Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel story or characters but this
story and the new characters within it are all mine.
A/N: Hello my favourite readers.
So this is a bit of a weird chapter. I don't know what you'll think of it but I hope you like it.
If you have any questions just ask me when you review and I'll answer it in the next instalment.
Enjoy!!!
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"It's a good idea." The X5 agreed.
"I thought it'd help.......the cause." She replied stoically.
"Yeah, it would. Don't you think so, Alec? Babe?" asked the X5.
Alec snapped back to reality at his girlfriend's call. "Yeah. Yeah it is." He looked to Hazel and then back to Max. "Can I speak to Hazel alone for a minute?"
"Sure." She nodded and left the two alone.
After Max's departure the two just watched one another discreetly in silence for a while.
"Why?" his rough voice broke their unpleasant silence.
She shrugged and turned her back to him, putting her papers into order as she said, "It's just time."
"You said it would be alright." She spun around and looked at him incredulously.
"How did you feel when they were together?" she whispered angrily.
He looked at her with wide eyes.
"I'm not a sucker for a broken heart." She immediately shut up after her last words and spun around again, fiddling with something on her desk.
He put his hand on her shoulder but she shrugged out of his hold. "Haze, you don't have to go."
"I know." She walked down the stepped to the main area.
"Then why are you going?" he asked as he followed behind her.
She stopped and turned to him slowly, a small smile playing on her face.
"What?" he asked intrigued by her new thoughts.
She observed his face before saying, "Do you want me to tell you the truth or what you want to hear?........Or are they the same thing?" She carried on weaving her way through the workers.
His face fell and he followed her as he said, "That's not fair."
She stopped suddenly and turned to him again, "You know why I'm going."
As they carried on moving through the crowds she stopped at Mole's desk and put her papers down, "There you go."
"Thanks, sweets." He said whilst chewing on his ever-present cigar.
"No problem, green man." She said as she patted him on the back.
As she left the building, Alec was kept behind by Mole.
"I'm going to miss her." He said as he shockingly took the cigar out of his mouth.
"Me too, princess." He said as he took a seat opposite his friend and dropped his head into his hands, "Me, too."
"You can understand it though." He added cautiously.
"What?" Alec turned his head in Mole's direction, giving him an obvious frown.
"She's no fool."
"What and I was?"
"Yes, man, you were." Their argument quickly escalated but as a silence fell over the room their voices also quietened.
"Get back to work" that one growl made them hop back into action.
"You were sticking around and killing yourself over that bitch."
"Don't, Mole." His voice a warning.
"Well you did."
"Yeah and it paid off didn't it?" his face shot up, his voice angered.
"Well, it's not gonna pay off for her is it?" he then stopped and watched Alec's face, realisation dawned, "Or is it?"
"No.....sometimes I think yes. But no. At least......I don't think so."
"Oh you are playing with fire. You're my best friend but this can only end in tears."
"I know." His head was back in his hands.
"Now listen to me. That girl has already put herself up as the one to suffer from this mess and to save the rest of you, I think you should just take her up on that offer."
"But......"
"I know, man. You love her." Mole put a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder, "But you love the bitch more."
"Mole......"
"Right, sorry. That was the last time." They both smiled, "But I'm right, aren't I?"
Alec nodded.
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"The last supper, huh?" she joked, although humour died quickly.
They all ate quietly. The silence was unbearable.
"C'mon. It's not like I'm dying or something." She said trying to get them to talk.
Kat, who was sitting next to her, hugged her arm and said with a brighter voice, "Right, well, I think we need to do our farewell speeches."
Hazel smiled.
"Well, I'll go first then." Trigger stood up and coughed in a formal manner before beginning.
"He's been working on this all night." Whispered Kat to the table. They all sniggered but gave him their attention.
"Hazel, you are my sister, you're my darling sister, closer than my unit you are to me, baby." He sang in fake voice causing the other to fall into hysterics.
He stopped mid singing and looked at them seriously, "What?"
"Nothing, Trig. That was beautiful." Said Hazel as her laughter ebbed away, leaving a happy smile.
"All for you, baby girl." He said softly as he bent down and kissed her forehead.
"Me next." Said Kat as she stood. "Right well, sadly I won't be singing to you." Chuckles did their round before she spoke again. "But I just want to say that with Peace gone....." everyone quickly sombred, "........I thought that we would never be complete but.....we are family now and....." tears began to fall from her eyes, which she quickly swept away with the back of her hand, "......and I just want you to be happy," her and Hazel's hands met and entwined as she spoke, "be happy.....sister." Their hands broke apart but Kat pulled her into a fierce hug, both of them had tears streaming down their faces.
All the emotion was too much for Joshua who howled in sadness and pulled Hazel towards him in a bear hug when Kat had finished with her.
