Chapter 3: With or Without

By the time we reached Seattle, our fatigue had caught up with us. Krit sat in 
the driver's seat, Syl was in the back holding Deck at point blank range, Logan 
was grieving silently, and I was staring out the window at the open fields. I'd 
calmed down a lot since we'd gotten out of Wyoming. I think Krit's a little 
worried because I hadn't said a word since we got out of Wyoming either. Krit 
pulled to a stop outside the city lines and pulled off to the side of the road. 
I looked at him quizzically as he slipped into the back of the van. I followed 
him as he stood in front of a seemingly asleep Lydecker. I only watched as Krit 
kicked Lydecker in the stomach and waking the man up along with breaking a few 
ribs. I could tell Syl was shocked by her brother's new behavior. Krit had 
seemed calm and collected but now as he started beating on the older antichrist, 
he wasn't the same man that I met in the woods. Krit picked up the man by his 
shirt and pulled him out of the van. I jumped out after Krit as he threw 
Lydecker to the cold hard ground and sent another swift kick to the man's chest.
"YOU PLANNED THIS DIDN'T YOU!" Krit yelled, "MANTICORE WANTED MAX AND ZACK! 
THEIR "GOLDEN CHILDREN!!"
"Krit!" Syl yelled.
"I-" the older man whimpered trying to breathe.
"I should kill you where you stand," Krit spat.
"Krit..." I said softly.
He sent another kick breaking the rest of Deck's ribcage and turned to me.
"Let's go," he said harshly and walked away.
We got back into the van leaving Lydecker on the side of the road to die, if we 
were lucky. We got through the checkpoint and made our way to Logan's home. I 
guessed Krit and Syl never saw the place off their looks. I had to admit the guy 
was living large, but I'd seen lifestyles that were much more lavish due to my 
bodyguard missions and...assassinations.
"Nice," Krit commented.
Logan ignored their comments and looked at me skeptically. I stood by the window 
watching the three of them.
"Who is she?" Logan asked finally getting that question out of his system.
I could tell Krit didn't like the way Logan said the question.
"Her name is Kai," Krit said annoyed.
"And..." Logan trailed off.
"She's an-" Krit began.
"I can talk for myself," I said a slight acid lining to my words.
"Sorry," Krit apologized.
"I'm an X6 prototype."
"She could be-" Logan began to Krit.
"I'm not like those X7's. They creep me out, can't be in the same room with 
them, that's why I so many two person missions. Zero and me on the open road 
makes Kai a happy gal. I'm X6-711, the only X6 to be made of X5 DNA. Krit's DNA 
to be exact," I said quickly.
Logan only nodded but then, "You look a lot like Max...only younger."
I smiled sympathetically, "I lost those I love tonight too."
Logan smiled sadly and retreated to a small office. I glanced at Syl and Krit.
"I'm getting out of town as soon as possible," Syl said.
"It was great seeing you again, little sister," Krit said and hugged Syl.
"Yeah," Syl said smiling, the first time I ever saw her smile.
Syl turned to me and put out her hand. I took her hand and shook it.
"Nice to meet you Kai," she said.
I nodded in response, despite her nice behavior I could sense that she didn't 
like me. I also knew it wouldn't be easy to gain her trust or approval. Syl gave 
her brother one last hug and slipped a slip of paper into his hand before 
leaving. I looked at Krit for a second before turning back to the window.
"What do you plan on doing from here?" Krit asked walking up behind me.
"I have nothing planned. The only thing I plan on doing is getting Zero out one 
day. I feel as though I can't live without him," I replied quietly.
"I have no permanent home, but you're welcome to hit the road with me. My bike 
holds two," Krit said.
"Sounds great," I said hesitantly.
"We can grab a good night sleep here and then move out tomorrow morning," Krit 
explained.
"I don't think Logan trusts me or likes me."
"I don't like or trust Logan. So we're even," Krit said grinning.
I smiled at Krit's joke despite my instincts to hide the smile from forming. 
Krit made me feel as though everything was going to be okay, with or without 
Zero.


Disclaimer: I own nothing! I own myself (AKA Kai). And once again if I owned 
anything i would be getting Zack back in his feet and out of that Hannibal 
lector looking thing, Krit would be back on the show and shirtless (and getting 
more than 5 lines) AND Alec/Ben would be back and Alec would have more than 1 
shirtless scene. hehehehehehehe