Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dark Angel characters. They belong to James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Fox. But Mackenzie, Benjamin, and any other characters you are not familiar with are mine.

AN: Sorry about the long wait, I've been kind of busy, with school and all that wonderful stuff. Anyway, here is Chapter Eight. Hope you like it!

"So you didn't tell me what you guys told Max and Logan about us being there." Mackenzie stated looking at Benjamin as they sat at the mess hall eating. It had been a week since they had saved Logan, and she had been shot. During that week Mackenzie, Benjamin, Alec, and Max had managed to get a lot of information out of Larry, except for who exactly Albert Sian was. But Logan and a few others were working on finding out more information.

"Well at first I told them me and you had gone over there to see if they had any paint. 'Cause we wanted to paint the apartment."

"You're kidding me right? That's kind of a stupid reason to be there so late."

"Yea I know. I was given a weird look, and told to tell them the truth."

"So you told them . . . "

"Well Alec jumped in and said you and I were just at the right place at the right time. But then Max told Alec to butt out, and me to tell her the truth."

"And . . . "

"I told her I'd tell her when I got back from checking up on you."

"I see. But you didn't answer my question."

"You didn't really ask a question. You made a statement."

"Whatever" Mackenzie laughed. "Just tell me what you told them."

Benjamin shook his head. Mackenzie could be so demanding sometimes. "Well I ended up telling 'em that you and me had gone for a walk, because we both couldn't sleep. And while we were walking by the apartment we saw someone sneaking around on the roof. So we hurried into the building. I headed to the roof, and you headed to their apartment."

"Huh. There's some truth in that. Wait . . . weren't you asked why I headed to their apartment?"

"Yea."

"And you said . . . "

"I said you wanted to make sure everything was ok."

"Well there's truth in that."

Benjamin nodded. He looked around before saying, "We got to start planning."

"Planning? For what?"

"Mackenzie, you know. Don't go pretending you don't."

"Ok. Sorry. But are you sure this is the best place to be making plans?"

"No. I was just saying we needed to make the plans."

"Then I guess tonight we will do that."

"The sooner the better."

Mackenzie nodded in agreement, but before she could say anything she saw Max walking toward them. "Hey Max." Mackenzie smiled.

"Mackenzie, B.J." Max nodded to both of them as she sat down.

"So what do we owe this pleasure?" Mackenzie questioned Max.

"Well we found out something on Albert Sian."

"Did Larry tell you?" Benjamin asked.

"No. Logan found some information on him. Turns out Albert Sian was once Aaron Simon."

"So he changed his name?" Mackenzie questioned.

"Yea. He was friends with Edgar Sonrisa, well more like a son to him. Seems that Sonrisa took Albert, well Aaron, under his wing after his father passed away in '09. Seems that, that was when Aaron changed his name, and started helping Sonrisa. And in '19 Albert went into hiding, when it was found out that Sonrisa was replacing cortodiazaphine with sugar pills. He only came out of hiding a while ago."

"Where does Larry fit into all of this?" Mackenzie questioned.

"Well Albert was close to Sonrisa, and he's had a grudge against Eyes Only, because he's part of the reason Sonrisa's dead. He found out that Logan was Eyes Only, and sent someone after him."

"Why did he send a transgenic?" Benjamin asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"We're not sure yet. Probably because he thought a transgenic would get it done faster." Max replied.

"If that's the case, then we have to find out how he got Larry to do this." Mackenzie stated, standing up. "I'm gonna go have a chat with Larry. Meet you guys at my place, in a half hour."

"Before you go, there's something else we found out."

"What?" Mackenzie questioned.

"Albert was found dead last night, single bullet wound to the chest."

"Now that's an interesting development isn't it?" Mackenzie said before walking off.

Neither Max or Benjamin made a move to stop Mackenzie. They both knew she wanted to go there alone. They both knew that if she went there alone she'd be able to get something out of him. Benjamin shook his head, and pulled the food Mackenzie had been eating towards him, and said "Guess she's not gonna finish this."

Mackenzie headed into HQ, and straight to the room Larry was still being held up in. "Got some more questions for our friend in there." Mackenzie told Mole, who had taken it upon himself to guard the door. He nodded, unlocked the door, and moved aside to let Mackenzie get in. When she entered the room, and closed the door behind her, she asked, "Why?"

"Why what?" Larry questioned her.

