Escape (DA,XO,UC,Mature) Seq [WIP]

[Jezebel Jinx]

Title: Escape
Author: Dez/Jezebel Jinx/VampireQueen21
Rating: Mature
Category: XO w/ Dark Angel/Roswell
Main Couples: X-tremer, Maxie/Biggs, and possible Maxie/Logan
Sequel to: Transgenic Christmas
Summary: Maxie, Biggs, Liz, and Alec have escaped from Manticore. Maxie and Biggs go up to Seattle to find Logan and try to get back together with him, while Liz and Alec go to Roswell, back to the only true home Liz has ever known.
A.N. The sequel came about because I couldn’t just leave them in Manticore. That would just be mean especially with the condition Liz is in right now. Hence them escaping and going back to their lives.
Disclaimer: I own nothing DA and Roswell belong to people and companies that I don’t own. Really I don’t, please don’t sue.


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Prologue

Run.

Calm, even breaths.

Stay alert.

Keep low, out of camera range.

Liz leaned against stone wall; cool concrete seeped through her t-shirt, reaching all the way to her bones. She fought the shiver it invoked. Not easy to stop an involuntary spasm but she managed.

Her stomach rolled. In all of Manticore’s brilliance they never found a way to stop morning sickness. She turned to glance behind her. Footsteps in an even rhythm came closer to her crouched body. If she had more time she would be able to tell whom it was but time wasn’t on her side.

Thinking quickly she jumped toward the beams above her head, grabbing one with both hands she swung up caught the neighboring beam and slid onto it. Slowly, silently she scooted over to the left side that was enveloped in darkness.

The footsteps came closer until they were in the same corridor she was above. A Lab-Coat. One of the many scientists apart of Manticore. He was so busy looking at the file in his hand that he had no clue whom was above him waiting for him to disappear.

Once out of sight Liz equally as quiet as when she scaled the beams eased down. Only the small thwack of her combat boots hitting the floor could be heard. Without warning sirens blared. Oh wonderful. The camera’s she forgot about the cameras.

Sirens blared in her ears, overhead lights flickered plunging everything into darkness, and in seconds red floodlights illuminated the deserted corridor. Why did she have to have a moment of idiocy the one time she couldn’t afford it?

TBC

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Chapter 1

February 18, 2021

Sirens blare in her ears, overhead lights flicker off plunging everything into darkness, in seconds red floodlights illuminate the deserted corridor. Alec grabbed her hand hurrying her toward—

Liz jerked awake, startled out of her dream. It took her a moment to realize where she woke up. Sweat dripped down the valley of her breasts. That had been the first time the dream stopped there, normally she and Alec got out and met up with Maxie and Biggs in the woods.

Those dreams were a part of the reason she held out hope of escape. Being in this place could drain a girl of all hope but her baby, the dreams of escape, and Alec all added so much optimism to her life. She didn’t think it’d be easy to escape but the prize of freedom was near, she could almost taste it.

What took her from the dream and back into her reality? Swinging her legs over the edge of her cot she scratched her tangled hair and took a look at the door, that bitch was standing outside watching her. Not in the mood for another stare contest she sighed and asked her what she was doing there…again.

The cell door opened, “371, stand up.” Renfro spoke in her cold tone that made most jump to follow her orders but not her. They’d played that game before and to tell the truth she was a tired of it.

“What did I do this time? Sleep on my right side? Let me guess I snored?” Did it sound like she was a little ticked…well she was. It had been almost two months since Christmas, very few of her meals stayed down, and it’d been three weeks since she last saw Alec. She was a little irritable and it came out when Renfro demanded obedience.

“Get up 371. Now.”

“Would it kill you to say please? Manners tend to go a long way.” Liz didn’t want to stand but she did, Renfro had a bug up her butt that afternoon that was apparently bothering her, which in turn made Renfro bother her. Oh it sucked being the verbal punching bag.

“Grab your clothes and come with me.”

This was new, she never told her to grab her clothes; go with her yes, but her clothes? Where was she going…what the hell was going on?

“Don’t make me say it again.”

Curiosity kept her mouth shut, grabbing her clothes and a second pair of shoes she followed Renfro and the three guards accompanying her. One of them, Aaron, was a constant customer of Alec’s, his normal request was for cigars or cigarettes.

Renfro led her down various corridors till they came upon a familiar cell door. His designation was even on the door, ‘494’. It opened and Alec stood at attention keeping his confusion under a tight lid.

“494, you’re getting a new roommate. Your breeding partner will now be staying with you.” Without another word she left the closet sized room slamming the door behind her.

