A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long to write, writer's block's a bitch. Because this chapter's so long, I've ended up with more plot twists. Now *shrugs* this story is gonna have at least an extra chapter. *looks upwards* Will this story ever end?!!!
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Chapter thirty-four: To Hell With What Could've Been
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'Ah, the latest adventures of Alec, the lovable X5 rogue. I can hardly wait.'
-Logan (The Berrisford Agenda)
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'She's not the kind of girl
Who likes to tell the world
About the way she feels about herself
She takes a little time in making up her mind
She doesn't want to fight the tide'
-Garbage (The Trick Is To Keep Breathing)
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"I still can't believe that Ben grew up to look like that" Lee stared at Alec as he talked with Zane and the male psy-ops soldier known as Jax a 100 feet away. "The last time I saw Ben was when he was 16. He was cute then but not hot."
"I saw him a year before he died" Jondy turned away from Alec "he scared me."
"I know little sister" Lee hugged Jondy briefly before turning back to look at Alec "But damn, that boy is hot!"
They were stood outside the infirmary, having a break from sorting through all of the medical supplies.
"He has a reputation" Jondy smirked at her sister.
"So? I'm sure the right woman can keep him on the straight and narrow" Lee grinned "I'm up for the challenge." She brushed her hair behind her ears.
"He's also the SIC, Lee" Jondy reminded her.
Lee shrugged "Nothin' wrong with an Alpha male."
"What are we talkin' about?" Syl walked out of the infirmary door behind them, Jace and little Max in tow.
"Alec" Jondy nodded in the direction of the males. "Lee thinks he's hot."
Syl snickered "Lee thinks everyone's hot."
"Do not!" Lee protested fiercely, flicking her long hair over her shoulder.
"You're just a big flirt" Syl grinned and dodged Lee's half-hearted punch.
"Either way" Jondy supplied "Lee thinks she's up for the challenge."
Lee simply shrugged "It's worth a try, like I said- the boy is hot." With that, Lee sauntered off towards the males.
Syl rolled her eyes "Much joy. We get to watch her antics again. Does she ever give up?"
"It doesn't matter" Jace spoke up quietly as she jiggled little Max up and down on her hip. "Alec won't go for her. Not now."
"Why?" Syl turned to look at her sister, curious to know about their SIC.
"Alec only ever uses women for sex. He got involved with a girl on a solo mission. She was the target's daughter." Jace turned to look at Alec who was now talking with Lee. "They say he loved her. She died and he got sent to psy-ops. He's a legend amongst all transgenics. Holds the record for surviving isolation, the tank, reindoctrination, psy-ops- you name it. But after he came back from psy-ops that time, he was different. They say that Manticore went to a whole new level with him."
"Bummer" Jondy frowned and turned back to watch Lee with Alec.
Zane was stood some distance away now, talking with Jax while Lee flirted with Alec shamelessly. Alec flirted back but not as much. A movement caught her eye and Jondy turned to see Erin, Dalton and Sketchy walking slowly up the street, laughing and talking.
"You know" Jondy said slowly as she watched Erin look up and spot Alec and Lee. "I think Alec might open up yet."
The smile on Erin's face disappeared when she saw Lee put a hand on Alec's arm and smile seductively at him. Jondy watched, impressed as a mask of fake happiness was slid into place before Erin's two friends noticed the slip. It was the sort of skill Manticore would've been proud of.
"I think you're right." Jace said slowly, as she watched Alec look up and spot Erin and the others.
Alec took a step away from Lee and called over to Erin. "Hey Erin! Come over here! I wanna go over those descriptions again!"
Erin and the two guys ambled over to him, Erin limping slightly. Jondy frowned. She'd have to take a look at that.
Lee walked back over to her sisters, a slightly disappointed look on her face. That didn't mean she wouldn't keep trying to get Alec's attention.
"Lee" Syl announced in her best Zack imitation voice "Alec is strictly off limits."
"Why?" Lee pouted, sure that she would succeed with her mission if she spent more time with Alec.
"If Alec is gonna be with any girl in T.C., no offence big sister, it ain't gonna be you."
Lee turned to look at Erin and Alec, curious and not offended. "You think they like each other?"
