Chapter 4
2years later
*ring ring* "what?" Alec answered his phone knowing that it would be Logan.
"is that how you always have to answer your phone?" there was no reply. "well there was another attack. Once again I got a feeling that its part of the Cult, but also has some traits of Manticore training." Logan replied.
"ok. I'll be over in like an hour." Alec hung up his phone. It had been a little over two years since Max was kidnapped and Alec and Logan were behind their every move hoping that it would help them find Max.
Alec walked into Jampony and headed for his locker. When he opened his locker, Original Cindy came up next to him. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. Everyday, she would ask if he had any news on Max. they all knew that she was with White, and as much as he hated her guts, she was probably killed the day they got her.
"Not today Cindy." Original Cindy ignored him. She grabbed his arm and took him around back to the alley. Just as he was about to yell at her she started first. "I saw her Alec." She looked him directly in the eyes.
"where?"
"Out in Northern Crown. Its in Oregon. Right on the border. I was going to see my baby sister. When I got to the border I saw her attack the man at the post. She snapped his neck, and then this truck drove by. White was in the truck. She climbed in the truck and sat down across from White." Alec couldn't believe his ears. "They must have brain-washed her. We gotta find them. I'll go to Logan's and see what I can find out."
"Alec..." she grabbed Alec's arm halting him from leaving. "She saw me. She saw me, Alec. She just smiled and waved at me. Then she looked like she was about to cry. And then I couldn't see the truck anymore."
When Alec got to Logan's, he told him everything that Original Cindy told him. Logan began to search for any trucks that would be heading for Oregon.
"What I don't get is why she would kill an innocent man?" Alec asked.
"What I don't get is why she was willingly with Ames White. You have to admit Alec...the killings are linked to her now. Meaning she could be the killer."
"Don't say that Logan. Nothing could get her to be like that. To be like...Ben. Nothing."
Suddenly Alec's phone started to ring. He looked at the caller I.D. and looked at Logan. "It's from Oregon." Logan handed him a wire to connect to his phone so they could trace the number. "Hello?"
"Don't go looking for me." The voice was stern.
"Max? Oh my God! Are you ok? We're going to save you Max."
"Don't! I like my life just the way it is. No problems. If you interfere I'll be forced to kill you Alec. I don't want to do that."
"Max...are you killing innocent people?"
"Only because I have to. They don't deserve to live anyway. I have to go."
"max-"she hung up on him. "damn it."
"it's okay. I got the coordinates."
"lets go." Alec and Logan raced out to Harmony, Oregon, which was 20 minutes away from Northern Crown where Original Cindy had seen her last. When they got there Logan continue to trace where the phone call came from. They followed it out to an old abandoned factory. "I'll go in." Logan handed him a walkie-talkie that had a tracking deviece in it. Alec took small steps once he got inside the factory. When he entered into a small room with one window that smelled like Max, he hesitated in the doorway before actually walking in. he walked up to the window and looked out. When he did he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end and he quickly turned on his heel to find a foot hit his face. He went to the ground hard. When he looked up, he didn't see anyone. It was dark and his senses weren't completely back yet from that powerful kick.
"I told you not to follow me, Alec. I don't want to kill you...but now I have to. I tried to warn you."
His vision focused in on a figure staring out of the window. Her hair was now down past her waist. With curly ends. When he started to get up, she turned to face him and he stopped and starred at her.
"Max, you have no idea how scared I was that they tortured you or worst. Why the hell don't you want to home with me?"
She just glared at him. "I have orders Alec. I have to follow them."
"What? You told me I didn't have to follow orders when I was back at Manticore. You just don't know what its like to be free anymore." Alec stood up and slowly walked over to her unsure if she would snap his neck. He stared into her dark chocolate eyes. "I want my lover back. I'll even go with you max. I just have to be with you. I can't take it anymore."
She stared back into his eyes. She reached her hand towards his face and he stepped back. She hesitated but stepped forward and caressed his check. "I bet I can find away for them to let you stay with me. I need you too Alec. I would always watch you. I was always there. But I can't go back with you. I have orders."
"Since when did you care about orders Max? You're coming with me." Alec pulled out a taser just as she was about to start to yell at him. She collapsed in his arms, shaking. She looked into his eyes, as if she wanted something important to say, but couldn't. "Don't worry Max. I know they have you brain washed but I'm gonna save you."
Alec carried her out to Logan's car. As soon as he was an arms length away from the car she started squirming trying to get loose. "Max, you don't know what's best for you." He screamed at her.
Logan ran out to help him. She stopped moving and started to cry. "They'll kill him Alec! If you don't let me go back they'll kill him!"
They both let her go and she stood in front of them. Not attempting to run. "Kill who max?" Logan asked softly.
Max shifted her gaze from Alec, to Logan, back to Alec and then to the factory.