"Joshua will miss Hazel." He said, his demeanour more childlike than ever before but also more mature than ever before.
"I'll miss you to, big guy." She whispered.
They all settled again. Everyone sat gingerly. Some felt out of place at this table obviously only meant for family and some were just too upset to put their feelings into words.
"Well.....I guess it's me next." He stood up, hands in pockets and moving back and forth on the heels of his feet. "I don't know what else to add on to what everyone else has said." He stopped and paused, taking the time to look at each of his unit and the new people who had entered their lives. "At manticore, I never thought we would be like this. A family. I mean, we were always close but this.......this is different. We are......I mean we are actually........." He stopped and stifled a laugh, "I'm not very eloquent today." The others shook their heads, smiling and saying 'it didn't matter'. He heard Hazel mumble, 'An ineloquent Ember is very new.' He smiled and carried on, "We've been through a lot. And I just want to say that I love you." Hazel got up and hugged him. "I love all of my family." She kissed him on the cheek and sat back down.
"This is fun. Who's next?" she said crossing her legs in a meditation pose and waiting expectantly.
"That'd be me, great master." The raven-haired boy stood up and took a bow, earning a few giggles.
"Aah.....young grasshopper."
He smiled and nodded before beginning, "Haze, you have sorta been my salvation. I mean we never had parents at manticore and we hadn't been with our units long enough to be close, so we drifted. But after coming here, you made us have other people to care about and to care about us. I mean if I lost you or any of the kids, I would lose a little part of my heart." Hazel and night coloured eyes welled up. "I mean, if it wasn't for you.....me and Ray would never be together."
"Yeah you would...." She said suddenly, "You're meant to be."
The two smiled at her.
"And you're not going to lose me any time soon." She said taking his other hand across the table, "Promise."
They hugged close like lost siblings would but they weren't prepared for Ray, Em and the other kids to embrace them as well. So for a few minutes, they all stood in a massive clinch until Hazel said, "Okay guys, an X5 can only go so long without oxygen." And their group broke and sat down in their individual seats.
Hazel smiled as she sat down and turned to her left seeing Mole, who had been quiet through their whole assembling. He turned to her also and snubbed out his cigar in his drink. Everyone sat in shock at this simple action.
FLASHBACK
"Mole, you know this stuff will kill ya, right?" she said as she sat in front of her puffing friend.
"Kid, leave me alone will ya. It's the only comfort I get in this hell hole." He replied putting his feet up on his desk.
"Well can't you at least cut down? I mean, I don't wanna see anything happen to you 'cos of those stupid things." She said as she tried to prize away his stash without him catching her.
"No ya don't." he said as he slammed his hand down on his tin, "I'll be fine, kid. Don't worry 'bout me."
"That's the thing though, Mole, I do." She said as she got up and quickly pinched his tin of cigars, before legging it out of HQ.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Love ya, Kid." He said quietly.
"Oh Mole." She cried as she pounced on him with a loving hug.
"Okay, gerroff me now." He growled half-heartedly.
"You're all a bunch of saps at heart, aren't ya?" joked Hazel as everyone chuckled and Mole growled.
Hazel smiled and sat back at her seat. However, soon the smile left her face and she kept her face firmly looking at the table as she knew there was only one more person of importance left to speak.
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He had watched everyone talk about family and love and how she had affected their lives. He had watched them hug and cry. Heck, he even watched Mole shed a couple of tears at this one girl's departure. So what was he supposed to say that the others hadn't.
'Yep. Well, not only do I feel the same as the rest of you but I am also in love with her. But I've had to break her heart so that I can be with the women I love more.' He didn't think that would really go down well with anyone.
He could hear the silence pounding at his ears. He could feel everyone's anticipation for his contribution to this farewell dinner. But everything he wanted to say he couldn't be put into words. He laughed dryly inside. 'The Great 494 is lost for words.' He thought.
It was then he felt a hand clutch his and when he turned to see who was comforting him, he was surprised to see that it was Hazel smiling and kneeling on the ground beside him.
"Thank you." She said.
"Why are you saying thank you?" he asked a bit gob smacked.
"You've given me a lot." She said and pulled him into a hug, "More than you'll ever know." She whispered so that no one except themselves could hear.
"C'mon then Josh." She said sitting back at her seat. "What's for dinner?"
There were shouts of, "Yeah Big Fella, I'm starved."
"Could eat a horse."
"Smells good whatever it is."
And they all sat and ate the Mac 'n' cheese Joshua brought out. They chatted and talked into the night, with each of them only leaving to their respective rooms in the small hours of a beautiful dawn.
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A/N: Hope you liked this chapter! If you did tell me in a review.
