Chapter 26
6 months later
Talk had led him to this farm on the outskirts of Seattle. He had heard that there was someone with a bar code on the back of their neck at this farm. It was hard for Sky to imagine that a transgenic could possibly live on a farm of all things. The previous six months had been with little success. He had met several transgenics, but they had all been second generation transgenics. Sky wanted to meet someone that had been in Manticore and he was pretty sure that the guy on this farm had been created in Manticore. For one thing, he was suppose to have been on the farm even before Sky had been born.
Sky walked up to the first person he saw, there was no doubt in Sky's mind that this man was a hard worker. He had dark eyes and dirty blond hair. He looked to be in his early thirties. The man was holding a bag of grain of something on his shoulder and Sky knew for a fact that those things were really heavy. This guy could have been really strong, but Sky was pretty sure this was the guy he was looking for. The fact that his eyes were wary and un trusting.
"My name's Sky." Sky announced. The man did not move, the only thing he did was arch an eyebrow. "Do you have a barcode on the back of your neck?" Sky asked, getting right down to business.
"What's it to you, other than the fact that you look so much like your father it's uncanny." The man said.
Sky was taken aback, who was this guy? "How would you know?"
"Well, your Alec's son, or Ben, no Ben's dead, maybe Blade." So this guy knew who he was, Sky remembered his mother had once told him that he had had two uncles that were identical to his father, but he didn't remember anything else about them. "Alec's my father."
"You a half breed?" The man asked.
"No." Sky answered.
"Who was your mother?" the man asked.
"Max." at that same moment the man let the bag drop to the ground.
"Maxie's your mother.suppose you could be, you have her colouring.shit." He came closer. " I'm Zack, but people here call me Adam. I'm your uncle." Sky was surprised at this. "What the hell are you doing here?" Sky asked, waving to at the farm.
"It's a long story.a very long story." Zack said.
"I got time." And so Zack told Sky his story, from the beginning, how they had escaped Manticore, to the part where he gave Max his heart to the part where he had had amnesia and then had it all over again and got stuck here.
About an hour later, Sky asked his first question, "When did you regain your memory?" Zack slightly grinned at that, but did not smile, "When Jondy, now my wife, showed up out of nowhere wondering where the hell I'd been for five years." He paused, "Everything came back so fast it almost knocked me out. I remembered the first time I recovered from my amnesia and I realised that my memory had been tempered with because I thought I had been romantically involved with my own sister, I was disgusted and then I remembered Alec, I found out about Blade a couple years ago as I still try to keep an eye on the transgenics, but hell, there are so many of them now."
"So again, I ask, why stay here?" Sky asked.
"It's safe." Zack answered simply.
"For who?"
"For my family.I have six kids, believe it or not, after the owner of this ranch died he left everything to me, god knows why, but it's a good place to keep my family safe." At that same moment, two boys came out of the barn, one looked to be about 13, the other 12 or 11. They were in no doubt, Zack kids. They had the same eyes that observed everything, they came toward Zack and Sky, they looked at Sky with the what the hell are you doing here look and then looked at their father.
"Guys, this is your cousin." he paused and realised he didn't even know the guy's name, Zack looked at Sky, "What's your name?"
"Sky." Supplied Sky. The boys looked him over again with less hostility, but Sky knew that he was someone who had the look of pure torture in his eyes and that always made people uncomfortable, but not these boys.
Zack spoke up, " This is Pierce and Tyler, their the oldest, 13 and 12. Got three other boys too, Kevin, Austin and Hunter, the baby is a girl, Jay. They're around here somewhere."
Pierce came forward, "How come you're our cousin if we've never seen ya before?"
"Cause I haven't been around." Sky answered with a deathly tone. Pierce was satisfied with that answer. Both boys turned around and left. Sky turned back to Zack,
"My turn to ask questions." Zack said, business like. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Sky smiled for the first time, "Some guy named White." Zack had gone a few shades lighter, "Guess you know him?.well, anyway, this guy kidnapped me from my parents about ten and a half years ago. I haven't seen them since, I was being trained by white for a while and then he handed me pictures of people he wanted me to kill, my father, mother, sister and two brothers where among them.so I killed him."
"Shit."
"Tell me about it!"
"So what do you want?" Zack asked,
"I want you to finish my training, I'm not going back until then."
Zack said nothing for a full minutes. "Okay, you can stay here for as long as you like."
