It was still dark out when Liz woke. She looked over to see Alec watching her. She kissed him gently before asking, "What are you doing?"
"Watching you. Thinking."
"What were you thinking about?" Liz asked.
"That maybe you should leave Seattle."
Liz sat up quickly shocked at what he had said. "What? Why?'
"Because after today White's going to be after you. He's going to want to know about you."
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to run away just because of danger." She said determined. "He doesn't know anything about who I am, he won't be able to track me down."
"Maybe, maybe not. But it’s more likely he will if you’re around Max and I. I was just thinking that maybe you'd be safer if you went back to Roswell for a little while."
"And Seattle is so safe for you? Why should I leave and you stay? If you want me to go so bad then go with me."
"You know I can’t."
"Then don’t ask me to."
Alec knew there was no arguing with her right now. Maybe he could have Max or Ava talk her into it tomorrow. "Let's go back to sleep. We can talk more about it after we wake up."
Liz nodded and she scooted back down the bed. She curled up against Alec enjoying the feeling of his warmth and was quickly back to sleep.
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Alec tried to talk Liz and Ava into leaving but his pleas fell on deaf ears. Instead Alec settled for them to learn how to defend themselves without their powers. So the X5s helped them with some moves and weapons while the girls helped Alec and Max out in Terminal City. Their alien blood gave them more resistance to the chemicals than normal humans so they were immune. Alec gave up his apartment and moved into one there. The girls helped as much as they could. Liz helped Max keep a record of all the transgenics coming in so they would have an accurate count as well as what skills they had. They also made rounds around the area for stuff left or fixing small things with their powers. That led to an argument between Liz and Alec when Alec wanted her to use her powers for something she didn’t agree with.
“Alec, I’m not doing it.” Liz said defiantly. They were the ‘garage’ area of Terminal City where they kept all of the vehicles. Alec and Biggs had just gotten back and that’s when him and Liz started arguing.
“Come on.” Alec pleaded.
“No, I’m not using my powers on that truck. If you can’t sell it the way it is then you shouldn’t have stole it.”
“I can still sell it but it’s easier if it’s not traceable. The money I make can go to buying supplies.” All he asked was that she change the plates and the paperwork.
“But you still stole it.” Liz knew his intentions were good ones but he still stole.
“From drug dealers.” Alec argued stressing his words. In Alec’s eyes stealing from criminals wasn’t stealing.
“The next thing you know you’ll want me to mindwarp a gas truck driver and bring it back here.” Liz stated.
Alec pursed his lips together in an expression that Liz knew meant he didn’t think it was a bad idea. Liz rolled her eyes just as Max rode up. She had been with Biggs and Alec when they went to get the SUV but he had noticed she hadn’t followed on them. “What took you so long?”
“Waited around and made a withdrawal.” She explained while holding up a large metal briefcase with a large bullet hole in it. “Before we left Mole gave me a rundown of supplies and stuff. With all the new transgenics we’re running low on everything and we would have to go back to the streets. We’ve got at least twenty pregnant females ready to pop and even more later. Not to mention all of the young X6s that can’t work. Food, gas, and medical supplies have taken all of the money we had. We need a lot more if we’re going to survive.” Max’s words made it soak in how much they needed the money for supplies. She watched as Max opened the suitcase. Inside there were about six packs of 20-dollar bills.
“D*mn, only about three thousand. What kind of self respecting drug dealer makes such small change.” Alec said as they counted. Liz made a decision thinking of one of the pregnant X5s she had talked to earlier. She reached over and waved her hand over the money.
“Holy Sh*t!” Biggs exclaimed as they watched the twenties turn into hundreds.
“I don’t think it’d be a good idea to do that often but I hope it helps.” Liz said then walked over to the Suburban that Alec stole and placed her hand on it turning it from silver to black. “What else needs changed?”
It took a minute for the three X5s to snap out of shock before Alec finally walked up and showed her the number on the frame that needed to be changed. “What changed your mind?”
“The thought of those soon to be moms out on the streets cold and hungry.” Liz stated. “That should keep you guys in supplies for a little while. Now I need to get back to upstairs to finish my game before Mole deals me out.”
