and Blake continued. "Well, our side of the compound was punished a lot harder than the other side because well..you were from our side. We got the whole deal, the brain washing, the torture, everything so we wouldn't run away like you did. You know that some people got it a lot worse than the others.."
"Why did some get it worse?" Zane asked.
"Because they were thought to have been more like the one's that escaped," Blake said, looking at Alec. Zane looked at him confused, not understanding why he was looking at Alec when all of a sudden he sat up straighter.
"More like the other's...you mean like the twins?" he asked, looking over at Alec.
Blake nodded in confirmation, glancing again at Alec. Alec just sat there looking straight ahead, not looking at anyone else. The others looked at him uncomfortably, they had never thought that others would be punished for their actions.
"The twins were some of the one's that got it the worst, I think that they got 5 months of psy ops and another month of re-indoc," he looked over at Alec for confirmation but Alec didn't reply. Blake took his silence for agreement and continued, "I remember that not all of them came back and some of the ones that did were never the same again. It was like they had lost the bit inside them that made them human as well as soldiers."
Max looked at Alec with tears in her eyes but he ignored her, his eyes were cold as they looked at Blake. Blake looked back at him steadily. He knew that this was something that Alec didn't want to talk or think about but it had to be done for them to understand.
"The twins were treated pretty bad but there was another group that were treated worse."
"Worse?" Max asked confused, "what other group? I thought that the twins would have had it worst?"
"They were tested for genetic defects, things in their genes that made them the same as you. These people weren't tested at all, just punished."
Alec looked up at him, he didn't know who these people could be. None of the others could think of it either.
Blake sighed, he knew that this was going to be hard but he didn't realize how hard. "Has she told you her designation?" he asked looking at Max and Alec.
They both shook their heads, no. "Have you ever wondered why?" Blake asked.
"It was never a really big thing I guess and I figured it out when you told me she was your CO," Alec said.
"I never even thought about her designation," Max said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Does she look really familiar to you?" Blake asked, staring intently at her.
"Yeah, she did. I never knew why. I guess if we were in the same compound I could have seen her there," Max suggested.
Blake shook his head. "Her designation was X5-479," he said, turning his gaze onto the niners.
Alec had drawn a blank at that, he knew 479 was the leader of the other compound but that was about it. The others however all gasped and sat there in shock.
"479?" Max said, haltingly.
"Yeah," Blake said, looking at her sympathetically. "I know it's hard Max but you have to understand where she's coming from."
Alec looked at them in confusion. What the hell were they on about?
"Could someone explain please?" he finally asked.
Blake took a deep breath. "You know how the escape was about a week after we were all given new unit members?" he asked Alec.
"Yeah," Alec nodded.
"Well she was transferred into Max's unit and when they escaped, the new members were left behind. They had no idea what was happening. The next day they were taken into re-indoc."
"Why re-indoc?" Alec asked. "They didn't do anything wrong."
"Colonel asked them what they knew about it and when they said that they didn't know anything, he didn't believe them. He thought that they were trying to protect you by not telling so he tried to get it out of them by force."
He looked around at the group, Max was in tears and the other girls were close to it. The guys just sat their stunned. Dix was looking at Max sympathetically.
"They spent 4 months in re-indoc, a month in psy ops and then another 4 months in indoc. She had to spend another 3 months in the infirmary so she wasn't let out for a year. So you have to understand," he said looking around at them, "having you here is really hard for her. She was punished for what happened. I know that you couldn't have known what was going to happen but it did happen and it happened to her. It's something that's really hard to deal with and I guess just seeing you all again just brought it all back. You made it worst by putting them in charge of her units," he said looking at Max while she blushed in embarrassment. "You just have to give her time, I mean you and her got on after a while didn't you?" he asked Max.
Max nodded but still looked downcast. Well I know why she hates me now she thought to herself. I caused her so much pain. She felt the tears coming and tried to hold them in but failed, she felt someone's hand on her face wiping them away. She looked up to see Blake's eyes looking at her, eyes so much like Jade's. "Do you hate me too?" she asked suddenly scared that he'd take his sister's side and leave her forever.
"No, I don't hate you Max. It's just that..she's my sister and I don't like seeing her hurting," he said looking over at Alec. Alec nodded and went to stand up when something occurred to him.
"Blake what happened to the other two?" he asked.
Blake looked at him in shock, "I don't know," he said. "I never asked and she never told. It might be on her file though. Dix can you..."
"Already on it," he replied, tapping away at his computer.
"The other two...well. It doesn't say," he stammered.
"Dix I already told you, you are a really bad liar. Just tell us," Max said, clutching Blake's shirt.
Dix looked over at Blake, his eyes begging him. He didn't want to tell. He knew that they felt bad enough, they didn't need anything else.
"Dix," Max said, warningly.
He sighed and muttered, "They didn't make it."
They looked at him in shock. "What do you mean they didn't make it?" Jondy asked.
"One died in the fourth month of re-indoc. The other in psy ops. She was the only one that came out alive and she had gone through more than they had," he said, slightly admiringly.
Max turned her head into Blake's chest and he put his arms around her. He hated seeing her upset but she had to know the truth. He turned worried eyes to Alec, he hadn't known that the other's hadn't made it. It just meant that the punishments had to be even worse than he thought. Alec looked at him in understanding and went to find Jade. He couldn't believe that she had been through all that, he didn't understand why she didn't tell him but then if it had been him, he wouldn't have wanted to talk about it either. He stopped outside her apartment door, took a deep breath and walked in.
A/n: please tell me what you think. Thank you again for those who reviewed. Sorry it took me so long to update but it was really hard to write.