Forgotten But Never Forgiven
Chapter Six
"Do you know if anyone followed you back here from Zane's place?" Zack asked, his mind never forgetting the fact that manticores men wouldn't be very far away and were still a major threat to them all.
"No, no one followed me here" Krit affirmed shaking his head. "I checked all the way here, even though those last couple of kilometers I was pretty out of it, I made sure no one followed" he grimaced, he'd spent more than a couple of minutes doubling back in his tracks and using diversion tactics on his way here on the slight chance he could have been followed. And he had known by the force of his seizures he would have had to stop here for a while and rest. "Good" Zack replied, thinking to himself that he would definitely go and do a sweep of the area later on. Just to be sure. Right now though, he figured would be a good time to try and start assembling the troops. " I need to find Tess," he said, thinking out loud as he stood again. "And we gotta call Syl and get her and Kai down here ASAP". Pacing the floor he glanced at Krit and seeing the slight confusion pass across his face Zack added, "we're gonna get Johndy and Zane back."
Krit nodded and half smiled, "you know big brother, I don't know what happened to you over the last few months, but what I do know now is that your finally starting to see things my way" Zack smiled grimly at his brothers words, though still visibly shaking a little, and the words express in humor, Krits expression still showed he was ready for anything about to go down and if Zack hadn't known him so well, he would never have been able to tell that Krit was absolutely exhausted. 'That was Krit' he thought, always ready to do anything you asked even if it would mean cutting off his own arm to save yours. His aggressive nature and fierce loyalty always seemed to overpower his own need to live, and in this case, rest. " Go sleep " he murmured, placing a hand on his little brothers head, a gesture the X5s all knew as comfort from their big brother, "I'll call the others" he added. Smiling briefly Krit hoisted himself off the couch but did not turn, instead facing Zack he added, " I still can't believe you're here, alive. Just when we were beginning to wonder how we were going to get out of this one without you, you show up again like you were never gone" He quickly glanced up at Zack, " I'm glad you made it out, And - " he added, looking away and shrugging " I'm sorry we didn't try to get you out sooner." Returning his gaze to his brothers face, Krit stepped forward and gave Zack a quick hug, which to his surprise, Zack returned. "I'm sorry we gave up on you brother". Zack could hear the guilt and sorrow in Krits voice. Tightening the hug for a second as if trying to assure him it wasn't his fault, Zack stepped away, placing his hand on the curve of Krit's neck and shoulder so that his fingers rested on his barcode. Looking Krit directly in the eyes, Zack's normally stern expression was full of sympathy for his brother and the torment he knew he was putting himself through. " It wasn't you fault" he said firmly then added, "Now get some rest". Krit sighed and nodded and Zack stepped away watching him turn yawning and walk exhausted to the nearest bedroom.
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" What am I going to do all day while you're out working" Syl whined, stressing the word working and making a face that showed that just thinking about it made her want to puke. From her position upside down on the couch, legs thrown atop the headrest and blond hair hanging loosely to the floor, she watched her brother straighten his tie in the bathroom mirror, rolling his eyes at his sister's pout. " I'm sure you'll find something to keep you busy" he said absently, giving his reflection a quick glance over before stepping out into the lounge room and beginning to pack his briefcase. As if in afterthought he paused, pointing his finger at her upside down face "And don't make me regret saying that" he added using the best lawyer voice he could manage in hope of quelling her thoughts of exactly what she could get up to with a whole day to herself when he saw a corner of her mouth begin to turn upwards. Syl flashed him her most innocent smile, which on any normal human would have had them believing she was the queen mother but which only made Kai roll his eyes with a knowing sigh. "I'm serious Syl" he warned "I don't want to have to go bailing you out of another situation you could have easily avoided"
"You bailed Krit out" she whined picking up a pillow and from her upside down stance throwing it in the air. " That was true" He nodded, Closing his full briefcase and reaching for his coat, adding slyly " I also kicked his ass form here to Mexico afterward. And it would be a shame to ruin that pretty face of yours" he said, ducking as a pillow went hurtling past his head. Poking her tongue out at him, Syl sat up. "Seriously though Kai, I need to talk to you. It's important. We need to decide what we are going to do next. The bad guys" she said quietly "are closing in on us all" the playful banter gone from her voice as she looked up at him.
