Breaking Dawn


Truth with numbers

"You know I find it interesting that you asked for help 494 most wouldn't in fact that was only a 2 chance that the help of the statistics team would be asked for."

"Here that Maxie I'm in that 2"

Alec said with a shit eating grin.

"It doesn't mean anything Alec it just meant you got lucky"

"Whatever makes you feel better about yourself sweet thing. Come on Statis why don't we all go to HQ, and Dix can run the bar codes of everyone in TC and you my dear would have to work out who would be the best to lead us to certain doom."

Max couldn't stop her hand if she wanted to, she hit Alec on the side of his head. Alec just scowled at her and started walking out of the infirmary.

Turning to look at his friends. "Are you guys coming?"

"Right behind you man." Sketchy said.

Alec was now sandwiched between both Sketchy and Statis.

"So Statis what is it exactly that you do?"

Sketchy asked the none descript transgenic female.

"I run statistics of whatever is needed."

"That's cool."

Soon a conversation was going on between the two, Alec was feeling like that he was in the middle of what was turning into a private conversation falling back he stated walking with O.C. and Max.

"I think our Sketchy has a little crush on Statis."

"You think?"

O.C. stopped with a small tilt of her head she took a closer look at her long term co-worker and friend and had to say that she was stunned, she had never seen Sketchy so interested in a woman who wasn't some blond bimbo with fake boobs, not that she had anything against fake boobs.

Alec turned to Max expecting her to give her opinion on the conversation that was being had about Sketchy and his little crush on the plain looking transgenic.

"So what do you think Maxie?"

"I think you will turn TC into a smaller version Manticore that's what I think!"

"What the hell is that supposed mean?"

Alec and Max had stopped walking they were face to face, barely inches apart, both invading each others personal space.

"It means you've turned this place into Manticore with the yes sir, the rations, the units and the rest of that shit."

"Guess what Maxie we are solider like it or not. It's what we know it's what we were and it's what we'll always be no matter how much time passes that is what we will always be. Get that through your head."

Alec said through gritted teeth.

"That comes from the man who can't follow the rules for anything."

Max sneered back.

"Well I would have thought you of all people would be glad I can't follow orders or did you forget how we meet Max?"

Max looked down at that she had never thought about how they had meet or the fact that Alec hadn't down anything except talk and annoy her she had learnt from a lot of the other female transgencis in TC that their partner hadn't been so accommodating.

Alec turned away from Max and stormed in the direction of HQ with out sparing a glance to see if the others were following his, he didn't care.

Alec's POV:

What a bitch just once can't she say I'm doing something right? What did she think was going to happen we were going to start a war and ignore everything we know and say sure go ahead kill us? Why do I even care what she thinks it's not like she cares about me, or what I think why is it that I care? God knows it isn't because she's nice to me she can't even be
civil!

Alec decided that the best course of action would be to put all thoughts of Max and her behavior on the back burner and perfect his I'm always alright disposition.

When he got to HQ instead of seeing the disarray that had been the heart of TC he saw that there was organized chaos, he could see the early formation of groups and units, he released a breathe that he had always held when ever he was in HQ, for as care-free and happy go lucky as he seemed he had always hated chaos and disorder.

"Well if it isn't X5-494...of all the gin joints in all the world."

Alec couldn't help the grin that grew across his face he turned around and saw,

"Golly it's X5-499 it's been along time since I've seen you."

"Yeah a jungle war and three joint missions later plus a few years in between, so what's the name?"

"Alec...you?"

"I didn't have a name then someone called me Chad Michael it seems I look like some teen heart throb pre-plus so I go by C.M."

"Makes as much sense as my name does."

"Wait don't tell me you're Alec as in smart Alec?"

"That's be me."

"The 09'er give you that name."

"You guessed it."

"Well she seemed pretty shocked when I told her that you were the best at Manticore."

"That's Maxie for you."

Alec noticed that his friend began to shake, he was at first worried that he was going through a seizure.

"Man are you okay?"

"Did you get screwed with your breeding partner or what?"

It was then that Alec saw that his friend wasn't unwell but was rather laughing.

