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, Two and other things that might seem unfamiliar. Luxie is owned by Monica

Pairings: Logan/Max, Alec/Heresy, Alec/Blaze, Alec/Luxie…

Pack Instinct

7 – Wolf Hunting

Later I got up out of bed, restless and left my room. I climbed up onto a ledge and stared at the full moon, missing my brothers and sisters once again. I knew they would no longer see me as family and I would have to accept Max and Alec and their companions sooner or later.

I felt safe here in Terminal City.

"Hey, Blaze," I heard a whispered and I turned around to see Luxie climbing up onto the ledge.

"Hi," I said with a faint smile. I enjoyed Luxie's company, she was so open and expressive, so much like Hawk had been.

"Blaze, I've got to tell you something," she said hurriedly and looked around. There was no one around so she pulled out a crumpled piece of paper out of her pocket. Carefully she unfolded it and placed it on the floor pointing to something on the image.

I almost fell of the ledge when I noticed the two blue stripes crossed with a scar on the boy's face in the picture. I noticed tears creeping out of my eyes and Luxie let me take the page. She sat down next to me watching my every expression. It was Two. Luxie had found my brother.

"Where did you get this?" I asked her tears running down my face. She looked at the image.

"Who is it?"

"It's my brother, Two," I said. Luxie knew about my pack as I had told her everything about them. She felt so much like a sister to me, that I confided everything in her.

"The one you almost killed?" I nodded. "But… he hated you?" she asked me questioningly.

"I don't know if he did then, but I'm sure he does now," I said wiping the tears from my face. "We have to find him."

"He's with White," she told me. "Are you crazy?" she suddenly added with a hiss. "Doesn't he hate you? Won't he try and kill you the moment he sees you."

"I have to see him again. I know Max won't let me go, but I have to," I said and looked at her. She knew I was pleading her to come with and I knew she wouldn't.

"I'll come with you," she said determined. "This place is boring, I need some adventure." I smiled widely at her and leaned over to give her a big hug. When we were sitting straight again, she took the picture from me and grinned. "He looks pretty hot, huh?" I smiled as she grinned at me.

"We better go before Max notices. She'll be so angry."

"Yeah," Luxie said with a sigh. "She's quite determined to get nasty with Logan and now her only hopes runs off to get herself killed."

"I'm not getting myself killed!" I said and decided I might try and humour Luxie. "I'm just going to infiltrate a secret snake breeding cults headquarters to get back my brother who will want to rip me to shreds the moment he lays eyes on me."

"Not at all suicidal," Luxie said with a laugh.

"Where are they?" Alec asked. Heresy shrug. She was telling the truth, the two little rugrats had escaped her grips and she knew if she left Alec's side they'd get to him eventually. Blaze with her dangerous attitude and sweet talk and Luxie with her hormones and Max-like being.

"I swear," Heresy said and looked at her nails. "I do believe, however, that someone printed something on the pc devices yesterday," she added. Alec ran off. As much as Heresy was the evil witch in the fairytale she did have her good sides and if Alec, that bastard, wasn't in the mood, things just didn't work for her.

Alec ran up the stairs and noticed that Tech was gone for breakfast. His computers were all right there free and open. He looked at each screen and then he noticed the sneer of a boy on one. He looked Alec's age but the most noticeable feature was the fact that his brown hair was tinted slightly blue and he had two blue streaks running down his cheek. Immediately Alec knew that it must have been Blaze who had printed the picture and gone off to find him. He looked at the stats of the camera that had taken them and found out that they were the ones following White around. He deleted the picture and left taking a large shotgun with them.

Uneasily Max hopped from one leg to the next. Neither Luxie nor Blaze had shown up to get the whole transfusion deal over with. She was hoping they were late, very late and because she was looking forward to being able to touch Logan again she didn't doubt it one second.

"Hey Maxie," Heresy said and came into the room. "Hey Doc," she said to the doctor who would be handling most of the transfusion.

"Do you know where they are?" Max asked tersely. Heresy looked at her like she didn't know who was being talked about and Max had gotten used to her sisters arrogance. It hadn't existed back at Manticore and she really didn't enjoy it here in the real world. "Luxie and Blaze."

"Oh, them. Nah, they ran away, I think." Max's eyes widened in shock. "Don't worry, lover boy's out to get them back. They're trouble I tell you, Maxie. Kick them out before it's to late."

"I have to go get them," Max said walking towards the door. Heresy didn't move.

"I said, lover boy's getting them," Heresy said fiercely. "The three of them have some issues they have to work out, big sister and you're not the one to help them."