" I know." Kai agreed, putting his metallic shade sunglasses on. Shades which Syl often referred to as his 'lawyer shark shades' simply because along with his lawyer suit they completed his hard edged no nonsense attitude. " I understand what you're saying but it's got to wait till tonight. This is the biggest case that little law firm I work in has ever seen and for once I intend to be the one that's driving it instead of having to melt to the background in order not to raise any suspicion about me. Not to mention the fact that there would probably be no case if I don't get there. Those idiots I work with would have it lost and thrown out of court by lunch if it weren't for me" He sniffed then paused, looking at Syl for what must have been the first time since she had walked into his apartment earlier that morning. " We will talk when I get home, I promise" he sighed "just hang around till then" He knew that it hurt her to see him appear so indifferent towards their siblings. Hell it even hurt him sometimes. But unlike his older brother Zack, Kai figured if he was going to give this living life as a normal human thing a go then the last thing he wanted was to be constantly reminded of the fact that he was a soldier from manticore, preferring to stay out of his brothers and sisters way and focus on his own mission plan. So far he had been the most successful out of the X5's who had escaped that night, being older he had managed to get along without a family, like he knew Zack had done, living with street kids around his age in whatever kind of abandoned housing they could find. Then one day he had heard some of the kids talking about a place called school, a place that sounded a lot like where he had grown up in manticore and that, the kids said, was where you had to go to learn to be smart and afterwards get a respectable job. So he explored this option, managing to enroll himself in the local high school and had begun to learn, finding it more difficult not to stand out because of his enhanced learning abilities than to actually complete his work. From then on, whenever Zack showed up and gave him the order to move, he had made sure he enrolled in the school in his next town, eventually through the years, completing high school and moving on to college, graduating at the top of his class with a degree in law that found him a nice little lawyers job in the towns law firm. The day his first case was won Kai had felt at ease, had felt he had finally started to complete his 'mission'. He had successfully entered human society undetected and built a normal life for himself, a life that he found only came under threat when he allowed his family to get to close. He loved his sibling he knew, and, looking across at the blonde girl sitting on his lounge now he knew that he would do anything to protect them, but it was when he got to close the them that his neat little human life as a toughened lawyer in a small firm started to become that bit more transparent, and the life on the run as an escaped genetically enhanced killing machine seemed all the more in solid colour. He knew that to his brothers and sisters he seemed distant, emotionless even more so than Zack himself because of the distance he kept but he didn't mind, Whereas his siblings thrived on each others company, he was happier without it, coming to realize that their company could very well put them all in danger, compromise their positions and in the end, compromise his life.
Syl sat, arms crossed, watching him. She almost let him open the door and disappear for the day when the phone rang, and groaning Kai turned away form the door and answered it. Most of the time, when someone had a phone call, it was considered common courtesy to just tune out to his or her conversation, trying (and usually failing it seemed to Syl) to not listen to the voice easily heard on the other end of the line. And this morning she was definitely not in no mood to be courteous, which was why she was already off the lounge and at his side by the time Kai, sounding shocked, asked "Zack?"..
A/N: Hey all! Sorry bout the long wait, but I wrote an extra long chapter just to mak up for it! :O) Id just like to clear one thing just incase - After writing this chapter I found that mine is not the only fanfic with a character named Kai and I would like to assure writers this character is entirely original and not in any way derived from any other Kai characters.
Please Review and tell me what ya think! :O)
Chapter Six
"Do you know if anyone followed you back here from Zane's place?" Zack asked, his mind never forgetting the fact that manticores men wouldn't be very far away and were still a major threat to them all.
"No, no one followed me here" Krit affirmed shaking his head. "I checked all the way here, even though those last couple of kilometers I was pretty out of it, I made sure no one followed" he grimaced, he'd spent more than a couple of minutes doubling back in his tracks and using diversion tactics on his way here on the slight chance he could have been followed. And he had known by the force of his seizures he would have had to stop here for a while and rest. "Good" Zack replied, thinking to himself that he would definitely go and do a sweep of the area later on. Just to be sure. Right now though, he figured would be a good time to try and start assembling the troops. " I need to find Tess," he said, thinking out loud as he stood again. "And we gotta call Syl and get her and Kai down here ASAP". Pacing the floor he glanced at Krit and seeing the slight confusion pass across his face Zack added, "we're gonna get Johndy and Zane back."
Krit nodded and half smiled, "you know big brother, I don't know what happened to you over the last few months, but what I do know now is that your finally starting to see things my way" Zack smiled grimly at his brothers words, though still visibly shaking a little, and the words express in humor, Krits expression still showed he was ready for anything about to go down and if Zack hadn't known him so well, he would never have been able to tell that Krit was absolutely exhausted. 'That was Krit' he thought, always ready to do anything you asked even if it would mean cutting off his own arm to save yours. His aggressive nature and fierce loyalty always seemed to overpower his own need to live, and in this case, rest. " Go sleep " he murmured, placing a hand on his little brothers head, a gesture the X5s all knew as comfort from their big brother, "I'll call the others" he added. Smiling briefly Krit hoisted himself off the couch but did not turn, instead facing Zack he added, " I still can't believe you're here, alive. Just when we were beginning to wonder how we were going to get out of this one without you, you show up again like you were never gone" He quickly glanced up at Zack, " I'm glad you made it out, And - " he added, looking away and shrugging " I'm sorry we didn't try to get you out sooner." Returning his gaze to his brothers face, Krit stepped forward and gave Zack a quick hug, which to his surprise, Zack returned. "I'm sorry we gave up on you brother". Zack could hear the guilt and sorrow in Krits voice. Tightening the hug for a second as if trying to assure him it wasn't his fault, Zack stepped away, placing his hand on the curve of Krit's neck and shoulder so that his fingers rested on his barcode. Looking Krit directly in the eyes, Zack's normally stern expression was full of sympathy for his brother and the torment he knew he was putting himself through. " It wasn't you fault" he said firmly then added, "Now get some rest". Krit sighed and nodded and Zack stepped away watching him turn yawning and walk exhausted to the nearest bedroom.
