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Disclaimer-They don't belong to me. Nothing does. Though one day, one day Alec will. He WILL!!!!!!!!!!

Summery- What if the escape of '09 never happened? How would everyone's life be different? AU, this could be a Max Zack fic, or a Max Alec fic, I'm not sure. Feedback will however contribute to my decision ;)

Rating- pg-13 could change

A/N-This is the first AU fanfic I've written, but hopefully it's good any ways. Please review, so I know weather I should continue it. Plus, reviews make me happy, so I don't have to think about the travesties that went on in the season finale episode of dark angel. God Logan is beginning to bother me. Here's the thing, as much as it hurts me to admit it, Alec and Max aren't together. BUT Logan doesn't know that, yet he is still all 'oh hey Max, let me put some rubber gloves on so I can grope you' I always liked Logan, though not the Max/Logan relationship, but my opinion is dropping. And what was with him saving Alec? Alec is way WAY stronger then Logan. And then of course he had to rub it in. Okay, I'm going to stop now so that I don't go further into rant mode. This Fanfic could be Max/Alec, that's what I usually write, but lately I've been thinking a lot meaning a more then healthy amount about Zack, who by the way I'm very concerned about at the moment. He doesn't know why he's different from regular people, and there's all this Xenophobia going on, nut Max is to 'Logan Logan Logan' to think about her brother who is the only reason she's alive, oh, I'm doing it again. Okay, so any ways, it might be a Max/Zack. Feedback will affect my opinion, so review and tell how you want it to be;)

A different life

Chapter 1......A different meeting

"This as been a streaming freedom report. Peace. Out." Logan stopped his message, and turned off his computer. He slid his chair back, and leaned his head back. He slipped his glasses back over his eyes, and stared up at the ceiling. His lonely trance was interrupted by a knock at the door. He took a deep breath and went to answer the door.

At the door to his penthouse apartment stood three people, two girls and a guy. The guy stood in the middle, tall, with a stiff face, yet his face seemed to soften as he smiled in a greeting. Her had blond hair cut to fall just over his ears, with bangs styled neatly over eyebrows that perked over blue eyes. His muscular body was dressed in a pair of black jeans and a white t-shirt. He had a hand on the back of both girls, as if to say, these girls are mine, and if you even look at them wrong you will die.

To his right was a girl who was about Logan's height. She had light brown hairs that fell in sandy wisps around her bright face, to her shoulders. Her full lips were painted red, which made her smiling teeth look even whiter. Her bright green eyes sparkled with mischief. Her slim form was dressed in white blouse that buttoned up to a necklace with an amber stone, and a black skirt that fell inches above her inches.

And on his left stood the most beautiful woman Logan had ever seen. She was smaller then the other girl, short. Her skin was a creamy tan color that made her look exotic. Her dark hair curled, framing her face, and brushing her shoulders gracefully. Her eyes were dark and almond shaped, hidden under long dark lashes. Her lips were full, and uncolored, left their natural pink color. Logan was almost out of breath just looking at her. She was dressed in a dark blue tank top, and leather pants.

"Hi" The tall blond hared man said, "We just moved in downstairs, thought we'd meet our neighbours," he said.

"I'm Jondy," the woman on his right said with a smile, "the sister" she said pointing to Zack. Her voice was bright and friendly, like a melody.

"I'm Max," the last girl said. Her voice was smooth, almost like a purr, she motioned towards Zack and Jondy, "I'm the best friend," she told Logan.

"I'm Logan," he said holding out a hand. Zack shook his hand with a strong grip, and the girls did the same with surprising strength. "Would you like to come in for tea or something?" Logan asked. He could use some friends. Lately he found himself growing more and more lonely.

They all smiled brightly, and in unison said "Sure". Logan stepped aside and let them in. "Oooo, classy place," the girl who had introduced herself as Jondy said in her musical voice. Logan noticed that part of her height was thanks to very tall black heals, that made a soft clicking noise as she walked around his apartment, admiring the furniture and art. She ran her slender fingers that were tipped with red polish across the velvety surface of his couch. Her eyes gleamed with curiosity as they ran over every inch of his apartment.

The other girl, Max she had said her name was, staid close to the boy named Zack. Zack, though obviously younger then Logan, seemed to be slightly older then the girls, and Max, appeared to be slightly younger then Jondy. "So, what brings you all to Seattle?" Logan asked them in what hoped was a friendly voice. It had been a while since he had socialized.

