My Family
By Astro Purple
AstroPurpl@aol.com
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Timeline: Anytime during the X5s' existence.
Summary: How each X5 sees their family and their special bond.
Author's Note: This is Krit and Syl's POV. I stuck the two of them together since everyone, including me, sticks these two together. I figure I can go deeper into their relationship this way.
Disclaimer: Dark Angel characters belong to the wonderful people who bring Dark Angel to us.
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We're racing through the streets of this new city together. Side by side, brother and sister. But is that what we are? No, we're not. We've learned long ago that we aren't siblings, the only thing that draws us together is the fact that we're both X5s and we both spent part of our childhood growing up in Manticore. That's it. So what is our relationship? To tell you the truth, we aren't that sure.
It's been more than ten years since Zack broke us out of Manticore. More than ten years of living with norms and learning their way of life, and yet we still don't know what a relationship is. We still don't know everything there is to know about life. One of the great questions out there, what truly is a relationship? Some people say a relationship is how you feel about another person. So what do we feel? We're not sure. That's the entire problem. We know we love each other, and yet we don't. It doesn't make sense you say? Well let's try to explain it to you. We love each other affectionately and would give our lives for one another, but we don't know what kind of love it is. No one but our family has ever loved us before. So this is the only type of love we know. Sure there are those who lust after us, but it's only for our physical appearance. No one who is truly in love with us and who we have learned to be in love with. No one but each other. Does this explain it? Does this explain the relationship between us?
I know what you're thinking. What if Syl goes into heat? What if I'm not able to resist her and give in? Wouldn't that throw our relationship for a loop? I guess. But we've been able to deal. We were made to be soldiers, don't think we can be broken in easily, because we can't. But once in a while when the urge just becomes too strong, we break and give in. And then what happens, you ask? Well, we forget. Neither of us would be traumatized or anything like that, after all, it happened because of our genetics, whether we were willing or not. It's just a part of us that Manticore coded into our genes.
As for Manticore, we prefer not to think of and be reminded of it. And for us, staying in one place and following the same routine daily is Manticore. We wanted to be free, and now we are. We should be able to do whatever we want, get up whenever we want, work whenever we want, and work wherever we want. We shouldn't be dictated by a schedule, a boss or an older brother, or even responsibilities. We shouldn't have to worry, we're transgenics, super human. Besides, Zack worries enough for the both of us.
We travel, we go wild, and we have fun. We don't care if Zack calls us a security breach. That's just Zack. He acts like we're his job, his responsibility in life, and maybe we are. But he doesn't have to be so impersonal with us. It's not like it's a big secret or anything that he likes Max, and as more than a sister too. But then, we know that he cares for all of us more than he probably thinks he should. After all, why would he go to the trouble of visiting each of us and making sure we have money? And how we know this? Well, who else would break into whatever place we're currently crashing at, not steal anything worth anything, but leave an envelope with a bunch of bills in it? Unless it's a new trend among burglars that we're unaware of. In which case maybe we need to pick up on it also. To stay with the "in" crowd.
We both love our brother dearly. Zack has always been there for us. He has been the one to bail us out of a jam, reprimand us, and just watch out for us. How can we not be grateful? He's been there when our parents should, but can't. Been there to be proud of us in moments when we actually do something right, which isn't very often, considering we're always breaking the rules and Zack's only seeing us for a few days in a span of three or four months. Or when he gets a call informing him that we've been compromised or gotten ourselves locked up.
Max, what can we say about her? She's even more dangerous and resistant than us. Or just plain crazy. After all, she chooses to continue on living on in her broken city, even after she's been compromised. She chooses to play this cat and mouse game with Lydecker. Seeing how close she can let him get, but still end up getting away. We admire her for that courage, for standing up to Lydecker and Manticore and saying "To hell with you guys, I'm not letting you push me around and dictate my life." If we hadn't been caught that one time, and seen what Manticore was capable of doing to us, maybe we might also be standing up for ourselves. But what we've seen was horrible, and we don't want to go through it again. Max can call us chicken, but she's been lucky. Lucky that she has Zack who would gladly give his life and freedom for her.