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" What am I going to do all day while you're out working" Syl whined, stressing the word working and making a face that showed that just thinking about it made her want to puke. From her position upside down on the couch, legs thrown atop the headrest and blond hair hanging loosely to the floor, she watched her brother straighten his tie in the bathroom mirror, rolling his eyes at his sister's pout. " I'm sure you'll find something to keep you busy" he said absently, giving his reflection a quick glance over before stepping out into the lounge room and beginning to pack his briefcase. As if in afterthought he paused, pointing his finger at her upside down face "And don't make me regret saying that" he added using the best lawyer voice he could manage in hope of quelling her thoughts of exactly what she could get up to with a whole day to herself when he saw a corner of her mouth begin to turn upwards. Syl flashed him her most innocent smile, which on any normal human would have had them believing she was the queen mother but which only made Kai roll his eyes with a knowing sigh. "I'm serious Syl" he warned "I don't want to have to go bailing you out of another situation you could have easily avoided"
"You bailed Krit out" she whined picking up a pillow and from her upside down stance throwing it in the air. " That was true" He nodded, Closing his full briefcase and reaching for his coat, adding slyly " I also kicked his ass form here to Mexico afterward. And it would be a shame to ruin that pretty face of yours" he said, ducking as a pillow went hurtling past his head. Poking her tongue out at him, Syl sat up. "Seriously though Kai, I need to talk to you. It's important. We need to decide what we are going to do next. The bad guys" she said quietly "are closing in on us all" the playful banter gone from her voice as she looked up at him.
" I know." Kai agreed, putting his metallic shade sunglasses on. Shades which Syl often referred to as his 'lawyer shark shades' simply because along with his lawyer suit they completed his hard edged no nonsense attitude. " I understand what you're saying but it's got to wait till tonight. This is the biggest case that little law firm I work in has ever seen and for once I intend to be the one that's driving it instead of having to melt to the background in order not to raise any suspicion about me. Not to mention the fact that there would probably be no case if I don't get there. Those idiots I work with would have it lost and thrown out of court by lunch if it weren't for me" He sniffed then paused, looking at Syl for what must have been the first time since she had walked into his apartment earlier that morning. " We will talk when I get home, I promise" he sighed "just hang around till then" He knew that it hurt her to see him appear so indifferent towards their siblings. Hell it even hurt him sometimes. But unlike his older brother Zack, Kai figured if he was going to give this living life as a normal human thing a go then the last thing he wanted was to be constantly reminded of the fact that he was a soldier from manticore, preferring to stay out of his brothers and sisters way and focus on his own mission plan. So far he had been the most successful out of the X5's who had escaped that night, being older he had managed to get along without a family, like he knew Zack had done, living with street kids around his age in whatever kind of abandoned housing they could find. Then one day he had heard some of the kids talking about a place called school, a place that sounded a lot like where he had grown up in manticore and that, the kids said, was where you had to go to learn to be smart and afterwards get a respectable job. So he explored this option, managing to enroll himself in the local high school and had begun to learn, finding it more difficult not to stand out because of his enhanced learning abilities than to actually complete his work. From then on, whenever Zack showed up and gave him the order to move, he had made sure he enrolled in the school in his next town, eventually through the years, completing high school and moving on to college, graduating at the top of his class with a degree in law that found him a nice little lawyers job in the towns law firm. The day his first case was won Kai had felt at ease, had felt he had finally started to complete his 'mission'. He had successfully entered human society undetected and built a normal life for himself, a life that he found only came under threat when he allowed his family to get to close. He loved his sibling he knew, and, looking across at the blonde girl sitting on his lounge now he knew that he would do anything to protect them, but it was when he got to close the them that his neat little human life as a toughened lawyer in a small firm started to become that bit more transparent, and the life on the run as an escaped genetically enhanced killing machine seemed all the more in solid colour. He knew that to his brothers and sisters he seemed distant, emotionless even more so than Zack himself because of the distance he kept but he didn't mind, Whereas his siblings thrived on each others company, he was happier without it, coming to realize that their company could very well put them all in danger, compromise their positions and in the end, compromise his life.
Syl sat, arms crossed, watching him. She almost let him open the door and disappear for the day when the phone rang, and groaning Kai turned away form the door and answered it. Most of the time, when someone had a phone call, it was considered common courtesy to just tune out to his or her conversation, trying (and usually failing it seemed to Syl) to not listen to the voice easily heard on the other end of the line. And this morning she was definitely not in no mood to be courteous, which was why she was already off the lounge and at his side by the time Kai, sounding shocked, asked "Zack?"..
A/N: Hey all! Sorry bout the long wait, but I wrote an extra long chapter just to mak up for it! :O) Id just like to clear one thing just incase - After writing this chapter I found that mine is not the only fanfic with a character named Kai and I would like to assure writers this character is entirely original and not in any way derived from any other Kai characters.
Please Review and tell me what ya think! :O)