1 Chapter 6
Tears ran down Max's face as she heard Alec's words. She brushed his hair with her fingers and she lay there for hours. She left the room before Alec woke up.
Alec felt…better. For some reason. He knew. He just knew. He could smell her. She had been here. For how long? He had no idea. Why? He didn't dare think. He slowly got up and raised himself from his bed and went to stand in front of his mirror. His wound had heeled considerably. He looked at his hair. It was sticking up on ends. Why? He grinned. He knew she had touched him. He put a shirt on and left his room and headed down the hall and ran into Logan. Fuck! Alec thought.
"Hey Logan." Alec said joyfully.
Logan looked at Alec. He knew that the X5 had been shot, or so Max had said, but he sure as hell didn't look like someone that had been shot. From behind him a voice rang out. "Hey bro." Logan turned around and came face to face with, well, Alec.
Blade looked at the guy that had been talking to Alec and dismissed him, knowing right away that he was not an X series. He had then looked at Alec. He observed him and decided that his brother was feeling better. –Feeling better?-
-ya, lot's better- Alec answered, but did not answer at the sudden grin that spread across his face.
Logan, meanwhile was looking from Alec to Alec and noticed that the two soldiers were sending each other signals with their eyes or something.
"Hello?" He said weakly
Alec looked back at Logan, sneered at him for disturbing him and elaborated. "Logan, this is my brother, Blade."
Logan was really confused for he was sure that it was Ben. But obviously Manticore had screwed around with genetics. "Three of you?" Logan asked interested.
Blade frowned for it was not the first time someone had mistaken him for someone else. He wondered what was going on. –What's he talking about?-
-Ben-
-Ben?-
-Our other brother, I guess we were triplets or something cause we sure aren't identical.- Alec thought
-Can I meet him?-
Alec frowned and Blade wondered why. –No.- Alec said
-Why the hell not?!-
-Cause he's dead.- Alec said evenly with no emotion.
Blade winced, -How?-
It was Alec's turned to wince, for when he thought of the shit Max had had to go through for Ben he just couldn't think to much about it.
Alec turned to Logan, "See ya." And motioned Blade to fallow him.
They went to a room that had a couple of chairs in them. Alec sat down. Blade didn't. Alec did not talk, he only looked at Blade, telling him to sit his ass down. In the end, Blade sat down.
"Ben was one of the 12 escapees in 2009…" he paused, looked into Blade's eyes and went on, "So was Max."
"Your girl?" Blade asked
Alec didn't argue about the your girl thing, but nodded. "Anyway, the leader, Zack, X5-599. He decided it was best to split up. For ten years Max didn't see any of her brothers or sisters as she calls them. Then Zack showed up and so forth. Anyway, all this time, Ben, had never really left Manticore. He never left. He was sick in the head. He believed in a child's game they used to play or something, the blue lady…" but before he could continue, Blade jumped out of his seat.
"It was him?!" Blade almost yelled. "Is he the reason I spent 6 months in psy-ops?! FUCK!"
"Sit down Blade. You have to know the whole story." Alec urged .
Blade sat back down and looked at Alec, telling him to continue.
"He came to Seattle about a year and a half ago. He would kill people, taking out their teeth and then he would tattoo his barcode on his victims neck. He would then take their teeth and place them in front of his Blue Lady. Logan, by the way, is Eye Only." Blade raised an eyebrow at this information. "He discovered that there were bodies being found with barcodes. So, naturally he told his little transgenic friend, Max." Alec paused, thinking how to go about the rest. "She went to the bodies and naturally assumed that it was Ben, but then an other one with the same barcode, she then knew. It wasn't Ben, it was Ben that was the killer. She found him at a church and they fought it out. Ben won and left. He trapped Max and was in the process of killing his next victim, a priest. She got out and saved the guys life. They then fought it off again. She kicked him in the knee, braking it. Not far away, Manticore was closing in…real fast. Ben couldn't walk. He begged Max not to let him go back. He begged and begged. She ended up snapping his neck. Killing him instantly."
Blade didn't say anything for a while. He heard a scrape and turned around to find Max standing in the door way. Crying her eyes out…silently.
