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A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. I had so much work and then when I was finally ready to post my stuff, it didn't work. It seriously sucked because I wanted to get my stuff posted and updated but I couldn't because the stupid document manager wasn't working. Oh well.

Max sat at her desk in her office in Terminal City going over the supplies they needed now that there were more people when there was a knock at her door. Without looking up from her list, she said, "Come in."

Jondy and Emerald walked in and sat down on the leather couch Max had in her office.

"Hey baby sister. What's up?" Jondy asked.

"Going over the supplies we need," Max said. She sighed. "Just another day in my shitty, hunted life."

"Aw baby sister, cheer up. At least you got us now to share the unfairness of your shitty, hunted life," Emerald said.

Max rolled her eyes and finished up the last of the list. She stood up and went over to sit with her sisters.

"So what are you guys here for?" Max asked.

"Well, we were wondering," Emerald said, "If we could have a party. We're all together for once and we even have all our friends here. It would be great if we had one because it would really loosen up the tense atmosphere. You know, with White on our asses and all."

"It's almost Christmas," Jondy said. "We could make it a Christmas party. Almost none of the transgenics here have celebrated Christmas before, so this will be their first. Might as well make it memorable. What do you think? We can steal decorations and stuff. I mean, who cares if the ordinaries blame it on us? They blame us for anything and everything, like if somebody spills their coffee it's somehow our fault, so at least this time they can rightfully blame us."

Max thought for a moment. The idea appealed to her. 'If we're going to be barricaded in a toxic waste dump, might as well have some fun in it. We can't battle Familiars day in and day out without some stress reliever. This'll keep our minds relaxed and off the fact that we're currently in the middle of a war.'

"Alright," she declared. "I think it's a great idea. The thing is though; Christmas is about a week away. We better get cracking."

Emerald and Jondy both sported identical grins.

"This is gonna be fun," Jondy said.

"Let's call a meeting," Max suggested. "This way we can divide ourselves up and get the separate things we'll need."

Emerald nodded and said, "Jondy and I will go tell everyone about it. How 'bout in say… 15 minutes?"

"Sounds good," Max said.

They looked at each other, eyes shining with excitement then Jondy and Emerald left to tell everyone about the meeting.

Max sat back down at her desk to put away her papers and then she turned around and turned on the radio sitting on the shelf behind her.

"There's about a week left until Christmas," the man on the radio said. "So everybody better get a move on and buy their presents. There are currently Christmas sales in almost every store in Seattle, and do you know what that means? Go shop!" The man laughed. "And next up we'll have a few Christmas songs." Music starts playing. "Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!"

Max smiled and started humming and singing to the music as she went about her office, cleaning up.

"And have yourself, a merry little Christmas now," she sang.

Unbeknownst to her, Zack was watching her from the door to her office with a soft smile on his face. He watched her for a little longer, and then left, his presence never known.

Willow, Xander and Dawn were walking through a nice little garden at the back of T.C. when they saw a blurring form and heard a voice that seemed like it belonged to the wind because they couldn't actually see the full form of someone.

"Meeting in the south building in 15 minutes. This goes for everyone. We need to discuss a partay!" the voice yelled as the person made their way across the garden.

Xander laughed. "Well, that's an efficient way to tell people about something going down in 15 minutes. Just blur around and hope you don't freak people out because no one can see an actual person."

"They're lucky," Dawn said. "I bet they could blur around for hours and not come even close to tired."

"Who was that?" Willow asked. She thought back to when Max made all the introductions. She frowned with concentration. "Emma, Emily, Emilia?"

"Emerald," Dawn corrected. "Her name's Emerald."

"Right. Emerald," Willow said.

"I remember her," Xander said. "Really pretty."

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Well no duh. They're genetically perfect, so that means that they have great looks. Where have you been?"

"On earth," Xander said. "I was just saying that she's really, really pretty."

Dawn and Willow looked at each other then grinned.

"Looks like someone's got a wittle bit of a cwush," Dawn said.

"No I don't!" Xander protested.

