Notes: This chapter's mostly going to be Noah's POV. Well, you'll get a glance at what's going in Zack's little head in the end. Don't forget to review.

Just so you can read this without being confused: X5 734 is Brin and X5 656 is Tinga.

Chapter VI: Knowing what you want

Vitali's POV

"So?" I say grinning, "How's that for a proof?"

I've just shown that cold blonde bitch the video my three geeks managed to make showing that Noah eluding bullets, running faster and jumping higher than any Olympic Game contestant.

"Excellent" Renfro grins too.

"Now" I say rubbing my hands, "Let's talk about what this beauty's gonna cost you"

Suddenly a red signal appears on my computer. It says 'Signal traced'. Signal traced? That bitch's trying to double cross me!

"I think it's gonna cost you a lot more than it's going to cost me Mr. Vitali!" she says her devilish smile on, "Good bye and my salutations to Italy"

Shit! I can't believe it! I hang up and start giving orders. We gotta move fast. She's probably going to wanna destroy this whole building, we have to move to the next one and then she'll wanna get her hand on my transgenic!

Noah's POV

I think I have to move. It's time. I don't have anything holding me here anymore: Ginna's dead and Zack's… Well, I don't know about him but he'd tell me to move. First this robbery tentative and now that shooting raid. I've been in Phoenix for several years and nothing's ever happen to me. Something's going on, I know it and I've got a bad feeling.

I'm packing up a few things. I'm taking the minimum possible. I've got a black bag filled with clothes and in my backpack, I've put official papers and the money from my latest cat burglaries! I look at my brand new TV set. 'Oh, well! The next owner'll be happy to find it here,' I sigh. I step into Ginna's room. I should stop calling it that way. It's not her room anymore; it's been for a long time but I can't seem to get used to it.

I walk to the little table near the bed, open the drawer and take Ginna's ring out of it. She always had it one and said it was for luck. It was the only precious thing she owned: a plain golden ring. I put it on and walk back towards the living room. I pick up my bag, put it over my shoulder and grab my backpack. My bike's parked in the building's underground parking. I rush down the stairs, just slamming the door behind me.

I'm going to pay a visit to Jondy before starting all over again. I don't even wanna count how many times I've done that since we've escaped. Each time, you step into a new town, pretend you're somebody else and invent yourself a new past… Sounds fun doesn't it? It's not. I hate it.

I start my bike and say 'Good bye Phoenix and good bye Ginna'. I'm going to drop at the graveyard before I leave.

Renfro' POV

I'm in a plane, taking me to Phoenix. I can't wait to see the look on Lydecker's face once I've got my hands on one of his kids, 396 in this case. It can only be her. She's the only one in the twelve that had a black parent.

It was so easy. I've already got men taking care of Vitali and his little gang. They have to be erased; they know too much about our experiments. I've got other militaries all over town ready to get 396. They've got orders to kill her if necessary.

See, Lydecker, it's all about knowing what you want and doing everything to get it. You're too weak. You don't even know if you're on their side or on ours. I think it's time to get rid of you. You're useless to me anyway now. I've also got your 656. You're right about one thing though, I don't need her son. Once I know what's in her DNA, I'll be able to bring Manticore to the next step: experiments on the second generation of X5s.

Poor Lydecker! Even the children that you have brought back to Manticore like 734 aren't loyal to you either.

Noah's POV

"I don't like the look of this, Ginna. That's why I'm leaving. I'm sorry I couldn't save you. I'm so sorry girl!" I cry out loud.

I'm standing in front of her gravestone. My bike's parked right in front of the graveyard about away. Suddenly, I stop crying. Something's coming. No! It's already here, all around. Men hiding all over the place. Shit! Why didn't I see them before?

"Like I said, gotta bounce Gin! See ya!" I whisper slowly walking towards my bike pretending I haven't seen them.

They're blocking all the exits. I can't get to my bike! Damn! Who are these guys? Militaries obviously. I shiver, thinking about Manticore. What have they got cameras all over the country? You save a couple of people and bam! They show up!

I turn around. Surprise, surprise, militaries behind too. Where's Zack when I need him? Oh, yeah… I forgot, saving Tinga's ass!

They've got teasers. I hate those things. I bend my knees a little and put up my fists in front of me in-a-ready-to-fight stance.

"Come on! Bring it on!" I say.

Five of them come up first. One of them tries kicking me, I elude rushing behind him I make a headlock and sense another one behind me. Without turning around, I jump, pushing on the guy I was holding shoulders. I end up face to face with him again but he collapses as his dear friend has just hit him with his teaser instead of me.

The guy watches his team mate fall on to the ground and start having convulsions. I kick his teaser away and knock him out with a couple a punches and kicks.

The three others decide to attack me all at the same time. One of them tries punching me. I block it. Another one tempts a kick. I block it too and grab his ankle with my two hands. I lift the guy and keep spinning around still holding him. That way he hits everything that's around me, including his teammates.

I think it's gotta look like an ice skating figure well, except for the hitting everything around thing! Then, after a few seconds and a nice couple of collisions, I let him go and he goes smashing against a gravestone. May he rest in peace.