Tears ran down Max's face as she heard Alec's words. She brushed his hair with her fingers and she lay there for hours. She left the room before Alec woke up.
Alec felt…better. For some reason. He knew. He just knew. He could smell her. She had been here. For how long? He had no idea. Why? He didn't dare think. He slowly got up and raised himself from his bed and went to stand in front of his mirror. His wound had heeled considerably. He looked at his hair. It was sticking up on ends. Why? He grinned. He knew she had touched him. He put a shirt on and left his room and headed down the hall and ran into Logan. Fuck! Alec thought.
"Hey Logan." Alec said joyfully.
Logan looked at Alec. He knew that the X5 had been shot, or so Max had said, but he sure as hell didn't look like someone that had been shot. From behind him a voice rang out. "Hey bro." Logan turned around and came face to face with, well, Alec.
Blade looked at the guy that had been talking to Alec and dismissed him, knowing right away that he was not an X series. He had then looked at Alec. He observed him and decided that his brother was feeling better. –Feeling better?-
-ya, lot's better- Alec answered, but did not answer at the sudden grin that spread across his face.
Logan, meanwhile was looking from Alec to Alec and noticed that the two soldiers were sending each other signals with their eyes or something.
"Hello?" He said weakly
Alec looked back at Logan, sneered at him for disturbing him and elaborated. "Logan, this is my brother, Blade."
Logan was really confused for he was sure that it was Ben. But obviously Manticore had screwed around with genetics. "Three of you?" Logan asked interested.
Blade frowned for it was not the first time someone had mistaken him for someone else. He wondered what was going on. –What's he talking about?-
-Ben-
-Ben?-
-Our other brother, I guess we were triplets or something cause we sure aren't identical.- Alec thought
-Can I meet him?-
Alec frowned and Blade wondered why. –No.- Alec said
-Why the hell not?!-
-Cause he's dead.- Alec said evenly with no emotion.
Blade winced, -How?-
It was Alec's turned to wince, for when he thought of the shit Max had had to go through for Ben he just couldn't think to much about it.
Alec turned to Logan, "See ya." And motioned Blade to fallow him.
They went to a room that had a couple of chairs in them. Alec sat down. Blade didn't. Alec did not talk, he only looked at Blade, telling him to sit his ass down. In the end, Blade sat down.
"Ben was one of the 12 escapees in 2009…" he paused, looked into Blade's eyes and went on, "So was Max."
"Your girl?" Blade asked
Alec didn't argue about the your girl thing, but nodded. "Anyway, the leader, Zack, X5-599. He decided it was best to split up. For ten years Max didn't see any of her brothers or sisters as she calls them. Then Zack showed up and so forth. Anyway, all this time, Ben, had never really left Manticore. He never left. He was sick in the head. He believed in a child's game they used to play or something, the blue lady…" but before he could continue, Blade jumped out of his seat.
"It was him?!" Blade almost yelled. "Is he the reason I spent 6 months in psy-ops?! FUCK!"
"Sit down Blade. You have to know the whole story." Alec urged .
Blade sat back down and looked at Alec, telling him to continue.
"He came to Seattle about a year and a half ago. He would kill people, taking out their teeth and then he would tattoo his barcode on his victims neck. He would then take their teeth and place them in front of his Blue Lady. Logan, by the way, is Eye Only." Blade raised an eyebrow at this information. "He discovered that there were bodies being found with barcodes. So, naturally he told his little transgenic friend, Max." Alec paused, thinking how to go about the rest. "She went to the bodies and naturally assumed that it was Ben, but then an other one with the same barcode, she then knew. It wasn't Ben, it was Ben that was the killer. She found him at a church and they fought it out. Ben won and left. He trapped Max and was in the process of killing his next victim, a priest. She got out and saved the guys life. They then fought it off again. She kicked him in the knee, braking it. Not far away, Manticore was closing in…real fast. Ben couldn't walk. He begged Max not to let him go back. He begged and begged. She ended up snapping his neck. Killing him instantly."
Blade didn't say anything for a while. He heard a scrape and turned around to find Max standing in the door way. Crying her eyes out…silently.