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Max groaned as she hit the ground. "Get your head in the game soldier." She heard Zack say from above her.
Pushing herself up with her hands, Max flipped over, and swept her leg out in front of her, in an attempt to kick Zack's legs out from under him. Zack knew exactly what Max had been planning, and jumped up. As they both got into fighting positions Zack said, "Losing your touch 452?"
"In your dreams 599." Max shot back, before delivering a kick to his chest, smiling as he fell to the ground. Zack jumped up almost immediately, causing Max's smile to turn into a frown. She narrowly missed ducking the punch he threw at her next.
The other X5's watched the fight from the sidelines, as Max and Zack met punch for punch, kick for kick. In the beginning it looked like Zack was going to win, but now the two seemed to be evenly matched. To Alec's unit it seemed like this fight was going to be like so many others, never ending. But Max's unit know this wasn't true. They all knew Max was going to win, she always had some trick up her sleeve.
The sound of the whistle rang through their ears, causing Jondy to smirk. 'Looks like Trainer Edwards is already bored of the fight.' Jondy mused to herself.
Alec's unit thought the fight between Zack and Max would end at the sound of the whistle, but were surprised to see Max and Zack were still going at it. In seconds Max seemed to gather the upper hand as she punched Zack and grabbed him by the collar, throwing him over her head. Zack hit the ground with a 'thump', getting the wind knocked out of him.
Max pushed her hair behind her ears, and turned around. Extending her hand to Zack, helping him up.
"Good moves 452." Trainer Edwards stated as Max and Zack left the mats.
"Thank you sir." Max replied.
"You just need to pay a bit more attention to your opponent. 599 could of had you in the beginning." Trainer Edwards said before exclaiming, "X5-210 and X5-510 you're up next!"
Jondy and Biggs looked at each other as they took fighting stances on the mat. 'Let the fun begin.' Jondy thought to herself.
"How's your head?" Jondy asked Biggs as she walked into the infirmary that night.
"It's better." Biggs replied.
"I guess I really didn't need to kick you in the head." Jondy sighed sitting down on the bed Biggs was lying in.
"I don't' think it was the kick. I think it was after the kick, when you tripped me and I hit my head." Biggs replied.
"I'm sorry about it none the less."
"So what are you doing here? Lights out was two minutes ago, you should be in your cell." Biggs mused.
"I bribed the guards to let me come here and check on you. Money does wonders." Jondy smiled.
"Aw, did you miss me?" Biggs questioned.
"Not in the least. Just worried that my kick was lethal or something." Jondy replied. "I didn't see you at supper. Usually kicks to the head aren't a night long stay in the infirmary."
"I bribed the nurses to let me stay here for the night." Biggs replied. "The food is so much better then the stuff in the Mess Hall, surprisingly."
"I'll keep that in mind." Jondy said before standing up. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"See ya Jondy." Biggs replied as he watched Jondy leave the infirmary.
"God Krit, do you know how long it took me to get out of my cell?" Syl questioned.
"Was Vada asking you a hundred questions about why you were sneaking out?" Krit questioned in reply.
"I wasn't about to tell her anything, so I was trying to wait till she was asleep. Tonight she just didn't want to sleep." Syl sighed.
"Zane was out like a light as soon as he hit the pillow." Krit smiled.
"Lucky you." Syl mumbled, looking up at him.
"That's for sure." He stated before leaning down and kissing Syl.
Syl deepened the kiss, and when they finally pulled apart she grinned at Krit. "You know this sneaking kisses thing is kinda hot."
"As long as we don't get caught it'll all be good."
"The only person we have to worry about is Vada. She caught us once, and I'm sure if she really wanted to she could again."
"Hey, we're genetically enhanced super soldiers. We'll be able to be even more sneaky about sneaking around."
"Uh huh. And if we get caught, it will be entirely your fault."
"And why should I take the blame?" Krit questioned.
"Because if we get caught, I'm sure ti would of been your fault."
"I'm glad you have such little faith in me."
"But you know I love you anyway." Syl grinned pulling Krit's head down for another kiss.
"Stu, let me sleep." Biff mumbled into his pillow.
"I can't help the Shark DNA." Stu stated.
"Don't blame your Shark DNA on you keeping me up all night." Biff replied. "You could easily lie there and stare at the ceiling until you fell asleep or the morning."
"And you could easily stay up all night. It's not like you're a normal human being. You're genetically enhanced."
"But you always keep me up Stu. I'd like to get a decent amount of sleep for once. So bug Sam, I'm sure she'd enjoy some company."
"And risk waking up CeCe? I don't think so."
"So you would rather keep me up then wake up CeCe?"
"Exactly."
Sighing Biff sat up. "Why don't you go visit with Kee and Gem, or Luke and Erin then? I'm sure they wouldn't mind being wake until the crack of dawn."
"A little cranky there Biff?"
"Only because you won't stop talking."
"Hey! You're replying so it's not entirely my fault." Stu defended himself.
"Just be quiet and let me sleep." Biff said, before lying back down, and covering his head with his pillow.
"Fine. I'll just lie here and stare at the roof for the next few hours."
