11th to 23rd Nov 2003
Unwelcome Ties By Western Blakehawke.
Set after LATR. 2021.
Ames meets the first human looking transgenic. Alec is reunited with a sibling and takes a road trip.
Chapter 2
A few weeks later, before the events of Freak Nation.
Early evening.
Will's apartment in downtown Seattle.
Will returned from her work as a translator, for an import/ export firm. As usual she was attired entirely in black. When she occasionally wore a different colour it was always either dark green or dark blue, at least one item of her apparel was always black.
She had just sat down when her cell rang. "Will Wolfe." She answered. "Hi Logan." Listened. "Sure I'll be right over!" Will hung up the cell, grabbed her black leather jacket and gloves and headed for Logan's. She liked him, could see why Max had fallen for him. She only wished she knew how to cure the blasted virus.
She raced to the apartment building's underground garage and hopped on her new state of the art black motorbike, like all her kin she didn't bother with a helmet.
"X series transgenic, black leather jacket, motorbike….. It's become a cliché, but I couldn't resist, must be genetic!" She muttered to herself as she rode. She heard a helicopter. "Man I miss flying! Hmmm wonder if I could sweet talk someone into letting me borrow a plane or a copter, heck I'd even ferry passengers if it meant I could get in the air again….. I'll have to look into that tomorrow."
She swiftly arrived at her destination
Sandemann's old house, Logan's new home.
She parked and swiftly moved to the front door, which opened before she had the chance to knock, she entered.
"Hi Alec, so Logan called you too huh?" Will asked as they moved into Logan's study.
"Yep! If you need a job doing, if no one else can help and if you can afford him you call ALEC!" Was his smugly silly reply.
Will rolled her eyes, knowing that with Alec in this type of mood that it was gonna be a long night! "You misquoted." She dryly informed him, they were both ignoring Logan.
"What?" Alec replied confused.
"The quote is…. 'If you have a problem, if no one else can help and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-TEAM'" She responded grinning.
"Ahem!" Logan said, trying to get their attention, he waved the large envelope he was holding.
Both immediately focused upon him, playful banter forgotten.
"So what's the job Bosley?" Alec asked as he casually seated himself upon Logan's desk corner, only to hop off again at Logan's glare and pointed look at the vacant seat next to Will's. Grinning unrepentantly Alec took that chair.
"You've been drooling over Farrah Fawcett again, huh Alec." Will rhetorically asked, grinning.
"Hey, like you don't drool over Colonel McQueen from Space Above and Beyond." Alec responded. "A marine! A tank head!"
Logan quickly interrupted, knowing that if he allowed the conversation to continue, that they'd never get down to business, Will and Alec's banter could be more annoying than Max and Alec's arguing.
"Guys!" He yelled.
"What?" Both transgenics answered together.
"If I have your full attention….. Eyes Only has a job for you, very important, you need to go down to Florida and collect a very important package….." Logan started instructing them.
"Logan, you can quit the third person bit, I know that you're Eyes Only." Will casually stated, interrupting him.
"Ah … I work for Eyes just like you do." Logan replied.
"C'mon Logan, I figured it out after seeing my first broadcast and meeting you!" Will replied she had an incredibly obstinate expression on her face, she obviously was not about to be fobbed off.
"Dog with a scent." Alec quipped. "Or a bone."
Both Will and Logan ignored him.
"I know it's the truth so you might as well admit it, 'cause I'm not going to let up! I can be incredibly stubborn, Max has nothing on me!" Will warned Logan.
"She's right Logan! If you thought Max was stubborn, she's a push over compared to Will!" Alec advised him.
"I'm Will by name, strong willed by nature!" Will told them with a grin.
Logan looked from Will to Alec and back to Will, thought for about a minute, then sighing nodded. "How did you guess?"
Will shrugged. "I'm smarter than the average wolf!"
"Bear!" Alec responded grinning.
Will rolled her eyes. "I know it's bear, but I'm part wolf not bear so I altered it!"
"Like I altered the A-Team intro to suit me!" Alec suavely pointed out.
