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A reminder that this story is set during season 5 of Supernatural and season 2 of Dark Angel.
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Chapter 2.
Utah, Layton.
Some crappy motel room.
Black dots swarm both brother's vision, till total darkness took over.
The next thing either of them remember, is waking up on the floor, with stiff necks and empty wallets.
...
(Sam and Dean/3rd person).
"Looks like we've only been out for an hour or two" Sam says sitting up.
"That son of a bitch" Dean growled as he got up of the floor.
"Guess he wasn't lying when he said he could take us" Sam groaned, rubbing his neck.
"You said he was normal...He just took us both down before either of us could blink. That's not normal".
"He passed the tests Dean" Sam sighed, "maybe he's just better then us. Plus he took us a little off guard, we underestimated him".
"Better then us? What was he raised in a military school or something... Maybe he's MI6, you know, James Bond" Dean smirks.
Sam just gives him a bitch face before standing up himself, "Who you calling?"
"Cas. I'm going to get him to track this kid down. Lets see him beat up an angel" Dean says as he puts his phone to his ear.
... ... ...
Utah, Ogden.
A random petrol station with a payphone.
(Alec/3rd person).
"I'm telling you Max, it was my DNA. I'm positive" Alec sigh for the third time.
He need to hurry up this conversation. He knew that the men, Sam and Dean, wouldn't be out for too long. Just long enough for him to gt out of Layton.
He was able to carefully nab a car and got a good hour away and was now in a different town. However, Alec need he would need to get much further, but he just needed...wanted to fill Max in.
"Only you could do this Alec" he could practically see her shake her head and roll her eyes at him.
"I know".
"Seriously thought Alec...With White trying to kill us at every turn, its crappy timing meeting your DNA donor".
"No kidding. Plus him and his brother seem like crack-pot loonys. They kept talking about demons and time travel. I'm having a very bad feeling that, maybe Ben went crazy because it was in his genetics, meaning I'm going to go crazy".
"Well, you're makin me go crazy" Max jabbed.
"Haha" Alec says dryly, "I'm serious though. My donor really seems like a mental case, with his demon talk and stuff. You said Ben went to loo-loo land. Maybe it wasn't his fault...Maybe it was always going to happen because our donor was crazy".
"Alec... Your not like Ben. Your not going to go crazy" Max says in a quiet voice, "Look Alec...Maybe it's best if you come back here. It's been a couple of weeks and you could find somewhere to lay low here. Joshua wouldn't mind company".
"Why Maxie" Alec smirks, "are you trying to say you missed me?"
"No you idiot. Trust me i've enjoyed the peace" after a pause Max adds, "i'm just saying, that maybe it would be best if you were here...we can stick together and hopefully keep you out of trouble".
"I can look out for myself Max, but thanks for the offer" Alec says, "I think i'll keep moving for now... Unless there's any trouble back there. Then i'll be back as fast as I can".
"Okay, just be careful. We don't need to lose anymore transgeneics" Max sighs.
"Careful's my middle name" Alec smirks before hanging up.
As Alec turns around he jumps back slightly at the sight of a dark haired man in a trench coat standing right behind him, which made him feel a bit anxious has he should have heard this man walk up to him, but he didn't.
The only thing he had heard were some birds flapping around and cars driving past.
"Ever heard of personal space dude?" Alec said taking a step back from the weird guy, who quite frankly...looked like he was constipated.
The man reach out his hand towards Alec's head.
Batting away the mans hand, "Dude. Don't make he have to kick your ass".
"You need to come with me Alec" he reaches out his hand again.
Before Alec can push his arm away again, the mans fingers landed on his forehead and he sees black, for the second time in less then 24 hours.
... ... ...
Utah, Layton.
Some crappy motel room.
(Sam and Dean/3rd person).
Sam is at the motel table trying to find out anything about Alec, but keeps coming up short as the few Alec McDowell's there are in the country, don't match their Alec. Which only makes Sam lean more towards him being from the future.
