A/N: And this is where it finally begins…..

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Chapter ten: Coming Back To You

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'Is this an invite only, or can anyone crash?'

-Zack (Hit A Sista Back)

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'So sit on top of the world and tell me what you're feeling

What you feel now is what I feel for you'

-Dido (Take My Hand)

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The guy with dark brown hair and blonde spikes was carrying the gas.  The woman with fair hair was carrying the bag and Erin simply had her board or her extra limb as she sometimes thought of it.  Who knew? Maybe she was a skater chick?  She didn't like labels and it wasn't like she ate and slept skating, it was just that she thought it was pretty fun like going to the cinema or going to a club.

They were crowded in the front of the old building that Erin had decided was a once a shop.  It was kind of obvious with the huge window that was covered with that same rotting plywood.

The guy with the pale skin that Erin had heard the others call simply T, moved to the front, pulled out a pin in one of the grenades and threw one grenade at the closest van.  It was straight on target like they all thought it would be and the van exploded immediately, the crowd screamed and scattered pulling several cops along in the stampede.

They were too busy on the chaos to notice the five figures running behind the blazing van and appearing on the other side of the fence.  The other van exploded and four more people joined the others, now within the boundaries of Terminal City.  They jogged off to find the main street of TC.

The guy with the dark spiky hair grinned down at Erin. "Here" he handed her a pair of cool mirrored shades "for helpin' us out."

Erin grinned back and put them on.  Her face became serious when she saw transgenics staring at them from windows and doorways.  Looking around her, she spotted the parking garage, got on her board and skated off towards it.  The transgenics she had rescued followed.

Eyes followed the group of strangers that walked into the garage.  They all looked in the early twenties and were wearing leathers and shades, all but a girl who was skating beside them wearing her own pair of shades.  She looked like an older X6.

"Hey" the leader barked at an anomalie "where's 452?" 

The anomalie pointed to a door at the end of the ground floor that lots of transgenics were coming and going through. The leader nodded and they walked confidently over to it.

Max was talking to Alec and Josh in her office when Mole walked in chewing his usual cigar.

"Hey Max, some new transgenics are here to see you.  They say they're the ones that were captured, looks like the rescue mission's off.  The explosion was them blowing up the vans."

Max frowned, got up and followed him.  What she saw made her stop and gasp.

"Zack" she whispered.  Staring up at her from the lower level of HQ was X5-599.

"Who are they Max?" Josh looked down at the people stood in the middle of the room.  Max smiled truly for the first time since the Jam Pony incident.

She looked at the faces of all 8 transgenics, not noticing the girl that moved away from them.  "It's my family Josh, my brothers and sisters."

A/N:  Cos you didn't see THAT one coming *shakes head* I'm really crap at cliff-hangers. *shuffles away muttering to self* Where's my medication?!!!