Finding the light

by max333

new problems arise when the government calls a reclaim on the 'Manticorian's', claiming their government property. new players come in to wreck havoc while old players seem to be behind the new ones. all that on top of raising a family, and keeping the peace within and outside of Terminal City. our beloved leaders sure have their work cut out for them before the struggle is over.

4. girls night out & garage fights

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Season 5 ep.4

I was psyched. To get all my girls together and have one big girls night in, since no one had any real money to go out on the town, instead I called the different girls Cece and I had invited to gather the right items. OC had the place as she never sought to have a new roommate, so place to go was good. Plus she really didn't want to get a transfusion. Her thing with needles made the mere mention of them, make her shiver. Which is funny for a woman with piercings.

Cece was to bring chips and salsa, Gem to bring a couple of extra blankets, while I brought the pizza, thankfully ordered ahead of time, and some beer. Oh and can't forget, popsicles. For some reason that with the chips and salsa was a really good combination. It was something I couldn't get over after my cravings with the twins. Go figure. "Ready to meet you guys there, I just gotta pick up the pizza then I'll be over. Cece and Gem are gonna be there first, see you soon." I told OC as she spiffed up the place.

Mounting my bike I put a metal sheet on the back of it, hooking the adjustable cords over it to help keep the soon to be pizza mounted carefully and avoid getting bent over the shape of the bike. I smiled knowing all the kids, our twins and Eve, would be in good hands. Of course I did mention to Dalton to look in on things every hour on the hour. Alec maybe a father but Daniel's just test driving the adventure.

Mounting my bike I rode off out the front, loving the feel of not seeing any giant flaming X's anymore. Nor any picketers or sector cops. With Gamble running things it seemed the sector cops were busting down on people that tried to pull the picketing and rioting as they wound have before. Gamble's 'leave 'em be unless they needed them for help, or unless a visibly terrible crime had been committed rule.'

Safe to say the streets lining around TC were safe…compared to the other parts of Seattle. Going to sector four I dismounted my bike and went in for my pick up. Unfortunately there were also ten other people doing the same thing. Place was slammed with people. "Wow…" I muttered under my breath, "HEY! I've been waiting in line for nearly ten minutes!" the lady in front of me yelled. I saw the employees there, frantic!

And from the looks of it, the poor sap had been left to his own devices while taking orders and then making the pizzas himself. He needed at least two other people there, "Where's his help?" I wondered out loud. Stepping outside I went around back curious if my newly thought up theory was in fact true. True enough once I rounded the last corner I saw the other two guys out back. I could see the visible blunts they were smoking as they laughed through the window of the door at their lame attempt at humor.

"You know this was not how I had intended to spend my night." They heard then spotted me, "Go on your own way lady." The one with raggedy hair waved off, "I would but see, with you guys back here and NOT in there doing your job I have to wait for my pizza." His look told me he didn't care, "Whatever. This is priceless, look at him!" he laughed. "Does your boss know about this?" I asked.

Now I had both boys attention, "Tell you what, I won't tell your boss about what you're were doing back here and believe me I have the number, and you go back inside and help him so I can leave." I smiled, "Bull." He called out, "Okay…" I flipped out my phone and proceeded to fake dial as the other guys eyes widened, "Dude she's friggin' callin'. We should get back inside." I smiled, "Or you could go in alone and let him take the blame for nearly costing you both your jobs. Up to you." That caused the guy to run in.

"Ruin all my fun lady." He walked up to me. Then got a good look, "But that's okay, your fun to look at." oh god…I rolled my eyes, "Yeah well I'm hungry and a tad pissed off that the pizza I ordered wasn't made due to some ignorant asses playin' around on a busy night." My phone now shut off. "I'll make it up to you - " I pointed to the door, "Then go back inside and I'll pretend this never happened." waving me off he walked back in. Safe to say I didn't get my pizza for an additional 20 minutes.

Got to the last check point there only to find myself being looked at warily. The sector cops there recognized me and looked tempted but knew how close of a friend I was – still am – to Gamble, "You headed for a night out?' they asked, pressing for information. I smiled, "If a night out means hanging with a few girls, one a mother to be, at my old place, then yeah a night out." The sarcasm was mild in my voice.

The sector cop nodded before leaning in a bit closer, making the other one wonder what was going on, "I know who you are…" my face barely shifted at that, though internally I was calculating exits routes in case he tried something, "I just wanted thank you for making that building into a daycare center. My wife and I can't afford regular daycare on my salary. To expensive." That I had to agree on.

It's why it was one of our more profitable revenues, next to the martial arts studio, "It's enabled both of us to actually save some funds for our kids future. And put a dent into bills." I started to crack a smile when he muttered, "If you tell anyone I said that I'll book you on whatever I can find." Clearly it was his pride in being a corrupt cop that said that last part. "Wouldn't dream of it." I replied, just loud enough for him to hear it.

"She's clean. Move it along, don't got all night." He replied, waving me through. Once I was out of sight, I couldn't help the grin glued to my face. Things were really looking up. Making it to the dilapidated residence I took my usual route up through the powered elevator. City managed to shut down a lot for the old buildings no longer in use, but some of the hardware in it like the elevator ran on a different board that was to inner connected.

It was that same type of board that helped prevent us in TC from being power wise shut down. Making it to the door as I parked the bike just outside I shouted, "Hey who ordered a pizza?" OC opened the door, "Gurl! That smells like the half pep – half green pep that I had you order!" her nose was turned up, smelling it soundly. "It is." Giving it to her, after unhooking it from the back of the bike I kicked the kickstand up and pulled it inside.

Setting it nice by the door I shrugged off my jacket and went to sit on the couch, grabbing a slice of pepperoni on the way. "So good." I remarked, loving the pizza places that OC choose. Say what you want to about the takeout in Seattle, if you know the right places to go to, then you're getting quality take out. "Took you long enough." Cece remarked, picking a green pepper off of her slice, while sitting Indian style on the couch next to me. "Pizza place had only one real worker the others were goofing off around back." I explained.

