Another Sibling, Another Country (3/?)

"How do you know about that?" hissed Riley as he was getting ready to strike.

"Relax." coaxed Max.  "I am not the enemy."

"Let me guess you're one of the 5s I heard so much about." replied Riley.

"Right."

"I'm one of the 7s." he continued.

"X7s?" questioned Max confused.

"I will explain when we get off the plane."

     The plane landed two hours later.  Max told Logan, Derck, and Bling she would meet them
at the hotel later.  Riley and Max found a private place to talk.

"The X7s were made more water than land combat." began Riley.  "We were designed to stay
under water for a long time, longer than the X5s."

"How is that possible?" asked Max.  "The X5s only can stay under water for four minutes and the
only X6 stayed less."

"I got fish genes in me." he answered.  "Which means, I have gills."

"Gills?  Where are they?"

     Riley pulled at one of his ears revealing the location one of his gills.  "They are hidden
behind my ears.  People can't see them very well unless they are up close."

"Do you have any flaxs?" Max asked.

"I have two flaxs." Riley answered.  "I have the sezures of course and because of my fish genes I
have to drink a lot of water during the day."


     Back in Seattle, Lydecker receive a servalance video showing the X5 known as Max
getting on a plane to Costa Rica.  As he watched the video, the door opened to the office he was in.

"Hello Deck." said a voice.

"Beason." Lydecker answered.

"I need your assistance in capturing one of my kids."  requested Beason.  "He is known to the other
X7s as Riley."

     Beason flashes at picture of Riley and Max taken from a seralance video from the San Jose
Airport in Costa Rica.

"It looks like one of my kids met one of yours." said Lydecker.

     Lydecker picks up his communicator.  "DELTA teams get prepared to go to Costa Rica.

TO BE CONTINUED