The four of them headed to a commons area where several different groups of transgenics were hanging around. Biggs and Max headed in one direction while Alec and Liz went another. He watched as she played poker with two female X5s, Naomi and Lulu as well as Mole, a lizard looking mutant, and Ava. By the look on Mole’s face, one of the girls was beating him. It still amazed Alec how Liz just accepted everything, looking at the mutants the same as anyone. After Lulu won five hands in a row the group broke up and Alec took Liz and Ava home.
Part 41
Days later, Alec and Max were just finishing up their last run when Alec saw a familiar picture on the TV Screen. Another X5 worked with them at Jam Pony named Cody.
“If you see this individual, please alert the authorities immediately. This alleged transgenic is considered to be a dangerous fugitive and should not be approached under any circumstances. It is unclear if the suspect is armed.” The news reporter stated.
The customer shut the door just then and Alec told Max what he had seen. “It's Cody.” He informed her as he dialed on his cell phone. “Come on.”
A minute later, Cody picked up. “Cody, its Alec.”
“Hey. You won't believe what just happened to me.”
“Where are you?”
“About six blocks from work.”
“You need to get back to Terminal City right now, pal.” Alec stated.
“Why? What's wrong?” He asked. Just then over the phone, Alec heard someone yell, “Hey! He's one of 'em!”
Alec heard the phone hit something. “Cody!”
“He's in trouble.” He said looking at Max.
“Let’s go.”
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They searched everywhere around Jam Pony until finally coming across a large group of people. “Hey, what the hell's going on?” Max asked a near by guy.
“Bunch of the neighborhood guys got a hold of one of them mutants that's been on the news.”
“What do you mean, "Got a hold of"?” Alec asked.
“Gave 'em hell. What do you think?” He asked as he pointed behind him. Max and Alec looked in the direction he was pointing and saw Cody hanging upside down, dead. They could see all of the cuts and bruises on him from being beaten. A large wooden X burned nearby. “That oughta teach them freaks a lesson, huh?”
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Around the same time, Liz had just gotten out of the shower when she saw the news. “The suspected transgenic met a violent end when it was confronted by members of a local neighborhood watch group.” The news reporter announced just as they showed the picture of Cody’s body. Liz gasped in horror. How could anyone be so cruel? She needed to see Alec so she dressed quickly and headed for Terminal City.
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Alec sat by himself in a corner of the main headquarter building thinking about what had happened to Cody. Like Biggs, Alec had worked with Cody before and he was a pretty cool guy. Alec even considered him his friend. Just then Joshua walked up, “Sorry about Cody.”
“Yeah. I'd like to have a little talk with the people who did that.” Alec stated.
“Me, too.”
Thinking it over, Alec said, “The guys were still there hanging around, talking crap about transgenics.”
“Think they’re still there?” Joshua asked.
“Wanna go find out?” Alec asked just as he saw Liz walk up. He could tell from the expression on her face that she had heard the whole conversation. “Joshua, I need to talk to Alec for a minute.”
Joshua left and Liz asked, “Please tell me you’re not going to go do what I think you’ll going to do.”
Alec shrugged, “Fine, I won’t tell you.”
“Alec you can’t do this.” Liz pleaded.
“Why not? They killed Cody!” Alec yelled.
Liz tried not to cringe at the volume of Alec’s voice. Her and Alec never fought so hearing him yelling was new. “I know that. But you can’t do it.”
“I don’t remember you being the voice of reason when it was Tess. You would have killed her if I hadn’t stepped in. You wanted her to pay for killing Alex just like I want them to pay for killing Cody.” Alec yelled knowing that his words hurt her.
Liz winced at his statement. “That was uncalled for.”
“But that doesn’t make it any less true.”
“Fine,” Liz yelled frustrated, “You want to go out and risked getting killed fine. You want to prove them right? Go ahead.”
“What are you talking about?”
