Dark Angel fic: Secrets Chapters 6 - 10 {M/A}
Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 6
Illusion
‘I did not mean that’ Alec mentally chided himself as he made his way through the silent halls near his cell. ‘It was just the heat of the moment, with what Renfro was telling me, I do not have feelings for Max, I’d have to be mentally unstable to have feelings for her’ he rambled on trying desperately to convince himself that he did not harbour any feelings for his breeding partner.
Entering his cell he started pacing the small area ‘How can I like her, she hasn’t done anything for me, we hardly know each other, we haven’t spoken on such a level’ he constantly reiterated. Stopping in mid-stride he froze, “I know what it is” he spoke out loud a big smile lighting up on his handsome face.
“She fascinates me” he shrugged. “I’ve never met another X5 like her before and her disregard for orders and Manticore simply fascinates me, nothing more.”
“I don’t like her” he suddenly cried fighting the urge to stamp his foot “I can’t like her” he added quietly. Shaking his head finally defeated Alec threw himself on his bunk. ‘How can I have feelings for someone I just recently met? How can I have feelings for someone I hardly even know - yeah we’ve slept together but that’s it! I don’t know anything about her except she wants out- or maybe that’s all it is - the sex- maybe that’s all this is.’ Deciding it was time for him to sleep Alec turned so that he was lying on his stomach; he closed his eyes and fell into a troubled sleep.
Meanwhile a few cells away Max lay on her side wide awake on her bunk. There was something bugging her though she was not so sure on what it was, although the look on Alec’s face and the way his body tensed was a start. Pulling her knees closer to her body Max truly wished for OC. She needed someone to talk to, someone who understood her and someone who could set her and her thoughts straight, and that someone was OC.
She just didn’t understand how she felt, how Alec felt, it’s like she didn’t understand anything anymore. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine what Original Cindy would say to her in this unknown situation, but then not feeling anything she sighed and turned the other way.
“Oh well I’m out of here soon anyway” she whispered to herself smiling “Then I won’t ever have to see him again”.
‘If that’s the case then why does that thought sadden you?’ A voice replied
‘What! Hell no…that doesn’t…oh just shut up’ she scolded herself.
Hearing footsteps near her cell door Max sat up. A guard looks through the bars and opens her door.
“452, Director wants to see you” he informed her.
Hiding her confusion she stood up as thoughts invaded her mind. ‘Did Alec tell Renfro?...No he wouldn’t…would he?’ mentally shaking herself she made her way out of the cell and followed the guard to where Renfro was supposed to be. Stepping into the lab she stood at attention and relaxed her stance when she heard “At ease”.
“State your designation” Renfro commanded coming to stand face-to-face with her.
“X5-452 Ma’am” Max replied automatically
Shaking her head Renfro smiled “You don’t fool me. I know you’re just playing along. Come-on I want to show you something”
She leads Max over to a wall and pushes a button. Doors slide apart to reveal a window. Through the glass Max sees a man strapped spread-eagle to a gurney. He is hooked up to lots of machines, his chest bears a large scar, and some sort of helmet covers most of his face and head, only his eyes are visible.
“Your brother, Zack.” Renfro informed her with a sadistic smile shining on her face. “He’s been so useful to us. His liver and kidneys went to an X5 wounded on a mission, his heart-of course, as you know went to you…I wanted to give you a chance to say goodbye. He’s being moved to another facility. We have some very interesting plans for him. One thing that is for certain though, is that you are the reason he is there.” Renfro told her walking away, leaving Max to look through the window sadly at the fate of her big brother. The doors move to cover the window causing Max to turn around and face Renfro.
“Don’t you see, 452? You’re poison. You destroy everyone that you love.” Renfro explained holding up pictures of her siblings. “Zack…your brother Ben….your sister Tinga…and him - Eyes only.” She carried on lastly holding up a picture of eyes only with the legendary red and blue horizontal lines above and below the eyes.
“I know that you’re hanging onto the idea that you’re gonna see your boyfriend again, but that’s not gonna happen. He thinks your dead, which is why he’s causing so much trouble for us. So we’re gonna find him…” she started but got cut off by Max
“You’ll never find him” she replied smugly.
“And we’re gonna kill him. You’ll have nothing left. And then, 452, you will be mine.” Renfro carried on as if she hadn’t been interrupted.
Max snorted and turned so she wasn’t facing Renfro letting her know exactly what she thought of her and her theory.
“You don’t understand what’s at stake here, 452. If Eyes only isn’t stopped, there are gonna be news vans parked outside the perimeter. The committee is not going to allow the existence of this program to be exposed. It’ll jeopardize it’s other operations.” Renfro snapped getting impatient of Max and her attitude.
“Guess I’m supposed to be curious and ask what that means” Max sarcastically replied
“It means that I lock down the cells and I burn this place to the ground with you and everyone else inside”.
Rolling her eyes Max again snorted.
“Oh, you don’t believe me? On paper, this place is a V.A hospital. Anybody comes looking, all they’re gonna find is the remains of a tragic fire that killed all it’s patients. It’s called plausible deniability.” Renfro stated
“It’s called bluffing” Max said though deep down she knew there was nothing that Renfro wouldn’t do.
“Look you need to understand something. You are nothing but meat to me.” She informed Max. Holding up a disk she carried on “This - this is what matters. I could start over anywhere. I just put all the data that we have accumulated into my briefcase, lock the door, light the match, and kiss your transgenic ass goodbye.”
She steps closer and looks at Max in the eye. “You make me find Eyes only by myself he’s a dead man. Help me …..there’s a deal to be made. Think about it.”
Before Max could reply the door opened and a man with two guards entered. The man looks at Renfro and nods his head. Turning back to Max “Ah, Time’s up” she said with a smile.
Turning to face the guards “strap her down” she commanded.
The guards move towards her with their tasers and Max knows that it would be pointless to fight, however she does struggle and makes it a little bit harder for them. She feels rather than sees a doctor inject her with a sedative and realises that she is fighting a losing battle as her body stops following her orders. She is then strapped down and a doctor inserts a hard plastic tube in her mouth. She tries to move but after it has no effect she gives up.
“You’re going to help me whether you want to or not” was the last thing she heard before the laser was trained into her eye and all she could feel was blinding pain causing her to pass out.
Switching off the laser Renfro looked at the doctor and the guards. “Give her a high dosage of the sedative and then take her to her cell. We need to give her the illusion that she has betrayed Eyes only by telling us his whereabouts, therefore leading us to him.
‘Once again 452, I win and you will be mine’ Renfro thought smiling evilly at her plan.
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 7
Help
Waking up groggily, Max’s eyes swept her surroundings, realising she was in her cell she shut her eyes and tried to recall her last activity. Her breathing increased as she recalled the blinding pain from the laser and Renfro’s words. ‘I’m so gonna kill that evil bitch’ Max vowed silently. Sweeping the cell again she noticed that her light was on ‘huh? It’s late? How long have I been out?’ she asked herself confused.
Hearing footsteps nearing her cell she slowly sat up and tried desperately to ignore the headache and the dizziness willing to overtake her. The door slid back to show a concerned Alec walking into her cell.
Finishing his dinner Alec bid goodnight to 510 and made his way to his cell wanting to rest and clear his mind. He was concerned, he hadn’t seen Max all day and he was beginning to worry.
‘I thought you didn’t care?’ an annoying voice mocked.
‘I don’t’ Alec replied nonchalantly.
‘Yeah right’ scoffed the voice ‘Tell that to someone who doesn’t know you and isn’t in your head’
‘Shut up’ was Alec’s only reply.
