Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dark Angel characters. They belong to James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Fox. But any characters you do not recognize are most likely mine, if you're not sure, just ask

"Zack!" Max called after her oldest brother, as she spotted him down the hall.

He stopped and turned to face her. "Sam are you high? Or did you just forget my name? 'Cause if that's the case you could of just called me X5-600 instead of the first name that popped into your head."

'Great.' Max thought. 'Another twin. More confusion.'

"What? Cat got your tongue now Sam?" X5-600 questioned as Max approached him.

"Sorry." Max apologized. "My designation's 452. I'm from the Gillette facility. I thought you were my CO."

"But you look-"

"Like Sam? Yea I know. I met her already." Max smiled. "My name's Max by the way."

After X5-600 got over his shock he shook the hand Max had extended to him, "Name's Lane."

"Well it's nice to meet you."

"You too." Lane smiled. "So you thought I was your CO, huh?"

"Yea." Max laughed. "X5-599, a.k.a. Zack."

"So am I anything like him?" Lane questioned.

"Aside from looking like him, not really." Max replied.

"Why not?"

"You smile more." Max stated, before walking past him. "Catch you later Lane."

"Sure thing Max" Lane called after her as he stood in the hall trying to process what exactly had just happened.

Max went in the direction of her units barracks, hoping someone would be there. She walked down the female corridor first, but found no one. Sighing she walked into the male corridors, and grinned at Zane as he left the cell he shared with Krit.

"Hey Maxie." Zane smiled.

"Hey Zane." Max replied. "So where is everyone?"

"I don't know. Most likely still wondering around." Zane sighed. "Where's Jondy? I though she'd be glued to your hip while you guys explored this place."

"Oh...um...she's in the rec room getting to know a few of the X5's here."

"I see. So they mindless drones like you thought they'd be?" Zane questioned as the two of them left the male corridor.

"No. They're pretty cool people. But..." Max trailed off as something caught her attention from the corner of her eye.

"But what Maxie?" Zane questioned. He soon noticed Max had stopped walking and turned around. Glancing in the direction Max was looking, his jaw dropped open and for once he was speechless.

"But that." Max replied with a sigh.

"Um...Sam... what's going on?" The X5's that stood before them questioned.

"I'm not Sam." Max stated. "My designation is X5-452. I'm from the Gillette facility. The name's Max. And the idiot standing beside that looks like you is Zane. X5-205."

"I'm Kade." Zane's twin replied.

"It's like looking in a mirror." Zane finally spoke up.

"Well he is your twin Zane, so that's kind of expected." Max stated.

"But there are such thing as fraternal twins Maxie." Zane protested.

"Would you rather me call you guys clones?" Max counteracted. "'Cause personally I would rather be called a twin then a clone."

"I need to learn to pick my battles." Zane muttered to himself.

"What was that Zane?" Max questioned smiling at Zane sweetly.

"Nothing Maxie." Zane replied looking at Kade. "So where are you headed Kade?"

"Rec room." Kade replied looking between Max and Zane.

"Mind if I join you?" Zane questioned.

"Not at all." Kade replied.

"Fine then Zane. Ditch your baby sister." Max mumbled. "Makes me feel loved."

"You could always come with us Maxie." Zane smiled.

"Nah. I'm going to go see if I can find any of the others." Max stated. "Now you boys have fun and please stay out of trouble Zane."

"Maxie you're the one that has to stay out of trouble." Zane replied.

Max laughed shaking her head, before she turned and walked away.

"Ben?" Zane gaped as Kade and himself walked into the rec room.

"Zane, hun, that's not Ben." Jondy said looking up from the game of pool she was playing, "It's Ben's twin Alec."

"Oh..." Zane trailed off.

"Hey! You have a twin." Jondy mused, tilting her head to the side.

"Yup." Zane grinned. "Jondy my twin Kade. Kade my psycho sister Jondy."

Jondy rolled her eyes before making her next shot. "Looks like I win." Jondy grinned at Alec.

"Of course you did. I let you win." Alec stated.

Jondy snorted, "Keep telling yourself that Alec if it makes you feel better about losing." Turning once again to face Zane, Jondy said, "Why don't I introduce you to some of the X5's here?"

"Sure..." Zane trailed off, still a bit in shock about the whole twin deal.

"Ok, sitting on the couch is Biggs, CeCe, and Sam. Sam is Maxie's twin if you haven't figured that out yet. Zoey, Biff, Kee, and Stu are the ones playing at the other pool table. Erin and Emma are Eva and Jack's twins. They're the ones chatting on the other side of the room. By the sounds of it there are a few more twins around here we have yet to meet."

"I'm already confused." Zane mumbled.

"That's just 'cause you're an easy person to confuse." Jondy smiled.

"I am not Jondy." Zane replied. "You're just a confusing person."

"Yea, and you have a habit of not making sense." Jondy shot back.

"Jondy and Zane please tell me you're not at it again." A male voice said from the doorway.

"Lane?" Biggs questioned from the couch.

"That would be Zack." Jondy stated. "No Zack we're not at it again. And let me tell you now, Max is not in this room, Ben is not alive, and yes there's two Zane's but one of them is known as Kade or X5-206. At least I'm guessing that's his designation."

