Raw Emotions

Chapter 1

Spoilers: Berrisford Agenda, Love among the Runes, Freak Nation.

Disclaimer: Dark Angel and its characters belong to James Cameron, and whoever is also involved with the making of the television series

Summary: Alec died saving the person he loved. Now Rachel, Max and the rest of the gang have to cope with their loss. The transgenics now must face a war without Alec, Biggs and Cece. They were all prepared, ready to win this war against White and their enemies, ready to face the world with open arms, and fight for their freedom. But nothing could prepare them for what White had in store for them.

Authors Note: This is the Sequel to 'Hidden Emotions' so I recommend you to read that story before you read this story.

***

She had been running for what seemed like hours, her legs were stiff, and she had a cramp in her side. Still she kept running, never daring to stop. Beads of sweat collected on her brow, her breathing was labored and all she could do was keep running in fear of what was behind her. She never dared to look back, and although she wished she could to make sure Alec was all right, she knew somehow that she just had to keep going. Her wavy brown hair flew behind her as she tried her hardest to keep up her pace.

Alas, her fatigue had kicked in and she slowed to a stop. Only to collapse on the ground below her. Rachel tried to regulate her breathing, and calm her speeding pulse. As she did so, Rachel got slowly on her feet, ignoring the pain that shot up and down her legs as she did so. She dragged her tired body towards the paved road that laid only meters away. Her throat was dry, as she silently called for water. Her exhaustion had taken over, she fainted to the ground seeing nothing but black.

***

Rachel could vaguely remember collapsing onto the ground from pure fatigue. Yet it hadn't explained the fact that she was lying on fabric covered seats, and that she could feel herself moving. She slowly opened her deep ochre eyes, and found herself lying on the backseat of a king cab truck. Slowly and painfully she seated herself in a seated position. "Hello." Rachel greeted her voice quiet. The man driving appeared to have blond hair underneath his blue baseball cap. His muscular arm came up giving her a short wave hello. "Thank you." She said meaningfully. She saw his head bob up and down in a single nod of acknowledgement, and then threw her a bottle of Evian bottled water. Rachel accepted it gratefully, as she drank all of the contents within, letting the cool liquid revitalize her.

"Where you headed?" She watched his cobalt eyes glance towards her in the rearview mirror. "Seattle." His reply was blunt and to the point. She sighed in relief; she was going home. No conversation was made as they headed towards home, and she soon found herself counting the houses they passed out of sheer boredom.

***

During the time getting home she had dozed off, and dreamt about the events that happened not so long ago.

Her blindfold was tied too tight the smell of mildew invaded her nostrils, and the sound of dripping water was nearby. All she knew was she was alone somewhere damp, and cold. She didn't know who had kidnapped her, but somehow she knew it had some relation with Alec. Then she heard a man's voice; the voice she assumed was the kidnappers. "Well, well, well, 494 how nice of you to join us." Rachel could have smiled as she heard Alec's voice mix into conversation. "Like hell I'm here to join you! I'm getting Rachel out of this place… That is after I kill you for kidnapping her." "Bold words." The kidnapper replied. Then she heard the sound of flesh on flesh, as she imagined Alec beating up the kidnapper whom remained faceless. And then she heard nothing, but footsteps coming towards her. Someone had untied her binds, and taken her hand. For a brief moment his eyes met hers, as his eyes penetrated hers she could see the relief within them, and somehow she knew that everything was going to be okay.

They had taken to running, and they both ran towards a grass field. It had looked like they were home free, but as they caught sight of the fence a soldier stood in front. A gun was pointed to Alec's chest; the soldier was about to pull the trigger as she grabbed the gun from his hand. "No!" She yelled as she attempted to get the gun from the soldier. He just swung her aside, and she hit the ground with a thud. Alec took this opportunity to push the soldier in the fence; he turned his head to her. "Run! Get out of here! I'll be okay I promise. Just get out of here! Please!" Alec desperately tried to get her to go to safety. She soon complied with a slight nod and she was gone over the fence and running toward home. As she ran towards home she heard the sound of thunder claim the sky. She was tempted to turn back to make sure Alec was okay, but her fear drove her on.

Rachel's eyes shot open, her breathing was rugged, and she had been sweating. She replayed his voice in her head "Run! Get out of here! I'll be okay I promise…" "Alec…" she whispered as a single tear slid from her eye.

***

"We're here." A male voice stated. He opened the back door to let Rachel out. Rachel looked up at the man in front of her. It was the first time she had actually gotten to look at the man who had basically saved her life. His blond tresses of hair blew freely with the night breeze without his navy blue cap, his eyes were dark as the street lights were the only thing that lit the broken street, he was ruggedly handsome; he was utterly chiseled to perfection. She let a small smile pass, as he held out her hand. "Thank you, for all you've done." He took her hand in his and briefly shook it, letting go as he told her he had to be on his way. Rachel thanked him again, and turned from him walking towards the Berrisford mansion… daddy was probably worried sick about her.

TBC…

Author's Note: I know I said I wasn't going to write a sequel… but I have nothing better to do… so that's the beginning. Tell me what you think! ~ Inevitable