Back at the apartment Max bandaged up the wound in her thigh. The bleeding was almost gone.
"Hey," she called out, "Alec, when are we going back to Manticore?"
Alec walked into the bathroom and leaned against the door. "Tomorrow, why?"
"Just wondering." She pushed past him and grabbed her coat. "I'll be back at O One hundred hours."
-Alec's POV-
What did I do now? I asked myself as I went into the kitchen. It was weird when I first meet Max all I thought of was that she was a traitor and her "bro" sent me to Psy-Ops, but now, even though it's still fun to annoy her, I think of her as more of a person.
Oh no, could I be falling for her, or is it just a friend thing? God, what am I going to do if I am falling, she hates my guts.
This is going to make my mission interesting.
-3rd POV-
Max walked out of the apartment and started walking the streets. She had no clue where she was going but if worse came to worse she could always jack a bike or something.
Soon she found herself in a park. It was deserted leaving her to herself and her thoughts. The sun was all ready set and the streetlights came on. At least the ones that weren't broke yet, meaning only two worked. She was fine with that; the darker it was meant the less likely she would be seen.
The benches were either had graffiti on them that was still wet or broken in to bits. She sat down on a swing instead. She started pumping her feet lightly glad that the rust wasn't making it scream into the night.
She looked around her and saw to her surprise a form walking over to her. She jumped off the swing and kept her voice cool while asking, "Who's there?"
The form didn't answer, just kept walking toward her. Slowly it took on the form of a woman. Then Max's face became clearer until a copy of Max was standing in front of her.
Pam, Max realized. "Hey, Pam, right?" Max asked just to make sure.
She nodded, "Hey. I wanted to talk. Don't worry I came here to see you all on my own, not because Manticore sent me. So, how was it like being in an unit of other X5's, I would ask 453, Sam, but she's on a mission."
This question stunned Max. "What? An X5 unit?"
Pam nodded, "When I was born I was placed in a special observatory. I don't know why, but they did. Even when I trained I was alone. It wasn't until they brought Bren back that I had more contact with other X series. I mean I spared with them, but other than that there wasn't any contact. When Bren came they paired us into a team. I still wonder though what it's like to be in a unit."
Max soaked all this in then thought of something, "Wait 453? What's your designation?"
"X5-454," Pam stated surprised at the sudden question.
"What about 453?"
"Yeah, she's on a mission. Has been for two years."
Before Max could respond she got really dizzy and fell to her knees. What's happening, she thought. Then she felt herself overheat. Heat. That's new.
"I have to go. I'm sorry," Max said heading back to the apartment.
"Okay, see you later," Pam yelled out.
Max stumbled as she tried to catch a cab. It was getting worse. She had walked to far from the apartment to get back before she fainted. Once she paid the cab driver she headed straight up.
When she opened the door she found Alec sitting on the couch watching TV. He looked up. "What's wrong?" he asked seeing how bad she looked. She sat down as he went to the bathroom to get a cold washcloth.
Max laid down and curled up. What the hell is this? Alec kneeled by her side. She sat up on her elbows and leaned forward. Her lips meet his.
Alec's mind was racing with ecstasy (not the drug). Max kissed him, whatever was wrong with her must be worse then he thought. Even as he thought this he didn't move to stop the kiss.
Max's hand moved and caressed his cheek, the TV ceased to make any noise, at least for the pair of X5's. Alec wrapped his arms around her waist. Max sat up and made Alec sit next to her as they continued to make out.
The phone rang, breaking the same kiss that they started with. Alec stood up reluctantly and picked up the phone. Max cursed under her breath as he picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" Alec said with an edge to his tone.
"Hello, X5 494, how was Mr. Upholtz at your meeting earlier?" Renfro asked lightly on the other end.
Alec froze for a moment then regained his calm, "It was a little Red."
"We'll have to deal with that later, but how's our side project doing? Is it going well?"
Alec closed his eyes in a mix of duty and loyalty; duty to Manticore and loyalty to Max's friendship. He didn't know what to do so he was going to do what he usually did: wing it. "Our 'side' project is doing just fine, that is until this call. Don't worry though I can make go back on track. Now if that's all ma'am I have to get back to work."
"Yes, you do that. Dismissed."
Alec placed the phone back into the cradle and turned to Max who had heard the conversation and was looking at him with an accusation on her face. He smiled, "Maxie, didn't I tell you about our side project? I guess not, we're supposed to steal some manuscript from a museum that has to do with some breeding cult. Don't worry I have the whole thing figured out and tomorrow morning we were going to get it, but Renfro said to for get." He looked cool on the surface, but on the inside he was praying with all his life that she would believe it.
The real side mission was to get Max pregnant so the scientists could see how much junk DNA she would have, the effects of the child (if it would be normal and another generation of the X series), the physical and mental capacity, and other things along those lines. In other words could it be an X soldier.
In the beginning Alec accepted this mission without any hesitation, it was just that a mission, but now that he has gotten to know Max she was his friend. That feeling compromised the mission, but he decided to do what he had done during the breeding project, lie, and say that they did copulate.
AN: Hey. Sorry this took awhile. Thank you all so much for the reviews. And now I'm going to go back to the first chapters and thank everyone personally.
Ch. 2:
Guest type person: thanks! I hope you keep reading.
Ch 3:
Guest type person: The shark DNA commit was more random than anything.
Ch 4:
mikka: I know, evil cliffhangers! But at least you now know what happened.
Anoxsunamoon: I agree, Alec and Max make a good pair.
Aur: Thanks. I know cliffhangers stink.
Guest type person: I'm sorry for the evilness from that chapter, but now you know what happened.
Ch 5:
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Ch 7:
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Gauri: Yeah, I know the chapters are short, but I'm working on making them longer.
Ch 8:
Guest type person: Sorry for it being confusing, I'll try to unconfusedit in the next few chapters.