Liz dropped her clothes and shoes racing into Alec’s arms. Three weeks, three weeks since she’d been held by him. “Why is she putting us together?” Immediately she realized how that sounded and backtracked. “Not that I'm not happy or anything but it’s suspicious that she’d place us in the cell together after months of making sure we were separated except to have sex.”

“Can you just shut up for a second?” Alec smirked, all he wanted was to kiss her, three weeks without the feel of her soft lips against his drove him to a kind of madness he’d never knew existed.

Not waiting a second longer than he had to he leaned down and did what he wanted to do since Renfro brought her here. Finally, everything was right again.

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Chapter 2

February 18, 2021

Max Guevara lay silently in her bed staring up at the concrete ceiling above her head. Right up there more transgenics were housed. More were in the basement, they were the ones that didn't look human, Joshua took care of them for the most part.

Sighing loudly she turned over onto her side and stared at the door. Earlier she had been expecting Biggs, but Renfro never brought him by, she made it her personal mission to make her life miserable. At least with Lydecker as screwed up as he was he cared to some extent what happened to "his kids". Renfro didn't give a damn about any of them.

Max shut her eyes tightly, I'm so sorry Logan she apologized even though he couldn't hear her thoughts. Biggs had been set up as her breeding partner. She would have said no, hell she did say no when Renfro brought him in the first time.

Unfortunately the platinum haired bitch said if she didn't mate with X5-567 she'd kill her and him. When she agreed Renfro closed the cell door but she didn't leave. She watched them through the tiny barred window of the cell, the entire time they had sex, it made any pleasure she could derive from the experience seem all the more dirty and shameful. It made her feel violated and abused, she scrubbed for thirty minutes in the shower the next morning.

After that first night she never watched them again. Max wondered if she did that to Jondy, she'd never mentioned it in the brief conversations they had in the showers, and that little piece of information Max was sure her sister would tell her.

If she hadn't done it to Jondy why was she so special. Why did she warrant supervising? Gently Max rubbed her flat stomach. Was there a life growing in there? Could that be the reason Biggs hadn't come that night? She wasn't ready to be a mother, she wasn't even sure she wanted to be a mother. What kind of mother would she be? It's not as if she had great mothering instincts--growing up in the hell hole Manticore tended to take that kind stuff away.

For a small moment in time she played with the idea of having Logan's kid. The little one would have her dark looks and his smarts, his class. It was a fantasy she only entertained for a minute, after that minute she was shot and captured by her clone.

Being in here she appreciated how special her friends were, Original Cindy, her home girl, was the best friend she'd ever had. Never had she had someone love her so unconditionally before, no one except family and they were scattered all over the place.

Sketchy, screwed up, scamming, looking for any angle to exploit Sketchy. He didn't know what she was but he still had her back...even if it was from a distance. Even Normal had a small bit of affection for...oh Blue Lady. Max shot up in the cot. She's seeing good qualities in Normal? She had to get out of this place.

Yawning she grabbed the twin bars above her head, they had been installed in every cell last month. Renfro wanted to give us the opportunity to work out when we couldn't sleep. Apparently there had been a lot of insomniacs around the base. Carefully and with completely control she lifted her weight and began a set of reps.

She'd been at it for twenty minutes when the bitch came into her cell. Max didn't stop instead she twisted around to face her. "What?" She breathed out.

"X5-567 is on a mission. He won't be joining you tonight or tomorrow night."

Not once did Max stop the lift and drop motion she started, she stared at the woman waiting for there to be a catch.

"I know you know who Eyes Only is. He's been causing trouble for us." She paced the small width of the cell. "He thinks you're dead you know?" Renfro pulled a file out from behind her back.

"What's B--X5-567's mission." Please don't let it be Logan. Please don’t let it be Logan. She'd snap.

"Seem a little worried there 452. Relax, he's not on Eyes Only." She plopped the tan file folder on the grey scratchy cot covers. "You're a disease 452. You kill everything you touch. It's only a miracle your sister hasn't fallen victim to you."

She sat on the bed and opened the folder. Colored pictures were inside. Renfro picked them up and went through each of them. "Hannah, the woman that took you the night you and the others escaped," a broken and bloody caregiver was shown. "Your brother Ben," another broken and bloodied body lay in the woods, this time by her hand. "Does 371 know you killed him? And of course your brother Zack. Gave his life to save not only your sisters but yours as well."