The next chapter should be uploaded soon so keep a keen eye out.
until next time...........
unspoken-beauty
A/N: Hello my favourite readers.
So this is a bit of a weird chapter. I don't know what you'll think of it but I hope you like it.
If you have any questions just ask me when you review and I'll answer it in the next instalment.
Enjoy!!!
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"It's a good idea." The X5 agreed.
"I thought it'd help.......the cause." She replied stoically.
"Yeah, it would. Don't you think so, Alec? Babe?" asked the X5.
Alec snapped back to reality at his girlfriend's call. "Yeah. Yeah it is." He looked to Hazel and then back to Max. "Can I speak to Hazel alone for a minute?"
"Sure." She nodded and left the two alone.
After Max's departure the two just watched one another discreetly in silence for a while.
"Why?" his rough voice broke their unpleasant silence.
She shrugged and turned her back to him, putting her papers into order as she said, "It's just time."
"You said it would be alright." She spun around and looked at him incredulously.
"How did you feel when they were together?" she whispered angrily.
He looked at her with wide eyes.
"I'm not a sucker for a broken heart." She immediately shut up after her last words and spun around again, fiddling with something on her desk.
He put his hand on her shoulder but she shrugged out of his hold. "Haze, you don't have to go."
"I know." She walked down the stepped to the main area.
"Then why are you going?" he asked as he followed behind her.
She stopped and turned to him slowly, a small smile playing on her face.
"What?" he asked intrigued by her new thoughts.
She observed his face before saying, "Do you want me to tell you the truth or what you want to hear?........Or are they the same thing?" She carried on weaving her way through the workers.
His face fell and he followed her as he said, "That's not fair."
She stopped suddenly and turned to him again, "You know why I'm going."
As they carried on moving through the crowds she stopped at Mole's desk and put her papers down, "There you go."
"Thanks, sweets." He said whilst chewing on his ever-present cigar.
"No problem, green man." She said as she patted him on the back.
As she left the building, Alec was kept behind by Mole.
"I'm going to miss her." He said as he shockingly took the cigar out of his mouth.
"Me too, princess." He said as he took a seat opposite his friend and dropped his head into his hands, "Me, too."
"You can understand it though." He added cautiously.
"What?" Alec turned his head in Mole's direction, giving him an obvious frown.
"She's no fool."
"What and I was?"
"Yes, man, you were." Their argument quickly escalated but as a silence fell over the room their voices also quietened.
"Get back to work" that one growl made them hop back into action.
"You were sticking around and killing yourself over that bitch."
"Don't, Mole." His voice a warning.
"Well you did."
"Yeah and it paid off didn't it?" his face shot up, his voice angered.
"Well, it's not gonna pay off for her is it?" he then stopped and watched Alec's face, realisation dawned, "Or is it?"
"No.....sometimes I think yes. But no. At least......I don't think so."
"Oh you are playing with fire. You're my best friend but this can only end in tears."
"I know." His head was back in his hands.
"Now listen to me. That girl has already put herself up as the one to suffer from this mess and to save the rest of you, I think you should just take her up on that offer."
"But......"
"I know, man. You love her." Mole put a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder, "But you love the bitch more."
"Mole......"
"Right, sorry. That was the last time." They both smiled, "But I'm right, aren't I?"
Alec nodded.
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"The last supper, huh?" she joked, although humour died quickly.
They all ate quietly. The silence was unbearable.
"C'mon. It's not like I'm dying or something." She said trying to get them to talk.
Kat, who was sitting next to her, hugged her arm and said with a brighter voice, "Right, well, I think we need to do our farewell speeches."
Hazel smiled.
"Well, I'll go first then." Trigger stood up and coughed in a formal manner before beginning.
"He's been working on this all night." Whispered Kat to the table. They all sniggered but gave him their attention.
"Hazel, you are my sister, you're my darling sister, closer than my unit you are to me, baby." He sang in fake voice causing the other to fall into hysterics.
He stopped mid singing and looked at them seriously, "What?"
"Nothing, Trig. That was beautiful." Said Hazel as her laughter ebbed away, leaving a happy smile.
"All for you, baby girl." He said softly as he bent down and kissed her forehead.
"Me next." Said Kat as she stood. "Right well, sadly I won't be singing to you." Chuckles did their round before she spoke again. "But I just want to say that with Peace gone....." everyone quickly sombred, "........I thought that we would never be complete but.....we are family now and....." tears began to fall from her eyes, which she quickly swept away with the back of her hand, "......and I just want you to be happy," her and Hazel's hands met and entwined as she spoke, "be happy.....sister." Their hands broke apart but Kat pulled her into a fierce hug, both of them had tears streaming down their faces.
All the emotion was too much for Joshua who howled in sadness and pulled Hazel towards him in a bear hug when Kat had finished with her.
