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A/N: first attempt. Sorry for any spelling mistakes… enjoy!

Thanks to:

calistra: More about the X6s and Joshua is coming. Max is overestimating Alec's powers ;)

DA-X5-494: Mr.Smith won't take place of White, I think. It's a working progress... Mr.Smith is very tall, and skinny. he has black short hair. and at the beginning he has a black eye because of Alec! hehehe!

Alana84: Glad you liked chapters 3 and 4, hope you like this one too ;) Smith is a real bastard you got that right! but he'll get what he deserves. don't worry! ;)

Chapter 5 – Helping and Worrying

X6-666 and X6-249 were helping Joshua through the woods of Manticore and toward the Manticore facility. Joshua told them that he was in the basement and that the guards barely check the basement so it could be a good hiding place. Although he wasn't so happy to go back there, but there wasn't any other choice. 666 and 249, didn't like the idea either, because of all the nomalies, but there wasn't another option, so they decided the basement will be their hiding place.

Now, they were helping Joshua, because he was hurt. They were moving slowly and they needed to hurry up, because soon the drill will be over and if they don't show up it will look suspicious. The good thing was that the X7s weren't guarding the basement area. They also were in a drill, but at the other side of the woods, so only the X6s were there, and they were all busy with the drill. So getting Joshua in won't be so difficult.

They entered the basement through the window Joshua told them about. X6-666 took her time to evaluate the damage of Joshua's wounds.

"So, what happened? How did you escape and not get caught?" 666 asked him

"Alec help me, rescue me from X7s. he fought them and I ran away. Now he and Max are caught." Joshua said in a sad voice.

"Who are Alec and Max? 249 asked

"Max X5-452 and Alec X5-494. Breeding partners. Alec help Max open the window and escape, me too."

"Wait, X5-494? I heard he was Manticore's best soldier until one of his missions went sideways." said 249

"And how do you know that?"666 asked him

"Because I heard about it in one of the CO and SIC meetings. Anyway, he's a CO, he should have known better."

"Right, like you never want to leave this place, and besides, Joshua said he was just helping 452." Said 666, she too wondered about it. X5-494 was known as a good soldier and he should have known better then help a 09er. 'Well, maybe there is more to it that we don't know' 666 thought.

"So Josh... Is it O.K. that I'll call you Josh?"259 asked, Joshua nodded his agreement so he continued. "What went wrong?"

"Me and Alec running after Max, then X7s attack us, Alec fight and I continue running. Then there was an alarm and we were both caught. I wasn't. me hiding in the forest until now."

"So, how did you get all wound up?"666 asked him

"Traps near gate of Manticore. I tried to get out but was hurt. And also X5s and X6s practicing. Didn't see me but hurt me…"

"Glad to hear you managed to avoid the X7s. now, let's see what I can do to help you with your wounds." Said 666 and started to clean Joshua's wounds with their limited supplies. "You should look around, see if you can find something useful" 666 told 249

"I'm on it" 249 replied

As 249 walked through the basement in search for medical supplies, he heard noises from the other side. 'Must be those nomalies, thank god their locked up, although Josh doesn't seem so bad for a nomali.' 249 thought to himself. He was scanning the basement, it was a big area, and no one was watching them there 'this is kind of cool to say the truth, no one constantly observing at what you do, and say whether it's good or bad. I can get used to this place.'

He returned to 666 and Joshua 5 minutes later. He found some very old bandages, and some blankets.

"Here, this is what I found, everything else is useless."246 told 666 and handed the bandages and blankets to her.

"No, it's good. The bandages will be very useful, and the blankets will keep you warm." 'Hopefully' "listen Joshua, you lost blood, so you have to rest. Take a nap. We need to go, so we will come later o.k?" said 666

"o.k." answered Joshua.

"Yeah, I'll try to sneak some food out, it won't be so hard, so we will come latter. See you then." Said 249

They left Joshua and headed out of the basement through the window. Soon, they joined the other members of their unit.