Max couldn't take her gaze off the array of photo's. All people she loved, cared about, and their faces haunted her every day. Renfro pulled out one last photo. It's a still from one of Logan's Eyes Only messages.

"We will find Eyes Only. And when we do, it'll be your fault he's dead." She let the photo fall back on the bed and left the small cell.

TBC

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A.N. I will be using Liz's transgenic name, Jondy, when she's with the X5's and at Manticore. However once she arrives in Roswell the others will call her by the name they knew which of course is Liz. Just wanted to point that out so no one is confused.

Chapter 3

Jondy and Alec lay on the cot with the scratchy gray standard issue bed sheets beneath them. She nuzzled her nose against his melting into him. "I missed you." Jondy whispered not wanting to speak loudly in case the bitch had guards by the door.

"I'm very missable." Alec rumbled.

She lightly smacked him. "Stop it, I'm serious." She giggled.

"So am I." He teased.

Shaking her head Jondy leaned in close and placed a soft kiss on his cheekbone. She couldn't stop touching him, kissing him, being close to him. Sighing with contentment she rested her head on his strong chest, her palm lay flat against his abdomen. "I want a kitten."

"A kitten?" He laughed.

"Yea. A cute little kitten that we could hide during the day and play with after dark." She lightly tapped her fingers on his stomach.

Alec rubbed his chin over her hair. "I think we could do that." He tightened his arm around her. Footsteps stomped down the hallway disturbing the sleep of many others in their own bunks. He held his breath waiting for their moment to be interrupted but thankfully the guard marched on by not sparing their room a glance.

For a few minutes they lay in silence, Alec would glide his fingers across her stomach and she would hold on to him not allowing him to move away from her for a second. "Have you seen Biggs or Max lately?" Jondy asked breaking the comfortable silence between them.

"Biggs left on a mission this morning. He'll be back in about three days." Alec tucked a stray stand of hair behind Jondy's ear. "Biggs will be okay."

"I'm sure he will be." These last few months that she and Maxie had been at Manticore they managed to form bonds with not only their breeding partners but also with a couple X5's and an X6.

The two X5's were also a couple; she had met a girl of seventeen in the medical ward. She's pregnant as well; her breeding partner was one of the few who got chosen for Psy-Ops. His mental abilities included altering perceptions, telekinesis, and aging the brain till there's nothing left but a bunch of gray goo. The male X5 gave his partner the name she had now, Elena, he said he heard the name on the outside and he liked it. The brothers and sisters in his original unit gave him the name of Alter.

The X6, whose "new" name was Scheg since he made up most of the schedules for his unit, had been in the med lab often, he never told her what he was in there for but the doctors took a lot of scans of his mind and some blood work. Recently he told her about the celebration his unit had thrown for him, nothing big but enough to make him happy turning fifteen.

"Have the medics told you anything about the baby?"

"No, nothing except the baby is healthy, it better be with all the vitamins and the pregnancy diet they have me on." She smirked. Jondy secretly hoped for a little girl, the first child she ever imagined having was a baby girl. Now she hadn't imagined a whole lot, but enough to know that she hoped for a girl first. Although if the baby were a boy she wouldn't be disappointed, the most important thing she wanted was a happy and healthy baby.

"Usually at breakfast I see Max. She's worried about you." Until he held Jondy in his arms he was worried for a while too. The only time he saw her was when Renfro wanted him to be at an appointment that she had scheduled for the baby check up, and even then he couldn't talk to her without Renfro listening in.

Thankfully he had insider information, the guards, for a price, were willing to tell him how Jondy was and if anything had been done to her. And the X6 that befriended her while she had been waiting for one of the doctors to finish with another pregnant transgenic told him everything that she told him.

After hearing the information that he had on Jondy, Max calmed down somewhat, she still worried but some of the stress eased. They never got along but both were able to tolerate the other for Jondy's sake.

"You tell her I'm ok right?" She knew that he would get information on her somehow. There would be no way that he wouldn't keep taps on her in Manticore. And if he had info he'd share with Max if only to keep her out of trouble, because if Max weren’t kept in the loop she'd find her own answers and that could rise suspicions.

"Of course." Again the couple fell into silence, enjoying being held by the other. It didn't take too long for Jondy to fall asleep and shortly after he fell asleep too, but not before tucking the gun one of the guards passed him under his pillow. Soon. Soon it would be time.

TBC

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Chapter 4

Late Morning

Out in the yard Maxie and Alec spar, their transgenic brother’s and sister’s watched as the two punched and kicked. As always the day started with breakfast, followed by an hour of studies, lately the subject had been civilian speak. After the hour of class they were sent out to the yard to train, spar, and exercise for a few hours until lunch.

