Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters or plot. All the
new characters are mine though!
Pairing: MA eventually, CA friendship
"Okay, grasshoppers, we're gonna do some Bruce Lee style Kung Fu moves." Said Hazel whist doing a jumping roundhouse with the Kung Fu movie sound effects whilst the X7s and X8s watched having no clue what she was on about. "You know." she tried to elaborate whilst doing more exaggerated Kung Fu moves, "Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan?" she said coming to a sudden halt and saying, "Okay, we're gonna have to take a session when we watch these movies or else you're all gonna be sadly deprived. Anyways people, just repeat what I do." She then went into a sequence of moves when Chloe came running up to her. "What's the rush Chloe? You're all ruffled." Asked Hazel whilst indicating to the others to carry on practising. "Seriously, what's the matter? Why are you so agitated?" she asked.
"Alec knows." Stated Chloe simply.
"Knows what? I'm sure he knows quite a few things. We have an IQ of 195, ya know." Said Hazel smiling but then she stopped as soon as she saw the look on Chloe. "What the hell is it Chloe?"
"He knows about Jophiel?" She replied quietly.
"I know he knows. He's the one who helped me sneak in to see him. Remember?" said Hazel turning around when Chloe caught her by the arm.
"Are you being stupid by purpose?" she said shaking the X5 slightly.
"What? No." said Hazel looking at her curiously, "Will you just spit it out?"
"Alec.has.worked.out.that.he.is.the.father." Chloe said slowly as if she was talking to a child.
"What?" she said suddenly choked.
"It's not the worst of it, babes." Said Chloe half hugging her friend.
"Do I want to know?" asked Hazel putting her head in her hands.
"Max knows as well." She said watching her friend carefully.
"Great. So Tomcat and the Queen of Sheba both know. Anyone else I should know about?" said Hazel sighing loudly.
"No, babes, no one else. But I think you've got enough to deal with. Ooh, here comes our favourite man. See ya." Said Chloe quickly while she quickly ran off.
"Chlo, wait." Said Hazel and then quietly, "Don't leave me."
"Hey Hazel." Said Alec awkwardly.
"Hey Tomcat." She relied whilst moving to the class again.
Alec smiled at the nickname and said quietly, "I need to talk to you 'bout something."
"Can it wait, it's just I got this class and then another." Said Hazel quickly.
"After that?"
"Yeah I'm free." Replied Hazel frowning.
"I'll speak to you then." Replied Alec whilst walking backwards towards HQ slowly.
"Crap." Said Hazel under her breath.
As the sun was saying goodbye and making way for the moon, her rays soared the sky, red and yellow. Upon the high place sat a sole transgenic watching the sun go down and soon she was joined by someone else.
"I've been looking for you for a while now." Said Alec as he took a seat next to Hazel.
"Oh, I just didn't want to miss the sunset today." Said Hazel, "and I needed to think 'bout stuff."
"Oh right." Was all Alec could think to say.
"So, you wanted to talk to me 'bout something?" asked Hazel pretending she didn't know what it was gonna be about.
"It's about us actually. You know, back at manticore us." Said Alec uneasily.
"Oh really." Said Hazel gulping heavily.
"Yeah, well.err.you know when I was assigned to Max?" said Alec and he saw Hazel nod so he carried on, "Well, were you assigned anyone else?"
"Why d'you want to know all of a sudden?" asked Hazel quietly whilst looking at the setting sun.
"Just 'cos." He said simply looking at her.
Hazel took her time before saying, "No."
"What?" asked Alec even though he heard what she said.
"No, I didn't have another breeding partner after you. You were my only one." Said Hazel still not looking at him but at her feet.
"So, Jophiel?" said Alec near speechless.
"Is yours." Said Hazel finishing Alec's statement, "Was yours."
They both sat there in silence when Hazel found herself engulfed within Alec's arms. "Why didn't you tell me?" whispered Alec so quietly it was as if he just breathed it out.
"You were busy." Was Hazel's simple response.
"What? All those time I helped you to sneak in and see him. You couldn't have told me then?" said Alec holding her by the shoulders lightly.