"Yeah, but it's an EO job so no payment." Will replied sarcastically.
"ENOUGH!" Logan bellowed.
"Geez Logan we're not deaf!" Alec said sarcastically.
"Yep, quite the opposite in fact!" Will agreed, nodding.
"One of the perks of being part cat or wolf….."
"To get back to the business at hand!" Logan said interrupting Alec and glaring at both of them.
Will and Alec looked at each other and shrugged, then turned their full attention back to Logan.
"You want us to collect an important package from Florida and bring it back here?" Will asked.
"No… Max told you about Ray right?" Logan responded.
"Sure, White's kid! You sent him to live with his maternal aunt." Alec replied.
Will nodded. "He's the package…. What happened to the aunt?"
"She was killed in a car crash a few days ago, a drunk driver luckily Ray was not in the car at the time." Logan informed them, he looked at Will. "It's unsafe for Ray to return to Seattle, and I can't risk placing him with ordinary parents….."
"You've done the paperwork… I'll pack up my stuff, sort out my affairs and be ready to leave by around nine tomorrow." Will replied immediately getting his drift. She knew that the flight would take well over six hours, she figured that Logan would have booked them on the earliest flight available which from her work she knew would be at around 10am. She stood up, and took the envelope Logan silently handed her.
"Wait a minute! You're gonna adopt Ames White's kid just like that!" Alec asked incredulously as he snapped his fingers. "You want to be tied to White through his kid?"
"Alec grow up!" Will told him sarcastically. "Ray's as much a pawn in other peoples games as we were!" Turns to leave and calls over her shoulder. "If you don't want to help me and Ray find a new hiding place, that's fine, I'll see you around little brother." Without another word she calmly walked from the room.
Alec looked after her dumbfounded, he then looked at Logan. "Were there two plane tickets in the envelope?" He asked.
"Yes everything that Will's going to need including Ray's currant whereabouts." Logan calmly replied.
"Damn it! Hey wait up sis!" Alec yelled and sprinted after her. He failed to catch her so he climbed upon his motorbike and raced after her.
Will's apartment.
Alec arrived at her apartment a couple of minutes after she did, he raced up the stairs and met her as she reached her door.
"You can help me pack and have first pick from the stuff I'll have to leave." Will calmly informed him as she unlocked her door, as if she never doubted that he would come after her.
Alec followed her into the apartment pouting. "You knew I'd follow you, that I'd help, how?" He sulked, as he flopped onto the sofa.
"C'mon kiddo, I've known you since birth, I can pretty much predict what all you X kids will do!" Will patiently told him. She walked over to her fridge and retrieved a can of cherry cola, she poured it into a tall glass, added ice-cubes and set it down in front of Alec.
Alec's sulky pout turned to a grin, when he tasted the drink.
"I knew that that drink would elicit a grin." Will grinned at him. "I'm well stocked on cherry cola, so you can take the lot, I know how addicted you are to the stuff!"
"Thanks!" He replied, happily sipping his drink.
"I'll take the rest of the food and stuff to Terminal City." She told him, as she entered her bedroom and began packing up her clothes.
Alec followed her, still sipping the cola. "Are those all the clothes you've got?" he asked, as he watched her empty the contents of a single door wardrobe and five tier chest of drawers onto her bed.
Will glanced at them. "Yep, I'm not a clothes kinda gal. Here!" She handed him a very strong large suitcase. "Start packing my books would ya!"
Alec looked at the very large and bulging bookcase. "Ah Will, you really need to travel light you know, I'm sure the kids at TC would appreciate something new to read."
Will gave him a look similar to the look that he would have gotten if he'd suggested to Max, that she should sell her bike.
Alec raised his hands in surrender, being careful not to spill his drink. "I'll start packing!"
Will sighed. "No you're right, start packing the food and stuff into carrier bags, they're in the drawer next to the fridge, I'll sort through my books after I pack my clothes."
Alec looked at the eclectic mix of factual and fiction books on the shelves. "They really will make a big improvement to the TC library, Jax will be thrilled to get them." He comforted Will.
