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February 2009

The sound of the gun shot echoed through the halls of Manticore. The X5's eyes went wide as they saw their beloved sister Eva go down. Out of the shadows walked Lydecker, gun in hand, "Back to the barracks soldiers." The X5's looked at Lydecker, and then at their CO, unsure of what to do. "Now soldiers! Do not disobey an order!"

In fear of losing another sibling, they turned and headed back to the barracks. Once they entered the room, they heard the barrack doors close behind them.

"What are we going to do?" Seth questioned.

"I don't know." Zack replied, with an almost defeated tone to his voice.

"They're going to send us to Psy Ops for trying to escape." Jace stated. "We shouldn't of done this."

"Would you have preferred them to take Maxie away like they did Jack?" Tinga questioned Jace.

"No but...It's just..." Jace tried to figure out what to say. Shaking her head she walked to her bunk and lied down. She stared at the ceiling dreading what was coming their way.

"Eva's gone." Max whispered, more to herself than anybody else. "Eva's gone, and it's all my fault." Max collapsed on her bunk.

"It's not your fault Maxie." Ben replied, giving her a comforting hug. "It's not anyone's fault."

Zack looked around the barracks. "We should be getting to bed. Tomorrow's going to be one long day."

The other X5's obliged, climbing onto their bunks and closing their eyes. But fear was tearing them all apart inside. They were afraid of what was going to happen to them in Psy Ops, and they were afraid of losing another sibling.

Max lay awake staring at the ceiling. She was sure Eva's death was her fault, she didn't care that Ben said it wasn't. If she hadn't had such a bad 'shake' Eva would still be alive. Max knew the 'shakes' weren't something any of them could control. Sure they could hide them when they weren't as bad as hers had been, but they couldn't control them.

As Max lay awake staring at the ceiling, and the others slept, dawn came. With it came the consequence of their attempt to escape.

June 2009

'Lights out already? Time sure fly's by when you're in Psy Ops.' Max mused as she lied on the bunk in solitary confinement.

Max could of sworn there wasn't a few more hours until lights out. 'They really screwed with you, Maxie.' She stared at the ceiling and listened to the guards outside in the hall.

She soon became intrigued by their conversation. "Powers out throughout the facility, and there's problems with the back up generators."

"Let's just hope these X5 brats don't try another escape."

"I highly doubt they will. They're scattered throughout the facility, because of their last attempt. And I don't think they want to leave anyone behind if they do try it."

Max watched as the lights flickered back on. "Guess the generators are up and running." she heard one of the guards say.

Max's ears perked up when she heard alarms begin to blaze. She jumped up and looked out her cell door, in time to see the guards run off in one direction down the hallway. Continuing to watch the hallway, Max was shocked by who she saw. "Seth," she whispered.

Her brother turned to look at her as he ran down the hallway. He stopped at her cell, "I'm getting out of here Maxie."

"Seth, no."

"I'm getting out of here, and I promise I'll come back for you. I'll come back for all of you."

Max looked into Seth's green eyes, and could see the determination in them. "You promise Seth?"

Seth nodded. "I promise. I'm not going to leave any of you here. Tell everyone for me ok?"

It was Max's turn to nod. "Be careful." She whispered. "Bye Seth."

"Bye Maxie." With that Seth took off down the hall. Max only prayed that he would make it, and keep his promise. 'Watch your back big brother. I don't want to loose you too.'

September 2009

"I can't believe he's gone." Ash whispered, looking at her sister.

"I know." Max replied. It had been three months and Max had finally gotten a chance to tell her siblings that she had talked to Seth, as he ran through the halls, leaving Manticore.

"How do we know he made it out?" Jondy wondered out loud.

"If he didn't he would be here with us." Zane simply stated.

"No, he probably would of had to stay in Psy Ops longer." Jace corrected.

"Meaning if he's not here in a couple months he made it out." Syl smiled.

"Either that...or..." Max couldn't finish the sentence, but they all knew what she was trying to say.

"He made it out." Zack said, his voice holding a tone of finality. With that statement the conversation ended, and everyone went to their own morning routines before facing another long day of training.

Ben looked over at Max as she sat down on her bunk and watched everyone go about their own things. "You ok Maxie?" he questioned walking over to her.

Max looked up at Ben and gave him a small smile. "I'm perfectly fine."

"You don't look fine Maxie." Ben stated.

"I said I'm fine." Max replied getting up and walking over to Syl and Krit.

Ben shook his head, giving up on getting anything out of Max.

February 2010

Max sat on her bunk, knees pulled to her chest as she watched her siblings sleep, even Jondy. All that ran through her head was how a year ago they had tried to escape. A year ago they had lost Eva, because of her. A year ago they had watched Eva get killed by Lydecker. A year ago everything changed.

Max lied down on her side and closed her eyes, willing herself to sleep a dreamless sleep. She lied there for awhile unable to fall asleep, 'Damn Shark DNA,' she thought to herself. At the sound of movement Max sat up, and looked over to see Jondy sitting up.

"I thought you were sleeping." Max whispered.

"I was." Jondy sighed. "But I can't anymore."

"Oh."

"What's on your mind Maxie?" Jondy questioned, walking over and sitting on Max's bunk.

"Nothing."

"Don't lie Max. Something's bugging you. I can tell. Now tell me."

"I guess it's everything." Max sighed. "Did you know it's been a year since we tried to get out of here?"

"It's been a year?" Jondy questioned. "How do you know it's been a year?"

"A couple of the guards were talking about it earlier."

Jondy nodded, "What do you think Seth's up to?"

Knowing Seth he's probably getting himself into some sort of trouble, but laying low at the same time."

"I miss him."

"Me too. But he'll be back for us. He promised me he'd come back for all of us."

"Let's hope he doesn't forget that promise." Jondy sighed.

"He won't. I'm sure he won't." Max whispered, as her left hand started to shake. Looking down, she clenched her fist, willing the 'shakes' to go away.

"Maxie?" Jondy looked at her baby sister. "Maxie are you ok?"

"Go back to bed Jondy. I can tell you're still tired." Was Max's reply. "I'm fine."

Jondy hesitated for a second, before complying with what Max told her to do. "If you say so Max." Jondy whispered lying down on her own bunk.

AN: Just a note, only the next two, maybe three chapters are going to be written like this, cut into certain months. I just want to get some things out there, before I go into the story. Thank you so much for your reviews guys. I got so many more reviews then I thought I would. So five reviews will get the next chapter in at least a week(if it's done by then) and more then that, will get me to work on it harder and try to post it sooner then that.

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