"Me and Max just started college here," Jondy said. "And Zack, being slightly over protective of us both, wanted to stay with us and help us get settled in. He's only my brother, but Max his like a sister to both of us" she explained.

Logan fought not to raise his eyebrows at this. Zack was definitely looking like the over protective brother, but he didn't exactly look at Max very brotherly. "Ah, well welcome to Foggle Towers, I'll go make some coffee, or tea" he said.

"Coffee" the three of them said in unison again.

Logan went into his kitchen, and began to make some coffee, "So how long have you guys known each other" he said.

"Well, our parent my parents were friends with theirs so, forever" Max said in her velvety voice.

The soft sound of clicking heels informed him that Jondy was coming into the kitchen. Her slim form appeared around the corner, beautifully swaying her hips as she walked. "You really have such a nice place here. I love all the art" her voice flowed like music from her mouth, in an almost seductive tone. "You have such good taste," she said.

"Ah... Thank you" Logan said. "So, how do you all like your coffee?" He asked in a smooth, relaxed tone.

"Oh, uh..." she hesitated as if never been asked the simple question. "Me and Max will have ours with cream and sugar, and Zack will have his black" she said the line carefully, as if it had been rehearsed.

Logan nodded and continued to go about preparing the coffee, "You'll like this coffee, it's Swiss" Logan said. She nodded; this clearly meant nothing to her. He put the coffee on a tray, and started to lift it, but was stopped by Jondy.

"Why don't you show me around the kitchen" she said.

"Uh... well, this is the kitchen" he said motioning his arms around the room, "there's really not much to see", he picked up the tray, and went to exit the kitchen.

"Where's your bathroom?" Jondy said blocking his exit.

A back part of Logan's mind noticed that her behaviour was slightly suspicious, but he didn't think too much about it. "Oh, just go down that hall, and it's to the right" he said pointing down the hall.

"Oh, thanks" she said and smiled sweetly, turning and walking down the hall.

Logan walked back into the living room. Max was sitting quite comfortably strutted out on a chair. Zack was sitting on the arm of the chair with that dominant hand of his on her shoulder. He was leaned over whispering into her ear. They both looked up when Logan entered the room. Max's curls bounced around her face as she quickly turned her head in his direction, "Thank you for inviting us in," she purred lightly, "It's so hard to find nice people these days, I'm glad we have such a nice neighbour." She smiled softly.

Logan smiled back, "well, I don't get out often, so I don't meet that many people. It's nice to have company though," he said. After a few minutes, Jondy re-entered the room, and the four of them talked for a while, until Zack, Max, and Zack all stood up, excusing themselves, saying that they had to start unpacking.

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Jondy softly shut the door behind them, then let out a loud groan and kicked off her shoes. "Those are the most uncomfortable things I've ever worn in my life," she said. She let out a tiny whimper as she slowly walked over to the couch and sat down. She brought her feet up on to the couch and put them in Zack's lap, "Be a good brother and rub my feet" she said sweetly.

"You know Jondy, just because we're not at Manticore, and you can complain, doesn't mean you have to" Zack said pushing her feet away from him.

"Your so awful to me" Jondy said sniffing softly, "I don't know why I put up with this. I bet you'd give Max a foot rub," She said.

"Can we please leave me out of this" Max said. She walked over and sat on the arm of the couch. She put an arm around Zack's shoulder, "Don't mind Zack, he's just grumpy because he had to smile" she said looking at him. She stood up again and looked around their small apartment. It was empty, yet still nicer then Manticore. There was a couch in the middle of an empty room, and a desk off to the side with computer equipment, to establish a link with Manticore. There were two bedrooms: One for Zack, and one for Jondy and Max. No beds though, just sleeping bags. There were box's all over the place, so that if someone happened to come over for any reason, their story would seem believable.

"Can we please get back to the mission?" Zack said. Ah, the mission. It always came back to the mission with Zack. Of course he was their CO, so it was only appropriate. Max let out a small sigh of annoyance. She didn't understand why this mission required the three of them. It was so simple. They were supposed to find out if this Logan Cale was Eyes Only. That's all. If he was, then they would copy his computer files, and go back to Manticore. Manticore would see if he was a threat to them. If so, he would be terminated. If not, then Manticore would just keep a close eye on him, and make sure he didn't become one.

