I've Got You'R' Back
Disclaimer: See previous chapters. And I still got no money anyway.
A/N: Thanks heaps to Kasman for the beta thanks for sticking with this. Thanks for the
reviews
Spoilers: Freak Nation and a few other episodes try to guess.
~*~~*~~*~~*~
Chapter 4 When The Baby Cries.
~~~~~~~~~
Inside Jam Pony:
Logan, Alec, Sketchy and Original Cindy are dressed in the uniforms of the Phalanx. Max, Joshua and Mole are pretending to be handcuffed. Max turns to Normal, who is standing next to Gem with his hand resting on the baby's head.
"Normal—"
"It's okay Max, you just take care of this here baby...just get out of here and leave us ordinary people to deal with the mess...oh, that windows still coming out of your pay and you can add the packing tape, missy miss."
"Whatever."
"Go on, get. Bip, bip, bip."
Logan opens the door, and pokes his head out.
"Weapons down! Hold your fire! Team coming out!"
Opening the door all the way he walks out. "Let's go. Federal agents! Step back!"
The others follow him, while he continues his act, clearing a way to the Phalanx's van and an ambulance parked next to it. Turning to Clemente, "Agent White wants your people in there to secure the crime scene ASAP."
Dalton and Gem are led to the ambulance, where Logan says they are commandeering it. He turns to Clemente again. "Agent White is not a man who likes to be kept waiting, Detective."
~~~~~~~~
In the van, Logan is telling the police to clear the barricades, while Max tells him to take it nice and easy. They clear the crowds.
"We're clear." Max says while everybody cheers. Those in the ambulance, hearing her over their helmet radios, join in.
Max moves up to sit just behind and to the side of Logan to look out the front of the van.
Logan with a mocking tone to Alec. "Just for the record, that chick was kicking your ass."
"I had it. I was just settin' her up." Alec says morosely as he turns to look out the back window.
What's that about? One of the Amazons nearly taking out Alec and Logan saving him...Alec doesn't sound to happy about that...he doesn't know what I told Logan...guess Logan was rubbing in the fact that he also had beaten Alec over me. As OC says, men and dogs. Probably never find out unless one of them talks. Wonder what Logan is thinking of me sitting here? Damn the virus I wish I could hug him.
"All right. Head for Terminal City."
Didn't think we would have made it out so easily...that detective looked skeptical - should've kept my mouth shut about White not being a patient man. Well, Alec, you owe me your transgenic ass. Just stay away from Max. Her sitting here next to me - wish I could give her a kiss.
Nearing Terminal City, they hear sirens and see the flashing lights of several police cars
Yep, should've kept my mouth shut, "We got company."
"Don't stop. Keep moving," Max tells Logan
I have no intention of doing that. Hope you have a plan Max.
As they approach the closed gates of Terminal City.
"Go straight through the gates."
Just hope this thing has the power, Max. It would be embarrassing to get hung up here. Can't leap it like you did on your bike.
"Hold on!" Logan shouts.
Max gives Logan directions to get into the parking garage and where to head. Their way is blocked eventually by some junked cars.
"End of the line," Logan says.
The police pull in behind and order them to throw out their guns and surrender.
Mole looks at Max "So what's your plan now?"
Plan, Mole? You're the person always giving orders, you're asking me? Hope Luke and Dix are watching the monitors and get some people out here fast, that's the plan.
"You heard the man."
They throw out their weapons and climb out; Max kicks a couple of the rifles aside.
Clemente orders everybody onto their knees, hands in the air. Logan is almost the last down but Max doesn't obey. She lowers her hands and slowly walks forward.
Get down Max, they're going to shoot you. Hell, what am I doing on my knees? I should be standing with you. She looks so confident, so strong...I should be covering your back...if I move now, they will shoot. Damn! Am I going to see you die again?
I hope Luke and Dix get out here fast, otherwise this is going to end badly. I keep running and they keep coming after me. Well, I'm not running anymore. This is it. Good or bad, they're going to run, not me.
"452."
"You can call me Max."
"I think you better get down on the ground."
"Actually, I think you should probably go."
"I'm not gonna tell you again."
I'm not going to tell you again," Max says sarcastically.
There is the cocking of lots of guns in the background and the shadows begin to reveal many more transgenics, who take aim at the out-numbered police. The others stand up.
"You can try and arrest us all, but you guys might want to call it a night and go have a beer."
Clemente orders the other police to leave and get out beyond the fence. He walks towards Max.
