DISCLAIMER: Don't own DA, just the X1s. Will, X0-378, is the property of Western Blakehawke, whose stuff is definitely worth a read. Will is used with Blake's permission, but may not be written properly. In which case I give her permission to beat Ice up in her own fics.
PLEASE please please, please, please RnR
A/N: thoughts, "speech", --signals--
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"Hold your fire, and back to base. I'll handle this!" Ames ordered, in a tone which showed he meant business. Finn saw the back of Ice's neck.
"Shit, bro," he commented, moving towards Ice as the laser between his eyes was dropped. "I'll sort that out for you."
Max lowered the gun she had at Ames' head, but didn't thumb the safety on. She still didn't trust White, but if he was going to call his team off, albeit temporarily, she should offer him a little hostile hospitality. Alec and Fred went back to necking. Otto looked around confused, until Slim walked up and sorted out the cut to his head.
"We're transgenics, White. I'm part Deck, part you, part fuck-knows-what-else." Ice swore calmly as Finn put a proper dressing on the back of his neck. Normal looked up.
"Freaks! you're all freaks!"
"SHUT UP NORMAL!" came eighteen voices.
"I'm not a freak!" Otto intoned, walking over to where Normal stood. "Fancy a drink?"
Ames glared at Otto. "You're on duty, Agent!" he barked. "And we're..."
"Twenty miles from the nearest off licence," Mack offered.
"Yeah, what he said," Data agreed.
Ames glared at them. "Thank you," he replied, his voice like the grave. He hated working alongside transgenics, but for Will's sake and Ray's, and, he supposed for Ice's, since he'd quite liked the toddler his father had brought home, he'd let them go. Even, to his eternal self-disgust, 494 and 452. Goddess save him.
"Well, I think you owe me an explanation," Normal said, "or you cam kiss your sector passes goodbye. All of you. Golden boy excluded."
"Shut up, you idiot," Ames snarled. "You think I like this situatiion any more than you do?"
Normal opened his mouth to retort, but Ames glared at him. And that shuts me up Normal thought to himself.
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They'd made it back to the X1's place. Normal had been taken to a bar by Otto, and the pair had gotten so drunk they were now crashed out on the couch. Hopefully, they'd remember nothing at all in the morning. The other Ordinaries had called it a night and gone home. Ames was sat between Ice and Will. Alec and Fred had gone upstairs, while Finn was looking at a sample of Max's blood under a microscope, Max and Logan gazing lovestruck at each other across a firelit hearth. ames and Ice both glared at Dynamite when she commented on their resemblance. There was a knock at the door, and Data answered it. Stood there, badly injured and looking very tired, was Colonel Donald Lydecker.
Ice stood immediately, and blurred to the door just in time to catch the man who was truly his father. The human was exhausted, but still managed to say "Too easy to find, soldier," before lapsing into unconsciousness. ice carried him over to the third couch, while Toni went to find a spare cover for the Colonel. White looked surprised that Deck was still held in esteem by these transgenics, with their freedom and a leader of their own kind. Danni saw the look in Ames' eye and shrugged. "He taught Ice well enough that he could escape you. Without Ice, we'd be nothing. you'd have killed us months ago."
Ames looked shocked at the compliment. Danni smiled again. "Fancy a beer?"
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"EUREKA!"
Finn's cry woke up Otto and Normal, who both sat up, groaned, and laid back down again. Max looked at Finn, the hope in her eyes heart breaking. Finn nodded, tapping the syringe in his hand. "No touching for another twenty four hours," he warned, as he injected both Max and Logan with the antidote-vaccine he'd come up with. Then I'll test your blood again, Max. If it's clear, then it's a laster. You'll be free to get busy."
Max and Logan gave Finn a look. Finn shrugged, grinning, as Toni and Data came in from the kitchen with glasses of water for Otto and Normal. Ice had moved Deck to his room, and was keeping a bedside vigil with his father. Deck's mark on Ice was most obvious, in the younger man's eyes and in his face. The others left him to his watch. will, just as worried about Deck as Ice was, had gone to get Ray. She'd be returning with the boy in a couple of hours.
