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), Two/Luxie,…

WARNING: Swearing!

Pack Instinct

13 – Oh Brother…

Blaze's eyes started closing on their own and her skin was now a lot paler than it should have been. Alec was holding her straight because she wouldn't have been able to do it on her own.

"Okay," Logan said and pulled the needle out of her arm. Max did it herself. Blaze's head was spinning slightly and her vision was even worse than usual. "Thanks, Blaze," he said with a smile.

"I always did like cookies," Blaze said in response. Luxie sniggered.

"Eh, will you take her to her room, Alec," Logan asked. Alec glared at the other man and then picked Blaze up.

"Wanna come, Luxie?" Alec asked. She did actually but she declined. Logan and Max might want to get busy already and someone had to make sure they didn't. Alec nodded and then left with Blaze in his arms. As he passed Two they glared at each other fiercely.

"Let's check out my red liquid then," Luxie said. "I missed Blood Studies 101, so you'll have to tell me what the hell this all means, kay?" Max sighed and walked over to Two while Luxie took a seat next to Logan.

"I've heard you're quite vicious," Max said looking down at the movement-restricted Two. He didn't say anything. "I'm the boss around here, apparently," Max told him. "The Alpha if you like," she added with a grin.

"Don't pretend you know the wolf mind, you stupid cat," Two growled. Max breathed out deeply, but restrained herself.

"So the rumours are true. And you're Blaze's older brother? Or are you younger?" Two rolled his eyes. "You seem older. I heard you want to kill her."

"She betrayed us," Two said.

"She ran away," Max said with a shrug. "She left behind the things that weren't so pretty and came to a world where she was free to do whatever she liked. She was loyal to herself and you should have been too."

"You're one of them," Two growled. "You're in 599's unit."

"How'd you know?"

"Because you all talk the same damn crap about freedom. You're the ones that made Blaze leave. It's your fault," he yelled trying to rip his left arm from it's strap. Luckily, he was still very weak from the immense blood loss and failed. "I should kill you too."

"I feel very hurt by that statement," Max said sarcastically. "So, you're a full grown Manticore puppy, huh? Do what you're told, forget you were born with a mind of your own and a heart that longs for freedom."

"It does not," Two spat. "I just want my pack to be happy."

"Happy? Happy how?"

"Alive."

"Ah…" Max said. It was the kind of answer she'd expected – something without substance or a clear explanation. Two apparently needed to see the whole picture and he needed his Manticore mind wiped clean. All his soldier training was there and that didn't make him the greatest person to be around.

"Oh my god!" they heard Luxie yell and they both turned their heads. Max got up and walked over to the other two. "Are you serious? Totally fucking serious!"

"Well, to a certain extent. Not literally, actually…" Logan was just as confused as she was. Luxie was shocked, infuriated, sad, happy, confused and dizzy all at the same time. It just didn't seem right. She'd never know them before. How did this happen?

"Huh?" Max asked and looked at the screen. It showed to blood patterns. They were similar, yet different at the same time. "What's this?"

"Alec is Luxie's brother," Logan said as expressionless as possible.

"Not actually, just… kinda," Luxie interrupted. She pointed to the screens. "According to this, I have exactly the same blood structure he does, except for my rare chemicals and his y-chromosome."

"So… you're the same person in different bodies?" Max was already confused although neither of them had said very much yet. Luxie shook her head.

"It's like… I dunno," she whimpered.

"Bummer," they heard Two's voice from the other end of the room. They turned and waited to see what he had to say. "Must suck being related to that asshole."

"Shut it," Luxie hissed and turned back to the screens. "Okay. We have the same blood structure, the same personality but different appearances. My blood is like Alec's blood…" Luxie slumped back down onto her chair and thought long and hard.

"What's this?" Luxie growled at the guards. She and another X6 had been sharing a room for two days and now they were already bringing in new girls.

"It's part of the programme," said one of the guards and led in a girl who looked quite a bit older than 12. "It'll be six of you by the end of the week."

"I don't need these people," Luxie said angrily.

"We don't need you either," said the girl who had already been here for a while.

Some time after the guards had left the new girl and the other girl were getting acquainted while Luxie sat on her bed stretching her arms and glaring at them.

"Who are you being grafted too?" the older looking one asked Luxie.

"What?"

"I'm being grafted to X6-277 and 423 is being grafted to X5-901. And you?"

"I don't know," Luxie said. To be honest, she had no idea what the other two were talking about.

"Well, it's either X5-493, X5-599, X6-036 or X6-221," said the other girl. "That's what I heard." The two girls turned back together each other and ignored Luxie again.