"You kept today from turning into a bloodbath, and I respect that."
"You held up your end, too." It's not your fault White wants us dead.
Clemente tells Max that she hasn't won anything, that it's going to get worse, and there is nothing he can do...
"These people's lives depend on the decisions that you make right now. I pray you make the right ones...Max." He gets in his car and leaves.
I hope so too, detective. At least I have won one more person who doesn't think, we're monsters.
Mole tells the others to divide up into teams and to escape, and go to ground.
"No, we stay."
Mole, Luke and Dix try to convince Max that there is no other way, they will be out-numbered and out gunned. If they run, they won't all be caught.
Max looks round at the gathered transgenics and her friends. "Where are we gonna go? I can't stop anyone leaving, but I'm through running and hiding, and being afraid. I'm not gonna live my life like that anymore. Aren't you tired of living in darkness? Don't you want to feel the sun on your face? To have a place of your own where you can walk down the street without being afraid? They made us, and they trained us to be soldiers, to defend this country. It's time for them to face us and take responsibility, instead of trying to sweep us away like garbage. We were made in America and we're not going anywhere. So they call us freaks; who cares? Today I'm proud to be a freak. And today we're gonna make a stand, right here. Who's with me?"
Joshua is the first to raise his hand followed by Logan and Alec.
The men in my life: Now I'm the one with a mission, and they're backing me, the first ones to raise their arms, What have I done, to win your love, Logan, your admiration, Joshua, and your grudging respect, Alec? Now I can't run. So much for wanting to be a regular girl.
The transgenics follow Original Cindy, Gem and Dalton in raising their arms and clenched fists. They all look at Mole, who eventually raises his fist after looking around, "What the hell."
Original Cindy smiles at Max, "Right on."
And lets not forget you, my home girl, my sista, my friend. Such loyalty. You're part of me and I'm part of you. Even Sketchy fits in here somewhere.
Logan watching Max the whole time with a faint smile.
That's my girl, my girlfriend if she'll have me. That's the best damn speech I've ever heard, and I hope you meant that a part of me was welcome, because I'm a freak too. Mole is going to need watching. He's going to push and challenge Max. Can I trust Alec, has he given up wanting Max...enough to help me watch her back? I can't watch him and Mole. I'll just have to trust him. Mole is definitely the bigger threat to Max in here. I may have lied about the full meaning of the runes, but seeing you now...maybe you are the one to save us all.
~~~~~~~~
Parking Garage, Terminal City:
"Okay people, lets get guards posted and roving patrols checking the other entrances. Mole you take charge of that."
Hesitating, Mole looks at Max then shakes his head. "Right you and you get to the gate. Find some cover and watch what the blue suits are up to. The rest of you who don't have any specific tasks in the command center, follow me."
Dalton and Joshua go with them after a nod from Max.
"Luke and Dix, you better head back to the command center with your people and start setting up those extra monitors that we liberated the other night. I'll be along in a moment."
"You got it Max." Luke replies walking off with Dix and a mixture of X5s and X6s and other transgenics.
"Alec, can you go help Mole. He might have his own ideas but a good second is also useful."
Alec, holding his side and favoring his wounded left arm. "But Max—"
"Just do it...please...then get yourself seen to."
"Yeah...okay, see ya later."
Max turns to a couple of X series with Gem by the ambulance, "You're two of the medics?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Max."
"Gem, you go to the infirmary with them. We have you covered."
"Okay, Max, never thought having a baby would be this rough, worse than a three day field exercise with no sleep."
Max turning to Logan, Original Cindy and Sketchy.
"Well you're stuck here for awhile. Hopefully, we can sneak you out soon before the toxins in here start to affect you."
"Well, you know I'm not going anywhere, so don't even start."
"Logan—"
"No Max, I'm here to stay no buts about it."
"We'll talk about this later."
"I know."
They both look at each other, waiting for the other to speak.
Why Logan? What can I give you now? I love you but we've missed all our chances. What is there for us now?
I can't leave you in here alone, Max. There's nothing out there for me without you. If they come for you, they'll have to come through me first. I've stopped others trying it when I was only half a man, so let them try now.
"Boo, Original Cindy is staying as long as she can." Original Cindy says, breaking the tension between Max and Logan, who both turn to look at her, "You need as many people in here you know and trust. I know they're family but so are we."
"Yeah family...what a cover story: 'Me and My Trannie Cousins.'"
"Shut up fool!" Max and Original Cindy say together and hit Sketchy on the back of the head.
