Hey, here is my first Dark Angel Fic, I hope you like it.
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Closing Down
By Audiodream
Chapter Three – Commanding Officers
Krit's POV
He sat in complete silence, as he had done more and more so in the past years. He spent many times here, at the pier in LA, just watching, smelling, tasting and hearing the waves. It relaxed him, made it easier for him to think things through without any distractions.
Over the past couple of years there had been more distractions than usual, with Zack and Max. He was used to seeing Syl and the others now and then, behind Zack's back they would sometimes meet, no more than two or three of them though, otherwise Zack would notice. He had never met Max though, not up until they four of them had gone back to take down the Manticore labs. For some unknown reason Zack had isolated Max, made sure none of the others found out her location. If he was right in thinking so, she hadn't even known that they were also out there until two years back. She had been unsure for ten years whether or not any of her family had escaped with her.
Manticore had created them to be able to deal with this though, they were designed to work efficiently whilst being independent. Although he had heard Lydecker saying that they were too independent and that Manticore had made them less so after the 09 escape. Manticore had been a bad place where he was sure many ghosts for all the transgenics remained. Manticore had been a hellhole for his unit, hey had always been up to mischief, Lydecker and the guards hadn't ever found out. They had founded the high place together. And most night him, Jondy and Max had late night rendezvous out in the surrounding woods because they all had shark DNA and needed hardly any sleep.
One time Max had climbed some trees and found a birds nest and it had chicks in it. They all didn't know what they were, he was only ten, Jondy eight and Max seven. They had been so intrigued they wanted to know more about it, so in the morning in the mess hall they left a note on the table for Lydecker. He had been so furious he lined them up and asked for the person or persons responsible to own up. If they didn't then it was solitary confinement for all of them and a trip to psyops. No one liked that. Maxie had been so brace, and she was the baby of the unit, she was the youngest out of all of them and even then that didn't stop her. She stepped forward and stated her designation and asked permission to speak. It was granted and she went on to tell him how she had been curious and thought of leaving a note so she had. She had done a week in Psyops and solitary confinement instead of the whole unit even though it had been him who had wrote the note and thought it up; she still came back that same rebellious Maxie though.
Max, she was brave, strong and rebellious just like she had always been. Last time he had seen her was when she was going into Manticore with the aim of destroying the labs. Back at Manticore, for missions, their unit had been paired off; his partner for training sessions and missions was Max. They got on so well; they were closer than anyone else in to the group, all though Jondy came a close second. Sure Jondy and Max were close, like best friend close, but with him and Max it was something different, like brother and sister close. They were so much alike, not only in characteristics but their physical appearance too. Sometimes; because he, Maxie and Jondy had shark DNA, they would stay up all night talking. But after the escape in 09 he, Jondy and Max were thrust into the world without each other when they had been so close.
Luckily every now and then he and Jondy were able to hook up but they hadn't had that with Max, she had been alone the while time. Now he wasn't sure she was still alive. Zack had been the only one able to contact Max and knew where she was but he was only now regaining some of his simple memories. As soon as he had remembered what and who he was he had drove to San Francisco to get Syl, onto LA to get him and then they were all meeting at his apartment. Him, Zack, Brin, Syl, Jondy, Zane and Jace, he had hoped Max also but no one knew how to contact her. So instead it was just the seven of them, six out of the seven escapees that were still alive, and Jace who had escaped later. Jack, Eva, Ben and Tinga had all not made it to the end of Manticore. Jack and Eva, killed back at Manticore. Tinga by that blond bitch Renfro and Ben, that was still unclear how he had died and who just that he was dead. Although he had gone psycho crazy, killing innocent people and testing their faith in the lady.
They had all regrouped after so many years; all together excluding Max and the others that hadn't made it, and were all headed to Terminal City in Seattle. It was all over the news; Transgenics were making a stand there. It was home to all transgenics; they were grouping there and fighting for their freedom. Zack, once his memories had returned (well most of them) had called them all together and told them they must all go and help their family. That somehow they had all escaped and that they needed a leader that already knew how to handle the outside world and humans. Krit understood what he was getting at; he thought that he could lead the transgenics with the help of the six of them.
