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A/n: yes, I know. I said I'd finish blitz before I started anything else. But this challenge fic has been chewing on my brain for weeks. I've read some other people's responses and none of them have come up with this angle. This is going to be a short and not very detailled fic, I'm afraid, you'll have to fill in the gaps yourself.
Anyway, blame Reilynn that I'm devoting my now minute amount of writing time to this instead of relieving you of cliffhanger-dom. In fact, I'm dropping another one on you, but it won't take long to resolve. Honest.
Sorry, Maria656, my ECWS is too advanced. There's no hope for me now. I just can't resist a cliffhanger.
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Maple Syrup
Chapter 1: The Phone Call.
Logan turned to look apologetically at Max as the phone rang, cutting her off mid sentence. He was preparing sweet and sour chicken for one of their many dinners, wooden spoon in hand.
"Go ahead," she sighed. "I'll make sure it doesn't burn."
"Sorry, Max", Logan said, passing her the spoon and unlocking his brakes. This had better be important, he thought angrily to himself as he picked up. "Hey."
"Logan, I need you to come over," said the computerised voice of Sebastian.
"Sure, when?" He said, relieved that it wasn't an informant telling him he had to disappoint Max for some vital mission.
"Now." So much for that theory, Logan thought.
"Does it have to be now? I'm kind of busy…"
"Yes, Logan, it does." There was something about his choice of words…
"Are you all right, Sebastian?"
"Not really," his friend replied. "I've uncovered some disturbing information about Maple."
"I though t that was shut down years ago."
"It was. But all the data from it went to its sister project."
"What sister project?"
"Manticore."
Logan froze for a few seconds, remembering a chapter of his life he preferred to keep closed.
"Logan? Are you still there?"
"I'll be over in thirty minutes."
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Tell me what you thought before you read the next chapter.