Caged Hearts
Chapter 10
"You're amazing." Max whispered before kissing him on the mouth.
Alec shrugged. "I know." Max's eyes narrowed before she gave him a punch in the shoulder. "Ow, you're the one that said it. What's wrong with agreeing?" He questioned slightly out of breath. "But just out of curiosity, why do you find me amazing?"
Max studied his chin for a few moments while she gathered her thoughts. Finally she looked him in the eyes again. "Well, it's just that, usually when I'm in heat back at Manticore I get sent to isolation for a week. The unbearable urge only lasts two days and then it's just a dull ache for two days after that. I didn't know it would go away so quickly after only a few hours of sex." Max shrugged. "I'm crediting that to you." She beamed up at him.
Alec beamed right back down at her before lowering his head for another taste of her lips. He then pulled her to him and turned so that he was on his back and her body was nuzzled against his with her head lying on his shoulder. Only while languidly running his fingers through her hair did he notice what she had been talking about. The smell of pheromones was very faint replaced by the powerful scent of them mixed together. It was comforting and it wasn't before long that the two drifted off to sleep.
Three hours later, a persistent beeping sound woke the lovers.
"It's code 268." Alec said after looking at his pager.
"That fast." Max said, eyes wide with disbelief.
Alec nodded. "I know." He tossed the pager onto the other bed before reaching over and taking her back into his arms. "I was hoping we'd have a lot more time alone on the outside." He murmured into her hair.
"Yeah, me too." Max whispered as she clutched him back. Then all too soon for both of their liking she withdrew and climbed out of bed. "Oh well." Max sighed. "Guess you better call in."
***
Max was fully dressed and nibbling on some food by the time he got off the phone and came next door to her room. He joined her at the table and took a bite of the sandwich she had prepared for him before speaking.
"We've been assigned the second shift." He informed after swallowing.
"Coordinates?"
"He told me he'd lead them to Sector 5, around twelfth and Jackson."
Max nodded. "It's a good area. Not a lot of civilians and even fewer turn offs. What are we looking for?"
Alec rolled his eyes. "Big van, says animal control on it."
Max rolled her eyes as well. "Original."
X5-268 was a good lure for entrapping the Red Series. He didn't have to draw attention to himself with open displays of the super human feats all X series were capable of and hope that sooner or later those feats would reach the right channels. 268's approach was far more subtle. He was specifically chosen for the mission because of it.
Low serotonin levels leading to seizures was a problem that made the most successful X series in every other area, the X5s, still short of the goal Manticore had been hoping to achieve.
But after years of study and examination they were able to fix the problem in their existing series and completely eliminate it in later series. However 268's make-up contained a genetic anomaly that always made him reject the serotonin fix that stabilized the seizures in the rest of the X series. However, he was saved from being destroyed when a lab tech discovered that a simple over the counter food supplement called Tryptophan helped.
Before the pulse, Manticore had people set up on all the places that sold the drug from Wyoming to Canada knowing that sooner or later the escapees who left before the fix were going to figure out the drug would help them and go looking. However after the pulse, with the U.S. in an economic break down, that plan had to be abandoned.
The classified information Lydecker fed to the South Africans included the problem with the low serontine levels, and since Renfro knew the South Africans were aware of the possibility of the escapees suffering from seizures, 268 was sent out in the field after purposefully being pulled off his meds.
He collapsed from a seizure twelve hours after he was deployed and was rushed to a hospital.
A young male around the age of 20 suffering from seizures caused by low serotonin levels with a barcode on the back of his neck were too many red flags for the South Africans to ignore.
268 noticed he was being followed within minutes of leaving the hospital.
***
"As soon as our shift is over, I'm getting me one of these." Alec shouted in Max's ear and then gripped her waist tighter as she took another curve at break neck speed.
"Fun, right!" Max shouted back.
"Oh yeah!" Alec grinned as they continued to race through sectors on the motorcycle Max had stolen. They were minutes away from the rendezvous point when Alec's cell phone chirped.
"494." Max heard him say behind her. He still had a firm grip on her with just the one hand but she slowed down anyway.
"What's up?" She asked when she felt his hand back on her side.
"Change of plans." Alec yelled. Max pulled over to the side so they would not have to shout. "They already nabbed him. 573 and 951 are trailing them. The last place they passed through was Mount Vernon so we're setting up the main HQ at 740's. Our orders are to head their now."
"Gotcha." Max nodded before turning around and revving up her engine and together they sped off into the night.
TBC
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Chapter 10
"You're amazing." Max whispered before kissing him on the mouth.
