Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel characters or plot. This
story, however, is my own and the new characters within it also.
A/N: Hello again! Well here's the next install to this. It's another pretty random one but it'll lead on to other issues that are important.
I found it really difficult to write this chapter, the one before it and the one after it, 'cos I've been having major writer's block. So please forgive if the writing sucks. I've sort of wondered off course to where I thought this story was heading before I began to write it. And I've missed out lots that I thought I was going to put in.
Ummmm....what else? Oh yeah, reviews are nice............you know.........if you want to give me any (NICE ONES ONLY!)
Right.........well then people, this is when I say "enjoy!".
"People........gather round." Hollered Hazel taking a seat on the hard ground.
Her 'kids' came and copied her actions.
"What's up Hazel?" asked Midnight who had taken Hazel on as an older sister.
"Well........I don't know if you know but it's been three months since I've come to TC and begun your training with all of you guys." She replied, looking at all of them smiling, "Your learning's almost finished and I just wanted to tell you all how proud I am. You guys have worked hard and made this duty easy for me." Her voice slowly got quieter as she got more emotional, "And you've all obviously become pros at the fighting thing." She added grinning smugly, "By my wonderful guidance of course."
The younger transgenics broke into smiles at her admission of satisfaction as she was usually quite tough on them, only handing out compliments when they truly deserved it.
"Err.......well I know that some of you will be starting to do tasks for TC and myself and Alec will be issuing those soon." Her authoritive tone soon died to a more insecure stuttering one, "But.........err.........what I wanted to say was........that if you...err......you know.......see me.........to say 'hi'.........or something.....and to not.....you know.......ignore me......"
Ray looked at Midnight and then turned back to Hazel, putting a hand on the older transgenic's shoulder, whilst saying, "Hazel, we would never do that. I mean........" she looked back at Midnight again who nodded back to her. She moved closer to Hazel, hugging her partially, ".........you're like our........I mean we never had family.........or parents or anything. But you're......." She finished not knowing how to conclude.
A small X8 boy with dark, dark hair and steel blue eyes, pushed through the crowd and sat on Midnight's lap, looking at Hazel opposite him, "We love you Hazel." He said simply, "We love you like our own mother."
"Sister," said Midnight quickly behind him, and then to Hazel, "I'm not much younger than you, ya know?"
The little boy dismissed his comment by saying, "Whatever." And then turning to Hazel with a softer tone, "Your our family Hazel."
Then Em said taking a light hearted tone much like Alec's, "Yeah......I mean you're gonna be receiving midnight knocks on your door 'cos we need help with an argument or......you know...........love troubles."
"You're like the only person here we actually trust with issues like that, you understand." Said Midnight as he put an arm round Ray who had returned to her seat beside him.
"Exactly....so you just make sure you don't get sick of us." Added Em.
Everyone chuckled as Hazel's eyes watered.
"Stop being a wuss, Haze." Shouted one of the kids.
"Group hug!" yelled another in a mock blubbering voice.
Everyone agreed with a cheer and all jumped up from their seating positions and chucked themselves at the petite X5 who didn't have anytime to react.
Alec came striding into the courtyard, whistling some tune, on his way to HQ when he heard the uproar. He turned to the noise and saw a big ball of bodies rolling around, cries of happiness escaping it, all at once.
They were all giggling and shouting with glee as they wrestled each other amiably.
Alec walked to the part of the jumble of bodies where Hazel's face could be seen, laughing enormously, her eyes streamed with tears.
"Hello there." He said nonchalantly as though a situation such as this was an everyday occurrence.
"Hey Alec." She panted from beneath the numerous transgenics.
"So.....what are you up to?" he asked crouching down by her face.
"Oh......you know........not much." She replied still laughing.
"You know what?" shouted one of the X6s.
"What?" some of them asked.
"Let's get Alec too." The X6 hollered.
Alec's eyes widened but he couldn't move before he was knocked over by leaping kids.