“If you go after them, they’ll just use it to prove their point. That transgenics are dangerous. Because no matter how right you feel it is, no matter if it’s an eye for an eye? All they will see is a human killed by a transgenic.” She stated before turning on her heel and leaving. She was so pissed at Alec that she practically ran back to her apartment. She wished she had the power to just wave her hand and teleport there.
Part 42
Alec, Biggs, and Joshua headed down the street heading for the group Alec saw earlier. Joshua was wearing a helmet to hide his face. They saw the group standing in the same spot but now they were collecting money. “Y'all wanna make a donation?”
“Yeah, but my friend here thinks you're running a scam.” Alec stated.
“I guess you ain't seen the news. We strung the trannie up that bridge, over there.”
“I've got a problem with that.” Alec said angrily.
“Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah.” Biggs said.
“He was a friend of ours.” Joshua stated as he took the helmet off. The guy’s eyes widen when they caught sight of his face.
The three trangenics moved fast and quickly beat the crap out of them. Alec had the ringleader by the neck about to snap it when Liz’s words came back to him, ‘All they will see is a human killed by a transgenic.’
Alec looked down at the guy who had fear in his eyes. “You and your friends need to get out of town tonight. I see you around here again, I'm gonna kill you.”
“Come on guys. Let’s go.” Alec said. Biggs and Joshua followed Alec back to Terminal City while the guys they had just beaten up limped away.
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Liz woke up when she heard a creaking by her window and bolt upright. She raised her hand to blast the intruder when she heard a familiar voice, “Hey hey don’t kill me.”
“Alec! What do you think you were doing sneaking in here?” Liz asked angrily.
“Your door was locked.” Alec stated.
“I know. I melted the lock. I didn’t want anyone to come in.” She said looking pointedly at him so he knew who she meant.
“Okay I deserved that.”
“No, you deserve to be tossed out the window but you’d probably just land on your feet with no harm done so I guess that’s not an option.” Liz stated as she got out of bed and stood facing him. Alec couldn’t help put look her over as she stood in front of him in a pair of boxers and a tank top.
“Do you know why I came to TC to find you?” Liz asked. Alec shook his head. “When I saw the news and what happened all I could think about was what if it was you? I was so scared and I had to go and make sure you were okay.”
Alec couldn’t think of anything to say except for “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said what I did. I was just so upset about Cody, and seeing what they did to him.”
“I understand how you feel.”
“No, you don’t. You don’t know what it like.” He said flopping down on the end of her bed.
“How can you say that to me? Don’t you think people would be just as scared if not more of me if they found out what Ava and I can do? That we can go into peoples’ heads and see their memories or make them see what we want them to? Or that I can go into their dreams? I live in as much fear as you do everyday but I’m still here with you trying to do whatever I can to help you.”
“Again, sorry.” Alec said apologizing.
“Sorry doesn’t always cut it Alec. I was trying to be there for you and you threw a very painful memory back in my face.”
“You’re right, I had no right to do that. I don’t know what I can do to make this right. Violence is just the easy way to deal. And I do it well. When I was nineteen, I took a guy out with a gunshot at 1000 feet in high wind. Not a lot of people could make that shot. It’s what I was made to do.”
“But it’s not all you are.” Liz said. “What happened tonight?”
Alec was surprised by her changing the subject but answered her, “We found the guys who did it and let them know that we didn’t like what they did.”
“So you did it?”
“No, I mean we roughed them up but when it came to the actual act your words came back to me and I couldn’t do it.”
Liz let out a sigh of relief. She knew that if Alec had killed the men responsible for Cody’s death that people would be hunting after him. Before she realized what she was doing she walked over to where he was sitting on the end of the bed and pulled him close. He laid his head on her stomach and wrapped his arms around her. She held him like that for several minutes just comforting him. He pulled back and said, “I’m sorry Liz. I really am.”
“Just don’t push me away. We’re in this together.” Liz said. Alec only nodded. Liz reached for the hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head before pulling him to stand and taking off his pants. She settled herself in her bed and motioned for Alec to join her. He laid down and pulled her close, thankful that she had forgiven him.