"How come?" Max asked. She knew Heresy tended to catch on quickly to the way people belonged together and she really hoped this was a good explanation.

"Well," Heresy said slowly. "First there's the thing about Luxie and Alec…"

Two walked around nervously in the cage he was being kept in. It was far from where Luxie had been kept and White was on constant guard. Two already didn't like the man, tall with a cold stare in his eyes. He had to get back out and rejoin the pack, without them he was sure they'd get separated and go under. His arrogance had grown ever since the frequent visits to psy-ops after 599's and 628's escapes. 628 – Blaze.

He spat on the ground at the thought of her. She was a traitor to the mission and now the mission was to kill her. She was to be exterminated and this rat White was keeping him from doing his mission. He would pay.

White watched 982 pacing around his cage and wondered why the elders had wanted him alive. He was worthless a plain transgenic with nothing special about him but his wolf genes and the stripes on his cheek. Unlike the other X-Series monsters Manticore had created this one was marked and his ferocity had easily identified him as one of them. He had struggled but he was no match for the familiars. He hadn't spoken a word since his arrival but occasionally said the word 'Blaze' in his sleep. White didn't know of what relevance he was to the council, but he could hardly disobey.

"We're gonna be in so much trouble," Luxie said with a giggle. She enjoyed danger and being around Blaze gave her the urge to disobey rules. The two of them were walking slowly along the road with Blaze looking very obvious in her camouflage Manticore merchandise.

"Why do you wear that?" Luxie asked.

"I have this thing for camo," Blaze said with a smile and looked at Luxie's clothes. "That jacket seems quite familiar."

"No, it doesn't," Luxie denied. Blaze stared at her. "Okay, fine. I borrowed it from Max because it's cold here in Seattle." Blaze continued looking. "I'm sure she can get another one," Luxie said and Blaze grinned at her. "Manticore didn't make an angel outta me, you know."

After a while of silence Luxie broke it again: "Now that we're out, how are we going to find him?"

"I'm not sure," Blaze said. She had hoped she would be able to sense her brother but it had been 12 years and after all these years the scent she remembered must be long changed. He had grown into a quite attractive young man and his scent would smell like vengeance. "Let's get a paper."

"I'll get it," Luxie said and bounced to the nearby newspaper stand. Blaze looked around sniffing slightly. She jumped when she caught a smell that made her blood tingle and ran towards Luxie. Luxie had just paid for the paper when Blaze grabbed her arm and ran off.

"We gotta go!" she said and Luxie followed without question.

When Blaze found they were far enough away, they stopped and slumped against a wall. Luxie opened the paper breathing heavily and tried to find the section on arrests. It was a new one but ever since the transgenics had become official game to the courageous public and the police, everyone wanted to show off their catch.

"Right there. Boy, your brother must be quite a man. He's still up and running," Luxie huffed. She breathed deeply as the two of them speed-read the article. "Why were we running anyway?"

"Alec," Blaze said. Luxie smirked. She'd like to see Alec… preferably with his top off again. She shook her head. "We can't let anyone find us," Blaze said quietly. "Their all in Max's pack and…"

"You and your packs," Luxie said rolling her eyes. "I just want to see his naked body and do a whole lotta… Okay, yeah, maybe not seeing him would be a good idea."

"Okay, Two is being kept in Sector 9, in a special prison," Blaze read from the article. "Where are we now?" Luxie shrugged. Neither of them were particularly familiar with the city as they Blaze had lived in Portland and Luxie hadn't stayed here for long after the fire. "Look!" she suddenly yelled and pointed at a sign across the road. She could clearly see the writing 'Sector 9 – 10:30pm' written on it.

Blaze squinted but her wolf-eyes weren't as advanced. When she asked Luxie gave a faint laugh and then told her.

"So, doggie-girl, can ya smell the sweet, sweet scent of Alec or are we safe?" Blaze lifted her head and sniffed. She couldn't smell him but she knew he would be close. She shook her head and the two girls got up and walked over to the bus stop. It was almost 10:30 which was perfect for them.

"Wait," Blaze suddenly noticed. "We can't just go for a bus ride, we're the enemy."

"They're the enemy," Luxie said and thought back to the flashing words of Manticore boarding school. Enemy – target – overpower – destroy. The words repeated in her mind like a post office stamp going down without a pause. She shook her head.

"How do we do it then?"

"Like I said, I ain't no angel," Luxie told her friend with a grin.

Okay, so what did Heresy tell her big sister? Very interesting I tell ya…

Next chapter, we investigate Blaze's superior smelling abilities