Hazel slowly sat up, holding her stomach as she laughed again whole heartedly. However, with her laughter so uncontrollable, she fell back onto the ground.
Max entered the courtyard, this time leaving HQ when she heard the pandemonium.
She saw in front of her the younger transgenics all in fits of laughter, jumping on each other and on Alec and Hazel too it seemed. They were all shouting, what exactly wasn't relevant or even recognisable.
Max smiled and decided to join in.
"So what's going on here then?" she asked as she approached.
The kids all automatically stood at attention, their eyes masked of emotion. Even Alec and Hazel stood up quickly trying to make themselves look more presentable, as their hair and clothes were dishevelled.
Max frowned at their reactions.
"Err........Max...." said Hazel as she patted down her hair, "We were just........err...talking. What you saw just now isn't a regular occurrence. Promise. Err....we were just having a............" She stopped and looked round trying to find the word.
Alec answered for her, "....moment. We were just having a moment which has now finished." He said quickly.
Max looked at Alec and then at the rest of the transgenic young. When she looked into their faces, all she was reminded of was the rows of dead eyes and straight backs that she had observed at manticore. She had thought that this training regime that Hazel started would turn TC into another manticore camp but she had just seen them laughing like they never had before. She had heard sounds of happiness like she had never heard before especially during her own childhood. But then......then as soon as she came they all radically changed to the cold, lifeless beings that manticore had trained them to be. Did she bring that out in them?
She looked at them all again with disappointed eyes and said, "Okay. I'll be off then."
As she turned to walk away she could feel their subsequent change in posture to a more relaxed one. That thought alone made her slouch in sadness and bring tears to her eyes.
Alec watched her and set off in pursuit.
A/N: I know............it wasn't brilliant. Sorry! I'll try to have better chapters coming soon. These are all a bit crap 'cos I'm trying to lead up to the big drama that I hinted about before. I want to get there quickly and start writing but there are loads of loose ends that need to be written so that everything links. So please bear with me!
Now you know what I'm going to say next....................
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Thanks,
unspoken-beauty
A/N: Hello again! Well here's the next install to this. It's another pretty random one but it'll lead on to other issues that are important.
I found it really difficult to write this chapter, the one before it and the one after it, 'cos I've been having major writer's block. So please forgive if the writing sucks. I've sort of wondered off course to where I thought this story was heading before I began to write it. And I've missed out lots that I thought I was going to put in.
Ummmm....what else? Oh yeah, reviews are nice............you know.........if you want to give me any (NICE ONES ONLY!)
Right.........well then people, this is when I say "enjoy!".
"People........gather round." Hollered Hazel taking a seat on the hard ground.
Her 'kids' came and copied her actions.
"What's up Hazel?" asked Midnight who had taken Hazel on as an older sister.
"Well........I don't know if you know but it's been three months since I've come to TC and begun your training with all of you guys." She replied, looking at all of them smiling, "Your learning's almost finished and I just wanted to tell you all how proud I am. You guys have worked hard and made this duty easy for me." Her voice slowly got quieter as she got more emotional, "And you've all obviously become pros at the fighting thing." She added grinning smugly, "By my wonderful guidance of course."
The younger transgenics broke into smiles at her admission of satisfaction as she was usually quite tough on them, only handing out compliments when they truly deserved it.
"Err.......well I know that some of you will be starting to do tasks for TC and myself and Alec will be issuing those soon." Her authoritive tone soon died to a more insecure stuttering one, "But.........err.........what I wanted to say was........that if you...err......you know.......see me.........to say 'hi'.........or something.....and to not.....you know.......ignore me......"
Ray looked at Midnight and then turned back to Hazel, putting a hand on the older transgenic's shoulder, whilst saying, "Hazel, we would never do that. I mean........" she looked back at Midnight again who nodded back to her. She moved closer to Hazel, hugging her partially, ".........you're like our........I mean we never had family.........or parents or anything. But you're......." She finished not knowing how to conclude.
