Disclaimer: Ha-ha! I have bought Dark Angel off Ebay and now I am the owner!
: ( Actually, they aren't. They're still those retards Cameron and Eglee who were dumb and got rid of my favorite tv show!! No, I'm not bitter. Whatever made you think that?
Well, its been a lot of work fleshing out this stories plot. It seems it may continue on for at least five or six more chapters. Short though, chapters I mean. The typing wears on my hands, cause I have carpal tunnel in both. Thanks to all my loyal readers. I am so happy you have been following this. It gives me a sense of purpose to my writing. With your continued support, I may actually finish this! SO please, if you get a chance, write a review. I don't mind mean ones. I just love honesty. I ask all of you to Beta me!
Thanks again and so long......
Rated: PG
Plot: (for this chapter, folks) Max and Alec think up a plan to rid them of Lydecker and help Eva all at once.....Asha's POV, revealing a shocking plot twist.........and a capture at the very end - you'd never guess!
"Hopeful"
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Alec's thougts were running faster than his legs were carrying him. He had a plan but no way to convince Max it would work. Adrenaline coursed through his body. Intense as the situation was, he found it exciting being on the run again. Never felt the same way twice. He knew he couldn't share that with Max though, she'd probably just hit him on the head.
Thinking he was feeling things, someone grabbing at his chest, he looked down, finding himself meeting Eva's open, hazel eyes. His eyes felt blurry for a moment, his heart shredding his chest in two. It had to be something conjured up within his mind. Then again, nothing this good even happened in his dreams.
"Max, she's awake!" he said, triumphantly and halted running in front of an old, burnt down factory. Max recoiled her steps and came behind him, to see Eva's little face peeking out over his shoulder, a look of blank indecision on her face. Almost like she wanted them to tell her where she was. Dang, she was a smart child.
"Oh, Thank God!" Max cried. He had never heard Max thank God for anything before. How'd she even know He had anything to do with it? Life didn't suck all the ti- well, maybe He had alittle bit to do with it. Anyways, he didn't even care to think about it. Eva was awake but for how long?- no one knew. Except Lydecker. And he wasn't coming within five feet of his baby girl. Time to spring the plan on Max.
"I know this is bad timing," Alec said, starting it off with an apology to soften her mood. Except she caught on and gave him a mauling stare. "But we need a plan. Not just to save Eva but ourselves. Without us, she won't live at all."
"So, what? We hide." Hiding would have been his first choice if it wasn't Donald Lydecker they were dealing with. They probably were bugged with a neural transmitter, little bleeps on a computer screen. They needed a plan that could trap Lydecker as well. And he had the perfect spot.
"I don't know about you but I'd kind of like to get rid of this jerk once and for all." He knew he had hit the spot when Max had nothing to reply. "So here's what I suggest. We go to Manticore."
"Now you've really lost it, Alec. Go to Manticore? Thats your stupidest idea in the history of stupid ideas. No way am I going there." Max took Eva from him and stared him back in the face, "By the way, why?"
"Manticore kind of wants the guy dead....bada boom, he distracts most of Manticore's elite while we sneek in for some help." Alec could barely hide the proudness in his voice as he told Max the plan. It'd been a long time since Alec made a right move. Called the shots. He was the head honcho now. He was the leader. He was being hit on the head. "Hey!"
"And who the heck in Manticore would help us?" Dang, he thought with the stinging pain that was his brain, good point. He quickly thought of an option, something that sounded full-proof. Logan. He'd jump on the Space Needle to save Max and this kid. Maybe being friends with the glasses wearing computer nerd wasn't such a waste. Alec smiled.
"Logan." The guy looked like the kind of guy Manticore would hire. He could pass easily as a doctor or lab tech. Get Logan in Manticore, get Eva out of the woods. Then Max and Alec could finally start their lives together as a real family. Logan could find some nice blonde chick to settle down with, oh maybe with the first name Asha, and start his own family. Fairy tale ending. There was no way it could go wrong.
"I like the way you think," Max said, the glimmer of hope returning to her eyes. It comforted him to see her have faith again. He hadn't seen much of it latly. Not even in himself. Eva was bringing more than they bargained out of them. Alec gently caressed Max's cheek with his hand, rubbing away softly the stained tears on her cheeks. She was so beautiful. Maybe he should tell her. Maybe she knew. The way she smiled, the way she held him in her arms. He was a new man.
"I like the way you are," Max's tantalizing stare could have brought any other man to his knees. Sometimes, when they'd meet eyes at work, he'd see Max just standing there and he'd wonder to himself how such a person could affect him the way she did. He'd try to walk to her but he'd lose his strength. So maybe she did bring him to his knees. How could she not though? She was a dizzying display of beauty and intellect. And now they were alone, in the cold nights air. Max holding their child close to her bosom and smiling sweetly. Hopeful. Suddenly, he had one more thing to say.