Before he got to his cell he was once again stopped by the same guard as last night “494”
“Yeah” Alec replied cautiously
“Director wants to see you” the guard replied with a smirk
“Again?” Alec asked with a raised eyebrow. ‘What the hell did she want now’?
“I’m beginning to think she likes you 494” The guard told him smiling. If this were a different transgenic the guard would never have dreamed of talking to them like this but 494 was well known and he was the friendly type so he was comfortable talking to him this way.
“Yeah right” Alec scoffed “she doesn’t like anyone”
“That’s true” the guard replied “See you around 494” the guard said before walking off.
Turning around with a sigh, Alec made his way to Renfro’s office and once again knocked on her door. Walking in after hearing her “Enter” he stood at attention in front of the evil woman.
“At ease 494” Renfro told him without glancing his way from what she was reading. Relaxing his stance Alec stood and waited while she seemed absorbed into her folder. After a few minutes she finally looked up with a pleased expression on her face and finally spoke to him.
“Well 494, everything has been set. I shall expect 452 to attempt her escape tonight or at the very latest tomorrow night. As I am sure you are already aware that I expect you to aid her in her escape and expect your full co-operation. Am I right?” she asked him raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
“Undoubtedly Ma’am” was his automatic reply
“Good. Dismissed”
Automatically saluting Alec turned around and silently made his way out of the office and towards Max’s cell all thoughts of rest gone from his mind instead replaced with concern. ‘What did they do to her? What did she mean everything’s set? I hope she’s alright’ he silently prayed lengthening his strides.
Stepping into her cell he saw her sitting on her bunk looking very tired, sweaty and confused.
“Are you okay?” he asked her, the words flying out before he could hold them. He stood before her looking down at her with sincerity. ‘It’s just for show, gotta keep up pretenses.’ He told himself.
Max looked up at him deciding on what to tell him. She was so lost, she didn’t know what they did to her and she was so confused. Seeing the concern and the sincerity on his face she decided that she could trust him. ‘I mean we’ve both been lying to Manticore and Renfro these past few weeks so he’s proven that I can trust him’. So she shook her head to indicate no that she was not alright, being too tired to speak with her dry mouth.
“Guess they finally got it out of you, huh?” Alec asked carrying on with his façade. His words awoke something in Max because she sharply turned towards him and stared at him for a few minutes before answering.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about”
“I heard they were sending an X5 to take out some reporter friend of yours.” He told her sympathetically.
“I didn’t tell them anything” Max replied with a small voice
“Are you sure? They must’ve used loads of things on you. You can’t be positive”
“I gotta get out of here now” was her only reply. Standing up on shaky legs she anchored the bed and bent down to remove the bricks. Alec leaned on her bunk and watched her.
“You’re in no shape to be tangling with those X7’s. If you’re lucky, you’ll make it to yard and they’ll take you alive.” He informed her something tugging at his heart. ‘Please don’t go’ he silently begged.
“Then help me” Max suggested. A part of her wanted to leave and go to Logan and keep him from harms way but another part of her wondered about Alec. If she escaped would she ever see him again? Pushing those thoughts from her mind she concentrated on getting to Logan.
“Look Max, as I said you’re in no position to be tangling with those X7’s with or without my help. You’re not thinking straight, what if this is a trick, you know Renfro, get some rest and then I’ll help you tomorrow.” Alec suggested
“I can’t wait until tomorrow what if it’s too late by then. I need to go now”
“Max …I don’t think this is a good idea” Alec tried
“I don’t care” she practically yelled “I don’t have a choice” she told him waiting for his reply but when she got none she decided to ask him again.
“Alec will you hep me?”
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 8
Stay with you
“Alec will you help me?” Max practically begged him, whether she liked it or not she needed him.
“I told you. I’m not looking for trouble.” Alec finally replied.
“This is your chance to finally get me out of your life for good.” Max tried thinking that it was probably what he wanted. ‘Maybe with me gone he won’t be at risk of being thrown into Psy-ops when I fail to become pregnant.’
“I guess if you escape, I’ll get a new breeding partner.” Alec pretended to marvel.
“Now we’re talking” Max replied not wanting to think of him with someone else. Succeeding in removing the bricks from the wall she slid out feet first and slid down the pole with Alec following. Reaching the basement she walked around calling Joshua’s name.
“Who’s Joshua?” Alec asked jealousy burning through his system. ‘She has someone else?’ he thought bitterly.
“A friend” Max replied shortly. Before Alec could reply they heard growling and saw a huge silhouette of a very tall man. Grabbing hold of Max’s arm and pushing her behind him as if blocking her from view, Alec turned to face the man.
“Jesus…” Alec trailed off as the man stepped into the light. Taking a few steps back and dragging Max with him Alec stared at the tall half man half dog transgenic. He knew the nomalies existed but it had been years since he had seen one and this up-close. Max stared at Alec smiling slightly, it was obvious that he was scared of Joshua but he still wanted to protect her, most guys wouldn’t even care and would only care about saving themselves.
From behind Alec she spoke “Alec this is Joshua. Joshua this is Alec” she introduced.
“Another X5” Joshua replied innocently sniffing the air. “Cat, cat in his cocktail too. Same as you little fella” Joshua said to Max smiling happily.
“Yep big fella.” She replied. “Listen Joshua, remember what I told you?” she asked and smiled when he nodded his head eagerly. “Alright, good. Well Alec here is going to help ok. I need to go tonight.” She informed him.
“Little fella leaving so soon?” Joshua said sadly his head drooping. Max moved from behind Alec and made her way to Joshua and hugged his chest and mid-section. “I know Joshua I’m really sorry. But I really have to go tonight.” She told him in a small voice.
“Ok. Joshua understands” Joshua whimpered.
Alec watched the scene before him with interest. It was obvious that Max and this Joshua had some sort of connection and that they obviously cared about each other very much. He felt his stomach clench with jealousy, she cared so much about so many things but him and it hurt. He just wanted her to care for him and if she somehow did to show it. Detaching herself from Joshua’s arms she turned to Alec and jerked her head to indicate him to follow her. Walking through the tunnel with both men following her she led them to the small window and the bars she had been working on. Handing a tool to Alec she climbed on the crates and started sawing at the bars, sighing Alec followed.
After ten minutes they were still sawing but with no improvement and Alec was getting frustrated. Alec sharply turned his head towards Joshua when he heard him howling softly.
“Kinda makes you wonder what else is down here. I mean seriously, did you get a look at the thing?” Alec asked Max
“He’s not a thing. His name’s Joshua.” Max snapped. “Just because he looks different, it doesn’t make him any less than you” she said quietly.
Before Alec could reply Joshua interrupted “X7’s in the forest. Pretty … pretty whack.” He rambled.
“Yeah, yeah, sasquatch. Hey, why don’t you make yourself useful, and, uh … quit mumbling and come over here and help us out with these bars?” Alec suggested finally speaking to him.
“Okay” Joshua replied shocking Max who looked up from her sawing to see him walk towards them. Gesturing for them to get off the crates and stepped aside as they both jumped off. He went to the window, gripped the bars and pulled them right off effortlessly, shocking both Max and Alec. Growling he hands the bars to Alec who gulped looking very uncomfortable.
“Alright. Joshua you go out first, Alec you follow him and Alert the X7’s. Make sure you cause a diversion or something and I’ll jump the fence.” Max instructed.
“Everybody knows what to do?” she asked to double check. When they both nodded she smiled and said “Alright, let’s go”.
