1 Chapter 14
Max knew she was pregnant three weeks after Alec's death. She cried and laughed all at the same time. She could hardly believe it at first, but she had radiated with joy. Alec's baby. She was filled with contempt. Logan had noticed her change and had questioned her, she had told him she was pregnant. He had radiated with madness. She had packed her bags and had moved back in with OC who had been 100% supportive. It took her three weeks to ask who the babies father was. She hadn't been one bit surprised to find out it was Alec's. Max worked at Jam Pony for three months after that but stopped when she knew it could start getting dangerous, she took a desk job instead, at Jam Pony of course. Normal hadn't been a problem. He knew about her and her secret and when she told him she was pregnant he had told her she couldn't drive a bike anymore and told her she would be working a desk job. Normal had a thing for babies.
Months passed and she got bigger and bigger. She couldn't risk going to see a doctor because he would take blood samples from her and the baby. By her seventh month, Max was so big she had trouble going to work and Normal told her she could not work anymore, but she would still get paid.
By the eighth months, Max couldn't leave her bed.
The baby came early, a month early. It was painful but Max endured it. It was a boy, but a surprise fallowed…a baby girl. She had had twins. A girl and a boy. She cried with joy as she held her two children. The boy was the spitting image of his father. There was no doubt about it. The girl looked more like Max, but had features of her father's also.
It took two days before Max finally named them. OC had been wondering if she was ever going to name them.
"The girl was easy," Max said to OC, "Her names going to be Samantha Lee."
"What about miniature Alec here?" OC pointed towards the boy, who was looking back at them with what looked like intelligence in his eyes, as if he was observing the scene, "Well, he was tough, I'm going to call him Sky, as in Alec Skylar."
"Nice."
"I thought so." Max agreed as she picked up her son, she noticed that the boy was way to observant for a normal baby, she knew that he wasn't, neither was his sister. "Hey, Sky." The boys eyes looked up into her eyes, as if he understood her. It kind of freaked her out, but she would teach him everything he would need to know.
***
Alec was working out when Walker walked into the apartment. He watched for 5 minutes as Alec went through his routine. He was always amazed. He had a tape in his hands. It had been a year since Alec had been with him. Ryan thought of him as a brother, a friend, his best friend. Alec felt the same way as Ryan.
Ryan looked down at the tape in his hand, he had watched it earlier this morning with two generals and he had gotten real confused and he wanted Alec too fill him in.
"Alec I want you to watch something for me." Ryan asked him.
Alec looked up at him. He stopped what he was doing and took the tape from Ryan and read the date. Ryan saw him go slightly pale and wondered why.
Alec looked back up at Ryan. He didn't want to see this.
"Please Alec?" Ryan pleaded
"OK."
Alec placed the tape in the VCR and pushed play. Alec could tell it was a footage from when the fire had happened…a year ago. He could also tell that it was a tape from a news report from outside the burning building. He then saw him and his brother Blade come out of the building. Alec wanted to cry, he looked upon his brother, he looked exactly like him. His eyes tiered up. Ryan saw this, he wondered why, he had never once seen Alec get emotional. "Which one is you?" Ryan finally asked.
Alec looked at him, the tears spilled over and he brushed them away furiously. "The one with the longer hair." Alec finally answered and looked away.
"Who's the other guy?" Ryan asked, already knowing the answer.
"My brother, what do you think?" Alec snarled.
Ryan shrugged it off, "Do you have any other family?"
Alec frowned, "Ya, another brother, I'm part of a set of triplets." He saw Ryan frown at this, "I didn't even know I had brothers until two years ago. I found out about Ben just before I got out of Manticore, but I never met him, he was killed." Alec stopped for a second, "Then a year later I met Blade. It came as a complete surprise to both of us, I just ran into him in the streets of Seattle. I met him two days before the fire."
When Ryan realised that Alec wasn't going to continue he asked an other question. "So, is Blade alive?"
Alec turned his head sharply towards Ryan and looked at him in the eyes for a full minute before answering. "I don't know."
Ryan almost felt what Alec felt, he could only imagine not knowing if a sibling was alive. "When was the last time you saw him?"
"That day," he said pointing towards the screen, where he and Blade were fighting.
"What are you fighting for?" Ryan asked.
"I wanted to go back in and he wouldn't let me." Alec grumbled.
"Why the hell would you have wanted to go back in?" Ryan asked, surprised.
The tears came again. Alec closed his eyes and all he could see was his Max, "A girl…the girl."
Ryan saw the unconditional pain in his friends face. "What happened?"
"She died in the fire. We were going to the roof so that we could escape the Cops, then the stairs collapsed and while I was on them, I fell 4 floors. She was stuck up there and I told her to keep going." Alec stopped for a brief second, "I thought I was the one who was going to die, but my brother found me half unconscious on the floor. How he did it, I have no idea, hell the smoke was so thick, it almost killed me."
"Sometimes I wish I had died in that fire, I wish that I could take Max's place."
Ryan didn't say anything for a while, "I'll help you find your brother."
Alec looked up in surprise. "You will?"
"Ya…it'll be hard, but we can manage."
"One things for sure," Alec said, "He's not in a 100 mile radius of this building.
Ryan raised an eyebrow at this.
"Me and my brother, we share this kind of thing, You see, we can talk to each other, like telekinesis. But it doesn't work from far.
Ryan was very surprised, but did not comment. "I'll look in the files, see where they shipped most of the transgenics."