"Yeah, she'll take good care of them." Will agreed grinning. "Lots of stuff for the kids to learn in those books, well at least they like learning, I hope none of them give Jax too much trouble in her classes. They need to learn more than just military stuff, they need a more rounded education."
Alec put down the now empty class and clapped. "Hey you're sounding like a parent already! Don't be too strict on the kid huh, he needs to have some fun!"
"That's what his Uncle Alec is for, I'm the parent, the disciplinarian and you're the fun, lets goof around uncle!" Will responded laughing.
"Mmmmm, Uncle Alec I like the sound of that, I'll get to do the fun stuff, but have none of the responsibilities! Sis, get a place with three bedrooms okay, so I can visit often!" Alec grinned at her.
"Sure, I want a place in the wilderness, I've been cooped up in the city for too long! Should be able to get a nice size place with some acreage, preferably with woods and a stream." Will said getting a distant look in her eyes.
After a moment Alec waved his hand in front of her face. "Earth to Will, come in Will!"
"What?" Will asked blinking, mind back in the present.
"We need to finish packing your stuff. Gee listen to me I sound responsible, I need more coke!" Alec complained and headed for the kitchen. "Hey Will, what's in the pan?"
"Stew, turn the heat on full and it'll be good to eat in twenty mins!" Will replied as she packed the last of her clothes and moved on to her books. "Mmm, sort in to fact and fiction then work from there." She muttered to herself.
"Good idea!" Alec called from the kitchen. "Oooh coffee cake!"
"Alec! No cake 'til after dinner!" Will yelled.
"Yes Mom!" Alec sarcastically replied and was about to help himself anyway, when his arm was caught in an iron grip. He jumped startled. "What…. How'd you move so fast!"
"Good genes." Will drolly stated and released his arm. "Plus as soon as you squealed oooh coffee cake, I moved!"
Alec pouted. "I didn't and don't squeal!" He stated, in a petulant tone as he glared at her.
She just started laughing, patted him on his arm and returned to her bedroom, after she picked up the cake.
"Awww Will you can leave the cake in here, I won't touch it 'til after dinner! Promise!" He called after the still laughing transgenic.
"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent!" Will quoted from her bedroom.
"Huh?" Alec was confused, then insulted. "Hey do you doubt my word?"
"After the way you sque….. said coffee cake? Yes!" She looked up from her books as Alec appeared in the doorway. "You wouldn't have to touch the cake you could eat it with a fork and still have kept your word." She dryly informed him.
A slight blush appeared on Alec's features. "How'd you guess?"
Will shrugged her shoulder and grinned. "It's what I would have done!"
Alec laughed then paused. "Damn I'm blushing again! Why is it that you can make me blush? No one else can!" He asked irritated.
"No idea." Will stated as she rapidly sorted through her books, only placing her most prized in the suitcase.
Alec, seeing that Will was not paying him any attention, wandered back into the kitchen and went back to packing tins and cartons.
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Alec answered it.
"Hi Max, O.C, Josh!" Will called from the bedroom.
Alec rolled his eyes and muttered "Wolves." He stood aside and allowed the others to enter he closed the door and led them into the kitchen.
"Mmmmm! What smells good?" Joshua asked sniffing the air in appreciation. He identified the source of the scent and ambled over to the stove.
"Careful Josh, it'll be hot!" Will warned as she entered. "The stew will be ready in about ten minutes, there's enough for everyone!" She grinned at Alec. "And there's coffee cake for desert."
"Blabbermouth." Alec moaned. "I planed on having the remains of the cake for breakfast!"
"You know Alec there's nothing more pathetic, than a fat cat." Will ragged him, tapping him on the stomach.
"Who's fat!" Alec grabbed her and they began to tussle playfully.
"Hey! You have guests!" Max sarcastically reminded them. "Alec quit monopolising Will!"
"Yeah suga! Your going to Florida with her, we aint!" Original Cindy added as she looked in the bags that Alec had already packed.
"Alec leaving too?" Joshua asked mournfully.