Taking a bit I tasted the cheesy texture, "You beat 'em up?" Gem asked, "Nah, just threatened to call their boss if they didn't get back in and help. Worked so whatever." I replied, half my slice now gone. "How do you think the boys are?" Gem asked, curious and a tad worried I could tell, "Their fine. I told Dalton to look in just to be safe every hour on the hour." The girls laughed, "Good idea boo." OC said, sitting on a newly acquired bean bag chair on the floor, "Didn't those go out with leotards and hot pink bangles?" I asked.

"They were in my mom's storage locker and when she forgot to make payments on it I had to buy the unit back." She rolled her eyes, "Anyways, I helped her unload a few things from it to make any future moves easier on her. So I got a few new curtains for my room…" she showed us her stylish – if you could call black bubbles stylish – curtains, "This bean bag chair, a few new pots and pans that needed to be soaked for nearly an hour, a side table for the phone…" she pointed to the cordless phone that was now on a new table.

"What happened to the old one?" I asked, "Original Cindy learned that when it comes to the female form, small tables won't support it." she answered sourly, "Let me guess, you and a fine lickety boo, tried to have sex on everything in the apartment?" Cece asked. Usually OC was only really open with me but since she and Cece meet it was like OC found her other sister from another mother…of sorts.

"Pretty much. So I got that stuff and some new linen that needed to be washed, and fixed up a little bit. But it did take a chunk out of what my mom had in her storage unit. She wanted me to take more but the car we were using wasn't build for packing." I nodded, "Sounds like you got a good deal. So they sell storage units often?" I asked, wondering if maybe we could find some units worthwhile to furnish TC with. Bargain bin was good but if the storage bins were at a decent price then we could get more for our money.

"Only when people either stop paying on the unit or when they can't afford to no more. I'd suggest going to only one of the auctions just to see how it is, but don't over spend. Some of those people that go there, act like yo' ass is in on their turf, and they'll feel the need to try and rack you up with the crappy units." OC warned, "I'll check it out, might be some stuff we can furnish TC with. Maybe even replace the stuff that's been fixed ten times over." I smiled, "You got that right." Cece and Gem said in unison.

"So how are the twin's boo?" OC asked, "Their doin' fine…just watching how fast their growing, it's amazing me daily." That's when I looked at Gem, "Isn't Eve like just over two now?" I asked her, finishing my slice, "Yeah, and she's growing up so fast. I think the rate for second generation X5's might differ from regular human babies. She's been blurring on me lately. I don't recall Manticore having issues like that." she stated in curiosity.

"I doubt if they did they would tell you guys. Probably kept it on file somewhere in the dungeons of doom waiting for someone to do something outside the realms of their science boxes." OC muttered, we laughed, "She's probably right. I think my girls can see things through our advanced vision." I remarked, remembering that night. "Same thing with Eve." We look back to her as she explains.

"She starts to talk about something, well baby talk about something, it makes no sense to me till I spot it myself and wonder how she could have that flux of memory at such a young age. I think when Manticore developed us they keep a detailed record, at least at the later stages. You think any of that's on the hard drive Alec acquired?" she asked. "We can ask him when we get back, first off…" I go check out my old movies that were still by the TV set.

I looked and saw something odd, "This isn't our TV?" OC smiled, "NO that was also in the unit. Is it bad that something that's been in storage for lord knows how long works better than the one we originally had?" everyone laughed, "Yeah that is bad. Good it's still here!" I pulled up the movie, "I think it's fitting." I presented the movie to the girls. They were clueless but OC said, "True that." the girls looked to her, "It's about a prison break, great movie." Shoving the DVD in we watched it.

Over two hours later the girls were smiling. Gem and OC were crying a bit while Cece was smiling like a Cheshire cat, much like me. "The warden reminds me of Renfro." Cece remarked, "Such a bitch, using people to her advantage." I nodded, "She wanted me to give up Logan back when I was there." The girls looked to me as in 'why didn't you?' "Back then he was still all about fighting the good fight. He thought I was dead and I had hope in seeing him again." They nodded in understanding.

"I'd love to play a drinking game with you gurls but I think I'll be the only one to actually get drunk." We all laughed, "We could try to get drunk, and just sleep over." Gem tried, "Yeah I think that'll be a good idea, but we need stronger booze. Beers isn't goin' to cut it." I surmised, "She's right. I'll go get it." Cece stood up only to be gently pushed back down, "Gurl yo' ass is to pregnant to be walkin' in the right areas to get the good stuff, I'll go."

This time Gem pushed OC back down. "I'll get it. Cece, no arguing if Daniel even got wind of you in a bad area while pregnant with his offspring he'd tie you to your bed for the rest of the pregnancy." I laughed, "She's right, Alec threatened to do the same thing to me. And OC I know you can take care of yourself, but the amount of booze you'll have on you, you'll be walking target for bums and drunks." I amended.

"I can hold my own!" she protested, "So when you've got two bums trying to pull your booze away what are you gonna do about the other ones that notice they not only have bottles of good booze but a fine lookin' female in their mists." OC relented, "Fine. Maybe we should ditch the idea since Cece can't drink that hard stuff." Ergo the beers. On her transgenic body at this late in the game wouldn't do anything.

"I'll be the one to make sure there's no chance of alcohol poisoning. We transgenics can slid back A LOT!" she giggled. "She's right, so it's up to you, booze or no booze?" I asked. "Let's just stick with the beers, it's not like we have the money for it anyways." We agreed feeling that the beer was enough. "How about a card game instead." Cece stated. OC and I looked to one another, "What kind?" remembering the card game we played at the Russian club to get Sketchy out of hot water.

