Ch 2 Under the surface
AN: Thanks for the reviews, I love you! Please, keep review-ing since I really need criticism. And also thanks to Danielle, for helping me and wasting her time on this fic (
Alec's apartment wasn't really an apartment. It as more of a closet, but living in closets was common for the transgenics of Freak Nation. And it wasn't rare with walls thin as paper either. Alec's walls in combination with his engineered hearing made him able to hear the nightly activities of the X-6 couple in the apartment under him, the restless movement of Max and the other X's with shark DNA and the screams of fear from the sleeping soldiers, still hunted by the ghost of Manticore.
It was because of the un-soundproof walls Alec heard the animalistic growl perfectly well. It came from the apartment over Alec's, the apartment of Max. His instincts told him to go to Max and check if she was alright but his sense yelled in protest. She would probably tell him to fuck off and then kick his ass for disturbing her. He sighed and shut his eyes again, knowing that he wouldn't be able to sleep.
The sound of shattered glass some minutes later definitely changed his mind. He dressed quickly and went to see Max. He had to check and see if she was all right even if she refused to talk to him.
Alec entered Max's apartment just in time to see her pick up a glass and throw it at the wall with full X-5 force. It shattered in a million pieces, covering her floor.
He was surprised when he realised that she hadn't noticed him yet. 'Wow' he thought 'She has to be really upset to let me sneak up on her like that'
"Hmmm... Max?"
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She snapped around when she heard somebody speak her name, facing the face of her nightmare. 'No, its enough, I cant take this anymore...' But somewhere in the very back of her mind, a memory wanted her attention. A memory about another time when she had made the same mistake. Her eyes widened when she understood. It wasn't Ben, it was... 'Alec! What the fuck is HE doing here?!'
"Alec!! What the fuck are you doing here?!" she yelled angrily what she had just thought.
"I came here to check you, to see if you were ok, obviously, you're not." His voice was totally without the usual sarcastic tone; it was full of concern.
She hissed furiously. 'How dared he...?!' How dare he hunting her dreams, how dare he expect her to talk calmly to the face she hunted with, a long time ago. 'A long time ago, but still so close...' What the fuck was she doing? She couldn't freak out were Alec could see her! She slammed her emotionless facade back into place.
"I'm perfectly fine, thank you!" Max bit back.
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'Yeah, here it comes... Perfectly fine, my ass' He was more worried about her than he wanted to admit. He had recognized that wild, desperate glint in her eyes when she threw the glass.
It was the eyes of an animal, of a hunter. Deep inside, that animal also lived in Alec. But this was Max, his Max. The first thing he noticed with Max was her fire. It lived inside her, strong enough to burn her and everybody around her but it was still that fire that kept her alive. If she hid the animal, the fire, the beast behind that well practised mask, it would kill her, it would take control over her.
He didn't know what to do, he felt helpless. How do you help somebody that keeps pushing you away? How do you help somebody who refuses to talk to you?
"Max, please, don't do this..."
But she just looked at him with those big, brown, completely emotionless eyes.
"Fuck off Alec" Her voice also cold and calm.
'Renfro would had been proud' he thought with a smirk totally without humour.
And he left, even though his instincts kept telling him to stay, to hold her, to be there for her. He left.
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Max had spent the night jumping and blurring on the roofs of TC, trying to get rid of all that burning energy inside her. She felt restless, unfocused. She hadn't slept for nearly a week, except for that short hellish nap.
She stumbled into the morning meeting half an hour too late.
"Oh, look what the cat dragged in" Mole said with a smirk. He sat comfortably in HER chair with his rifle and his usual cigar.
"Get up Mole, that's my chair." She said calmly even if her temper burned inside. 'MY chair!' she thought.
Mole missed the dangerous glint in her eyes and stayed in the chair, still smirking.
"Woke up on the wrong side today, did we?"
Patience wasn't Max's thing and something took over her rational thinking. She had enough. Before she really realised what she did she had Mole pinned to the wall, by her hand on his throat.
Mole didn't even saw her move, he just found himself smashed painfully to the wall by a furious X-5. The X-5 that just happened to be his leader.
"What did you say?" She shouted angrily. "WHAT?!"
"...." He couldn't breath, damn it!
"I AM your fucking leader!! You WILL respect me! Understood?!" She didn't know why she reacted like this, but somehow, his little comment made her lose control.
"Yes, understood" Mole managed to say. He felt the grip on his throat come loose and he sank to the floor, rubbing it.
Max was already out of the door again.
AN: How was that? Tell me!!
