Author's note : First thing, i'm so sorry for the delay! You must all hate me but i'm grounded! Can you imagine a 20 year old girl grounded, i don't have the right to touch my computer more than two hours a day! So it's really not my fault! I'll try to update as fast as i did. Anyway, this is the new chapter. I hope you didn't wait too long. What did you thought about the 7th chapter?
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«Will she wake up again?» asked Syl.
«I think in a few hours she should stirr.» said the medic. «Just let her body have the time to recover.» he continued.
And that she did. She yawned and stretched like a cat.
«Alec!» she cried as she saw him. True she had already spoke, and said his name, but it was the first time, that it really felt like natural to her to talk, that she wasn't making a huge effort to utter a word.
The medic grinned.
«Why are you grinning?» asked Jondy.
«She did just what i thought she'd do. I mean her body.» Miles the Medic said it as if everyone would understand right away what he meant.
«Would you mind to explain a bit more?» said Krit.
«When she went into a coma, her body kinda rebooted itself again to recover from it.» Miles continued. «Now i guess, it's your turn to help her.» he said adressing Sid. She nodded her head. «In a way, the coma saved her.» he said before leaving them alone.
So now, Max was speaking. Like a 5 year old little girl but, she was speaking.
The four phalanxs had finally found where Logan Cale lived. They were now heading toward the house.
«Funny. He lives in one of Sandeman's house.» said the familiar who had called Sam's husband, when they arrived at the address.
«You think he's there?» asked the dark blond one.
«Only one way to find out.»
Unfortunately Logan wasn't there. Well fortunately for him.
«He's not here.» said the other male of the team.
«We can see that!»
«Now, we wait.»
Logan had gone out to buy some liquor. He badly needed a drink. He wasn't prepared to the face four familiars.Without no greetings whatsoever, one of them, he wasn't sure which one, had kicked him in the guts.
«Omph!»
«Where's 452?» asked the one who kicked him.
Again, he back kicked and this time he hit the wall.
«I don't know who you're talking about!» Logan managed to say. 'damn those familiars are strong' he thought.
«We know you helped her hiding Ames' son!» yelled one of the female.
The familiar looked like a female lion, an ugly lion! For the thrid time, he was kicked and he heard a distinct 'crack'. Great! Now he had some cracked ribs.
«She asked you a question!» yelled a deep male's voice full of anger.
«Where is that transgenic filth? Where is 452?» another shouted in his ear.
«I don't know who you're talking about.» he chocked.
Logan may have betrayed Alec, or any transgenic, but this time, it was Max. His Max! There was no way in hell that he'd betray her (A/N:What a twisted mind huh?!).
It was then that the 4th familiar who hadn't said anything yet, had attracted the others attention.
«It seems that this stupid guy over there is 'Eyes Only'!» he informed the other. «He has some interesting files. He even managed to find some of our agents!» He pressed 'enter' and the file was erased. «Oups! My bad! Let's see what this thing can do.» he said continuying to type frenetically on the keyboard.
Logan hoped that they wouldn't find anything else. Or the access, he had worked on about the Dix's system.
No such a chance.
«Oh, oh! I think i find a way to get that animal.» the same guy exclaimed.
Alec was spending his day with Max. It has become a routine now, since her seizure. And truth be told, she was getting better. The runes hadn't faded yet. She was looking like those wild amazone in the greek mythology. Yet not very impressive as she was wearing Alec's boxer and a tank top and had the behaviour of a child.
«Come on eat Max! You haven't recover yet from your seizure.»
«Want out.» she pouted. «I want out!» she repeated. «I want out! I want out! I want out! I want out!»
«Stop it!» ordered Alec. He was becoming really exasperated with this five year old Max. Jondy and Sid were observing the scene from the couch.
Finally, Jondy stood up and walked to the kitchen counter, where a very girly Max crossed her arms and refused to drink the milk, or eat her cereals.
«Come one sweetie. Don't you want to play with Alec later...If you don't eat your breakfast then there'll be no playing and you'll have to stay alone in the bedroom.»
Max finished her meal and smiled at Jondy. They had learned by now that she hated to be alone.
«Not alone.» she said.
«No you're not alone hon.» agreed her sister.
«Playing!» she shouted happily. She took hold of Alec's wirst and led him to the door. «Out! Playing out!» she said.
«No.» said Alec.
«But...Jondy said...playing when i finish food.» her eyes were watered.
«You're not going to cry!» sighed Alec.
Max sniffed loudly and managed to bite back her tears. She let go of Alec's hand and went in the bedroom.
«I can't do this.» said Alec.
«It's difficult for everyone Alec!» pointed Jondy.
«Now, in her head, i'm the bad guy.»
«You're not the bad guy.» assured Jondy. «We'll just have to deal with this new Max before she'll recover. At least she's talking.»
«She's very capricious. She wasn't this way when she was five?»
