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TITLE: What's Love, Anyway?
Prologue
Ames White read the report. He then beckoned to a nearby uniform. He came running.
'Is the specific assignation unit on a mission?' he asked.
'Yes. Sir.'
'Good. When she gets back, terminate her. OK?' the uniform nodded and left. White went back to the report, rereading the a specific paragraph.
The development of an X8 series commenced two years after the successful creation of X5 and months after the development of X6 and X7. Unfortunately as the last X5's were created (X5-452) the embryos were employed with X6 and X7. The choice of a new embryo was done with the specific determination of 'specific assignation' in mind. The culmination of X8 research and enhanced growth research were completed in late 2012. Problems with enhanced growth made it so only three X8's survived. X8-054, X8-166 and X8-177. The problems encountered were unstoppable growth and fitting.
Ames White shut the book and said to himself quietly. 'Two down, one to go.'
A shadow in the warehouse split from the others and left. As soon as it was away it began to run.
Chapter One: X-what?!?
Alec walked out of Jam Pony and headed back to his apartment. He took the long way to avoid bumping in Max and O.C. They were both in moods about the stunt he'd with Normal earlier. ~It's not like I wasn't going to tell Normal Max had done those packages anyway~ Alec thought sulkily. He carried on to his home and began to ponder what or more precisely whom he was going to do that night.
He'd about decided on Veronica when someone crashed into him. He groaned and brushed himself off. Only to realise his wallet had gone. Cursing he spun round grabbing at the person who had just gone by. She twisted out of his grip and ran off. Alec was close behind her.
He caught up with her and pinned her against the wall. The first thing he noticed was how attractive she was. Just past 17 he guessed with long auburn hair.
'Get off me!' She yelled in his ear.
'How's about no. Give me my wallet back and I may think about.' Alec said smiling at her.
'Not a chance.' Alec raised his eyes at her words. Then crossed them. She'd raised her knee, hard. He swung at her and she ducked.
~I'm fighting a girl!~ Alec thought in shock. He took a blow to the chin and nearly went down. ~What's more, she's winning!~ The girl had Alec pinned against the alley wall. She smiled at him and let him slide to the ground.
'Here's your wallet.' She said and threw it at his feet. She waved a fan of money at him. 'I'll keep this though. Thanks.'
'What's your name?' Alec called after her.
'She doesn't have one 494. She's one of yours.' Neither of the two fighters had seen White or his men arrive but they surrounded them alley on both sides.
'Finally! Some sanity. You're an X5?' Alec asked the girl who shook her head slowly.
'Are you?' She asked in a whisper. Alec nodded and lifted his jacket collar to reveal his bar code.
'She my dear 494, is X8-177.' Alec glared at White and said slowly.
'Do you mind? We were having a nice conversation then.' Alec threw himself at White and the X8, did the same, at the guards.
Neither of them was gaining any ground. It was like these guys didn't feel any pain! Alec dodged Whites punch and decided to give up.
'Hey.' he paused, '.177!' he yelled. She looked up. He signalled for them to escape and evade. She nodded and jumped. Landing easily on top of a 12ft wall. Alec whistled and ran towards it. He didn't stop when he reached the wall but carried on straight up it. He was 2ft from the top when a shot rang out and his ankle went out from under him. A hand grabbed his and helped him on to the roof.
'Thanks. I'm Alec.' He said holding out a hand. The girl took it but didn't offer a name in return.
'494? X5-494?' she asked quietly. Alec nodded wondering why she seemed so jumpy. 'Are you one of the 12 who escaped in '09?' she asked. Alec shook his head.
'If you want to meet one I'll take you to Max. She'll be happy to give you the whole story.'
'Max?'
'X5-452. But we all have names out here in the real world. You should too.'
'I don't want a name. I want know why my CO tried to kill me.'
'Who's your CO?' the girl nodded down, Alec assumed she meant White.
'You're one of Manticore's little experiments aren't you?'
'I suppose you could say that, yeah.'
'That's why.' The X8 looked up to Alec and sighed. She didn't seem surprised or shocked even. Just sorry. Alec remembered that, no more sweet deals or warm food and beds guaranteed.