"To some people it would appear they're like brother and sister" Jondy smiled slightly and leant against the wall of the infirmary. "Take for example, Syl and Krit." Syl grinned and Jondy continued, knowing she had all of her sisters' attention. "When they're in public together, they fight like cat and dog, almost like brother and sister. But, when they're alone…"
Syl blushed "Well, we gotta work off all that tension somehow… So, you're sayin' they've been havin' sex?"
"No!" Jondy frowned "and I did NOT need that image of my siblings havin' sex, thank you!"
"Hey!" Syl poked her in the ribs "You brought it up, now back to your theory oh wise one."
"I've seen them when they're alone. One night, when almost everyone was asleep, I walked up the ramp to the 6th floor instead of using the stairs. What I saw was Alec and Erin sitting on the couch. They weren't fighting, they weren't teasing or bickering, all they were doing was talking. They looked close." Jondy looked at Alec and Erin again. "Have you seen Alec when Erin walks into a room? He knows she's there like I know when Zane's there, or when Syl knows when Krit's there. You guys know I'm a people watcher, I can read almost anyone. Well, I say Alec and Erin are gonna get together."
Lee looked back over at Alec and Erin, all thoughts of being with Alec gone. "You think they might need a little nudge in the right direction?"
"Maybe" Jondy shrugged "Let's see how it goes."
"I think Max might need a little nudge too" Jace grinned "or maybe a kick in the ass."
Jondy looked at her then, curious "You've seen the way she acts around Zack too?"
"We all have" Syl grinned when Jace nodded "I mean, the way she fought him in training…"
"I think it's time we had a little talk with our sister" Jondy grinned then looked over at Erin and Alec talking "Let's bring Erin with us. She's been spending far too much time with males."
"You sure that the tattoos on their necks were dragons?"
Erin sighed and rolled her eyes. "Yes Alec, I'm positive."
"Okay!" Alec held up his hands as if to ward her off "I was just checking! No need to get all defensive!"
"I'm not defensive! I'm just sick of you asking me these stupid questions over and over again! You have a photographic memory so you can't forget what I said, and I got a really good look at them, okay?!"
"Jeez, calm down! Max might think you're gonna challenge her for the title of Queen Bitch!" Alec smirked and Erin raised her eyebrows.
"And Logan might think you're challenging him for the role of Chief Prick!"
"Ouch, that really hurt" Alec staggered back then smirked again "but, you've just proven me right."
Erin smirked right back at him "Ditto."
"Hey Erin!" Erin heard a yell and turned to see Jondy and her sisters walking over to them as Zane, Jax, Dalton and Sketchy decided to join her and Alec.
"What's up?" Erin winced as the movement pulled her side. She noticed Jondy and Alec's look of concern and quickly hid her pain.
"We're gonna go have some girl talk with Max, wanna come?" Syl bounced on the balls of her feet.
"Yeah okay" Erin shrugged, this time not letting any pain show.
"Girl talk?" Zane looked between Erin and Jondy. "What would Erin need girl talk for?"
"Well, if you guys hadn't noticed" Jondy glared at him "Erin IS a girl."
The guys looked Erin up and down.
"You know dude" Sketchy looked at Zane "I think she might be right."
"Yeah" Alec was apparently stunned by this revelation "She DOES look kinda girl shaped."
Erin glared at them and slapped Alec up the head "Well, I ain't gonna flash you just to prove it."
Zane looked her up and down again "Shame."
Jondy punched him in the shoulder hard enough to make everyone wince.
"C'mon girls, let's go see Maxie." Jondy started to walk away but was pulled back by Zane and kissed thoroughly. It was one of those head spinning kisses that made the world melt away. This was probably why Jondy was blushing when all the whistles started.
She pulled back and glared at them all before turning back to Zane who was looking slightly full of himself. After all, no one else could do that to Jondy and live to see another day.
"Be careful" Jondy gazed up at him, no anger on her face now.
Zane smiled crookedly down at her "Jon, we'll be fine. We won't be gone more than a few hours at most." He gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I'll see you tonight."
Jondy nodded and turned back to join the others who were now talking amongst themselves.
Erin felt herself being pulled away from the others and raised her eyebrows at Alec, feeling slightly awkward. How was their goodbye meant to be?