Joshua climbed out of the window and ran; Alec smiled softly at Max and had one arm and leg out of the window when Max grabbed his other arm pulling him back in.
“Hey…Max…what are you doing?” Alec protested waiting for her reply which never came, instead what did come was Max grabbing his head and pulling it towards her and kissing him.
Max kissed him like her life depended on it, her feelings for him had deepened the more time she spent with him only she had no way of showing it to him but through this kiss. Both hands on his face as if to show her desperate need for him Max ravished his mouth.
For a few seconds Alec stood stunned, then with one hand he cradled the back of her head and kissed her back with the same need.
When the kiss ended they stared into each other’s eyes, Max’s thumb touched and caressed his lips as he kissed her thumb.
“I’m sorry” Max told him quietly “If I didn’t have to go I would stay with you” she told him finally admitting the truth.
Alec smiled sadly “If you didn’t have to go I would stay with you too.”
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 9
What's happening
Releasing his hold on her Alec turned and ran out the window, trying desperately to put some distance between them.
‘Hopefully with some distance between us I won’t feel so bad about what I have to do’ Alec thought to himself as he ran through the fields.
“Who the hell am I kidding?” he suddenly asked himself abruptly. “Nothing would stop me from feeling as bad as I do right now” he bitterly snapped to no-one in particular. Pushing his thoughts away he noticed Joshua before him, blurring quickly he tackled him to the floor and waited for the X7’s to arrive.
Hidden behind the bushes Max watched as Alec tackled Joshua and then took down the X7’s. Turning around she blurred towards the fence knocking down an X7 as she went. At the fence she noticed an X7 guard, not wanting to face him in hand to hand combat, she jumped the fence. Surprised to hear growling, Max turned and watched as Joshua flung the X7 guard a few feet away.
“You blaze” Joshua told her holding on to the fence with a sad look on his face. Nodding her head she accepted his goodbye, turned and ran towards Logan, her future.
Once back inside Alec changed out of his fatigues and into green combat trousers, a black t-shirt and a black leather jacket. He grabbed a gun from the armoury and made his way to Renfro’s office.
“Enter” was the crisp command he received. He stepped into the room and automatically saluted. Impatiently Renfro opened a draw and pulled out a small compact monitor with a flashing red light.
“This should make things easier for you 494. Do not fail. Bring them both back here” she instructed rudely.
“Understood?” she sarcastically asked.
“Yes Ma’am”
“Dismissed”
He took the compact monitor and slipped out of her room. Once outside he looked at the monitor and noticed it as a tracking device.
‘They must’ve put a tracker on her. Hell I’m not complaining makes my job easier’ Alec reasoned.
Signing out of the building he made his way through the woods and onto the main road. Stealing a car he made his way through the streets of Seattle.
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Max stealthily crept into Logan’s penthouse and made her way to his study area. As she had expected he was in front of his computers. Silently she stood there and just watched him, the man she had loved and was still in love with, ‘but then where does that put Alec?’ she asked herself, not really knowing the answer. She pushed the unwanted question away and continued her perusal of the love of her life. She noticed that his hair was longer and darker than Alec’s and that he had some kind of beard going on while Alec was always clean-shaven. She shook her head at her thoughts and tried to push away Alec’s face as it appeared in her mind’s eye.
The beep on his computer brought her back to earth and she suddenly found herself uncomfortable. She looked around and considered leaving but then she remembered why she had ran all the way. Manticore.
Logan grunted as ‘satellite link failed’ appeared on his screen. He had finally found Manticore’s whereabouts and he was about to expose them when the link failed. As he attempted to reconnect he found his thoughts wandering to Max. in an odd way he somehow saw this as avenging her death. Finding and exposing Manticore was imperative to him because of everything that place had done to Max.
He looked sadly at his study as if expecting her to just walk in unannounced and talk to him. Shaking his head he pushed the depressing thoughts from his mind and made to get up from his chair to go into the kitchen as the satellite reconnected. In between standing up and remaining seated he froze. There before him stood Max. his eyes widened as he stared unblinkingly as the woman of his dreams. They stood like that for a few minutes both silently staring at each other when Logan finally spoke.
“Max?” he hesitantly asked as he slowly walked towards her. When he stood a few inches away Max finally spoke.
“We gotta get you out of here.” She told him grabbing onto his arm. “They’re coming to get you.”
It seemed as if Logan wasn’t listening to her because he softly cupped her cheek, staring into her eyes he silently leaned in and kissed her hungrily. She kissed him back with the same hunger, loving the feel of finally being in his arms again. ‘This is right, this is how it should be’ she thought happily.
Breaking apart she grabbed his hand softly tugging him towards her “We gotta go. They’re coming to get you” she told him desperately tugging on his arm.
“Who? What’s going on? How did you-” Logan asked beginning to feel dizzy. But Max cut him off
“I’ll explain later. Come on we really need to get out of here”
“No, I can’t leave I have to finish my broadcast.” Logan tried to explain. Through the dizziness and his blurred vision he pointed towards where his computers were.
“Forget it. It’s not important” Max informed him. The moment the words came out of her mouth Logan collapsed onto the floor. It was so unexpected that he fell before Max could catch him and he landed on the floor.
“What’s wrong?” Max asked him fear overriding her.
Gasping and shaking on the floor “I don’t know” Logan managed.
“Logan” Max cried desperately clutching on to him. “What’s happening?”
“You killed him. That’s what’s happening?”.
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 10
Who betrayed who?
“You killed him that’s what’s happening” Alec’s cold and detached voice interrupted. “Nice job, 452. Mission accomplished.”
Max stared at him, hurt and confused. There stood Alec pointing a gun at her. Alec, the Alec she had just kissed a few hours ago, and the Alec she had trusted. Feeling tears of humiliation and sorrow she clung to Logan as she fought the urge to cry.
“Yeah, I’d stop touching him if I were you. You’re just gonna make it worse.” He advised almost sympathetically. He had arrived there just a few minutes after her. He’d stood and watched as she observed the man who was working away on his computer completely unaware that other people were in his house. Alec moved in ready to tell her about the virus before they touched but then he froze. Rage took over him as he watched his Max return the guy’s kiss with the same need she had showed him.’ Whoa, calm it boy, she ain’t yours’ he reminded himself before he went to attack Eyes only. With a heavy heart he pushed his emotions away and made his presence known.
“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked, anger taking over her other emotions.
“A genetically targeted retrovirus. You’re the carrier.” He replied his voice devoid from emotion.
Shocked Max quickly backs away from Logan. ‘Oh my god, no, Logan’.
“Any intimate contact between you activates the agent.” He informed her. Then suddenly he chuckled humourlessly “Now, you didn’t kiss him or anything, did you?”
“You son of a bitch” Max screeched lunging for him but stopped when he raised his gun.
“Whoa, whoa, hey. Just following orders. Okay, now Renfro said if you want him to live, you gotta bring him back to Manticore and turn yourself in.”
“There’s a cure?” Max asked disbelievingly.
“Yeah. She’ll give him the antigen if he tells her what he knows and who he’s been working with” Alec informed her with the gun still trained on her.
“Why should I believe her?”
He looked at Logan, quivering and breathing heavily on the floor, then turned back to face Max with a raised eyebrow “what choice do you have?”
Max stared at him with the most loathing look she could muster then turned to look at Logan. Seeing him all helpless and weak made her want to cry but she pushed all emotions away and turned to face Alec with her Manticore mask firmly in place.
“Alright. Help him into his wheelchair” she ordered Alec without really looking at him. It hurt too much, she had trusted him and he had betrayed her.