"What's the look for?" she asked. "We hustled a couple of Russian mobsters out of how much was it…?" OC started, "$14,234…" I remembered, "Oh plus Puffer's watch and Henry's St. Anthony medal." OC finished off. "Where and when was this? And Max! You hustled money?" I guess it was a shock for them but it was for a good cause. "Sketchy, our beloved little stoner, lost some deniro he was supposed to deliver and owed that amount to a bunch of Russian mobsters." The girls sat tuned in.

"So OC and I went undercover to scam them back. We were all decked out lookin' like pricey strippers, well as pricey as our wardrobes would allow," they all laughed, "Still got that two piece number to." OC remarked, "Did the secret door knock, went in and within the first three hours made what was it three grand?" I confirmed with OC. "I believe so." She confided, "So we sat for a few – well more like a dozen rounds of poker." The girls nodded, "Yeah but things couldn't have been in your favor the whole time?" Gem asked.

"Nope. The first six plays we lost. Though I do now admit I kind of let that happen." OC shot her face to me, "If we came off as anything less than the air headed bimbo's we were pretending to be we would have been snuffed out earlier." She nodded, "Makes sense. That's why you asked if we could partner up!" OC was smart and went along with it at the time but didn't truly get the reasoning behind it.

"Yup. So when our turn came up counting the cards was a snap. At the end of the night, after putting a $1,000 nonexistent lap dance on the table we won the pot." I finished off. Cece's eyes widened, "Whoa wait a minute, a lap dance?" now her face was in shock, "Relax, we both knew I'd win. I picked out the cards just right so I could have a Jacket of hearts, and a seven through ten of hearts." The girls were a mix of 'nice' and wide eyed, "And you all didn't get found out after that?" Gem demanded.

Enthralled with our tales of post TC and post everyone knowing about transgenics, "Well the guys weren't to crazy that we nailed them for everything." I surmised, remembering how they followed us out. "You mean like tryin' to jack the cash back outside the joint. Original Cindy had to make sure their so called leader didn't touch the ta – ta's." Gem looked at her oddly, "I put the cost in there," she 'aha'ed'.

"Come to think of it I think that night I should have had a clue to you not being on the level with me." OC threw her glance to me, "Takin' on two mean eaters large enough to throw you into a wall a few times over and yet you threw one of THEM into the garbage." OC laughed at how she saw it now, "Not like he didn't deserve it." I laughed, "Besides, you were busy with boss man." I told her.

"Wait so OC took out the boss man and you took out the two cronies?" Cece asked, looking between us, "In my defense the cronies were like former line backers. They had some meat on them, and I'm not talkin' fat deposits." The girls nodded, "Kinda glad I only got the one guy." I heard OC say, we look to her, "I know a few moves but this home girl does what she can to stay out of unnecessary trouble, unlike our Maxie here who is a trouble magnet." OC laughed, "No that's Alec!" I defended.

"True even back at Manticore he ran into some trouble. He wasn't always top dog…so to speak." Cece began, looking to me, "You're not just born to lead you have to earn it. Alec spent, from what I understood the first nine years of his life like the rest of his X5 group, training hard to be better than your group. Lydecker was convinced he was training the best of the best so he spent a lot more time with your group. Did you ever wonder why it seemed he was there often?" She asked me.

"Actually no I didn't. We were too afraid of losing another soldier. By the time we would have seen it Jack, we lost him." I was able now to avoid slipping blankly into a memory, just maintaining being with the girls, "Brother?" Cece asked, "Yeah…" I smiled, "He had a really bad seizure, the guards they just took him away. We weren't even allowed to move let alone try and assist. To afraid of what they'd do to us." Cece and Gem nodded.

"You know I look back and nearly laugh at ourselves for it." all three women looked to me, "Anyone of us could have snapped Lydecker's neck before he knew when hit him, but we were too scared…and he knew it." the girls nodded their heads, "Sounds a bit like my thankfully dead uncle." OC piped up, "Man just couldn't let go of the last war, and he spread his ill gotten feelin's all over." We nodded.

"I remember one time we were out visitin' his farm in the country, right before he sold it. I heard my mama scream and saw a snake. It wasn't like huge or anything, but the thing was snappin' at anything that would move. My uncle yelled at me to take care of it." OC just looked nearly lost in thought. "What happened?" Gem asked, "I wasn't fast enough and it bite me. I cried so hard, but he just looked to me then the bite, after he killed the snake and said 'quit cryin', its just a snake bite.'" I looked to her, seeing the bitterness there.

"I had to go to the hospital for the anti-venom that my uncle insisted was just a hospitals way of tryin' to get more money. My mama snapped on him, put him right in his place. Told him if he had just taken care of the damned thing to begin with her precious daughter wouldn't be in a hospital to begin with. Never mess with a mama, she'll put you in yo' place. Something you'll learn as a mama yo' self Maxie." She looked to me with tenderness in her eyes.

I smiled, "I will eventually. Still getting' the hang of it. Although the thought of the girls driving the boys crazy right now sounds funny." I laughed as the girls joined in. "Let me call Dalton and see how things are goin'." I picked up my phone and dialed while putting it on speaker, "Hey how are the boys doin'?" I asked. "Alec's doin' okay…though he keeps demanding to know what your feedin' the girls, and Daniel…I think he has a bit of a gag reflex when it comes to strong foul odors oh and Mole keeps laughin' at both guys in the corner."

I smiled as did Cece, OC and Gem as they heard everything. "Daniel's got a higher sense of smell than most, so he's probably goin' to have a tough time." She giggled. Alright, keep us posted." I ended the call. "Probably should tell the boys were staying over tonight." I stated thoughtfully, "Don't bother. Them fella's need to learn that you can't live without a good woman." OC ate a few chips in the process, grabbing a popsicle to cool down the heat of the salsa in the process.

