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, Blaze's pack/unit and other things that might seem unfamiliar. Luxie is owned by Monica
Pairings: Logan/Max, Alec/Heresy, Alec/Blaze, Alec/Luxie, Blaze/Two (faintly),…
Pack Instinct10 – Two Luxie
Luxie sighed as she sat in the room that she went to every day, same time to get something injected into her body. She didn't know what it was but as a soldier she learnt not to ask questions. She expected it would be something that would make her a stronger, better soldier. The only thing she knew was that it hurt – hell of a lot. Most of the things at Manticore had pain attached to them some way or another and since she'd been here all her life she was used to it, so she stayed silent while her mind screamed loudly.
She was being grafted to X5-493 and X5-494's DNA so that when the three of them were older she could copulate with either of them and produce another round of perfect soldiers. She was only twelve at the time but Manticore always prepared for the future.
They hadn't told her how often she was going to have to be injected but Luxie knew that one or two weeks was not going to be the max. She sat silently in her cell moving her fingers and stretching her arms. When alone she always exercised; soldiers were expected to be ready all the time, any time so she found it a good idea to have her muscles warm precisely then.
Moments later she was being secured tightly to a chair with two guards by the door to hold the twelve-year-old down who might break the straps in her rage. She bucked when in pain and lashed out and often she sent one or two people to the infirmary for a few days.
The doctor attached the IV to her arm, and she felt the familiar blinding pain. Luxie wished as she always did that this would end and that whatever it was would kill her. In comparison to this pain, death seemed like a pretty neat idea. It felt like every molecule, every fiber, every muscle and every bone in her body was being ripped to shreds before being melted back together with seething hot lava or something of the sorts. When she felt the pain in her heart, the one that felt like it was being ripped out of her body, Luxie passed out.
And when she woke up, Luxie would remember only the pain in her heart. She would cry silently to herself as she tried to nurse the pain. It was in these moments that she hated Manticore with all of her broken heart.
Luxie sat up, her heart thumping loudly and she almost punched the person closest to her before she realized it was Alec. He looked at her in question and noticed tears running down her eyes. With the hand that rested on her shoulder he pulled her head to his shoulder and pressed his lips to her hair.
"Shh," he said quietly. Alec had encountered many transgenics that awoke from violent nightmares. Manticore wasn't the best place to grow up and the pain and torture followed them all. "It's over now," he added quietly. He glanced down at her watch and carefully shook Blaze awake.
She had been sleeping a dream-less sleep which was unusual. She often dreamt of deer, her brother and sometimes ripping peoples throats out. People she knew, people she'd never seen before, Manticore people…
"It's half past twelve," Alec said and the three of them got up stretching the sleep out of their bones. "Are you sure you still want to do this?"
Blaze gave him a look, which obviously meant something along the lines of 'duh, why would I be here and anyway, I told you I want to save my brother'.
"Got a plan?" Blaze looked at Luxie.
"We were making it up as we went," she said and shrugged. "I suggest we get the three roamers out and go to the two man door."
"Roamers?" Alec asked and nodded once Luxie had pointed the three of them out. "I'll take the big guy."
"Cause we can't handle him, what?" Luxie said. "I'll take him." Alec shrugged and the three of them jumped off the roof. Luxie and Alec landed silently where Blaze's shoes gave a faint 'tap'. The three of them nodded and were off.
Two watched as a familiar dragged in an unconscious girl and threw her into the cell next to hers. He didn't bother because it wasn't Blaze and she was the mission. He walked back over to the bed and lay down letting Blaze's scent waft over him.
"Hey," Luxie said when she had regained consciousness and leaned onto the bars again. She mentally cursed herself for trying to take on the big guy. He had a stick with him and could take quite a lot of punishment – especially genetically enhanced punches to the face. Eventually he had knocked her over the head and that was that for her. She hoped Alec and Blaze were still alright. "Hey, Two. I'm talking to you," Luxie said when Two didn't reply.
"How do you know my Manticore name?" He slowly gathered that anyone who was being put behind two rows of bars and walls this thick was most probably a genetically-engineered White/Manticore enemy.
"Your sister told me," Luxie said. She remembered that Blaze had said Two wasn't going to be really fond of his sister, but she wanted to hear it for herself. "Your Manticore name?"
"They don't call me that in the real world. My passport has a different one on it," he said. "Two is a stupid name."
"I think it sounds cool," the girl answered. "Different. Can I see what you look like?" she asked and stuck her head through the bars a bit. She heard him get up out of his bed with a grunt and sludge over to the bars. When his head popped through he looked just like the picture had shown him with fierce and angry eyes. He looked brace, strong and powerful. Luxie grinned.
"Not bad."
Two looked at the girl and found she was one of the more attractive Manticore produces. He liked her black hair and her almond-shaped eyes. He liked that she wasn't particularly tall and that apart from her knowing sneer she looked like a normal girl. He sniffed to see what she was like and was surprised to find that he could sense no fear from her. She was calm and collected – and arrogant. She smelt like strawberries and Two wondered what strawberries were as the word connected with the smell. She smelt like something else too… sex.
He wanted to ask the girl why she wasn't scare of him but something else crossed his mind.
"Which sister?" he asked slowly.
"Blaze," Luxie said and watched his eyes carefully. They glowed with a mixture of two opposite feelings – anger and… She also heard him growl faintly, the way Blaze did when she was upset or annoyed. "She's worried about you."
"She betrayed the mission."
"There is no mission."
"I was told you'd gotten lax. Manticore didn't do a good job on their soldiers – you've all failed to before the ultimate weapons."
"We're humans," Luxie said angrily. "With feelings and emotions." Two snorted. "Blaze misses you guys." Two said nothing. To tell the truth he missed his sister as well. His heart pained night after night and his dreams were filled with images of her face. Most of all he saw the fierce caring she'd had the night she almost killed him. He missed his sister so much, but she had betrayed the mission, so she had to die.
"How are they?"
"Why do you care?" Two spat and retreated into his cell.
"Fine, you tell her when she comes and saves me," Luxie said. Two thought he heard a hint of anger in her voice, but it was barely there so he dismissed it.
Luxie was angry with him. The way Blaze mentioned him he sounding caring and strong. She never said he was an asshole – but here it was, right in her face.
Two's head popped back. He looked angry but sad at the same time. Somehow Luxie found herself feeling sorry for him. How could a soldier this loyal be so… a word describing the bowl of emotions he was failed to cross her mind.
"Why is she here?" Two asked gruffly.
"We came to save you," Luxie said. "But if you're being such a little bastard, I think I'll have to try and convince her otherwise. She was looking forward to seeing you." Luxie stopped and listened. She could hear them coming back to get her blood, her kitheriamin.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm in trouble."
Poor Luxie, caged, uncaged and caged again. At least she seems to be getting along with that bastard Two
Next chapter, Alec gets a punch in the face, Two gets a bullet in the shoulder and Blaze a tear in her eye…
