Disclaimer: Blah. See chapter 1.
A/N: Well I'm back! I had a great holiday, AND lived through my first week
back at school without getting too stressed out :) Yay! I'll try to update
as often as possible, but I can only do my best. Unfortunately homework
comes first :( Oh well, here's chapter 4 - Enjoy!
Seattle, 2021 Sebastian's Lab 3:45 AM
I yawn quietly and stretch, hoping to ease my aching muscles. I've been working on this damn virus for a week now, and I think I'm close to working it out. I can understand easily why Sebastian had trouble with curing it. Don't get me wrong, he's a smart guy - probably smarter than me - but he's never dealt with Manticore technology before. It really is different. Not more complicated, just different.
So here I am. If I didn't have to perform with the band tomorrow, I'd be finished with the virus cure by tomorrow night. All I need is some blood samples from Max and Logan. Alas, girl's gotta make a living. And although I rarely have to sleep, I think I'd better now - Meech is coming to pick me up at 8:00 AM. I yawn again, and slowly walk toward Sebastian's guestroom.
Seattle 2021 Sebastian's 2nd guest room 6:04 AM
I sit and watch Max sleep. I love to do this when I can't sleep myself. If only I could touch her - No, I can't think like that! Six says that the virus cure is almost ready, and I hope I can trust her in this. It seems to be one of those situations that you just have to blindly trust somebody, because it's the only way to get what you really want. It's strange, because Six reminds me so much of Max. Ever since the whole comforting incident, she avoids me like the plauge. She just does not want to know at all, and I can't really balme her. I mean, to have a strange person comforting you when you have a nightmare must be pretty weird to her. I don't know, it just seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
I am broken out of my reverie by Max moaning. And not in a good way. She seems to be upset about something, and whatever it is, it's just getting worse. I have to consciously stop myself from reaching out and holding her, helping to stop the pain. Oh God, she's seizing. Crap! She's not awake, and I have to give her some tryptophan! I run into Six's room, debating with myself how wise it would be to wake her up. I come to the conclusion that I have to help Max, and so I shake Six.
"Six! Wake up!" I whisper.
"Wha." Six's eyes focus, and her expression hardens. "What do you want?" She snaps.
"I'm sorry" I pause. "Max is seizing, and I can't help her. I just thought you could help." I trail off sadly.
Six jumps up worriedly. "OK, let's go!"
Seattle, 2021 Sebastian's 2nd guestroom 7:36 AM
I open my eyes slowly, wincing at the light entering the room. I know that I must have been seizing earlier, because I have a killer headache. A little moan escapes my lips, and I eventually get my eyes open fully. I start when I realise that I am not the only person in my bed. I turn over slowly, hoping not to find a dead Logan. I shudder at the idea.
But no. The person lying beside me is Six. Strangely enough I don't feel the need to jump out of bed, away from her. Maybe it's because I know that she is the child of one of my "siblings" - possibly even one of my unit. The idea if that excites me. I could actually be an auntie! And despite the fact that I know Six has emotional walls to break down, I would love to be her aunt. I understand her - the way she pushes people away, the way she needs to be independent. I totally get it.
I turn around fully and watch Six sleep. It strikes me how young she really is. During the day she's all kick-ass chick - needs no-one's help and all. When she's sleeping though, she looks like a little kid. Although she is 16, she doesn't really look that old - physically anyway. She looks about 13, 14 - max. But I suppose Manticore wanted someone innocent looking to read people's emotions, and so used DNA from a small X5. I guess it makes sense.
As I am thinking, Six awakes. She looks at me quizzically, and smiles.
"I was going to ask if you wanted me to leave." She says, amiling. "But I guess you don't really mind, huh?"
At first, I am shocked. How does she know.? Then I realize. I smirk at her. "I guess not." I answer her question. "However, "I pause, grinning. "Don't you have a performance to go to?"
Six's smile drops. "Uh, yeah." She slowly gets out of my bed, and turns around grinning. "If you wanna know why I was here, ask Logan." She pauses, then adds solemnly "The cure will be ready soon. I just need blood samples from you and Logan." She then turns and leaves.
I am surprised really. I mean, I knew she could cure it if she wanted to, but it just all seemed unreal. Now it's like someone has turned a light on. I'll be able to touch Logan soon! I smile, then a thought crosses my mind. Why was Six in my bed this morning?!
Seattle, 2021 The Crash 9:06 PM
I cannot believe how crappy my life really is. I stare into my beer, feeling sorry for myself. I know it's stupid, but I kinda hoped that after the whole virus thing, Logan might even CONSIDER dating me! But no! No Logan for Asha! Ugh!