"Ain't that right…ohh…" Cece began then ended with her hand to her stomach, "Stupid stomach, not reacting to well to the pizza – OOOUUCCHH!" she screeched. Her vocals making me sympathize with Daniel. "I think…oh God I think I'm having a contraction!" she stated in mild panic, "Relax you just began your either month and judging from the lack of fluid I'd say it's a phantom spasm." She looked onward a bit confused.

"Basically suga' your gonna feel the need to give birth but it ain't time yet." OC explained, "But Max, you never went through them." She near asked me, "Not every women transgenic or otherwise is the same. If they continue on for the next hour then we'll go back to TC and call Dr. Carr along the way, okay?" I reasoned. I didn't want her in a full blown panic. Her baby wasn't due for at least another month.

"Okay…okay…" she started to calm down, "Feel better?" I asked her, "Yeah, much. So what else did the 'OC/Max' duo do before she met little ole' us?" she asked, diverting the subject away from her body having a freak out and thus creating a freak out amongst the girls. "Let's see…" I sat back on the couch, "Remember when we found out Normal's booty call was a 'mista sista'?" I asked OC.

She started to howl, "You mean the man that helped me give birth?" Gem asked, "The one and only." I smiled, "Wow…Normal at one point dated a former dude. What are the odd's." Cece stated in a near trance of awe. "What about when we had to bust out of that asses 'evil lair' to rescue me?" OC used quotations in reference to said dick at the time. "Ah yes, Croal I think his name was." I glanced back in remembrance.

"Lost a good woman that day." OC shifted, remembering the pain of losing her first love, "At least she took the scum bag with her." I smiled, "Yeah…" it seemed the girls we're looking for details. "Croal was developing viruses. Using convicts to perfect them. Diamond, Cindy's ex, broke out thinkin' she was gonna die in just a few months anyways. She didn't know that she had a virus in her that makes any person untreated die within a few weeks of contact. Or something like that."

I had to go back and remember that one, "She went unchecked in our place for two weeks but the virus took a while till she became full blown, once that happened, and Croal took them both back to his 'base' I went in and got Cindy out. It was already to late for Diamond though. But from what I heard, in the panic we created that night no one saw her walk to Croal and plant one on his lips. Only the security cameras did." I smiled as did OC.

"My girl…finally found a man worthy of her kiss." OC laughed. Then Cece and Gem looked to her, "She, like myself was full blown Lesbian and always said 'Diamond has yet to meet a man worthy of her kiss'." the girls nodded. Standing up I rounded out to the group of girls, "Grab a chip ladies, since missy over there has had her alchie intake." Cece pursed her lips in slight frustration but said nothing.

"Our chips salute all that we have gained and lost in our quest to save others and retain the good we have within who we are so we can continue to do better and be better for it." the girls laughed at the stupidity of the toast but chomped down none the less. "A'ight, girls its near 1am now, and OC's getting a tad bit tired." She stretched, "Thank god cause I'm ready to roll onto my side here." Cece muttered, doing just that.

"I'll bunk in my old room." I murmured, "Ah Max…" OC began, I looked up, "What? I have a few more things from the storage in your room. The new storage space wasn't big enough and this out here was all that went with what I have or needed. There's a bunch in there that makes it increasingly difficult to walk through." Enough said. Pretty much don't go in. "Got it." I decidedly bunked next to Gem on OC's bed as OC placed herself on the edge of the bed, her sleeping spot.

Blankets from OC's bed spread out to ensure we were all covered, "Oh we didn't paint each other's fingernails!" OC moaned into her pillow, "No worries, for a transgenic to maintain a manicure is like bringing a mummy back to life…ain't gonna happen." She snorted a laugh, "A'ight. You never know these days, after all they are getting better." The four of us slept soundly throughout the night.

Cece ended up, wanting to be closer to us, so getting up I pulled the couch – thanks to transgenic strength, that and Gem on the other side – soundlessly to the other end of the room where Cece laid back down right next to the bed. The couch cushions acting as a perfect pillow system so she could sleep soundly without her mate next to her. A false sense of body positioning for a pregnant female if you will.

The next morning it was the insistent ringing of my phone that woke me up and made me discover how awkward it is to wake up with two females in the same bed. "Next time we do this, we're bring an extra fold away bed or something." I groaned out. The shrill of my phone woke Cece and Gem before OC as well from their slumber. "Not that I'm complaining but who has their hand between my legs?" OC muttered sleepily.

"Sorry." Gem slipped her hand away, wondering how the three of us managed to get into such a tangle of limbs over night. "Oh if only the boys were here." I laughed out in search of my phone, cause shit was its ringing annoying. "Why?" Cece asked, bleary eyed, "Three girls in a bed, that every mans fantasy, as for you, if Daniel caught this sight, he wouldn't let you back up." I smiled finding the device. "Why not – oh! Yeah, probably not." She figured it out.

"What?" I grunted, having found the elusive device with hardly any battery power, only one bar on display, underneath my leather jacket that I don't remember putting it under. "Where the hell are you?" it was Dalton's voice, "Someone better be sick or dead for you to have the nerve to yell at me Dalton!" I snapped, yeah, I'm not a morning person. Only getting in ritualistic five to six hours and not having any coffee in sight made me cranky. "Sorry Max but when you and the girls didn't come home last night Alec and Daniel got really worried."

Oh boy… "Please tell me they didn't leave, and why didn't they call?" I demanded, finding my footing amongst the sheets, and trying to avoid tearing OC's new curtains down. Only my cat like reflexes were keeping me from falling in this heap. "Yeah their still here, hey here's Alec." I barely got the chance to say anything more when I heard Alec's voice on the phone. "Where are you?" he barked, "Bark again and I'll stay here for another hour just to piss you off." I snapped, "We told you where we'd be what the - " he cut me off.

