Okay next chapter is up. Hope ya like it. Thanks for all who have read and Reviewed. And yes...there is '09 family goodness in here and more to come. and Pip and X5 friendly fun...and if you haven't guess who is yet...you still can quess...there isn't many '09 left to guess from...smirks...

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Pip woke up from what had been a nightmare to find the X5 sitting with his back to the wall beside the bed watching her. "Hey, little one," he whispered to her, as she moved closer to him. "You all right?" She nodded, as she curled up next to him. "You had a bad dream?" She nodded again, as he began to run a hand along her back. "It's going to be okay. The others will get there soon."

"Are you sure?" she asked him, as she looked up at him. "Cause that evil guy is going to come back soon."

"I know." He shot a glance at the door. "Don't worry. I won't let him hurt you."

Just then the doors opened, and four X5s rushed in. Before he could even move, they tazed him, and he was put down. Pip screamed as one of them snatched her. "No, let me go," she screamed, as she fought against him. "Let me go." They started to carry her towards the door. "No, get up. Please don't."

"Shut up!" one of the X5's ordered her. "You do as you're told, 946."

"That's not her name," the X5 on the floor grumbled, as he went into action, kicking out, at the closest X5 to him, knocking his feet out from under him. Soon that one was down on the floor. "You all need to know better."

"Traitor," the remaining X5's hissed, causing them to turn to face him. "You will pay for your disobedience to the cause."

"Oh, I think not," the X5 smirked. He then slammed another kick into another X5 while the other one turned and headed for the door only to be stopped by Pip. "No!" The X5 moved to attack Pip. "Move away!"

Pip looked up at the X5 towered over her and let out a very loud gulp, as she drew up her hands in front of her in a defensive position. "You wouldn't dare hurt me," she hissed as she looked up at the towered X5 in front of her. "Cause if you do, you'll get in some serious trouble. You and I both know that."

"Stand aside, 946," the X5 ordered, as they reached for her, only to get kicked down by the other one.

He soon was at Pip's side. "Didn't I tell you not to do anything stupid," he said, as he hunched down next to her. "You sure are your mother's child." He ruffled her hair. She shot him a look. "You know why?" He smirked. "Because you're going to either get me killed or my butt kicked by your mom if something does happen to you."

"That is true," Pip said, as she looked up at him. "But let's hope that doesn't happen."

"Yeah," he muttered, as he took up her hand and went to the door. "Come on let's go." They then took off down the hallway.

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Alec and Biggs followed Max and the others through the woods. "Oh, this is cozy," he muttered to Biggs, only to get a harsh glare from the one female X5. "What?"

"Hush, 494," Brin snapped, causing Max and Syl to look up at her. Zane also shot her a look as she started towards him. "Just cause you look like Ben doesn't mean you can act like him."

"Whoa, back up there," Both Biggs and Alec said at the same time, as Max and Zane reached out for Brin's arm, to stop her from going towards Alec. "I know I'm not Ben. Trust me I know. We've been through this enough times." Alec took a step back away from the '09ers with Biggs, and dropped his head. "Seems like it doesn't matter to them, though."

"What is his problem?" Brin snapped, as she looked up at her fellow '09ers. "They don't have any respect for us, or what we've been through."

"What about them, Brin?" Max asked, as she wiped the rain off her face, pushing her hair back. "You haven't given them a chance at all."

"Why should I? They are traititors?"

"How are they traitors?" Zane asked, as he crossed his arms over his chest. "We abandoned them. It was burned into 'their' minds that we were the bad ones, not the other way around."

"Sorry, I just don't trust them." Brin then took off back through the trees.

Max shot Zane and Syl a look and let out a sigh. "You guys go talk to her, I'll take care of those two," she said. "I've been around them more. I know how to handle them more than I would know how to handle Brin."

"We'll do that," Zane said, as he and Syl took off to talk to Brin, leaving Max with two rather fumming male X5s.

Alec and Biggs were rubbing their hands together looking about reading to get on their bikes and head back to Seattle when Max came up to their sides. "All right, you two," she said, as she grabbed onto the back of their jackets, pulling them away from their bikes. "You guys aren't going anywhere."

"But Maxie, they don't want us here," Alec joked, only to quickly duck a punch headed for his head and he quickly ended up behind Biggs. "You know how it is between '09ers and the rest of the X5s. It's not pretty."

"Biggs, stand down," Max ordered, as she moved towards Alec only to have Biggs move in between them. "Biggs, I told you to stand down. You're disobeying me?"

Biggs chuckled, as he gently placed his hands on her arms. "Only this one time, Maxie," he whispered. "You have to think of why we are here." He then reached behind himself and snagged a tight hold of Alec's arm and hauled him from behind him. "We're not here to fight the '09ers, but to help rescue a certain young little girl. One who's not really scared of anything. Remember."

"Yeah," Alec muttered as he reached out and softly pulled Max into his arms. "How can you not forget. She could take you down Biggs. Even if she's five."

"Don't bring that up," Biggs grumbled, as he looked past the couple to see Zane standing in the tree line. "I think it's time to see the Boss man."

Alec and Max looked over to see Zane as well. "You ready for this Maxie. Too see Zach again?"

"I have to be," she said as she look up at him. "Or I'll never be."

"Okay let's do this. Let's go say hi to big brother."

"Ha ha, Alec, he's gonna love that." They then took off to join Zane at the tree line.

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TBC

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