Leaving him she grabs Logan’s wheelchair from his bedroom and walks back into the study just as Alec was about to lift Logan up from the floor. Without looking at him Max pushed the wheelchair into Alec causing him to stumble and throw her a death glare. He disposed a very ill looking Logan into his wheelchair and clapped him on the shoulder.
“Well, looks like we got ourselves a convoy.” Before anyone could answer him the computer beeped with a message appearing on the monitor. Momentarily distracted Alec stared at the monitor and the message ‘Satellite link established. Press enter to transmit’. Max chose that moment to attack him, for no particular reason. She just wanted to hurt him physically the way he had hurt her emotionally. She threw a few punches at him which he managed to block and kicked the gun out of his hand where it skidded to a stop near Logan.
Logan picked up the gun and aimed it at Alec, who just rolled his eyes and silently scolded himself for not hitting her. ‘It’s not like she has any problem hitting you’. He reminded himself.
“Fine. Fine, but when he’s dead, can I go home?” Alec asked dismayed.
“It’s not gonna be there” Max informed him as she walked towards the computer.
“What’re you doing?” he suspiciously asked.
“Ending this thing once and for all.” She answered him as she hit the enter key and Logan’s pre-recorded Eyes Only message started broadcasting.
‘Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.’
“You idiot” Alec yelled as he rushed towards the computer and pressed a few keys trying to dismantle the signal and stop the broadcast.
‘Your location has been revealed.’
“Bitch. Do you have any idea what’ve just done” he seethed hitting in more keys. ‘Just a few more’ he encouraged himself. Distracted he didn’t see the metal waste paper bin swinging towards him with full X5 force.
Max watched as he slumped to the floor, quickly she grabbed some rope, flipped him over onto his stomach, tied his hands up, flipped him over onto his back and dragged him towards the wall before Logan.
“Watch him, I’ll be back” she told him quietly as she took in his appearance. The red welts on his face and his harsh breathing clutched her heart. Shaking her head she ran out of the penthouse.
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Renfro paced the security room while the computer technicians worked away.
‘What’s taking so god damn long’ she furiously thought as she continued with her pacing
“Um Ma’am” a technician nervously called out, pulling her out of her thoughts.
“What?” she barked
“I think you should see this” he said pointing to his screen where Eyes Only had just appeared. While she strode towards the technician pulled out his head-phones and increased the volume so that they could all hear.
‘Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.'
‘Your location has been revealed.’
Renfro watched in horror “ Oh god” she gasped ‘This cannot be happening’.
A cell phone rang and the technician answered. The person on the other line spoke even before the technician could say hello. He passed the phone to Renfro and confirmed her suspicions when he said “It’s them”.
Your secret is out. And now Manticore will be held accountable for its crime. Manticore’s facility is located an hour southwest of….
Sighing she took the phone and answered “Renfro.” She listened as the other person on the line spoke and gave some orders and replied with an “Understood” she hangs up the phone and turns to the technicians.
“Lock down the barracks. We’re cauterizing the site.”
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Groaning Alec finally opened his eyes to find himself staring at the end of a barrel of a gun. He notices that his wrists are tied behind his back and silently curses Max. He looks at Logan and notices that the man has become weaker and realises that it would be best to be patient since he wasn’t going to last long anyway. He watches as Logan’s arm falters once, and then raises the gun again, but then he passes out and drops the gun. Alec calmly unties himself, stands up shakes his head and leaves.
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Max arrived at the top of the hill outside of Manticore just as parts of the building explode into flames. ‘Shit Renfro meant it’ she thought panicking. She blurs down and enters a building that was still intact. She runs down the hallways and stops when she hears voices of little kids yelling and banging on the walls and doors. She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked. She notices a control room at the end on the hallway and blurs towards it. She breaks into the control room and types something on the computers and flips a switch causing the hall doors to open and soldiers of different ages spill into the hallway and run through smoke and flame.
In the main control room an alarm goes off.
“We’ve got a security breech. Someone’s unlocking the cell doors.” The technician informed Renfro. He presses a few keys and the monitors show Max in the control room typing on the computers.
“Well, override the system. Lock down those doors.” Renfro instructed.
“Can’t” the technician replied shaking his head “Control conduits must be burned out.
They’re in the yard, heading for the fence.”
“Well, stop them” she commanded “No one gets past the perimeters” she screeched as two guards leave the room “Bring me 452 - alive”
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Alec reached the top of the hill outside Manticore to see it burning. “Fuck” he swore. He looked around and noticed transgenic’s running out of the compound and running towards the fence. He hears machine guns going off and looks up to where he catches sight of the guards shooting the transgenic’s. Without another thought he took out his gun and aimed it at the two guards foreheads before they even knew what hit them. He looked around for more guards but when he saw none he entered the building to see if anyone needed his help.
In her office Renfro is throwing things into her briefcase as fast as she could. A guard enters “Ma’am, we need to evacuate.”
“Where’s 452?” she asked
“Now Ma’am” the guard tried again.
“I’m not leaving without her.” Renfro answered still with her back towards the guard.
Max walks into the office, kicks the guard unconscious and grabs Renfro by the neck.
“What a coincidence, cause I’m not leaving without you.” She sneered pulling Renfro towards the labs.
“Where’s the antigen?” Max asked as she looked around the lab, there were shelves everywhere which contained lots of vials and beakers.
“I don’t know” Renfro feinted “We’ve got to get out of here now 452”
As a reply Max slammed Renfro into the wall, turns her around to face her and screams
“My names Max! Now where is it?”
“Okay, okay” Renfro finally agreed. Renfro walks towards the shelves and takes a yellow coloured vial off the shelf and Max grabs it. A guard enters and attempts to shoot Max.
“No!” Renfro screamed, she dived and took the bullet. Max shoves the table into the guards gut. He realizes who he’s shot, his eyes widen and he runs away. Max turns to look at Renfro but she’s dead. Max turns and runs out of the building and runs up the hill. At the top she stops and watches Manticore burn and smiles.
“Satisfied?”
A voice from behind her asked. She twirled around to find Alec staring at her. He just stood there staring at her with soot on his face and hair.
“What do you mean?” she asked him, apart of her not even wanting to talk to him.
“You’re free now. You’ve got your antigen. You can go back to work with you’re infuriating boss. You can go back to Logan. You have your strange little life back” he told her
“Me and Logan are none of your business…” she started rudely
“You made it my business” he shouted causing her to jump “You made it my business the moment you slept with me, the moment I asked if you had a boyfriend outside and you told me no, ‘we’re not like that Alec’”he mimicked.
“You betrayed me” she shouted back
“Cut the crap Max. You betrayed me. What was all that in the basement ‘If I didn’t have to go I’d stay with you’ if anyone betrayed and lied to anyone it was you.” he yelled pointing an accusing finger at her, he was so hurt and angry that he just wanted to kill her.
“Shut up” she yelled, arguing with him hurt and she didn’t want to feel anymore pain because she knew half the things he said were true.
“Logan could’ve died tonight all because you didn’t tell me. Don’t think I’m ever getting over that”
“I was following orders” Alec hissed.
“Just do me a favour Alec. Go away. I can’t even look at you right now.”
“Right” Alec replied nodding his head. “Well, have a nice life Max” he said sourly, then turned his back on her and walked away not once looking back.
Max watched him go and felt a feeling of loss overcome her. Pushing the feelings away she turned and ran to the man she needed to love.