We're a twosome, but we could have been a threesome. If Zane wasn't the good little soldier and always following Zack's orders, he could be with us, traveling as a free spirit. But sadly Zane looks up to Zack too much, the only thing that keeps him from being the full-fledged rebel he should be. Plus he's got that dog, the mutt he's so devoted to. Been reprimanded by Zack one too many times about having a pet, and yet he still chooses to keep the dog. The only act he's ever done which went against what Zack ordered. A start, but he's still got a long ways to go. We'd love to have him with us. He's a mechanic, and we need a mechanic in our group. What if we're traveling out in the middle of nowhere and one of our bikes breaks down? Neither of us are mechanics. In fact, if we tried to fix something, there's a good 100 percent chance of it getting blown up, tossed against a tree, or ripped to shreds.
Almost all three trimesters had passed until Zack told us the good news about Tinga. She was pregnant. Pregnant! Pregnant as in with child, knocked up, about to bring another life into this world. It didn't really come as a surprised, but it was a little disheartening to hear that the love of her life was a norm. Oh well, he loved her and that's the important thing. We wanted to stop and visit her, but Zack refused to give us her address or even what area of the country she was living in. But maybe that's a good thing. We would have brought too much excitement into her life. She probably couldn't handle it, being pregnant and all. But we've got a nephew! Maybe when the kid grows up a bit and Zack loosens up, we can pay Tinga and her kid a little visit. Being the type of person she is, she would probably raise her kid to be a wimp. We could teach him how to beat up the bullies at school, take him for a few spins on our bikes, and show him the wild side of life. But that's probably the reason Zack won't let us visit.
About a year ago we bumped into Jondy. That was purely an accident, unlike how we met. Our "visit" started with a bang and ended with a bang. Needless to say Jondy was not very happy with us, and she probably still isn't. Here's what happened. We're cruisin' through the streets of St. Louis and stop at a bar, we're thirsty so we wanted something to drink. But anyways, the chick serving us had Krit's eyes bulging. From her neon bright pink hair all the way down to the three-inch heels. So Krit tries to hit up on the chick for her number, and finds himself kissing the floor. He's losing his cool, so being the mild mannered lady I am, I step in and try to give ol' Krit a hand. Pretty soon this turns into a bar fight and I'm quick to realize that the girl we're fighting ain't no norm. Krit, being the lug head he is, doesn't figure it out and ends up getting his butt kicked. Once we figure out it's Jondy, we stay a few days to hang out. But we weren't very welcome so a couple days later we broke into Jondy's apartment after she left for work and trashed the place. Had fun, although won't be trying to seek our Jondy anymore.
Ben was the odd one out among us. Zack alerted us to his "problem," so we steered clear of him. When we heard of his death, we were both sad and happy at the same time. Sad that he had to leave us, and in the manner he did, forcing Max to kill him. But we're happy that he's gone on to the Good Place, and to be healed. His problems aren't his fault, they're Manticore's. If Ben had been raised like a norm, in a healthy environment and with a family who loved him, maybe he would have turned out different. Maybe.
We don't have much to say about Brin, only that our opinion of her has dropped. Zack told us what happened, told everyone. We feel sorry for her, but she should have fought harder. She shouldn't have chosen to go back to Manticore. After all, didn't we all agree that death was better than going back? True, we didn't get to meet her or get to know her as well as Zack did, but wasn't she one of us? Wasn't she one of the '09 escapees?
Our X5 bond makes us closer than we could be with anyone else. Even other X5s who weren't in our squadron. We started our a family, a family of brothers and sisters who were locked up in a horrible place called Manticore. And now, years down the road, we still are family, only this time, we're a family with the freedom to go wherever we want to go, do whatever we want to do, and believe whatever we want to believe.