"Don't worry, I'll be careful" Alec spoke before Erin could open her mouth to speak. "We've cleared this with Max and Dix has everything set up. We'll be maintaining radio silence except for status reports until the targets have been confirmed and then you'll be able to hear everything from then on out. I'll hold the others captive while Jax does his thing and Zane will be lookout. Jax says it shouldn't take anymore than 10 minutes and we'll be back by 10 if we do find them."
"Alec, you're babbling. I already know what you guys are gonna do, Dix explained it to me."
"Yeah, I know, it's just I want you to do something for me." Alec looked so sincere Erin figured it had to be something big.
Erin smirked "I told you, I ain't gonna flash."
Alec smiled briefly but became serious again "I want you to let Jondy take a look at you."
"No" Erin's face immediately become void of all emotion.
"Please? I just want you to let her take a look to see if everything's okay."
Erin could tell that he was really worried about her. "Alec, I don't' want her to see the scares. I don't want to have to explain…" the mask disappeared and Erin looked scared, trapped.
"What if I told her not to ask questions and to keep everything confidential? She won't go against orders" Alec immediately tried to reassure her.
Erin looked away for a moment, thinking. Finally, she turned back to him and sighed "Will it keep you off my back?" Alec nodded and Erin gave in. "Then I'll let her have a look after you come back."
Alec grinned and ruffled her hair affectionately "That's my girl."
Erin swatted his hand away "I'm nobody's girl, thank you very much."
"That's because you're bitchy" Alec winced when she kicked him in the shin.
Erin grinned up at him "Nothin' wrong with bitchy and you wouldn't want me any other way." Winking at him, Erin walked off to join Jondy and the others after waving briefly to the other guys.
"Hey man, you okay?" Sketchy wandered over to him and Alec looked at him questioningly.
"You look like you've been told you'll never have any sex for the rest of your life or your grandmother's just died." Sketchy explained and Alec slapped a smile on his face.
"Firstly, the chances of my not having sex ever again are nearly impossible; and secondly, I was created in a lab. I don't have a grandmother. Really Sketch, I'm fine." He turned to watch Erin disappear around a corner "I'm just fine."
Max jumped to her feet when Jondy, Syl, Lee, Erin and Jace walked in, Jace carrying little Max. "What's wrong? Has there been an attack? I didn't hear anything."
"No boo" Cindy walked in carrying a large bowl filled with popcorn. Erin mentally shrugged. When they'd told her to grab some food on the supply mission, they hadn't said what kind of food so she went for the good stuff.
Cindy made herself comfortable on her mattress on the floor and the others took their cue from her and made themselves comfortable.
"This is just some much needed girl talk."
"Girl talk?" Max scoffed and sat back down on her won mattress that was now occupied by Syl and Erin. "I'm the leader of a nation. I don't really have time for girl talk."
"Well, you got time now" Lee grinned "Everyone needs some quality girl talk once in awhile. It's one of the benefits of being female."
"Yep" Jondy smiled at her "Besides, we never got to go through the whole sisterly catch-up thing I'd planned for our reunion, I had it all thought out and everything." She looked around her "Of course, there's no alcohol and chocolate ice cream…"
"We have popcorn" Jace said brightly as she took a handful from the bowl on the floor between them all.
"Fine, let's talk the girly talk and be done wit' it" Max rolled her eyes and grabbed a handful of popcorn for herself. For some reason, the sudden smiles on their faces made her nervous.
"Hey" Zane silently closed the stairwell door behind him and approached Alec. "I was wonderin' where you'd taken off to."
Alec said nothing and stared out over Terminal City, his feet dangling over the ground 6 floors below. If a transgenic fell or even jumped from this height, they'd survive the fall but it wouldn't be pretty.
"What's up?" Zane moved silently, unknowingly sitting on the spot where Erin had sat on the wall before.
"Nothin', just thinking." Alec continued to stare at nothing in particular, a frown on his face.
Zane chuckled and examined a torn nail. "You've been hangin' around with Maxie too long. She and Jondy love to go to high places to think."
"I know" Alec shrugged then looked at him sideways "Did Ben?"
"Ben was… Ben was sick" Zane looked away now, his grey eyes unseeing. He was still getting used to Alec looking exactly like his brother.
"I take that as a yes" Alec looked away. "Max told me a bit about him, she told me what happened to him in the end."
Zane nodded and wasn't too surprised with Alec's next question.
"Could you tell me about him?"
