Disclaimer: I do not own Dark Angel or anything related to it. Dark Angel is owned by other people and they're stupid because they didn't give us more than two seasons. Of course they at least gave us those, which is good.
Disclaimer Part Two: I do however own Blaze, Heresy, Leo, Anubis, Blaze's pack/unit and other things that might seem unfamiliar.
Pack Instinct3
I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up I was lying on a bed covered by an old raggedy blanket in a room that smelled like fruit. Incense I guessed because it was quite hard to get fruit around nowadays. I let my sense of smell wander a bit further and caught the tangy taste of raw meat. I gagged and threw up the floor.
One of the things that sucks about being part wolf is that the animal part has no problem with eating raw food, whereas I feel absolutely disgusted by even the idea. I got up trying to fight off the smell of the meat, but since I'd already caught it's whiff it stayed and made breathing without throwing up kind of hard.
I clumsily walked over to the door and pushed aside the curtains there for my privacy.
"Hey, Blaze," Alec said as he walked past me with a plate of steaks. My human mind looked forward to the prospect of a real, warm, well-done steak and I threw up as my wolf mind almost made me pounce on the plate Alec was holding. He handed them over to some guy and walked over to me.
Carefully he patted me on the back as a retched in front of myself.
"Are you okay?" he asked slowly as I stood and spat the taste from my mouth.
"It's a whole complicated story. I don't really like the smell of raw meat," I said.
"That wasn't that complicated," Alec said and lead me over to the fire, his hand still on my back. We sat down and the smell of the meat being cooked woke me some more and pushed the raw meat smell from my nose. "Sleep well?"
"I guess," I said. "Who brought me there?"
"They made me do it," he said trying to sound upset about it. He didn't manage.
"Thanks," I said with a smile. "The desk woulda been kinda uncomfortable."
"You figure anything out so Max and Logan can work of their sexual tension?" Alec asked and took a plate from the guy cooking the meat. I didn't really want to answer the question if he put it that way, so I ignored it.
"What time is it?" I asked looking at the meat. I'd just woken up and steak didn't seem like a breakfast food to me.
"One, you slept 8 hours straight," he informed me and began cutting up the steak. "I shoulda placed you in front of a fireplace, so you could curl up into a ball. Then maybe you'd get me a newspaper now." Instinctively I whacked him over the head to reprimand him. No one insults the Alpha.
"Ah, sorry," I said quickly. "Instincts."
"It's okay. Heresy and Max feel I'm a punching bag too," he muttered and stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. I took one off his plate at which he gave me a 'mine' look. I stuff it into my mouth to spite him and grinned.
"I still have to get used to working with people again. Last time I had a pack I was 10 and things worked. Then I had no pack for 11 years, but the instincts were still there. Now I have you guys to hold me in check and get me to work with people," I explained.
"I'll sure keep you in check," Alec said and I looked at him confused. Was he hitting on me? I took another piece of meat and he did the same. A third hand reached over and grabbed one. "That's mine," Alec said and grabbed Heresy's hand. She pulled him back and he flipped her onto her back.
After a short bout, Heresy was sitting on top of Alec, gleefully eating Alec's meat.
"You like straddling me, huh?" he asked smugly which confused me more than his former comment towards myself had. He had seemed to be hitting me, but now he was doing the same to Heresy. I shrugged and walked off to find Leo.
"Hey Blaze. What's up?" Leo asked when he saw me approach. I shrugged. "About what you told Logan to tell me…"
"I was manufactured," I shivered at the word. "With a very large amount of anti-viruses in my blood to be able fight of any disease within my pack, eh, unit. If they were to be infected, I could cure them with a simple blood transplant."
"So you could let Max's virus go vamoose?" he asked slowly. I nodded.
"It's a complicated one, so I think a simple blood transplant wouldn't work to get it out of her system, there are some things in that virus, that my antibodies can't do anything against. I think the coding is a problem," I explained my calculations and thoughts from the day before.
"It would be great if they could do the whole couple stuff," Leo said. "She's a fine woman and no girl like her should have to withhold what she deserves."
"She seems like a great leader," I said with a smile. Leo nodded and smiled back at me.
"She's brilliant, without her most of us would be lost, dead or suicidal. Max makes Terminal City the haven it is."
"Well, I should be almost…," I stopped. I watched his Adam's apple rise and since with the swallow he was taking. He looked confused at my abrupt stop. I titled my head and felt myself craving to sink my teeth into his neck and ripping… "I have to go," I said without explanation and ran off the smell of his blood in my nose and the sound of his heartbeat pounding in my ears.
"Logan!" I called as I rushed into his room. He jumped at my sight. Max was with him and the two of them were going over the notes they had on the virus. "Logan remember what I told you yesterday. It's… it's starting already," I said. I didn't want Max to know and I hoped the plea in my eyes was strong enough. I didn't want my alpha to mistrust me already.
"Uh, sure. Come with me."
"Blaze, Logan, what's wrong?" Max asked. She was obviously upset that she wasn't let in. Or was she worried?
"I can handle it alright," Logan said and led me out of the room. The two of us walked along a road and Logan asked me what had happened.
"I just get this urge to rip out people's throats, guts, anything. It's hard to resist and… please, hurry," I said in desperation. I guess Logan sensed the way I didn't want to hurt my new pack. Or he was scared I might got at him. Within my old pack it was fine because the others knew how to handle it and keep me down. That or Manticore gave us solitary confinement or experimentation for a week.