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Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 6
Illusion
‘I did not mean that’ Alec mentally chided himself as he made his way through the silent halls near his cell. ‘It was just the heat of the moment, with what Renfro was telling me, I do not have feelings for Max, I’d have to be mentally unstable to have feelings for her’ he rambled on trying desperately to convince himself that he did not harbour any feelings for his breeding partner.
Entering his cell he started pacing the small area ‘How can I like her, she hasn’t done anything for me, we hardly know each other, we haven’t spoken on such a level’ he constantly reiterated. Stopping in mid-stride he froze, “I know what it is” he spoke out loud a big smile lighting up on his handsome face.
“She fascinates me” he shrugged. “I’ve never met another X5 like her before and her disregard for orders and Manticore simply fascinates me, nothing more.”
“I don’t like her” he suddenly cried fighting the urge to stamp his foot “I can’t like her” he added quietly. Shaking his head finally defeated Alec threw himself on his bunk. ‘How can I have feelings for someone I just recently met? How can I have feelings for someone I hardly even know - yeah we’ve slept together but that’s it! I don’t know anything about her except she wants out- or maybe that’s all it is - the sex- maybe that’s all this is.’ Deciding it was time for him to sleep Alec turned so that he was lying on his stomach; he closed his eyes and fell into a troubled sleep.
Meanwhile a few cells away Max lay on her side wide awake on her bunk. There was something bugging her though she was not so sure on what it was, although the look on Alec’s face and the way his body tensed was a start. Pulling her knees closer to her body Max truly wished for OC. She needed someone to talk to, someone who understood her and someone who could set her and her thoughts straight, and that someone was OC.
She just didn’t understand how she felt, how Alec felt, it’s like she didn’t understand anything anymore. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine what Original Cindy would say to her in this unknown situation, but then not feeling anything she sighed and turned the other way.
“Oh well I’m out of here soon anyway” she whispered to herself smiling “Then I won’t ever have to see him again”.
‘If that’s the case then why does that thought sadden you?’ A voice replied
‘What! Hell no…that doesn’t…oh just shut up’ she scolded herself.
Hearing footsteps near her cell door Max sat up. A guard looks through the bars and opens her door.
“452, Director wants to see you” he informed her.
Hiding her confusion she stood up as thoughts invaded her mind. ‘Did Alec tell Renfro?...No he wouldn’t…would he?’ mentally shaking herself she made her way out of the cell and followed the guard to where Renfro was supposed to be. Stepping into the lab she stood at attention and relaxed her stance when she heard “At ease”.
“State your designation” Renfro commanded coming to stand face-to-face with her.
“X5-452 Ma’am” Max replied automatically
Shaking her head Renfro smiled “You don’t fool me. I know you’re just playing along. Come-on I want to show you something”
She leads Max over to a wall and pushes a button. Doors slide apart to reveal a window. Through the glass Max sees a man strapped spread-eagle to a gurney. He is hooked up to lots of machines, his chest bears a large scar, and some sort of helmet covers most of his face and head, only his eyes are visible.
“Your brother, Zack.” Renfro informed her with a sadistic smile shining on her face. “He’s been so useful to us. His liver and kidneys went to an X5 wounded on a mission, his heart-of course, as you know went to you…I wanted to give you a chance to say goodbye. He’s being moved to another facility. We have some very interesting plans for him. One thing that is for certain though, is that you are the reason he is there.” Renfro told her walking away, leaving Max to look through the window sadly at the fate of her big brother. The doors move to cover the window causing Max to turn around and face Renfro.
“Don’t you see, 452? You’re poison. You destroy everyone that you love.” Renfro explained holding up pictures of her siblings. “Zack…your brother Ben….your sister Tinga…and him - Eyes only.” She carried on lastly holding up a picture of eyes only with the legendary red and blue horizontal lines above and below the eyes.
“I know that you’re hanging onto the idea that you’re gonna see your boyfriend again, but that’s not gonna happen. He thinks your dead, which is why he’s causing so much trouble for us. So we’re gonna find him…” she started but got cut off by Max
“You’ll never find him” she replied smugly.
“And we’re gonna kill him. You’ll have nothing left. And then, 452, you will be mine.” Renfro carried on as if she hadn’t been interrupted.
Max snorted and turned so she wasn’t facing Renfro letting her know exactly what she thought of her and her theory.
“You don’t understand what’s at stake here, 452. If Eyes only isn’t stopped, there are gonna be news vans parked outside the perimeter. The committee is not going to allow the existence of this program to be exposed. It’ll jeopardize it’s other operations.” Renfro snapped getting impatient of Max and her attitude.
“Guess I’m supposed to be curious and ask what that means” Max sarcastically replied
“It means that I lock down the cells and I burn this place to the ground with you and everyone else inside”.
Rolling her eyes Max again snorted.
“Oh, you don’t believe me? On paper, this place is a V.A hospital. Anybody comes looking, all they’re gonna find is the remains of a tragic fire that killed all it’s patients. It’s called plausible deniability.” Renfro stated
“It’s called bluffing” Max said though deep down she knew there was nothing that Renfro wouldn’t do.
“Look you need to understand something. You are nothing but meat to me.” She informed Max. Holding up a disk she carried on “This - this is what matters. I could start over anywhere. I just put all the data that we have accumulated into my briefcase, lock the door, light the match, and kiss your transgenic ass goodbye.”
She steps closer and looks at Max in the eye. “You make me find Eyes only by myself he’s a dead man. Help me …..there’s a deal to be made. Think about it.”
Before Max could reply the door opened and a man with two guards entered. The man looks at Renfro and nods his head. Turning back to Max “Ah, Time’s up” she said with a smile.
Turning to face the guards “strap her down” she commanded.
The guards move towards her with their tasers and Max knows that it would be pointless to fight, however she does struggle and makes it a little bit harder for them. She feels rather than sees a doctor inject her with a sedative and realises that she is fighting a losing battle as her body stops following her orders. She is then strapped down and a doctor inserts a hard plastic tube in her mouth. She tries to move but after it has no effect she gives up.
“You’re going to help me whether you want to or not” was the last thing she heard before the laser was trained into her eye and all she could feel was blinding pain causing her to pass out.
Switching off the laser Renfro looked at the doctor and the guards. “Give her a high dosage of the sedative and then take her to her cell. We need to give her the illusion that she has betrayed Eyes only by telling us his whereabouts, therefore leading us to him.
‘Once again 452, I win and you will be mine’ Renfro thought smiling evilly at her plan.
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 7
Help
Waking up groggily, Max’s eyes swept her surroundings, realising she was in her cell she shut her eyes and tried to recall her last activity. Her breathing increased as she recalled the blinding pain from the laser and Renfro’s words. ‘I’m so gonna kill that evil bitch’ Max vowed silently. Sweeping the cell again she noticed that her light was on ‘huh? It’s late? How long have I been out?’ she asked herself confused.
Hearing footsteps nearing her cell she slowly sat up and tried desperately to ignore the headache and the dizziness willing to overtake her. The door slid back to show a concerned Alec walking into her cell.
Finishing his dinner Alec bid goodnight to 510 and made his way to his cell wanting to rest and clear his mind. He was concerned, he hadn’t seen Max all day and he was beginning to worry.
‘I thought you didn’t care?’ an annoying voice mocked.
‘I don’t’ Alec replied nonchalantly.
‘Yeah right’ scoffed the voice ‘Tell that to someone who doesn’t know you and isn’t in your head’
‘Shut up’ was Alec’s only reply.
Before he got to his cell he was once again stopped by the same guard as last night “494”
“Yeah” Alec replied cautiously
“Director wants to see you” the guard replied with a smirk
“Again?” Alec asked with a raised eyebrow. ‘What the hell did she want now’?