Part 43
A few days later Liz and Ava were at Jam Pony with Biggs waiting for Alec to see if he wanted to go out to lunch. Biggs said he should back from his last run at any minute. They were talking and joking around with OC and another X5 named CeCe.
“Liz, can you come here for a minute?” Cece asked. Liz nodded and followed Cece to the back of the lockers.
“What’s up?”
“Can you tell me if I need a touch up?” Cece asked turning around and displaying the part of her neck where her barcode would be. She was one of the transgenics who had broken into various offices and ‘borrowed’ the laser there to temporarily remove her barcode. Liz looked and saw the lines were reappearing faintly. She looked around and saw no one was watching them before placing her hand on Cece’s neck and used her powers to touch her up. “Nope, looks fine.”
“Thanks,” Cece said none the wiser of what Liz had done. They sat back down with the others when they heard commotion coming from the front. Liz looked up in time to see a transgenic from Terminal City named Mole come through the door with Alec holding a shot gun to him and rushing past. They were followed by a pregnant girl older than her and a young boy then Joshua. Joshua shut the front door before rushing past and looked at Liz and OC. Liz went to follow but OC grabbed her arm. “He’s fine.”
The group went by and headed for the back. Once they were through Liz heard Normal; “They got my boy.” And went rushing into his office only to reappear with a gun.
Alec couldn’t believe what was happening. One minute he was on his way to meet Liz, the next thing Mole and Joshua had rushed up to him needing his help. Then Mole decided to fake him being a hostage, this couldn’t be good. He had seen Liz’s face when they went through, she wasn’t scared, just confused. He opened the back door and Mole was about to follow him out when they saw that police cars were parked outside taking aim. “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, go back!”
“Freeze!” Alec heard the cops yell before he turned around and headed back in. “I said freeze!” They heard one more warning before Alec heard then felt a gun go off. It had hit him in his left arm. He shrugged it off and headed back inside only to stop in their tracks by a gun welding Normal. “Hold it right there, freak show!”
As Normal pointed the gun at Mole and Joshua, he looked at Alec. “You're bleeding.”
Alec saw a look a concern pass over Liz’s face as he wiped his hand over his bleeding shoulder, “Yeah, bullets will do that to you.”
“Okay, you're safe now.” Normal stated when he heard police sirens, pointing the gun at Mole. Alec looked at him. He knew that Normal was going to shoot Mole to save him and he couldn’t let that happen. Faster than the eye could see Alec ran up to Normal, twisted his arm and ripped the gun from his hand. Mole raised his shotgun just as Alec aimed his own gun at Normal he said, “No, I’m safe now.”
He turned his head to look at the other people in the building, “No one leaves!”
One of the messengers decided to make a run for it and headed for the front door but Cece reached out and clothes lined him. “No body move.”
“Cece, call base. Tell them we got problems.” Alec ordered. “Josh you take the front, Mole you got the back?” The big transgenic nodded. “Biggs head upstairs and keep an eye on the street for me?” Biggs left Ava and Liz and headed upstairs.
Liz decided Alec had the situation under control so she moved towards Alec. That’s when she heard Normal say, “My golden boy's a mutant.”
“We prefer "genetically empowered." He said he pulled Liz close.
“What happened?” She asked.
“Mole and Josh were out trying to help the other two and the van got hit. They came here looking for me and I ran into them outside. The cops were following them so Mole acted like I was a hostage.”
“I see that plan worked out well.” Liz said motioning to his arm.
“There were cops waiting out back and I got hit because I was in the way. We’re trapped.” Alec stated. Biggs came down the stairs then. “What’s it look like out there?” Alec asked.
“Cops everywhere.”
“How many?”
“All of them I think. Plus news teams. Cece just took over look out.” Biggs said as he stood next to Ava.
“Let Biggs take over for a minute and we’ll go some place and I’ll take care of your arm.” Alec handed the gun over to Biggs and went into Normal’s office. Liz looked over his wound and said, “I’m not going to heal it completely, that could bring up too much suspicion but I’ll try to get rid of the pain. It’s deep so I’m going to have to make a connection to do it.”
“Like go inside my head?”