"Why did you do it? Well I guess a better question would be how did Albert get you to help him." Mackenzie sighed sitting down on one of the chairs in the room.

"He promised me freedom."

"Freedom? From what? You were already free from Manticore."

"I've been working for him since transgenics were exposed."

"Oh so he promised you that you wouldn't get caught by the sector police... or White?"

"Pretty much."

"And you bought that?" Larry looked away from her. "He promised you that you wouldn't get caught, but yet I caught you."

"You're a transgenic."

"And so are you."

"That's my point."

There was silence between the two of them. Mackenzie looked at Larry, trying to figure out what to say. "Albert was found dead last night. And it seems you did all that work for him, for nothing. Larry he was most likely playing you. He probably was planning on having you work for him, until he died, and not give you the freedom he promised." Larry said nothing in reply. "Look, I'm going to talk to Max and Alec, and see if we can give you some type of a probation thing. I guess you could say I'm a nice person. You're really a good person and I can see that, you're just stupid at times. If I can manage to talk Max and Alec into it, you'll most likely have to stay in Terminal City, help in any way possible, and not make any more stupid mistakes. I just can't guarantee this. Promise me that if this works out, you won't let me down. I hate seeing someone cooped up like this."

"I guess that would be better than nothing." Larry replied.

"Promise me Larry."

"Kay. Promise I won't screw the chance up, if I get it."

Mackenzie nodded. "I'm going to head to my place. I'll come back once I know what's going to go on."

Mackenzie stood up and walked out the door. "He answer your questions?" Mole questioned, as he locked the door after Mackenzie came out.

"Yea. It seems that he made a stupid mistake when he decided to work for Albert Sian." Mackenzie replied. "But I gotta go." She started to walk off towards the door, but quickly turned around. Still walking backwards she asked, "Mole is Alec here by any chance?"

"Hasn't been here by this morning." Mole replied, and at the same moment he saw Alec walk into HQ. He was about to tell Mackenzie, but she managed to walk right into him.

"Ow." Mackenzie said turning around to see what she had walked into. "Jeeze Alec that hurt."

"Hey it wasn't my fault. You walked into me, because you were walking backwards." Alec replied.

"Yea but you were walking forwards so you should of seen me coming towards you." Mackenzie shot back. "But anyway... I need to talk to you and Max about Larry. I told Max and...B.J. to meet me at my apartment in like 10 minutes. So we should start heading that way. Have you heard what was found out about Albert Sian? Max probably already told you, probably why you're here. Or you're here just 'cause you decided to see what was going on."

"Why are you rambling?" Alec questioned.

"I don't really know. I just do it every once in awhile." All Alec did was nod in reply. "But we should get going."

"OK." Alec replied.

"Good." Mackenzie sighed. Walking out of HQ with Alec behind her. The two of them headed towards the place Mackenzie and Benjamin had been staying. Once they got inside they saw Benjamin and Max sitting on the couch. "Sit down Alec. I'm going to try to make this little speech of mine as short and sweet as possible." Alec sighed and sat down beside Max, waiting to hear what his future daughter had to say.

"This is going to be long." Benjamin sighed. "We should all get comfortable, we're gonna be here for awhile."

"Be quiet Be... B.J." Mackenzie glared at him.

"Sorry." Benjamin responded.

"Kay. I talked to Larry, and found out some stuff. It turns out Albert promised him freedom. Well, I guess you could say that Albert promised Larry that he'd be safe from Sector Police and White. Larry started working for Albert, and made the mistake of believing him. Now I'm going to get to the point. I was wondering if its possible at all that we give Larry some sort of probation thing. He promised me that he wouldn't let me down, and I believe him. He'll listen, he knows that he'll be on a short leash becomes of the stunt he pulled, but it's not like he was working for White or anything."

"Mackenzie are you crazy?" Benjamin said, standing up from his seat on the couch. "Larry tried to kill Logan."

"Yea I know that B.J. But he didn't kill him. He tried to but he didn't succeed. There's a big difference there." Mackenzie replied.

"Still how do you know that he won't try it again?" Benjamin questioned her.

"I know he won't 'cause he's smarter than that. Plus he knows that if he tries anything like that, he'll have a lot of people after him." Mackenzie shot back. "Anyway its not your decision its Max and Alec's decision, and its Logan's too, but he's not here. Aside from that what do you guys say?" After a couple minutes of nothing being said, Mackenzie sighed. "You know what I shouldn't of asked. I know you guys probably don't want Larry walking around here. But I have one thing left to say though, Larry's not the only one in Terminal City who's killed someone, or was close to killing someone."