But Manticore had to make everything so difficult. Max, Zack, and Jondy all had to be charming, get his trust, etc. Jondy's job was to charm him so that he would ask her to dinner. While they were out to dinner, Max and Zack would go through his things, see what they could fine, and copy the files. After that, mission was completed. Easy as pie, whatever that meant. "Did you find anything suspicious?" Max asked Jondy.

Jondy shook her head. "Not really, though he did have a pretty pricey computer set up. Quite impressive if you ask me" she said, "It's a little suspicious, but did you see the guy? He's like thirty, and he stays in all day. I have more of a life then him, and I spend my days locked up in a government facility. He could just be a big computer geek," she said.

"Well, just make with the charming, and get him to ask you out" Zack said.

"Oh come on. I was being charming. If I was throwing myself at him anymore, I would of literally of been throwing myself at him" she said. She Sunk down into the couch and crossed her arms frowning, "I wasn't trained to be charming. I was trained to be a killer," she said pouting.

Max came back over to the couch and plopped down in-between Jondy and Zack. "I though you were plenty charming" she said smiling. She turned to Zack, "well mister CO, you better call in home and check in," she said.

Zack nodded and walked into the room he used as his. A devious smile stretched across Jondy's face. "Max, I may have done something that would make daddy Lydecker mad" she admitted. Daddy Lydecker. She always called him that; it was her way to make fun of him. Max raised her eyebrows in question. "It would upset big brother also," she said. Max crossed her arms and waited for Jondy to tell her what she did. Jondy reached into the back of her skirt, and pulled out a CD case, she held it up with an innocent grin.

"You stole from him?" Max said. She couldn't believe Jondy would do this. And music of all things. Though, at Manticore in the rec room, they were allowed music, they often didn't listen to it. "Jondy, if he notices it's missing, then he'll know it was one of us" Max scolded. She was kind of curious about the CD though. They were only allowed to listen to music that had been censored by Manticore.

"Oh please, this was like, the only CD that wasn't some sort of symphony, or classical. We can get that at Manticore. This was probably a gift that he's only even listened to once" Jondy said. She held the CD up and looked at it. "Blondie" she said, "some pre pulse band from the 80s." she walked over to the computer and put the CD in.

Zack came out into the main room, right as the pop sounding music began to escape the speakers. "Oh god Jondy, where did you get that" Zack said, listening with distaste to the music.

"Why do you assume it was me and not Max?" Jondy asked with a pout.

"Because Max isn't known for stealing things from our targets" Zack said crossing his arms and giving her a stern look.

"Yeah, well you got me there" Jondy said. She smiled. "Does it matter where I got it? Listen. This is great" she said bobbing her head to the music.

"Great is not what I would call this, what is it?" he asked.

"It's some pre pulse band, the song is called," she paused for a moment to stop and look at the back of the CD case, "'Heart of Glass', whatever that means." she said.

"Well, I don't like it. Turn it off. I'd rather listen to that classical crap the give us back at Manticore, and I bet Max feels the same way," he said looking to Max for back up.

"I'm hungry" Max said in reply. "And this mission sucks. I don't want to have to be all friendly while we wait for Jondy to seduce this Logan guy. Why am I even needed, you guys could of done this by yourselves" she said crossing her arms.

Jondy, moving to the music, bopped over to Max "Do you always have to complain so much. I have the way worse job and you don't here me complaining" Jondy said. Max sighed in annoyance. Jondy was always so bubbly. It really annoyed her sometimes.

Zack walked over to Max, "You wanna go get some food? Leave Jondy to her music?" he suggested.

"Sounds like a plan. I'm thinking food with lots and lots of flavor" Max said. They didn't get a very big variety of food and Manticore, so when they had the chance for good food, she took it. "I'm thinking pasta," she said.

Zack nodded, "I'm definitely on the same wavelength as to there, baby sister" Zack said putting on his leather jacket.

"Zack, I told you to stop calling me that. I'm 19, I know over twenty different ways to kill a man twice my size with a paper clip" Max said annoyed at the nick name.

"And I told you that I'm the CO, and I'll be giving the orders. Be sides, I'm twenty one, and also know over twenty ways to kill a man twice my size with a paper clip, so you are my baby sister" Zack said throwing Max her jacket. She put it on, and Zack threw an arm around her shoulder, leading her out of the apartment.

"Bring me back food" Jondy called after them, shaking her head. Jondy had eyes. And her eyes had seen Zack's eyes looking at Max. And there was nothing brotherly about the way he looked at her. She went into the room she shared with Max and began to change into more comfortable clothing.

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