Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dark Angel characters. They belong to James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Fox. But Benjamin, Mackenzie, and any other characters you are not familiar with are mine.
"Why did you wait so long to come back Biggs?" Alec questioned his best friend. Max, Biggs, and himself sat in the infirmary waiting for Mackenzie, and, or Benjamin to wake up. It had been a day and a half since the supply run, and neither had shown signs of waking up.
"It was my way of laying low." Biggs replied, looking over at where Mackenzie and Benjamin lay. "She looks like you." Biggs mused looking over at Mackenzie.
Alec nodded in response. He wanted to tell Biggs the reason why she looked like him. He wanted to see Biggs' reaction to him having a daughter.
Mackenzie could hear their voices, and tried to pull herself out of the darkness. "Dad." She whispered slowly coming to.
Alec was immediately by her side. "I'm right here." Alec said taking her hand. "Come on Mackenzie open your eyes."
Biggs looked at Alec, "Ok what's going on?"
"She's my daughter." Alec stated.
"Uh huh. You were about eight when she was born?" Biggs looked at Alec confused.
"She came here from the future with Benjamin to prevent certain things from happening." Alec stated, turning his attention back to Mackenzie.
"Ok..." Biggs trailed off.
"Just believe him Biggs." Max sighed.
Mackenzie's eyes opened, but closed again at the brightness of the light. As she did this the memories of the supply run came back. Her eyes once again opened, and she looked to her father, who was sitting beside her, for the answers she wanted. "Benjamin." she whispered. "Where's Benjamin, dad? Is he ok?"
"He's fine. Except for the fact that he was shot. And don't worry the bullet missed all major organs."
"Where is he?" Mackenzie questioned.
"The bed behind me." Alec replied. As soon as he did Mackenzie went to get up, "I don't think so. You lost a lot of blood yesterday. Lucky to be alive. Benjamin too."
"And Ray?"
"Is dead." Alec stated.
"And Benjamin's ok?"
"Yes Benjamin's ok."
"Ok. I think I'm going to go back to sleep, I'm getting tired."
Alec smiled at his future daughter as she drifted off to sleep.
Mackenzie opened her eyes and was met by a dim and silent infirmary. Glancing around she saw Alec sleeping in a chair at the other side of the bed, and Max, Logan, and little Benji were on the other side of the infirmary talking to Shawn. Mackenzie then turned her head to the right and saw him. "Benjamin." she whispered. 'Like he's going to wake up to that.' Mackenzie thought as she slowly sat up. She pushed the blankets off of her and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Hissing at the pain she felt she thought to herself, 'I hope I didn't manage to pull a stitch doing that.'
When Mackenzie's feet touched the ground she shivered at the coolness of it. Quietly she pulled up a chair and sat down beside Benjamin's bed. Taking his hand she whispered, "Look who got shot this time. For once it's not me. But then again, I got stabbed. You better wake up soon, I'm beginning to miss those brown eyes of yours."
Mackenzie laughed to herself, "Remember that time I pushed you completely forgetting we were on a hill, and you rolled down it? Or the time we were painting my room at Biggs' place and I dumped the paint over your head, god you had blue in your hair for days." Then Mackenzie sighed, with her free hand she pushed some of Benjamin's brown hair out of his face.
"Benji if you would of died, because you took that bullet for me, I don't know what I would of done. Seeing you lying there with a bullet wound to the chest that was my fault, practically killed me. I was so scared that the bullet hit your heart or lung, or something important like that. Benji if you ever scare me like that again I may have to kill you."
Mackenzie sat there in silence for a few minutes, before saying, "I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but, I love you Benjamin Jordan Cale."
She then pulled her chair closer to the bed, and laid her head down beside Benjamin. Closing her eyes she soon drifted off to sleep again.
A small smile came to Alec's lips from where he was sitting. He had woken up to Mackenzie talking to Benjamin's sleeping form. He had known the entire time his future daughter loved Benjamin, it was so obvious, but of course it took Mackenzie a while to realize this herself. As Alec opened his eyes, he saw Mackenzie fall asleep in the chair beside Benjamin. Alec decided against moving her, knowing that if he did, she'd wake up.