Jondy was with the other pregnant females doing various exercises that would keep their bodies fit but not hurt the babies. Instead of exercising outside Renfro insisted they do it inside, she wanted to watch the females and their pregnancies in a controlled environment.

A loud whistle sounded, he and Max stopped their fight and stood at attention facing one of their commanding officers.

“Chow time, head to the cafeteria.” The CO left and went presumably to eat his own lunch.

Relaxing the people in the yard left and made their way to the mess hall. It took a few minutes to get their food but once they did Alec tapped his fingers two times on the table.

Alter and Scheg sat down on either side of Alec and Max. Out of no where a masculine voice spoke in their heads. Two days? Sure we’ll be ready by then.

Alec rose a single eyebrow. “Jondy seems to think so.” Unable to communicate with him mentally. Last night when Jondy spoke to him about the kitten she tapped her fingers on his stomach letting him know that in two days they’d break out of Manticore and to let the others know.

Biggs isn’t coming back is he? Alter questioned. He was looking forward to getting out of Manticore; he saw what the scientists and that bitch planned to do to his child. The horrors she thought up…no one should have to go through that.

Around the mess hall only a small spattering of women were in the room. Ten women had yet to get pregnant, a small grouping of the pregnant women looked down their noses at the non-pregnant transgenics. Those few pregnant women thought they were better and genetically better.

A crackle of energy was felt through the mess hall, the males who had pregnant mates raised their heads and looked toward the entrance. In a few seconds the group of pregnant women in various stages of growth came together into the cafeteria.

The women went to the food and gathered piles of food, each hungry and craving certain things. When they received the food they went toward whatever area their mates were in. Jondy and Elena went toward the same table and sat down next to their males.

As the women sat the males calmed and focused again on their own meal. Alec glanced at Jondy’s plate. “Is that going to be enough for you?” He put a fork full of corn in his mouth and then a fork full of mashed potatoes.

“Yea. Renfro thinks it’s a treat to let us have regular meals once a week. If it was really treat she’d head down to the nearest Burgerville and get me a milkshake.” She growled before digging into her lunch. She could hardly wait to break out of this place. Only two more days, then she, her family, and friends would be long gone from this hellhole.

Joshua, not being able to get in touch with Maxie, contacted her and told her that a group of the transgenics who were underground had almost finished the escape route. Because Renfro refused to acknowledge the anomalies she didn’t keep them under as watchful an eye.

With regular looking transgenics she had guards patrolling the areas that they were housed, but down below they were lucky if they had a guard a week patrolling. While that part was good the other side of the coin was that they didn’t get food often either. If Joshua weren’t feeding them they’d probably starve.

“So what did miss today?” Elena questioned. Since the pregnant women didn’t spar any longer they weren’t getting front row seats in the insults and real fights breaking out in the yard.

“X6-185 has been copping major ‘tude with me.” Maxie snarled. Little shit was only fourteen and she thought she was all big and bad. Going on missions by herself…please she was going on solo missions when she was eight, fourteen wasn’t the least bit impressive.

Jondy chuckled. “Please tell me you shoved your fist down her throat?” She munched on a carrot. During the few times she was with Maxie she heard from her the crap that girl gave her. Saying she was weak because she couldn’t handle the Manticore world and ran away. Or that the heart Zack gave her weakened her physical abilities.

“Not yet. Plan to soon though.” After all what the hell could the Manticore head honchos do to her when she’d be gone? It would be the perfect time to get her back.

Elena smirked, “Looking forward to hearing about that.” She raised her spoon up to give her approval before putting the slop they called Salisbury steak into her mouth. Alter told her psychically about the plan to leave Manticore, she was looking forward to it but she couldn’t help but be frightened about the unknown that lay ahead.

Would she be strong enough to survive out there? She knew that if Jondy and Maxie could do it when they were children chances were good so could she at her age now. Besides Alter would protect her and it wasn’t like they’d be alone. There’d be a whole group of them leaving, she’d be okay…she hoped.

TBC

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Chapter 5

Two Days Later

“Lights out!” A booming voice over the loud speaker told the occupants in their cells that it was time to bunk down.

Maxie lay in bed but didn’t close her eyes. In one hour she would be far away from this prison. Alec and Jondy would meet her in her cell; it helped to have a couple guards in their pocket. When Renfro left the base they had free reign in the facility.

