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"You all set?" Max asked Alec.

"Yup. I still can't believe you asked me to come along on the 'let's save my family' escapade, Maxie," he said. "I never knew you enjoyed my company so much, I'm touched, really." He put a hand to his heart.

She rolled her eyes and swatted him. "Come on, there's no time to lose. Who knows how long White's had their locations. Please."

The look on her face made him turn serious immediately. He knew how much her family meant to her and for all they knew White could already have them.

"I'm sorry Maxie," he said genuinely. "We'll get to them before White does, don't worry."

They walked into the room where a bunch of transgenics were waiting. Alec cleared his throat and they all looked at him.

"Now, we need to get to these transgenics before White does," Alec started. "That means we need to be cunning and fast. It's a race against White. And that means there are probably going to be complications. If you see White heading towards where one of these transgenics supposedly are, call for backup and someone will try to make a diversion for you to escape with the transgenic. Remember, they might be suspicious of you. They know people are still hunting them so make sure that you show them your barcodes and tell them that Max sent you. Say her designation and get the hell outta there. Once you're in the clear and you have the transgenic, radio in so we can check that person off our list. If you get there and the transgenic is nowhere to be found, that probably means that they have moved and all we can do is hope for the best that they're fine. I know this is no easy task to do because the locations are very vague and you'll have to spread out into the city to find the transgenic, but please try your best. In a moment, you will all be split up to find a certain transgenic and we will give you our best description of him or her. Max and I will be going around to every single place so you may see us, but focus on your task. Keep in mind, if you see White, don't underestimate him. He's not a regular human and he can fight just as well as we can, plus he can't feel pain. Now line up and we'll give you your coms. and everything else."

The transgenics, X series and anomalies alike, lined up. If this had been a while ago, they wouldn't have wanted to help these transgenics because they were 09'ers. But most of them had met Max and liked her, so their reservations were gone. Besides, they were all in this together now. White was their enemy as well as the 09'ers, so that made them allies.

All the coms. and radios were given out, as well as maps and weaponry. Max walked up to 5 X5s.

"You 5 will be going to San Francisco," she said. "You are looking for a girl named Jondy, X5-210. She should have blonde hair, but knowing Jondy she probably dyed it. She's about my height, with blue eyes. Try looking for her in places like bars or somewhere close to a mall."

The X5s nodded and left.

She went to the next 4 in line. 1 X4, 2 X5s and an X6.

"You guys will be going to San Diego. Look for 3 girls names Emerald, Ruby and Aqua, designations 462, 379 and 254. Emerald has green eyes and jet black hair. Ruby should be a little shorter, fiery red hair and green eyes. Aqua's petite, blonde hair and blue eyes. Go."

At the end of the line, Alec was doing the same thing to a group of X6s and 1 X5.

"You guys are going to Detroit, there are four guys you are looking for. Michael, 573, Bobby, 375, Evan, 742 and Jordan, 562. They should all have similar builds and heights, although Max says Michael and Jordan are slightly taller than the others. All brownish hair except for Evan's, which is black. Go to all the places where guys usually hang out, bars, frat houses, sports games, everywhere."

That group left. Max and Alec continued on until they were the only ones left.

"I guess we have Liz to do," Max said.

"Roswell, here we come," Alec said.

"Sir, are you ready to go capture the rogue X5s?" Otto asked White.

"I'm always ready to get rid of transgenic filth," White said. 'Especially because they're 452's family. This should be interesting. The little bitch won't be so high and mighty when I hold a gun to one of her brothers' or sisters' head.'

"Where to first, Sir?" Otto asked.

"Roswell, it's closest," he said, and they walked out.

At school next day, Liz had the feeling that something was off. It came with being transgenic. It was almost as if they had a sixth sense, but it was really just awareness. She walked up to her sisters.

"Guys, something's wrong," she said.

"You feel it too?" Emerald asked.

"I thought I was the only one," Ruby said.

"Something's gonna happen," Aqua said. Being the most sensitive to the things around her, Aqua was usually right when she predicted something.

The girls all looked at each other. "Could it be Manticore?" Liz asked.

Ruby shook her head, her red curls flying. "Manticore's gone. But there are other people out there who are looking to kill us."

Liz rubbed her arms, which now had goosebumps. "What do you think's going to happen, Aqua?"

"What does she think what's going to happen?" Max asked, coming up behind her.

They all stopped talking and Liz fumbled around in her brain for an excuse.

"Uhh, it's nothing," Liz said.

Max looked at her weirdly but didn't say anything.

"So," Emerald said, changing the subject. "Heard that they were going to start a football team. Any of you thinking to join?"

"I am," Jesse said.

