Title: The Secret Switch
Rating: PG-13 (may turned into R)
Summary: Max and Alec what more do I have to say. More okay, Well, Logan gets this phone call from somebody wanting help; Max is the only one who can do it so she does. And guess who she meets.
Disclaimer: They're not mine blah x2 woof x2.
A/N: This was a challenge at NWP's which I gladly took up, but don't shout at me if it doesn't get updated too often because I've just started my AS levels.
Chapter 1: The Phone Call
"Hey Logan, what do you want?" Max asked as she strolled into the upscale penthouse apartment that Logan Cale aka Eyes Only called home and used as a base for his operation.
Max had only known Logan for a short while; they had met because he had caught her stealing a statue from his apartment. Max then had discovered that he was Eyes Only and Logan had asked her to help him. She had said no and that she didn't need anyone to look after but herself.
Logan had other ideas, he knew that she was from a secret government project called Manticore and had offered to find her 'siblings' if she helped him with a few information gathering missions in exchange for this information. Max had grudgingly agreed and ever since she had been working for him by night. By day she was a bike messenger for a company called Jam Pony.
"Eyes Only just got this call from a Robert Berrisford." Logan told her, it amused Max that Logan still talked about Eyes Only in the third person even thought she knew exactly who he was. "Listen to this" Logan told her and pressed a button on an expensive looking tape player that looked like it had been built just before the pulse.
"Eyes Only, please help me! I'm being targeted by somebody trying to kill my daughter and me. I don't care about myself but please can you help my daughter, she's only 19-years-old and she doesn't know anything about what I do in work or otherwise. My company works in genetics and has been used by the government a couple of times.
"Somebody must think I know to much and is trying to kill me and my daughter. Please I don't care about myself just get Rachel out of this please protect her. You're my only hope. Please!"
"What do you think?" Logan asked Max, she was stood next to Logan's computer table, she was dressed in black jeans that clung closely to her legs, a black leather jacket that hung loosely around her waist and a red tank top. She had a Jam Pony cap on and a black knapsack over her shoulder. She had obviously just come from work.
"Well, by the sounds of it, that guy and his daughter is in a lot of trouble, good luck with it." Max told him as she walked out of the office.
"Wait" Logan called as he wheeled himself out of the office as well. After a protection job that had ended up with him being shot in the back causing him to loose all control of his legs he was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Max stopped and turned around and looked down at Logan, "Aren't you going to help me?" Logan asked.
"Hell no, why should I get myself involved in that lot?" she asked, she had now crossed her arms across her chest and was now staring down at Logan.
"Well I did some checking on our guy, turns out his name is Robert Berrisford, owner of GeneCorp, ring a bell?" he asked.
"No, should it?" Max asked who was still stood in front of Logan with her arms crossed and she was running out of patience.
"Well, he's the owner of a genetics company that is not only one of the main backers of Manticore, but also is the company that supplies Manticore with most of it's genetic information, equipment and scientists. So yes the name should be familiar." Logan told her. This stunned Max, Logan had just received a phone call pleading for help from the biggest backer of Manticore and he was asking HER to go in and help save him.
Max was just about to walk out the door when her other voice kicked in, the guy could certainly answer a lot of questions about her and why she is the way she is, maybe he could even find a cure for her seizures. That would leave her free to do as she wished.
Max turned around, "Okay, lets suspended reality for a micro second and pretend that I said yes." Max told him,
Logan nodded, "Hmm."
"What exactly would I have to do?" she asked, if she didn't like this she could still walk away but this way she got more information about the mission without actually agreeing to do it.
"Well, Robert Berrisford daughter, Rachel." Logan reminded her. Max nodded, "Well, she looks like you, dark brown hair, about your height and your build."
"Yeah, so she looks like me get to the point will ya." Max told him.
"Well, I was thinking about replacing you for Rachel, putting her into protective custody and you taking her place. That would allow you to protect Berrisford at all times and it would allow us to protect the daughter without letting on to the people who are after him that we've switched the two of you." Logan explained.
"You mean I would have to be in there 24/7, living in this house with that guy pretending to be his 19-year-old daughter while somebody try's to kill the pair of us?" Max told him
"Yeah, but not everyone's trying to kill him. Manticore are." Logan told him.
"Great so instead of an ordinary trying to kill us I've got an X5 trying to kill us, that should make it a hell of a lot easier." Max told him sarcastically, it was lost on Logan.
"Yeah, that's why I'm asking you, otherwise I wouldn't be asking but you're the only chance he's got Max." Logan told him, they were still standing in the hallway in front of Logan's door.
"If I do this" Max started and Logan smiled, "I'm saying IF I do this what am I going to do about my job and my friends. I mean I have got a life outside the great and powerful Eyes Only." Max told him.
"Don't worry, I have everything figured out, I've already got a doctors note saying that you were off ill and had to be hospitalise for how many weeks. Would that be enough for your boss?" Logan asked,
"It should be, but what about my friends, they'll want to know why I didn't call them when I was in 'hospital'" Max told him.
"Well, you can say that." Logan paused, "Okay I hadn't thought that far ahead" Logan admitted.
"It's okay, I'll figure something out." She told him.
"So you'll do it?" he asked daring for a positive answer.
"Yeah I'll do it, but only because I want answers okay?" Max asked,
"Okay!"
"So, tell me about this Berrisford dude and his daughter." Max told him as she followed Logan back into his office. This was going to be a long night Max thought.
