ZANE POV
Damage Control
Part: Nine
Author: Jacey
Rating: PG13 - R
Disclaimer: Krit, Syl, Max, Alec, and known characters belong to James Cameron, Chuck Eglee, and FOX. The names of Jondy and Zane also belong to them, but their personalities and characters belong to me. The story idea belongs to me, along with any additional ideas.
A/N: I generally write M/L fics, (even though now I'm a total M/A shipper) but Lexie and Ash got me obsessed with Krit and Syl and I made myself obsessed with Jondy and Zane...The title of this fic, was allllll Lexie's idea :D.
Dedication: For Lexie and Ash who made me realise that there's more to DA than there seems, and that the other X5's are just as interesting, if not more so than the main characters. SO, for Lexie and Ash. May you both find your own Krit's. :) (btw - save me one ;) )
Characters: I modeled the character of Jondy, mainly off Lexie ;)
A/N: Every third part (i.e. Part's: 3, 6, 9, 12, etc..) will be a P.O.V chapter.
A/N: On recent info from Lexie, I take back any claims I made for Lexie, saying that she created TAWNY. Kara did. So, thanks Kara. He rocks!
NOTE: Ty! Thanks for your review! (the 2nd one!) What you said in French translates into this: All the world which speaks French is very cool - Not completely sure what you meant by that, but yeah, OK:D And thanks for the inspiration - Jondy now speaks French ;)
Zane POV
I've spent my life, since escaping Manticore in 2009, searching for one person. That person is Max. Why, you may ask? After all, I have Jondy. The one person I love more than anyone else on this planet (my siblings coming a close second, and of course good 'ol Moxie, in there at third place). But, Jondy love's Max. Of course she loves me. I'm her boyfriend, her fiancée. Not that we've told anyone that yet. But, Jondy and Max were always close. From the time we realised that we were all siblings, and that we needed each other to survive, Jondy and Max were best friends. True sisters.
So, for Jondy's sake, if not for my siblings, I had to find Max.
Last summer, I got close. I discovered, that she was living in Seattle. I knew where she worked, and I knew where she lived. I was on my way to Seattle, when the call came from Zack. They were taking down Manticore, and we weren't invited. My insubordination, thus far had already cut me out of the running, and Jondy's unknowing support of my mission crossed her off the list as well. I never told her that I found out where Max was. I just turned around, and drove back home, to Los Angeles; to Jondy.
I assumed that once Max, Zack, Krit and Syl took down Manticore, we'd be able to all meet up. That after nearly 13 years without seeing Max, we'd see her. But when Zack never contacted us after the mission, those hopes disappeared. And when Syl rung us up in tears on that Friday night, telling us that Max was dead, and Zack, missing; all hope was gone.
I loved Zack. Sure. He was my big brother; my CO, my father figure. But he never took the time to get to know me, or Jondy. He assumed that because we loved each other - because we admitted our feelings; and most of all because we disobeyed his orders, that we didn't care anymore. That we didn't care if Manticore stayed or was taken down. But we did. I did.
Manticore may have been where I was born - or rather created, and it may have been my home for the first 10 years of my life; but it never, NEVER gave me the sense of security, love and hope that Jondy does.
That's why I'm with Jondy. Because I love her, and because she loves me. Because together, we can make some, if not only a small part of this world, into a better place, by remembering what Manticore was like, and doing EVERYTHING in our power to stop that from happening to anyone else.
I try my hardest, everyday, not to feel guilt for Max's death, but somehow, it always seems to come back to the fact, that I KNEW where she was. I KNEW before they tried to take down Manticore, where she was. And I didn't do ANYTHING about it. I could have gone to see her. Me and Jondy could have been there when Zack arrived with Syl and Krit, and we could have helped. I could have stopped her from being killed.
I haven't only let down Max, I've let down Jondy. And I will never forgive myself for that. Because of me Jondy didn't even get to see her best friend again, before she was killed. Because of ME, Jondy will NEVER get to tell out little sister that she loves her.
A/N - Short, I know, BUT I will make up for it with the next 2 chapters - this one is short, because I wrote the next two chapters before I wrote this one, so I did a rush job on this chapter, so that I could post them all :D Jacey