"Yeah, me too," Michael said.

"Cool," Emerald said. "I might join too, it sounds fun."

"No offense or anything, but girls don't usually like sports like football," Kyle said. "They think it's rough and are afraid to break a nail. How come you like it?"

"My whole family does," Emerald said. "Besides." She grinned. "I've been known to be a little rough myself and I'm not afraid of a challenge."

Kyle raised his eyebrows and grinned. He was starting to like this girl.

On the ride over to Roswell, Alec wouldn't stop yapping. He'd talk about one thing, then another without taking a breath. In the past Max would probably get irritated and hit him or tell him to shut up, but she just laughed and talked with him. It was funny how things changed. Oh, she still found him a pain-in-the-ass, but now it was almost as if calling him one was endearing. It was nice to know that some things didn't change, and the familiarity was what comforted her. The funny thing was, Alec took it upon himself to protect her all the time, and he became something like a brother she could depend on. Max guessed the saying was true, times change and people do too.

"Hey Maxie, just asking, is this Liz person really hot?" Alec asked.

SMACK

Okay, so maybe not everything changed.

"We're almost at Roswell, Sir," Otto said. "Where should we start looking for the girl?"

"We're going to try all schools first," White said. He grinned. 'I've got you now.'

"Maxie," Alec said, trying to wake Max up. "Maxie, we're here. Hey Maxie, Maxie Max."

Max yawned and stretched, then looked at her surroundings. Sure enough, there was a sign that said, "Welcome To Roswell".

"So, Maxie Max, where you wanna go first?" he asked her.

She rolled her eyes at the new nickname he seemed to have given her, and said, "Schools first."

Alec looked at his map. "There aren't many," he said. "Most popular one here is Roswell High."

"Then let's go," Max said. Unbeknownst to her, White was heading for the same place.

"We're in Detroit," an X5 named Gregory said.

"Great," the X6 called Jason said. "Alec said that we should look where guys hang out. How about we check the frat houses first? There aren't many of them."

"Good idea," the X6 named Fred said. He drove to the Frat house called "Hindred Place".

The 3 X6s and X5 walked into the frat house, going straight to the lady at the front desk.

"May I help you?" she asked.

The 3rd X6, James, smiled at the woman and said, "Yes. We're looking for our friends Michael, Jordan, Evan and Bobby. They should be expecting us but we don't know what room they're in. And we forgot their last names, sorry."

The lady smiled at them. "No problem, I know who you're talking about. Very charming young men, always hang out together. Room 113, go down the hall on your left."

"Thanks," James said, and they all walked towards the dorm.

Gregory knocked on the door and a moment later a man with black hair and green eyes opened the door.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"Can we come in?" Gregory asked.

The man looked at them quizzically then sighed and let them in. The Xs looked around and saw that the room was fairly neat and had two bunk beds. They saw 3 other men lounging about.

"Hey, Ev, who are they?" one of them asked.

Evan shrugged. "Dunno. Whaddaya want?"

Gregory nodded at Fred and he closed the door. Evan looked slightly more cautious. "Who are you?" he asked.

All the Xs turned around and showed the four men their barcodes. They turned back and saw the four rogues come towards them, looking slightly surprised.

"Why are you here?" said one of them, who was slightly taller than the rest so they presumed him to be Michael or Jordan.

"Your sister sent us," Jason explained.

Evan looked at them suspiciously. "Which one?"

"Your youngest sister. Designation 452. Name's Max."

All their eyes widened and they looked at each other.

"Max is alive?" Evan said to his brother.

"Zack never told me anything," the man said.

"Me neither, Jordan," another said. He turned to the last one. "You, Bobby?"

Bobby shook his head. "No, Mike." He looked at the Xs. "Why should we believe you?"

"Look," Gregory said impatiently. "We have to leave now. She sent us because she's the leader of our freak nation, our enemy White found out your locations and he probably sent one of his freaky cult buddies on the way here right now. I know this is a lot to take in, but between us, who are regular X series that you can probably take out, and this evil guy whose a Familiar and has transgenic reflexes and can't feel pain, who would you pick?"

The four men looked at each other than followed the other four Xs to their car.

"We have, I repeat, we have, the four transgenics from Detroit," Jason's voice said over the radio. Dix took his list and crossed off four names from it. Then he took his own radio and said, "Thank you Jason. We got it. No problems?"

"None," Jason said. "White didn't show up."

"Good. Out."

Dix then called Alec's cell phone. "Alec, tell Max we got her four brothers in Detroit. No complications."

Alec hung up his cell phone. He looked at Max. "Four down, we got Michael, Bobby, Jordan and Evan. White didn't show up either."

