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Max counted the dots on the roof once again. Lights out wasn't for another half hour, and her boredom was beginning to get to her. Sitting up Max decided to head back to the rec room, some of her siblings had to be there to make things easier.
Max slowly made her way to the rec room, surprised to see so little guards, or other transgenics wandering the halls. She could hear laughter coming from the rec room as she got closer, causing her to shake her head. It was most likely Jondy goofing around, or making a fool of herself.
As soon as Max had opened the door and had walked in, she found herself on the ground. "I'm so sorry Maxie." Jondy said from above her. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." Max mumbled, taking the hand Jondy offered her to get up.
"You sure Maxie?" Jondy questioned.
"Positive." Max sighed.
"I'm really sorry Maxie. Me and Jess were fooling around."
"I know Jondy. I kind of figured that out. Just be more careful." Max stated, walking over to the empty couch in the room. As she sat down she picked up one of the many books that were scattered around.
Moments later Max could feel eyes on her, "What do you want Alec?" Max questioned, not bother to look up from the book she was reading.
"How'd you know it was me?" Alec questioned, as he walked closer to her.
"I took a stab in the dark." Max replied.
"So you can't get me off of your mind, can you?" Alec smirked to himself. "Must be why you made your way back here."
"Shut up and go away Alec." Max muttered.
"Aww, come on, you don't mean that." Alec stated. "You wouldn't of come back."
"If you don't leave me alone Alec, I'll kick your ass from here to your cell."
"I knew you liked me Max." Alec grinned.
"And I knew you were on something. You're pretty delusional." Max responded. "I recommend you get off whatever you're on, before Renfro finds out."
"See you do care about me." Alec mused.
Max finally looked up from her book to look at Alec. "Yes Alec, you've figured it out, I guess I can't hide it anymore. Even though I've only known you for a couple of days, I do care about you. And it would pain me to see anything happen to you."
"Aww Max you don't have to be so mean about it." Alec replied picking up on the sarcasm that ran thick through Max's voice.
"And you don't have to be so annoying." Max stated.
"Fine, I know when I'm not wanted." Alec said as he turned and headed to the other side of the room, where he joined Biggs and Stu.
Shaking her head Max went back to her book. Being in the rec room with other X5s, that she knew gave Max a sense of comfort. It made her feel safe.
Zoey collapsed on her bunk as Emma and herself walked into their cell. "I hate testing.' she mumbled into her pillow.
"Look at it this way," Emma started. "At least it's over for another few months."
"But you do remember, that if we didn't meet their expectations our training is goign to be hell right?" Zoey questioned.
"That's just a small glitch in the whole looking on the brighter side of things." Emma smiled at Zoey.
"You're too full of energy for your own good Emma."
"So they tell me. Just be glad that I don't have Shark DNA."
"Sometimes I wonder."
"Yea, me too. But then I find myself falling asleep, and I'm not so doubtful."
Sighing Zoey shook her head, "Got any new gossip to share?"
"There's two solo missions coming up in the next year in Seattle, Renfro's going through files on everyone trying to figure out who's the best to deploy out in the field."
"Well we both know one of those people will be Alec."
"The question is who's going to be the lucky one who gets to go on the other solo mission."
"I bet it's going to be one of the Gillet group." Zoey stated. "Zack or Tinga."
"Could be Jace or Brin too. They seem like good candidates for solo missions." Emma added.
"Guess we'll have to wait and see."
"What? We're not going to place any bets this time?"
"No, 'cause you always win those bets."
"Alec has it bad for Max." Kee laughed, glancing over at Gem.
"No doubt." Gem replied. "I think he's pulled in because Max want's nothing to do with him."
"That's the story with all the males here." Kee sighed. "And that's why I refuse to have any form of a relationship with the males here."
"So you're going to go for norms?"
"Either that or one of the X5's from the other facility."
"The Gillette group?"
"No. The other one."
"Oh." Gem tilted her head to the side. "You really think we'll see any of them again?"
"You never know. There are quite a few different types of missions out there. We could be paired up with someone from there for a mission to some random country."
"Keep thinking that." Gem sighed. "Because I don't see it happening any time soon Kee."
"Hey! You never know!" Kee protested.
Shaking her head Gem said, "I think I'm going to go to bed. Goodnight Kee."
"Fine go to sleep while I'm trying to talk to you."
"Goodnight Kee." Gem repeated.
"Goodnight Gem." Kee sighed.
Tinga stretched out on her bed. Starring at the ceiling, she let her thoughts drift off, and soon her memories took over. There were so many things that stood out in her memory. But there were things she wished she couldn't remember. Like the deaths of so many of her siblings, and the pain her other siblings had gone through. Like Max. She held so many secrets more than anybody else knew.
