Chapter twenty – It's getting hot in here!
What if, in the escape of '09, Max hadn't escaped with the others? What if Jondy had tried to save her when she fell in the ice, but in the end, they both got caught?
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"Max, Jondy, you have to help me! Wake up, come on, Maxie, Jondy, wake up!" Trix cried as she tried to wake them up.
"Trix?" Max murmured, still slightly sleepy. Her and Jondy hadn't slept in over a week, and they were both tired.
"Maxie, thank the blue lady, you have to help me! Please?" Trix begged.
"What? What's wrong Trix?" Max asked calmly.
"I don't know. I just..."
"Trix? What are you doing in here?" Jondy asked, having just woken up.
"I need your help. There's something wrong with me. I don't know what it is though."
"Well, what happened?" Max asked.
"I was asleep, in my room. Gem wasn't there; she's in the infirmary for a broken bone. And I was dreaming, and it was a really weird dream. I was out in a place beyond the perimeter fence. I was in a house, and was about to go to bed, when I heard someone knock on the door. I answered it, and it was a guy. And I took one look at him, and pulled him in. Then I dragged him into the nearest room, which was a living room, and told him to get his clothes off and get on the couch. I started taking my clothes off for him, and then I woke up. And all I could think of was that guy, and what I wanted to do with him. What does it mean? Maxie, what am I dreaming about this for?"
"I don't know Trix. Nobody else has done this before. Here, just sit on my bed for a moment, I'll go get Alec, maybe he'll know. Maybe one of his unit's done something like this."
"Ok. But hurry, Maxie, I...I have this urge. And I don't know how long I can wait for an answer, before I do something stupid."
"I'll be back as soon as I can. Jondy, watch her. Don't let her out of the room."
"Ok."
As Max started out the door, she heard Trix ask Jondy, "It's hot in here, Jondy. Can't you open your window or something?"
She didn't wait to hear Jondy's reply, instead, she ran towards the boy's hallway. Reaching the room Alec shared with Nick, she looked in to see that both boys were fast asleep. Silently opening the door, she walked over to Alec's bed, and shook him. Seeing that that didn't work, she laid a hand over his mouth, and gently tickled his side. His eyes snapped open, and he struggled for a moment, before he saw who it was. Max signaled for him to follow her, and started out the door. When they got into the corridor, Max started running again, explaining to Alec as they ran.
"Alec, we need you're help. There's something wrong with Trix, she came into our room just before, and woke us up. We thought you might know what's wrong with her. Here..."
They had reached Max and Jondy's room, and stood in front of the closed door. Max opened it, and stepped in. Immediately, Jondy and Trix looked up at her. She moved aside, and let Alec come in. Before she could say anything, Trix stood up, and started walking toward Alec.
"Hey, baby." Trix purred. "What brings you here?"
Before she reached him though, Alec grabbed Max and pulled her out of the room, slamming the door behind them.
"Are you crazy?" He whispered hotly to her as he leaned against the door to keep it closed.
"What?" Max asked, stunned.
"She's in heat, Max, why the hell did you bring me here?"
"Heat? What are you talking about Alec?"
It was Alec's turn to look stunned. "You don't know about heat?"
"No. Should I?"
"Yes. You should have been told by now. I thought that you were told."
"No. When were you told about it? And what is it?"
"We were told just before we moved here. A dozen of us were walking through the X-4 barracks, and one of the females was in heat. A doctor came and took the female away, and we were told that night. You see, all of the X-5 series is made with feline DNA. Because of that, you girls go into what they call heat. You well...basically you go and find a guy to mate with. It doesn't matter who the guy is, you'll mate with the first one you can get your hands on normally."
"So that explains the dream..."
"What dream? Max?"
"Trix said that she dreamed about...nearly mating with a guy. Then she woke up, and came to us. She said she had a urge."
"You should have told me that earlier. Then I wouldn't have gone in. You see, Maxie, an X-5 in heat is very hard to resist. You're lucky that Trix has only just gone into heat, otherwise...well, you get my meaning right?"
Max's eyes widened. "You mean, you would have...with Trix?"
"Like I said, it's very hard to resist an X-5 in heat. We need to get a doctor here, Max. Right now. Come on, we'll see if Dr Aly's in."