Max sighed in relief. "Let's hope karma's making a comeback."

They pulled up in front of Roswell High and walked towards the almost empty field.

They both scanned it and Max gasped. "Oh my God, I see Liz! And with her she's got Emerald, Ruby, and Aqua!"

Alec smiled. "Maybe this is going to be easier than we thought. 8 of your siblings in only a few hours."

"Come on," Max said. "White could still show up any moment. We have got to get them and get out of here."

They walked over to where her four sisters were sitting.

"Hey, who is that gorgeous girl walking over here?" Michael asked.

Liz and her sisters looked up and the air seemed to rush from their lungs. They would recognize their baby sister anywhere.

"Whoa, I can't believe it. She's here!" Aqua said.

"I thought she died!" Emerald said.

"Zack never mentioned anything," Liz said.

"Who's Zack?" Max asked jealously but Liz ignored him and ran up to her sister.

"Maxie!" she screamed and they ran into each others arms and hugged tightly.

When they pulled back there were tears in both the girls' eyes. Max went up to Emerald, Ruby and Aqua and they repeated the hugging session.

"I can't believe it's you!" Emerald said. "We missed you so much baby sister."

"Wait, baby sister?" Maria asked. "You're another sister?"

Ruby laughed. "We weren't kidding when we said we had a big family. There's more than ten of us."

"Oh," Maria said.

"Who's this?" Aqua asked, pointing to Alec.

"Ben!" Liz yelled and ran to hug him too.

Maxwell's jealousy was growing by the second. 'Who are these people?' he thought.

Alec chuckled and gently pried Liz's arms off him. "Sorry, Liz, but I'm not Ben."

Liz stood back. "What?"

"This is Ben's clone," Max explained. "494. But we can introduce everyone later, we have to get out of here."

Maria stepped in front of Liz. "You are not taking my sister away. You may have known her for a long time but she's my adopted sister. You are not taking her away."

Max sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, but you don't understand. This is an emergency."

"What type of emergency?" Maria asked.

Max felt like pulling at her hair. "Look, we don't have time to explain this. Liz, Ruby, Aqua, Emerald. You need to come with me. White knows your location and he's probably sent someone here to kill you. We need to go before they get here."

"Kill them?" Isabel asked, stunned. "Why would anyone want to do that?"

Max looked at her sisters, trying to get them just to listen to her.

Liz put a hand on Maria's arm. "I'm sorry, Maria, but we have to go. If my sister says we can't stay here, then we can't."

Maria looked hurt. "Your choosing a sister you're not even related to, over me?"

Liz became frustrated. "No, it's not like that. You don't understand. It's dangerous for me to stay here, and if I do, I could endanger the rest of you."

Maxwell walked up to her. "Liz, what's wrong? I'm sure we could help you. You know, with our powers."

He said the last part under his breath so that Liz's sisters wouldn't hear, but they heard anyway because of their transgenic hearing.

"Powers?" Max asked, momentarily distracted from making their getaway.

Maxwell looked surprised that she had heard and opened his mouth to say something, but he heard someone come up behind him and something click. The next thing he knew, a gun was pointed at Liz's head and someone said, "Don't move."

A/N: Whew! Long chapter, although I'm not sure if it's any good. Please review! Review, review, review! (I'll update faster. LOL) I'm sorry there was no Buffy in this chapter, she's coming up in the next or so.

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Alana84 – Thanks for reviewing! I'm so sorry if it's not what you wanted, but Alec is going to be paired off with Faith. She won't be a bitch to him, believe me, but please, please, please, don't abandon this story because your preferred pairing isn't going to happen. I'm really sorry that it isn't, because I like to please my readers, but please don't abandon this story and keep reviewing and reading it. I'm going to write a different MA fic soon, maybe you'll want to read that, but I really do hope that you'll keep reading this fic. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Angel Of Darkness231 – Thanks so much for reviewing this! I'm so glad you're enjoying this, it makes me happy when people like what I write. No, the 09'ers and Max don't believe they can kick anyone's ass with ten years training on them, (thought they probably could if they tried) but they just think they can kick ass in general. They don't think they're better than people with full training, but believe me, if Max is angry she could probably kick anyone's ass. LOL On another matter, I seriously think that you can read minds or are able to predict things, because you were right on the money, so to speak. I was going to make Faith break the news to Buffy during a fight from the start, so you probably can read my mind. LOL Transgenic and a slayer? Too cool! If you can, can you give me an idea on some powers slayers have? Put them in your review. I don't watch BTVS too much and I don't know the show too well, I just put it in this fic cause I have this really great idea for later on. So if you can help me out, thanks a lot! If you can't, no biggie, but thanks anyways.