"Lane and his group have left half their group behind to join with the government's plans." He iterated. "So? That's less for us to deal with." I surmised, "NO not less more. Max they joined the 'Phoenix Unit'." Still not getting it… "Again…so?" I asked walking to the counter, setting myself a seat on it, "Max if they have X5's already with them they can use them to force US to join in." Now he had my attention, "Great. But that's only a few compared to the rest of us and you said he abandon the rest of his men."

"Yeah the ones he considered to weak. Max they train this unit to be the best of the best. Their suppose to be like part Merc, part Navy Seal, part Military, part assassin, all rolled into one package to protect what the government demands they protect. Now please you, Cece and Gem come home." He hung up before I could protest, "Okay, kicking his ass when we get back." I snipped in a clipped tone.

"So soon?" OC asked, "Yeah, some new issue." I remarked getting my things together, "At least its not some save the world mission…is it?" She clarified, "No…not yet. And hopefully not at all, I think we deserve a break." Grabbing my keys I put my boots on really quick as I saw Cece and Gem getting ready. "See you guys there. Oh and Cece…" she looked up to me, "Don't worry about the phantom contraction things. You'll know it when you feel the little tykes ready." I stated leaving out the door.

Half hour later I rolled up through the main entrance of TC. Gem texted 'Cece needed coffee ice cream badly so we'll be a few minutes late'. I smiled remembering the weird cravings, 'ok'. I answered. Walking into TC once I put my bike away I ran straight into Mole, "One of Alec's contacts needs a shipment from this supplier to go missing, in exchange he'll give us passes to outside Washington's borders." This was weird.

"Doesn't he know where legitimate now? We don't do side deals, it could jeopardize everything we've worked towards." I handed him back the manifest of the shipment, not even bothering to look. "He says the shipment was supposed to go to him but the company shipped it to the wrong place and they refused to give it back." Okay now I stopped, "So now were a recovery business?" I asked, taking the shipment cargo manifest back. "He's says it's a onetime deal, he's not doin' business with the company again." He iterated.

"Its Alec's contact why isn't he doin' it?" I asked, looking up to him, "Cause one of his other contacts called up ten minutes before hand. Apparently a 'donation' has fallen into their hands. They have no way to get rid of it without costin' them so Alec's gonna pick it up. Cargo's gonna be a tax write off for them anyways." I huffed, "No trace back to us?" I demanded, walking towards where I'd need to be.

"Nope, not even a scrap of paper. Anything electronic Dix'll wipe away before the sector cops knew what hit them." he grinned around his cigar, "You know it's a bummed out day when you have to hid even a 'donation' from the sector cops." He smirked, "Who cares." Not really asking just stating a fact. Entering HQ I asked, "Where is this cargo I need to pick up?" Dix raced his fingers over the keyboard in a way that fascinated me.

"Over in sector two. Near the border." I groaned, "Great. Alec demands my return with the Phoenix stuff and doesn't bother to stay long enough." I waved it off…at least it avoids a small lecture on the Phoenix bit again. "Send the address to my phone, I'll be there in an hour and a half." Mole looked over his shoulder to me, "Why not take transport?" I looked back, "I'm not leaving transport there just to get the cargo." He arched a brow.

It's like a giant shipping container. Those things are in heavy duty semis." Now it got me to thinking. This is a two man job. "Where's Daniel?" I demanded, "Still in med bay. But his leg has been shot." He questioned, "Doesn't mean he can't drive the vehicle while I load the bitch up." I answered. Shooting down to med bay I see him testing his leg, "How's it feel?" I ask. "Not to bad, still needs another day or two. Why?" he saw the look on my face.

"Wanna take a drive?" I dangled the invite in front of him, "Where?" he asked warily. "In sector two, I need a wheel man so I can load this shipment up. Save me some time just in case. I'll even give you an extra day in med bay just to be safe afterwards." I convince. He sighs, "I would like to get out of here." He agrees and we leave, the doc on duty waving him off seeing that the wound hadn't been serious to begin with. Only a flesh wound and no arteries. Leaving off he went to change into different clothes at his place while I did the same.

Meeting up ten minutes later, dark jeans, boots, black shirt and my leather jacket on and in place I slipped into the passenger side door. "Let's role." He drove us roughly for an hour, his leg not giving him much issues there. "Here's the address. Places looks nearly abandon." I scan, not seeing any activity. "This the right place?" he asked, looking himself in slight disbelief at the area, "According to Dix it is. Try and circle the place, see if we're not missing something." Around the next corner we spotted the semi.

"Did Dix happen to mention what this place does?" Daniel questioned sounding as frustrated as I was becoming. "No, but I doubted the records would have been right. After all who puts the words of 'illegal chop shop' on the manifest." I asked sarcastically, "It also means the risk here just went up." Daniel noted, "Yeah but not impossible. We've made more difficult things happen." I looked back to him, "With your partner on a bullet ridden leg?" I smacked his arm, "I know you're not badly wounded."

He grimaced at me, "NO I'm not but I'm also tryin' for the low profile here. If you get caught…" I looked back to him, "If I get caught what? They'll call the sector cops on me?" I snipped out, "They might if the sector cops in this area on the payroll." That would be true if this were any other chop shop. "No worries, I'll just go in a talk to the men." I state getting ready to get out of the vehicle.

"Whoa what? You're obviously spending to much time with Alec. Your getting as cocky and daring as he is." Daniel complained. I smiled, "Not really, I just know this place. Dropped a couple of vehicles here back in the day myself. No worries." I left the vehicle only to hear, "What makes you think he's still there?" I smiled pretending I didn't hear him. Walking inside not much had changed.

There was still a 67 Malibu on the left portion of the garage. The big bosses treasured ride. "At least there'll be some familiar faces." I muttered. Walking within the garage I could hear the sounds of drills and jacks for the cars being wheeled around and jacked up. "Rick!" I called out, hoping the Rick I knew was still here. If the lead boss was there was a good chance he was to, "Who are you?" a man came out. Looking to be in mechanics clothes he didn't looked to thrilled to see me.