"Ouch! Hey Logan aren't you going to stand up for a fellow journalist?"
"Who me? Against Supergirl and her home girl? Not me, you're on your own."
"There's no justice in the world...no justice, man."
"Okay, okay ya can stay at least till I can get you out safe and I'm going to work on that for sooner rather than later. You got me?"
"Ye, Ma'am." They answer together.
"Max!" They all laugh as they head for the command center.
~~~~~~~~
Later that night.
Max is standing on the roof of a building in Terminal City staring towards the Space Needle.
How did things get like this? All I wanted was to be a regular girl, trying to find her family, then along comes Logan with his mission in life and sucks me in and changes my outlook, and now here I am, den mother to an even bigger family than I intended finding. The cry of a new born baby that replaced the life we lost today, a new life that deserves to be free. You won't be forgotten, CeCe. That's what I am fighting for now.
She salutes and holds it for minute.
I'm glad Logan told me about his legs but I have a feeling he's keeping something else back, but then, so am I. Well, we survived that encounter. Maybe it's time for us to do what OC said and get focused on the real objective, and take out White and his cult for good.
I'm glad I stopped Joshua today...that wasn't him, that was the animal in all of us. Thing is, deep down he's better than we are, otherwise I could never have stopped him. I heard Logan thanking him for saving his life. Thanks big fella.
~~~~~~~~
Logan is standing on the other side of the building staring at the Space Needle, hidden from Max by an old air conditioning unit.
The sound of Gem's baby crying after the fight was so beautiful. The universe is on course as usual, a life lost, a new life begun. I'll not forget CeCe If she hadn't protected Max...thanks, CeCe, I wish I'd known you.
You told me, Max, that you went up there to think over things. I remember back in the day when it gleamed white with light, no graffiti, no broken windows and scaring the hell out of me with its height. You were right. It's a place to think on things, and one of the things I did think was that you weren't really dead. I was right. You came back...changed, less sure of yourself, not really ready to give us a chance – yeah, the virus. They did something else to you back at Manticore, Max. They bent and twisted you till you nearly broke. Today you beat them. You will never break now Max.
An angel
Bent
Never broken
Forever in my heart.
*****
A/N We now enter into new territory. To be continued.
Disclaimer: See previous chapters. And I still got no money anyway.
A/N: Thanks heaps to Kasman for the beta thanks for sticking with this. Thanks for the
reviews
Spoilers: Freak Nation and a few other episodes try to guess.
~*~~*~~*~~*~
Chapter 4 When The Baby Cries.
~~~~~~~~~
Inside Jam Pony:
Logan, Alec, Sketchy and Original Cindy are dressed in the uniforms of the Phalanx. Max, Joshua and Mole are pretending to be handcuffed. Max turns to Normal, who is standing next to Gem with his hand resting on the baby's head.
"Normal—"
"It's okay Max, you just take care of this here baby...just get out of here and leave us ordinary people to deal with the mess...oh, that windows still coming out of your pay and you can add the packing tape, missy miss."
"Whatever."
"Go on, get. Bip, bip, bip."
Logan opens the door, and pokes his head out.
"Weapons down! Hold your fire! Team coming out!"
Opening the door all the way he walks out. "Let's go. Federal agents! Step back!"
The others follow him, while he continues his act, clearing a way to the Phalanx's van and an ambulance parked next to it. Turning to Clemente, "Agent White wants your people in there to secure the crime scene ASAP."
Dalton and Gem are led to the ambulance, where Logan says they are commandeering it. He turns to Clemente again. "Agent White is not a man who likes to be kept waiting, Detective."
~~~~~~~~
In the van, Logan is telling the police to clear the barricades, while Max tells him to take it nice and easy. They clear the crowds.
"We're clear." Max says while everybody cheers. Those in the ambulance, hearing her over their helmet radios, join in.
Max moves up to sit just behind and to the side of Logan to look out the front of the van.
Logan with a mocking tone to Alec. "Just for the record, that chick was kicking your ass."
"I had it. I was just settin' her up." Alec says morosely as he turns to look out the back window.
What's that about? One of the Amazons nearly taking out Alec and Logan saving him...Alec doesn't sound to happy about that...he doesn't know what I told Logan...guess Logan was rubbing in the fact that he also had beaten Alec over me. As OC says, men and dogs. Probably never find out unless one of them talks. Wonder what Logan is thinking of me sitting here? Damn the virus I wish I could hug him.