“I’m beginning to think she likes you 494” The guard told him smiling. If this were a different transgenic the guard would never have dreamed of talking to them like this but 494 was well known and he was the friendly type so he was comfortable talking to him this way.
“Yeah right” Alec scoffed “she doesn’t like anyone”
“That’s true” the guard replied “See you around 494” the guard said before walking off.
Turning around with a sigh, Alec made his way to Renfro’s office and once again knocked on her door. Walking in after hearing her “Enter” he stood at attention in front of the evil woman.
“At ease 494” Renfro told him without glancing his way from what she was reading. Relaxing his stance Alec stood and waited while she seemed absorbed into her folder. After a few minutes she finally looked up with a pleased expression on her face and finally spoke to him.
“Well 494, everything has been set. I shall expect 452 to attempt her escape tonight or at the very latest tomorrow night. As I am sure you are already aware that I expect you to aid her in her escape and expect your full co-operation. Am I right?” she asked him raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
“Undoubtedly Ma’am” was his automatic reply
“Good. Dismissed”
Automatically saluting Alec turned around and silently made his way out of the office and towards Max’s cell all thoughts of rest gone from his mind instead replaced with concern. ‘What did they do to her? What did she mean everything’s set? I hope she’s alright’ he silently prayed lengthening his strides.
Stepping into her cell he saw her sitting on her bunk looking very tired, sweaty and confused.
“Are you okay?” he asked her, the words flying out before he could hold them. He stood before her looking down at her with sincerity. ‘It’s just for show, gotta keep up pretenses.’ He told himself.
Max looked up at him deciding on what to tell him. She was so lost, she didn’t know what they did to her and she was so confused. Seeing the concern and the sincerity on his face she decided that she could trust him. ‘I mean we’ve both been lying to Manticore and Renfro these past few weeks so he’s proven that I can trust him’. So she shook her head to indicate no that she was not alright, being too tired to speak with her dry mouth.
“Guess they finally got it out of you, huh?” Alec asked carrying on with his façade. His words awoke something in Max because she sharply turned towards him and stared at him for a few minutes before answering.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about”
“I heard they were sending an X5 to take out some reporter friend of yours.” He told her sympathetically.
“I didn’t tell them anything” Max replied with a small voice
“Are you sure? They must’ve used loads of things on you. You can’t be positive”
“I gotta get out of here now” was her only reply. Standing up on shaky legs she anchored the bed and bent down to remove the bricks. Alec leaned on her bunk and watched her.
“You’re in no shape to be tangling with those X7’s. If you’re lucky, you’ll make it to yard and they’ll take you alive.” He informed her something tugging at his heart. ‘Please don’t go’ he silently begged.
“Then help me” Max suggested. A part of her wanted to leave and go to Logan and keep him from harms way but another part of her wondered about Alec. If she escaped would she ever see him again? Pushing those thoughts from her mind she concentrated on getting to Logan.
“Look Max, as I said you’re in no position to be tangling with those X7’s with or without my help. You’re not thinking straight, what if this is a trick, you know Renfro, get some rest and then I’ll help you tomorrow.” Alec suggested
“I can’t wait until tomorrow what if it’s too late by then. I need to go now”
“Max …I don’t think this is a good idea” Alec tried
“I don’t care” she practically yelled “I don’t have a choice” she told him waiting for his reply but when she got none she decided to ask him again.
“Alec will you hep me?”
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 8
Stay with you
“Alec will you help me?” Max practically begged him, whether she liked it or not she needed him.
“I told you. I’m not looking for trouble.” Alec finally replied.
“This is your chance to finally get me out of your life for good.” Max tried thinking that it was probably what he wanted. ‘Maybe with me gone he won’t be at risk of being thrown into Psy-ops when I fail to become pregnant.’
“I guess if you escape, I’ll get a new breeding partner.” Alec pretended to marvel.
“Now we’re talking” Max replied not wanting to think of him with someone else. Succeeding in removing the bricks from the wall she slid out feet first and slid down the pole with Alec following. Reaching the basement she walked around calling Joshua’s name.
“Who’s Joshua?” Alec asked jealousy burning through his system. ‘She has someone else?’ he thought bitterly.
“A friend” Max replied shortly. Before Alec could reply they heard growling and saw a huge silhouette of a very tall man. Grabbing hold of Max’s arm and pushing her behind him as if blocking her from view, Alec turned to face the man.
“Jesus…” Alec trailed off as the man stepped into the light. Taking a few steps back and dragging Max with him Alec stared at the tall half man half dog transgenic. He knew the nomalies existed but it had been years since he had seen one and this up-close. Max stared at Alec smiling slightly, it was obvious that he was scared of Joshua but he still wanted to protect her, most guys wouldn’t even care and would only care about saving themselves.
From behind Alec she spoke “Alec this is Joshua. Joshua this is Alec” she introduced.
“Another X5” Joshua replied innocently sniffing the air. “Cat, cat in his cocktail too. Same as you little fella” Joshua said to Max smiling happily.
“Yep big fella.” She replied. “Listen Joshua, remember what I told you?” she asked and smiled when he nodded his head eagerly. “Alright, good. Well Alec here is going to help ok. I need to go tonight.” She informed him.
“Little fella leaving so soon?” Joshua said sadly his head drooping. Max moved from behind Alec and made her way to Joshua and hugged his chest and mid-section. “I know Joshua I’m really sorry. But I really have to go tonight.” She told him in a small voice.
“Ok. Joshua understands” Joshua whimpered.
Alec watched the scene before him with interest. It was obvious that Max and this Joshua had some sort of connection and that they obviously cared about each other very much. He felt his stomach clench with jealousy, she cared so much about so many things but him and it hurt. He just wanted her to care for him and if she somehow did to show it. Detaching herself from Joshua’s arms she turned to Alec and jerked her head to indicate him to follow her. Walking through the tunnel with both men following her she led them to the small window and the bars she had been working on. Handing a tool to Alec she climbed on the crates and started sawing at the bars, sighing Alec followed.
After ten minutes they were still sawing but with no improvement and Alec was getting frustrated. Alec sharply turned his head towards Joshua when he heard him howling softly.
“Kinda makes you wonder what else is down here. I mean seriously, did you get a look at the thing?” Alec asked Max
“He’s not a thing. His name’s Joshua.” Max snapped. “Just because he looks different, it doesn’t make him any less than you” she said quietly.
Before Alec could reply Joshua interrupted “X7’s in the forest. Pretty … pretty whack.” He rambled.
“Yeah, yeah, sasquatch. Hey, why don’t you make yourself useful, and, uh … quit mumbling and come over here and help us out with these bars?” Alec suggested finally speaking to him.
“Okay” Joshua replied shocking Max who looked up from her sawing to see him walk towards them. Gesturing for them to get off the crates and stepped aside as they both jumped off. He went to the window, gripped the bars and pulled them right off effortlessly, shocking both Max and Alec. Growling he hands the bars to Alec who gulped looking very uncomfortable.
“Alright. Joshua you go out first, Alec you follow him and Alert the X7’s. Make sure you cause a diversion or something and I’ll jump the fence.” Max instructed.
“Everybody knows what to do?” she asked to double check. When they both nodded she smiled and said “Alright, let’s go”.
Joshua climbed out of the window and ran; Alec smiled softly at Max and had one arm and leg out of the window when Max grabbed his other arm pulling him back in.
“Hey…Max…what are you doing?” Alec protested waiting for her reply which never came, instead what did come was Max grabbing his head and pulling it towards her and kissing him.