Will and Alec quit playing and both moved over to him. Will embraced him and Alec patted him.
"Hey I'm coming back!" Alec reassured him.
"Unfortunately!" Sarcastically slipped from Max's lips.
The others stared at her.
"Habit!" Max stated shrugging and holding up her hands in a defiant surrender.
They all laughed except Joshua, who hugged Will tighter.
"I'm gonna miss tiny fella!" He stated, using the nickname that he had given her the day they had met up again.
"I'll miss you too Josh!" Will replied, gently extricating herself from his hug, she smiled up at him. "You can help us pack, let me know what you want of my stuff, then the rest can go to T.C."
Three hours later.
They were seated around the kitchen table finishing off the coffee cake. They had decided to leave the cake for supper, Alec was out voted on the issue.
Will sighed and stretched. "Well that's everything packed, my rents paid up for the next two months, so if you know of anyone who can use the place, just make sure they leave it as they found it, fully furnished, no damage and you'll get the deposit back."
"How much?" Alec asked his eyes lit up whenever money was mentioned. "Ow!" He glared at Max.
"You care more about getting your grubby hands on Will's deposit than that she's leaving Seattle!" Max glared at him.
Will started laughing. "I'm going to miss these family get togethers, you and Alec are so funny when you squabble!"
They both turned their glares upon her and included Original Cindy who had joined in Will's laughter.
"Max, Alec has already made me promise to get a place big enough to house him on his visits." Will stated having reined in her mirth.
Max's jaw dropped. "He did?"
"Yep!" Will grinned at Max's response. "And I've still got the satellite phone Logan gave me, he directed in the instruction letter that I should keep it, since it's untraceable." She paused and looked at her family, O.C. had been given that status in Will's mind, after knowing her for about forty minutes.
"When we get settled, I'll call you, and you can visit anytime! Oh that reminds me, there's a job going at my old firm for a translator, I told the company that I might know someone who'd be ideal, that I'd give 'em a call and a covering letter, I typed it up ready, so if any of the X5's want the job, just have 'em fill in their name!"
Will went and retrieved the letter, returning to the table she handed it to Max.
"Thanks, I know the perfect guy for the job….. Henry." Max replied grinning as she took the envelope.
"Henry… Tactics and translation. Yep, he'd be perfect….. Max have you got his number?" Will asked.
"Yep." Dials her cell and hands it to Will.
"Thanks!" Will said nodding at her little sister. The cell rang a few times and was then picked up. "Henry, it's Will." Paused, listened, and rolled her eyes. "Yeah the werewolf, look I have to leave Seattle and that leaves my job vacant, I told my boss that I had the ideal replacement, I've written you a covering letter, and if you want the job I'll call Henderson and let him know." Listened for a few moments.
"Yeah, that's right, translating for an import/ export firm…. Good hours, good pay." Paused. "You want it... great, Max has the letter, I'll just add your name to it then call up Henderson, oh I had to leave Seattle to take care of a sick relative down south, you're an old classmate." Listened. "Wilhelmina, Will Wolfe, I told 'em that I don't use and hate being called Wilhelmina." Paused and listened.
"Nah I didn't give that many details, Henderson doesn't care, he'll test your abilities and when you pass he'll hire you, he basically only trusts his own judgement, so he doesn't like C.V.'s etcetera, but he's willing to try people personally recommended by other employees." Listened. "Thanks Henry, bye!" Will hung up and handed the cell back to Max.
"Thanks, I'm just gonna go call Henderson, I'll use the land line in my bedroom." She stated as she quickly left the kitchen.
Alec raised an eyebrow. "She wants to talk to him privately…. He'll listen to her recommendation…. Me thinks they had more than a boss/ employee relationship!"
From her bedroom. "Don't confuse my relationship with my boss, with your relationship with Normal!" Will yelled and shut the door on her kin.
This caused all but Alec to dissolve into fits of laughter.
"Hey suga, you don't need to be in no closet with us!" Original Cindy told the stunned transgenic.
"Normal…. Me!" Alec was at a loss for words for once.
"That's why you're his golden boy." Max purred.