Of course there were the occasional guards who took that free-reign thing too far. Some of the older female transgenics were unsure if the child they carried were one of the guards or their mate. It wasn’t a surprise that a few of the guards abused them after hours. Manticore couldn’t have a lot of guards who felt sorry for the people they were supposed to watch.

Sighing Max turned over onto her back. Biggs should be out there tonight, waiting for them, waiting for her. Renfro wouldn’t notice that he hadn’t returned till tomorrow, she would be pissed. A very small part of her wanted to stay to see her reaction to that news.

Alter, Elena, and Scheg would meet them in the basement, along with Joshua. Once they escaped Jondy and Alec were going to Roswell. She would miss her big sister, they hadn’t had much of an opportunity to reconnect on a sibling level. It broke her heart that they were separating again.

As for her and Biggs they were going to Seattle. Biggs didn’t want to leave her alone, she appreciated that, she didn’t really want to be alone either when she went back. What if Logan didn’t want her anymore, what if he found someone else to be with.

Not to mention Biggs knew what they had done to her because they did it to him too. Renfro watched him too when he had sex with her that first time, many of the tortures she endured he endured with her. Whether by hearing about it or having it done to him too. She wasn’t ready to give him up yet.

Joshua and Scheg mentioned going to Seattle with her and Biggs, but Alter and Elena didn’t know yet. They knew they didn’t want to go Seattle as Elena hated the rain, but they weren’t sure if they were following Alec and Jondy or going to a different destination, someplace all their own.

As for X6-185 she had fun kicking her annoying ass that morning in the yard. Since she was leaving Manticore and had no plans to ever come back, she was-enthusiastic during sparing. She didn’t want to fight anyone but the little bitch.

Sent her to the infirmary with a couple of cracked ribs, a busted lip and a concussion. Beating her up that morning felt damn good, shut her up effectively too.

Surprisingly she didn’t get an infraction for her hard treatment of a fellow transgenic. Instead Renfro complimented her on being so ruthless. To her it proved that she was losing the emotions she had gained from the outside. That part didn’t feel so good.

Max wished she had a window in her cell to look out of, in Seattle when she was waiting she’d sit by the window and watch cars and people go by going through their routine. It would calm her and get her ready for whatever was to come next.

She reached under her pillow and pulled out a watch and makeshift knife. Only forty-five minutes left, everything had to go by the book or they’d likely to be killed. Alter had his job, Alec had his, and she had hers.

Alter would right now be gearing up, getting ready to break Elena out of her cell, and then he would be altering the guard’s perception of what they’d see. Instead of seeing him break out his mate they’d see them in the cell. The longest he could hold the image would be thirty minutes-thirty-five if he really pushed it.

Alec would be paying the guard to let him out, Jondy would stay in the cell for a little while longer, and then he’d go to the control room, knock out the guards, start a fire in the control room and then let out the other transgenics. With all the chaos he’d meet Jondy in her cell and then the three of them would head to the basement.

From there they’d wait for Alter, Elena, Scheg, and Joshua, then it’s bye-bye Manticore. Everything had to go by the book or they would be screwed. She hoped they wouldn’t be screwed.

In the process of escaping they would also be freeing all of the other transgenics housed in that facility. It would both give them cover and maybe give the others a chance at a semi-normal life. Again she looked at her watch, not much longer now.

TBC

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Chapter 6

Jondy lay down on the cot drumming her thumbs along her stomach. Alec left the cell and she had to stay there waiting like a bump on a log. She hated feeling so useless but neither she nor Alec wanted anything to happen to the baby. If she went out there and helped him something could go wrong, and she wouldn’t be able to live with that.

Sirens suddenly blared through the facility. A red light above the bed swirled and brought the dark cell to light. The cell door clanked as locks were disengaged and doors opened automatically.

She swung her legs off the bed and stood up. With her shoes already on she grabbed her sweater and Alec’s, it was cold outside, it was January in Washington, it’s not just cold, it’s fucking cold. When they leave the facility it would take a couple days to get to Roswell. Biggs should have a couple vehicles a few miles down the road waiting for them.

Transgenics flow from the cells and run down the halls, not once did anyone fall or trip, even with all those people hurrying through the stone walls. She saw an opening and moved with the crowd. It only took a few moments to get to Maxie’s cell. Jondy ducked in barely missing another transgenic coming up behind her in a rush to leave the base. Maxie was standing by her raised bed and the hole in the wall she made a couple months ago.

Overcome with relief the sisters hugged each other tightly for a brief moment, it felt so good to be held that both wished the comfort could continue. Whatever they wished however didn’t matter, they couldn’t allow themselves the luxury. She and Maxie needed to stay strong till their mission was complete.