Max kissed him like her life depended on it, her feelings for him had deepened the more time she spent with him only she had no way of showing it to him but through this kiss. Both hands on his face as if to show her desperate need for him Max ravished his mouth.
For a few seconds Alec stood stunned, then with one hand he cradled the back of her head and kissed her back with the same need.
When the kiss ended they stared into each other’s eyes, Max’s thumb touched and caressed his lips as he kissed her thumb.
“I’m sorry” Max told him quietly “If I didn’t have to go I would stay with you” she told him finally admitting the truth.
Alec smiled sadly “If you didn’t have to go I would stay with you too.”
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 9
What's happening
Releasing his hold on her Alec turned and ran out the window, trying desperately to put some distance between them.
‘Hopefully with some distance between us I won’t feel so bad about what I have to do’ Alec thought to himself as he ran through the fields.
“Who the hell am I kidding?” he suddenly asked himself abruptly. “Nothing would stop me from feeling as bad as I do right now” he bitterly snapped to no-one in particular. Pushing his thoughts away he noticed Joshua before him, blurring quickly he tackled him to the floor and waited for the X7’s to arrive.
Hidden behind the bushes Max watched as Alec tackled Joshua and then took down the X7’s. Turning around she blurred towards the fence knocking down an X7 as she went. At the fence she noticed an X7 guard, not wanting to face him in hand to hand combat, she jumped the fence. Surprised to hear growling, Max turned and watched as Joshua flung the X7 guard a few feet away.
“You blaze” Joshua told her holding on to the fence with a sad look on his face. Nodding her head she accepted his goodbye, turned and ran towards Logan, her future.
Once back inside Alec changed out of his fatigues and into green combat trousers, a black t-shirt and a black leather jacket. He grabbed a gun from the armoury and made his way to Renfro’s office.
“Enter” was the crisp command he received. He stepped into the room and automatically saluted. Impatiently Renfro opened a draw and pulled out a small compact monitor with a flashing red light.
“This should make things easier for you 494. Do not fail. Bring them both back here” she instructed rudely.
“Understood?” she sarcastically asked.
“Yes Ma’am”
“Dismissed”
He took the compact monitor and slipped out of her room. Once outside he looked at the monitor and noticed it as a tracking device.
‘They must’ve put a tracker on her. Hell I’m not complaining makes my job easier’ Alec reasoned.
Signing out of the building he made his way through the woods and onto the main road. Stealing a car he made his way through the streets of Seattle.
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Max stealthily crept into Logan’s penthouse and made her way to his study area. As she had expected he was in front of his computers. Silently she stood there and just watched him, the man she had loved and was still in love with, ‘but then where does that put Alec?’ she asked herself, not really knowing the answer. She pushed the unwanted question away and continued her perusal of the love of her life. She noticed that his hair was longer and darker than Alec’s and that he had some kind of beard going on while Alec was always clean-shaven. She shook her head at her thoughts and tried to push away Alec’s face as it appeared in her mind’s eye.
The beep on his computer brought her back to earth and she suddenly found herself uncomfortable. She looked around and considered leaving but then she remembered why she had ran all the way. Manticore.
Logan grunted as ‘satellite link failed’ appeared on his screen. He had finally found Manticore’s whereabouts and he was about to expose them when the link failed. As he attempted to reconnect he found his thoughts wandering to Max. in an odd way he somehow saw this as avenging her death. Finding and exposing Manticore was imperative to him because of everything that place had done to Max.
He looked sadly at his study as if expecting her to just walk in unannounced and talk to him. Shaking his head he pushed the depressing thoughts from his mind and made to get up from his chair to go into the kitchen as the satellite reconnected. In between standing up and remaining seated he froze. There before him stood Max. his eyes widened as he stared unblinkingly as the woman of his dreams. They stood like that for a few minutes both silently staring at each other when Logan finally spoke.
“Max?” he hesitantly asked as he slowly walked towards her. When he stood a few inches away Max finally spoke.
“We gotta get you out of here.” She told him grabbing onto his arm. “They’re coming to get you.”
It seemed as if Logan wasn’t listening to her because he softly cupped her cheek, staring into her eyes he silently leaned in and kissed her hungrily. She kissed him back with the same hunger, loving the feel of finally being in his arms again. ‘This is right, this is how it should be’ she thought happily.
Breaking apart she grabbed his hand softly tugging him towards her “We gotta go. They’re coming to get you” she told him desperately tugging on his arm.
“Who? What’s going on? How did you-” Logan asked beginning to feel dizzy. But Max cut him off
“I’ll explain later. Come on we really need to get out of here”
“No, I can’t leave I have to finish my broadcast.” Logan tried to explain. Through the dizziness and his blurred vision he pointed towards where his computers were.
“Forget it. It’s not important” Max informed him. The moment the words came out of her mouth Logan collapsed onto the floor. It was so unexpected that he fell before Max could catch him and he landed on the floor.
“What’s wrong?” Max asked him fear overriding her.
Gasping and shaking on the floor “I don’t know” Logan managed.
“Logan” Max cried desperately clutching on to him. “What’s happening?”
“You killed him. That’s what’s happening?”.
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Title: Secrets
Author: sanaazzy
Genre: Drama/Angst/Humour
Rating: PG-13 to M
Status: WIP Multi-chaptered
Summary: During her stay at Manticore and the breeding program Max and Alec form a relationship. Now outside and back with Logan, Alec returns and wants her back. MA
Disclaimer - I don’t own anything
Chapter 10
Who betrayed who?
“You killed him that’s what’s happening” Alec’s cold and detached voice interrupted. “Nice job, 452. Mission accomplished.”
Max stared at him, hurt and confused. There stood Alec pointing a gun at her. Alec, the Alec she had just kissed a few hours ago, and the Alec she had trusted. Feeling tears of humiliation and sorrow she clung to Logan as she fought the urge to cry.
“Yeah, I’d stop touching him if I were you. You’re just gonna make it worse.” He advised almost sympathetically. He had arrived there just a few minutes after her. He’d stood and watched as she observed the man who was working away on his computer completely unaware that other people were in his house. Alec moved in ready to tell her about the virus before they touched but then he froze. Rage took over him as he watched his Max return the guy’s kiss with the same need she had showed him.’ Whoa, calm it boy, she ain’t yours’ he reminded himself before he went to attack Eyes only. With a heavy heart he pushed his emotions away and made his presence known.
“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked, anger taking over her other emotions.
“A genetically targeted retrovirus. You’re the carrier.” He replied his voice devoid from emotion.
Shocked Max quickly backs away from Logan. ‘Oh my god, no, Logan’.
“Any intimate contact between you activates the agent.” He informed her. Then suddenly he chuckled humourlessly “Now, you didn’t kiss him or anything, did you?”
“You son of a bitch” Max screeched lunging for him but stopped when he raised his gun.
“Whoa, whoa, hey. Just following orders. Okay, now Renfro said if you want him to live, you gotta bring him back to Manticore and turn yourself in.”
“There’s a cure?” Max asked disbelievingly.
“Yeah. She’ll give him the antigen if he tells her what he knows and who he’s been working with” Alec informed her with the gun still trained on her.
“Why should I believe her?”
He looked at Logan, quivering and breathing heavily on the floor, then turned back to face Max with a raised eyebrow “what choice do you have?”
Max stared at him with the most loathing look she could muster then turned to look at Logan. Seeing him all helpless and weak made her want to cry but she pushed all emotions away and turned to face Alec with her Manticore mask firmly in place.