“Yeah. If you don’t want me to I can just bandage it up.” Liz said quickly.
Alec wasn’t sure what to do, after all Liz was going to be going into his head, into his memories. He could only guess what she might see. “It’s okay, I trust you but I don’t want you to freak at what you see.”
“I think I know what to expect.” Liz said. “I need you to look at my eyes.” Alec did as she asked as she placed her hand on the wound and concentrated. She had only done this with Max before and he had been the one to do it. She felt a connection spring to life and was hit with flashes.
**Flash**
Alec inside what she guessed was Manticore training.
**Flash**
Alec watching a car exploding, screaming because he knew Rachel was inside.
**Flash**
The first time Liz and he made love and telling her that he loved her.
She pushed the flashes away so she could concentrate and mended the torn tissues so that the wound was only an inch deep. “Now we just have to find a bandage.”
“In Normal’s desk there is a first aid kit.” Liz found it and bandaged it up.
Alec’s curiosity got the better of him and he asked, “What did you see?”
“I saw you training at Manticore, I saw us that first night we were together, and um….Rachel’s car explosion.” Liz said remembering the anguish she felt from the flash.
“I wish you didn’t have to see that.”
“I didn’t just see it, I felt how you did. I’m sorry Alec.” Liz said as she finished the bandage. He grabbed her hand and kissed it.
“Let’s head back out.” Liz nodded and was about to go with him when they heard a crash from the main area. Alec and Liz ran out to see that Max had crashed through a window. “How come no one invited me to the party?” She joked. When no one laughed she said, “A little tense, are we?”
“I wonder why?” One of the messengers said.
“But if you'll just sit tight and be patient, me and mine will get out of here before you know it.” Max said looking around at
the two groups.
Normal just stood up and said, “Well, I got a hot flash for you, girlfriend. Me and mine are gonna get out of here right now. Let's go people! Bip bip bip!”
The messengers start standing up but Alec ordered, “Hang on. Sit down.”
“Don’t make me shoot you to keep you quiet.” Mole stated.
“Go on, take your best-shot, frog boy!” Normal challenged. Mole started to move forward but Original Cindy jumped in between the two of them “No body shooting at anybody,” She said then looked at Normal. “Now sit your raggedy ass down.”
“I always knew you were a wrong number. You never had me fooled for a second there, miss.” Normal said pointing at Max.
“Yeah, whatever. Transgenic Central, right here under your nose.” Original Cindy stated.
“Oh, I see. Not only are you one of Sappho's daughters, you're one of them, too.” Normal looked at Liz and Ava, “You, too.”
“No, we’re not. We’re friends of Max, Alec, and the rest of them. We walk out of here now and they’re through.” Ava answered.
“Well I don’t have a problem with that.” Normal said.
“Do you think they asked to be for this? No, because some scientists decided to play god everyone else looks on them differently. Well they’re not as different as you think and they are not monsters.” Liz yelled poking her finger into Normal’s chest. She was sick of Normal. He had always been rude to her and then she had heard all of his transgenic hate messages. People like him just made her blood boil.
Alec knew Liz was getting angry and knew she would lay into Normal even more if he didn’t stop her. He grabbed her quickly and pulled her away whispering, “Calm down Sparky.”
“Sparky?”
“Yeah, every time I’ve seen you get pissed your hands start sparking. And that’s the last thing we need right now.”
Part 44
Liz and Alec walked over to where Biggs and Ava were sitting along with Max. “Liz, can you and Ava get us out of here? Do that mindwarping thing?” Max asked.
“I don’t think we could that many people.” Liz answered.
“Even if we could, we can’t warp the cameras.” Ava threw in. Biggs and Alec sighed heavily, just as the phone rang. Max went over to answer it. Liz could only hear bits and pieces but she gathered that Max was negotiating with the cops. After hanging up the phone she came over, “I’ve arranged for a van to get us out of here. Told them we would release half the hostages when it got here, then the other half when we get to our location. It should be here soon.”
“And what will keep them from gunning you down when we head for the van?” Ava asked.