Somehow the transgenics from Manticore had all gotten out, not only the normal looking transgenics but also the transhumans. Out here in the real world they had no place, so they got together at Terminal City, it was described as the promise land, and were making a stand and so far doing it peacefully. The humans, by the example on the television, weren't too happy to face what their government had cooked up so had gone for the more scenic route and started protesting.
In addition to the masses of human crowds were hordes of national guard, sector police and federal agents around the perimeter trying to make sure they didn't escape or allow any more into the facility. By the sound of it though transgenics were still getting in and that was exactly what the escapees of 09 intended to do: get into TC and help their kind survive outside the fences and security of Manticore.
Krit hadn't realised how long he had stood there thinking over everything, but was brought back to reality when Jondy patted his back and taking the free bit of railing next to him to lean on. They stood there ina comfortable silence for a few moments before he started.
"I miss her Jon." He stated coolly although he knew that they both were aware of how much they both missed her, "Me, you and her were so close back there and then there was the escape. I just want to know whether of not she is still out there somewhere. Out baby sister, after losing so many of the others I don't want to lose her. I'm afraid I already have, without realising. This must have been how she felt for all those years." He told her, bowing his head. Even if it was only Jondy he didn't feel comfortable to show all of his raw emotions.
"I know Krit, I know. I miss her too and I hope she is out there." She said giving him a hug. He kissed her forehead; he was taller than she was although she was pretty tall herself. "We're moving out, everyone is here. Zack told me to get you, we should be in Seattle by morning." She said and they made their way over to the arm truck Zack had 'borrowed' from an old military base. Krit buckled up in the back, in between Jondy and Zane. He smiled, they were all back together again and they were headed to help out their family, this is how it should be. If only she was here.
"Okay everyone, here we go. Here we come Seattle." Zack said shifting into gear and started the journey to the safe haven.
He watched the grey sky turn a dark navy colour. They had finally arrived a few clicks away from the gates of TC. They had had a flat tire and they had stopped for some food, it had taken eleven hours longer than expected because of that and the trouble getting through the sector points. Now they were there and Krit could see the sky turning slightly darker.
He looked behind him; Zack, Syl and Zane were going over the plans. While Jace, Jondy and Brin were looking at the weapons they had in the back of the truck
"Okay soldiers." Zack said gaining everyone's attention as they huddled around him so they could hear. "Everyone know the plan, jump the fence and hopefully the guards are under instructions not to fire. Get to the centre of TC, where we will stay together until we find a transgenic that can-" He was cut out by the sound of gun fire coming for the direction that Terminal City was situated in. Zack nodded and they all understood.
Immediately Krit was blurring alongside Zack towards the city. He looked behind him; the others were on their ankles. He looked towards the city once again and was confused to notice that the fighting was occurring inside the fence. A man in a black dress suite stood in the centre of what looked to be a tactical team of about four that had entered over the fence minutes before. Krit looked towards the National Guard, they were screaming into their radio's asking what the hell was going on and who had sanctioned a tactical movement. Who were these guys? Krit thought. They were still blurring towards the fence, once they reached it they leapt into the air clearing the fence easily. Krit was first to land, then Zack followed closely by the others.
The seven of them immediately took the offensive and surrounded the unknown opponent. The unknowns were first to speak.
"Ah, the abominations of the world, the transgenics; Just what we were looking for." The man in the suite stated as he smirked at them and assessing them for weaknesses. Krit was shocked that the man thought he could win five humans to seven transgenics. "Shame she had to miss out on all the fun. You'll do though, to get our message across, once we're done with the seven of you she'll be handing herself in." Krit had no idea who she was, but he got the impression that she was important to the man in charge of the tactical team, and maybe to the transgenics as well.
Just as he was going to say something in return he heard and saw guns being cocked ready to fire. He looked side to side and saw a mass of about thirty transgenics, both transhumans and transgenics, surrounding them; guns aimed ready to defend them and their kind. The group of transgenics aimed their guns at the tactical team and stood around them so they had no escape. Krit looked around him, since the escape in 09 he hadn't seen any transhumans. When they were kids back at Manticore Ben had made up stories about the transhumans; X5's were rarely scared of anything but transhumans were one of their fears. The very rare fears. Now though Transhumans and Transgenics stood side by side as transgenics defending one another. It was truly an amazing sight.