By Astro Purple
AstroPurpl@aol.com
G
Timeline: Anytime during the X5s' existence.
Summary: How each X5 sees their family and their special bond.
Author's Note: This is Krit and Syl's POV. I stuck the two of them together since everyone, including me, sticks these two together. I figure I can go deeper into their relationship this way.
Disclaimer: Dark Angel characters belong to the wonderful people who bring Dark Angel to us.
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We're racing through the streets of this new city together. Side by side, brother and sister. But is that what we are? No, we're not. We've learned long ago that we aren't siblings, the only thing that draws us together is the fact that we're both X5s and we both spent part of our childhood growing up in Manticore. That's it. So what is our relationship? To tell you the truth, we aren't that sure.
It's been more than ten years since Zack broke us out of Manticore. More than ten years of living with norms and learning their way of life, and yet we still don't know what a relationship is. We still don't know everything there is to know about life. One of the great questions out there, what truly is a relationship? Some people say a relationship is how you feel about another person. So what do we feel? We're not sure. That's the entire problem. We know we love each other, and yet we don't. It doesn't make sense you say? Well let's try to explain it to you. We love each other affectionately and would give our lives for one another, but we don't know what kind of love it is. No one but our family has ever loved us before. So this is the only type of love we know. Sure there are those who lust after us, but it's only for our physical appearance. No one who is truly in love with us and who we have learned to be in love with. No one but each other. Does this explain it? Does this explain the relationship between us?
I know what you're thinking. What if Syl goes into heat? What if I'm not able to resist her and give in? Wouldn't that throw our relationship for a loop? I guess. But we've been able to deal. We were made to be soldiers, don't think we can be broken in easily, because we can't. But once in a while when the urge just becomes too strong, we break and give in. And then what happens, you ask? Well, we forget. Neither of us would be traumatized or anything like that, after all, it happened because of our genetics, whether we were willing or not. It's just a part of us that Manticore coded into our genes.
As for Manticore, we prefer not to think of and be reminded of it. And for us, staying in one place and following the same routine daily is Manticore. We wanted to be free, and now we are. We should be able to do whatever we want, get up whenever we want, work whenever we want, and work wherever we want. We shouldn't be dictated by a schedule, a boss or an older brother, or even responsibilities. We shouldn't have to worry, we're transgenics, super human. Besides, Zack worries enough for the both of us.
We travel, we go wild, and we have fun. We don't care if Zack calls us a security breach. That's just Zack. He acts like we're his job, his responsibility in life, and maybe we are. But he doesn't have to be so impersonal with us. It's not like it's a big secret or anything that he likes Max, and as more than a sister too. But then, we know that he cares for all of us more than he probably thinks he should. After all, why would he go to the trouble of visiting each of us and making sure we have money? And how we know this? Well, who else would break into whatever place we're currently crashing at, not steal anything worth anything, but leave an envelope with a bunch of bills in it? Unless it's a new trend among burglars that we're unaware of. In which case maybe we need to pick up on it also. To stay with the "in" crowd.
We both love our brother dearly. Zack has always been there for us. He has been the one to bail us out of a jam, reprimand us, and just watch out for us. How can we not be grateful? He's been there when our parents should, but can't. Been there to be proud of us in moments when we actually do something right, which isn't very often, considering we're always breaking the rules and Zack's only seeing us for a few days in a span of three or four months. Or when he gets a call informing him that we've been compromised or gotten ourselves locked up.
Max, what can we say about her? She's even more dangerous and resistant than us. Or just plain crazy. After all, she chooses to continue on living on in her broken city, even after she's been compromised. She chooses to play this cat and mouse game with Lydecker. Seeing how close she can let him get, but still end up getting away. We admire her for that courage, for standing up to Lydecker and Manticore and saying "To hell with you guys, I'm not letting you push me around and dictate my life." If we hadn't been caught that one time, and seen what Manticore was capable of doing to us, maybe we might also be standing up for ourselves. But what we've seen was horrible, and we don't want to go through it again. Max can call us chicken, but she's been lucky. Lucky that she has Zack who would gladly give his life and freedom for her.