“Alright. Help him into his wheelchair” she ordered Alec without really looking at him. It hurt too much, she had trusted him and he had betrayed her.
Leaving him she grabs Logan’s wheelchair from his bedroom and walks back into the study just as Alec was about to lift Logan up from the floor. Without looking at him Max pushed the wheelchair into Alec causing him to stumble and throw her a death glare. He disposed a very ill looking Logan into his wheelchair and clapped him on the shoulder.
“Well, looks like we got ourselves a convoy.” Before anyone could answer him the computer beeped with a message appearing on the monitor. Momentarily distracted Alec stared at the monitor and the message ‘Satellite link established. Press enter to transmit’. Max chose that moment to attack him, for no particular reason. She just wanted to hurt him physically the way he had hurt her emotionally. She threw a few punches at him which he managed to block and kicked the gun out of his hand where it skidded to a stop near Logan.
Logan picked up the gun and aimed it at Alec, who just rolled his eyes and silently scolded himself for not hitting her. ‘It’s not like she has any problem hitting you’. He reminded himself.
“Fine. Fine, but when he’s dead, can I go home?” Alec asked dismayed.
“It’s not gonna be there” Max informed him as she walked towards the computer.
“What’re you doing?” he suspiciously asked.
“Ending this thing once and for all.” She answered him as she hit the enter key and Logan’s pre-recorded Eyes Only message started broadcasting.
‘Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.’
“You idiot” Alec yelled as he rushed towards the computer and pressed a few keys trying to dismantle the signal and stop the broadcast.
‘Your location has been revealed.’
“Bitch. Do you have any idea what’ve just done” he seethed hitting in more keys. ‘Just a few more’ he encouraged himself. Distracted he didn’t see the metal waste paper bin swinging towards him with full X5 force.
Max watched as he slumped to the floor, quickly she grabbed some rope, flipped him over onto his stomach, tied his hands up, flipped him over onto his back and dragged him towards the wall before Logan.
“Watch him, I’ll be back” she told him quietly as she took in his appearance. The red welts on his face and his harsh breathing clutched her heart. Shaking her head she ran out of the penthouse.
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Renfro paced the security room while the computer technicians worked away.
‘What’s taking so god damn long’ she furiously thought as she continued with her pacing
“Um Ma’am” a technician nervously called out, pulling her out of her thoughts.
“What?” she barked
“I think you should see this” he said pointing to his screen where Eyes Only had just appeared. While she strode towards the technician pulled out his head-phones and increased the volume so that they could all hear.
‘Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.'
‘Your location has been revealed.’
Renfro watched in horror “ Oh god” she gasped ‘This cannot be happening’.
A cell phone rang and the technician answered. The person on the other line spoke even before the technician could say hello. He passed the phone to Renfro and confirmed her suspicions when he said “It’s them”.
Your secret is out. And now Manticore will be held accountable for its crime. Manticore’s facility is located an hour southwest of….
Sighing she took the phone and answered “Renfro.” She listened as the other person on the line spoke and gave some orders and replied with an “Understood” she hangs up the phone and turns to the technicians.
“Lock down the barracks. We’re cauterizing the site.”
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Groaning Alec finally opened his eyes to find himself staring at the end of a barrel of a gun. He notices that his wrists are tied behind his back and silently curses Max. He looks at Logan and notices that the man has become weaker and realises that it would be best to be patient since he wasn’t going to last long anyway. He watches as Logan’s arm falters once, and then raises the gun again, but then he passes out and drops the gun. Alec calmly unties himself, stands up shakes his head and leaves.
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Max arrived at the top of the hill outside of Manticore just as parts of the building explode into flames. ‘Shit Renfro meant it’ she thought panicking. She blurs down and enters a building that was still intact. She runs down the hallways and stops when she hears voices of little kids yelling and banging on the walls and doors. She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked. She notices a control room at the end on the hallway and blurs towards it. She breaks into the control room and types something on the computers and flips a switch causing the hall doors to open and soldiers of different ages spill into the hallway and run through smoke and flame.
In the main control room an alarm goes off.
“We’ve got a security breech. Someone’s unlocking the cell doors.” The technician informed Renfro. He presses a few keys and the monitors show Max in the control room typing on the computers.
“Well, override the system. Lock down those doors.” Renfro instructed.
“Can’t” the technician replied shaking his head “Control conduits must be burned out.
They’re in the yard, heading for the fence.”
“Well, stop them” she commanded “No one gets past the perimeters” she screeched as two guards leave the room “Bring me 452 - alive”
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Alec reached the top of the hill outside Manticore to see it burning. “Fuck” he swore. He looked around and noticed transgenic’s running out of the compound and running towards the fence. He hears machine guns going off and looks up to where he catches sight of the guards shooting the transgenic’s. Without another thought he took out his gun and aimed it at the two guards foreheads before they even knew what hit them. He looked around for more guards but when he saw none he entered the building to see if anyone needed his help.
In her office Renfro is throwing things into her briefcase as fast as she could. A guard enters “Ma’am, we need to evacuate.”
“Where’s 452?” she asked
“Now Ma’am” the guard tried again.
“I’m not leaving without her.” Renfro answered still with her back towards the guard.
Max walks into the office, kicks the guard unconscious and grabs Renfro by the neck.
“What a coincidence, cause I’m not leaving without you.” She sneered pulling Renfro towards the labs.
“Where’s the antigen?” Max asked as she looked around the lab, there were shelves everywhere which contained lots of vials and beakers.
“I don’t know” Renfro feinted “We’ve got to get out of here now 452”
As a reply Max slammed Renfro into the wall, turns her around to face her and screams
“My names Max! Now where is it?”
“Okay, okay” Renfro finally agreed. Renfro walks towards the shelves and takes a yellow coloured vial off the shelf and Max grabs it. A guard enters and attempts to shoot Max.
“No!” Renfro screamed, she dived and took the bullet. Max shoves the table into the guards gut. He realizes who he’s shot, his eyes widen and he runs away. Max turns to look at Renfro but she’s dead. Max turns and runs out of the building and runs up the hill. At the top she stops and watches Manticore burn and smiles.
“Satisfied?”
A voice from behind her asked. She twirled around to find Alec staring at her. He just stood there staring at her with soot on his face and hair.
“What do you mean?” she asked him, apart of her not even wanting to talk to him.
“You’re free now. You’ve got your antigen. You can go back to work with you’re infuriating boss. You can go back to Logan. You have your strange little life back” he told her
“Me and Logan are none of your business…” she started rudely
“You made it my business” he shouted causing her to jump “You made it my business the moment you slept with me, the moment I asked if you had a boyfriend outside and you told me no, ‘we’re not like that Alec’”he mimicked.
“You betrayed me” she shouted back
“Cut the crap Max. You betrayed me. What was all that in the basement ‘If I didn’t have to go I’d stay with you’ if anyone betrayed and lied to anyone it was you.” he yelled pointing an accusing finger at her, he was so hurt and angry that he just wanted to kill her.
“Shut up” she yelled, arguing with him hurt and she didn’t want to feel anymore pain because she knew half the things he said were true.
“Logan could’ve died tonight all because you didn’t tell me. Don’t think I’m ever getting over that”
“I was following orders” Alec hissed.
“Just do me a favour Alec. Go away. I can’t even look at you right now.”
“Right” Alec replied nodding his head. “Well, have a nice life Max” he said sourly, then turned his back on her and walked away not once looking back.
Max watched him go and felt a feeling of loss overcome her. Pushing the feelings away she turned and ran to the man she needed to love.
TBC
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