“How was it out there?” Max questioned. She hadn’t even attempted to poke her head outside her cell door. The many children, teenagers, and adults rushing down the hall sounded like a stampede of buffalo.

As Max pulled away from her she smirked. “Exactly as it sounds out there.” Structured chaos.

Maxie noticed her quick glance toward the door. “Don’t worry, he’ll be fine. He won’t leave you to head out there alone.” She rubbed Jondy’s shoulder giving her enough comfort to keep her strong. Alec would fight tooth and nail to get to her older sister. He’s too annoying to not show up again.

Normally Jondy wouldn’t need the comfort from Max, she wouldn’t turn it down if given but it wouldn’t be needed. However her hormones were going crazy. An insecure part of her wondered if Alec wanted to leave Manticore. He had a fairly good life here; he did what he was told—usually, had guards in his back pocket, three square meals a day…why would he want to put all that at risk for her?

Immediately she shook off that momentary panic. He loved her, he loved their child, and he wouldn’t leave her to raise him or her alone. She could raise the baby on her own, that wasn't even in question, but she didn’t want to. Alec helped with the fun part; he had better be there to help her with the not so fun parts. Once he was there next to her she could breathe easy again.

Maxie watched the door with her, she promised Alec yesterday that if he didn’t show up a minute after he was scheduled to arrive she’d take Jondy and continue with their plan. She hoped she wouldn't have to do that, getting her older sister to leave Alec behind might be difficult.

Hurry Alec, please hurry. Jondy thought. Please don’t make me leave without you. She glanced at her watch, fifteen more seconds before he was late.

Outside the footfalls of transgenics began to quiet, many were only a few halls away from freedom. A few more waited for their younger unit members. It wasn’t long before the only sounds that could be heard were faint footfalls.

Turning toward Maxie, she made a choice that she never wanted to make. “Alec’s late.” She said to her sister. “Let’s go.” She rubbed her stomach, if it were just her she’d tell Max to get out of there and then she’d head back for Alec. The baby was more important though.

Max stared at her for a second before nodding. She understood why she made her decision. There wasn’t another option for her; she had to protect the baby. Standing back she let Jondy go through first before following her.

TBC

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Chapter 7

As soon as the sisters were through the opening they grabbed the others hands and ran to their first rendezvous point. Joshua, Elena, Alter, and Scheg were there waiting.

“Where’s Alec?” Alter questioned. He’d noticed the missing group member before Jondy and Max turned the corner. He felt the powerful loss radiating from the pregnant woman.

“He’s not coming. Let’s go.” Maxie said. She had to get her sister out of there. When they were out she’d hold her sister while she cried. Max saw that if Jondy opened her mouth now it would be to weep her loss.

Joshua crawled through the window leading to the outside first. Followed closely behind him were Alter and Elena. Maxie pulled Jondy closer to the window and watched as she eased out cradling her slight bump. And last were she and Scheg.

All around them transgenics of every number were racing for the hills outside the fence. For now they would be free. Whether or not the hundreds of them decided to stay out in the world would be the ultimate question.

Jondy grabbed Maxie’s hand again as they ran toward the second rendezvous point that Biggs was waiting at. Maxie watched as Jondy ran behind Joshua emotionless. The pain she must be feeling at Alec not showing up at her cell must be devastating but she held strong.

Once the facility was behind them and the woods lay stretched out in front of them Maxie pulled her sister to a stop. “Come with me to Seattle.”

“What?” Jondy still didn’t let go of Max’s hand but she frowned at her.

“To Seattle. You won’t be alone there.” She knew what it was like to be alone, it sucked. Even with OC, Logan, and Sketchy…it wasn’t the same as having her family with her.

Jondy swallowed hard. Licking her lips she pulled Maxie forward into a hug. “I love you, ya know that?” Tears that neither had allowed themselves to fall while in the walls of Manticore trickled down their faces.

“I love you too.” Maxie choked out.

“I have to go back to Roswell though.” Jondy pulled back a little. “I need to make sure everyone is okay.” She wiped away some of the tears on Maxie’s face with her thumb. “You understand.” That wasn’t a question, Jondy knew that Max did.

Although she didn’t want to, she understood what her sister was saying. If she were in Jondy’s place she’d want to go back to where her friends were and at least check on them. Max nodded. “You do what you have to do.”

“Always do.”

“But then please, come to Seattle.” She held both of Jondy’s hands in hers. “I’d really enjoy having my sister around again.”