Benjamin woke up, feeling a small hand wrapped around his, and a warm breath on his neck. He opened his eyes to see Mackenzie's head resting near his and her hand wrapped around his. Slowly the memory of what had happened came back, and with it he heard Mackenzie's voice. But the words that stuck out the most were, 'I love you Benjamin Jordan Cale.'
Had those words been part of a dream? Or had she said them last night? Benjamin continued to watch Mackenzie's sleeping figure he could of lost her. Seeing her fall like that and almost get killed by Ray, had killed him inside. It made him as scared as he had been the night they saved his dad.. With his thumb he stroked the hand Mackenzie had in his, which caused her to wake up.
Opening her eyes, looked up and smiled. "Morning Sleeping Beauty." Benjamin said, a smile coming across his face.
"I remember you saying that not too long ago." Mackenzie stated.
"I think it was after a party, rain, a kiss, and some sleep." Benjamin replied.
"I remember that." Mackenzie grinned. "So are you?"
"Aside from getting shot I'm pretty good." Benjamin replied. "You?"
"Well aside from getting stabbed. I'm pretty good too." Mackenzie said.
"Glad to see the two of you awake." A voice said from the side. Mackenzie turned to see Shawn standing there.
"Hi Shawn." Mackenzie smiled.
"You know it would be great if you lied down in your own bed. You're lucky Alec was here last night, he convinced me to let you be." Shawn stated.
"Do I have to?" Mackenzie questioned. At the look Shawn gave her she said, "I take that as a yes."
With a sigh Mackenzie stood up and walked over to the bed she had been lying in before, and lied down again. "Happy?" She asked.
"Very. Now can I get you two any breakfast?" Shawn questioned.
"No need there Shawn. I grabbed some food for them from the Mess Hall already."
"Hey Alec," Mackenzie smiled at him. "Max going to be stopping by at all today?"
"Most likely." Alec replied.
"What did ya bring us?" Benjamin questioned.
"Mac and Cheese." Alec replied.
"My favorite." Mackenzie said sitting up.
"That's all she ate for a week once." Benjamin stated, "It wasn't the best thing in the world."
Mackenzie threw a pillow at him, and when it hit him, he said, "Ow... why the hell would you throw a pillow at an injured guy. Who's your boyfriend non the less?"
"Because I felt like it."
"Benjamin I just realized something." Mackenzie said as she watched Max, Logan, and little Benjamin leave the infirmary.
"What?"
"We leave tonight."
"How do you figure that? We still have a week left."
"I figure that because I was given orders that once we did what we had to, we had to go back.."
"Then don't we have to be down by the sewers?"
"I forgot about that minor piece of information."
"Uh huh. And how exactly are we suppose to get back to the future?" Benjamin questioned, looking at Mackenzie with a raised eyebrow.
"Weren't you given that little control thingy?"
"What control thingy?"
"It's got a little button on it, that somehow acts like the time machine when its pushed."
"Ok..." Benjamin trailed off. 'Why wasn't I told of this?' He asked himself.
"You think we'll be able to get out of here with out Shawn yelling at us again?"
"Hey he didn't yell at me, 'cause I didn't try to leave. It was you who tried to sneak out the window. But yea I have a feeling we can get past him."
"Ok, then lets go, I gotta stop by the apartment to grab my stuff."
"Wait a minute, Shawn just walked back in." Benjamin said watching Shawn carefully. "Ok, he went in back we have five minutes to get out of here."
Mackenzie smiled, "Then what are you waiting for?"
Mackenzie and Benjamin got out of the beds they had been stuck in for pretty much two days, and quickly left the infirmary. As the door closed behind them Shawn walked out of the back, with a sigh he went back to work.