We're a twosome, but we could have been a threesome. If Zane wasn't the good little soldier and always following Zack's orders, he could be with us, traveling as a free spirit. But sadly Zane looks up to Zack too much, the only thing that keeps him from being the full-fledged rebel he should be. Plus he's got that dog, the mutt he's so devoted to. Been reprimanded by Zack one too many times about having a pet, and yet he still chooses to keep the dog. The only act he's ever done which went against what Zack ordered. A start, but he's still got a long ways to go. We'd love to have him with us. He's a mechanic, and we need a mechanic in our group. What if we're traveling out in the middle of nowhere and one of our bikes breaks down? Neither of us are mechanics. In fact, if we tried to fix something, there's a good 100 percent chance of it getting blown up, tossed against a tree, or ripped to shreds.
Almost all three trimesters had passed until Zack told us the good news about Tinga. She was pregnant. Pregnant! Pregnant as in with child, knocked up, about to bring another life into this world. It didn't really come as a surprised, but it was a little disheartening to hear that the love of her life was a norm. Oh well, he loved her and that's the important thing. We wanted to stop and visit her, but Zack refused to give us her address or even what area of the country she was living in. But maybe that's a good thing. We would have brought too much excitement into her life. She probably couldn't handle it, being pregnant and all. But we've got a nephew! Maybe when the kid grows up a bit and Zack loosens up, we can pay Tinga and her kid a little visit. Being the type of person she is, she would probably raise her kid to be a wimp. We could teach him how to beat up the bullies at school, take him for a few spins on our bikes, and show him the wild side of life. But that's probably the reason Zack won't let us visit.
About a year ago we bumped into Jondy. That was purely an accident, unlike how we met. Our "visit" started with a bang and ended with a bang. Needless to say Jondy was not very happy with us, and she probably still isn't. Here's what happened. We're cruisin' through the streets of St. Louis and stop at a bar, we're thirsty so we wanted something to drink. But anyways, the chick serving us had Krit's eyes bulging. From her neon bright pink hair all the way down to the three-inch heels. So Krit tries to hit up on the chick for her number, and finds himself kissing the floor. He's losing his cool, so being the mild mannered lady I am, I step in and try to give ol' Krit a hand. Pretty soon this turns into a bar fight and I'm quick to realize that the girl we're fighting ain't no norm. Krit, being the lug head he is, doesn't figure it out and ends up getting his butt kicked. Once we figure out it's Jondy, we stay a few days to hang out. But we weren't very welcome so a couple days later we broke into Jondy's apartment after she left for work and trashed the place. Had fun, although won't be trying to seek our Jondy anymore.
Ben was the odd one out among us. Zack alerted us to his "problem," so we steered clear of him. When we heard of his death, we were both sad and happy at the same time. Sad that he had to leave us, and in the manner he did, forcing Max to kill him. But we're happy that he's gone on to the Good Place, and to be healed. His problems aren't his fault, they're Manticore's. If Ben had been raised like a norm, in a healthy environment and with a family who loved him, maybe he would have turned out different. Maybe.
We don't have much to say about Brin, only that our opinion of her has dropped. Zack told us what happened, told everyone. We feel sorry for her, but she should have fought harder. She shouldn't have chosen to go back to Manticore. After all, didn't we all agree that death was better than going back? True, we didn't get to meet her or get to know her as well as Zack did, but wasn't she one of us? Wasn't she one of the '09 escapees?
Our X5 bond makes us closer than we could be with anyone else. Even other X5s who weren't in our squadron. We started our a family, a family of brothers and sisters who were locked up in a horrible place called Manticore. And now, years down the road, we still are family, only this time, we're a family with the freedom to go wherever we want to go, do whatever we want to do, and believe whatever we want to believe.