“We’ll see.” Jondy wiped at her own tears. It didn’t matter that she was the older sister and Max the younger, they took care of each other.

Max knew Jondy wouldn’t promise something unless she was a hundred and ten percent sure that she could deliver. Her answer was all she could give. “Keep in touch though.”

“Now that I do promise.” Jondy kissed her cheek. “Come on, the meeting place isn’t that far. Five clicks at most.”

Once again they started to run toward their freedom. The others were ahead of them, Alter and Elena had kept close to Joshua and Scheg hadn’t stopped when the sisters had. They were a little behind but not by a lot. Soon they’d be on the road and away from Manticore…again.

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Chapter 8

When Maxie and Jondy made it to the meeting place the others were already there. Including two newcomers that neither sister had seen before.

One was in green fatigues, a tanned T-shirt, and a green overcoat. He was tall too, very close to Joshua’s tall frame of six feet-six inches. However his most pronounced features were his face and body which was that of a reptile.

“This is Mole.” Joshua introduced. “Reptile in his cocktail.” He grinned showing his sharp teeth but he didn’t look at all ferocious.

Mole had a shotgun in his hand, it was over his shoulder, where he got it during the escape she had no idea, and he stared at her and Maxie. He didn’t smile but he nodded to them. “What took you two so long?”

“Sisterly chat.” Max said. There was no need he should know more than that.

“He’s Alec’s friend.” From Joshua’s tone he had already told the two new additions that Alec wouldn’t be coming.

Jondy felt her throat tighten before she dropped Max’s hand gently and went up to Mole. Holding out her hand she looked up at him. “Nice to meet you. I’m Jondy.”

Mole shook her hand. “He told me a lot about you.” A moment of understanding passed between them. Both felt the loss of Alec.

Biggs squeezed Jondy’s shoulder in comfort before stepping over to Maxie. He automatically put his arm around her shoulders holding her close.

“And this, this is Raven.” Joshua pointed toward the second new person.

A blonde haired beauty, with piercing blue eyes waved from her spot by the tree. “X5-178.” She pushed off the tree and moved closer to the group of people. “Excelled in marksmanship, language, and covert ops.”

Everyone who hadn’t met her or known her name nodded to her. Elena however greeted her with a hug; she must have been the one to invite Raven along. It was good she seemed to have someone besides Alter to go with. That might give the young mother some female companionship that understood what she was going through.

“Is this a tea party or are we going to get outta here?” Mole questioned.

“We’re getting out of here.” Max told him. “Biggs, Joshua, Scheg, and I are going to Seattle. Jondy is going to Roswell, New Mexico. As for the rest of you it’s up to you where you go.”

Mole spoke up first. “I’m going to Roswell.” He looked to Jondy. “Alec asked for me to go with you if he wasn’t…able to.”

Tears welled in her eyes. Alec figured there would be a chance that he wouldn’t be able to make it back to her. It hurt and warmed her heart at the same time. He thought far enough ahead to have someone help her…take care of her if he wasn’t able to.

A part of her rebelled at the idea of someone else taking care of her; she was a transgenic female dammit and she could take care of her self. On the other hand what would happen when she was bigger with their baby and a bad situation happened? Wouldn’t she want someone who was able to bail her out of a jam?

Max left Biggs embrace and hurried over to her. The hormones must really be getting to her if she was openingly crying in front of strangers and while they weren’t completely out of the woods. Literally and figuratively speaking.

It was one thing when it was just them and they were away from the base. They were sisters it was different. However there, now, it had to have been pregnancy hormones.

“It’s okay.” She whispered softly, stroking Jondy’s back.

Jondy held on tightly to her sister. She knew it was an inappropriate time to start bawling. Hell she didn’t want to do it and tried her damnedest to stop the flow of liquid from leaving her eyes. But hearing Mole tell her that Alec wanted him to go with her to keep her safe it broke that wall inside her and she couldn’t help it.

While Max was comforting her the others were getting the few things they had and packed them in one of the three automobiles. Two vehicles were SUV’s while the third was an old Dodge Neon. Mole had already called dibs on one of the SUV’s. There was no way in hell he would be driving anything but that.

When he was loading his bag in the back he mumbled about being the babysitter to a hormonal pregnant woman. He clearly wasn’t happy which only made Liz cry a little harder into Max’s shoulder.

A couple minutes later Biggs went up to Jondy and Max, “We’re ready to go. Alter, Elena, and Raven have already left.”