Alec did not see the humor in the situation as far as he was concurred it was no laughing matter he was the best solider at Manticore and instead of getting a partner who appreciated that fact, he had gotten one who was always ridding him and not in the good way.

"Man its priceless the Manticore poster child and they hand you over to their problem child, just perfect."

Alec rolled his eyes,

"So where is your partner?"

"Damned if I know? All I remember was she was a cute little brunet with short hair and called me God."

"Who called you God?"

Max came up she had seen Alec talking to the transgenic that had told her that Alec wasn't the screw up she thought he was and she saw the smiles and the laughing she had to check in out to make sure Alec wasn't saying stuff about her that could undermine her position as one of the leaders of TC.

C.M. just ignored her and turned his attention to Alec when he saw the Alec was shaking, as did Max.

"Alec are you okay?"

Max asked Alec she knew she could be nicer to him, and that a lot of her anger was undeserved, she hated that she sounded worried more worried then a friend, more like a girlfriend worried.

It was when she heard his deep laughter did she release the breathe she had been holding.

"Dude I know there is something in the air but what's with the laughing?"

"Nothing...nothing...just I hope you know how to say who's your daddy with out sounding like a perv?"

"Huh?"

Both Max and C.M. said together.

"Maxie that beautiful baby girl Normal just delivered now has a daddy."

"Oh...he's..."

"Yep."

Alec said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets and rolled on the heals of his feet eagerly awaiting his friends reaction when he connected all the dots.

"I'm...I'm...a dad?"

"Congrats man copulation was successful. Well I've got to go."

With a manly hug to his friend Alec went off to see Dix. With Max hot on his heals.

"Why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Tell him he's a dad what if Gem doesn't want him in her life or her daughters' life? Did you even think of that what if had raped her and she doesn't want anything to with him. A lot of those guys raped their partners."

"First off Max I know the guy he wouldn't rape anyone no matter what...secondly he has a right to know she's his daughter as well."

The people around Alec and Max just shook their heads it was common place to see them argue and take opposite opinions just to spite the other or more like it was common that Max took an opposite open because she believed that Alec was never right.

"I'm guessing they have a purely sexual relationship."

Logan said to Dix.

"Don't look at me I wouldn't know...but if you ask me Alec is the one getting screwed in their relationship."

"And it's a 100 probability it's not the way he would like. I'm Statis and I'm meant to look at the numbers of the bar codes of the transgenic in TC to figure who would have the highest success rate as leader."

"Wouldn't that be Max? I mean she does have the experience dealing with the outside world."

Logan said confused that there would even bee a discussion on who they would choose to lead them.

"As far as dealing with the outside world any C.O. could be qualified the success rate would be the same 45 but we have to factor in the other 55 which has to deal with personality, likeability and loyalty. Who would the transgencis follow blindly into battle? Who could keep their moral up and
frankly make the tough choice of leaving someone behind? After you do all that then you get the best leader for TC, and afraid were Max has a lot of potential she doesn't have all the necessary characteristics to make the best leader."

Statis said with practiced ease.

"Wow...that just wow."

Sketchy said as the transgenic finished talking he didn't notice the knowing smiles on both Alec's and OC.

"Hey Dix my boy how goes it?"

"Good Alec not great but good, we have close to three hundred transgenics here not counting the anomalies."

"Thanks man...is the security system up?"

"Not quite...but I'll get to it."

"When was the last time you slept Dix."

"It's okay Alec I can do it."

His argument would have been more successful if he hadn't yawned at the end.

Alec raised an eye-brow.

"Go get some sleep I'll see what I can do with this...I mean I was taught how to get into any system I'm sure I could get one up, then you could fine tune what I did."

"No...no I can do it."

"Get some sleep solider and that's an order tomorrow we'll start training and you will be there."

As Dix got up and Alec sat down in his place all that could be heard was the buzzing of on going conversations and odd jobs here and there, all action stopped with the outburst from Statis.

"I got it. I leader that would have the highest successes rate is X5-494."

It was with that, that all eyes were turned to Alec who looked like he was going to hurl at any moment.

To be continued...

A/N I'd like to thank everyone for their reviews I'm sorry it's been a while
the next installment will also take some time I'm using a communal computer
which affectively cuts off the amount of screen time I have so please be
patient and review.