"It's been a stretch of time since I've been here but I'm lookin' for a Rick Anderson. Works on the cars here, manages the places where the parts go. I used to drop cars off to him myself back in the day, is he still here?" I asked, making sure he knew that I wasn't going to bust him, just was looking for the right man. "Oh that Rick. He's gone." Gone? "Moved away gone or dead gone?" I clarified. "Moved away gone. That guy almost got caught by the sector police a year ago, finally decided to quit and move out of the city."

My guess was it left this guy in charge, "Who are you again?" he asked, cleaning a wrench in his hands, though I knew it was a front. The damned thing was clean in his hands, "Didn't say." I stated, not wanting to give who I was away. Things had changed, now I was wondering if there were sector cops in their pockets. "I used to bring a couple of cars in here and today I was sent to retrieve something." His eyes narrowed.

"Relax its not a car, not a vehicle at all. Just contents." I tried. Feeling the hairs on the back of my neck stand up I felt the others in the garage gathering around me. This was escalating. Granted I could take them all on but I had no idea what weapons they had or what they were hiding behind. Taking my eyes briefly from this 'Rick's' I was presuming his name was Rick as well, to scan my surroundings.

Ten guys. Each with either a wrench, large fists or another tool of some kind. "I think you should leave miss…?" he was fishing for a name…again. "Kiss my ass. And I'm not leaving without my cargo." I made sure to look around, tying to figure which would be the better place to end this fight. No weapons on myself but the weapon I was. The 'Rick' in front of me moved forward, "That cargo is stayin' here. Finders keepers baby." I blanched my narrowed eyes at him, "What are you twelve?" he sneered.

"I know you from somewhere, I just can't remember." He remarked, "Maybe I can jog it for you." I spun around to quickly for him to catch, though without my transgenic speed and kicked him solidly in the gut, making him crash into the tool chest five feet behind him. He groaned in agony, "Get the bitch!" he cried, his hand clutching his back in pain. "Anyone else wanna a piece?" I asked.

They started to come at me. The first guy I meet I gave three swift kicks to the chest, first my right foot, swung around left foot, the right again, before getting close enough to upper cut him in the chin. It knocked him down and out. "Gotta say I kind of like the smell of that fear…" not that they could hear me…the next guy after I elbowed one guy to get to him, I threw two punches to his face, first a left then a right before slamming my knee into his balls.

The grunt he emanated made me smirk, "Guess you're not getting laid for a while." I smiled. Then as I faked an elbow to which he went to block I grabbed his head instead and threw him bodily over my shoulder. His back collided with a car on a jack effectively knocking it off and slamming with a deafening crunch. The move also trapped another guy's foot underneath said vehicle. Apparently the car was without wheels. I laughed as all the weapons the guys had seemed to get knocked out quite easily.

I felt a weapon being thrown at me. Barely dodging the flying wrench I looked for the source. I noted the frail young guy before running for him. He threw another wrench at me, bending back I gave the Matrix people a run for their money by bending back, letting the tips of my boots take me forward with a skid as I slid back up and elbowed the kid in the jaw sending him bodily back into the five drawer tool chest he had been grabbing the throwing projectiles from. Falling down I slammed my booted foot on his back to keep him down.

Another man came up behind me. Tossing his own tool back and forth in his hands he ran to hit me with it. Jumping up with only two feet of projecting space I nailed him under his chin sending him back into the man with his foot still trapped, blood starting to seep from the trapped extremity. Knowing he might lose the thing but also knowing that there were more guys trying to kick my ass I threw one of his friends a nearby jack, "I think you might wanna help him." he was caught between beating on me or helping his friend.

The friend came first. Another came out behind the car trying got hit me with a socket wrench only to be greeted with two fists in his face between my hands gripped his mechanics overalls and slamming my knee into his groin to, before one last kick in his face sent him hitting the garage door. I was nearly nailed in the back of the head when another kicked me in the gut, causing me to bend over enough to avoid the flying tool.

Kicking forward with even more transgenic strength than before, I hit my kicker twice before getting hit with a screw driver, nailing me in the back. The second hit had me turning around getting pissed that these guys couldn't seem to figure out that I could easily kill them if I really wanted to, which I didn't. Grabbing the flying arm I slammed my palm into his nose breaking the bone there on impact. It had him grabbing the bloody mess and backing away. The other guy slammed me into him with the all the bodily force that he had.

Grabbing him over my shoulders I used my strength and momentum to pull him over and throw him the rest of the way into his friend. Seeing another coming out of the prone bodies on the floor I remarked in a bored tone, "Where are these guys coming from?" before I used my speed to making my slid on the ground faster as I slid to my left side and angled my foot up to catch the guy in the gut. It sent him into the car again.

I heard a grunt of fear as the car shifted again. Looking back I saw the guys foot bloodied but not completely crushed. Benefits of having a few inches of a jack jammed underneath. "Might wanna get him to a hospital. Just tell them a jack broke and questioning will end." The friend ignored me but took my words in as he helped his friend outside. Feeling someone behind me I swung my arm back catching the man in the head before swinging my leg back and nailing him in the side.

I went to hit him again when he held his hands up in surrender, "Please!" he begged. Shoving him away I looked around for more people to come out. "Don't forget about me." I heard a voice in the near distance say. I looked around and found a behemoth of a man in overalls grinding his fists together, "Let me guess, you're with them?" I gestured to the men on the ground. "I wonder how good you are with me?" he questioned himself.