"Whatever happens Max, I need to let you know something."
"Nothing will happen." she interrupted. Alec hesitated telling her 'no', in fear of losing her confidence. Instead he ignored her discrepancy.
"Whatever happens. I love you."
***
Asha tapped at the elevator button a few times in hopes it would take her to the bottom quicker, to get out of this place. The smell of expensive cologne, the marble flooring and that stupid stuck-up doorman who sneered at her as she left. The air inside the apartment building was colder than it was outside, that was for sure. And Logan had been drunk the night before. She caught it immediatly. What she caught even quicker was that Logan, who was shamelessly trying to hide his hangover, didn't want her there. The call had been some random act of desparity. And Asha knew why. Max must have left him. A sad grin subtly crossed her lips as Asha slipped her arms around her waist and stared to the ground. The job had been done.
What job, you may ask? It all started almost a year ago. Asha remembered it clearly. It was in the depths of night when a man had approached her in the Squeaky Clean Landromat two blocks past South Market. She was loading up her basket with a clean batch when she heard the door to the landromat swing open. Interested since she'd been alone in there for two hours now, she smiled and said 'hi'. He had a great smile, friendly tone of voice and a rather different sense of style. Leather jacket, she recalled, definatly someone with cash. Not a usual guest at the 'Mat but well-appreciated, since alot of people just didn't take the pride to look good anymore.
He introduced himself as Don and asked if she needed any assistance with folding. Even though there were a few risque numbers in there, like a pair of lacy red panties and a red cami, she accepted the offer and sat down. The two discussed the economy and politics. Thats when the topic of Transgenics came about. He asked her if she believed that they really existed. Asha quickly thought of Max. In an act of jealousy, she said she knew one. The mans face brightened and instantly, she almost wished she hadn't said something. She did hate the fact Logan and her were together but she didn't hate Her, as a person. He continued though.
"I know a few myself." he replied, a reassuring grin on his face. "I work with them. They're remarkable, aren't they?"
"Remarkable, yeah. I guess so." He tilted his head in interest. She gave way to a sigh, dropping her 'tough girl' act. The guy wasn't so bad to talk to. And she didn't think she'd really ever see him again, so she talked. And talked. Talked about Max and Logan, the baby on the way and how she felt about it. His questions in reply weren't prying. He seemed to really care. So she gave him her number. He may have been 20 years older than her but a girl these days took what she could get. It was harmless right?
She never would have thought that months down the road she'd still be in contact with the guy. And doing things she would never do. But she couldn't turn him down. There was never a shadow of a doubt. Years of escaping the police and she gets blackmailed into serving some military commando, spying and destroying her friends lives. Screwing any chance she ever had with Logan up. It sucked.
One thing Asha knew she could pass down to future children of hers: Never trust strange men in laundromats.
***
It was morning but it didn't feel like it. The three had finally stopped running for awhile to rest in an empty freight train car that had been pulled off the tracks for repairs that obviously were never made. The air inside the boxcar was damp and frigid. Eva was bundled tightly in Alec's sweater but it didn't seem to keep her warm enough. Max slept only alittle while Alec kept watch. Things for Eva were becoming bleaker. Logan would have to be contacted and hired quickly. There was no time to lose. He tapped Max's arm to wake her.
"Hmmm..." Alec smiled watching Max wake up. It was like watching his first sunrise. Then the cold breeze hit him and brought him back to his senses. Darn it. Bliss was such a pleasant feeling, too.
"Give me a quarter." he asked as he took off his jacket, leaving him covered only with a tight black t-shirt. Max fumbled around her pockets for a second and pulled one out, handing it to him. "He won't hang up, will he?"
"Tell him Eva is sick. He won't hang up on you." Alec nodded, then appreciatively kissed her cheek. She moaned lightly and scooted him away with her hand. Her eyes fell on the jacket and shouted, "Alec, your coat!" With a grin Alec turned and looked at his girls.
"Stay warm. I'll be back." Running along the railroad tracks, Alec felt the cold hit him like a thousand knives. It never felt so good to be alive. To be happy. To be hunted. He was so sure things would finally be right again, that he didn't care a heartless old trainer from Manticore was hunting them down and trying to kill their child. Someone was watching over them. Maybe that God he heard about. Eva would live. Max would live. Alec would finally live, for the first time in his life. Life was go-......................
To Be Continued...
***
OH NO! If you want to know what has happened to Alec, what happens when Logan gets inside Manticore and how they make Lydecker leave them alone-forever-reviews will amp my writing! The story will go on, but not without your help. Trust me, I'll stop. I am very stubborn!!!!!!! : )
Reviews! I must have Reviews!
Press that purple button, guys! You must, you must, you must!