Dean on the other hand is sat on one of the beds flipping through John's journal, looking for any missing pages or anything that leads to Alec.
Both brothers are slightly startled when they hear something drop onto the other bed.
Looking up they see Castiel standing next to the other bed, with Alec unconscious on the bed.
"I found him" Cas stated.
"Yeah, Cas. We can see that" Dean says getting up.
"Where was he?" Sam asks.
"24 miles away, in Ogden" Cas pauses and looks at Alec a slightly confused face.
"So Cas, incase you hadn't noticed he kinda looks like me" Dean says, "You have any idea about that?"
"Yes, I read his mind. Sometimes in a world full of supernatural monsters, we forget that normal humans can be just as monsterous" Castiel says.
After pause Dean says, "You want explain what your talking about buddy?"
"Is he our brother or Dean's kid from the future?" Sam interrupts.
"He is neither".
"I knew it! He's supernatural" Dean grins, "What is he and how do we kill him".
"No Dean. He isn't supernatural, he's human...mostly".
"What?".
"What do you me 'mostly'" Sam says.
"He's human, but he has some other type of DNA in his DNA".
"Supernatural DNA?" Dean asks.
"No, animal. Cat DNA stands out the most".
"What!" Dean says.
"If he's human, then how...how..." Sam stumbled with his words, "How does he have...get other DNA".
"Where he was created and born. From what I could tell from his memories, this place...these people wanted to make super soldiers".
"Soldiers? As in more then one?"
"There are more...thin-people out there with cat DNA?" Dean asks.
"Not just cat DNA, but yes. There are people like him. Their embryos were injected regularly with DNA, such as cat, to make them better then regular soldiers".
"Embryos? They were creating super soldiers out of babies?"
"Yes. From what Alec's memory shows, these children's lives were not good. They were treated as soldiers from the day they were born".
"Son of a bitch" Dean says.
"They didn't have names either. Just numbers. X5-494 is Alec's number. All the children had un-removable bar-codes of their numbers tattooed onto their necks".
"These seem like great stand up guys" Dean says sarcastically, "Screwing up kids DNA, forcing them to become soldiers".
"They never received medical treatment either. They said it was because if the solider were to die while training, then it was better there then in the field, where they could drag the others down with them".
Dean's expression turned cold, "They let children die during training!?"
"Yes, from Alec's memory, it appears a couple of the children died during training. One drowned when they were training the children to hold their breathe for 4 minutes. The other was shot during the training for dodging bullets and other weapons".
"Is this place still running?" Sam asks.
"No. The facility, known as Manticore, was blown up a few months ago. All the transgeneics, as they call themselves, escaped during it. That's why Alec is here now. If the facility hadn't have blown up, him and almost all other transgeneics would still be there".
"Good. I hope all the people who created that place were inside when it went up" Dean said, "before you say anything Sam, dad may have treating us like soldiers, but he never took it that far. He still care about us".
"I know Dean. I wasn't going to say anything".
The room falls silent for a few moments, while Sam and Dean try to process everything.
"Where'd he get his name from?" Sam breaks the silence, "You said they had numbers not names, so how'd he get his name?"
"Another transgeneic gave him his name. Only a few months ago actually."
"They don't all look like me, do they?" Dean decides to asks.
"I don't know for sure, but from Alec's memory it does appear that apart from one other, who is dead, that he is the only one who looks like you".
"You said they had animal DNA injected into them so that they could become super soldiers. So does that mean that they can do certain things that only animals can do? Like...Jump higher with the cat DNA?" Sam says.
"Yes. From what I can tell from Alec's memories, transgeneics have enhanced senses, are faster, smarter, stronger, more agile then normal humans".
"Explains why he had us on our asses before we even blinked".
"While this information about Alec and these transgeneics is useful, it still doesn't explain why he looks like me".
"He is you" Castiel says.
"Yeah, I know he looks like me, I want to know why".
"No Dean. He's you. He looks like you, because he is you. The human DNA he has is yours exactly".
Dean stares at Castiel in confusion "...What?"