6 months later
Talk had led him to this farm on the outskirts of Seattle. He had heard that there was someone with a bar code on the back of their neck at this farm. It was hard for Sky to imagine that a transgenic could possibly live on a farm of all things. The previous six months had been with little success. He had met several transgenics, but they had all been second generation transgenics. Sky wanted to meet someone that had been in Manticore and he was pretty sure that the guy on this farm had been created in Manticore. For one thing, he was suppose to have been on the farm even before Sky had been born.
Sky walked up to the first person he saw, there was no doubt in Sky's mind that this man was a hard worker. He had dark eyes and dirty blond hair. He looked to be in his early thirties. The man was holding a bag of grain of something on his shoulder and Sky knew for a fact that those things were really heavy. This guy could have been really strong, but Sky was pretty sure this was the guy he was looking for. The fact that his eyes were wary and un trusting.
"My name's Sky." Sky announced. The man did not move, the only thing he did was arch an eyebrow. "Do you have a barcode on the back of your neck?" Sky asked, getting right down to business.
"What's it to you, other than the fact that you look so much like your father it's uncanny." The man said.
Sky was taken aback, who was this guy? "How would you know?"
"Well, your Alec's son, or Ben, no Ben's dead, maybe Blade." So this guy knew who he was, Sky remembered his mother had once told him that he had had two uncles that were identical to his father, but he didn't remember anything else about them. "Alec's my father."
"You a half breed?" The man asked.
"No." Sky answered.
"Who was your mother?" the man asked.
"Max." at that same moment the man let the bag drop to the ground.
"Maxie's your mother.suppose you could be, you have her colouring.shit." He came closer. " I'm Zack, but people here call me Adam. I'm your uncle." Sky was surprised at this. "What the hell are you doing here?" Sky asked, waving to at the farm.
"It's a long story.a very long story." Zack said.
"I got time." And so Zack told Sky his story, from the beginning, how they had escaped Manticore, to the part where he gave Max his heart to the part where he had had amnesia and then had it all over again and got stuck here.
About an hour later, Sky asked his first question, "When did you regain your memory?" Zack slightly grinned at that, but did not smile, "When Jondy, now my wife, showed up out of nowhere wondering where the hell I'd been for five years." He paused, "Everything came back so fast it almost knocked me out. I remembered the first time I recovered from my amnesia and I realised that my memory had been tempered with because I thought I had been romantically involved with my own sister, I was disgusted and then I remembered Alec, I found out about Blade a couple years ago as I still try to keep an eye on the transgenics, but hell, there are so many of them now."
"So again, I ask, why stay here?" Sky asked.
"It's safe." Zack answered simply.
"For who?"
"For my family.I have six kids, believe it or not, after the owner of this ranch died he left everything to me, god knows why, but it's a good place to keep my family safe." At that same moment, two boys came out of the barn, one looked to be about 13, the other 12 or 11. They were in no doubt, Zack kids. They had the same eyes that observed everything, they came toward Zack and Sky, they looked at Sky with the what the hell are you doing here look and then looked at their father.
"Guys, this is your cousin." he paused and realised he didn't even know the guy's name, Zack looked at Sky, "What's your name?"
"Sky." Supplied Sky. The boys looked him over again with less hostility, but Sky knew that he was someone who had the look of pure torture in his eyes and that always made people uncomfortable, but not these boys.
Zack spoke up, " This is Pierce and Tyler, their the oldest, 13 and 12. Got three other boys too, Kevin, Austin and Hunter, the baby is a girl, Jay. They're around here somewhere."
Pierce came forward, "How come you're our cousin if we've never seen ya before?"
"Cause I haven't been around." Sky answered with a deathly tone. Pierce was satisfied with that answer. Both boys turned around and left. Sky turned back to Zack,
"My turn to ask questions." Zack said, business like. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Sky smiled for the first time, "Some guy named White." Zack had gone a few shades lighter, "Guess you know him?.well, anyway, this guy kidnapped me from my parents about ten and a half years ago. I haven't seen them since, I was being trained by white for a while and then he handed me pictures of people he wanted me to kill, my father, mother, sister and two brothers where among them.so I killed him."
"Shit."
"Tell me about it!"
"So what do you want?" Zack asked,
"I want you to finish my training, I'm not going back until then."
Zack said nothing for a full minutes. "Okay, you can stay here for as long as you like."