Title: The Bachelor
Rating: PG-13 (For Now)
Summary: Alec is the Bachelor and Max is one of the 25 women. The Challenge Specs are posted here. Enjoy!
Genre: Romance, Humor and Drama
Pairings: Max/Alec, Original Characters/Alec
Time Frame: On my own timeline, the Pulse never happened, Max was never captured, there was no virus, Max and Logan broke up, and the Xs (including Alec, Biggs and Cece) were sent out into the real world (Alec and Company landed in L.A.)
Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Okay, ask yourself this: IF I owned Dark Angel, would I be writing crappy fanfiction? Would Logan and Max be together? Would the show be canceled?
Author's Note: Someone posted a challenge and I happened to refuse due to lack of time. Then I saw the first episode of this Season of the Bachelor and reread the challenge and accepted. Enjoy!
The Bachelor Episode 1:
The Rose Ceremony
"Hello and welcome back to the Bachelor! I'm your host, Alex!" he smiles dazzlingly and continues, "Now our bachelor will have to make the hardest decision of his LIFE and eliminate 10 of our.. I mean his, 25 wonderful women!"
"Aaalex...."
He starts and attempts to retain his composure while making frantic motions behind his back. A lithe blonde slips out from the bushes and sneaks up behind him, throwing her hands around to cover his eyes.
"Not now, Candy!"
"Aaaw, you guessed it was me.." she starts nibbling on his earlobe.
"Candy.." he growls through gritted teeth.
"What?" she asks while slipping her arms around him.
"The cameras are on!" Candy jumps guiltily and tries to hide behind Alex.
"Am I interrupting some- Candy?" asked the surprised Bachelor.
"This isn't what it looks like Alex..." Alex said, flustered.
"Looks like my decision isn't gonna be so hard after all.." Alec comments boredly and walks off, leaving a distraught Candy.
"...Need a shoulder to cry on, Candy?"
~*~*~*~
"And now... Alex makes the hardest decision of his life: Eliminating 10 Bachelorettes! Here are the ladies and the roses.. and finally, our bachelor!"
Applause erupts as the handsome man makes his way to the roses.
"Now, Alex, you've had time to contemplate everything you've learned about the girls and make a decision.. now inform them!"
"It's Alec.." he muttered and retrieved the first rose. "Riley." A grin spreads over the redhead's face as she approaches Alec. "Riley.. will you accept this rose?"
"Yes." she continues to smile and takes the rose back with her to her place.
~*~*~*~
"Tanya, eh? Good for her." Biggs commented for lack of anything else to say about the teacher.
"Shut up."
"What?!? What did I say now?"
~*~*~*~
"Kristy." The blonde practically skipped her way to Alec, giggling as she accepted the flower.
"Amy." She smiled as she retrieved the rose meant for her.
"Melissa." The strong lacrosse player melted under Alec's powerful gaze and whispered a yes.
~*~*~*~
"Hey look, it's Faye!" OC commented.
"The Harvard one?"
"No, the sword girl, foo! I can dig that."
"Me too!" Sketchy agreed, trying to divert her attention.
"Hmmm.. Kelly..."
~*~*~*~
"Anne, will you accept this rose?"
"'Course, sweetie pie!" she replied in a southern drawl.
"Tori."
The Scientist hurriedly pushed her glasses up her nose and made her way to the awaiting Bachelor.
~*~*~*~
"Terri? Can't he see through that? Look at me! Radio Per-so-nal-i-TY!" Cece emphasized
"But people wouldn't see her... being on the radio and all!" Biggs's chuckle was interrupted by a yelp of pain from the kick of the fellow transgenic.
"The firefighter? She's probably making him feel obliged to chose her, like cause... she could die anytime!"
"...Right."
~*~*~*~
"Max." he called her name, and after an entire millisecond of being dumbfounded, her X5 reflexes kicked in and she...
Walked up to Alec who stood poised to offer her the rose. "Will you accept this rose?" the question hung on the air heavily though all the girls always said yes, someone might have been able to detect nervousness beneath Alec's "I'm always alright," attitude.
With a smile came a "Yeah."
~*~*~*~
"Whoohoo!!! He picked Angela!"
"Don't make Original Cindy Kung Foo your ass!"
"You can do that?" Sketchy asked, fear seeping through the skepticality.. and of course, the drunkenness.
"You wanna find out?"
~*~*~*~
"Holly." She leered to the girls around her and started walking towards her goal - the very man offering her a rose. After the acceptance, she retreated gracefully to the spot in the crowd, sneering at Sarah and giving her a fake sympathy pat, bringing tears to the shy brunette's eyes.
"Sarah." The girl in question started, smiled through the tears she bravely had forced back and shyly walked towards Alec.
"Will you accept this rose?"
She tried to speak, but nothing came out. As a flush rose to her cheeks, she swallowed and spoke... a tentative yes.
~*~*~*~
"I don't get it! What did I do wrong?" exclaimed Shelly. "How could he not like me? Everyone likes me!" she gestured wildly, desperately trying to prove her point to all the girls that were polite enough to tolerate her. One stray arm, swung widely to the side, smacked the offender in question right in the face.
As blood gushed from Alec's nose, Shelly made a loud, snorting/yelping sound and tried to stop the flow by firmly pinching Alec's apparently broken nose, insisting a yelp of pain from the poor, abused Bachelor.
~*~*~*~
Looking back.. it wasn't so bad. I mean, every single woman was hovering over me and fussing, none of them bitter about not being chosen or my choices. Hell of a way to end a party though..
Author's Follow-up: I like how this turned out, but it could definitely be better so constructed criticism is welcomed. I'm sorry Shelly had to go, but who in their right mind would pick her? That's just what made her so fun to write!