Not over yet. The more I knock out, the more comes up! It's like they resurrect or something. Well, not exactly since they're different each time. Shit! One of them has just hit me and it's not with a teaser! I collapse blood on my hands as I touch the side of my stomach.

Anderson's POV

The boss is really mad! He hates being taken for the moron he is. He's sent Miller, Peterson and I, along with around fifty men to get the girl while he's moving headquarters.

Fortunately, we've put a tracker on her bike. She's at the graveyard. Is fifty men gonna be enough to get her. I don't know. I only know that if things get ugly, I'm not leaving my butt out there.

We're wearing our black suits as usual and so are our men. I don't think we're passing through town unnoticed. Would a large number of black cars following each other look suspicious to you? Well, it's the only way to carry fifty men!

We're in front of the graveyard now. I see the bike. A couple a military trucks are parked near it and militaries are climbing back in them holding her, our transgenic! She looks unconscious. These guys know how to deal with those things.

I reach for my talky walky to tell our men:

"Follow those trucks! They've got her!"

We start chasing them back in town. Bunches of our car end up hitting buildings or shops but so do theirs! Miller's driving; I'm on the side seat; Peterson's in the back. Miller not much of a smart guy but he's knows how to drive. Hell, he does!

He's after the truck the girl's in. We're going really fast and although some of those military trucks have tried to get in our way, Miller's managed to drive right up to that truck. We're about at the same level as them, driving on the lane that's usually reserved to people coming the other way.

People in this town know not to miss with the Mafia. We rule this town and no military's gonna prove them we're wrong. We're not going to be humiliated by a couple of geeks in a camouflage uniform!

Miller's leaning forward on the wheel and I turn my head around. The truck's driver is right next to me, on my right side. I take my gun out and shot twice.

I've hit him. The truck starts slowing down and finally crushes into a shop that happened to be on the side of the street.

"Excellent! Turn around Miller and let's go get our killing machine!" I say grinning.

Noah's POV

My head hurts. As a matter of fact, my whole body aches but worse is my stomach. I have dry blood on my shirt and a nice whole in it. Fortunately, the bullet got out the same way it got in and it didn't hit any vital organ.

Hurt's like hell but I've got to get outta this truck now. We're driving really fast, too fast, what's going on? I think we're being chased, but by who? The driver's sweating I can smell it. He keeps taking abrupt turns and I'm having trouble staying in place.

I'm sitting on the floor of the truck. My knees brought to my chest and my hands handcuffed behind my back. Damn, wish I had Tinga or Syl's fast healing. My vision wouldn't be getting blurry. Focus Noah! You gotta get outta here! I don't have Krit's contortionist abilities but I can still get outta those handcuffs easily. All I need is to push my thumb in. I hear a small crack meaning I've succeeded.

OK, hands free! Next step: get rid of the two guys on each side of me holding teasers and the guy in front of me who has a real gun.

I hear two shots. The driver's been shot. The car's slowing down. It's now or never. I jump on my feet, punch the guy in front of me, and grab his gun. I lose my balance; the car's just crashed into something.

Anderson's POV

I walk to the truck the girl's in. Our cars have formed a circle around it. No military trucks coming through. She's ours. Vitali'll be forever thankful to me for this!

I send a couple of men to get the girl out. After a few minutes, they come out and say:

"Sir, I think it's the wrong truck! She's not in"

Noah's POV

I'm on my bike, leaving this town for good this time. My left side hurts really bad. My vision, usually perfect, is getting blurry again. Hold on Noah! Hold on! Santa Fe's just in the next state. Jondy you better be there! Thank god, Zack's given me her full address. I won't have to look the whole town for her.

Thank god, we crashed into a shop that had a back door. The employees were under such a state of shock when they saw me get outta the car a gun in my hand, it could've been funny under other circumstances. I used the back door and stole a car to drive back to the graveyard to get my bike back. Fortunately, they hadn't moved it.

Before leaving the shop, I noticed the three thugs walking towards the crashed car. I thought they had had enough last time! Look's like Manticore's not alone in this shit!

Zack's POV

I've lost another one, another sister. I've failed again and worse, Brin's turned against us. I can't believe I lost Tinga.

I'm on this cheap stolen bike riding back to Phoenix. When I left her there, I didn't think I'd ever come back. Not because I wanted to stay in Seattle with Max, but because I thought I could've saved Tinga by sacrificing myself again, like I had for Max.

I know now, Max and I sorta missed eachother. Maybe something could've happened if there hadn't been her wonderboy and if there hadn't been Noah. I know what I want now. I can't believe I didn't realize it sooner. It was so obvious. Tinga helped me a lot, she had it seen coming all along.

"It's like you're another Zack," she had said.

"Why would I be any different?" I remember myself asking.

"I dunno, you tell me" she had replied.

It took me so long to figure out why I've always been different around Noah, why I've always worried for her more than for any other X5.

She was always so pissed off whenever it came to Max.

"It's the second time you're going to save her"

I thought she was angry with me because I thought Max was a better soldier than she was. I was so far from the truth.

Notes: So d'you like it? Any suggstions are welcomed as long as you review! Next chapter, more Jondy, Zane and Noah's not done with the Mafia.