It's just not fair. I would make such a better girlfriend than Max. She's so. Unreliable, so young, so. Annoyingly brilliant and beautiful. OK, so maybe they belong together or whatever. But it's still not fair.
I guess I should try and forget about Logan, and enjoy my night. I start to pay attention to the band. The (Very young) Lead singer and guitarist is strumming the start of a new song. I don't know what it is about her, but she's very. haunting. Yeah, that's the word. Beautiful, yet you can see the sorrow in her rainy-day blue eyes. I pay attention to the song she's playing.
You can make me free You can make me smile You can make me be Like a little child
You can melt the ice that chills my body You can dry my every tear You make the lonely hours disappear
You can make me free You can make me rise You can make me see So open up my eyes Don't you know my only real moments Are the ones I spend with you How I long to drink some wine again with you
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with its heart full of song Won't you color my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song Won't you cover my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song Won't you cover my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
Whoa! It's like this girl just read my mind! I shake my head. No, that's impossible.
Seattle 2021 South Market Street 2:01 AM
God am I tired. I didn't expect to be performing for so long tonight, but the crowd just kept wanting more. The annoying thing is that I was hoping to get Max and Logan's blood samples before they went to bed, but I guess I'll have to wait till morning. Damn.
I walk slowly through Sebastian's place, and go to sit in the lab. I don't really have anything that I can do, so I just sit there thinking. I desperately want to know who my parents are, but I have to wait. Max said she'd try and find out, but really, how's she supposed to find out. Logan said he'd try to hack into Manticcore's infrastructure to find out, but I know that will take awhile.
I just want to know who they are. I want to know whether there is any possibility that someone could love me, and I guess that parents are the best place to look, right? I sigh. It's just so annoying. I mean, normal people get to know who their parents are. Well most of them anyway. Normal kids grow up not realising how lost they'd be if they didn't know who their parents were. Geez, it just doesn't seem that much to ask!
At that thought I start to cry quietly. I usually don't cry. Ever. But it just hurts so much, I can't help it.
Seattle 2021 Outside Sebastian's lab 3:31 AM
I can't believe what I'm seeing. I'm standing outside my lab, watching Six cry. Not like the child she is, but silently shaking, tears running down her cheeks. I don't know what to do. I know she'd drop-kick me to the end of Seattle if I walked in on her, so I head off to find Max.
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Seattle, 2021 Sebastian's Lab 3:45 AM
I yawn quietly and stretch, hoping to ease my aching muscles. I've been working on this damn virus for a week now, and I think I'm close to working it out. I can understand easily why Sebastian had trouble with curing it. Don't get me wrong, he's a smart guy - probably smarter than me - but he's never dealt with Manticore technology before. It really is different. Not more complicated, just different.
So here I am. If I didn't have to perform with the band tomorrow, I'd be finished with the virus cure by tomorrow night. All I need is some blood samples from Max and Logan. Alas, girl's gotta make a living. And although I rarely have to sleep, I think I'd better now - Meech is coming to pick me up at 8:00 AM. I yawn again, and slowly walk toward Sebastian's guestroom.
Seattle 2021 Sebastian's 2nd guest room 6:04 AM
I sit and watch Max sleep. I love to do this when I can't sleep myself. If only I could touch her - No, I can't think like that! Six says that the virus cure is almost ready, and I hope I can trust her in this. It seems to be one of those situations that you just have to blindly trust somebody, because it's the only way to get what you really want. It's strange, because Six reminds me so much of Max. Ever since the whole comforting incident, she avoids me like the plauge. She just does not want to know at all, and I can't really balme her. I mean, to have a strange person comforting you when you have a nightmare must be pretty weird to her. I don't know, it just seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
I am broken out of my reverie by Max moaning. And not in a good way. She seems to be upset about something, and whatever it is, it's just getting worse. I have to consciously stop myself from reaching out and holding her, helping to stop the pain. Oh God, she's seizing. Crap! She's not awake, and I have to give her some tryptophan! I run into Six's room, debating with myself how wise it would be to wake her up. I come to the conclusion that I have to help Max, and so I shake Six.
"Six! Wake up!" I whisper.
"Wha." Six's eyes focus, and her expression hardens. "What do you want?" She snaps.
"I'm sorry" I pause. "Max is seizing, and I can't help her. I just thought you could help." I trail off sadly.
Six jumps up worriedly. "OK, let's go!"
Seattle, 2021 Sebastian's 2nd guestroom 7:36 AM
I open my eyes slowly, wincing at the light entering the room. I know that I must have been seizing earlier, because I have a killer headache. A little moan escapes my lips, and I eventually get my eyes open fully. I start when I realise that I am not the only person in my bed. I turn over slowly, hoping not to find a dead Logan. I shudder at the idea.
