Pip's eyes grew wide in fear as she looked up at the X5s around her. "Okay, what do we do now?" she asked the ultimate question, as the X5s got ready to fight. "Any body got any good ideas?"
"How about the traditional one of not get hurt," Zane suggested as he looked down at her. "Always works for me."
"Zane!" both Jondy and Syl growled at him. "Don't get hurt."
"I won't, I Promise." Pip shot Krit a look, and he rolled his eyes. "Come on you gotta a least give me some credit."
"We do, just very little itty bitty, credit," Jondy said, as she looked over at him. "Just what you deserve."
"Ah, thanks, Sis."
"Enough with that," Max said, as they moved closer. "We need to pay attention to what's ahead of us." Their eyes focused on the group ahead of them. "Take down as many as you can. Keep your backs to each other. Don't let them behind you. Remember your training. And watch Pip at all times. She goes down, you all go down. Got it."
"Yes, Ma'am," they all replied, as they all got ready to fight.
Pip drew a deep breath, as she watched a small group of X5-8's start towards her, Krit, and Zane. She shot them a look and they just winked at her. "Don't worry, little one," Zane whispered to her. "They'll get the X5 ass whooping they so much deserve."
"I bet," she replied, as she looked over to see that the others were all ready engaged in a fight of their own. She so hated fighting, but it was in their blood. It couldn't be helped. She felt a hand on the back of her shirt and she was lifted up off her feet. She let out a started scream and she slammed a kick into the X who held her. He let out a groan, as he dropped her. She kicked at his feet, trying to remember some of any of her training. She wasn't trained like any of the others, but she had some.
The X grabbed her by the neck and slammed her down on the ground. The air whooshed out of her lungs and she slammed a kicked into his chest, to get away from her. "Tratitor," he hissed at her, as she scrambled to her feet. "You are going to die."
"Not today," she said as she ducked his attack, and he went over her. She turned to face him, only to have him coming at her with a knife. "Oh, that's not fair."
"Who said this was going to be fair." He lunged for her, and she closed her eyes for the attack only it didn't come. She opened her eyes to see that Krit was holding the X's arm and twisted the wrist until the knife dropped. "Now that's unfair. You have a stupid X5 body guard."
"Worse," Zane said, as he came up behind Pip. "She's got like a whole X5 family. You mess with her. You get us all. Got it."
"Yes, Sir," the X replied, as his face dropped, and he turned around and bolted.
"Wow, guys," Biggs said, as he came up to their sides. "I do believe you scared him off. Nicely done."
"We have our ways," Krit said, as Pip came up to his side. "You all right, little one?" She nodded as she glanced over to see Max and Alec hard at work. "That's just one sight I don't think I'll never out grow ever see. Little sister at work."
"Yeah, she's good," Biggs said, as they watched Max throw a few Xs off of her, only to have her glance over in their direction. "Um, guys back to work."
"Right," Zane said, as he ducked, as an X took a swing at him. "Ah, and the fun was just starting without us."
"Yeah," Krit said, as he kept Pip close to his side. "Stay close to me, little one."
"I will," she replied, as she looked over at her parents, watching as they fought in scnced. "How can they do that?"
"It's how we're trained." Krit took out a few more." Before shooting a glance in the direction she was looking. "Don't worry, but after a few years, you'll be able to do the same thing."
"You think so?" she asked, as they turned around, and ducked a few more attacks. "I mean really."
"Yes, little one." He glanced down at her. "Don't worry. You'll get there. You got some of the best parents in the world, and probably the worst and best adopted family to ever be thrown into." Just then he was knocked down to the ground.
"Krit!" Pip cried out as she rushed towards him, only to be grabbed by Zane. "No!"
"Stop!" he ordered her, as he lifted her easily and handed her off to Biggs. She peered over Biggs shoulder as the Xs began to drag Krit's none moving body away.
"No," she muttered, as she glared over at Zane. "You coulda helped him. He's one of you. You never leave one of your own behind." With tears in her eyes, she buried her eyes in Biggs shoulder.
"What happened?" Alec asked, as he came up to Biggs side. "Pip?" He put a hand on her shoulder to find her shaking. "Biggs?"
"He let them take Krit," she muttered, as she shot a hand out at Zane. "He's evil."
"What happened?" Syl and Jondy demanded as they came up to their sides. "Where's Krit?"
"They took him?" Pip answered, as she look up from Biggs shoulder. "They took him."
"Oh, no," Syl said, as she glanced over at the group. "Who's gonna tell Max?"
"Tell me what?" Max asked as she joined them.
"Krit's gone," Zane reported, as he shot Pip a look that said, 'I'm not afraid of Max'.
"He let them take Krit," Pip muttered, as she leaned her head into Biggs shoulder. Only to notice something strange and she raised her head. "They stop hurting us. Why?"
"Something's not right," Alec muttered, as he reached out to touch Pip's shoulder. "Something is really not right."
"452," the man's voice called out. "We need to talk."
"Not again," Max growled, as she moved to look to face the man to see that he had a gun to the side of Krit's head, execution style. The X5s stopped. They knew that style. Pip felt Biggs tightened his hold on her. "What do you want?"
"A fair trade. This X5 for 946."
"No way."
"It's not up to you," the man said, as he glanced over to Pip. "It's up to her. Her life for that of her friends. What do you says, 946. Do you really want him to die?" He clicked the hammer back on his gun. "The choice is yours."
TBC
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