I only smiled, "Finally a real challenge" he quirked a brow up. The convenience of being trained to take out a 250 pound line backer with a thumb and index finger. Running up I put my transgenic speed and strength into this challenge, knowing he was a big guy to take down. Two speedy punches to the face had him caught off guard as I slammed with my strength up into his gut with my knee, before taking a small step back and using his face to flip myself. Once I hit the group I saw him shaking his head.

Slamming him with two roundhouse kicks to fast for the human eye to catch, before I jumped up with my feline genes and uppercut him with my elbow in the chin. His head was starting to spin now. Final moves now. Grabbing his right shoulder I slammed my palm into his chest, followed by a kick to the left side to which I double kicked in the stomach with the same foot before performing a near 180 degree spin in the air, on my side to slam my booted foot into his big head.

He looked extremely dizzy and ready to fall but his thick head was refusing to let his body go down. Huffing I jumped up just a few feet in the air and spun a kick at his head. It effectively knocked him down face first to the ground. Seeing all the bruised and beaten bodies lying down and groaning in pain I made sure there was no one about to follow me or about to come out of another hiding spot.

I stated while leaving, "Don't take it to personally boys…I kick ass." Leaving out I located the vehicle the cargo was in. "Daniel, found it." I called on my cell, "What the hell took you so long? I was starting to get worried." He actually sounded worried. "Relax, I just had to have it out with a few asses, which reminds me you can come help me load up. No one to worry about." I clicked the phone shut.

Finding the vehicle was easy, just as long as you beat up the eight or so guys first, and having done that, I opened the back of the door but not without having broken the handle off it first. I heard the truck we drove in drive over before Daniel came out and hobbled over, "This it?" he asked, "I guess. It's the only one with cargo in it, or the only one that can carry the cargo big enough that's here." I surmised.

The packages were heavy, even for us. "What the hell is in here?" Daniel grumbled, struggling with his due to his leg, "I don't know, here let me get that." I pulled it from him before he could drop it. "Son of a…open that up, I need to see what this is." he cursed as he rubbed his hurt leg, "Can't. Its sealed and not ours to begin with." I replied, stacking more into the truck. Daniel scoffed, "When has that ever stopped us?" I went to slam him with a reply but he cut me off before I could.

"Besides, I'd like to know what were riskin' our…" I shot him a look, knowing full well that I had been the one to go in and kick some ass, "What?" he asked me, "DID you NOT notice the string of defeated moans coming from the garage?" I asked in a near demand. He hobbled over then saw the inside of the garage. Coming back he looked on as if in admiration, "Not bad. Got a thing for beatin' on guys don't cha?" he asked. Smiling evilly to him I asked, "Wanna find out." It was as if he realized he was biting off more than he could chew.

"I'm good." he muttered before getting into one of the boxes, "Hey! Really? Here?!" I tried in reasoning, "All eight or more of those guys just risked their asses to, to defend this shipment." I tried to avoid it but it seemed he already had the container opened, "So let's just open it on these guys' turf with our backs turned." I stated sarcastically. "You seemed to have beat them all up so why worry?" he asked.

I looked around, hoping no one came out. "This is so on you if the contact starts to yell." I snipped before looking inside. "Canned foods?" Daniel nearly asked in dismay, "Whatever gets them through the night, let's get the rest of this on board then leave. I'd like to relief Dalton of his temporary babysitting duties." I said before loading the last of the boxes and ensuring the hitch the back of the truck was secured while Daniel got the truck started again.

"Off to Oz we go." He stated near happy and sarcastically, "Oz?" I questioned. His reference didn't make any sense for the trip we were taking, "It was the only reference I had for the drive." He stated lamely. I rolled my eyes. Driving back we rolled through the checkpoints only to get called by Alec right before we reached Oak Street, "Yeah?" I answered, "Just got done talking to my contact that sent you out on the delivery, if you drive to Division and 5th we'll both be there waiting for you."

What luck… "We're five minutes away." I replied, "Careful driving by Oak street, form what I hear Lane's only group that he left have been scattering around trying one up another. It's a bit chaotic over there. Word has it that if an alpha comes into the area it could either spark new alliances or someone could try and usurp said person from position of power." He remarked, "Got it. We're there now and I don't see anything. I'll let you know if anything happens." Before he could say okay Daniel spoke up.

"Like the eight or so guys you just beat up?" I shut my eyes as Alec went silent for a second, "Did he just say…" I waved it off even though he couldn't see me, "Yeah but its fine, I'm fine. Just a couple of dicks tryin' to protect cargo that they don't even own." I heard a minor sigh, "As long as your okay no big. See you in a few. Love you." He said the last part only low enough for me to hear.

I smiled, "Love you too…maybe tonight we could leave the girls with Mole and Joshua and have an evening to ourselves." I slipped in, not hearing anything and knowing I definitely wasn't on speaker I tried again, "Put on some soft soul music, slip into that ultra thin white cami that just touches my ass, with only my white tiny panties underneath. How does that sound?" I asked, I briefly heard a small groan.

"You are not making holding down arousal easy Maxie. I'll make you pay for that when we get back." he growled before shutting the phone off, I couldn't help but laugh as I shut my own phone off. "Go to Division - " he looked to me in a 'duh?' sense. Right transgenic hearing. It was three minutes later when we arrived at the meeting sight. Getting out I saw Alec having managed to keep his lust for me at bay and the contact next to him.

"I thank you so much. There wasn't any trouble was there?" he asked seeing Daniel's leg issue coming out of the vehicle. "Nope that was a previous thing. This was fine, nothing we – I couldn't handle." I unhooked the backdrop of the truck as his men came and took the cargo out of it. "Those rations were meant to go to children's benefits overseas." The contact states, "At least it's for a good cause." I agree.

"Glad we could count on Alec's woman to help out." I grit my teeth at the statement. While yes were together but 'Alec's woman…? I have a name. "It's Max." I clarify. He waves it off, "We need to get going the Barger this is going on leave Elliot Bay in an hour. If its not there I've got a few South Koreans breathing down my neck." I saw the look in his eyes, "We maybe third world now but we weren't the first ones." I nodded my head.