"This room has a door. It can't be locked, but I can set up a guard shift so you won't get out. Is that alright?" Logan asked when we arrived at a room with a door. "All the windows are stuck and barred, so there shouldn't be a problem."
"It'll be fine, but make sure the person guarding is strong. I gain more strength when I'm like this, and I was already pretty tough before," I told him. Logan nodded. I walked into the room and closed the door. My eyes were probably clouded over with a mist of sadness but I hung my head to hide it. "Make sure," I said before the door closed completely.
"Haven't seen your girlfriend in a while," Heresy commented when she found Alec later that day.
"I have sex with you and you automatically that any girl I talk to is my girlfriend" he mocked her.
"Please, I saw you and Blaze being all weird with each other. Without me it would have gotten mushy."
"Can't stand seeing me happy, can you?" Alec hissed.
"Not like you need to be, perv," Heresy growled at them. The two of them glared, and looked as if they were about to attack each other's throats but then they changed their minds, turned and walked off without a word.
Where is she? Alec wondered. He hadn't seen her since this afternoon and that had been about 6 hours ago. She couldn't have been working on Max's virus all day. Wolves need to stretch their legs once in a while, didn't they?
"Hey, Joshua," Alec said and grabbed the passing man's arm. "Have you seen Blaze around?"
"Blaze busy," Joshua replied and began walking away.
"Busy?" Alec called after him. That didn't help at all. Everyone was always busy in Terminal City. "Arg!" That' s strange,Alec noticed and walked over to an X4 standing guard in front of a room. "What's this then?"
"I'm under strict orders from Logan not to let anyone in or out," the X4 informed Alec.
"Out? Whose in there?" The X4 shrugged.
"I have nothing to do, I'll guard," Alec suggested and gave the guard a push. "Go on then. Get frisky with some of your friends." The X4 was uncertain because these were not the orders he had gotten from his 'superior'. "Come on. I wanna guard the door," Alec pleaded. The X4 stepped aside uncertainly. "I won't tell," Alec said with a smirk and the X4 turn and ran so that he wouldn't be in trouble. "Pst, gullible."
Alec turned and looked at the door. The mystery inside just tempted him and he had already completely forgotten that he was actually looking for Blaze. He pushed at the door slowly and it creaked open from not being locked.
"Guarding an unlocked door?" he muttered and stepped inside. It was dark but Alec could see well enough. The bed spread had been torn apart and hung in front of the windows.
"Get out," he heard a primeval growl.
"Blaze?" he asked. That couldn't be her. She'd seemed somewhat shy and not at all as primeval as that.
"Get out, 494," Blaze growled again. Alec closed the door behind him and stepped in closer.
"My name is Alec," he said carefully. He saw a shadow in the corner of the room get up and breath in deeply. Somehow he felt intimidated and he guessed that it must be her wolf DNA, as Heresy had suspected. "What's the matter?"
"What do you care? Low-life," she hissed. Alec sighed and rolled his eyes.
"I resent that," he said and took a step towards her.
"Don't!" came Blaze's voice. This time it sounded more like the Blaze he had talked to earlier. He noticed her body fall to the ground and jumped to help her up, but then she seemed vicious again. She pounced at him and pushed him to the ground. "Get out!" Alec pushed her off himself and went into a defensive stance.
"I don't know what you problem is, but I'm a bit of a stubborn ass, if you know what I mean," he said and as she jumped at him again, he dodged receiving a scratch on his shoulder.
"I'm not myself, Alec. You should leave," she muttered. "I could hurt you."
"I can take a lot of pain, baby," he said and cursed silently to himself. He heard Blaze crack her knuckles and a fist flew at him. He blocked it and felt another hit his stomach.
"I thought you pussy-cats were supposed to be fast," Blaze said. The cruel tone to her voice had left, but she seemed different than before. "But here I am, the big bag wolf, taking you down." She swung a kick, but Alec ducked, grabbed her leg and threw her to the floor. He jumped at her to pin her down but she rolled aside and kicked him in the stomach instead. He rolled over and got up.
She jumped but Alec caught her again. He grabbed her arms, twisted them outwards and head-butted his opponent. She stumbled back at the impact and before she could catch herself again, Alec punched her in the stomach. She fell to the ground and he moved quickly. He grabbed her by the neck and tightened his grip. She stopped moving.
"Tell me what's wrong," he said and 'oomphed' as she kicked him in the stomach. He fell back and she jumped onto him. Alec closed his eyes and waited for a blow at his face.
Nothing happened.
"Blaze?" he asked carefully and opened his eyes. He could still feel her weight on his body and noticed her face was hidden by his neck. "What's wrong?"
"I could have killed you," she said quietly. Unsure of what to do, Alec decided on the next best thing and patted her on her back. Slowly he began stroking her. "Why didn't you listen?" she asked.
"I'm a stubborn bastard," he said in response. He heard her sniff and felt a warm tear fall onto his neck. "It's okay," he added quietly. Suddenly Blaze jumped up and retreated to a corner.
"Get out, Alec. I don't want to kill you."
"I'll leave when you tell me what's wrong," he said and leaned up onto his shoulders.
"I said get out," she yelled. Alec waited a moment and got up.
"This time," he said sounding a bit angry with the way she was acting. "This time," he repeated as he left the room.
