A hand on her shoulder, snapped Pip out of a restless sleep. She snapped up to find the X5 standing over her. "Easy, little one," he said, as he sat down on the edge of the bed, causing it to sag a bit, with his extra weight. It was then that Pip noticed that the other man wasn't with him. "Yeah, I'm alone."
"Why are you here?" she asked, as she looked up at him, through tear stained eyes, as she fought through the urge to cry again. She had been beaten through the night by the man, cause she wouldn't state her designation and she had been strong. Her parents would be proud of her. Or she hoped they would be proud of her.
"I just came to see how you were doing," he whispered, as he looked down at her. "It's good to see that you made it through the night. You got your mom's spunk to ya. I see more of your mom in you every time."
"You knew my mom?" she asked, as she wrapped her arms around herself, for she was suddenly cold.
"Yeah, I knew her." He pulled out a worn sweat shirt from somewhere and slipped it on her. "Okay, this should do the trick to keeping you warm for a while. Now don't you worry about that man. He's not going to harm you once Maxie and the others get here. You got me, Pip?"
Pip's head snapped up at the sound of her name. "You called me Pip," she said, as she looked up at him. "Only Alec calls me that."
"Yeah, I know, and that X5 deserves to be shot for that, but he had a good idea," the X5 replied with a smirk, as he reached over and gently ruffled her hair. "Don't get me wrong, little one. Your dad is a very unique guy. I just don't know him as well as I do your mom."
"But she knows you?" Pip asked, as she looked up at him, curled up in the oversized sweatshirt.
"Yeah, she knows me, and she would kicked my butt, if something would happen to you."
"Good. Then don't let it."
The X5 chuckled, as he quickly got to his feet and went towards the door. "Well, I better get back to my rounds. "Get some sleep, Pip squeak. You'll need it. From what I heard. The good 'doc' has some more tests he wants to run and some 'talks' he wants to do. So you'll need your strength."
"Okay." Pip laid back down on the bed and watched as he left. "Night, 09'er." She then closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Biggs volunteered to go with Max and Alec, will CeCe volunteered to stay behind to help run TC with Mole. So they soon were off with Syl, heading who knows where.
"Where are we going?" Biggs asked Alec as they stopped to fill up, after about two hours of hard ridding. Alec shrugged as he looked over at the two females chatting. "Oh, you have no idea. Do you?"
"No a clue," Alec replied with a smirk. "All I know is that there's someone on the inside of the place where they're keeping Pip and that was a good enough reason to go."
"Well, duh, that's a good enough reason. But I just wanted to know where we were going."
"To meet up with the rest of the crew, apparently," Max answered, as she came up to their sides. "Seems four/five X5s isn't enough for the job at hand." Both males X5s gave her arch looks. "That's what I thought. But don't look at me. It's not even her operation. She was just sent to get us."
"By whom?" Alec and Biggs asked at the same time.
"We'll see in a bit. She says."
"Ah, more ridding, how fun."
"Let's move out," Syl called out to them.
"We're coming." They kicked their bikes in and followed her.
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Pip fell to the floor in extreme pain. She couldn't breath. She found hear the X8's coming after her. She struggled to her feet. She wasn't in any shape to outrun them. She was just a kid. She shot a glance over her shoulder and saw one of them right behind her. She let out a squeal as she threw up her hands and blocked his punch. The force of the blow threw her to the floor. "Ow," she muttered, as she looked up at him. "Don't they teach you manners." He just grinned, as he started towards her. "I guess not."
"Finish her," a voice called out from behind them.
"What we can't talk this out?" Pip said, as she looked up at the X8. "I mean. I don't really like fighting. It's not my thing." She ducked a punch. "It's more of my mom and dad's thing."
"Shut up, infant and fight me," the X8 snapped, causing Pip to wince. "Or are you too much a child to do so." He then slammed a kick into Pip's stomach causing her to fall to the ground. When she didn't get up. He then repeated kicked her again and again. "Infant. Infant. Infant."
"That is enough," a voice called out, as the X8 was yanked off of Pip, and she weakly looked up to see that it was the X5. He gave the X8 a stern look as he shoved him away from her. "You had no right to keep attacking her when she was down." He then shot the doctor a harsher look, as he bent down next to Pip. "I'm taking her to her quarters so that she can be taken care of."
"On who's orders?" the man asked, as he came towards him. "Not yours. I'm still your commanding officer. And she still has more tests to do."
"She is not capable to do those tests today. You have run her raged. You will kill her if you make her do them. Think Doctor. Use that brain of yours other than to keep your wig on."
"Fine, put her back in her bloody quarters and take care of her, but that's it. Do not talk to her."
"Yes, sir."
The X5 carefully then picked Pip up and carried her back to her quarters and set her down on her bed. "Easy, Pip," he said as he shut the door. "You did a number on yourself today." He sat on the edge of the bed, as he took up the first aid box and opened it. "Your mom is gonna do that to me when she finds out I didn't step in sooner."
"You couldn't," Pip said, as she looked up at him, as he began to clean her wounds, with extreme gentleness. "Or you would have compromised your position."
"Yeah, I know." He then sighed, as he looked around. "We've got to get you out of here. The sooner the better."
"Sounds like a plan." As soon as he was done with her dressings, she curled up and looked at him. "But how. We're two trannies against them. It's not good odds. Dad wouldn't even like it."
He then smirked "Well let's just say, our odds are better than you think, little one. You just sleep and rest. And we'll work on the details of our little field trip later. Okay?"
"Okay. Night 09'er."
"Night, Pip Squeak."
TBC
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