"Jondy." Zane sighed.

"Yea?" Jondy questioned turning to Zane.

"You're talking fast." Zane stated.

"Your point is?" Jondy asked tilting her head to the side.

"It's annoying." Zane grinned at her.

Jondy opened her mouth to say something, but Zack cut her off. "Don't start you two."

"Syl and Krit sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-"

"Vada shut up." Syl muttered, shooting a glare at Vada as they walked down the hall.

"Aw... is little Sylie mad that I caught her and Krit kissing?" Vada questioned her amusement getting the better of her.

Syl stopped walking and looked at Vada. "Don't you dare tell anyone Vada."

"And let them miss an opportunity to make you blush? I think not."

"Vada I'm not joking around." Syl growled. "Don't you dare tell any of them."

Vada sighed, "I won't, don't worry."

"Promise Vada?"

"Promise Syl."

"Good." Syl said as she turned and started walking again.

"I got a question for you though."

"And that would be?"

"What were you thinking? You kissed him in the middle of the hallway. You're lucky it was me who walked by and saw you guys. It could of been a guard, or another transgenic who wouldn't be that nice and rat you out. Hell it could of been Director Renfro."

"I don't really know what I was thinking. I just took a chance and kissed him, not caring about the consequences."

"And why exactly did you kiss Krit?"

"I don't know the answer to that." Syl sighed. "Something just came over me. But can we drop this subject now?"

"Sure." Vada replied.

Silence soon settled between the two as they walked around Manticore. They passed the odd guard here and there as they made their way down the hallway. Syl was trying to make sense of her feeling, and why she had kissed Krit while Vada was trying to figure out where exactly they were. Just because she was an X5 didn't mean Vada had the best sense of direction. Only when she truly had to, did Vada know where exactly she was and where she was going.

"Vada you look confused." Syl's voice filled Vada's head.

"Just trying to figure out where exactly we are." Vada replied.

"Vada we're just down the hall from the barracks."

"Really?"

"Yea." Syl laughed.

"Oh, it feels like we've been walking for awhile."

"Only, 'cause we've been arguing."

Vada nodded, as the silently continued their walk down the halls. Sighing Syl broke the silence a few minutes later. "So where do you think everyone is?"

"Most likely the rec room." Vada replied.

"Want to see if we can find it?" Syl questioned.

"Sounds good to me." Vada grinned as they went in search of the rec room, and the others.

"Maxie." Max jumped at the sound of one of her brother's voices coming from behind her.

Turning around Max smiled at the sight of Manny walking up to her. "Hey Manny. Having fun looking around?"

"It's gotten kind of boring." Manny stated.

"I know what you mean." Max sighed. "Have you been walking around alone?"

"No, I was with Zack, Tinga, Brin, and Jace for awhile." Manny replied. "But after awhile Tinga, Brin, and Jace decided to do their own thing. Then Zack wondered off, leaving me alone."

"So you were ditched too, huh?"

"You were ditched?"

"Yup, Zane ditched me."

"I thought you would of gone exploring with Jondy." Manny mused.

"I left her back at the rec room."

"So not only have you been ditched, but you're a ditcher yourself."

"I thought I'd let Jondy practice before I played a game of pool against her."

"Well aren't you nice."

"I thought so." Max smiled. After a few minutes of silence she said, "Did you know some of us have twins here?"

"What do you mean by that Maxie?"

"Some of us have twins. You know people that look alike and share the same genetic code."

"How do you know some of us have twins?"

Max sighed and looked down at her feet. "I had a run in with Ben's twin. And then I met my twin Sam, Zack's twin Lane, and Zane's twin Kade."

"Do I have a twin?" Manny questioned as he let the information sink in.

"I don't know." Max sighed.

Manny nodded. "So, Ben's twin, huh?"

"Yea." Max replied.

"You catch his name?"

Max shook her head in reply. "I left the rec room, before he got the chance to tell me."

"So in a way you're avoiding him."

"Manny you can't classify that as avoiding. Just because I didn't stick around to find out the guy's name doesn't mean I'm avoiding him."

"Keep telling yourself that Maxie."

AN: Last review before school starts. I really don't know when I'll be able to update next, my course load is going to be hell, but I'll update when I can. Don't forget to leave a review.

AngelKougaeri: Glad you like my story that much. :)

meri24: Oh, don't worry no one can out sass Max. It may seem like it now, but in the long run, no way. Lost? Confused? Struggling through life? I've used that once or twice around friends, when they ask where they'd be without me. You'll have to wait and see about the CO.

calistra: Glad you liked Max and Alec meeting first. :)

Dory Shotgun: Hmm... what am I going to do with it next? You'll just have to wait and see.

Angel of Darkness231: Glad you liked it. Well this was the last review for the summer. I hope to be able to update at least once a week. But I don't know.

Lotamoxie: But we'll make do with the twins... I hope.

Alana84: Glad you like it so far. Here's the update.

EminemIsCool: Thanks for the review.. I don't really know who I'm gonna pair up with who. Only that Max is gonna end up with Alec... eventually. Lol.