"I have a mission...that I have to complete. Then they might let me go with certain rules. I have to be a good soldier and follow orders." She wiped her face and took a step backwards. She turned her back to them and was about to run.
"Maxie." The voice that came from Alec was soft and comforting. "They'll kill who?"
She turned towards them and looked back at the factory. "They'll kill Monkey. They'll kill my baby." She turned back to them. They stared at her shocked. "They're protecting him. You don't know how many people want him, because he's the offspring of two semi-perfect X5's. Not to mention he's the first offspring to be born with a barcode, and the immunity to the Cult's wacko rituals. They call him the first transgenetic Cult child. I know what I'm doing. Please. Just let me go." Logan looked at Alec was obviously in shock. Logan nodded at her. She turned her gaze back at Alec before she walked away. "It's creepy how much he looks like you. Same eyes. Same attitude. Same smile. They named him Ryan. I never named him." she gave them both a soft smile, and started to run faster than average back towards the factory. On the way back to Seattle, Alec was in shock. Max was pregnant the day she was kidnapped. what would have been the day that they found out she was taken. Both her and his...baby.
Alec stood staring out of Logan's window in his apartment. Logan could tell he was in shock over the fact that Max refused their help to save their son Ryan. Logan walked up to him and looked out the window.
"you know Alec...if you ever need someone to talk to..." he paused looking over to see Alec looking at him.
"thanks man."
"you know if she completes the mission she and your baby will be coming back to you" Logan said trying to cheer Alec up even though he was a little jealous that it worked out between the two and he hadn't found his soul mate yet.
"I just don't understand why they would do this to her. I mean I understand why white would...but the entire cult?"
"well...she had a point before." Logan said noticing that Alec had fixed his gaze on him, with a confused look on it. "As soon as we got back, I talked to some of my sources. Manticore has been unsuccessful in breeding transgenetics that have offspring born with barcodes and not be nomalies."
"The barcodes make them official transgenetics right?" Alec asked.
Logan replied "People are offering billions of dollars to get full breed offspring transgenetic. But it's never been done. Either the offspring had no barcode, or was a anomaly."
Logan glanced at Alec who was coming out of shock and back to reality.
Logan continued, "you know...Ryan's gonna need serious protection. Max is just doing what her instincts tell her." Logan gave him another look over.
"you know? You look tired. You should get some sleep Alec. We've had a rough day.
Alec nodded and left.
2years later
*ring ring* "what?" Alec answered his phone knowing that it would be Logan.
"is that how you always have to answer your phone?" there was no reply. "well there was another attack. Once again I got a feeling that its part of the Cult, but also has some traits of Manticore training." Logan replied.
"ok. I'll be over in like an hour." Alec hung up his phone. It had been a little over two years since Max was kidnapped and Alec and Logan were behind their every move hoping that it would help them find Max.
Alec walked into Jampony and headed for his locker. When he opened his locker, Original Cindy came up next to him. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. Everyday, she would ask if he had any news on Max. they all knew that she was with White, and as much as he hated her guts, she was probably killed the day they got her.
"Not today Cindy." Original Cindy ignored him. She grabbed his arm and took him around back to the alley. Just as he was about to yell at her she started first. "I saw her Alec." She looked him directly in the eyes.
"where?"
"Out in Northern Crown. Its in Oregon. Right on the border. I was going to see my baby sister. When I got to the border I saw her attack the man at the post. She snapped his neck, and then this truck drove by. White was in the truck. She climbed in the truck and sat down across from White." Alec couldn't believe his ears. "They must have brain-washed her. We gotta find them. I'll go to Logan's and see what I can find out."
"Alec..." she grabbed Alec's arm halting him from leaving. "She saw me. She saw me, Alec. She just smiled and waved at me. Then she looked like she was about to cry. And then I couldn't see the truck anymore."
When Alec got to Logan's, he told him everything that Original Cindy told him. Logan began to search for any trucks that would be heading for Oregon.
"What I don't get is why she would kill an innocent man?" Alec asked.
"What I don't get is why she was willingly with Ames White. You have to admit Alec...the killings are linked to her now. Meaning she could be the killer."
"Don't say that Logan. Nothing could get her to be like that. To be like...Ben. Nothing."
Suddenly Alec's phone started to ring. He looked at the caller I.D. and looked at Logan. "It's from Oregon." Logan handed him a wire to connect to his phone so they could trace the number. "Hello?"
"Don't go looking for me." The voice was stern.
"Max? Oh my God! Are you ok? We're going to save you Max."
"Don't! I like my life just the way it is. No problems. If you interfere I'll be forced to kill you Alec. I don't want to do that."
"Max...are you killing innocent people?"
"Only because I have to. They don't deserve to live anyway. I have to go."
"max-"she hung up on him. "damn it."
