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'''X5-656, or "Tinga'''", was one of the 12twelve [[X5 series|X5s]] fromwho thesuccessfully [['09 Escape|escaped]] [[Manticore]] escape.in Her designation was X5-6562009.

Tinga took the name Penny and married a man named Charlie Smith, with whom she had a son they named [[Case Smith|Case]]. As Penny, Tinga worked in a Bakerybakery. She told Case a bedtime story about a castle with an evil king ([[Lydecker]]) and twelve princes and princess who were badly treated (the 12 escapees).

When Tinga's location was compramisedcompromised, [[Zack]] and [[Max]] came to Portland to help rescue Tingaher. She and Zack then travelled across the border into Canada where they were to stay in hiding.

WhenWeeks later, Tinga learned that her husband had placedput out a missing ad for her on a milk carton, and she knew that it would lead Lydecker and [[Manticore]] to her family,. sheShe returned to Portland to help her family only to find Max already there. They, along with Zack, managed to escape Lydecker with Tinga'sCharlie familyand Case. Safely at [[Logan Cale|Logan's]] apartment, Case came down with an illness and an unusual barcode appeared on his neck, this barcode was Lydecker's private phone number. A deal was made to have Case cured in exchange for Tinga. Once Tinga handed herself over, [[Brin]] called for troops to move in and capture Case and Max. Zack arrived and together they managed to fight off the guards.

After Tinga handed herself over, hershe was taken to a Manticore facility where she was placed in a tank and had tests run on her to seefind out how she had managed to pass the X-gene onto her son. Zack searched continuously for her, and when he finally found her location, he and Max went in to rescue her. Max found her in the tank, smashed it open, only to find Tinga already dead. Tinga's death was the betrayal that caused Lydecker to go on the run and help the other X5s.