«She was 'spoiled' when we were five.» informed Jondy choosing carefully her words. They didn't really had a great childhood. «Zack always let her eat his dessert, Ben would sleep with her when she had nightmares. And when they made test on us, and it was Max's turn, we all sneek up to stay with her. She doesn't like to be alone.Well didn't. She was fine those ten years alone. She turned out well and independent.»
«I guess, now we're spoiling her too.» said Alec.
«In a way.»
«How come does she always have her way?» sighed Alec though there was nothing mean or bitter in his tone.
«That's just the way she is. She makes people care.» Jondy paused not knowing if she should tell him what she was going to tell him.
Sid felt that she wasn't supposed to hear that conversation so she cleared her throat and said she was going to the mess hall.
Jondy nodded her thanks.
«I don't know if she told you that but, we escaped because of her.» admitted Jondy.
«What do you mean?» asked Alec.
«She was having a seizure, and we didn't want them to take her away like they did with Jack. We didn't want them to take her to the nomalies.» She looked at him wondering if he knew the stories Ben would make up for them.
«She told me about the stories.» assured Alec. Jondy nodded and continued to talk.
«The TAC leaders were already in our barracks, so Zack attacked one of them and Eva took the guy's gun. We were in a passage with Eva leading the way. Zack and Zane were carrying her. Or was it Ben.» she paused. «That is not a part of my life that i like to remember.»
«Nobody likes to remember the death of their siblings.» comforted Alec.
«Anyway, Lydecker shot Eva straight between the eye, and Zack gave up the order to break out of that hell. We didn't even know if there was something outside the fences of Manticore. We were just running for our lives, i guess. That night Lydecker betrayed us. We always knew he was the bad guy of our life but at least we were 'safe' with him. He didn't attack us and we didn't attack him. Plus we were so damn scared of him.»
«We all were.» nodded Alec.
Bullet banged loudly on the door.
«Alec! Alec!» Bullet shouted outside his CO's apartment.
«What's the rush, B?» his CO asked.
«He did it again.» said Bullet. «He hacked in our system again.»
No need to same a name to know who that was.
«Stay with her.» ordered Alec to Jondy.
The red head girl nodded.
«And Bullet, tell Biggs, Syl that they're coming with me.»
«Why? You can take care of him alone!» stated the X6.
«I'm not going there to kill him. It's not like he could do us any harm. No, but i'm getting tired of this, so we're going to take his computers. I'm sure Dix would used it more usefully than him.»
Bullet nodded and blurred to alert Biggs and Syl.
«I had a bad feeling about this.» said Syl.
«What bad feeling? You don't want to hit the guy?» said Biggs.
«No it's not that. Call it transgenic female instinct or whatever.»
«Aw! Come on!» teased Biggs. «What could possibly happen? Logan is an ordinary and we are three well trained X5. Make that two.»
Syl poked his ribs hard.
«Hey! You don't know your strength woman!» said Biggs.
«Oh, i do know my STRENGTH.» the X5 replied.
Meanwhile, Max was seriously getting excited.
«Danger!» she repeated.
«What are you trying to tell me?» asked Jondy.
«Alec. Danger.»
Jondy was about to ask her a question but she heard the knock on the door.
It was Sam.
«Where is Alec?» Sam asked.
«What do you want with him?» replied Jondy.
«I don't have time for this!» Sam entered the apartment pushing Jondy aside.
Sam never visited Max because they thought that that would bother Max. Yet, it didn't that much bothered her.
She eyed Sam carefully.
«Not me!» she stated.
«Finally someone who knows how to make the difference!» said Sam sarcastically. «Where's Alec?»
«As you can see, he's not here.» said Jondy.
Max tilted her head hearing Alec's name.
«Alec in danger.» repeated Max again.
«Where is Alec?» inquired Sam again.
«He went with Syl and Biggs to Logan's. He hacked again in our system.»
«That's not good.» Sam uttered.
Max took Sam's hand.
«We go to Alec!» she said.
«I...I don't think...» stammered Jondy. «She shoudn't be...»
«Listen, for a reason that i ignore she seems to know that Alec is in danger. I think she shoud come.» said Sam.
«I'm coming.» said Max.
The sight was pretty unique : Jondy was seeing two 'Max' hands on hips. And she knew that stance. 'Back off or i'll kick your ass'
«Lead the way.» said Jondy stepping aside.
Max smiled broadly.
At Logan's apartment, the three transgenics were having some difficulites to fight back the four familiars.
Biggs had just hit the wall, and one of the familiar was aiming a gun at him.
«No!» yelled Syl. She blurred and she was the one hit by the bullet. She fell on the floor and soon a blood flowded out of her dying body.
«That was cheating.» said Biggs casting aside his emotions and went in 511 mode. It was time for payback.
Alec was facing the other two familiars and he was about to lose and probably die. He couldn't count anymore his cracked ribs, the bruises. He had twisted in left anckle. Not keep a state to win a battle against to stupid familiars.