"it's okay. I got the coordinates."
"lets go." Alec and Logan raced out to Harmony, Oregon, which was 20 minutes away from Northern Crown where Original Cindy had seen her last. When they got there Logan continue to trace where the phone call came from. They followed it out to an old abandoned factory. "I'll go in." Logan handed him a walkie-talkie that had a tracking deviece in it. Alec took small steps once he got inside the factory. When he entered into a small room with one window that smelled like Max, he hesitated in the doorway before actually walking in. he walked up to the window and looked out. When he did he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end and he quickly turned on his heel to find a foot hit his face. He went to the ground hard. When he looked up, he didn't see anyone. It was dark and his senses weren't completely back yet from that powerful kick.
"I told you not to follow me, Alec. I don't want to kill you...but now I have to. I tried to warn you."
His vision focused in on a figure staring out of the window. Her hair was now down past her waist. With curly ends. When he started to get up, she turned to face him and he stopped and starred at her.
"Max, you have no idea how scared I was that they tortured you or worst. Why the hell don't you want to home with me?"
She just glared at him. "I have orders Alec. I have to follow them."
"What? You told me I didn't have to follow orders when I was back at Manticore. You just don't know what its like to be free anymore." Alec stood up and slowly walked over to her unsure if she would snap his neck. He stared into her dark chocolate eyes. "I want my lover back. I'll even go with you max. I just have to be with you. I can't take it anymore."
She stared back into his eyes. She reached her hand towards his face and he stepped back. She hesitated but stepped forward and caressed his check. "I bet I can find away for them to let you stay with me. I need you too Alec. I would always watch you. I was always there. But I can't go back with you. I have orders."
"Since when did you care about orders Max? You're coming with me." Alec pulled out a taser just as she was about to start to yell at him. She collapsed in his arms, shaking. She looked into his eyes, as if she wanted something important to say, but couldn't. "Don't worry Max. I know they have you brain washed but I'm gonna save you."
Alec carried her out to Logan's car. As soon as he was an arms length away from the car she started squirming trying to get loose. "Max, you don't know what's best for you." He screamed at her.
Logan ran out to help him. She stopped moving and started to cry. "They'll kill him Alec! If you don't let me go back they'll kill him!"
They both let her go and she stood in front of them. Not attempting to run. "Kill who max?" Logan asked softly.
Max shifted her gaze from Alec, to Logan, back to Alec and then to the factory.
"I have a mission...that I have to complete. Then they might let me go with certain rules. I have to be a good soldier and follow orders." She wiped her face and took a step backwards. She turned her back to them and was about to run.
"Maxie." The voice that came from Alec was soft and comforting. "They'll kill who?"
She turned towards them and looked back at the factory. "They'll kill Monkey. They'll kill my baby." She turned back to them. They stared at her shocked. "They're protecting him. You don't know how many people want him, because he's the offspring of two semi-perfect X5's. Not to mention he's the first offspring to be born with a barcode, and the immunity to the Cult's wacko rituals. They call him the first transgenetic Cult child. I know what I'm doing. Please. Just let me go." Logan looked at Alec was obviously in shock. Logan nodded at her. She turned her gaze back at Alec before she walked away. "It's creepy how much he looks like you. Same eyes. Same attitude. Same smile. They named him Ryan. I never named him." she gave them both a soft smile, and started to run faster than average back towards the factory. On the way back to Seattle, Alec was in shock. Max was pregnant the day she was kidnapped. what would have been the day that they found out she was taken. Both her and his...baby.
Alec stood staring out of Logan's window in his apartment. Logan could tell he was in shock over the fact that Max refused their help to save their son Ryan. Logan walked up to him and looked out the window.
"you know Alec...if you ever need someone to talk to..." he paused looking over to see Alec looking at him.
"thanks man."
"you know if she completes the mission she and your baby will be coming back to you" Logan said trying to cheer Alec up even though he was a little jealous that it worked out between the two and he hadn't found his soul mate yet.
"I just don't understand why they would do this to her. I mean I understand why white would...but the entire cult?"
"well...she had a point before." Logan said noticing that Alec had fixed his gaze on him, with a confused look on it. "As soon as we got back, I talked to some of my sources. Manticore has been unsuccessful in breeding transgenetics that have offspring born with barcodes and not be nomalies."
"The barcodes make them official transgenetics right?" Alec asked.
Logan replied "People are offering billions of dollars to get full breed offspring transgenetic. But it's never been done. Either the offspring had no barcode, or was a anomaly."
Logan glanced at Alec who was coming out of shock and back to reality.
Logan continued, "you know...Ryan's gonna need serious protection. Max is just doing what her instincts tell her." Logan gave him another look over.
"you know? You look tired. You should get some sleep Alec. We've had a rough day.
Alec nodded and left.