Or the purple button people eater will get you! (ok , that was alittle lame....) : )
: ( Actually, they aren't. They're still those retards Cameron and Eglee who were dumb and got rid of my favorite tv show!! No, I'm not bitter. Whatever made you think that?
Well, its been a lot of work fleshing out this stories plot. It seems it may continue on for at least five or six more chapters. Short though, chapters I mean. The typing wears on my hands, cause I have carpal tunnel in both. Thanks to all my loyal readers. I am so happy you have been following this. It gives me a sense of purpose to my writing. With your continued support, I may actually finish this! SO please, if you get a chance, write a review. I don't mind mean ones. I just love honesty. I ask all of you to Beta me!
Thanks again and so long......
Rated: PG
Plot: (for this chapter, folks) Max and Alec think up a plan to rid them of Lydecker and help Eva all at once.....Asha's POV, revealing a shocking plot twist.........and a capture at the very end - you'd never guess!
"Hopeful"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alec's thougts were running faster than his legs were carrying him. He had a plan but no way to convince Max it would work. Adrenaline coursed through his body. Intense as the situation was, he found it exciting being on the run again. Never felt the same way twice. He knew he couldn't share that with Max though, she'd probably just hit him on the head.
Thinking he was feeling things, someone grabbing at his chest, he looked down, finding himself meeting Eva's open, hazel eyes. His eyes felt blurry for a moment, his heart shredding his chest in two. It had to be something conjured up within his mind. Then again, nothing this good even happened in his dreams.
"Max, she's awake!" he said, triumphantly and halted running in front of an old, burnt down factory. Max recoiled her steps and came behind him, to see Eva's little face peeking out over his shoulder, a look of blank indecision on her face. Almost like she wanted them to tell her where she was. Dang, she was a smart child.
"Oh, Thank God!" Max cried. He had never heard Max thank God for anything before. How'd she even know He had anything to do with it? Life didn't suck all the ti- well, maybe He had alittle bit to do with it. Anyways, he didn't even care to think about it. Eva was awake but for how long?- no one knew. Except Lydecker. And he wasn't coming within five feet of his baby girl. Time to spring the plan on Max.
"I know this is bad timing," Alec said, starting it off with an apology to soften her mood. Except she caught on and gave him a mauling stare. "But we need a plan. Not just to save Eva but ourselves. Without us, she won't live at all."
"So, what? We hide." Hiding would have been his first choice if it wasn't Donald Lydecker they were dealing with. They probably were bugged with a neural transmitter, little bleeps on a computer screen. They needed a plan that could trap Lydecker as well. And he had the perfect spot.
"I don't know about you but I'd kind of like to get rid of this jerk once and for all." He knew he had hit the spot when Max had nothing to reply. "So here's what I suggest. We go to Manticore."
"Now you've really lost it, Alec. Go to Manticore? Thats your stupidest idea in the history of stupid ideas. No way am I going there." Max took Eva from him and stared him back in the face, "By the way, why?"
"Manticore kind of wants the guy dead....bada boom, he distracts most of Manticore's elite while we sneek in for some help." Alec could barely hide the proudness in his voice as he told Max the plan. It'd been a long time since Alec made a right move. Called the shots. He was the head honcho now. He was the leader. He was being hit on the head. "Hey!"
"And who the heck in Manticore would help us?" Dang, he thought with the stinging pain that was his brain, good point. He quickly thought of an option, something that sounded full-proof. Logan. He'd jump on the Space Needle to save Max and this kid. Maybe being friends with the glasses wearing computer nerd wasn't such a waste. Alec smiled.
"Logan." The guy looked like the kind of guy Manticore would hire. He could pass easily as a doctor or lab tech. Get Logan in Manticore, get Eva out of the woods. Then Max and Alec could finally start their lives together as a real family. Logan could find some nice blonde chick to settle down with, oh maybe with the first name Asha, and start his own family. Fairy tale ending. There was no way it could go wrong.
"I like the way you think," Max said, the glimmer of hope returning to her eyes. It comforted him to see her have faith again. He hadn't seen much of it latly. Not even in himself. Eva was bringing more than they bargained out of them. Alec gently caressed Max's cheek with his hand, rubbing away softly the stained tears on her cheeks. She was so beautiful. Maybe he should tell her. Maybe she knew. The way she smiled, the way she held him in her arms. He was a new man.
"I like the way you are," Max's tantalizing stare could have brought any other man to his knees. Sometimes, when they'd meet eyes at work, he'd see Max just standing there and he'd wonder to himself how such a person could affect him the way she did. He'd try to walk to her but he'd lose his strength. So maybe she did bring him to his knees. How could she not though? She was a dizzying display of beauty and intellect. And now they were alone, in the cold nights air. Max holding their child close to her bosom and smiling sweetly. Hopeful. Suddenly, he had one more thing to say.