Zane shrugged. Alec had a right to know about Ben, they were related and Zane had found out that all of the twins were sent to psy-ops after the escape, or rather, got a double dose of it.
"Ben was Ben. He always wanted answers. He had questions about everything, like why did we have different coloured eyes, hair and skin? Why did people have different sounding laughs? What was the purpose of Christmas? What was a birthday? He was always listening to the guards and watchers when we were little. Maybe Ben had a little too much cat DNA in him?" Zane smiled briefly. "Out of our unit, he was the one we went to for the answers Zack couldn't give about the world."
Alec listened silently and looked up at the darkening sky, knowing Ben had looked up at the same sky through identical eyes and with thoughts of the Blue Lady and murder.
"I saw Ben" Zane continued in a low voice "a couple of times after the escape. He wasn't happy; he was the same Ben I'd known only different. He seemed lost. He hated not fitting in and he had too many unanswerable questions. I don't think he could stand being alone in the world. It was difficult, man- after the escape. We all split up and went to fend for ourselves. There was no roll call, no missions, no torture. It was a shock to the system. It was the loneliest feeling in the world, knowing that you might never see your family again and knowing you were probably gonna be hunted for the rest of your life. He looked exactly like you."
Alec's head snapped around to stare at Zane, his expression unreadable.
Zane shrugged "Hey, he was your twin, but the only thing you have in common is you looks. Yeah, you probably feel alone in this world but you're not, you have Freak Nation, and you're learning. Be just didn't want to accept what he learnt. His eyes were pleading, scared. Yours aren't. You also act totally different. Besides, Ben was my brother. You're my SIC and my buddy."
Zane slapped him on the back and Alec grinned at him "Thanks man."
"Great" Zane grinned back and rubbed his hands together "Now we've got that out in the open, why don't you tell me the real reason why you're up on this roof?"
"I do NOT like Zack!" Max protested for the hundredth time "I love Logan!"
"Max, you can't lie to us. We know you like Zack. You're so called 'fight' with him was pathetic! You wouldn't make eye contact at all! And you only speak to him unless you have to!"
"Besides" Erin spoke up with a grin "when you saw the nekkid Logan picture, you looked like you were gonna puke."
"Nekkid Logan picture?" Cindy asked with wide eyes.
Erin nodded "It was seriously gross." They all simultaneously shuddered.
"Boo" Cindy turned to Max "I know you havin' second thoughts about Logan, you can't hide the truth from Cindy or your sistas', so why don't you tell us what you're feelin' about Logan?"
Max, feeling very much like a cornered animal gave in with a sigh. "He's… he's just changed is all. That, or I'm noticing things about him I never paid attention to before. He's possessive. Every time I tell him about the decisions I've made, he second guesses me. He questions my knowledge and leadership abilities. He follows me around half of the time and he's always talking about Eyes Only and his stupid missions."
Erin scowled at this but wisely kept her mouth shut. Only one word kept repeating in her head, a name that made her fists clench at her sides. Seth.
Max lowered her head, looking slightly guilty for calling Logan's missions stupid. "I guess, he's just not the guy I fell in love with."
"Sorry to say this Maxie, but are you sure you know what real love is?" Syl ate her popcorn loudly "I mean real love? It's not like in the fairytales sis'."
Everyone but Lee and Erin nodded in agreement.
"I'm thinking you feel or felt comfortable with Logan. Safe. But, you still felt like you had to meet his standards, had to act like he expected you to?"
Max nodded and Syl shrugged "That isn't love. Love is… electric, uncontrollable."
Jondy nodded in agreement "Love is chaos. It's showing someone a side of you you've never shown anyone else. It's letting them in and trusting them completely."
Cindy smiled sadly, thinking of Diamond. "Right on Suga."
"It's knowing when he walks into a room and feeling what he feels" Jace said with a small smile.
Everyone looked at Lee and she stared back at them. "Hey don't look at me! I'm not lookin' for love- at least, not yet." She shrugged and grinned "Let's just say, I have no problem with trying everything. If a guy wants me to settle down, he'll have to be good." Then she smirked "And incredible with his tongue."
A pillow was thrown at her and everyone turned to look at Erin. She stared at them blankly. "Don't look at me for any words of wisdom. All I know is what I've been told. My mate Skye says that when you find the right one, there's nothin' you can do to stop yourself from fallin' for them no matter what."
