A Family Affair
Chapter 6: Untitled
"Just do it."
"But sir!"
"Don't you 'But sir!' me!" growled White, "you're going to do it, and if you won't I'll find someone else who will!"
"This could be a very dangerous procedure," said the Med, "but the test subjects didn't turn out very well in all likely hood this will probably kill you."
"'Likely hood' 'kill you' I'm willing to take that chance Darrel, I've seen the results and I know the risks, but I am going to kill 452 no matter what it costs me. She's fucked with me for the last time and now I'm telling you to do the procedure."
"Ames listen to me, the success rate has only been around 49.8% isn't finding your son a little more important?"
"I've seen him; what he'll become, but that last stunt with those two future runts caused the Conclave to get on my case about not being able to handle the transgenics and now their looking for a replacement."
"All right but, this is a transgenic..."
"It's a transgenic/familiar hybrid that we're going to create in a decade or two," said White, "now do it."
Darrel sighed as he watched White walk into the backroom, he sure had a pretty damn big chip on his shoulder. Shaking his head the Familiar Medic followed White to begin the precedure. Meszima's body wasn't a complete waste...especially with what they found in her blood...
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"Don't think I've ever been here before."
"If you were you'd remember it."
Max and Asha sat on the Space Needle, high above the city of Seattle.
"You can actually see the stars," said Asha looking up.
"Yeah, I like it."
"Max, I'm sorry."
"I know, and I'm a.. You know uh,...sorry about the whole attacking...you thing I just..."
"I would've done the same thing," said Asha, "I should have been there for you but I just wanted you to be safe."
"I know and now that I can actually think straight, I can sort of see where you were coming from, if Zack had asked me to watch out for one of you I, and you know, the circumstances that we met in..."
"Led us here."
"Yeah," said Max, "but at least we got here, I mean with what happened last year with the kids."
"They were great weren't they?"
Max smiled, "They were. Rachel...she's just like Alec, I can't believe I didn't pick up on it the first time."
"She has your leadership and bossiness."
"Like when Jesse got shot, how she threw him to the ground and then bandaged him up."
"Oh yeah,"grinned Asha.
They looked at each other and burst out laughing. When the laughing subsided, Asha wiped a small tear from her eye and went back to looking at the sky.
"They were in love weren't they?" she asked.
Max nodded slightly, "Yeah, I think they were, or just finding out."
"Our kids."
"Good thing we're not blood related then huh?"
"Yeah..." said Asha.
"So 'Asha' what's the story behind that name?"
"It's my third name."
"I think it's story time."
Asha gave Max a small smile, "Well I still went by 'Jondy' when we got out of Manticore. I was still running and on the streets like most of us were but after the pulse who would notice? When I was seventeen I found Zane in Nevada, we almost didn't recognize each other. I hitchhiked my way south, and he was working in a garage. There was a diner attatched to it so I got a job there, that's when I changed my name to Natalie. If Lydecker was looking for us he'd know Jondy. So I became Natalie. I stayed with Zane for a while before heading to California. I had enough money then and knew enough about the world. I got an apartment and found work in a bar, that's when I heard about Eyes Only and the S1W. I got another name and started a double life. 'Asha' means life, something we all deserve. And my last name 'Barlow' well, I worked in a bar and was lying low so I put it together into my last name."
"How long have you known Logan?"
"Four or five years, we worked on an S1W case together. Stayed close."
"Do you know what Alec and Logan were fighting about back at Crash?"
"When we were kicking the crap outta each other? Uh, no not really why?"
"Don't know," said Max, "this is nice you know. Us, talking, now that I know you're here."
"Yeah it is."
"Have you ever considered acting?"
"Max..."
"I'm just bugging you sis."
"It's nice to hear that again."
"We should go."
"You have to work tomorrow."
"And Alec's probably clawing the wall's," said Max, "are you working too?"
"Logan and his research."
"Good luck with that."
Getting up from their sitting positions, both X5's made their way down the Space Needle. Sharing one last hug before they went their separate ways.
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Alec's Apartment...
Max put her key in the lock and let herself in. Alec looked up from the t.v when she entered.
"Hey."
"Hey yourself, miss me?"
"Always," said Alec giving Max his patented 'Alec grin'.
Throwing off her jacket and making her way over to the couch, Max threw her self down beside Alec and curled up to his side as he put an arm around her.
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A/N: Well there you go I bloody well FINALLY got this out. Sorry for the long wait but I have been so busy with school! May has been an absolutely brutal monthl, too many assignments and I'm not even done yet! Everything will be finished on June 6th, that's when my last major assignment is due in (unless they decide to spring something else on me.)
Disclaimer: see prev. chap's, what are you gonna sue me for? Pocket lint?