Max and Cindy continued to tease him, whilst Joshua just laughed.
Alec was still in shock from the concept of him and Normal, when Will returned a minute or so later. She had been able to hear them through the door, she walked in and stood behind Alec and hugged him as he sat.
"This is definitely a first! You speechless!" She gently teased him, dropped a kiss on his head and returned to her seat.
Alec looked at her, his expression was shell shocked. "How… What…."
"Oh relax, I know that you're a rampant heterosexual! We all do!" Will assured him as she rolled her eyes. "You should know by now that I will return your banter, wisecracks and innuendo with equal or more force!"
"Yeah suga, we know that you are straight!" O.C added her assurance.
"You're a tom cat through and through!" Max's assurance was tinged with sarcasm.
"Yep a ladies man!" Joshua agreed.
"You need to call Normal, tell him you'll be gone for a few days." Max reminded Alec and rolled her eyes. "He won't give his golden boy any grief about an unscheduled vacation!" She added dripping sarcasm.
Alec ignored the comment and removed his cell from his pocket, he dialled quickly. "Hey Normal." Paused. "Yeah it's Alec, sorry to bother you at home, but a family emergency just came up, I need to go out of town for a week two at the most." Listened. "Will's going too, an elderly relative's going to need full time care so she volunteered, I'm going with her to help set up their place, apparently our Uncle Deck let it get into a right state, we hadn't seen him in years, but he's family so when Social Services contacted us…." Listened. "Thanks Normal, I'll tell my sister, bye."
"Tell me what?" Will asked.
Because of their similar colouring, personalities and obvious sibling attitude towards each other, Alec had introduced her to the Jam Pony crew and the staff and regulars at The Crash as his elder sister.
"That he thinks that you are an exemplary person and he would give you a reference should you need one." Alec quoted Normal, unconsciously mimicking him.
Will grinned at the answer.
"Not often I agree with Normal suga, but on this he is dead right!" Original Cindy commented and stood up. She went over to Will and they hugged. "I'm gonna miss ya suga!"
"I'll miss you too….. when I get my new place you come visit okay!" Will replied with equal feeling.
Joshua stood and gently engulfed both Will and O.C in his arms, Max and Alec quickly followed suit.
"You all are welcome to visit anytime!" Will assured her family.
They separated from the group hug reluctantly, especially Max, who was the last to break physical contact with Will.
"Call us at least once a week!" Max ordered.
"You have my word of honour." Will solemnly vowed.
"Do you have enough cash suga?" Original Cindy queried. "I got a bit put aside if you need it!"
"Thanks O.C, but I've got quite a stash hidden here and Eyes Only gave me some more and a credit card for emergencies." Will assured her. "Alec, you've been saying you want to get a better bike, so since I've seen you drooling over mine you can have it!"
"Thanks sis!" Alec yelled picking her up and twirling her around.
"Put me down you idiot!" Will said through her laughter, whacking him on the shoulders.
Alec complied after about a minute, gently setting her down.
The others were grinning at their antics.
"We've got to go Will, we'll take this stuff to T.C. tomorrow evening." Max said pointing to all the boxes and bags. "We'll borrow a car." She hugged Will one last time and swiftly headed for the door.
"Take care suga." Original Cindy told Will as she hugged her.
Joshua engulfed Will in a bear hug, lifting her off the floor. "Bye tiny fella, remember you call once a week."
"I will Josh." She replied as he reluctantly set her back on the floor.
He looked really mournful.
"Hey you can come visit after we get settled." Will reminded the gentle giant.
"You can count on it!" Joshua replied grinning, he then joined Max and O.C at the door and after he put on his crash helmet they left.
"Hey you'll see 'em again!" Alec comforted her, placing his arms around her. "We have a habit of turning up like bad pennies!" He reminded her.
"I know…. It's just that I've always felt responsible for you guys and I hate leaving you with Ames and his agency and the Familiars on your backs." Will replied leaning into his embrace.
"C'mon Will we did fine before we rescued you!" He smugly reminded her. "We'll be fine."