"Joshua will miss Hazel." He said, his demeanour more childlike than ever before but also more mature than ever before.
"I'll miss you to, big guy." She whispered.
They all settled again. Everyone sat gingerly. Some felt out of place at this table obviously only meant for family and some were just too upset to put their feelings into words.
"Well.....I guess it's me next." He stood up, hands in pockets and moving back and forth on the heels of his feet. "I don't know what else to add on to what everyone else has said." He stopped and paused, taking the time to look at each of his unit and the new people who had entered their lives. "At manticore, I never thought we would be like this. A family. I mean, we were always close but this.......this is different. We are......I mean we are actually........." He stopped and stifled a laugh, "I'm not very eloquent today." The others shook their heads, smiling and saying 'it didn't matter'. He heard Hazel mumble, 'An ineloquent Ember is very new.' He smiled and carried on, "We've been through a lot. And I just want to say that I love you." Hazel got up and hugged him. "I love all of my family." She kissed him on the cheek and sat back down.
"This is fun. Who's next?" she said crossing her legs in a meditation pose and waiting expectantly.
"That'd be me, great master." The raven-haired boy stood up and took a bow, earning a few giggles.
"Aah.....young grasshopper."
He smiled and nodded before beginning, "Haze, you have sorta been my salvation. I mean we never had parents at manticore and we hadn't been with our units long enough to be close, so we drifted. But after coming here, you made us have other people to care about and to care about us. I mean if I lost you or any of the kids, I would lose a little part of my heart." Hazel and night coloured eyes welled up. "I mean, if it wasn't for you.....me and Ray would never be together."
"Yeah you would...." She said suddenly, "You're meant to be."
The two smiled at her.
"And you're not going to lose me any time soon." She said taking his other hand across the table, "Promise."
They hugged close like lost siblings would but they weren't prepared for Ray, Em and the other kids to embrace them as well. So for a few minutes, they all stood in a massive clinch until Hazel said, "Okay guys, an X5 can only go so long without oxygen." And their group broke and sat down in their individual seats.
Hazel smiled as she sat down and turned to her left seeing Mole, who had been quiet through their whole assembling. He turned to her also and snubbed out his cigar in his drink. Everyone sat in shock at this simple action.
FLASHBACK
"Mole, you know this stuff will kill ya, right?" she said as she sat in front of her puffing friend.
"Kid, leave me alone will ya. It's the only comfort I get in this hell hole." He replied putting his feet up on his desk.
"Well can't you at least cut down? I mean, I don't wanna see anything happen to you 'cos of those stupid things." She said as she tried to prize away his stash without him catching her.
"No ya don't." he said as he slammed his hand down on his tin, "I'll be fine, kid. Don't worry 'bout me."
"That's the thing though, Mole, I do." She said as she got up and quickly pinched his tin of cigars, before legging it out of HQ.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Love ya, Kid." He said quietly.
"Oh Mole." She cried as she pounced on him with a loving hug.
"Okay, gerroff me now." He growled half-heartedly.
"You're all a bunch of saps at heart, aren't ya?" joked Hazel as everyone chuckled and Mole growled.
Hazel smiled and sat back at her seat. However, soon the smile left her face and she kept her face firmly looking at the table as she knew there was only one more person of importance left to speak.
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He had watched everyone talk about family and love and how she had affected their lives. He had watched them hug and cry. Heck, he even watched Mole shed a couple of tears at this one girl's departure. So what was he supposed to say that the others hadn't.
'Yep. Well, not only do I feel the same as the rest of you but I am also in love with her. But I've had to break her heart so that I can be with the women I love more.' He didn't think that would really go down well with anyone.
He could hear the silence pounding at his ears. He could feel everyone's anticipation for his contribution to this farewell dinner. But everything he wanted to say he couldn't be put into words. He laughed dryly inside. 'The Great 494 is lost for words.' He thought.
It was then he felt a hand clutch his and when he turned to see who was comforting him, he was surprised to see that it was Hazel smiling and kneeling on the ground beside him.
"Thank you." She said.
"Why are you saying thank you?" he asked a bit gob smacked.
"You've given me a lot." She said and pulled him into a hug, "More than you'll ever know." She whispered so that no one except themselves could hear.
"C'mon then Josh." She said sitting back at her seat. "What's for dinner?"
There were shouts of, "Yeah Big Fella, I'm starved."
"Could eat a horse."
"Smells good whatever it is."
And they all sat and ate the Mac 'n' cheese Joshua brought out. They chatted and talked into the night, with each of them only leaving to their respective rooms in the small hours of a beautiful dawn.
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A/N: Hope you liked this chapter! If you did tell me in a review.
The next chapter should be uploaded soon so keep a keen eye out.
until next time...........
unspoken-beauty