"But...Jondy? She's still in there."
"Don't worry about Jondy. She'll be fine. Is there a way to lock your door, Max?"
"No. Here. I'll hold it, while you get a head start. I'll signal Jondy to keep Trix in the room."
"Okay."
Alec started running down the corridor, while Max stood in front of the door. Looking in, she saw Jondy still seated on her bed, and Trix pacing in front of the door. Catching Jondy's eye, she quickly signaled that she needed her to keep Trix in the room, no matter what. At Jondy's nod, Max started running after Alec, managing to catch up with him just as they reached Dr Schinkoff's office. Pausing at the door, they heard the clacking of keys, and so walked in. Aly sat behind the computer, typing up something. Alec coughed softly, causing her to look up and see them standing in her doorway.
"Max? Alec? What are you doing here? It's after midnight, you shouldn't be wandering the halls."
"We need your help, Dr Schinkoff. Trix has gone into heat for the first time." Alec explained.
"Oh. I see. Well come, show me where she is."
Max and Alec led Aly back to the barracks, and to Max and Jondy's room. Before they opened the door, though, Aly stopped.
"Alec. You better go back to your room. Make sure that you don't come out until morning. Make sure that none of the boys do, ok?"
"Ok. Good night Maxie."
"Night Alec."
When Alec had disappeared Aly opened the door and walked in, Max following behind her.
"Trix, I take it?" Aly asked.
"That would be me. Who're you?"
"I am Dr Alynyn Schinkoff. You, Trix, are going through a stage at the moment, and I need you come with me."
"And why would I want to do that? I was planning on having a little fun tonight."
"Ah, but if you come with me, you will get to have a lot of fun."
"Really?"
"Really. Come on now Trix, follow me."
Aly ushered Trix out the door, one hand grasping her shoulder. As she went to shut the door, she whispered, just loud enough for Max and Jondy to hear, "I won't let anything happen to her. She'll be fine in 48 hours."
"Ok." Max replied, watching as Aly shut the door behind her.
"What was that all about?" Jondy asked.
"Sit." Max ordered. "I'll tell you the whole story."
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Two nights later, Max and Jondy sat in their room after lights out, talking. They had been sitting there for about an hour when Alec joined them, and sat down with Max on her bed.
"I never did get to talk to you about two nights ago," Alec started. "We're doing so much training that I'm surprised they give us time to eat and sleep anymore."
"What did you want to talk about, Alec?" Max asked.
"Did your unit get talked to, about...you know..."
"Yeah, the Colonel talked to all of us last night, while you guys were doing kitchen duty."
"Was that why you got out of kitchen duty?"
"Yeah. Lucky us I guess. But Alec, there's something I've been thinking about. You said that you got told after an X-4 went into heat. But why would she have? I thought X-4's didn't have feline DNA."
"Oh, some of them do. There were a couple of X-4's with feline DNA back at the old place. Not many, but a few."
"Can we stop talking about this?" Jondy interrupted, "It's not exactly the best subject to talk about is it?"
"I guess not. But what else do we talk about?" Alec asked.
"What I want to know is, why did Trix come to me and Jondy? She could have gone to anyone, but she came to us. Why?" Jondy replied.
"Because I knew you two would help me. Anyone else would have told me to get back to bed."
Max, Jondy and Alec all looked around at the door, where Trix stood, arms crossed over her chest.
"Is this an invite-only or can anyone crash?" She asked.
"Come in Trix. Sit on Jondy's bed, there's more room." Max answered. "Where did Aly take you?"
"To the infirmary. They had me in one of those cell-rooms. It wasn't that bad actually. I just had to stay in the room for 48 hours. Not the best thing to be doing in the world, but it was a better option than...well, jumping the first guy I saw. Like Alec. I'm really sorry bout that, Alec, I wasn't myself."
"I know. It's happened before."
"It has? Who to?"
"One of the X-4's back where we came from. You know what it was don't you?"
"Yeah. That doctor you brought, Aly, she sat down and told me everything. She also told me that from now on, all of us will have to take medication, to stop it happening to anyone else. Which is good, because I certainly don't want to do that 3 times a year, and I'm sure you don't want to either. It's awful. But let's not talk about that. What's happened in the last two days?"