"Yeah…. I know you will!" She replied and sighing moved out of his arms. "As much as I'd love to stay in your brotherly embrace, I need to gather up my money and you need to go home and collect some things." She said and gave him a little push towards the door.
"Hey are you trying to get rid of me so I don't see the places were you like to stash cash?" Alec asked indignantly as he headed towards the door.
"No, I actually trust you. I just want to be alone for a bit and your leaving for your things, will give me that time." Will replied with complete honesty.
"I'll be no more than twenty five minutes, if you need longer I could come by in my car in the morning." Alec thoughtfully offered.
"Thank you for the kind offer bro, but twenty five minutes is all the time that I'll need." She replied and hugged him.
Alec returned the quick hug, then picking up his rucksack, that was now crammed full of cans of cherry cola, he left the apartment.
Will closed the door, and sat down on the sofa to look at the items in the envelope that Logan had given her.
A couple of minutes later.
After quickly absorbing the data in the envelope that Logan had given her, Will went into her bedroom, removed her cowboy boots and sank down on the king sized bed, she sat crossed legged, with her elbows resting upon her knees and her chin cupped in her hands.
"Manticore is no more yet I'm still doing what I was designed for. The one thing I didn't tell the kids and their, our ordinary friends was that I knew exactly why I was created. How could I tell my family that my purpose, the reason I exist, is to protect Sandemann's sons and any children they may have." She asked the stuffed bear in World War One flying gear that was seated on a pillow on the bed.
She picked up the bear, that she had named Murdoch; Alec had won him for her at a fair a few days after he had rescued her; and hugged him. "That I would be compelled to protect Ames even from them. Damn it! They're free, but I'm still a pawn. I tried to move against Ames in the forest, but my conditioning prevented it!"
Will stood up, placed Murdoch back on the bed and began going from hiding place to hiding place around her apartment, retrieving her money.
She finally sat down on the sofa in the lounge after collecting the last of the money, she knew exactly how much was there without counting it. "$5965 dollars, plus the $2000 Logan gave me plus." She retrieved her wallet. "$354.52 makes a grand total of $8319.52….."
Will's mind flashed to the letter contained in the envelope. "Logan can hack into a system and give me ownership of any suitable abandoned property I find. As long as no owners can be found his instructions said he'd put the property in my name."
She rolled her eyes and switched on the TV, to stop herself from continuing to think out loud. She flipped through the channels and knowing that an X-files episode would soon be running, settled down to watch it, while she awaited Alec's return.
Twenty seven minutes later.
Alec used his key to enter the apartment. He often crashed on Will's sofa bed.
"Hi honey, I'm home!" He yelled his customary greeting.
"Your dinner's in the wolf!" Will responded, as she always did, but did not move from the sofa.
Alec came into the lounge, he glanced at the TV, and seeing that it was the X-Files episode Shapes, turned to leave.
"Hey didn't realise you were drooling over your perfect mate, I'll be in the bedroom, you can have the couch!" He told her.
Will looked at him and shuddered in revolution. "Ugh! The only TV wolf/human combo I fantasise about is Sheriff Matthew Donner from Wolf Lake!" She informed Alec archly.
"He can't doesn't morph right?" Alec queried as he moved to the sofa and flopped down next to her.
"Right! So we have a lot in common, 'cause I can't flip, but can still understand wolves, communicate with 'em and I have all their heightened senses, strength etcetera." Will replied.
A dreamy look had come upon her face as she visualised Matt Donner, half naked in bed as he had been in an episode where he was shot. "He's my perfect mate!" She sighed.
"You know he's fictional right?" Alec asked, worried that she might have gone nuts.
"Like Leia." Will responded amused.
"Leia?" Alec stared at her.
"Alec you talk in your sleep!" She told him laughing.
"I don't!" Alec replied indignantly, glaring at her.
"Yes you do! You have some very interesting dreams!" Will responded, through her fit of giggles.
Alec blushed a deep red and just stared at her in shock.
Will regained control of herself and put her arm around her younger brother.
