Previously on The New Addition
"Oh, how nice of him." Alec leaned against the wall and watched as Max began to pace. "So what are we going to do?"
"We'll take them to TC, talk to them, but we're not going to give them Pip."
"Good, come on. Let's go. We got a busy day ahead of us." They then head back inside to get ready for the day ahead of them.
The trip to TC turned out to be more of a hassle then Alec thought that it would be. Normal wasn't all that pleased to hear that both Alec and Max weren't coming in today. So then Max, Alec, Pip, Zero, Bullet, and Bugler headed off to TC. "So, this is TC," Zero said, as they looked around. "I thought it would be different."
"Oh, it is, just depends on where you look," Alec said, as Joshua came up towards them, and Bugler jumped back at the sight of him. "Guys meet Joshua. Joshua, these are some Xs that we saved when a while back."
"He looks like a dog," Bugler said, as he looked up at Joshua.
"Yeah, we know," Pip said, as she moved past the Xs who seemed frozen in fear at the sight of Joshua. "But don't be scared at the sight of Joshua. There are worse things out here to be worried about then Joshua."
"Pip, where ya going?" Alec called out to her, as he turned to face the Zero and the others.
"I'm going to say hi to Mole," she answered, as she paused to in her tracks. "Is that okay? See what he's got up on the monitors."
"Yeah, go right ahead, we'll be there in a few." She then took off in a blur. Alec then turned to face the others. "Okay, there are others like Joshua here, guys. You got to be ready to see them."
"Joshua's been with us since the beginning," Max began, as she put a hand on his arm. "He's really nice once you get to know him."
"I bet he is," Zero said, as he looked around. "I see some X5s and 6s around. Must feel like home to them."
"Yeah, to them this is home."
"Not to you?"
"No, not to us." Max shot a glance over at Alec to see that he was looking over at the Xs who were walking around, going on with their every day lives. "Living on the outside, helps us be prepared in case something happens."
"That makes sense," Bullet said, causing Alec to look over at them. "Being able to help from the outside."
"Yep, that's what we had in mind." Alec then turned when he heard foot steps coming towards him and smiled when he noticed it as Dalton, the young man from the attack on Jam Pony. "Hey, Dalton. Haven't seen you in while. You're grown."
"Hey, Alec, Max," Dalton replied, as he came up to their sides, and shot them both a smile. "It's good to see you both." Max shot him a smile, which got a small blush from him. "Mole, wants to see you guys as soon as possible. Seems there's a small problem."
"Okay, we're on our way. Come on guys. Let's go see what kind of small problem Mole has for us."
"Yes, let's," Max said, as she followed Alec, as he headed for head quarters.
Dakota was perched on the table watching the monitors when the Xs and Joshua came in, while Mole was talking with some other Xs. "There you are," Mole said, as he looked up at them. "We got some trouble."
"We kinda figured that," Alec said, as he went up to Mole's side. "What kind of trouble? Fire? Police? Starvation? End of the world?"
"Trouble that revolves around me," Dakota replied, causing the X5s to look over at her. "He's coming to talk to you about me."
"He who?" both X5s asked at the same time, as they came over to her side.
"The man who sent me to be with you. The evil man." Dakota kept staring at the monitors.
"Okay, she's not making any sense at all," Alec whispered to Max, as he turned to look at Mole.
"Don't look at me," Mole said, as he looked at the X5. "She's been acting that way since she came in here. She saw something on the monitors and went nuts. Saying that "he" was coming and that "he" was coming to talk to you guys. And that there was nothing that our transgenetics backsides could do to stop him."
"Oh, how comforting."
"Alec, I know who it is," Max said, as she put a hand on his arm, forcing him to turn around to face the screen. "And you're really not going to be happy about it." Alec's eyes turned to the screen and they filled with angry at the sight of Ames White. "Of all the people in the world, it had to be Ames White."
"Of course it would be him. But why would he send her to us."
"I don't know, but he's coming here," Mole said, as he looked up at the screens. "He's almost at our front doors. You want us to tell him to go away."
"Well, not really," Max said, as she turned to face the others. "This might be our only chance to get the real reason out of him why he sent Dakota to us. We may only get one chance at this. White isn't one to sit down and talk to us."
"Yeah, him and Max don't get along all that much," Alec muttered, causing her to elbow him. "What? You guys tend to end up in fit fights more often than in a chat."
"Well, if he wouldn't try to keep trying to capture me to put me in a tube for study we would probably get along better."
"You're probably right there. So what are we going to do about White, Maxie? We can't really just leave him outside. He'll get upset and get his buddies here, and that won't be good. They'll want to fight and that won't end up pretty."
"No, it wouldn't be. Come on, Alec. Let's go talk to White and see what he wants to talk about."
"Okay." Alec then followed Max to the gates of TC. "Hello, White, what are you doing here?"
Ames White stood about ten feet back away from the gates of TC with three armed Familiars looking at the X5s guarding the gates. "Hello, 452, 494," he replied, as he looked over at them. "I see that you've your daughter has been able to locate you." Alec turned his head around to see that Pip had followed them out. "It's good to see you again 946."
"What do you want White?" Max asked, as she put her arms across her chest. "'Cause I don't think you came all this way for a social call. It's not your thing."
"I have come to take her back. She belongs with us. Not with you."
"Oh, we don't think so," Alec said, as he stepped in front of Pip. "We got this thing, called parental rights. We take care of our own."
"There are things that you don't know about here."
"Yeah, we know. You want to tell us about them, White."
"Not really. Be warned, 452, I will be back for her." White then turned and left.
"What? That's it?" Alec asked, as he watched them leave. "Just idle threats. That's not like him. Even those threats weren't like him."
"There's something else going on here, Alec," Max said, as she turned to face Pip. "And we're going to get to the bottom of it."
TBC
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