"You do that." Biff sighed closing his eyes, and ignoring anything else Stu might of said or done.
"So what do you think of the Gillette group?" Sam questioned glancing over at CeCe.
"They're pretty cool." CeCe replied. "It's just going to be confusing for awhile, with so many twins around."
"Yea I know." Sam sighed. "But at least there are differences. It's not like us twins are exactly alike."
"Which is a good thing, because I don't think I could handle two Kade's."
"Kade's not that bad CeCe." Sam laughed.
"He's horrible." CeCe replied. "He tries to hard to impress people, and he wouldn't know a good joke if it hit him in the head. At least Zane knows how to tell jokes."
"In my opinion Zane doesn't know a good joke either." Sam stated. "Are you only saying he does because you have a thing for him?"
"I just met him Sam." CeCe glared at Sam.
"That doesn't mean anything." Sam smiled. "You know Kade. Zane is Kade's twin. At some point in time you could of liked Kade. And now you're switching twins."
"That's ridiculous Sam."
"But possible."
"I don't' know why I put up with you sometimes." CeCe groaned from where she lied on her bunk.
"Because you love me." Sam laughed.
"I think it's more of a love/hate relationship between the two of us." CeCe stated.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean you love me, while I hate you." CeCe replied.
"You don't mean that." Sam whined.
"How can you be so sure about that?"
"I know you CeCe, you wouldn't be that mean."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." CeCe stated.
Sitting up Sam looked at CeCe trying to figure out wether or not she was pulling her leg. CeCe's hard stare disappeared as she burst into laughter. "You're face was priceless! How could you possibly think I was serious?"
"You suck." Was all Sam said before letting herself fall against her pillow.
"Jess."
"Yea Ash?"
"Do you feel out of place here?" Ash questioned.
"Not at all." Jess replied rolling over on her bunk. "Do you?"
"A little." Ash sighed.
"How could you possibly feel out of place here, Ash?"
"I don't know. I just do." Ash replied. "I think it's because I have problems adjusting to change sometimes."
Jess nodded in partial understanding. "I don't see how you're having a problem adjusting here though. It's almost exactly like the Gillette base. Just bigger and the barracks are set up different."
"True. But I still feel out of place." Ash stated.
"How about we change the subject?" Jess suggested.
"To what? How hot the guys are? Jess it's all old news. We were created to be genetically perfect, aside from the seizures."
"And heat." Jess added.
"And heat." Ash sighed. "At least we haven't had any tragic events because of the wonderful thing known as heat."
"But I'm sure we have them ahead of us." Jess stated.
"And we'll deal with it when it happens." Ash replied. "But I'm going to try and get some sleep."
"OK. Goodnight Ash."
"Night Jess." Ash yawned pulling the thin blanket over herself.
Max closed her eyes hoping to get in a few hours of sleep. Jondy had left ten minutes earlier to check on Biggs in the infirmary. Max smiled to herself, Jondy liked Biggs or at least that was the way it had seemed to her. But then again, sometimes it looked like Jondy liked Zane. Jondy was just complicated like that.
Max pulled her blanket close as she felt a chill go down her spine. Shrugging off the feeling of uneasiness she tried to fall asleep again. But soon she gave up trying, the Shark DNA was getting in the way. Rolling onto her back Max opened her eyes and looked at the roof. Was it really the Shark DNA that was keeping her up? Could it possibly be the memories that were getting to her?
Max's head turned to the cell door as Jondy walked in. "I'm amazed. You didn't get caught."
"Why would I get caught?" Jondy questioned sitting down on her bunk.
"I don't know. There's quite a few guards wondering around the halls. Makes it harder to sneak around."
"That's where money from our missions come in handy."
"Bribery, isn't it grand?" Max laughed.
Jondy nodded. "Being female is grand, too."
"So how's Biggs doing?" Max questioned sitting up.
"He's fine. Told me he was just hanging around the infirmary for the food."
"So your kick isn't as deadly as you though." Max mused.
"Yea, that theory went out the door." Jondy replied.
"What? You wanted to kiss him better?"
"You implying something Maxie?"
"Only if what I'm implying, has some shred of truth."
"It might." Jondy replied before lying down, and closing her eyes.
AN: Sorry about the long wait, I've been swamped with a wonderful thing called homework. Hope you like the chapter, though. Don't forget to leave a review!
calistra: She'll cheer up soon, I promise. I'm still reading your story. Reviews are going to be few and far between, 'cause of school. I get on the computer twice a week now, and then it's for school related things... school sucks.
EminemIsCool: Yes, I try to pay attention to peoples, ideas... lol. Peoples' ideas always help me out. Soon their pictures will be up on the site. Promise. Original Cindy will be in this later on, don't worry.
Amelya: I would never split up Syl and Krit. They seem right as a couple. Max wont reveal to soon.
Angel of Darkness231: Alec will kick Zack's butt... but not for a few chapters.
supernatural: Thanks for the review. :)
meri24: Sarcastic Max is fun. :D
Alana84: Over the next few chapters I'm gonna try to show the other characters more, before everything really starts to happen. Only because I think it's a good idea for you guys to get to know them.
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