"Whatever happens Max, I need to let you know something."
"Nothing will happen." she interrupted. Alec hesitated telling her 'no', in fear of losing her confidence. Instead he ignored her discrepancy.
"Whatever happens. I love you."
***
Asha tapped at the elevator button a few times in hopes it would take her to the bottom quicker, to get out of this place. The smell of expensive cologne, the marble flooring and that stupid stuck-up doorman who sneered at her as she left. The air inside the apartment building was colder than it was outside, that was for sure. And Logan had been drunk the night before. She caught it immediatly. What she caught even quicker was that Logan, who was shamelessly trying to hide his hangover, didn't want her there. The call had been some random act of desparity. And Asha knew why. Max must have left him. A sad grin subtly crossed her lips as Asha slipped her arms around her waist and stared to the ground. The job had been done.
What job, you may ask? It all started almost a year ago. Asha remembered it clearly. It was in the depths of night when a man had approached her in the Squeaky Clean Landromat two blocks past South Market. She was loading up her basket with a clean batch when she heard the door to the landromat swing open. Interested since she'd been alone in there for two hours now, she smiled and said 'hi'. He had a great smile, friendly tone of voice and a rather different sense of style. Leather jacket, she recalled, definatly someone with cash. Not a usual guest at the 'Mat but well-appreciated, since alot of people just didn't take the pride to look good anymore.
He introduced himself as Don and asked if she needed any assistance with folding. Even though there were a few risque numbers in there, like a pair of lacy red panties and a red cami, she accepted the offer and sat down. The two discussed the economy and politics. Thats when the topic of Transgenics came about. He asked her if she believed that they really existed. Asha quickly thought of Max. In an act of jealousy, she said she knew one. The mans face brightened and instantly, she almost wished she hadn't said something. She did hate the fact Logan and her were together but she didn't hate Her, as a person. He continued though.
"I know a few myself." he replied, a reassuring grin on his face. "I work with them. They're remarkable, aren't they?"
"Remarkable, yeah. I guess so." He tilted his head in interest. She gave way to a sigh, dropping her 'tough girl' act. The guy wasn't so bad to talk to. And she didn't think she'd really ever see him again, so she talked. And talked. Talked about Max and Logan, the baby on the way and how she felt about it. His questions in reply weren't prying. He seemed to really care. So she gave him her number. He may have been 20 years older than her but a girl these days took what she could get. It was harmless right?
She never would have thought that months down the road she'd still be in contact with the guy. And doing things she would never do. But she couldn't turn him down. There was never a shadow of a doubt. Years of escaping the police and she gets blackmailed into serving some military commando, spying and destroying her friends lives. Screwing any chance she ever had with Logan up. It sucked.
One thing Asha knew she could pass down to future children of hers: Never trust strange men in laundromats.
***
It was morning but it didn't feel like it. The three had finally stopped running for awhile to rest in an empty freight train car that had been pulled off the tracks for repairs that obviously were never made. The air inside the boxcar was damp and frigid. Eva was bundled tightly in Alec's sweater but it didn't seem to keep her warm enough. Max slept only alittle while Alec kept watch. Things for Eva were becoming bleaker. Logan would have to be contacted and hired quickly. There was no time to lose. He tapped Max's arm to wake her.
"Hmmm..." Alec smiled watching Max wake up. It was like watching his first sunrise. Then the cold breeze hit him and brought him back to his senses. Darn it. Bliss was such a pleasant feeling, too.
"Give me a quarter." he asked as he took off his jacket, leaving him covered only with a tight black t-shirt. Max fumbled around her pockets for a second and pulled one out, handing it to him. "He won't hang up, will he?"
"Tell him Eva is sick. He won't hang up on you." Alec nodded, then appreciatively kissed her cheek. She moaned lightly and scooted him away with her hand. Her eyes fell on the jacket and shouted, "Alec, your coat!" With a grin Alec turned and looked at his girls.
"Stay warm. I'll be back." Running along the railroad tracks, Alec felt the cold hit him like a thousand knives. It never felt so good to be alive. To be happy. To be hunted. He was so sure things would finally be right again, that he didn't care a heartless old trainer from Manticore was hunting them down and trying to kill their child. Someone was watching over them. Maybe that God he heard about. Eva would live. Max would live. Alec would finally live, for the first time in his life. Life was go-......................
To Be Continued...
***
OH NO! If you want to know what has happened to Alec, what happens when Logan gets inside Manticore and how they make Lydecker leave them alone-forever-reviews will amp my writing! The story will go on, but not without your help. Trust me, I'll stop. I am very stubborn!!!!!!! : )
Reviews! I must have Reviews!
Press that purple button, guys! You must, you must, you must!
Or the purple button people eater will get you! (ok , that was alittle lame....) : )