The next day Zack and Krit are still working on the car in the barn. While Syl, Max and Melinda are horse riding around the large field. After about three hours Zack and Krit come out of the barn and walk over to the field where Syl is leaning against the fence feeding Olivia, Flash and Lightening.
"Hey" Krit says as he hugs his pregnant girlfriend
"Hi Syl where's Melinda and Max?" Zack asks
"There out racing each other, to the lake and back" Syl answers
"Why didn't you go?" Krit asks knowing Syl never passes off the chance to race.
"I'm getting a bit sore from riding for so long" Syl answered him.
"Yeah a know the feeling" Zack commented
"There they are" Krit stated
Max and Melinda go off CJ and Rose. Both horses went to get a drink of water and eat fresh hay and straw that Syl had placed in the field.
"Who won?" Syl asked
"Me" Melinda tells her happily
"Yeah but you cheated, you went before i said go" Max says smiling
"That's my girl" Zack tells his daughter
"Hey..who's side are you on?" Max said as all of them started laughing.
"Mum lets go again" Melinda said looking up at herself
"No sweety i'm to tired to go" Max informs her.
"Here this is for you"Zack said handing his daughter a small mobile phone.
"Thank you" Melinda said hugging her dad
"I want you to take it everywhere with you. Syl, Krit, mum and my number is in it" He told herself
"You'll know how to work it wont you" Max said to her child
"Yes i do" Melinda replied
"Phone us if you just want to chat, in danger or anything" Max tells her.
"I promise mum" Melinda said smiling and put the small phone in her pocket.
"Can me and CJ go a walk around the lake please?" Melinda asked her parents
"Okay but be careful" Zack told her.
"CJ" Melinda called and he came running up to her. " Do you want to go to the lake?" She asked and he sort of nodded.
Zack petted CJ while Melinda got on.
"CJ you take good care of my daughter okay she means a lot to me and Max" Zack said to CJ and he made a horse sound and nodded.
"Melinda do y.." Zack started but Melinda cut him off
"Yes dad i have my phone in my pocket..stop worrying" Melinda tells him.
"Here put this on your ear...When you hear it ring press the green button to answer and the red to hang up" Zack said handing her an ear piece.
"Okay will do, gotta bounce" Melinda replies
Melinda and CJ disappeared out of the field. Max ran down and unlocked the gate as Zack was toalking to Melinda. Then closed it behind them.
"She'll be fine" Max tells a rather worried Zack.
"Yeah after all she is our daughter" Zack said smiling
"Exactly" returning the smile.
Max and Zack joined Syl and Krit in the barn who were yet again trying to fix the car. Melinda and CJ happily walked to the lake. Melinda gets off her horse and stretches. He walks a drink of water out of the lake and Melinda claps him.
"Something doesn't feel right i'm phoning Melinda" Zack said to Max, Syl and Krit.
Ring! Ring!
"Hello" Melinda answered
"Hey where are you?" Zack asks
"At the lake, CJ's having a drink" Melinda answered
CJ looks over the lake and starts to push Melinda and makes a horse sound and shakes his head.
"CJ what's wrong?" she asks him then she looks over the lake to see a man on a horse riding towards her with a gun in one hand.
Melinda takes in a deep breath
"Melinda what's wrong?" Zack asks her over the ear piece but she doesn't answer. Max runs over to Zack and puts her head next to his to hear what is being said on the phone. Syl and Krit watch concerned and wanting to know what is happening, Zack puts Melinda on speaker phone so they all can hear.
Melinda get on CJ and then notices another man in the trees, a soldier. He was aiming a gun at her. He aims
BANG!
"What was that?" Zack asked down the ear piece.
The man on the other side of the lake just shot the soldier who was hding in the trees.
BANG!
The soldier still managed to pull the trigger as he fell to the ground. The bullet grased Melindas upper right arm. Melinda gave a little cry of pain but no tears fell. The man across the lake was riding faster towards her.
"CJ take me home as fast as you can" Melinda order to CJ only it came out as a whisper. He did as she asked.
"Melinda whats happened?" Zack asked again still no answer.
"X5 – 951 answer me" He commanded taking position as the CO.
"Am not a soldier" she screamed down the phone.
"Whats your position?" Zack asked
"On my way home" Melinda said
"What's happened?" Zack asked knowing he'd get an answer this time.
"The man who was here the other day was at the lake, a soldier in the trees. The man shot the soldier who aimed his aimed a gun at me and shot him. He still pulled the trigger but i had moved it's only a scratch. Now the other guy is chasing me." She answered talking fast.
Krit and Max ran into the field.
"Flash" "Rose" they shouted on their horse and mounted them and went to bottom of the large field to open the gate to get Melinda in.
"Where are you now?" Zack said as he and Syl ran outside scanning the area for her.
"I can see Max and Krit" she replied
Melinda entered the field Krit closed and locked the gate behind her. The three of them went to where Syl and Zack were as fast as they could and ogt off their horses and jamp over the fence. Syl handed a gun to Krit as did Zack to Max.
Syl held Melinda in her arms, infront of themMax, Zack and Krit were standing aiming their guns at the intruder who was slowly approaching them on his horse.
"You have ten seconds to tell me why i should shoot your Manticorian ass" Max spat
"I see you are very protective of your little one" He said
"Five seconds what's it gonna be?" Max reminded him
I'm not a threat to you" He told them.
"Your not a threat... you've spied on my daughter and chased her butyour not a threat" Zack could believe what he was hearing.
"Please i only want to talk" The stranger said the the transgenics.
"Then you better start now before i lose my temper" Zack
"That won't do you any good 599, Zack" looking at Zack then he added "172, 951, 452 Max, 701 Sy and 471 Krit"
"How did you know our designation?" Krit asked in a dangerous tone
"172 Krit and my designation" Syl said resting a hand on her swollen belly
"Yes 172 if you child...i'm Sandeman i know this because i created you's, your barcode, Manticore but it spiraled out of control it was ment to create genetically empower soldier but instead people took Manticore over and used it is... well you know what is is like you were there. I had to get out and i knew you kids who escaped in 09 would get out of there because i made your DNA more complex than the rest so you would realise what ws going on and get out of there like i did." Sandemand told them.
"Was it you who was here the other night?" Syl asked
"Yes i came over to see if you had the little one" Sandeman answered the question
"Why did you want to know if we had her?" Krit questioned
"Because if she is with her parents and people who love her for who she is and not as a soldier she will be safe" Sandeman answered
He looked at them all and said "You all trned out the way i hoped, Max Syl you will have to help Melinda with a few things when she is older"
"We will" They replied knowing he was on about heat.
"She will be well loved after with you four looking out for her, I suspect Lydecker told you about the antidote to the familiars snake virus" Sandeman
"Yes we know how to make the antidote" Zack confirms
"Good.. Well i'm off it was nice meeting you all, good luck with the future and all" Sandeman said
"When will we know to make it" Max asks
"If you have to make it...you will know when" he tells her.
"Sy and Krit don't worry the pregnancey goes well and you have a healthy baby boy" Sandeman informs them.
"Thanks goodbye" Syl and Krit
"Bye" said Max, Melinda and Zack.
"Cherrio" Sandeman replies as he turns around a walks away.
Sorry for this chapter being so long. There done yeah :-) lol what did you think please let me know. Thanks for reading Kelly x.