But no. The person lying beside me is Six. Strangely enough I don't feel the need to jump out of bed, away from her. Maybe it's because I know that she is the child of one of my "siblings" - possibly even one of my unit. The idea if that excites me. I could actually be an auntie! And despite the fact that I know Six has emotional walls to break down, I would love to be her aunt. I understand her - the way she pushes people away, the way she needs to be independent. I totally get it.
I turn around fully and watch Six sleep. It strikes me how young she really is. During the day she's all kick-ass chick - needs no-one's help and all. When she's sleeping though, she looks like a little kid. Although she is 16, she doesn't really look that old - physically anyway. She looks about 13, 14 - max. But I suppose Manticore wanted someone innocent looking to read people's emotions, and so used DNA from a small X5. I guess it makes sense.
As I am thinking, Six awakes. She looks at me quizzically, and smiles.
"I was going to ask if you wanted me to leave." She says, amiling. "But I guess you don't really mind, huh?"
At first, I am shocked. How does she know.? Then I realize. I smirk at her. "I guess not." I answer her question. "However, "I pause, grinning. "Don't you have a performance to go to?"
Six's smile drops. "Uh, yeah." She slowly gets out of my bed, and turns around grinning. "If you wanna know why I was here, ask Logan." She pauses, then adds solemnly "The cure will be ready soon. I just need blood samples from you and Logan." She then turns and leaves.
I am surprised really. I mean, I knew she could cure it if she wanted to, but it just all seemed unreal. Now it's like someone has turned a light on. I'll be able to touch Logan soon! I smile, then a thought crosses my mind. Why was Six in my bed this morning?!
Seattle, 2021 The Crash 9:06 PM
I cannot believe how crappy my life really is. I stare into my beer, feeling sorry for myself. I know it's stupid, but I kinda hoped that after the whole virus thing, Logan might even CONSIDER dating me! But no! No Logan for Asha! Ugh!
It's just not fair. I would make such a better girlfriend than Max. She's so. Unreliable, so young, so. Annoyingly brilliant and beautiful. OK, so maybe they belong together or whatever. But it's still not fair.
I guess I should try and forget about Logan, and enjoy my night. I start to pay attention to the band. The (Very young) Lead singer and guitarist is strumming the start of a new song. I don't know what it is about her, but she's very. haunting. Yeah, that's the word. Beautiful, yet you can see the sorrow in her rainy-day blue eyes. I pay attention to the song she's playing.
You can make me free You can make me smile You can make me be Like a little child
You can melt the ice that chills my body You can dry my every tear You make the lonely hours disappear
You can make me free You can make me rise You can make me see So open up my eyes Don't you know my only real moments Are the ones I spend with you How I long to drink some wine again with you
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with its heart full of song Won't you color my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song Won't you cover my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
I can take to the skies I can soar like a bird with his heart full of song Won't you cover my eyes I've been waiting so long
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
And if I must wait a lonely lifetime Until I am with you, my love I will wait but you'll be what I'm dreamin' of
You can make me free You can make me cry You can make it so much better If you would only try
Whoa! It's like this girl just read my mind! I shake my head. No, that's impossible.
Seattle 2021 South Market Street 2:01 AM
God am I tired. I didn't expect to be performing for so long tonight, but the crowd just kept wanting more. The annoying thing is that I was hoping to get Max and Logan's blood samples before they went to bed, but I guess I'll have to wait till morning. Damn.
I walk slowly through Sebastian's place, and go to sit in the lab. I don't really have anything that I can do, so I just sit there thinking. I desperately want to know who my parents are, but I have to wait. Max said she'd try and find out, but really, how's she supposed to find out. Logan said he'd try to hack into Manticcore's infrastructure to find out, but I know that will take awhile.
I just want to know who they are. I want to know whether there is any possibility that someone could love me, and I guess that parents are the best place to look, right? I sigh. It's just so annoying. I mean, normal people get to know who their parents are. Well most of them anyway. Normal kids grow up not realising how lost they'd be if they didn't know who their parents were. Geez, it just doesn't seem that much to ask!
At that thought I start to cry quietly. I usually don't cry. Ever. But it just hurts so much, I can't help it.
Seattle 2021 Outside Sebastian's lab 3:31 AM
I can't believe what I'm seeing. I'm standing outside my lab, watching Six cry. Not like the child she is, but silently shaking, tears running down her cheeks. I don't know what to do. I know she'd drop-kick me to the end of Seattle if I walked in on her, so I head off to find Max.
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