Just as Max finished her sentence, Sean ran towards White, and Zero started to go towards him only to trip and fall flat on her face on the ground next to Alec. Max grabbed onto Sean before he got close to White, as Alec helped Zero to her feet. "452," White said coming towards them. "I see that you're back to your horrible self, trying to protect things that shouldn't even be alive, trying to be the good person."

"Ames?" Zero called out, as she broke free from Alec's grip and stepped in between Max and White. "Is that really you?"

"Jasmine? What are you doing here?" White asked her, as his face turned white and his eyes grew darker. "I thought you were dead. I was sure that fire had killed you."

"Surprisingly that's what a lot of people thought," Zero snapped, as she looked back at Max and Sean. "You need to leave, Ames."

"Not without 452 and that child."

"No!" Zero slammed her fist into his chest and White was thrown back ten feet. "You can't have them. You don't belong here, Ames."

"That was really stupid, Jasmine." White jumped to his feet and that got Zero to frown. "I should have remembered that Father helped you genetically along. You would have been dead if it wasn't for him."

"Leave, Ames. Don't make me force you."

"No, Jasmine, I'm not leaving without 452 and the child."

"The name is Zero, Ames."

"Whatever. You're going to die if you stand between me and 452. I will have them at any cost. I don't care who gets hurt."

"I know, and that is why this is going to hurt me the most." Zero blurred over to White's side, grabbed his arm, and threw him down onto the ground.. "I'm not like you, Ames. Father made me this way so that I can help her. You really don't want to stand in my way."

"Get off of me filth," Ames snapped at Zero, as he threw her off of him. "You have no right to touch me."

"Why? Because of that fact that you're supposed to be all superior being a Framilar?"

"Yes, for starters." He brushed off his clothes and stared at her. "You were family to me. How could you take their side?"

"It's easy to take sides, when you are more like them than I am like you. I hate to say this Ames, but I will never be on your side."

"Then I have no other choice but to take you down." He swung at Zero only to be blocked by Max. "Ah, 452, just the girl I wanted."

"Sorry, White, we have plans." Max slammed a kick into White's knees dropped him to the ground. "And they don't evolve you."

"I'm deeply hurt." That got another kick from Max. "You're gonna pay for that, 452."

"You keep saying that." Max nodded and Alec took out the driver of the van, while the other four took down the human guards. "But really, we don't have the time to mess with you."

"So what are you gonna do?"

"Max, here," Alec said, as he tossed her a syringe full of something. "He was gonna use that on you to knock you out. It should work on him."

"White, it's time for you to take a little nap." Nodding to Alec to keep him down, Max injected White in the arm. He struggled for a few minutes before he went all limp. "Man, that stuff works fast."

"Okay, Max, so what's the plan now?" Alec asked, as he began to tie up White's hands and feet.

"We're gonna ditch him somewhere off a main road and head back to Terminal City. We need to get these guys into a safe place."

"Sounds like a great plan."

"Get them ready."

"Okay." Alec went off to tell the others what the plan was.

"What's Terminal City?" Zero asked Max as she headed back into the house.

"It's where we live," Max answered, as she came across a very dead Joyce. "That's not fair."

Zero dropped down next to Joyce's body and checked her vitals. "She had a heart attack. It was just her time."

"Okay, pack your stuff, you're coming with us as well."

"Are you sure that's such a good idea?"

"Yes, I'm sure of it. We would have it no other way. We don't leave our people behind."

"Okay." Zero went up stairs with the others to begin to pack their things, and Max stood at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey, Maxie, you okay?" Alec called to her, as he came down the stairs with his stuff.

"Yeah, I'll be okay," she answered, as she shot him a fake smile, as the others came down the stairs. "Okay, here's how it's gonna be. We are X5's so we are your superior for the trip. When we get to TC, you will be allowed to do whatever you want, but until then, you will obey our rules. I'm gonna go ahead with my bike along with Zero, and the rest of you, including Sean, will go with Alec in the van."

"What? Are you serious?" Keith asked as he dropped his pack. "That's bull shit. We don't follow any bodies rules."

Max blurred over to him, grabbed his arm, and threw him up against the wall. "You will follow our rules or you'll end up dead."

"Keith, please," Carmen said, as she took up his bag. "We should listen to them. They are X5s after all."

"Fine," Keith said, as Max let him go.

"Okay, let's get." Max got out her bike and hopped on, and waited until Zero climbed on behind her. "We'll be close."

"Let's go," Alec said, as they started back towards Seattle, and towards Terminal City.

TO BE CONTINUED

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