'You're bleeding.' She said quietly looking at Alec's leg in shock. He groaned and said;
'Job hazard. Lets get over to Logan's Max'll be there anyway.' The two moved together X8-177 supporting X5-494's weight.
They got to the penthouse and Alec had been right Max was there.
'ALEC! You've some nerve! After that stunt with Normal today.'
'MAX! Calm down. It looks as though Alec's already in enough trouble. Who's you're friend?' Logan wheeled into the hallway and smiled at the frighten girl, supporting Alec's weight.
'Are you an X5?' she asked briskly.
'I am.' Max said as she helped Alec to the sofa. She turned and offered a hand to the girl who took it. 'My name's Max. What's yours?' Max managed as always to sound comforting without talking down to the younger girl.
'She doesn't want a name.' Alec said raising his eyebrows. 'Her designation's X8-177.'
'X-what?''
'X-8's, we've an enhanced growth gene. We age twice as fast in the first, three years of our lives, as you did.' The girl was sat drinking mineral water whilst Max dealt with Alec's wound.
'So you're what 19?'
'Eighteen.'
'Cool. How many other X8's are there?'
'None. White shot the others, he was going to shoot me but I got away.'
'Thank The Lord.' Logan said smiling. The girl smiled back but kept her eyes on the floor.
'You do need a name.' Alec said looking at her. She looked up and shrugged.
'What's the point?'
'Names are fun.' Alec responded.
'How did you get yours?'
'I named him.' Max said with a grin. The girl nodded and smiled.
'I'm open to suggestions.'
'Marie?'
'Too girly.'
'Ash.'
'Yuck!'
'Claire.'
'No.'
'Veronica?'
'Alec back in naming all your ex-girls!' Max teased. But Alec coloured.
'Nita?'
'Gemma?'
'Nat?'
'Natalie?'
'Amy?' The girl shook her head to each name. Until.
'How about Ella?' Logan suggested and She nodded.
'I like it. Suits you.' Max said and Alec nodded agreement.
'Fine. My name's Ella.' Said Ella.
TITLE: What's Love, Anyway?
Prologue
Ames White read the report. He then beckoned to a nearby uniform. He came running.
'Is the specific assignation unit on a mission?' he asked.
'Yes. Sir.'
'Good. When she gets back, terminate her. OK?' the uniform nodded and left. White went back to the report, rereading the a specific paragraph.
The development of an X8 series commenced two years after the successful creation of X5 and months after the development of X6 and X7. Unfortunately as the last X5's were created (X5-452) the embryos were employed with X6 and X7. The choice of a new embryo was done with the specific determination of 'specific assignation' in mind. The culmination of X8 research and enhanced growth research were completed in late 2012. Problems with enhanced growth made it so only three X8's survived. X8-054, X8-166 and X8-177. The problems encountered were unstoppable growth and fitting.
Ames White shut the book and said to himself quietly. 'Two down, one to go.'
A shadow in the warehouse split from the others and left. As soon as it was away it began to run.
Chapter One: X-what?!?
Alec walked out of Jam Pony and headed back to his apartment. He took the long way to avoid bumping in Max and O.C. They were both in moods about the stunt he'd with Normal earlier. ~It's not like I wasn't going to tell Normal Max had done those packages anyway~ Alec thought sulkily. He carried on to his home and began to ponder what or more precisely whom he was going to do that night.
He'd about decided on Veronica when someone crashed into him. He groaned and brushed himself off. Only to realise his wallet had gone. Cursing he spun round grabbing at the person who had just gone by. She twisted out of his grip and ran off. Alec was close behind her.
He caught up with her and pinned her against the wall. The first thing he noticed was how attractive she was. Just past 17 he guessed with long auburn hair.
'Get off me!' She yelled in his ear.
'How's about no. Give me my wallet back and I may think about.' Alec said smiling at her.
'Not a chance.' Alec raised his eyes at her words. Then crossed them. She'd raised her knee, hard. He swung at her and she ducked.
~I'm fighting a girl!~ Alec thought in shock. He took a blow to the chin and nearly went down. ~What's more, she's winning!~ The girl had Alec pinned against the alley wall. She smiled at him and let him slide to the ground.