"Hey I will never reveal what you say in your sleep, not even under torture!" She reassured him. "I can keep a secret, besides it's nobodies business!"
"Yeah but what if I let out something important too……." He asked as the blush slowly faded.
"No you are unable to reveal anything that might harm your colleagues, even during sleep!" Will stated completely confident of the fact. "You were trained sublimely, not to reveal anything of great import!"
"Just embarrassing crushes huh?" Alec joked, back to his confident blasé self.
Will returned his grin.
"Just say your full designation out loud before you go to bed and you will be unable to talk about anything in your sleep!" she advised.
"I won't?" Alec was surprised at this snippet of information.
"Nope, part of our programming!" Will informed him. "I did mention it in my debriefing report."
"Yeah, Max said I should read it, but you know I've been busy……" Alec confessed, shrugging his shoulders and expecting a lecture.
"There's a copy on my laptop, you can read it on the flight." Will replied grinning.
"I'll do that." Alec confirmed relieved and surprised.
"You thought you were gonna get a lecture huh?" She accurately deduced, still grinning.
"Uh yeah." Alec replied, still not used to being read so easily by this particular Transgenic.
Will rolled her eyes. "Alec you are an adult, you get to make your own choices!" She paused and grinned. "Now I'm not saying that I'll never lecture you, but if I do it'll be for a darn more important reason than you not reading my debriefing."
Alec nodded at this. "Okay, fair enough! I only get a lecture from you if I do something really stupid right?"
"Right!" Will readily confirmed.
With that matter settled, both transgenics then turned their attention back to watching the last half hour of the X-Files. Will sat with her arm still around Alec, he had placed his arm around her shoulders as they talked, and Will rested her head upon his shoulder, as they relaxed in front of the TV.
"Will Mulder or Doggett?" Alec asked her over the end credits.
"What?" Will asked. "Oh which would I date easy Doggett. Your turn Scully or Reyes?"
"Mmmm that's a tough one, um Scully….. no Reyes….oh I don't know can't I date 'em both?" Alec replied grinning.
Will shrugged. "Sure why not."
"Mulder and Scully'd have a field day with us." Alec commented.
"Yep! We're the products of an honest to goodness government conspiracy!" Will replied grinning.
Alec started laughing.
"What?" Will asked confused by his mirth.
"Honest and goodness are hardly terms that I'd apply to Manticore or the American government!" Alec spoke through his laughter.
Will rolled her eyes and swiftly stood up, causing Alec to fall sideways on the couch, since, he had been leaning on her. He didn't bother to catch himself, and landed on the cushions.
Will shook her head at the still laughing transgenic. "Okay, that was slightly amusing. How many cans of cherry cola did you drink today?" She asked in concern. "You are definitely on a sugar high!"
Alec collected himself with an effort. "Um about ah, four." He replied, looking at her guiltily.
"Including the three cans you had here?" Will queried, narrowing her eyes.
"Okay, if you want to be pedantic, seven!" Alec replied with a pout.
"Why did Sandemann have to design us so that although we can not get drunk, we go loopy if we have too much sugar." She asked rhetorically.
"It's our kryptonite!" Alec yelled, leaping off the sofa and hopping about like an overactive three year old.
Will rolled her eyes and swiftly moved off to her bedroom to get some spare bedding and out of the way of the hyper transgenic. "Always kicks in about an hour after mass consumption." She muttered to herself.
Sounds of the theme song from the Tiny Toons comes from her lounge, Alec is singing loudly and off key. "We're tiny we're toony we're all a little loony…….." Alec continued to loudly sing.
"Alec!" Will yelled. "If you don't pull yourself together, down some coffee or do something to dilute the blasted sugar, I will be forced to knock you out!" She warned him.
"You're bossy you know that!" Was his manic response. He started chucking the sofa's cushions onto the floor, then flipped it out into his bed.
"When daggers are pointed at innocent hearts and muskets are ready to fire, when tyrants ride high and govern with fear and the forces of evil conspire, then from out of the night a hero must ride with a courage that even a mask won't disguise, they turn to a man called Zorro." Alec sang loudly as he used an umbrella and parried pretend foes. "One who's larger than life and defender of all he's this man whom the people acclaim, he's the one who strikes back for the poor and oppressed a hero who's name is Zorro, his name is Zorro!"
