The two on the hill looked at each other. "We go in now?" the one asked the other, as they watched as the man took a hold of Krit at gun point.
"Yeah, we go in," the other said, as they took off towards the compound. "You just knew that they'd mess this up."
"Yes, but they're them. It's just normal for them to do that."
"Yep."
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Pip stared at the X5s around her and then over at Krit. He had been with her when she needed him the most, when she need a friend the most. She wasn't just going to let the man just kill him. "Okay, we'll trade," she said to him, as she moved away from Biggs and the others, quickly so that none of them had the chance to grab her. "It's my choice. Like you said."
"Good girl, you don't have the idiot genes like your parents," the man sneered as he glared at Max and Alec. "Come on."
"I'm coming," Pip said, as she slowly made her way towards the man.
"Now!" the man snapped causing Pip to jump. "You've been away from us too long. We have to retrain you, all over again. That's just going to take time out of what we have planned for you."
"We?" Krit asked, as he struggled against the man's grip. "Who's this we I've kept hearing about?"
"Shut up, X5," the man sneered. "It's none of you're concern." The man nodded, and Pip was grabbed by two X6s. "Now, we're going inside. As a unit. All of us."
"But you said, he was going to be released, if I came with you," Pip cried out, as she struggled to get free.
"No, they're going to be let go," the man said, as he gestured towards the others. "Not the two of you." He then smirked. "Wave bye bye to your ill begotten parents, 946. It will be the last time you see them." They then were dragged towards the building.
"No!" Pip screamed, as she fought the Xs. "No!" They were dragged inside the and heavy doors shut behind them. "Max! Alec! Biggs!" Krit's heart fell at the sound of the tears in her heart along with the fear in her voice. "Please let me go. I don't wanna be here. I want to be with my family. Please, let me go."
"No," Max, Syl, and Jondy cried out, as they rushed forward, only to be stopped by the guys. "No."
"It's okay," Alec whispered to Max, as he slide an arm around her. "It'll be okay. Krit'll watch over her."
"How's it going to be okay, Alec?" Max asked him, as she glared up at him. "They're going to reprogram her. She's not going to be the same little girl anymore, and neither is Krit. It's Manticore. It's just...not the same."
"Um, little sis, it's Krit, he kinda doesn't reprogram well," Zane said, as he came up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Trust us, it'll be somewhat okay."
Max shot Zane a look, as she glanced back at the building. "We can't get back in there, and we know for sure we don't have an inside guy now." She blinked back the tears. "We have a lost cause now. Zach was right, she's lost to us."
Zane and Biggs scoffed as the shook their heads. "Nuh, uh, Maxie," Biggs said, as he looked down at her. "If anything, that little fire cracker is not a lost cause. She'll find a way out of there, trust us."
That got them all to smile a bit. "Well I do hope so. Cause I don't wanna be the person to tell Mole or the others we lost her."
Alec's face dropped at that thought. "Ooh, me neither," he muttered, as he glanced at the others. "But then again, who would have thought that he would have grown so attached to the little stinker."
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The guards were having a heck of a time, dragging both Krit and Pip down the hallway towards their cell. The man had left, and they really didn't care where he had gone off to. Krits hands were secured behind his back, and he couldn't really take on the two guards who had him, and Pip, well, the huge guards who had her, no way she could take them on, by herself.
The guards turned a corner only to get kicked in the face. Krit turned and sheltered Pip as best as he could only to hear a soft chuckle, and turned his head to see a blonde head go past him. "I know you," he said, as he straightened up. "And I thought you weren't going to help us."
"Well that was up until you got yourself taken again," Zach replied as he stripped the guards of their weapons, radios, and keys. "Seems you always tend to get into a little bit of trouble now and again, Krit."
"Well, someone's gotta keep you busy, and in shape," Krit teased as Zach tossed the keys to his companion who came over to undo Krit's cuffs. "It's nice to see you too, Brin."
"Nice to be seen," she replied, as she undid the cuffs and then moved to undo Pip's cuffs but she backed away from her with wide eyes. "Stand down!"
"Easy, Brin," both male X5s said at the same time, as Krit reached out for Pip's arm and gently pulled her close to his side.
"It's not your fault Brin," Krit said, as he reached out for the keys. "She's just had a bad time here. You know, being kidnaped, having to deal with me and Jondy, then having to deal with them, and then having the ideal of being reprogramed shoved at her. Yeah, you could say that's a little bit tough on her."
"But she's one of us," Brin pointed out. "She has to have some training."
"I do," Pip replied, as she glared up at the X5. "I just don't use it."
Brin looked down at the girl, with a look like she had just called the X5 a pink elephant with yellow spots. "You don't use it?"
"Nope, just like my designation, I don't use it." Krit freed her hands, and tossed the cuffs to Zach. "Thanks, Krit." She then looked up at Zach and rubbed her wrists. She shot Krit a look. "Zach, right?" He nodded, and she then looked over at the female X5. "And she's Brin? They're both '09er, like mom?'
"Mom?" Brin asked as she looked over at Krit.
"Yeah, mom, as in Max, as in X5-452," Pip replied with pride.
"You're kidding right," Brin looked over at Zach. "You didn't tell me that this is the daughter of Max. You just said it was an offspring of an X5 unit. Not the daughter of Max. Who's the father?"
"Can we like discuss the rest of her family tree once we're out of here," Krit said, as he glanced around. "I mean, I don't mind the chat, Brin, but I'm sure that Max and the others are panicking good and plenty outside, and I'm sure we're going to have company inside any moment."
"Yeah, sounds like a great plan," Zach muttered, as he tossed Brin a gun. "Let's move out. Krit you guard the kid."
"Hey, I have a name!" Pip grumbled, as Krit helped her to her feet. "If anybody cares."
"I know honey," Krit whispered, as they made their way down the corridor. "And don't worry about them. They'll warm up to you in no time."
"Yeah, I'm just sure about that."
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A guard rushed in to find the man, to tell him the news that Krit and Pip never made it to their cells only to find him dead. The guard's face fell, as he turned only to run smack into Ames White. "Um, Sir," he gasped, as he looked up at him. "They didn't make it to their cells. We have intruders it seems."
"That I know," he said, as he glanced at the body. "Let me guess. 452 came for her daughter."
"Yes, Sir."
"Well then, I should go and say hello." He then turned and left.
"Okay, Sir." The guard shot a glance at the body. "Do whatever you want to do, Sir." The guard then ran a hand across his face. "What's going on here?" He caught a glimpse of Ames in the corridor, with an evil smirk across his face. "Don't you look all happy like all happy like an Easter Bunny." He then took off to find the ones who had gotten away.
TBC
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Author's Note.
I had to somehow bring of course Zack and Brin into it...and they are in...and everybody loves White...smirks.