Alec shrugged. "I know." Max's eyes narrowed before she gave him a punch in the shoulder. "Ow, you're the one that said it. What's wrong with agreeing?" He questioned slightly out of breath. "But just out of curiosity, why do you find me amazing?"
Max studied his chin for a few moments while she gathered her thoughts. Finally she looked him in the eyes again. "Well, it's just that, usually when I'm in heat back at Manticore I get sent to isolation for a week. The unbearable urge only lasts two days and then it's just a dull ache for two days after that. I didn't know it would go away so quickly after only a few hours of sex." Max shrugged. "I'm crediting that to you." She beamed up at him.
Alec beamed right back down at her before lowering his head for another taste of her lips. He then pulled her to him and turned so that he was on his back and her body was nuzzled against his with her head lying on his shoulder. Only while languidly running his fingers through her hair did he notice what she had been talking about. The smell of pheromones was very faint replaced by the powerful scent of them mixed together. It was comforting and it wasn't before long that the two drifted off to sleep.
Three hours later, a persistent beeping sound woke the lovers.
"It's code 268." Alec said after looking at his pager.
"That fast." Max said, eyes wide with disbelief.
Alec nodded. "I know." He tossed the pager onto the other bed before reaching over and taking her back into his arms. "I was hoping we'd have a lot more time alone on the outside." He murmured into her hair.
"Yeah, me too." Max whispered as she clutched him back. Then all too soon for both of their liking she withdrew and climbed out of bed. "Oh well." Max sighed. "Guess you better call in."
***
Max was fully dressed and nibbling on some food by the time he got off the phone and came next door to her room. He joined her at the table and took a bite of the sandwich she had prepared for him before speaking.
"We've been assigned the second shift." He informed after swallowing.
"Coordinates?"
"He told me he'd lead them to Sector 5, around twelfth and Jackson."
Max nodded. "It's a good area. Not a lot of civilians and even fewer turn offs. What are we looking for?"
Alec rolled his eyes. "Big van, says animal control on it."
Max rolled her eyes as well. "Original."
X5-268 was a good lure for entrapping the Red Series. He didn't have to draw attention to himself with open displays of the super human feats all X series were capable of and hope that sooner or later those feats would reach the right channels. 268's approach was far more subtle. He was specifically chosen for the mission because of it.
Low serotonin levels leading to seizures was a problem that made the most successful X series in every other area, the X5s, still short of the goal Manticore had been hoping to achieve.
But after years of study and examination they were able to fix the problem in their existing series and completely eliminate it in later series. However 268's make-up contained a genetic anomaly that always made him reject the serotonin fix that stabilized the seizures in the rest of the X series. However, he was saved from being destroyed when a lab tech discovered that a simple over the counter food supplement called Tryptophan helped.
Before the pulse, Manticore had people set up on all the places that sold the drug from Wyoming to Canada knowing that sooner or later the escapees who left before the fix were going to figure out the drug would help them and go looking. However after the pulse, with the U.S. in an economic break down, that plan had to be abandoned.
The classified information Lydecker fed to the South Africans included the problem with the low serontine levels, and since Renfro knew the South Africans were aware of the possibility of the escapees suffering from seizures, 268 was sent out in the field after purposefully being pulled off his meds.
He collapsed from a seizure twelve hours after he was deployed and was rushed to a hospital.
A young male around the age of 20 suffering from seizures caused by low serotonin levels with a barcode on the back of his neck were too many red flags for the South Africans to ignore.
268 noticed he was being followed within minutes of leaving the hospital.
***
"As soon as our shift is over, I'm getting me one of these." Alec shouted in Max's ear and then gripped her waist tighter as she took another curve at break neck speed.
"Fun, right!" Max shouted back.
"Oh yeah!" Alec grinned as they continued to race through sectors on the motorcycle Max had stolen. They were minutes away from the rendezvous point when Alec's cell phone chirped.
"494." Max heard him say behind her. He still had a firm grip on her with just the one hand but she slowed down anyway.
"What's up?" She asked when she felt his hand back on her side.
"Change of plans." Alec yelled. Max pulled over to the side so they would not have to shout. "They already nabbed him. 573 and 951 are trailing them. The last place they passed through was Mount Vernon so we're setting up the main HQ at 740's. Our orders are to head their now."
"Gotcha." Max nodded before turning around and revving up her engine and together they sped off into the night.
TBC
NC-17 version found at Gumboot Mafia or my web page (angelfire.com/ma4/eva/ca10.htm)
Please Review