"White." One of the transhumans simple stated, he was very tall, had long brown hair and long teeth. He must have OD'd on too much canine DNA because he looked half man half dog. He growled at the sight of the man in the suite and it was obvious to Krit that this was not their first encounter.
"You crossed the fence, in the rules of war we have the right to kill you. All of you." Another transhuman that looked like a lizard spoke up, looking at the 09'rs as well. He was also tall, like the dogman but he had no hair and held a shot gun with an unlit cigar hanging out of his mouth. White looked at him, as if wondering what he should say in return.
"Rules, rules, rules, if we were to follow rules then you wouldn't be here today would ya? The government never should have sanctioned the Manticore programme. It's against Mother Nature, against everything we have worked for. Sandeman knew that, even when he made her." White told them and smiled evilly. "All we want…is her, then we'll leave you all alone to make your pathetic stand. Leave you all here to fight for freedom with the humans. I think that's fair, one girl and you get your peaceful existence you all so wish for." He told them walking in small circles as he did so, as if not sure who he should be addressing.
The two transhumans from before aimed their guns at him wondering what he was up to, and silently telling him no to his proposal. He held his hands up and nodded to his tactical team. In four swift movements the members of his tactical team each had grabbed a young transgenic and held them around the throat, threatening to snap it.
"I think before you decline you should think of the message I'll be forced to leave behind if I don't get what I want. I want her and you want your peaceful existence, it seems simple enough for me." He said with a smirk. Krit didn't know who this guy was but he already loathed him. "5…4…3…2…1!" He yelled and nodded to one of his team, in a swift flick of the wrist he broke the neck of a young female transgenic, who couldn't be no older than thirteen. She was dead. "Now we can go through this again or else you can just give her to me." He said in a serious mask.
"We can't!" A transgenic from the crowd yelled. White looked in her direction and she stepped forward. "She's out on a recon mission." An African-American woman told them, she had her hair up in bunches and wore what looked like bicycle gear. Was she really a transgenic?
"And who might you be? X5, X6, you're too old to be X7." White asked taking a step towards her. She shook her head.
"I ain't from Manticore, what I am is a friend to everyone here, apart from you. So why don't you just get your raggedy ass out of here, before sugar daddy over there and his friends put the smack down on your ass?" The woman threatened. She was human, not from Manticore but was helping the transgenics, someone accepted them. It was a start, they just had to get the other billion or so people in the world to do the same.
White was about to say something when on the outside of the fence the roar of two motorbikes could be hear. They were quickly gathering speed towards the fence and were obviously intending to jump it. Krit tried to see who was on the bikes but couldn't, even with his enhanced vision he couldn't see through a post saying 'Kill The Freaks'. The two newcomers jumped the fence and maintained speed until the crowd of transgenics moved apart letting the two motorcyclists skid to a stop mere metres away from White and his cronies in the centre of the transgenics.
The two jumped off of the bikes, one female with long brown hair to the centre of her back. Krit couldn't see her face because she as in an offensive crouch facing White. The second was male, short mousy brown hair looking towards the dogman and lizard. Krit's breath caught in his throat, he looked exactly like Ben, but it couldn't be. Ben had died and his body buried outside of Manticore, no one knew how he had died just that he was dead.
"It looks like she is back, doesn't it? Hello again, I told you it wasn't over yet, as you can see we regretfully started the party without you. One down three to go. Are you going to make this easy?" White asked looking obviously cockier with the arrival of the woman in front of them. The woman relented and stood in a neutral position and held out her hands. White smiled and stood forwards as soon as he did she gave a roundhouse kick to his gut.
"NOW!" She shouted and the three remaining captives fought there way free and ran behind the woman. Something was familiar about this woman but Krit couldn't place it. Ben's twin looked between White and the woman back to the four other tactical team members, deciding what to do he nodded to the lizard guy with the cigar and he and three other transgenics took on one of the tactical team each.
"Zack what do we do?" He heard Jace ask. Jace was in no position to fight; she had her son Max tucked into her jacket so he would be kept warm. There was no way she could fight. Before Zack could answer the dogman came running towards them.
"You new to Terminal City, follow me, Joshua show you the way to Headquarters." He said and started walking towards a building near the East wall of Terminal City. Krit took one look back at the commotion and followed his unit towards headquarters.
'Well this is home.'
TBC…
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