Max sat back, a feeling of dread washing over her. "So, I don't love Logan?"
"That's up to you Max, you know how you feel about him." Cindy smiled "Just tell us this, how do you feel about Soldier Boy Zack?"
"Okay" Zane scratched his chin "So, you're not worried about the mission and you're not thinking about Ben. So that leaves sex." He grinned and shrugged "I always figured we X5 males had no problems with getting some."
"It's not sex" Alec rolled his eyes but continued to look out at TC. He fidgeted. He wasn't used to talking to anyone about what was bothering him. "It's a girl."
"Hey dude, if it's Lee, I gotta warn ya'- she could eat you for breakfast." Zane smirked and Alec frowned.
"Lee? Why would I be thinking about Lee? I hardly know her!"
"Ah" Zane smiled knowingly "Then we're talking about Erin. Let me guess, you've started to think about her differently and you have no idea why?"
Alec stared at him. "Dude, you're like the male version of O.C."
"Hey" Zane grinned "I have NO problem with girls batting for the other team, but really? I don't find you or any of the other guys attractive, okay?"
"Wow" Alec said flatly, "There goes all my wedding plans out the window."
"Seriously though, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for your predicament."
"Which is?"
"Erin's hot. You trust Erin more than most people, sparks fly when you're together, blah, blah, blah. You see where I'm goin' with this? You're fallin' for her."
The 3 transgenics moved soundlessly above the streets of Seattle, running along rooftops, as they searched for the 3 men who'd attacked Erin. The search would've been made easier if they had split up but Max had insisted that they stay together, worried about their safety. Each man wore a radio headset like the others had done on the supply run, and checked in at intervals to tell Dix and Brin their status.
It was 3 hours into their search of the back streets of the Emerald City near TC before they found what they were looking for. It was the back entrance to a bar that Alec wouldn't even go in. It was establishment that was known to have seen murders, fights, rape, and any other dirty dealings the gangs of Seattle wanted to take part in. Even the cops avoided the place like the plague. Zane smiled. Max had probably hung out here a few times, fencing things and getting into fights. That was one of the things his unit had in common. They all liked to steal and use their abilities, it gave them a rush. Zane frowned as he felt a few droplets of rain trickle down his face. Max wasn't what he expected. He always figured that she'd be more like the other females in his unit- quick tempered, bad attitude, killer looks and an incredible survival instinct. Max seemed restrained somehow. Zane had heard Cindy talking about Max, about what she'd been before she was taken back to Manticore. She had fit his image of her perfectly, apparently even more so before she'd met Logan. Zane's eyes narrowed. That was one man that got on his nerves. He was always following his sister around like a bad smell, and all he ever talked about was Eyes Only like they didn't know it was him who had been doing those stupid hacks. One of these days, Logan Cale was gonna have a mysterious accident that involved Zane's foot.
Across the alley way on the roof of another building, Zane caught the signal from Alec as they saw 3 men enter the alley and head towards the bar entrance. Show time.
Alec moved soundlessly to the edge of the building. When the 3 men walked passed his position, he jumped down from the roof to land in a crouch 3 floors below. The men hadn't even heard him.
The whole time they had been looking for these guys, Alec had been thinking over Zane's words. He had no idea if they were true and he prayed to whoever would listen that it wasn't. Alec was a transgenic. Erin was an ordinary. The two simply couldn't mix. He knew that Erin liked him, that she thought he was hot, but she'd already told him she thought Zack and the others were hot too so it didn't really mean anything. But that just made it worse. Somehow, Erin seemed to understand what being a transgenic was. She understood they were designed to look good, were designed to kill. She had told him once, straight out that she knew he'd killed but she wasn't scared or disgusted by him at all. She'd said that he was simply following orders, doing the only thing he knew. Erin seemed to understand that he was still learning about the world, about how to show certain emotions and how to act around people. Erin knew that he was sometimes confused by the way ordinaries went about things, and Erin knew that in some ways, Alec wouldn't change. Alec had no idea how she understood but was entirely grateful for it. But in some ways, it made thinks worse. Alec was growing more and more attached to Erin and he couldn't allow that to happen. He wasn't entirely oblivious to what he was feeling. He knew what it was to feel attracted to someone and to care about someone. He knew what it was like to love. The thing is, when Alec had fell in love with Rachel it was sudden, he was experiencing feelings he had never felt before and it had knocked him for six. What was happening with Erin was happening a lot slower, it was happening gradually. Already, Alec considered Erin one of his closest friends. What confused Alec was, he hadn't been exactly friends before he fell in love with Rachel. She'd been his mission. Erin wasn't. Because Alec wasn't used to developing feelings, he didn't really understand that you could fall in love with someone over time. Now Zane had pointed out that he could indeed be falling in love with Erin, Alec felt like his life was slowly going out of control. The only thing he could do was sit back and watch.