"Alec, why do you think I asked you to help?" she asked matter-of-factly.
"Because I was your CO." said Alec without missing a step.
"No, because then you could spend time with him without being weird around me." Said Hazel turning herself fully to him.
"But you didn't tell" said Alec but was interrupted by Hazel, "Did you love him?"
"What?" said Alec just as quickly.
"One of the times we went to see him, you said you loved him. You said that no one could not love him. That he was perfect." Said Hazel looking at him straight in the eye, "Did you mean it?"
"Of course I meant it." He replied and said more seriously, "I did love him Hazel."
"Then that's all that matters." Said Hazel turning to look at the sky again.
"But." said Alec not knowing what to say.
"But what? Tell me Alec that you wouldn't have acted differently. Go on, tell me." Said Hazel getting angry.
"Well, I don't know. I don't think I would have." Said Alec ineptly.
"You loved him while he was alive and that's all that matters, Alec. Can we just not talk about it now?" said Hazel sighing.
"Yeah sure." Sighed Alec.
"Umm, I wanna take off a couple of days." Said Hazel looking at the moon now.
"When?" asked Alec tiredly.
"Tomorrow and day after. I know it's short notice but I really need those days off." Said Hazel looking at him through the corner of her eye.
"Why?" asked Alec.
"Just 'cos." Repeated Hazel.
"You're gonna need a better excuse than that. Mole and Max need to check any time offs first." Said Alec conversationally.
"I'm in heat." Said Hazel quietly but Alec heard her.
"I can't smell you." Said Alec after a while.
"It's early yet. I can feel it before you can sense it." Said Hazel bluntly.
"Yeah okay then." Said Alec, "There's a derelict building X5s use when they're in heat. I'll show it to you tomorrow."
"Okay then." Said Hazel standing up, "Alec?"
"Yeah, Hazel?" replied Alec.
"You need your rest as well. Go to sleep now. You'll feel better for it tomorrow..." Said Hazel squeezing his shoulder warmly and then said quietly to herself, ".Tomcat." Alec heard and smiled. Later, he soon followed and went to his apartment.
"Medium Fella, why are you here?" said Joshua rushing over to him, "Are you hurt?"
"Big Fella, I'm fine and I live here, why shouldn't I be here?" asked Alec.
"You never come home nowadays. I just thought.but it doesn't matter. Joshua is glad Alec is here. Joshua will take care of Medium fella whilst he rests." Said Joshua leading Alec to their second-hand sofa.
"Thanks Josh. I just need to sleep. I think I'll just crash on the sofa." Said Alec truly grateful.
"Okay Alec. Joshua will be here."
"'K Josh. G'night."
"Good night, Alec." Said Joshua watching his friend fall asleep. Joshua, having lived with Alec for a few months, knew that one of the reasons he doesn't go to sleep is because he's afraid of his nightmares so he sits with him until he falls asleep. "Sweet dreams, medium fella."
The next day, it seemed HQ was the place to be. Mole sat on a chair cleaning his favourite Glock pistol.
"Hey, sweet cheeks." Said Alec as he straddled a chair opposite to his transhuman friend.
"What is it Alec?" said Mole straight away.
"Is there any females in heat down by Hot Row?" he asked.
"Three, four maybe. Why?" said Mole putting down his pistol.
"Hazel thinks she gonna go into the phase. I was gonna take her today. Just checkin' if I was gonna need any tranquillisers." Said Alec getting up from his chair.
"Be careful, pretty boy. You know how they get all hot and bothered round you." Said Mole handing over the tranquilliser gun.
"It comes with looking this good, princess. What else can I say?" said Alec as he walked out of HQ.
He bumped into Max, "Sorry, Maxie."
"Hey Alec, what are you doing today. Wanna hang out. OC and Sketch are going soon aren't they?" said Max uncharacteristically smiling.
"Sorry Maxie. Got a couple of errands to run. But we'll catch up later." He replied flashing her a sweet smile and headed off to Hazel's apartment, leaving Max to watch on.
