Summary: If they hadn't escaped in '09 would Ben still have been crazy. I think so. The blue lady still has plans for him and for Max…whether she's willing or not.
Warning: Mature themes and character death.
No Escape
Chapter 4: Destiny
Blue Lady,
Tomorrow is going to be a special day. The handlers want us to believe that this latest training exercise is no different from the others. We'll have partners like usual and we'll switch partners frequently like usual. But I know this is different. I also know that tomorrow will be more special than any other time because tomorrow will be the first time. I want to thank you. I always knew my purpose was to be a soldier and for a long time I thought that's all there would ever be to it. But now I know differently. Like I said the handlers tried to make us think that what is about to take place is no big deal. They say we are to be instructed in copulation because some missions may require we do so with norms. They say this is all part of socialization skills. But I know different. I know what the result of copulation is. This is all part of your plan, isn't Blue Lady? I wasn't sure at first but when I saw who my assigned partner is to be I knew. It's Max. Her first time and my first time will be with each other. She will carry my seed and our baby will be the savior of the transgenics. Thank you Blue Lady. I will not fail you.
Ben returned his notebook to his chest and then climbed back into bed.
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Max nervously paced the small private room while the images from the films they had seen over the last week ran through her head. She wanted to be professional about this whole thing, but she couldn't help the weird and uncomfortable feeling she got whenever she tried to imagine her and Ben doing those things.
Come on, Max, what's the big deal. It's no different from partnering with Ben during hand to hand or kickboxing. We've slept side by side before out in the field. We've seen each other naked before. Of course that was years ago before they separated us into male and female barracks. Stop being so immature! Oh but this is Ben. I do love Ben. But I want to kiss him like those couples in that video did as much as I want to kiss Jhondy and I love her too. Oh why couldn't my partner be Zack?
Max's eyes widened and she looked around quickly to see if somebody had been listening in on her thoughts. When the ridiculousness of that notion caught up with her she relaxed and let her mind go over what she had just thought. Why didn't the thought of being with Zack irk her as much as the thought of being with Ben?
Max didn't have time to ponder because the door opened and in walked
"Zack!" Max didn't even try to hide the elation she felt at seeing him instead of Ben. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I had a little talk with Donovan. I told him since I am the commanding officer and since you are second in command; shouldn't we pair up first because that's always how it's been done before?"
"That's right. We usually are always paired off during initial training."
"Yeah well they said they changed it because they thought we should first pair off with someone our own age. And since I'm the oldest and you're the youngest—"
"What, they were scared I couldn't handle you." Max said in a voice that was rather seductive. Strange, considering she had never tried to seduce anyone before.
Zack noticed and closed the distance between them. "Maybe it was the other way around." Zack didn't give her a chance to respond instead he pulled her to him and kissed her passionately. After her initial stock, Max's body took over. Her arms automatically reached up to circle around his neck. He pulled her closer wanting to feel every inch of her against him.
"Do you know how long I've wanted to do that?" Zack whispered as he cupped her face and ran his thumb delicately over her cheek. Max closed her eyes and leaned into his touch.
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