"All right. Head for Terminal City."
Didn't think we would have made it out so easily...that detective looked skeptical - should've kept my mouth shut about White not being a patient man. Well, Alec, you owe me your transgenic ass. Just stay away from Max. Her sitting here next to me - wish I could give her a kiss.
Nearing Terminal City, they hear sirens and see the flashing lights of several police cars
Yep, should've kept my mouth shut, "We got company."
"Don't stop. Keep moving," Max tells Logan
I have no intention of doing that. Hope you have a plan Max.
As they approach the closed gates of Terminal City.
"Go straight through the gates."
Just hope this thing has the power, Max. It would be embarrassing to get hung up here. Can't leap it like you did on your bike.
"Hold on!" Logan shouts.
Max gives Logan directions to get into the parking garage and where to head. Their way is blocked eventually by some junked cars.
"End of the line," Logan says.
The police pull in behind and order them to throw out their guns and surrender.
Mole looks at Max "So what's your plan now?"
Plan, Mole? You're the person always giving orders, you're asking me? Hope Luke and Dix are watching the monitors and get some people out here fast, that's the plan.
"You heard the man."
They throw out their weapons and climb out; Max kicks a couple of the rifles aside.
Clemente orders everybody onto their knees, hands in the air. Logan is almost the last down but Max doesn't obey. She lowers her hands and slowly walks forward.
Get down Max, they're going to shoot you. Hell, what am I doing on my knees? I should be standing with you. She looks so confident, so strong...I should be covering your back...if I move now, they will shoot. Damn! Am I going to see you die again?
I hope Luke and Dix get out here fast, otherwise this is going to end badly. I keep running and they keep coming after me. Well, I'm not running anymore. This is it. Good or bad, they're going to run, not me.
"452."
"You can call me Max."
"I think you better get down on the ground."
"Actually, I think you should probably go."
"I'm not gonna tell you again."
I'm not going to tell you again," Max says sarcastically.
There is the cocking of lots of guns in the background and the shadows begin to reveal many more transgenics, who take aim at the out-numbered police. The others stand up.
"You can try and arrest us all, but you guys might want to call it a night and go have a beer."
Clemente orders the other police to leave and get out beyond the fence. He walks towards Max.
"You kept today from turning into a bloodbath, and I respect that."
"You held up your end, too." It's not your fault White wants us dead.
Clemente tells Max that she hasn't won anything, that it's going to get worse, and there is nothing he can do...
"These people's lives depend on the decisions that you make right now. I pray you make the right ones...Max." He gets in his car and leaves.
I hope so too, detective. At least I have won one more person who doesn't think, we're monsters.
Mole tells the others to divide up into teams and to escape, and go to ground.
"No, we stay."
Mole, Luke and Dix try to convince Max that there is no other way, they will be out-numbered and out gunned. If they run, they won't all be caught.
Max looks round at the gathered transgenics and her friends. "Where are we gonna go? I can't stop anyone leaving, but I'm through running and hiding, and being afraid. I'm not gonna live my life like that anymore. Aren't you tired of living in darkness? Don't you want to feel the sun on your face? To have a place of your own where you can walk down the street without being afraid? They made us, and they trained us to be soldiers, to defend this country. It's time for them to face us and take responsibility, instead of trying to sweep us away like garbage. We were made in America and we're not going anywhere. So they call us freaks; who cares? Today I'm proud to be a freak. And today we're gonna make a stand, right here. Who's with me?"
Joshua is the first to raise his hand followed by Logan and Alec.
The men in my life: Now I'm the one with a mission, and they're backing me, the first ones to raise their arms, What have I done, to win your love, Logan, your admiration, Joshua, and your grudging respect, Alec? Now I can't run. So much for wanting to be a regular girl.
The transgenics follow Original Cindy, Gem and Dalton in raising their arms and clenched fists. They all look at Mole, who eventually raises his fist after looking around, "What the hell."
Original Cindy smiles at Max, "Right on."
And lets not forget you, my home girl, my sista, my friend. Such loyalty. You're part of me and I'm part of you. Even Sketchy fits in here somewhere.
Logan watching Max the whole time with a faint smile.
That's my girl, my girlfriend if she'll have me. That's the best damn speech I've ever heard, and I hope you meant that a part of me was welcome, because I'm a freak too. Mole is going to need watching. He's going to push and challenge Max. Can I trust Alec, has he given up wanting Max...enough to help me watch her back? I can't watch him and Mole. I'll just have to trust him. Mole is definitely the bigger threat to Max in here. I may have lied about the full meaning of the runes, but seeing you now...maybe you are the one to save us all.