Pairing: MA eventually, CA friendship
"Okay, grasshoppers, we're gonna do some Bruce Lee style Kung Fu moves." Said Hazel whist doing a jumping roundhouse with the Kung Fu movie sound effects whilst the X7s and X8s watched having no clue what she was on about. "You know." she tried to elaborate whilst doing more exaggerated Kung Fu moves, "Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan?" she said coming to a sudden halt and saying, "Okay, we're gonna have to take a session when we watch these movies or else you're all gonna be sadly deprived. Anyways people, just repeat what I do." She then went into a sequence of moves when Chloe came running up to her. "What's the rush Chloe? You're all ruffled." Asked Hazel whilst indicating to the others to carry on practising. "Seriously, what's the matter? Why are you so agitated?" she asked.
"Alec knows." Stated Chloe simply.
"Knows what? I'm sure he knows quite a few things. We have an IQ of 195, ya know." Said Hazel smiling but then she stopped as soon as she saw the look on Chloe. "What the hell is it Chloe?"
"He knows about Jophiel?" She replied quietly.
"I know he knows. He's the one who helped me sneak in to see him. Remember?" said Hazel turning around when Chloe caught her by the arm.
"Are you being stupid by purpose?" she said shaking the X5 slightly.
"What? No." said Hazel looking at her curiously, "Will you just spit it out?"
"Alec.has.worked.out.that.he.is.the.father." Chloe said slowly as if she was talking to a child.
"What?" she said suddenly choked.
"It's not the worst of it, babes." Said Chloe half hugging her friend.
"Do I want to know?" asked Hazel putting her head in her hands.
"Max knows as well." She said watching her friend carefully.
"Great. So Tomcat and the Queen of Sheba both know. Anyone else I should know about?" said Hazel sighing loudly.
"No, babes, no one else. But I think you've got enough to deal with. Ooh, here comes our favourite man. See ya." Said Chloe quickly while she quickly ran off.
"Chlo, wait." Said Hazel and then quietly, "Don't leave me."
"Hey Hazel." Said Alec awkwardly.
"Hey Tomcat." She relied whilst moving to the class again.
Alec smiled at the nickname and said quietly, "I need to talk to you 'bout something."
"Can it wait, it's just I got this class and then another." Said Hazel quickly.
"After that?"
"Yeah I'm free." Replied Hazel frowning.
"I'll speak to you then." Replied Alec whilst walking backwards towards HQ slowly.
"Crap." Said Hazel under her breath.
As the sun was saying goodbye and making way for the moon, her rays soared the sky, red and yellow. Upon the high place sat a sole transgenic watching the sun go down and soon she was joined by someone else.
"I've been looking for you for a while now." Said Alec as he took a seat next to Hazel.
"Oh, I just didn't want to miss the sunset today." Said Hazel, "and I needed to think 'bout stuff."
"Oh right." Was all Alec could think to say.
"So, you wanted to talk to me 'bout something?" asked Hazel pretending she didn't know what it was gonna be about.
"It's about us actually. You know, back at manticore us." Said Alec uneasily.
"Oh really." Said Hazel gulping heavily.
"Yeah, well.err.you know when I was assigned to Max?" said Alec and he saw Hazel nod so he carried on, "Well, were you assigned anyone else?"
"Why d'you want to know all of a sudden?" asked Hazel quietly whilst looking at the setting sun.
"Just 'cos." He said simply looking at her.
Hazel took her time before saying, "No."
"What?" asked Alec even though he heard what she said.
"No, I didn't have another breeding partner after you. You were my only one." Said Hazel still not looking at him but at her feet.
"So, Jophiel?" said Alec near speechless.
"Is yours." Said Hazel finishing Alec's statement, "Was yours."
They both sat there in silence when Hazel found herself engulfed within Alec's arms. "Why didn't you tell me?" whispered Alec so quietly it was as if he just breathed it out.
"You were busy." Was Hazel's simple response.
"What? All those time I helped you to sneak in and see him. You couldn't have told me then?" said Alec holding her by the shoulders lightly.