Will returned to the lounge, her arms full of bedding, dodging the still make believe fencing transgenic.
"God, Alec you murdered that song!" Will complained. "Would you quit fencing!"
Alec pouted at her and dropped the umbrella on the floor.
"Thank you!" Will told him sarcastically.
"Hey do you think that Logan wanted to be Zorro when he was a kid?" Alec asked grinning as he sat himself on the sofa bed and stated bouncing. "Cept we can see his eyes, it's the only part of his body you can see!"
"Here!" Will said, ignoring Alec's query and shoving the items into his arms. "I'm gonna make you a pot of black coffee and you are going to drink the lot!"
Alec pouted. "Don't want coffee! I want cola!"
Will glared at him. "You are going to consume the coffee if I have to pour it down your throat!" She all but growled at him, before spinning around and heading for the kitchen.
Alec stood up and followed her, still carrying the bedding. "But Willlll." He whined. "If I drink a whole pot of black coffee, I'll be up all night!"
"Crap!" Was her blunt response. "You're a transgenic, caffeine does not keep you awake, the only thing it does for you is taste pleasant!"
"Still don't wanna drink it!" He replied sulkily pouting, sounding and looking like a petulant toddler. He turned on his heel and swiftly left the kitchen, dumped the bedding upon the sofa bed, flopped onto it, grabbed the TV remote and began flipping channels.
"I am not going to kill him, I'll regret it if I do, I'll get the guilt's, I am not going to kill him no matter the goad! I am strong I can resist the urge to snap his annoying neck!" Will muttered this mantra to herself over and over as she made the coffee.
Two minutes later.
Will entered the lounge carrying a huge mug of black coffee, Alec was still flipping through the channels, he ignored Will as she placed the drink on the table next to him.
"Alec either down all the coffee I made, or you don't get the bike." She calmly informed him.
Alec looked at her shocked. "That's not fair!" He moaned.
"No what isn't fair is me being stuck on a plane tomorrow, with a hyper active transgenic!" She archly responded.
"I wont b…." Alec started to speak.
"Yes you will be, tomorrow you'll crave sugar, unless we nip it in the bud by your drinking all the damn coffee!" She told him, no longer in the mood to argue further she took a step forward.
Alec correctly reading the determination on the tiny transgenics face hastily picked up the mug and started to drink.
Will watched him like a hawk as he drank each refill, from two pots of coffee. Finally Will nodded. "Okay, that should curb if not stop the cravings." She stated and took the mug into the kitchen.
"Man Will, I feel ill!" Alec moaned, as he lolled on the sofa bed.
"It's psycho-somatic!" Was her unconcerned response.
Alec just groaned, holding his stomach, with one hand, the other on his forehead as she walked over to the sofa bed.
"Alec, I know exactly what an X5 can handle, it won't work on me." Will drolly informed him.
Alec opened his eyes and stared at her for a few moments, then realising that his theatrics, were not going to work, he jumped off the sofa bed. "Okay lets get this bed made!" He stated as if he hadn't just supposedly been at death door.
Will ignored the lightning fast recovery and they grabbed a sheet and swiftly made up the bed.
"Military corners just like we were taught!" Alec quipped as he looked at his bed. "Manticore would be so proud!"
"Yep, I get first go in the bathroom!" Will called as she sprinted for it.
"Wha…!" Alec started to say. What Will had said hit him and he joined in the sprint, arriving at the bathroom door to have it slammed in his face. "Hey Will!" He yelled pounding on the door. "I'm a guest! This aint very hospitable!" He complained.
"Tough!" She replied and then proceeded to ignore his mutterings about her poor treatment of guests.
After a minute, Alec realised he couldn't guilt Will into letting him use the bathroom first, so he slouched back to the living room.
Three minutes later she emerged, grinned at Alec and headed for her room.
"About time!" He grouched as he entered the bathroom.