Tinga wished she could help her baby sister move on. Even though moving on was something none of them liked to do. Sure, they all looked like they had put things behind them and moved on, but that wasn't the case. None of them could ever forget watching Eva, the oldest, only younger then Zack, being shot in the head. None of them could forget Jack getting dragged away. Or the loss of any of their other siblings.
Listening to the sounds of guard's footsteps echoing through the halls, Tinga closed her eyes, and rolled onto her side. Having a cell to herself was peaceful, she could actually go to sleep when she wanted to. Usually there were so many distractions from her siblings she could never get to sleep.
"The past few days have been so bizarre." Devon commented as he sat down on his bunk.
As Lane walked into the cell he glanced at Devon and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"The whole twin thing." Devon sighed. "It's weird seeing myself wondering around."
"Well now you don't need to constantly look in a mirror to admire yourself."
"Good point... Wait... Hey! That's not nice. You're implying that I'm always checking myself out." Devon complained.
"Took you long enough to get that comment Devon." Lane laughed.
"Shut up." Devon mumbled lying down on his bunk, and rolling onto his side.
"So now you're going to ignore me, huh Devon?" When Lane got no reply he shook his head and said, "Fine, goodnight Devon."
"He likes you Maxie." Jondy stated randomly, as the two settled on their own bunks.
"Who likes me?" Max questioned staring up at the ceiling.
"Alec."
"I'm sure he does."
"You can't tell me that you haven't seen the way he looks at you."
"You live in a very delusional world there Jondy."
"You can be so blind sometimes Maxie." Jondy mumbled, pulling her pillow over her face.
Max rolled her eyes, "And you aren't?"
"What are talking about? Jondy questioned, moving the pillow from her face.
"Biggs." Max smirked. "He's got it bad for you."
"I'd say it's hardly more than a crush." Jondy snorted.
"You sure?"
"Positive."
"You don't sound so positive." Max mused.
Jondy glanced at Max and asked, "How do you manage to do this?"
"Do what?" Max questioned innocently in reply.
"Divert conversations from being about you."
"Talent." Max stated simply with a shrug.
Silence fell between the two of them before Jondy asked, "Do you ever wonder what it would have been like if we had gotten out that night back in '09?"
"All the time." Max sighed. "I always wonder if we would have been happier out there. Sometimes I think if we had left this place, Ben would still be alive, and so would Kavi and Tony. But then all I can think of is how we would be constantly looking over our shoulder. 'Cause I know full well that Manticore wouldn't rest until they found us and brought us back here."
Max paused for a moment, "I really hope Seth got out alright. I hope he got the life he was dying to have."
"Me too." Jondy whispered.
The sixteen-year-old stood at the edge of the Space Needle, looking out at the world before him. What a world it was. He just wished his family could be with him, free out in the world. His green eyes glossed over as he ran a hand through his brown hair.
A promise had been made by him, and he had yet to carry it out. All he wanted to do was save his siblings from that hell hole they had grown up in. But he couldn't do it alone. He needed help, and didn't know where to go for it.
"I'm sorry Maxie." he whispered into the nights air, almost hoping the wind would carry his voice to her. "You're just going to have to wait a bit longer. But I'm holding onto my promise. I'm going to get you and the others out of there."
When his cell phone began to ring he waited a bit before picking it up. He reached into his pocket, pulled it out, and stared at it for a moment. Sighing he flipped it open and said, "Seth here. What do you want?"
"What's crawled up your ass, boo?" he heard a familiar voice say on the other end.
"Sorry, O.C. I was just thinking about something."
"Well Original Cindy's here if you want to talk."
"I know." Seth sighed. "So why'd you call?"
"Wonderin' if you're goin' to be showin' up here anytime soon."
"I totally spaced."
"Thought so. You goin' to be stoppin' by anyway?"
"Crash, right?"
"Mmhmm."
"I'll be there soon."
"See you boo."
"Bye O.C."
Seth flipped his cell phone shut, and quickly pocketed it. His escape had been hard, he'd been all alone, but it soon got better. He made great friends, Original Cindy being one of them. He also had developed a great life for himself. The one thing he wished for though, was to be able to share it with his family. They deserved it just as much as him.
AN: Short, I know. I also know I haven't updated in a long time, and I'm sorry. I've been busy with school, and I've suffered from a bad case of writer's block. To tell the truth I still am, which is why I started an RPG for this fic. I figure if my faithful readers join it, and each take a character... or two, what we come up with in the RPG may help me with this fic. So if you're interested go to my profile, that's where the link is, and join. Well thanks for reading, don't forget to leave a review.