"I'll help."
Max knew she was pregnant three weeks after Alec's death. She cried and laughed all at the same time. She could hardly believe it at first, but she had radiated with joy. Alec's baby. She was filled with contempt. Logan had noticed her change and had questioned her, she had told him she was pregnant. He had radiated with madness. She had packed her bags and had moved back in with OC who had been 100% supportive. It took her three weeks to ask who the babies father was. She hadn't been one bit surprised to find out it was Alec's. Max worked at Jam Pony for three months after that but stopped when she knew it could start getting dangerous, she took a desk job instead, at Jam Pony of course. Normal hadn't been a problem. He knew about her and her secret and when she told him she was pregnant he had told her she couldn't drive a bike anymore and told her she would be working a desk job. Normal had a thing for babies.
Months passed and she got bigger and bigger. She couldn't risk going to see a doctor because he would take blood samples from her and the baby. By her seventh month, Max was so big she had trouble going to work and Normal told her she could not work anymore, but she would still get paid.
By the eighth months, Max couldn't leave her bed.
The baby came early, a month early. It was painful but Max endured it. It was a boy, but a surprise fallowed…a baby girl. She had had twins. A girl and a boy. She cried with joy as she held her two children. The boy was the spitting image of his father. There was no doubt about it. The girl looked more like Max, but had features of her father's also.
It took two days before Max finally named them. OC had been wondering if she was ever going to name them.
"The girl was easy," Max said to OC, "Her names going to be Samantha Lee."
"What about miniature Alec here?" OC pointed towards the boy, who was looking back at them with what looked like intelligence in his eyes, as if he was observing the scene, "Well, he was tough, I'm going to call him Sky, as in Alec Skylar."
"Nice."
"I thought so." Max agreed as she picked up her son, she noticed that the boy was way to observant for a normal baby, she knew that he wasn't, neither was his sister. "Hey, Sky." The boys eyes looked up into her eyes, as if he understood her. It kind of freaked her out, but she would teach him everything he would need to know.
***
Alec was working out when Walker walked into the apartment. He watched for 5 minutes as Alec went through his routine. He was always amazed. He had a tape in his hands. It had been a year since Alec had been with him. Ryan thought of him as a brother, a friend, his best friend. Alec felt the same way as Ryan.
Ryan looked down at the tape in his hand, he had watched it earlier this morning with two generals and he had gotten real confused and he wanted Alec too fill him in.
"Alec I want you to watch something for me." Ryan asked him.
Alec looked up at him. He stopped what he was doing and took the tape from Ryan and read the date. Ryan saw him go slightly pale and wondered why.
Alec looked back up at Ryan. He didn't want to see this.
"Please Alec?" Ryan pleaded
"OK."
Alec placed the tape in the VCR and pushed play. Alec could tell it was a footage from when the fire had happened…a year ago. He could also tell that it was a tape from a news report from outside the burning building. He then saw him and his brother Blade come out of the building. Alec wanted to cry, he looked upon his brother, he looked exactly like him. His eyes tiered up. Ryan saw this, he wondered why, he had never once seen Alec get emotional. "Which one is you?" Ryan finally asked.
Alec looked at him, the tears spilled over and he brushed them away furiously. "The one with the longer hair." Alec finally answered and looked away.
"Who's the other guy?" Ryan asked, already knowing the answer.
"My brother, what do you think?" Alec snarled.
Ryan shrugged it off, "Do you have any other family?"
Alec frowned, "Ya, another brother, I'm part of a set of triplets." He saw Ryan frown at this, "I didn't even know I had brothers until two years ago. I found out about Ben just before I got out of Manticore, but I never met him, he was killed." Alec stopped for a second, "Then a year later I met Blade. It came as a complete surprise to both of us, I just ran into him in the streets of Seattle. I met him two days before the fire."
When Ryan realised that Alec wasn't going to continue he asked an other question. "So, is Blade alive?"
Alec turned his head sharply towards Ryan and looked at him in the eyes for a full minute before answering. "I don't know."
Ryan almost felt what Alec felt, he could only imagine not knowing if a sibling was alive. "When was the last time you saw him?"
"That day," he said pointing towards the screen, where he and Blade were fighting.
"What are you fighting for?" Ryan asked.
"I wanted to go back in and he wouldn't let me." Alec grumbled.
"Why the hell would you have wanted to go back in?" Ryan asked, surprised.
The tears came again. Alec closed his eyes and all he could see was his Max, "A girl…the girl."
Ryan saw the unconditional pain in his friends face. "What happened?"
"She died in the fire. We were going to the roof so that we could escape the Cops, then the stairs collapsed and while I was on them, I fell 4 floors. She was stuck up there and I told her to keep going." Alec stopped for a brief second, "I thought I was the one who was going to die, but my brother found me half unconscious on the floor. How he did it, I have no idea, hell the smoke was so thick, it almost killed me."
"Sometimes I wish I had died in that fire, I wish that I could take Max's place."
Ryan didn't say anything for a while, "I'll help you find your brother."
Alec looked up in surprise. "You will?"
"Ya…it'll be hard, but we can manage."
"One things for sure," Alec said, "He's not in a 100 mile radius of this building.
Ryan raised an eyebrow at this.
"Me and my brother, we share this kind of thing, You see, we can talk to each other, like telekinesis. But it doesn't work from far.
Ryan was very surprised, but did not comment. "I'll look in the files, see where they shipped most of the transgenics."
"I'll help."