"Yo- You mean like... a clone? He's a clone, Dean's clone?" Sam asks.
"Yes, I believe that's the term to what I said" Castiel says.
"Wait... Your saying someone cloned me? Like the x-men? You know, Wolverine and X-23." Dean questions.
"I don't understand that reference" Castiel says.
"Basically these people form Manticore got a hold of my DNA and made another me?".
"Who'd wanna do that? I mean once they met you, why in hell would they want to make another" Sam says in a light tone.
"Haha" Dean glared.
"But seriously though. Cloning? Why?".
"To create the perfect soldiers. Manticore chose people who they thought showed the characteristics of good soldiers and used their DNA to create the base of their soldiers".
"How'd they get a hold of my DNA? I would have been what? 10? 11?" Dean asks.
"That I am not sure of. That isn't in any of Alec's memories. The transgeneics were never told anything about there DNA donors."
"So this is great. We have two Deans" Sam sighs.
"Technically yes, but also no" Castiel says.
"What do you mean?" asks Sam.
"Alec identically shares Deans DNA make-up, which genetically makes him Dean. As well as his physical appearance" Castiel explains, "However, Alec is still his own person. He has his own mind, thoughts and soul, although..." Castiel pauses.
"Although what?" Dean presses.
"Although it seems like his soul is nearly as damaged as yours Dean".
"He said he was 19. What...who...how has he become as damaged as me? I've been to hell, how can he as damaged like me. His practically a kid!" " Dean says, with anger rising within him.
"I guess, being raised in a place like Manticore must be similar to hell" Sam says dryly.
Castiel nods slightly before looking back down at the sleeping Alec with a constipated thinking face.
"What is it?" Dean asks.
"Before I read his mind, I thought that maybe somehow the angels had created him so that they could have their vessel".
"...But they didn't. Whats the problem?"
"If they were to find out about Alec, they could use him as Micheal's vessel instead of you".
"I thought I had to be Micheal's vessel. No one else would work."
"Alec is you Dean. Maybe not in mind and soul, but in the ways that the angels need for vessels. Blood and genetics."
"Great!" Dean bites.
"Can you hide him, like you hid us. With the symbols in our ribs?" Sam asks.
"Yes. That would be for the best. Aside from transgeneics, he has no knowledge of the supernatural. The angels could easily sway him".
"You said earlier that there had been another clone of me. But he was dead" Dean says.
"Yes, Ben I believe his name was. He was killed".
"During training? As a child?"
"No, From what I can understand of Alec's memories, Ben and some other were able to escape about 10 years ago. The people from Manticore hunted them down, but had trained them too well. Ben was killed about a year ago I think. Alec and the other twin transgeneics received a lot of punishment for their twins escape, to prevent them even thinking about escaping also".
"Before I hoped they were dead, but now, I want them to be alive so I can kill them. Who does this to children?!"
"You said twins?" Sam says to try and change the subject.
"Yes. There were many series's of transgeneics. Series X-1 though to X-7's. It wasn't until Manticore created the X-5 series that they got it right it seems. Series's X-5 and 6 are clones. Each was cloned twice, making twins. It seem's Manticore preferred to keep the twins separate, but when the others escaped, they wanted to make sure that because they were twins, the others didn't have the same thoughts or urges".
There's a moment of silence again.
"Does Alec know that I'm his...you know, DNA giver person" Dean says awkwardly.
"Yes, he came to that conclusion soon after meeting you".
"Okay, draw on his ribs" Dean says.
"Should we handcuff him? He might wake up from the pain and, well he may knock us out again" Sam says
"Hey! He only got the upper hand because we underestimated him" Dean glared, "Anyway, I doubt he'd get passed an angel, no matter how super human he is."
Castiel slightly leans over Alec as he places his hand over his chest. Within a second Alec's eyes shoot open and he grunts.
Sorry for the wait, but writing this chapter was hard for me. I changed this chapter so many times while writing because I wasn't happy with it. Now though, I am happy with it, so here you guys go. I hope you like it.
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