However, Alec being the stubborn idiot he was, decided to just ignore it. Hey, it might work?
Hearing a noise, Alec instantly shifted into battle mode. Looking down from his position on the roof, he saw 3 men walk into the alley. They were big guys, dressed in denims and smoking as they laughed amongst themselves.
His eyes narrowed as his gaze focused on their necks. They each had tattoos of dragons on them.
"Targets have been confirmed, we're moving in now." He muttered into his headset before removing it and putting it into a pocket.
Alec felt his anger building. They'd hurt Erin. They'd pinned her to a wall and hurt her, even before they thought she was a transgenic. Men like that shouldn't be allowed on the streets.
Alec watched the men walk through the alley, his eyes narrowed as they laughed and joked around. These guys thought they could beat up Erin and get away with it. They weren't gonna walk away from him laughing. Alec stepped out into the alley and smiled dangerously. "Hey guys."
Then men stopped, turned around quickly and stared at him. "What d'you want?" The biggest man stepped forward, eyeing Alec like he was slug.
Alec stuck his hands in his pockets and shrugged "Been lookin' for ya."
"Well, you've found us. What d'you want and who the hell are you?" the leader's friends spread out slowly, one on either side of the leader.
"I've heard you met a girl" Alec smiled up at him, this guy was huge. "She was about this tall" He gestured with his hands "with blue eyes, short dark hair, easy on the eyes?"
"You mean the transgenic bitch that's been on the TV?" the leader smirked. "Yeah, I met her. I was gonna give her to a few Steelheads I know, but decided against it. That filth wasn't even suitable for their…needs." The guy smirked. "She won't be suitable for anything now. Me and my buddies here showed her who was boss. The bitch hardly put up a fight, bled all over the place."
"If I see you around here again" Alec's smiled disappeared "you'll bleed much more."
The 3 men immediately started to laugh, their laughter sounded harsh as it bounced off of the graffiti covered walls. Alec smiled again.
"It'll take more than you pretty boy" the Leader grinned showing rotting yellow teeth.
"Oh" Alec nodded once at something behind the men "You mean like my friend here?"
One of the men turned to see a man who looked about the same age as Alec. He was tall, had dark hair, blue eyes and had a small smile on his face.
"Hi" the man said, continuing to smile, "the name's Jax."
The lackey nodded dumbly, swaying slightly as he stared into Jax's eyes.
"Now" Jax smiled cheerfully, "I want you to do something for me okay? I want you to forget everything that happened to you for the last week. You've been at home all week because you've been sick. It was really horrible…"
"And you didn't want to pass it on to your friends…" Jax's voice sounded in the headsets that people were wearing in command.
Erin smiled as she heard Jax manipulating the guy's memory, at the same time as being freaked out at his abilities.
Jax had stopped speaking and now she heard the lackey's voice. "I'll be going home now, I need my rest. Have to get over this virus if I wanna chill with my friends."
A shuffling could be heard and the sound of a fist hitting flesh "Down boy" Alec's amused voice came next and once again, the sound of a fist hitting flesh. There was a groan of pain.
"Alec" Jax sounded annoyed "I need them lucid if I want to do this."
"The guy was groping me!"
"He was trying to trip you!"
"He touched my ass!"
"Alec!"
"Here!" the sound of something heavy being dragged "He's still conscious."
There was a sigh and Jax started talking again, this time to one of the other men.
"You're a freak!" the leader was obviously the one Alec was holding. It sounded like Alec had a hold on his neck, preventing him from shouting out.
"I'm genetically enhanced moron, and that girl you hurt is my friend. As a matter of fact, she has lots of friends just like me who are willing to rip you to shreds if you so much as look at her again."
Erin smiled. She really did have friends who were willing to do anything to help her.
