This is something I wrote a while ago , sort of a Dark Angel/DotD cross-over , the first chapter might be a little hard to understand , but the next chapters are much more clear and better.

For those who've never heard of or seen Dark Angel, i'll explain a bit about it. Dark Angel is a sci-fi tv series in which a secret goverment agency (arn't they always) was creating super soldiers for use in wars and many other jobs envolved with killing people. The show is set in 2019-2022. In 2009 , 12 of these super soldiers (only age 9 at the time) escaped and the whole series focuses on one of these individuals mainly.

In this fic, i'm bring the whole Manticore project into it, but not the common Dark Angel characters.

The Manticore Project had a few facilities stationed around the washington area, and they designed many genetically enginered soldiers. ( They had human DNA mixed with some animal DNA for some of there in-human traits e.g feline DNA - extra flexability, able to jump far and control their balance better)

A group known as the X-series (looked human) were the most common, ranging form X1-4 (prototypes mainly) X5-X6 ( most common) to X7 and X8. both these being un-common and not featured much, they were also still children in the show in 2020. There were also many other types of soldiers , less human looking, specially designed for Desert or Artci operations, as well as many failed projects.

All the soldiers have Barcodes on thier neck ( a sort of brand) , and a designation. If your X5 you have a three digit code ,you could be for example X5-188 . From very young ages the children/soldiers had extreame traning and propaganda. So they were well trained and completely loyal to manticore. The X-series were made for speed, intelligence, and had hightened senses , amoungst many other traits which made them good at being Super soldiers/ efficiant killing machines.

Theres a bit or maybe alot of background there so you should have a better idea of what i'm on about , and why some characters can do what they do in the story.

Built for This

Chapter 1

The searing heat beat down over the city , another heat wave. A tall cityscape cast dancing shadows over everything. The freeway almost fully packed as the cars were restricted to 30 mp/h. Sam's car was baking in the sun , her hair was wet and clung to her head. She wasn't bothered , she was far to more interested in the car on her right. She knew the driver , although it was only part of her job. She continued on not taking much notice of anything else when a clatter caught her attention. She strained to see what was up , a grey van had collided into the central reservation and another car had hit it.

" Great ! " she huffed. She continued to watch the car to her right until her hearing caught the sound of screaming , the Van up ahead was shaking , violently. She strained her eyes , she had eyes built like telescopes , literally , so it wasn't hard to see. The windows of the van were smeared in blood.

Suddenly a fist thrashed through the glass , torn and bloody. The windows of the van began to crack and shatter into pieces. Someone fell out the back window , arms and legs flying wildly. Suddenly the doors of the van shot open causing a number of people to go sprawling into on-coming traffic. One body was flung high into the air but when it landed it struggled upright and carried on. She could now here more screaming , looking again she could see fighting in the streets , she stopped her car. Other drivers behind her shouting angrily at her stupidly. Something wasn't right , her training was telling her to run and not look back.

There was an increasing gap ahead of her and she noticed her lane was the only one clear. Stamping on the pedal the old sedan lurched forward , then skidded to a halt by the car she's been watching. She flung the passenger door open and in one swift mood dived out. Quickly she grabbed the other car door and yanked it open.

" Marrial , what a.."

" Shut up , move over ! " Sam yelled at him , he did as she asked , Sam climbed into the drivers seat and pulled the BMW into the clear lane she just blocked. Up ahead , a lot closer than before were people running around mindless , a few bodies lay on the ground. Up ahead the lane was blocked , she could see the doors flung open and glass on the ground from 80m away.

" This is going to be close " she added.

" What's close , what the hell are you doing ? " the driver asked.

" My names not Marrial ! " Sam replied.

" What are you talking about Marrial ? " he replied.

" My names not Marriel ok , you got that ! " she yelled at him.

" This is my car , I demand to know what you are doing " he snarled but she ignored him. The BMW which was a faded white , was coming up to the blockage very quickly. Sam turned the car right and scraped in between the cars either side. Car doors crumpled under the forced of the heavy built German car. In the third lane she could see more fighting , a trickle of people running back down the Freeway and the crashed van. The van had a deep red symbol of two snakes in twined. She's seen that before but where?

" Shit ! " hissed the man as something banged onto the glass.

" Shut up ! " she yelled at him,

" Your wrecking my car " he complained and made a grab for the steering wheel. The BMW surged to the left , bashing into a stationary car. Sam punched him hard enough to knock him back as she brought the BMW in the middle again , still hitting wing mirrors and doors.

" Watch out ! " the man called as a body hit the Car , bounding into the windscreen and over the back. Sam panicked and stopped the car. She looked back over her shoulder and saw a bunch of figures following them at a fast pace. Following for help ? I didn't matter they weren't part of her unit so she left them.

" Marrial this is crazy , you just killed someone ! " he yelled.

" Steve , my names not Marrial it's Sam , I'm not some dumb rich girl , I'm on a secret mission to get close to you because of your fathers involvement in Genetics , I never fancied you " she snapped.

" I'm sorry , you're what , do you mind running that by me again " he replied whilst playing with his hair.

" No ! You wouldn't happen to know if your farther still works in Genetics would you ? " she asked hastily.

" Listen , I don't realty know much or really care about what he does when he goes to work " Steve replied.

" He still goes to work when he hasn't been involved with Manticore for years , interesting " she said under her breath , trying to piece together what the hell was happening , and why a simple mission was turning into a great big nightmare.

" What ? " Steve asked.

" Nothing , just shut up " she replied. Ahead she spotted a gap in the central reservation which she could fit through , the traffic on the other side was very little. She clipped another car before spinning the BMW across and sideways through the gap. The car lost it's momentum and stoped awkwardly. She put her foot down as several figures headed towards the gap. She turned the car a violent left causing it to slide across all 3 lanes , luckily nothing hit them. She dared a look behind to find a truck had already stopped because of the people running out into the road and more cars were beginning to skid and swerve out the way.

" This isn't normal " she said under her breath.

" It's not , what the hell are you doing ! " Steve yelled.

" Are you stupid , didn't you see the blood on all those cars , were where all those people from those cars , did you see them because I didn't ! "

" Right , right turn right ! " he yelled. In double quick time she looked round to find 2 people running straight for the car , but it was too late and the car hit them side on and continued to spin madly. Smoke hissed from under the tires. The BMW came to a halt as it hit the Central reservation at the back.

" Damn , were ok " Steve said relieved. Just then something , landed on the roof and began to hammer away. The White BMW lurched forward , turning tightly and racing of down the empty road , the banging ceased.

Looking behind her she could see many more people on the road as well as a large Truck coming up from behind real fast.

" Shit , this is messed up " Steve stated as he leaned out the window checking the damage. Sam slowed and the Truck caught up with her.

" You ok ? " the driver called , looking at the blood and dints all over the BMW.

" Yeah , were fine " Sam called to him. Then she swerved off onto a smaller road which looked clear. The BMW steamed down the off ramp , all over the road , up ahead she saw a school bus , racing straight towards her. Fast.

" Shit " Steve gawped , his head got swung into the door as the BMW swung round and braking to a halt. Blood prints , hundreds of them lined the bus. Sam quickly gave chase after the bus when she spotted what the bus was running from.

" Marrial , have you seen what's behind us ? " Steve asked nervously.

" Yeah , but I don't want to look again " Sam replied. Behind them as they raced off was a large group of people , crazed , insane , hungry.

Thankyou for reading , please review if you have any comments , suggestinos or "eek" critasims.