Watching Alec's contact leave with the cargo said to him, "So I'm thinking when we get back, a nice bubble bath." He has a leer to his face that makes me want to jump him now, "Can't wait, let's see who gets back first." We hope into each vehicle then drive back to TC. Thanks to his faster vehicle Alec gets there first. Cece greets Daniel, ensuring that nothing happened to him while Alec and I walk off to our apartment together.

Getting inside I say, "I'll get the water ready. Can you set the music? We can leave the door open to listen to it. Oh and for modesty's sake, lock the door. It should be enough of an indicator to leave us alone tonight." His response was to smirk, "I like the sound of that, oh as I came in Dalton said if we wanted Gem wouldn't mind keeping the girls overnight. She took over babysitting duty when she got back." I nodded, knowing our kids were in safe hands.

Walking into the bathroom I poured the water in. Slipping into nothing but a towel I threw a simple band in my hair as I put some vanilla and sandal wood extract into the water. The smells that came from it had me moaning in bliss right before I tested the water, "Alec…" I sing songed, waiting for him to join me. As the bathroom door open he peaked in, "Music is taking a bit too…" his words got lost on seeing me in nothing but a towel.

"Warm up…it'll be on in a few seconds." He drawled out, as he himself was drawn in towards me. Turning around I dropped the towel, "Care to join me?" I asked, knowing that his eyes were raking over every inch of flesh I had on display as I walked forward two feet and stepped into the bath. Soaking I moaned in delight, "The warmth feels SO gooooddd…." I iterate, while hearing Alec shed his own clothes.

I opened my eyes to find him hovering above me, as he motioned for me to lean forward enough to slip in back behind me. With his legs on either side of my legs and his arms wrapped about me, I felt completely content. Enjoying the peace I failed to see Alec's roaming hands till he decided to knead some kinks out of my back. Minor flares of pain hit me from when the wrenches had slammed into my back.

My groan was of mingled pain and pleasure. He stopped, "You okay?" he asked, concern laced his voice. "Yeah…just a minor hit was all." I tried to brush it off, "How minor?" he started to demand softly. I didn't see the look of anger start to appear on his face, "Don't worry I handed everyone their asses, even the ones that threw wrenches at me. Not that they hit me." I muttered under my breath towards the end.

His grip became a little painful on my bruised flesh, "Alec…I know you're feeling that over protectiveness but relax, they all paid for it. I promise you that." he sighed, "I don't like the idea of many grown men jumping a woman, it's just to cowardly." He was right, "Well considering how I kept handing everyone their asses, they were really defending the others who were taken down before them." I understood it to a certain point, men defending their turf.

"Now quit talking about me getting hit and get back to the massage." I tapped his hands for him to get the hint to keep going. He went and for the next half hour knocked out a few more kinks before massage the slightly bruised muscle better again. All the while I had been slowly rubbing his legs, letting my hands get higher and higher, "You better be ready to pay up for getting' me charged up." He remarked. I had a devilish smile on my face as I sat up and turned around.

Once straddled I tenderly leaned down and cupped his face as he cupped mine, "I love you Maxie…" he breathed against my lips. His hands slipping into my hair as I slowly slid my left hand down and begin stroking him. He groaned in my mouth, "God Maxie…I want you all the time…so badly!" he growled, "Then take me…" I purred. His hands abandoning my hair, though catching slightly on them he reached down, gripped my hips before lifting me enough to center over his awaiting member.

It was the slam of him deep inside of me that drove the breath from my lungs and had my heart beat starting to race. "Take you huh…like this?" he asked, needing to know that the pleasure he was giving me was as good for me as it was for him, "Yes!" I moaned in delight, trying to bounce up and down on him, but his hands were still gripped to my hips preventing a full speed rhythm. It drove me nuts. "Alec please…" I tried to avoid begging, while also trying to shift out of his grip to gain a faster rhythm.

"Please what Maxie…tell me." he demanded, his hands controlling everything, preventing me from going at a faster speed, "Damn it Alec!" I growled in frustration. With enough jerky movements I was able to shift out of his grip only to have him reverse our positions, with my body now partially submerged under the water. I gasped as his one hand trapped both of mine and pinned them over my head while his body kept mine from slipping to far under.

I tried to get him to release but he wouldn't budge. I knew this dominating thing was turning him on as it was with me, but I was seriously in need of feeling my man, "Please I wanna feel you inside of me." I whisper, attempting to gain more control by acting submissive. He took it and before I could act slammed himself into me. One powerful stroke after another as he repeatedly took me and made me his.

No thoughts of the water spilling over the edge, no thoughts of needing to clean up afterwards, just the erotic sensations of his throbbing organ pulsing within me as he hurtled us both towards the ultimate bliss. Feeling the edges of it come I felt Alec stop suddenly. It took a moment for my brain to realize he stopped before he leaned forward and grabbed me up, "Hold on." He ordered and for once I didn't care, just as long as he didn't stop thrusting.

Stepping out of the tub he slammed us into the door, and with the rug extending under his feet he powered his wet thrusts into me. I screamed loudly. Unable to contain it at all, and quite frankly glad that the girls weren't here because that's NOT a sound for them to EVER hear. He repeated himself deep within as I felt his shaft growing larger, signaling his release. Sinking my teeth once more into his shoulder I felt him do the same.

It was in his few moments of release that I thought I heard something from him. "What?" I asked, truly not having heard it, "I can smell your heat coming up again." Then his words were right next to my ears, "I can't wait to fill you up all over again." My eyes shot open with mild shock…more kids? Now? Shouldn't we get used to the ones we have before having more? I had so many questions going on but my biggest one was…how am I going to explain to Alec that we shouldn't have sex during this heat?