"Mackenzie this is different." Max replied.

"And it might not be such a good idea." Alec added.

"I know Max, I know how different it is. But do you think its fair that you're not giving him the same chance you gave others? Just give Larry a chance. I promise you he won't step foot out of Terminal City, until you guys trust him."

"Mackenzie can I talk to you?" Benjamin questioned her.

"Not now B.J. I'm waiting for their answers."

"Mackenzie. Now."

"Fine." Mackenzie snapped. She looked from Max, to Alec. "Can you guys think about it while I go talk to B.J.? Max call Logan get his opinion." With their nods, Mackenzie headed across the apartment to the bedroom, Benjamin close behind her. After Benjamin entered the room she closed the door and looked at him waiting for him to say something.

"I don't believe you Mackenzie." Benjamin said in a harsh whisper.

"Larry doesn't deserve to be locked up Benjamin." Mackenzie replied trying to keep her voice low, knowing Max and Alec would be able to hear her if she didn't.

"He killed my father in our past Mackenzie, and we barley stopped him this time. Hell you could of been killed by him." Benjamin replied, his voice slowly getting louder.

"Benjamin keep your voice down."

"Why should I?"

"If you don't your mom will hear you, and you'll have to tell her the reason why we we're here."

"At the moment I don't care. I'm not going to let the guy who killed my father walk free."

"Benjamin we saved him. And Larry won't try it again."

"How can you be so sure about that Mackenzie?"

"I'll watch him until we leave. I'll keep a close eye on him. And I'm sure everyone else here will too. Benjamin you don't have to worry, you're not going to grow up without a father again, and it's possible you'll have you're mom too, if we can get to the supplier."

"Let me guess you're gonna let him walk free too?"

"Benjamin he did nothing except help Terminal City. It isn't his fault that White got to him. If we can get him to disappear, everything will be good. I thought for sure you would of agreed to let Larry have some type of probation. But I guess I was wrong."

"A part of me wants to agree. But then there's a part of me that wants him to just disappear."

"Just listen to the part of you that wants to agree. Please Benji."

"Mackenzie..." Mackenzie could tell Benjamin was finally calming down, and new she could get him to agree with her.

"Please."

"Fine. But if anything goes wrong Mackenzie I'm holding you responsible."

Mackenzie smiled, "Now why does that sound familiar?"

"You said something like that to me, when I got you to tell your dad to the truth."

"I'm going to go see what the verdict is." Mackenzie sighed leaving the room. She looked at Max and Alec, "So... is he going to get some type of probation or is he gonna be confined the that room, for the rest of his life?"

"I'm not sure it's a good idea, but we'll give him the probation. I talked to Logan, he's ok with it, but kind of nervous about letting Larry wonder around TC." Max replied.

Mackenzie smiled, "Don't worry I'll keep an eye on him. I'm sure he'll keep his distance too. I'm gonna go tell him the good news, and make sure he gets settled in somewhere. You guys are giving him another chance, you won't regret it. And tell Logan thanks." With that Mackenzie left, to help Larry get settled into life in Terminal City. She only hoped he wouldn't let her down.

A Week Later

"Mackenzie you've been avoiding this for awhile now. Last week you said we'd start planning but we didn't. I think we should start planning now." Benjamin sighed sitting down beside her on the couch.

"I'm tired, can we do this later?" Mackenzie questioned, faking a yawn, and stretching out on the couch, causing her legs to end up lying across, Benjamin's lap.

"No. We gotta do it now. The next supply run is in a week and a half, and that's are chance."

"Who's planning on going to the supply run?" Mackenzie asked giving up on avoiding making the plans for changing their lives.

"Well Alec told me it'll most likely gonna be him, Max, and well you and me."

"What?"

"I took it upon myself to ask him if we could go and 'help' them."

"So is that when you want to do it?"

"Yea pretty much."

"It seems you've made up all the plans."

"Well you've been busy avoiding making the plans, and keeping an eye on Larry."

"I know. I'm just afraid that it won't do anything, and this was all worth nothing."

"Mackenzie it'll fix things."

"I hope."

Benjamin looked at Mackenzie, he could tell that she didn't want to talk about it anymore. "Fine we won't make the plans. I'll make them and fill you in the night before we go. Ok?"

