A/N: Ok... Um... This would have been longer but I ran out of steam. I also wanted to post something before the end of my exams so I could spend more time revising. They fin the week after next – so I should be able to spend a little bit more time on this fic.
Spoiler ~ The spoiler found at the end of the previous chapter has not yet been written into the story, *Don't hurt me*
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~Broken Wings~
Chapter Four
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Long lost words whispered slowly to me
Still can't find what keeps me here
When all this time I've been so hollow inside
I know your still there
Watching you wanting you
I can feel you pulling me down
Fearing you loving you
I won't let you pull me down
Haunting you I can smell you – Alive
Your heart pounding in my head
Watching me wanting me
I can feel you pulling me down
Saving me raping me
Watching me*
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Dix felt the human's presence before his eyes captured Logan's figure. "How are you feeling?" He hadn't meant for the smile to appear so unfeeling.
"I'm fine, I just didn't want to get in Max's way."
"She still loves you." Dix recaptured Logan's gaze, as the human's own eye's sought commands only escape route. "You make here feel more human"
"But she isn't human is she" Logan hadn't meant for his words to sound so bitter.
"Only on the surface" Dix's eyes momentarily caught Alec's, as the Transhumans gaze found the images playing across his screen. The X5 had long ago learnt to conceal himself within the darkness, and both watched as Alec's black and white figure moved further into the shadows. Dix's gaze soon sought Logans, and found something stirring within their depths. "But you don't blame Alec?"
Logan found the computer screen once more, the grainy picture far from perfect. "No"
"Shit" Dix had caught Logan answer, however, as Eyes Only turned to leave, Alec's features froze. "I loosing frequency" His gaze re-captured Alec's almost unrecognisable features as the picture jumped sharply. "Alec... It's Dix over." Pausing mere seconds, Dix replied... "I'm loosing the camera's feeding"
Logan placed his hand against the computers' bulk, instantly drawing back as the burning metal scorched his sensitive fingers. "Was the computer faulty this morning?"
"Yeah, Mole and Alec said they lost reception for a while, but it was on Alec's side. One of the fuses in the camera blew. But he fixed it. " He trailed off, as his gaze once more sought the static filled screen. Speaking into the headset clamped against his thick skin, Dix re-called Alec's name. "We can't see anything, the computers heating up"
{Can you turn it off for a while, things are pretty clear here? Just keep your setting connected to mine.} Eyes Only, listening in through Dix's headpiece, caught Alec's words. Dix met his own worried expression, while mouthing a hidden message only Logan could hear. Can we do that?
"Alec?" Logan asked. "Did Max and Mole get to the tanks without any problems"
{No hitches, Mole said the damage isn't as bad as first thought. They recon they can savage the backup pipes, and un-block tank A. The building probably wont survive, but it's the only thing holding the other tank together. If the thing shifts the waters only going to come out full force} Logan winced at Alec's reply, not through his words, but the static filling them. {Logan, the computer needs to be turned off, If it burns out were screwed.}
"I know"
{I'll call Max, tell her the computers a bust. Just let it cool for a while}
"Our Com frequency is faulty, keep it on low" His features found Dix's, and an understanding crossed between human and Freak. "We'll turn off the computer, but if anything goes down..."
{I'll give you a shout... No sweat Logan}
"Yeah you idiot, don't get cocky." A small smile broke across his features putting warmth back into his eyes.
{Always}
If he could have seen, Alec's grin almost mirrored Dix's.
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"What do you mean the computers are out?" As Alec's calm voice delivered the pretentiously crippling news, Max found all trails of thought, backup, and weeks of planning, fading before her eyes.
{There was a burnout... Lost feed. Com's are still working so it's not a complete loss.}
"Shut up and let me think" She hadn't meant for her words to sound so hard, so forced.
{Max we can handle this}
"No we can't... We need to be able to see an attack when it's coming."
{Nothing's going to happen}
"You make stupid mistakes, daydream..."
{Max. I'm capable of standing guard}
"I'm sending Mole out" Her gaze captured Moles, as the Transhuman placed a burning cigar against his thin lips. His eyes held something far from friendly.