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END CHAPTER NINE
heh, cover all corners, methinks...
PLEASE please please, please, please RnR
A/N: thoughts, "speech", --signals--
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"Hold your fire, and back to base. I'll handle this!" Ames ordered, in a tone which showed he meant business. Finn saw the back of Ice's neck.
"Shit, bro," he commented, moving towards Ice as the laser between his eyes was dropped. "I'll sort that out for you."
Max lowered the gun she had at Ames' head, but didn't thumb the safety on. She still didn't trust White, but if he was going to call his team off, albeit temporarily, she should offer him a little hostile hospitality. Alec and Fred went back to necking. Otto looked around confused, until Slim walked up and sorted out the cut to his head.
"We're transgenics, White. I'm part Deck, part you, part fuck-knows-what-else." Ice swore calmly as Finn put a proper dressing on the back of his neck. Normal looked up.
"Freaks! you're all freaks!"
"SHUT UP NORMAL!" came eighteen voices.
"I'm not a freak!" Otto intoned, walking over to where Normal stood. "Fancy a drink?"
Ames glared at Otto. "You're on duty, Agent!" he barked. "And we're..."
"Twenty miles from the nearest off licence," Mack offered.
"Yeah, what he said," Data agreed.
Ames glared at them. "Thank you," he replied, his voice like the grave. He hated working alongside transgenics, but for Will's sake and Ray's, and, he supposed for Ice's, since he'd quite liked the toddler his father had brought home, he'd let them go. Even, to his eternal self-disgust, 494 and 452. Goddess save him.
"Well, I think you owe me an explanation," Normal said, "or you cam kiss your sector passes goodbye. All of you. Golden boy excluded."
"Shut up, you idiot," Ames snarled. "You think I like this situatiion any more than you do?"
Normal opened his mouth to retort, but Ames glared at him. And that shuts me up Normal thought to himself.
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They'd made it back to the X1's place. Normal had been taken to a bar by Otto, and the pair had gotten so drunk they were now crashed out on the couch. Hopefully, they'd remember nothing at all in the morning. The other Ordinaries had called it a night and gone home. Ames was sat between Ice and Will. Alec and Fred had gone upstairs, while Finn was looking at a sample of Max's blood under a microscope, Max and Logan gazing lovestruck at each other across a firelit hearth. ames and Ice both glared at Dynamite when she commented on their resemblance. There was a knock at the door, and Data answered it. Stood there, badly injured and looking very tired, was Colonel Donald Lydecker.
Ice stood immediately, and blurred to the door just in time to catch the man who was truly his father. The human was exhausted, but still managed to say "Too easy to find, soldier," before lapsing into unconsciousness. ice carried him over to the third couch, while Toni went to find a spare cover for the Colonel. White looked surprised that Deck was still held in esteem by these transgenics, with their freedom and a leader of their own kind. Danni saw the look in Ames' eye and shrugged. "He taught Ice well enough that he could escape you. Without Ice, we'd be nothing. you'd have killed us months ago."
Ames looked shocked at the compliment. Danni smiled again. "Fancy a beer?"
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"EUREKA!"
Finn's cry woke up Otto and Normal, who both sat up, groaned, and laid back down again. Max looked at Finn, the hope in her eyes heart breaking. Finn nodded, tapping the syringe in his hand. "No touching for another twenty four hours," he warned, as he injected both Max and Logan with the antidote-vaccine he'd come up with. Then I'll test your blood again, Max. If it's clear, then it's a laster. You'll be free to get busy."
Max and Logan gave Finn a look. Finn shrugged, grinning, as Toni and Data came in from the kitchen with glasses of water for Otto and Normal. Ice had moved Deck to his room, and was keeping a bedside vigil with his father. Deck's mark on Ice was most obvious, in the younger man's eyes and in his face. The others left him to his watch. will, just as worried about Deck as Ice was, had gone to get Ray. She'd be returning with the boy in a couple of hours.
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END CHAPTER NINE
heh, cover all corners, methinks...