Rating: PG-13 (may turned into R)
Summary: Max and Alec what more do I have to say. More okay, Well, Logan gets this phone call from somebody wanting help; Max is the only one who can do it so she does. And guess who she meets.
Disclaimer: They're not mine blah x2 woof x2.
A/N: This was a challenge at NWP's which I gladly took up, but don't shout at me if it doesn't get updated too often because I've just started my AS levels.
Chapter 1: The Phone Call
"Hey Logan, what do you want?" Max asked as she strolled into the upscale penthouse apartment that Logan Cale aka Eyes Only called home and used as a base for his operation.
Max had only known Logan for a short while; they had met because he had caught her stealing a statue from his apartment. Max then had discovered that he was Eyes Only and Logan had asked her to help him. She had said no and that she didn't need anyone to look after but herself.
Logan had other ideas, he knew that she was from a secret government project called Manticore and had offered to find her 'siblings' if she helped him with a few information gathering missions in exchange for this information. Max had grudgingly agreed and ever since she had been working for him by night. By day she was a bike messenger for a company called Jam Pony.
"Eyes Only just got this call from a Robert Berrisford." Logan told her, it amused Max that Logan still talked about Eyes Only in the third person even thought she knew exactly who he was. "Listen to this" Logan told her and pressed a button on an expensive looking tape player that looked like it had been built just before the pulse.
"Eyes Only, please help me! I'm being targeted by somebody trying to kill my daughter and me. I don't care about myself but please can you help my daughter, she's only 19-years-old and she doesn't know anything about what I do in work or otherwise. My company works in genetics and has been used by the government a couple of times.
"Somebody must think I know to much and is trying to kill me and my daughter. Please I don't care about myself just get Rachel out of this please protect her. You're my only hope. Please!"
"What do you think?" Logan asked Max, she was stood next to Logan's computer table, she was dressed in black jeans that clung closely to her legs, a black leather jacket that hung loosely around her waist and a red tank top. She had a Jam Pony cap on and a black knapsack over her shoulder. She had obviously just come from work.
"Well, by the sounds of it, that guy and his daughter is in a lot of trouble, good luck with it." Max told him as she walked out of the office.
"Wait" Logan called as he wheeled himself out of the office as well. After a protection job that had ended up with him being shot in the back causing him to loose all control of his legs he was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Max stopped and turned around and looked down at Logan, "Aren't you going to help me?" Logan asked.
"Hell no, why should I get myself involved in that lot?" she asked, she had now crossed her arms across her chest and was now staring down at Logan.
"Well I did some checking on our guy, turns out his name is Robert Berrisford, owner of GeneCorp, ring a bell?" he asked.
"No, should it?" Max asked who was still stood in front of Logan with her arms crossed and she was running out of patience.
"Well, he's the owner of a genetics company that is not only one of the main backers of Manticore, but also is the company that supplies Manticore with most of it's genetic information, equipment and scientists. So yes the name should be familiar." Logan told her. This stunned Max, Logan had just received a phone call pleading for help from the biggest backer of Manticore and he was asking HER to go in and help save him.
Max was just about to walk out the door when her other voice kicked in, the guy could certainly answer a lot of questions about her and why she is the way she is, maybe he could even find a cure for her seizures. That would leave her free to do as she wished.
Max turned around, "Okay, lets suspended reality for a micro second and pretend that I said yes." Max told him,
Logan nodded, "Hmm."
"What exactly would I have to do?" she asked, if she didn't like this she could still walk away but this way she got more information about the mission without actually agreeing to do it.
"Well, Robert Berrisford daughter, Rachel." Logan reminded her. Max nodded, "Well, she looks like you, dark brown hair, about your height and your build."
"Yeah, so she looks like me get to the point will ya." Max told him.
"Well, I was thinking about replacing you for Rachel, putting her into protective custody and you taking her place. That would allow you to protect Berrisford at all times and it would allow us to protect the daughter without letting on to the people who are after him that we've switched the two of you." Logan explained.
"You mean I would have to be in there 24/7, living in this house with that guy pretending to be his 19-year-old daughter while somebody try's to kill the pair of us?" Max told him
"Yeah, but not everyone's trying to kill him. Manticore are." Logan told him.
"Great so instead of an ordinary trying to kill us I've got an X5 trying to kill us, that should make it a hell of a lot easier." Max told him sarcastically, it was lost on Logan.
"Yeah, that's why I'm asking you, otherwise I wouldn't be asking but you're the only chance he's got Max." Logan told him, they were still standing in the hallway in front of Logan's door.
"If I do this" Max started and Logan smiled, "I'm saying IF I do this what am I going to do about my job and my friends. I mean I have got a life outside the great and powerful Eyes Only." Max told him.
"Don't worry, I have everything figured out, I've already got a doctors note saying that you were off ill and had to be hospitalise for how many weeks. Would that be enough for your boss?" Logan asked,
"It should be, but what about my friends, they'll want to know why I didn't call them when I was in 'hospital'" Max told him.
"Well, you can say that." Logan paused, "Okay I hadn't thought that far ahead" Logan admitted.
"It's okay, I'll figure something out." She told him.
"So you'll do it?" he asked daring for a positive answer.
"Yeah I'll do it, but only because I want answers okay?" Max asked,
"Okay!"
"So, tell me about this Berrisford dude and his daughter." Max told him as she followed Logan back into his office. This was going to be a long night Max thought.