“They don’t know who are ordinaries and who are transgenics.” Biggs stated. The group sat back to wait. Liz could feel the tension in the room; it could be cut with a knife. The ordinary messengers were trying to casually look at the transgenics and Liz couldn’t help but wonder what they were thinking. She knew several of them had worked with Max for a while. Did they now see her as the enemy simply because she was a transgenic? Were they scared of her or more scared of the situation they were in? All kinds of thoughts flew through Liz’s head not able to settle on one thought.
Alec glanced out the window and saw all the cops with guns trained to shoot at the windows and doors. He turned his attention to where Liz was sitting next to him. He didn’t like her being there in danger. He knew it wasn’t the first time nor the last time she would but he still didn’t like it. “I want you and Ava to go out in the first group. I’ll met up with you later after we get to TC.”
Liz shook her head, “No, I’m staying here.”
Max walked up right then interrupting, “She’s right, she should stay with us. I’m sure White is watching this whole thing and he knows she’s connected to us. Plus he saw her use her powers. He’ll probably take the advantage of all the chaos to snatch her.”
A half-hour later, the van arrived and Max told half of the messengers to go. “Okay, 452, the keys are in the vehicle. Your ball.” They heard someone on a bullhorn yell.
Max opened the back door and separated the group in half letting one group go. Once they were gone, she picked opened up her flip phone. Logan was outside and was relaying everything to them over Max’s cell phone. He told them where everyone was located, etc. Once she hung up, she turned to the others. “Joshua, Mole you’re going to have to use one of the hostages as shields.”
Original Cindy walked up to Max then, “They’ve seen you boo. Now let’s walk over their boots.” She said as she wrapped Max’s arm around her. Ava and Liz moved to do the same thing with Biggs and Alec.
Once they were ready they headed out. Slowly the group walked outside, led by Mole and Normal. As they walk around the front of the bus, headed for its door, shots rang out. Everything erupted in chaos. Liz fleetingly saw Logan jumping out of the crowd, “Max!”
“Go!” Max yelled. Logan started coming towards them as he fired several times at the windows across the street. Logan, Mole, and Alec exchange gunfire as they hurried back inside. Alec wrapped his arm around Liz’s waist and practically dragged her inside, shielding her from gunfire. Once back inside they saw that everyone was okay and they were safe.
“Why did they do this? We did everything they wanted.” Joshua asked.
“It wasn't the cops. It was White.” Logan announced. No one was very surprised by the revelations
“They screwed this whole thing up on purpose to escalate the situation.” Max stated.
“Yeah, well, it worked.” Alec stated.
“What difference does it make who fired? They all want to see us dead!” Mole stated.
“Everybody needs to calm down.” Logan stated. Mole huffed away to keep watch while the other tried to figure out what
to do next.
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It was a brief glimpse but White had seen the other object of his search during their attempt to leave. The brown-haired girl that had rescued the three X5s. He made his way over to one of the news trucks. “Did you get the whole thing on tape?”
“Yeah, we got it.” The cameraman looked at him strangely.
“I want to see it, then I’m going to need some printouts.” As he reviewed the tape he found the pictures he needed, ones of 452, 494, and the girl then he headed to his people to show them their targets. He wanted the girl and 452 alive and but it didn’t matter with 494 .
Part 45
As Liz listened to Mole, Max and Logan argue on how to get out her cell phone rang. She grabbed it quickly out of her pocket and clicked it on. “Hello?”
“Can you ever date someone normal? Then maybe you would not keep getting taken hostage.” Michael yelled over the phone.
“Michael? How the hell do you know what’s going on?”
“It was on the news.” Michael stated.
“You watch the news?” Liz asked surprised.
“Funny. But yes I was just watching the news and saw all about the transgenics holding people hostage one of them is your boyfriend.”
“They’re not really holding them hostage.” Liz explained.
Michael blew out a deep breath. “I asked why can’t you date someone normal? Now answer the question.”
“What can I say ordinaries are boring.”
“Ordinaries?” Michael asked.
Liz couldn’t help but laugh at Michael’s confusion. “That’s what we call regular people.”