{Max! Hell no. They take one look at him and they'll open fire} The shock tainting Alec's voice brought confusion to Max's features, however as his words hit, Max suddenly didn't care. They take one look at him and they'll open fire.
"They! Who the hell are they?"
{It's nothing serious. Their behind the army's strong hold}
"Alec you have armed civilians out there and you forgot to mention it!"
{It's a public place, and besides there's only two of them. If we just ignore them...}
Nothing could conceal her next words; "Alec you prick"
{Max... They're only want to stir things up a bit. I'll just keep to my self. Getting armed isn't going to...}
"Don't pull that crap on me. You screwed this up. How the hell an I suppose to protect my if you're holding back information?" She no longer saw the gazes staring out towards her inert figure. When their features turned from confusion to anger, Max's own gaze sought the shattered water tanks.
{It's noting!}
"Can you call Clemente. Get him to sort this out"
{Christ Max!}
"Don't argue with me. Of all the stupid things to do, you go ahead and nearly blow our whole operation. Call him! Max out" Shit. Grasping her com between trembling fingers, she let the piece of metal slip. With no thought of consequences, the link shattered under her heel. Shit. She wouldn't cry. She couldn't cry... Oh god ...
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"It's two Norms Max. What the hell do you think there going to do?" His fearless leader stumbled, her features growing confused. Then realisation dawned within her dark eyes, as she found Mole's angered gaze. Their frequency had been live.
"All mistakes are the same"
"Not if it's because you're bitching at his heel. 494 doesn't make mistakes. He does however, get tainted by other people's ideas. The first thing those two norms are going to shoot is Alec. If that were a threat, he wouldn't still be out there."
"This is my operation... So shut the Fu..."
"They're waiting for an excuse!" No longer able to conceal his rage, Mole blew, his green cheeks flecking with crimson. "If Alec talks to Clemente... What do you think there going to do? Alec can't get to them, but they in sure hell can get him."
"You're siding with Alec, what you think if we just ignore them..."
"All they need is an excuse, it's basic stuff, and Alec's had 10 more years worth of training to figure it out. Your Detective can't do shit, and Alec's sure in hell not going to go confront them... He isn't a bullet worshiper"
"Get back to work" Her gaze captured Moles, his features unsettling under the glow of sparkling machines. "I know what I'm doing." She turned then, hiding from the two people she had become. Sadly, 452 still had more authority, while Max just hid within her walls.
The lizard blinked once, his cigar once more finding his thin lips. "So does Alec"
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Suddenly, command seemed far less caring, as Dix's gaze found Luke's. The bat like Transhumans features glowed deadly, as his blowtorch burnt into metal. "I didn't see any norms?" Dix's confusion laced his features, almost looking unnatural against his warn face. The com-link that had seconds before vibrated with heated words now hung dead against his white, pinched ear.
Luke blinked, his own ears still ringing from the echoes of Max and Alec's heated conversation. "Because the computer's off" The confusion touching his own features, brought Dix's gaze back towards the cooling computer. "Max destroyed her Link" The sudden statement broke all trails of thought.
"What?"
Luke held his own within stubbed hands. "I had to turned mine off. Too much static from Max's end. Mole said she was pretty upset."
"So we have two blind spots" His gaze sought Logans.
"Her link isn't important, as long as Mole's is fully operational. As for the computer... I don't know if mine would be any good. The settings are different..."
"Can they be changed?" Luke paused then, his gaze capturing Logan's. "The computer in your office? I've seen you using a couple of different programs"
"It's an older module than this. It works on a completely different set of rules. I'd have to change a couple of things. But tapping into the camera's frequency shouldn't be to hard."
"How long would it take?" Dix asked.
"When I've got the right parts. About an hour at the most." Logan's vision once more sought commands only door. Then, re-capturing Dix's gaze "I'd have to start now..."
Dix's gaze flickered over the faulty computer, his keen sense of smell blocked by fumes. "It may not be a complete loss... This one may still pull through"
"No harm in having a backup"
He would have replied, However, Logan had already found commands door.
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* Evanescence: Haunted ~ Fallen
Save me from the Evil Fairies and review – last update for a while, I'm not going to be able to get to the computer, plus I'll be out of the country.