Mackenzie walked out of the bedroom with a sigh she didn't want to go back to the future, she liked it here. But she knew she had to go back, she couldn't risk changing anything else. "You ready to go?" She questioned looking at Benjamin, who was sitting on the couch.
"Yea, I guess. I'm gonna miss it here."
"Benji, hun, we're going back to the exact same place, only about seventeen years in the future."
"But it's not going to be the same." Benjamin whined.
"I think you've spent way to much time with me." Mackenzie sighed.
"Why do you think that?" Benjamin questioned.
"You're starting to act like me."
"Am not!" Benjamin protested.
"Are too!" Mackenzie replied.
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Got you again." Mackenzie grinned.
"That's not fair." Benjamin mumbled glaring at her.
"As you once told me, life's not fair. So, I got an idea."
"Is it going to get me into trouble?"
"No." Mackenzie laughed, walking over to the kitchen and pulling out a switchblade from her coat pocket.
"Where did you get that?"
"Found it under the bed." Mackenzie replied, before opening one of the cupboard doors.
"What are you going to do?"
"Carve our initials into the door. Leave our mark, for whoever decides to move in here next." Mackenzie smiled at him, as she carved M.M + B.C. into the cupboard door.
"That's so childish."
"And I am childish, so it seems fitting." Mackenzie said, before closing the cupboard door, and heading for the apartment door. "You coming? Or am I leaving you here in the past?"
"I'm coming." Benjamin sighed, picking up a small bag from the floor, and following Mackenzie out the door.
As they left the building and headed towards the sewers, they saw Alec and Max talking near HQ. Mackenzie picked up her pace, she didn't want to say goodbye, it was better if they left and faced the future as soon as possible. "What are you two doing?" Alec's voice drifted to their ears.
Mackenzie stopped and turned, "We're heading back to the future," she said, when Max and Alec walked up to them.
"And you weren't going to say goodbye?" Max questioned.
"I felt it would of been easier to do, just in case nothing is fixed in the future." Mackenzie sighed.
"Well now you're stuck saying goodbye." Max smiled, giving Mackenzie a hug. "You keep my son safe."
"I always do." Mackenzie replied, hugging Max bag. Stepping away she said, "It's almost like my life job."
Max laughed and then hugged Benjamin, "You stay out of trouble, and try not to give your father grey hairs. He's starting to complain already."
"I'll remember that mom." Benjamin replied, as he hugged his mother back. He then turned to Alec and smiled, "I'll be seeing you around."
"Yes you will." Alec replied. Alec hugged him, and whispered in his ear, "You hurt my daughter and you'll be in a lot of trouble. Understand?"
"Yea. I understand." Benjamin replied, taking a step back.
Alec then turned to Mackenzie, "If you give me grey hair you'll be in trouble missy."
"So you're using the threat Max used on her son, about his father, on me are you?"
"Hey I changed the threat to better suit me." Alec smiled. "Now are you going to just stand there, or are you going to give your dad a hug?"
Mackenzie hugged Alec and said, "I'll try my hardest to not give you grey hair."
"Good."
When Mackenzie pulled away she said, "I love you dad."
"Love you too." Alec smiled at her.
Without another word Mackenzie turned and headed towards the sewers. Benjamin said another goodbye to his mother, before following Mackenzie. When he got there Mackenzie pulled a small remote out of her bag and looked at him, "You ready to go home?"
"Only if it's better."
"Then lets hope it is."
Mackenzie took a deep breath and then pressed the button. The two of them were surrounded by color, and then everything went black.
AN: Ok that chapter was crap, but I had to rush it, next chapter is the last one, you get to see the future. Don't you guys feel special?
Aleja21: You're so sweet. :) You made me feel better about my abilities. Here's the update hope you like it!
elle6778: Thanks for the four reviews! About Mackenzie sounding like Max about things going on between her and Benjamin, wasn't really on purpose. I didn't really realize I did that until I wrote it..lol... not that, that made any sense what so ever. Yea, Mackenzie was quite the menace, eh? Well hope you liked this chapter. Leave a review!