~~~~~~~~
Parking Garage, Terminal City:
"Okay people, lets get guards posted and roving patrols checking the other entrances. Mole you take charge of that."
Hesitating, Mole looks at Max then shakes his head. "Right you and you get to the gate. Find some cover and watch what the blue suits are up to. The rest of you who don't have any specific tasks in the command center, follow me."
Dalton and Joshua go with them after a nod from Max.
"Luke and Dix, you better head back to the command center with your people and start setting up those extra monitors that we liberated the other night. I'll be along in a moment."
"You got it Max." Luke replies walking off with Dix and a mixture of X5s and X6s and other transgenics.
"Alec, can you go help Mole. He might have his own ideas but a good second is also useful."
Alec, holding his side and favoring his wounded left arm. "But Max—"
"Just do it...please...then get yourself seen to."
"Yeah...okay, see ya later."
Max turns to a couple of X series with Gem by the ambulance, "You're two of the medics?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Max."
"Gem, you go to the infirmary with them. We have you covered."
"Okay, Max, never thought having a baby would be this rough, worse than a three day field exercise with no sleep."
Max turning to Logan, Original Cindy and Sketchy.
"Well you're stuck here for awhile. Hopefully, we can sneak you out soon before the toxins in here start to affect you."
"Well, you know I'm not going anywhere, so don't even start."
"Logan—"
"No Max, I'm here to stay no buts about it."
"We'll talk about this later."
"I know."
They both look at each other, waiting for the other to speak.
Why Logan? What can I give you now? I love you but we've missed all our chances. What is there for us now?
I can't leave you in here alone, Max. There's nothing out there for me without you. If they come for you, they'll have to come through me first. I've stopped others trying it when I was only half a man, so let them try now.
"Boo, Original Cindy is staying as long as she can." Original Cindy says, breaking the tension between Max and Logan, who both turn to look at her, "You need as many people in here you know and trust. I know they're family but so are we."
"Yeah family...what a cover story: 'Me and My Trannie Cousins.'"
"Shut up fool!" Max and Original Cindy say together and hit Sketchy on the back of the head.
"Ouch! Hey Logan aren't you going to stand up for a fellow journalist?"
"Who me? Against Supergirl and her home girl? Not me, you're on your own."
"There's no justice in the world...no justice, man."
"Okay, okay ya can stay at least till I can get you out safe and I'm going to work on that for sooner rather than later. You got me?"
"Ye, Ma'am." They answer together.
"Max!" They all laugh as they head for the command center.
~~~~~~~~
Later that night.
Max is standing on the roof of a building in Terminal City staring towards the Space Needle.
How did things get like this? All I wanted was to be a regular girl, trying to find her family, then along comes Logan with his mission in life and sucks me in and changes my outlook, and now here I am, den mother to an even bigger family than I intended finding. The cry of a new born baby that replaced the life we lost today, a new life that deserves to be free. You won't be forgotten, CeCe. That's what I am fighting for now.
She salutes and holds it for minute.
I'm glad Logan told me about his legs but I have a feeling he's keeping something else back, but then, so am I. Well, we survived that encounter. Maybe it's time for us to do what OC said and get focused on the real objective, and take out White and his cult for good.
I'm glad I stopped Joshua today...that wasn't him, that was the animal in all of us. Thing is, deep down he's better than we are, otherwise I could never have stopped him. I heard Logan thanking him for saving his life. Thanks big fella.
~~~~~~~~
Logan is standing on the other side of the building staring at the Space Needle, hidden from Max by an old air conditioning unit.
The sound of Gem's baby crying after the fight was so beautiful. The universe is on course as usual, a life lost, a new life begun. I'll not forget CeCe If she hadn't protected Max...thanks, CeCe, I wish I'd known you.
You told me, Max, that you went up there to think over things. I remember back in the day when it gleamed white with light, no graffiti, no broken windows and scaring the hell out of me with its height. You were right. It's a place to think on things, and one of the things I did think was that you weren't really dead. I was right. You came back...changed, less sure of yourself, not really ready to give us a chance – yeah, the virus. They did something else to you back at Manticore, Max. They bent and twisted you till you nearly broke. Today you beat them. You will never break now Max.
An angel
Bent
Never broken
Forever in my heart.
*****
A/N We now enter into new territory. To be continued.