A small X8 boy with dark, dark hair and steel blue eyes, pushed through the crowd and sat on Midnight's lap, looking at Hazel opposite him, "We love you Hazel." He said simply, "We love you like our own mother."
"Sister," said Midnight quickly behind him, and then to Hazel, "I'm not much younger than you, ya know?"
The little boy dismissed his comment by saying, "Whatever." And then turning to Hazel with a softer tone, "Your our family Hazel."
Then Em said taking a light hearted tone much like Alec's, "Yeah......I mean you're gonna be receiving midnight knocks on your door 'cos we need help with an argument or......you know...........love troubles."
"You're like the only person here we actually trust with issues like that, you understand." Said Midnight as he put an arm round Ray who had returned to her seat beside him.
"Exactly....so you just make sure you don't get sick of us." Added Em.
Everyone chuckled as Hazel's eyes watered.
"Stop being a wuss, Haze." Shouted one of the kids.
"Group hug!" yelled another in a mock blubbering voice.
Everyone agreed with a cheer and all jumped up from their seating positions and chucked themselves at the petite X5 who didn't have anytime to react.
Alec came striding into the courtyard, whistling some tune, on his way to HQ when he heard the uproar. He turned to the noise and saw a big ball of bodies rolling around, cries of happiness escaping it, all at once.
They were all giggling and shouting with glee as they wrestled each other amiably.
Alec walked to the part of the jumble of bodies where Hazel's face could be seen, laughing enormously, her eyes streamed with tears.
"Hello there." He said nonchalantly as though a situation such as this was an everyday occurrence.
"Hey Alec." She panted from beneath the numerous transgenics.
"So.....what are you up to?" he asked crouching down by her face.
"Oh......you know........not much." She replied still laughing.
"You know what?" shouted one of the X6s.
"What?" some of them asked.
"Let's get Alec too." The X6 hollered.
Alec's eyes widened but he couldn't move before he was knocked over by leaping kids.
Hazel slowly sat up, holding her stomach as she laughed again whole heartedly. However, with her laughter so uncontrollable, she fell back onto the ground.
Max entered the courtyard, this time leaving HQ when she heard the pandemonium.
She saw in front of her the younger transgenics all in fits of laughter, jumping on each other and on Alec and Hazel too it seemed. They were all shouting, what exactly wasn't relevant or even recognisable.
Max smiled and decided to join in.
"So what's going on here then?" she asked as she approached.
The kids all automatically stood at attention, their eyes masked of emotion. Even Alec and Hazel stood up quickly trying to make themselves look more presentable, as their hair and clothes were dishevelled.
Max frowned at their reactions.
"Err........Max...." said Hazel as she patted down her hair, "We were just........err...talking. What you saw just now isn't a regular occurrence. Promise. Err....we were just having a............" She stopped and looked round trying to find the word.
Alec answered for her, "....moment. We were just having a moment which has now finished." He said quickly.
Max looked at Alec and then at the rest of the transgenic young. When she looked into their faces, all she was reminded of was the rows of dead eyes and straight backs that she had observed at manticore. She had thought that this training regime that Hazel started would turn TC into another manticore camp but she had just seen them laughing like they never had before. She had heard sounds of happiness like she had never heard before especially during her own childhood. But then......then as soon as she came they all radically changed to the cold, lifeless beings that manticore had trained them to be. Did she bring that out in them?
She looked at them all again with disappointed eyes and said, "Okay. I'll be off then."
As she turned to walk away she could feel their subsequent change in posture to a more relaxed one. That thought alone made her slouch in sadness and bring tears to her eyes.
Alec watched her and set off in pursuit.
A/N: I know............it wasn't brilliant. Sorry! I'll try to have better chapters coming soon. These are all a bit crap 'cos I'm trying to lead up to the big drama that I hinted about before. I want to get there quickly and start writing but there are loads of loose ends that need to be written so that everything links. So please bear with me!
Now you know what I'm going to say next....................
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
Thanks,
unspoken-beauty