'Here's your wallet.' She said and threw it at his feet. She waved a fan of money at him. 'I'll keep this though. Thanks.'
'What's your name?' Alec called after her.
'She doesn't have one 494. She's one of yours.' Neither of the two fighters had seen White or his men arrive but they surrounded them alley on both sides.
'Finally! Some sanity. You're an X5?' Alec asked the girl who shook her head slowly.
'Are you?' She asked in a whisper. Alec nodded and lifted his jacket collar to reveal his bar code.
'She my dear 494, is X8-177.' Alec glared at White and said slowly.
'Do you mind? We were having a nice conversation then.' Alec threw himself at White and the X8, did the same, at the guards.
Neither of them was gaining any ground. It was like these guys didn't feel any pain! Alec dodged Whites punch and decided to give up.
'Hey.' he paused, '.177!' he yelled. She looked up. He signalled for them to escape and evade. She nodded and jumped. Landing easily on top of a 12ft wall. Alec whistled and ran towards it. He didn't stop when he reached the wall but carried on straight up it. He was 2ft from the top when a shot rang out and his ankle went out from under him. A hand grabbed his and helped him on to the roof.
'Thanks. I'm Alec.' He said holding out a hand. The girl took it but didn't offer a name in return.
'494? X5-494?' she asked quietly. Alec nodded wondering why she seemed so jumpy. 'Are you one of the 12 who escaped in '09?' she asked. Alec shook his head.
'If you want to meet one I'll take you to Max. She'll be happy to give you the whole story.'
'Max?'
'X5-452. But we all have names out here in the real world. You should too.'
'I don't want a name. I want know why my CO tried to kill me.'
'Who's your CO?' the girl nodded down, Alec assumed she meant White.
'You're one of Manticore's little experiments aren't you?'
'I suppose you could say that, yeah.'
'That's why.' The X8 looked up to Alec and sighed. She didn't seem surprised or shocked even. Just sorry. Alec remembered that, no more sweet deals or warm food and beds guaranteed.
'You're bleeding.' She said quietly looking at Alec's leg in shock. He groaned and said;
'Job hazard. Lets get over to Logan's Max'll be there anyway.' The two moved together X8-177 supporting X5-494's weight.
They got to the penthouse and Alec had been right Max was there.
'ALEC! You've some nerve! After that stunt with Normal today.'
'MAX! Calm down. It looks as though Alec's already in enough trouble. Who's you're friend?' Logan wheeled into the hallway and smiled at the frighten girl, supporting Alec's weight.
'Are you an X5?' she asked briskly.
'I am.' Max said as she helped Alec to the sofa. She turned and offered a hand to the girl who took it. 'My name's Max. What's yours?' Max managed as always to sound comforting without talking down to the younger girl.
'She doesn't want a name.' Alec said raising his eyebrows. 'Her designation's X8-177.'
'X-what?''
'X-8's, we've an enhanced growth gene. We age twice as fast in the first, three years of our lives, as you did.' The girl was sat drinking mineral water whilst Max dealt with Alec's wound.
'So you're what 19?'
'Eighteen.'
'Cool. How many other X8's are there?'
'None. White shot the others, he was going to shoot me but I got away.'
'Thank The Lord.' Logan said smiling. The girl smiled back but kept her eyes on the floor.
'You do need a name.' Alec said looking at her. She looked up and shrugged.
'What's the point?'
'Names are fun.' Alec responded.
'How did you get yours?'
'I named him.' Max said with a grin. The girl nodded and smiled.
'I'm open to suggestions.'
'Marie?'
'Too girly.'
'Ash.'
'Yuck!'
'Claire.'
'No.'
'Veronica?'
'Alec back in naming all your ex-girls!' Max teased. But Alec coloured.
'Nita?'
'Gemma?'
'Nat?'
'Natalie?'
'Amy?' The girl shook her head to each name. Until.
'How about Ella?' Logan suggested and She nodded.
'I like it. Suits you.' Max said and Alec nodded agreement.
'Fine. My name's Ella.' Said Ella.