Luxie stretched her arms above her head again and thought about what they had said…

"I think they did something when I was twelve," Luxie said. "I remember… someone saying I was going to be grafted to someone and I guess that some one was 493… 494."

"Seems so…" Max said. "What do you think Alec's gonna say?"

"Shit," came Two's voice and Max turned around to yell at him, but noticed that his bandage had come off and blood was flowing all over the bed.

Alec pulled the blanket over me as I watched him. He looked different than he usually did, his sneer gone and replaced by a soft smile.

"Go to sleep," he suggested. I felt less woozy now, but was still unable to move very much and my eyes still wanted to close on their own.

"No," I muttered and Alec rolled his eyes at me. He grabbed a chair and pulled it up. He plonked down as if he'd sit here until I did.

"If you don't, you'll faint and then… well, you'll go to sleep either way."

"What did you and Two talk about?"

"Sex. And hookers. And cars. Oh, and motorbikes," Alec said seriously. "Please, what do you think we talked about?"

"Sex. Murder. Violence," I muttered. "Me." I breathed in deeply and then with a grunt hoisted myself into a sitting position. "What did he say?"

"You almost killed him," Alec said honestly. I hung my head. So Two was trying to get my new pack to hate me, to know who I really was.

"I almost killed you," I reminded him. "I would have ripped your throat out if…" I stopped. How would I explain that it felt like I was hurting myself by hurting Alec? If I ripped his throat out, I'd be hurt.

"If?"

"If I didn't care," I finished with a deep sigh. My body wanted to lie down but I forced it to stay where it was. I needed to know. "If I didn't care so much about you." I felt Alec smile and then a saw his face beneath mine. I hoisted my lazy head upwards and saw he was crouching next to the bed, staring at me.

"I'm really sorry, but I don't really have anything intelligent to reply to that," he said with a smirk. It was adorable. "I've been told often enough I lack tact."

"They never really taught us about that back home, did they?" I said with a smile. References to Manticore being a parent, a bad one, seemed to be a great source of enjoyment, so I joined in with the club.

Suddenly I felt his lips press against mine and my first reaction was to push him away. Luckily, the blood loss combined with a shock disabled me from doing exactly that and I closed my eyes. Alec moved back and sat watching me.

"I like you too," he said with a wide grin. I blushed. I'd never been kissed before and it seemed it was as good as people said. Alec laughed at my embarrassment which I found was rather rude, but since I lacked the use of all my major muscle functions, I did nothing. "Go to sleep," Alec repeated and gave me a slightly push on my shoulder. I fell over and he covered me with the blanket again. "I'll see you tomorrow." And then I fell asleep.

"That's so sweet," Heresy said rolling her eyes. She had been leaning against the doorframe watching the two of them. "My little player."

"Hey, Heresy," Alec said getting up. "Want something?"

"You've been quite a bit disregarding towards me for the last few days and I think it might have to do something with the Big Bad Wolf over there," she said as Alec moved towards her. She stood up straight. "I gotta attack you before you want to have sex with me again?"

"I've given up on you, Heire. Find someone else," he said as he walked past her. Heresy turned around and swayed a little.

"Aww, is Alecky-poo falling in lurve."

"Love is an illusion of the mind," Alec responded holding the door. Heresy moved aside so he could close it. "I just like her, that's all."

"I feel quite neglected," Heresy said. "Now that Biggs is dead and you've got yourself a girlfriend."

"Find someone else. I'm sure there's a lot of other X5's or whatever who wouldn't mind having sex with a cat on heat," Alec said as the two of them walked away from Blaze's room. "I don't want to anymore. I have other things to worry about."

Heresy was angry with Alec's indifference to sexual needs and, of course, his. And when Heresy was angry she stuffed things up badly. She said stuff that should have come across differently and she often made things very, very bad.

"Like your sister," she hissed and waited for Alec to turn around. He took another two steps before noticing what she'd said and turned around.

"You mean…" he said and looked towards Blaze's room.

As mentioned before, Heresy could sense the relationship between two people before having spoken to them. From the moment she had seen Alec and Luxie together, she knew there was nothing more than a simple sibling love between them. She found the situation rather amusing, but felt she'd let them get there on their own. They hadn't and Alec was being an ass, so there!

She didn't tell Alec she didn't mean Blaze, he'd have to figure out the rest on his own.

"Ass," she said with a glare and left the perplexed Alec standing in the middle of the road.

Heresy's such a bitch too… mwahaha…

Next chapter, we see Two in action…