Chapter 3
Rowan had never seen Blade grin in public and for no apparent reason other than the fact that he seemed to be just gazing at his double. It was really freaking her out. Blade usually showed no emotion…other than in bed, Rowan grinned sheepishly to her self.
Max looked from Alec to, well, whoever and spotted distinctive differences, such as the fact that her limbs didn't go to mush when she looked at the other guy, but looking at Alec, well, she could just drown in those perfect eyes of his, that's when she saw the difference, their eyes weren't the same color. Alec's were a darkish blue, while the other guy's eyes were a deep green. If they weren't identical, Max pondered, they were probably really twins, or triplets with their dead brother, Ben. Max looked back at Alec and almost fell to the ground with the rush of emotions that so desperately wanted to escape. Alec looked at her, she sneered at him. It was the only way she could keep her emotions under lock.
Alec turned his gaze back to Blade, his brother, somehow he knew. It felt right, as if this was the guy that had been talking to him inside his head for as long as he could remember. He knew that this was not a double because the eyes and a couple small things like that were a bit different. He kind of felt complete, maybe not complete, but almost. The voice that had always given him advice had stopped talking to him when he got out of Manticore, so, all in all, he knew that his brother had been the one giving him advice. It was pretty cool and scary all at the same time.
-Who are your buddies?- Alec thought
-Wolf is the one beside me, Rowan's the chick,- he nodded his head to the red headed girl beside him – Slate, Flint and Keegan are the guys behind me, they're all X5's-
-It was you, wasn't it?- Alec asked, paused and went on(in his head) – you were the one talking to me all the time in my head, giving me advice and shit, helping me through those six months in psy-ops?-
Blade nodded, understanding completely, for he remembered, he had also gone for six months psy-ops, but before he could talk to his brother again, he heard from a distance. "LOOK, IT'S TRANSGANICS!!!" came a scared voice.
All the X5's went into soldier mode, just…like…that!! Keegan and Wolf faced the South, while Max and Rowan faced north. Alec and Blade advanced towards the East while Slate and Flint went west. Max gave the sign to split up. Looking at Alec, she willed him to be careful.
Bi sanders ran, stood in aw or screamed as the X5's fought of the sector Cops.
Alec fought without putting his full strength into his punches, fear of hurting the cops. He stayed in contact with Blade with his thought. They always knew were the other was. Guns were pointed at them, shot rang out. They dodged bullet after bullet, at the same time, disarming the cops. This was well observed by the people surrounding them. But they didn't care, different meant dangerous.
At the last second, Alec felt the indrawn breath Blade took before the bullet pierced his shoulder. Blade told him he was fine. Alec got closer to his brother. Just to make sure.
Big mistake, Alec only heard the bullet hit him in the lower back.
-Alec?-
-I'm fine- but he was not. Damn, he thought. Showing no pain he kept blocking hits and punches. He felt the warm blood slide down his back. He hadn't noticed until then, but he had yet to talk to his brother…aloud. –Let's get out of here Blade!-
-Good idea.-
And they were gone, flipping in the air from window sill to roof. Alec was losing speed. Suck it up, he told himself. He ran harder, but kept getting dizzier. They were running on a roof. Blade, leading the way, jumping from the roof into an alley paused and waited for Alec. Boy, is he ever slow, he thought and wondered why as his brother jumped from the roof and landed hard. Blood trickled from his leg to the ground. Blade saw it. Paused and looked into his brothers eyes that were full of pain. "GO!" Alec hissed.
"Fuck off!" Blade hissed back and ran to Alec. Alec fell to the ground, unconscious before even hitting the ground.
Rowan had never seen Blade grin in public and for no apparent reason other than the fact that he seemed to be just gazing at his double. It was really freaking her out. Blade usually showed no emotion…other than in bed, Rowan grinned sheepishly to her self.
Max looked from Alec to, well, whoever and spotted distinctive differences, such as the fact that her limbs didn't go to mush when she looked at the other guy, but looking at Alec, well, she could just drown in those perfect eyes of his, that's when she saw the difference, their eyes weren't the same color. Alec's were a darkish blue, while the other guy's eyes were a deep green. If they weren't identical, Max pondered, they were probably really twins, or triplets with their dead brother, Ben. Max looked back at Alec and almost fell to the ground with the rush of emotions that so desperately wanted to escape. Alec looked at her, she sneered at him. It was the only way she could keep her emotions under lock.
Alec turned his gaze back to Blade, his brother, somehow he knew. It felt right, as if this was the guy that had been talking to him inside his head for as long as he could remember. He knew that this was not a double because the eyes and a couple small things like that were a bit different. He kind of felt complete, maybe not complete, but almost. The voice that had always given him advice had stopped talking to him when he got out of Manticore, so, all in all, he knew that his brother had been the one giving him advice. It was pretty cool and scary all at the same time.
-Who are your buddies?- Alec thought
-Wolf is the one beside me, Rowan's the chick,- he nodded his head to the red headed girl beside him – Slate, Flint and Keegan are the guys behind me, they're all X5's-
-It was you, wasn't it?- Alec asked, paused and went on(in his head) – you were the one talking to me all the time in my head, giving me advice and shit, helping me through those six months in psy-ops?-
Blade nodded, understanding completely, for he remembered, he had also gone for six months psy-ops, but before he could talk to his brother again, he heard from a distance. "LOOK, IT'S TRANSGANICS!!!" came a scared voice.
All the X5's went into soldier mode, just…like…that!! Keegan and Wolf faced the South, while Max and Rowan faced north. Alec and Blade advanced towards the East while Slate and Flint went west. Max gave the sign to split up. Looking at Alec, she willed him to be careful.
Bi sanders ran, stood in aw or screamed as the X5's fought of the sector Cops.
Alec fought without putting his full strength into his punches, fear of hurting the cops. He stayed in contact with Blade with his thought. They always knew were the other was. Guns were pointed at them, shot rang out. They dodged bullet after bullet, at the same time, disarming the cops. This was well observed by the people surrounding them. But they didn't care, different meant dangerous.
At the last second, Alec felt the indrawn breath Blade took before the bullet pierced his shoulder. Blade told him he was fine. Alec got closer to his brother. Just to make sure.
Big mistake, Alec only heard the bullet hit him in the lower back.
-Alec?-
-I'm fine- but he was not. Damn, he thought. Showing no pain he kept blocking hits and punches. He felt the warm blood slide down his back. He hadn't noticed until then, but he had yet to talk to his brother…aloud. –Let's get out of here Blade!-
-Good idea.-
And they were gone, flipping in the air from window sill to roof. Alec was losing speed. Suck it up, he told himself. He ran harder, but kept getting dizzier. They were running on a roof. Blade, leading the way, jumping from the roof into an alley paused and waited for Alec. Boy, is he ever slow, he thought and wondered why as his brother jumped from the roof and landed hard. Blood trickled from his leg to the ground. Blade saw it. Paused and looked into his brothers eyes that were full of pain. "GO!" Alec hissed.
"Fuck off!" Blade hissed back and ran to Alec. Alec fell to the ground, unconscious before even hitting the ground.