Pulling away from each other Jondy scrubbed at her face wiping away the tears, and Max nodded. While irritated that they didn’t say good-bye neither could fault them wanting to leave as soon as possible.

“I’m not leaving yet.” Jondy stated shocking the rest of their group.

“Now it’s my turn. What?” Maxie glared at her. “Are you crazy? We have to blaze.”

“I know. But I’m going to wait for Alec. I have to wait for Alec.”

“No you don’t. You’ve gotta leave.” She gripped Jondy’s upper arm pleading with her.

Swallowing she moved a bit of hair that fell into her face. “Can’t yet. I won’t wait long, just fifteen minutes. But I can’t leave until I’ve waited. We’re relatively safe right now. I can wait for a few minutes.”

“Fine, but you’re not doing it without us.” Max told her firmly. If Jondy thought that she was just going to leave while her sister stayed there she had another thing coming.

TBC

A.N. There will be some more story line with Alter, Elena, and Raven. They aren’t out of the story yet. So if you liked those characters don’t worry they will be making more appearances.

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Chapter 9

Waiting for Alec seemed to take longer than it should have. Jondy wasn’t pacing, she wasn’t crying, she wasn’t talking, all she did was sit on the hood and stare out into the woods. Mole leaned against the SUV beside her keeping his distance from her but staying close enough to leap into action if necessary.

Biggs and Maxie were standing on the other side of Jondy ready to be there when she was ready to go. Joshua and Scheg were waiting by the vehicle they would be going to Seattle in.

Jondy glanced at her watch, only eight minutes had passed. There were still seven minutes left, Alec could still show up. She had to believe that.

~*~*~

The fire was burning out of control, windows were blowing out and flames licked the side of the facility. Alec, along with three others, was running passed the fence that enclosed the building.

Jondy would be so furious at him for not being there in Max’s cell when he said he would be. But as he was passing by the infirmary he saw three people that he couldn’t leave behind, not in good conscious anyway.

If he left those people behind, Jondy would never forgive him. It took him a few minutes to get them unhooked and aware of their surroundings. Once they were alert he ordered them to follow him.

The only female huffed behind him, his girlfriend and her sister wouldn’t be too happy about that addition. Not because she was female, if anything that would probably make them warm to her easier. It was who specifically the female was.

Wow, he just called Jondy his girlfriend. During the whole time they were in Manticore he never thought in terms of girlfriend/boyfriend. Mate, lover, even breeding partner but never girlfriend. That thought made him push a little faster.

~*~*~

As she sat and waited for Alec, Jondy thought back to when she was Liz Parker. Would she continue to be Liz Parker when she showed up back in Roswell? Or would she bury that persona forever and stay Jondy?

There was a third option though. Mixing the two. Would that make her Lidy or Jonz? Right like that made sense. She wondered briefly about her friends, Maria would hug her close when she showed back up then she’d probably smack her on the arm for leaving without telling her.

Kyle, he’d hug her too, then he’d wonder silently for a while where she’d been since May. Blue Lady, she’d almost been gone for a year. Eight months she had been gone.

She loved them so much, she wished Alex would be there but there was no hope of that. Her best friend next to Maria was dead and had been since a few weeks before she left for Seattle.

As for Michael, Isabel, Tess, and Max it seemed unlikely that they’d still be on Earth. Why would they stay? She knew that Tess had been pregnant when she left for Seattle and that the baby couldn’t survive on Earth. Those four had to leave if the baby were to survive.

Six minutes left. Hurry Alec. He didn’t feel dead, she couldn’t explain it but inside her Alec radar told her that he was still alive. She had to hold out hope that her radar wasn’t completely wrong.

Deep in the woods Joshua heard footsteps. “People coming.”

Jondy hopped off the hood, Maxie and Biggs stood on one side of her while Mole closed in on the other side. Joshua and Scheg stood near the group but didn’t crowd in close.

Two minutes later a most welcome face broke through the trees. “Alec.” Jondy breathed out. Relief flooded her system and threatened to bring her to her knees.

He slowed but didn’t stop moving until he had Jondy in his arms. “Why are you still here?” He whispered into her hair.

“I couldn’t leave you.” She burrowed into his chest. It wasn’t until she noticed Maxie hadn’t moved an inch from her side, Max was stone still. “Max?”

“It can’t be.”

Jondy looked over Alec’s shoulder. “Oh Blue Lady.”

“They were in the infirmary. As I was running by they were still bound to the beds. That’s why I was late.” Alec explained.

“Zack?” Jondy breathed out.

“Ben?” Max said in the same shocked and questioning tone as her sister.

TBC