"Sound's good to me."

"So... uh how's Larry doing?"

"Fine. He's making new friends... staying as far away from Max, Logan, and little you, as he possibly can."

"Well I guess that's good in a way."

"Yea. He's helping out a lot too. I think he really wants to make up for what he did. And now I'm gonna say, I told you so. You should really agree with me more often, could safe you from a lot of pain." Silence filled the apartment before Mackenzie asked, "So why did you decide to come here? I mean you could of just stayed home. It's not like you were forced to come here."

"I thought you could use some help, and plus it was boring without you around."

"I bet the real reason was, I'm so hot, you just couldn't stay away from me. You just had to be around me." Mackenzie joked.

"In your dreams Kenzie."

"No I think it's more like in your dreams Benji." Mackenzie laughed.

"You wish."

"No, you wish. I bet you can't come up with a come back now."

"You wanna..." Benjamin was cut off by a pillow hitting him hard in the face. "Ow. What was that for?"

Mackenzie grinned. "It's for the night you attacked me with a pillow."

"I did not attack you, I merely hit you."

"Yea but that hurt."

"No it didn't you're just a wimp."

Mackenzie glared at Benjamin and said, "You know Benjamin you're weird."

"And you're insane."

"Well you're stupid."

"And you're unintelligent."

"Wow Benji, that's a big word do you know what it means?"

"You're so cruel to me Kenzie. And now you must pay for your cruelty." Once Benjamin said that, he dove at her, and began to tickle her sides.

"Ssss...ttop.. Benji. That tickles. Stop doing that." She started to kick him, but he wrapped one of his strong arms around her legs, and used the other to tickle her with. "K... sss....eriously. Stop! I gotta pee!" Mackenzie kept laughing, her sides beginning to hurt.

"Wow... what a way to greet someone." A male voice filled the room.

Benjamin stopped tickling Mackenzie and turned around to see Alec standing in the doorway. "Hey Alec. How are you?"

"I'm good. What's going on here."

"Benjamin was being mean and tickling me." Mackenzie complained, in a childish voice.

"Mackenzie don't pin the blame on me. You started it."

"How did I start it?"

"You hit me with a pillow."

"Yea well you... you... were being mean."

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Was not!"

"Ok. Why are the two of you acting like five year olds?" Alec questioned from the door, an amused look on his face.

"Sorry." Mackenzie mumbled. Trying not to laugh, as memories from the better times in her's and Benjamin's childhood filled her mind.

"We were not acting life five year old's for your information." Benjamin stated. "Aside from that, what are you doing here?"

"Well I came to talk about the supply run." Alec replied.

"Not this again." Mackenzie mumbled covering her head with a pillow. She really didn't want to think about the supply run that could change everything. She was afraid, that it would turn out badly, and nothing would change in her future, or that too much would change.

"Did I say something wrong?" Alec questioned.

AN: Chapter Eight is finally done! Six typed pages... probably the most I've ever written. It didn't really go the way I wanted it to though... hopefully chapter nine will turn out better. Just to tell you all what will be in chapter nine, it'll most likely have the plans for the supply run, and I'm thinking about having Benjamin tell Logan and Max the truth... what do you think? Oh and if you have any suggestions or ideas, please tell me. I'm pretty much open to anything. Well unless you want me to kill of one of my characters... that just wouldn't be fair... but I know you guys wouldn't do that to me. Right? DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! Before I foget... if you'd like to beta for me, please leave you're email address... and tell me.. or send me an email. Thanks! Luv ya all!

Katherine: You're reviews are always so long, and I love them. By the end of chapter nine, or beginning of chapter ten I'll most likely have Mackenzie remembering things she was told about her mom. I tried to make sure Mackenzie acted a bit like her dad, 'cause well that just makes it amusing. Anyway, this chapter was purely rambling in my opinion, not how it was suppose to go... but I hope you enjoyed it.

bitterlullabies: Thanks for the review!

arwen-amy: You gotta wait to find out who Mackenzie's mom is. Aren't I mean?

Newly Human: If it was just a teeny suggestion I won't do it, 'cause well I'm kinda to lazy to watch how I'm typing things. lol.

Moonlight: Thanks for the review. Hope this chapter cleared up who Sian was, I had trouble making up a background for him.. But it turned out ok. Hope you liked this chapter, and continue to leave reviews.