AN: Thanks for the reviews, I love you! Please, keep review-ing since I really need criticism. And also thanks to Danielle, for helping me and wasting her time on this fic (
Alec's apartment wasn't really an apartment. It as more of a closet, but living in closets was common for the transgenics of Freak Nation. And it wasn't rare with walls thin as paper either. Alec's walls in combination with his engineered hearing made him able to hear the nightly activities of the X-6 couple in the apartment under him, the restless movement of Max and the other X's with shark DNA and the screams of fear from the sleeping soldiers, still hunted by the ghost of Manticore.
It was because of the un-soundproof walls Alec heard the animalistic growl perfectly well. It came from the apartment over Alec's, the apartment of Max. His instincts told him to go to Max and check if she was alright but his sense yelled in protest. She would probably tell him to fuck off and then kick his ass for disturbing her. He sighed and shut his eyes again, knowing that he wouldn't be able to sleep.
The sound of shattered glass some minutes later definitely changed his mind. He dressed quickly and went to see Max. He had to check and see if she was all right even if she refused to talk to him.
Alec entered Max's apartment just in time to see her pick up a glass and throw it at the wall with full X-5 force. It shattered in a million pieces, covering her floor.
He was surprised when he realised that she hadn't noticed him yet. 'Wow' he thought 'She has to be really upset to let me sneak up on her like that'
"Hmmm... Max?"
____________________________
She snapped around when she heard somebody speak her name, facing the face of her nightmare. 'No, its enough, I cant take this anymore...' But somewhere in the very back of her mind, a memory wanted her attention. A memory about another time when she had made the same mistake. Her eyes widened when she understood. It wasn't Ben, it was... 'Alec! What the fuck is HE doing here?!'
"Alec!! What the fuck are you doing here?!" she yelled angrily what she had just thought.
"I came here to check you, to see if you were ok, obviously, you're not." His voice was totally without the usual sarcastic tone; it was full of concern.
She hissed furiously. 'How dared he...?!' How dare he hunting her dreams, how dare he expect her to talk calmly to the face she hunted with, a long time ago. 'A long time ago, but still so close...' What the fuck was she doing? She couldn't freak out were Alec could see her! She slammed her emotionless facade back into place.
"I'm perfectly fine, thank you!" Max bit back.
____________________________
'Yeah, here it comes... Perfectly fine, my ass' He was more worried about her than he wanted to admit. He had recognized that wild, desperate glint in her eyes when she threw the glass.
It was the eyes of an animal, of a hunter. Deep inside, that animal also lived in Alec. But this was Max, his Max. The first thing he noticed with Max was her fire. It lived inside her, strong enough to burn her and everybody around her but it was still that fire that kept her alive. If she hid the animal, the fire, the beast behind that well practised mask, it would kill her, it would take control over her.
He didn't know what to do, he felt helpless. How do you help somebody that keeps pushing you away? How do you help somebody who refuses to talk to you?
"Max, please, don't do this..."
But she just looked at him with those big, brown, completely emotionless eyes.
"Fuck off Alec" Her voice also cold and calm.
'Renfro would had been proud' he thought with a smirk totally without humour.
And he left, even though his instincts kept telling him to stay, to hold her, to be there for her. He left.
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Max had spent the night jumping and blurring on the roofs of TC, trying to get rid of all that burning energy inside her. She felt restless, unfocused. She hadn't slept for nearly a week, except for that short hellish nap.
She stumbled into the morning meeting half an hour too late.
"Oh, look what the cat dragged in" Mole said with a smirk. He sat comfortably in HER chair with his rifle and his usual cigar.
"Get up Mole, that's my chair." She said calmly even if her temper burned inside. 'MY chair!' she thought.
Mole missed the dangerous glint in her eyes and stayed in the chair, still smirking.
"Woke up on the wrong side today, did we?"
Patience wasn't Max's thing and something took over her rational thinking. She had enough. Before she really realised what she did she had Mole pinned to the wall, by her hand on his throat.
Mole didn't even saw her move, he just found himself smashed painfully to the wall by a furious X-5. The X-5 that just happened to be his leader.
"What did you say?" She shouted angrily. "WHAT?!"
"...." He couldn't breath, damn it!
"I AM your fucking leader!! You WILL respect me! Understood?!" She didn't know why she reacted like this, but somehow, his little comment made her lose control.
"Yes, understood" Mole managed to say. He felt the grip on his throat come loose and he sank to the floor, rubbing it.
Max was already out of the door again.
AN: How was that? Tell me!!