“How long have you known?”
“Since the night you came to Seattle.”
“And you never told us?”
“Not my secret to tell. You understand.”
“Yeah, I do. How are you and Ava going to get out of there?”
“I’m not leaving Alec and my friends here so don’t even suggest it.”
“We’re coming up there.”
“And do what? By the time you get here hopefully it will be all over. Besides I don’t need you guys in the middle of all this. We’ll figure out something.”
“They’re supposed to be soldiers, don’t they have weapons or anything to blow their way out?”
Michael’s joke gave Liz a sudden idea, “Michael, I’ve got to go. Tell everyone I’m fine and I’ll call you later.” She said quickly before disconnected. Then rushed over to Alec and the others. “Guys, if we got to the sewers we could get to Terminal City right?”
“Yeah, but the closest manhole is kind of covered with cops at the moment.” Alec stated.
“Does this place have a basement?” Liz asked.
“Yeah,” Max answered recognizing that Liz was coming up with something.
“Are you thinking what I think you’re thinking?” Ava asked.
“It might be the only way out.” She answered her friend before turning back to Max. “Show it to me.”
Max left Mole and CeCe in charge before her; Alec, Logan and Biggs went downstairs with Liz and Ava. “Ava, look for water pipes or a drainage grate.”
“Liz, I lived in the sewers long enough to know what to look for.” Ava stated. The two girls as well as the others started looking around finally finding what they were looking for. A small drainage grate about six inches wide in the middle of a small room off of the main one. “Here’s our exit. Alec can you get that grate up?”
Alec and Biggs both grabbed a side and yanked it up, “How deep does it go? Does it go all the way through?” Liz asked
knowing he could see better than her.
“Looks like it, about three feet of foundation all around but right by the hole it’s only about a foot and a half. Babe I know you’re small but there is no way we’re going to fit through there.”
“Not yet but we will. Ava do you think we can do it?” Liz asked as she examined it.
“The two of us? Probably, it’s worth a shot. But between that and repairing it, we’re going to be drained.”
“Alec, can you guys carry us if we need you too?” Liz asked.
“Sure.” Alec knew Liz was going to use her powers and it was something big. “Biggs go gather all the hostages and lock them in the cage outside of the office. Then gather everyone and bring them down when I give the signal.” Biggs nodded and headed upstairs.
“Everyone get behind something. We’re getting out of here.” Everyone moved behind some shelter. Liz grabbed Ava’s hand and they formed a connection. Liz aimed her hand at her target and pooled hers plus Ava’s energy. Alec could see Liz’s hand glowing a bright white, it was unlike anything he’d seen her do before. But he knew that it was probably like the blast that Michael had shot Tess with. As Liz blasted the floor she felt large amounts of energy leave her, the force of the blast shot the cement down into the sewers. When the dust clear she felt herself starting to fall but Alec grabbed her as Max grabbed Ava. “Biggs, everyone down here now.”
Biggs and the others came down a second later with Mole and Joshua coming up the rear, “What the hell?” Mole asked.
“Just go. Get into the sewers and move towards headquarters. Hurry we don’t know how long we have until they storm the area.” Max ordered. The transgenics started jumping down the hole one by one until only Max, Logan, Alec, Ava, Liz, and Joshua were left.
“Logan and Joshua go. After you clear the hole yell up and we are going to lower them down.”
“No, we can do it ourselves.” Ava stated. Logan and Joshua went down then Liz and Ava with Alec and Max last. Once everyone else was far away not to see the girls connected again but this time Ava used the power and repaired the hole. The last burst drained the girls completely and both girls passed out. They were effortlessly lifted and they headed for Terminal City.
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Once White had gotten the clearance he needed he ordered his team of his people to attack. They started on the roof and made their way into the building. They hadn’t heard anything from them in the hour since the shoot out on the street but White knew they were just trying to figure out a plan. They crept down to the first floor only to find the hostages locked in a cage. He ordered a search of the entire building but it ended in nothing. His anger overwhelmed him and he put his fist through the wall when he realized they were gone.
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