Life's Second Chance

An Unsightly Family Reunion

Carbine walked in flanked by two guards.

"Remember, a mirror reflection is what will save me in the end." Ray instructed in a whispered tone as she stood along side the golden tan martian. The agent flinched under an ear shattering sound of a collapsing chair that May had stumbled into.

It was then when they stood side by side, the biker realized that the girl had pulled out a rounded sachet from her pocket, and popped it into her mouth as she pretended to cough. He could tell that Ray was tense, her feet shifting from side to side showed she was also scared. Stepping closer, snaked a hand and held her palm reassuringly as he folded it behind his back.

The agent looked down as she caught sight of the sneaking spider link, before looking up at him as he put on his visors once again. Without so much as a glance, he whispered, "Ray what was that just now..?" He gave her hand a tight squeeze.

With a warm smile, the human girl responded with a reassuring silence.

~*~

"THROTTLE!" May beamed happily as she threw herself onto the man in an innocent embrace, forcing him to let go of Ray's hand.

"Woa-woa easy there babe," the biker seemed to take a defensive step back holding the hybrid at arm's length.

~*~

"Ugh don't touch me!" came the irritated vocalist as Torque pulled the younger other by her furred collar away from the startled biker.

May peeled the man's fingers off, and it was only when she bit the officer's hand did she manage to escape.

Throttle could barely believe his eyes, and as the younger girl's pair of light hazel brown locked with his red shaded optics, he couldn't help but feel his heart jump to his throat. She looked just like her.

"Ray!" The younger girl beamed with a sweet innocent smile. "You're right! He is handsome!" May blurted.

The agent ignored the embarrassed surprised pair of eyes staring at the side of her face. She wouldn't dare shift her gaze. Throttle's eyes were definitely fixated on her now. "Blast it May..." she cursed under her breath feeling the blood rush to her cheeks, spreading to her ears which now were a light shade of red. She could feel that side long smirk of his taunting her as if he had just discovered something intimately embarrassing about her.

Throughout this display, Carbine gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Just because they had a clone together, didn't mean that Ray's game of house could fly.

Feeling tense at seeing two 'Rays', Throttle narrowed his gaze as he shifted his vision towards May. Those eyes to which he seemed so glued to seemed ever so familiar. "Those eyes.." his mouth voiced feeling his blood run cold.

Reaching out to the human girl, Throttle gently stroked the hybrid's cheek with his finger tips.

"Ray..?"came May's uneasy response, and only when the agent placed a reassuring hand atop her shoulders did the child relax her tense muscles.

"May, meet your father," came the dark flat tone of humor.

"What?" Throttle seemed to shoot Ray a horrified look. It was then he remembered what Agent Kay had said not so long ago. "What ever happened, don't get too attached." He didn't realize he had been staring at Agent Ray wearing a twisted look of confusion.

"Don't look at me like that," came Ray's ice cold glare as she folded her arms, ignoring Commander Carbine's stiff posture in the background.

The Commander kept her eyes glued on the agent as she spoke.