Zane's voice made her smile disappear and anyone who wore a headset stopped moving. "We've got company."
Erin turned to look at Jondy stood next to her. They shared a look. Alec and Zane were out there. Jondy pulled something from the back of her jeans and looked down at it. It was a gun. Jondy looked up at Erin again and they both smiled.
"I see a guy sat in a car over the other side of the building" Zane continued "He has what looks like a box in his hands… it's a thermal scanner."
Jax had moved on to the leader, adjusting his memory, erasing all knowledge of Erin in his head. Alec was now at the entrance of the alleyway, keeping eye on the guy in the car. Another car pulled up beside it and Alec gritted his teeth as a man stepped out. White.
"White's here" he put on his headset. He swore when what looked like an army truck pulled up beside White's car and about 15 heavily armed men jumped out. Probably all familiars.
"Oh, yeah." He checked the clip in his gun "we got company. At least 15 heavily armed hostiles headed this way. Brin, give me a report on police frequencies."
"Copy that." A pause as Brin typed "It has just been reported in that 3 transgenics have been sighted in your area. I advise you to move your asses."
"Dix?" Alec kept his eyes on White and his men.
"Your best bet is to use the rooftops. Head west, move around the market, then head south to the sewer entrance."
"Copy that base." Alec looked back at Jax to see he was waiting for him. Zane was still on the roof. Alec signed to them to move fast and quickly, they had been spotted and had enemies on their asses.
"The mission's been completed" Jax muttered into his own headset as he and Alec climbed up to the roof beside Zane "They no longer know about the girl."
"Good work" Max spoke now, she'd obviously just been informed of the problem and had grabbed a radio. "Now, get out of their now!"
"We're on it" Alec muttered, using his eyesight to focus once again on White and his men. Zane nudged him and pointed to a rooftop. Alec nodded and looked back down to see White look up at him. Their eyes met and Alec smirked, waved and then ran.
Back at HQ Max looked around for her sister and Erin, intent on comforting them. They'd disappeared.
Outside of Headquarters, Erin slipped on her shades and accepted another gun from Jondy. Silently, they made their way towards the sewer entrance.
Next Chapter: The Chase…
Alec looked behind him as he ran. White was catching up, and he had at least 4 of those supped up familiar soldiers with him. Compared to them, Alec could've easily outrun them. He had the speed and he had the reflexes. Only problem was, Alec was shot and he wasn't feeling so good…
Jondy looked down at Erin, respect in her eyes now as she realised what Erin was willing to do, what she was about to do, despite being just an ordinary. "You ready?"
Erin looked up at her and grinned. She checked the gun and nodded. "I'm always ready."
Jondy nodded and reluctantly left Erin… alone… in a place surrounded by sector police wanting to kill her…
A/N: *clears throat* Okay dudes, on behalf of Marty, all you Americans out there, do you know what willies are? And I mean it in the sense that Marty means it *grins*
Marty: Dude, you beat me with the updates!!!! *looks ashamed* It'll never happen again. Okay dude, let's leave Jensen out of it from now on, or maybe I will go on about another characters anatomy. And yes, if that were to happen, it would be tiny.
Elin: They already know she knows some basic self defence but that is all she knows *tries not to look shifty*
Messymissy: Dude *shakes head* So many questions. Let's see, which ones to answer… The reason why Zack isn't acting like he's all love struck is because he's just carrying on like he did before Manticore got to him. He figures that Max doesn't love him and thinks of him as her big brother. I haven't decided if they're gonna fight Alec yet, but that is a good point. Well, as you can tell, White is in this story and has something planned. All I'm telling you is, it's bigger than anyone realises and it's gonna hurt Erin as much as anyone else, maybe even more.
Mel: Cheers dude, it's good to see you're still reading.
Sea Siren: Wow *looks stunned* you're psychic! Well, kindaJ
Professional Scatterbrain: Well, all Erin knows is that she's in the Dark Angel world. Obviously, for a reason that has yet to be explained *smiles mysteriously* she woke up not far from Seattle. As to why White was there, yep, he knew she'd be in the woods, not saying why. Her past is still mostly a mystery but it will cause problems for her later on. I can't go into the details of the torture or her family because that would give too much away. As for The Coming? Well, that's one of the biggest questions that I can't or should I say, won't answer. You'll just have to wait and see dudeJ