"Hey, 249 and 666, where were you?" asked 687.

X6-687 was their CO. he wasn't the oldest unit member, but he was the smartest and strongest one. He had dirt blond hair that wasn't to long, but still not to short. And he had dark blue eyes. He specialized in almost everything.

"We were just... hm… looking for the bird." said 666

"You mean the one in my hand?" said 687 while showing them the bird in his hand.

"Maybe you mean…" said 249 and snatched the bird from 687's grip," this bird right here, in my hand?"

"Hehehe, very funny. Now seriously, where were you?"

"In the woods, where else." said 249 and winked to 666, she smiled

687 was looking between 249 and 666. He saw the wink and the smile. "What are you two up to?" He asked. And thought to himself ' the real question is, do I really want to know? Because those two are known as the most mischievous ones…'

"Nothing out of the ordinary" said 666 and they both burst in laughs until they heard 687 partner come.

"What's going on guys?" asked 999

X6-999 was the last X6 made, he was the smallest and innocent one. He was everyone little brother and everyone looked after him. He was short and had brown hair and eyes.

"GUYS! Do I look like a male to you? Only because you're small doesn't mean your sighting isn't good!" 666 half said half shouted, she was angry, but he was her little brother.

"Sorry" 999 said and then mumbled to himself "someone here is touchy."

"What did you say?" 666 heard that, they were enhanced soldiers after all.

"Just asking what is going on" said 999

"Don't you worry about that" said 687 and then quietly to 249 so only he could hear him "I want to know later where were you. Not as CO but as friend."

"Sure thing" said 249. He and 687 were best friends, other then their additional duties as CO and SIC, they told everything to each other, and this will be no exception. Although he will have to talk about it with 666, she was his partner in this after all. 'I hope she will agree, I will hate to lie to 687' he thought to himself.

The next day Max was still tied up in her chair looking at Alec. She saw how slowly he became weaker and weaker every time he was forced to watch the TV. 'I wonder what they are showing him' she thought. From her position she wasn't able to see the TV screen. 'I really don't know what to do. Blue Lady please help me.' Now, when thinking about the Blue Lady, she thought about Ben. And Alec sitting in front of her in such pain made her wonder. 'If it was Ben, I would make sure he won't be in anymore pain. I would take care of him. But Alec, I don't really know him. How much can you really get to know someone when all he does is sleep? Well, he seems o.k, after all, he did help me when I asked, eventually. It's just that, it has only been a day since this new treatment started, and from what I can tell he hasn't slept, but watched the TV over and over again. Even I can't go through torture without a couple of sleeping hours, even if I'm drugged, at least it's a break. And I have shark DNA. If there is one thing I DO know about this one it's that he LOVES to sleep. How come he hasn't braked yet? He looks tired and in pain, and his bruises definitely doesn't help to his appearance, but he hasn't braked. Maybe he is stronger then I think.'

The sound of a door opening was heard and Mr. Smith came into her view. 'Not him again.' Max though to herself.

"452, had enough of watching your friend?" Mr. Smith asked her.

"Yes. But I'm not giving you anything!"

"Oh… Maybe, all you want is a similar treatment, isn't it?"

"Hh?"

"I think that you must have understood that we are giving X5-494 a new type of treatment. You are just observing it. I am asking you, do you want to have this new treatment too?"

"What did you do to him?" Max was avoiding his question, although she had a feeling he wasn't going to listen to her.

"Not something so different from what is going to happen to you too. The only difference is that you can stop his treatment, but you can't stop yours."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes I am. Now, no more stalling. Are you ready to tell me the location of Eyes Only?"

"Hell NO!"

"O.k then. I'm going now, but you will still see me. I will come for you later, and you will be sorry for not cooperating." He said and left her alone.

Max had a good feeling where he was headed to - going but still see him - she knew where he will be. 'What will he do now? Can he make things worse then what they already are?'

A/N: so? What do you think? Please review and let me know:) So... What do you think should happen now, tell me it's nice to hear new ideas:)