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 2:
The Rose Ceremony
"Welcome back to The Bachelor. Today, our Bachelor must face the hardest decision of his LIFE! Sending 5 girls home, crushing their hearts and loosing any chance with them EVER! So, stay tuned in and enjoy the agony of Reality TV!"
~*~*~*~
"Hey! Ow!" protested Sketchy as two burly men dragged him forcibly into Crash. Original Cindy shook her head, suppressing laughter as her friend was tossed at the bar like a sack of potatoes.
"Come in Red Five, the Sloth has been delivered. I repeat, the Sloth has been delivered." One man said into his mic. A bit of static that only an X could have made out apparently directed them to glare at Sketchy and leave.
"Boy, what are we gonna do with you?" Cindy said, bursting into laughter.
~*~*~*~
"Kristy.. will you accept this rose?" Alec asked, offering the delicate flower to the bubbly blonde. She said... we should just be friends. Duh! Of course she said yes! Wouldn't you?
~*~*~*~
"Faye? Jesus! Come on, Alec! Can't you pick ANYONE ELSE?"
"Like.. her?" Biggs offered, pointing at Riley.
"No! Anyone but her! And her! And her!" she shrieked, drowning out Alec's propositions to the various girls.
~*~*~*~
"Max... will you accept this rose?"
"Well..." she played at deciding and covered up a smirk as she saw Alec's shocked reaction, "Maybe... Yes!" Alec almost growled as he caught on, but just grinned, liking her even more for it.
~*~*~*~
"No!" Logan slammed down on the keyboard, causing his computer to malfunction and his collection of pocket protectors to fall. It seemed to happen in slow motion.. the container floating downwards, spinning, and then.. it hit. The sound was accompanied by Logan's howl and dive to pick them up. He was so distracted he didn't notice that his computer was revving up to start an Eye's Only Broadcast..
~*~*~*~
"Melissa... will you accept this rose?"
"Yeah!" she said, already berating herself for a stupid response.
~*~*~*~
"Alright, listen up!" Max barked to the crew, still glaring at Sketchy and with a hand place on her precious baby. "Take that foo' to a bar called Crash! Stop by the Message Service Jam Pony and inform Normal of this stunt and tell him that Max says to go extra hard on Sketchy. Then take my baby here to my friend OC, you'll find her at Crash and she'll know what to do. And remember.. if anything happens to my baby.. I personally kick ALL of your incompetent asses. Got it?"
~*~*~*~
"Amy.. will you accept this rose?"
"Sure." She replied, much cooler than she felt.
~*~*~*~
Original Cindy looked surprised as more burly men in black showed up at Crash.. and they were calling her. She shrugged and walked over, knowing she could handle herself.
"Look boys, this better be good. I'm missing mah show."
"We were ordered to deliver this to you." They said, each stepping to one side to reveal Max's bike.
~*~*~*~
"Angela.. will you accept this rose?"
"Sure, sure my Baby, sure sure.." she sang, taking the rose.
~*~*~*~
"Broadcast beginning in T-minus 3 seconds." Said a computerized voice somewhere near Logan. "Oh cheese and crackers!" he cursed vehemently, caught in the middle of his pocket protector fiasco.
~*~*~*~
"Tori.. will you accept this rose?"
"Is the atomic weight of Oxygen 16?"
You could hear a pin drop. Well.. not if you were deaf...
"...Yes....."
"Oh.. right." Alec handed her the rose.
~*~*~*~
"No! Stop! This is NOT a Streaming Freedom Video! Darn Computer!" came a muffled voice only accompanied by the odd shot of some badly done hair.
~*~*~*~
Cindy returned from putting the bike away just in time to catch the end of a commercial.. and beginning of a wack hack. "Damn foo'..." she muttered.
"That's my name, don't wear it out!" called Sketchy.
~*~*~*~
"OHMYGAWD! I can't see who he's choosing!"
"You wouldn't like them anyways."
"But.. THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
~*~*~*~
"Sorry for the technical difficulties.. but apparently we were just interrupted by the failure of a cyber journalist known as 'Eye's Only'. Well.. he's not just eyes anymore.. the police have a full picture of his face and are now on their way to take him into custody, charging him with Treason and other Offenses. Now.. On with The Bachelor!"
"Holly.. will you accept this rose?"
"Of course!" she said smoothly, flashing a smile and pulling him in for a kiss.
~*~*~*~
"You can't do this to me! I'm not Eye's Only! I'm an informant! REALLY! You have to believe me! I was framed! I don't have anything to do with Eye's Only! Wait, who is Eye's Only? Certainly NOT ME! I pledge allegiance to the United States.." yelped Logan as he was dragged away by BMIB. (Burly Men in Black)
~*~*~*~
"Sarah.. will you accept this rose?"
"Y..ye.. Yes!" she stuttered through her excitement, and nearly fainted when Alec pecked her on the cheek.
Author's Follow-up: Hope you liked it! ^_^
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