[TBS] 2.14.12.B - It's been awhile
He had escaped again, after they fixed him. After Max thought she had left him dead in those woods. Lydecker had found him feeling a slight pulse and had him transported back to Manticore. To the place Ben had dreaded going back to even if everything had seemed to make more sense there. It was his fear of going with the Nomlies that made him plead with Max to kill him. They fixed him, saved his life and kept him in a cell. They wanted to make sure he was fixed.
Ben began to think he was losing his mind with all the psy-ops they were doing. It was to the point he was picturing what he must look like. He would see a ghost of himself pass by him in the halls. Though Ben didn't realize that was no thing he imagined, he didn't know it was his clone, his twin X5-494. He didn't know they were torturing them both just to put X5-493 back together again.
When he got back Ben didn't know what to do. He went looking for Maxie, the one he knew he hurt the most. When he saw her he stopped unable to go to her. She thought he was dead, he knew she must have beaten herself up over it. Why open old wounds? Though the moment he saw her he knew he'd always stay close. He would still keep her safe, and when she was alone at night? She would never truly be alone. Maybe someday he'd reveal himself, until then he'd watch her with the man with the glasses, and the man that looked like Ben. His replacement maybe? The one he always saw, he hasn't been crazy.
Ben slipped off then to find a place to stay.
Ben 'X5-493' // Dark Angel // 294 words
Ben began to think he was losing his mind with all the psy-ops they were doing. It was to the point he was picturing what he must look like. He would see a ghost of himself pass by him in the halls. Though Ben didn't realize that was no thing he imagined, he didn't know it was his clone, his twin X5-494. He didn't know they were torturing them both just to put X5-493 back together again.
When he got back Ben didn't know what to do. He went looking for Maxie, the one he knew he hurt the most. When he saw her he stopped unable to go to her. She thought he was dead, he knew she must have beaten herself up over it. Why open old wounds? Though the moment he saw her he knew he'd always stay close. He would still keep her safe, and when she was alone at night? She would never truly be alone. Maybe someday he'd reveal himself, until then he'd watch her with the man with the glasses, and the man that looked like Ben. His replacement maybe? The one he always saw, he hasn't been crazy.
Ben slipped off then to find a place to stay.
Ben 'X5-493' // Dark Angel // 294 words