"Alec, why do you think I asked you to help?" she asked matter-of-factly.
"Because I was your CO." said Alec without missing a step.
"No, because then you could spend time with him without being weird around me." Said Hazel turning herself fully to him.
"But you didn't tell" said Alec but was interrupted by Hazel, "Did you love him?"
"What?" said Alec just as quickly.
"One of the times we went to see him, you said you loved him. You said that no one could not love him. That he was perfect." Said Hazel looking at him straight in the eye, "Did you mean it?"
"Of course I meant it." He replied and said more seriously, "I did love him Hazel."
"Then that's all that matters." Said Hazel turning to look at the sky again.
"But." said Alec not knowing what to say.
"But what? Tell me Alec that you wouldn't have acted differently. Go on, tell me." Said Hazel getting angry.
"Well, I don't know. I don't think I would have." Said Alec ineptly.
"You loved him while he was alive and that's all that matters, Alec. Can we just not talk about it now?" said Hazel sighing.
"Yeah sure." Sighed Alec.
"Umm, I wanna take off a couple of days." Said Hazel looking at the moon now.
"When?" asked Alec tiredly.
"Tomorrow and day after. I know it's short notice but I really need those days off." Said Hazel looking at him through the corner of her eye.
"Why?" asked Alec.
"Just 'cos." Repeated Hazel.
"You're gonna need a better excuse than that. Mole and Max need to check any time offs first." Said Alec conversationally.
"I'm in heat." Said Hazel quietly but Alec heard her.
"I can't smell you." Said Alec after a while.
"It's early yet. I can feel it before you can sense it." Said Hazel bluntly.
"Yeah okay then." Said Alec, "There's a derelict building X5s use when they're in heat. I'll show it to you tomorrow."
"Okay then." Said Hazel standing up, "Alec?"
"Yeah, Hazel?" replied Alec.
"You need your rest as well. Go to sleep now. You'll feel better for it tomorrow..." Said Hazel squeezing his shoulder warmly and then said quietly to herself, ".Tomcat." Alec heard and smiled. Later, he soon followed and went to his apartment.
"Medium Fella, why are you here?" said Joshua rushing over to him, "Are you hurt?"
"Big Fella, I'm fine and I live here, why shouldn't I be here?" asked Alec.
"You never come home nowadays. I just thought.but it doesn't matter. Joshua is glad Alec is here. Joshua will take care of Medium fella whilst he rests." Said Joshua leading Alec to their second-hand sofa.
"Thanks Josh. I just need to sleep. I think I'll just crash on the sofa." Said Alec truly grateful.
"Okay Alec. Joshua will be here."
"'K Josh. G'night."
"Good night, Alec." Said Joshua watching his friend fall asleep. Joshua, having lived with Alec for a few months, knew that one of the reasons he doesn't go to sleep is because he's afraid of his nightmares so he sits with him until he falls asleep. "Sweet dreams, medium fella."
The next day, it seemed HQ was the place to be. Mole sat on a chair cleaning his favourite Glock pistol.
"Hey, sweet cheeks." Said Alec as he straddled a chair opposite to his transhuman friend.
"What is it Alec?" said Mole straight away.
"Is there any females in heat down by Hot Row?" he asked.
"Three, four maybe. Why?" said Mole putting down his pistol.
"Hazel thinks she gonna go into the phase. I was gonna take her today. Just checkin' if I was gonna need any tranquillisers." Said Alec getting up from his chair.
"Be careful, pretty boy. You know how they get all hot and bothered round you." Said Mole handing over the tranquilliser gun.
"It comes with looking this good, princess. What else can I say?" said Alec as he walked out of HQ.
He bumped into Max, "Sorry, Maxie."
"Hey Alec, what are you doing today. Wanna hang out. OC and Sketch are going soon aren't they?" said Max uncharacteristically smiling.
"Sorry Maxie. Got a couple of errands to run. But we'll catch up later." He replied flashing her a sweet smile and headed off to Hazel's apartment, leaving Max to watch on.