"Oh, give it up Xand, it's so obvious," Willow said. "I was just saying that she's really, really pretty," she mimicked.

Xander looked at the both of them then looked at the watch he didn't have on his wrist. "Um, we should get going."

Dawn rolled her eyes and smacked him. "You don't have a watch dumb ass. What are you going to say? It's freckle past hair?"

"You should have more respect for your elders, Dawn. What would Buffy do if she heard that?" Xander asked.

"Congratulate me on recognizing what a bad liar you are," Dawn said, and then she and Willow walked toward the south building.

Xander stood there for a second. "Am I really that bad of a liar?" he asked himself, then shook his head and followed them.

Alec and Faith sat in the lounge drinking coke, just talking about each other's likes and dislikes, what they did when they finally got out into the world. Faith had told him all about this teacher she had had when she went to school in Philadelphia who had this habit of scrunching up his nose when something was wrong and reminded her of a rabbit and Trainer Hossle. Trainer Hossle was in charge of the tank back at Manticore. He'd twitch and scrunch his nose up when he was about to yell at someone.

Alec was just telling Faith about all the times he had messed up some of Max's cons, like the time with the baseball – which so femininely made her spray out the coke when she laughed too hard – when they saw a blurring form. Because of their trained eyes, they made out the figure to be Jondy.

"Be in the south building in 15 minutes. We're having a meeting to discuss a party," Jondy shouted over her shoulder as she blurred into the lounge then back out the door again.

"You shouldn't blur so fast, little sister," Faith called out. "You might bump into some – "

A loud crash was heard then two groans were too.

"Dee, watch where you're going!" they heard a male voice say. Faith recognized it to be Zane's.

"Sorry. Meeting in 15, south building. Discussing a Christmas party," Jondy said hurriedly, then went back to her task of blurring around, only slightly slower this time.

Faith and Alec walked into the hall to see Zane sprawled out on the floor. Faith looked amused then helped her older brother up. He dusted off his clothes then sighed.

"I love Dee, I really do, but that's the third time she's crashed into me in the past two days," Zane said.

Alec laughed. "Come on, we better get going. You know the queen hates to be kept waiting."

15 minutes later, all the transgenics were assembled in the south building. Max walked up to the podium at the front and stood on a little block of wood so she could be seen.

"Hey everyone," she started. Everyone grunted or nodded their head in acknowledgment. "As you all know, Christmas is coming up in a week, and for many of you, this will be your first. At least as a free man or woman. I think everyone agrees that having a party would be a nice stress reliever, and I think that everyone deserves a break. The situation with White has really been putting a lot of pressure on us, and this will be a time to relax. I'm not saying to have your guard completely down, because there is a possibility that White could attack us during Christmas. It would be typical of him to try to screw up a supposedly special day. Anyways, if we are going to go through with this, we'll need to divide into groups to get the things we need. First of all, who agrees with the idea of having a party?" she asked.

Every single one of the transgenics lifted their hand in the air.

Max smiled. "I thought so. Now, not all of you will have to do something for the party. There are other things to do as well, like get more supplies for T.C. Anyway, a group of you will get decorations, another group a Christmas tree, another group a bunch of food, one group will get drinks, one group will get music, and so on. A list of who's getting what will be posted later on. I want you all to have a great time. So let's make this Christmas a memorable one people. Have a great holiday!"

Everyone cheered and they started filing out of the room, talking about all the things they could do for the party.

Liz walked up to Max.

"Hey little sister," Liz said. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Max grinned. "Let's get this party started."

A/N: Sorry for the long wait. My computer was screwed. Anyways, please review everyone. I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't as good as usual or as long, but I'll try to make the next one better. Review please.

Thanks to –

Doza – Thanks for reviewing! The whole alliance thing, yeah, I know it's crazy, but it'll be good, promise. The groups won't be so accepting of the others; just the leaders are because I never said the people in the group are. It'll be funny; there will be a lot of fights, like aliens throwing Familiars around. But shh, I don't want to give away too much. LOL

Mae – Thanks for reviewing! Zack has the best sense of humor and yes. Logan is a prick. LOL I agree with you 100

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