In the backseat of a black jeep on a back street (0)

Posted 17 July, 2007 in D: 2007, F: Dark Angel, Pairing: Het, Rating: R

For winter_baby. Important note!: for the purposes of the story, “present day” is considered to be about a year after the events of “freak nation.”

Present Day.

They wake Alec up every hour on the hour for at least a week. Just as some kind of merciless clock in his brain calculates that it has been two weeks since he was captured, the same clock ticks off the minutes as he dozes – 58, 59, 60 – and then a guard rattles the bars or shoves a stick in his ribs and he stumbles to his feet. Sometimes they take him out for questioning – sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they shove a plate of food in under the bars. He gobbles it and then slumps back against the wall, trying to sleep, praying to God or Sandeman or whoever’s out there –

Please let Max come save me. Please.
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