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Human emotions when you're not exactly human

She walked through the door of the richly decorated condo. She heard his voice coming from his computer room, where he usually worked. He's prabably doing that Eyes-Only stuff again, like it changes anything she told herself. Logan was one of those who just can't take the world as it is, they have to change it, model it the way they think is "the right way".
Before she reached the room from which the voice was coming from, another voice answered to Logan, a feminin voice. She stoped, startled.
She didn't understand why it effected her so much, but realising that he actually spoke to other women made her feel betrayed, somehow. She knew what that feeling was, jealousy, she had felt that feeling Ô so many times, as a teenager, watching her friends being all normal and never looking over their shoulder.
She entered the room
- Hey kids, am I interrupting?
- Oh, hey Max, Logan said, surprised, I didn't page you, is there any problem?
- No, I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd stop by, so here I am, what's up?

She wanted to know who the Woman was, and what she was doing on her territory, no, it is not my territory, of course Logan has the right to have friends...or maybe their dating...nah he would've told me . For some reason, she didn't like the idea of him dating that woman.
- Well, Max, I'd like you to meet Tiffany, Tiff, this is Max
- Hi! Said Max, trying to sound nice, how's it going?
- Nice to meet you Max

Tiffany was beautiful. She was tall, thin, she had bright green eyes and natural orange hair, which was pretty rare these days. She was wearing a knee-length light blue dress, that made her look younger. She was maybe 24 or 26. Max couldn't help noticing that Tiffany looked at Logan in a very "caring" way.
Logan turned back to his screen, looking busy. The room fell silent, except for the sound of Logan's keyboard. The silence wasn't pleasent, and Max felt she was the cause of it: she arrived in a bad time, as it seamed. But what does she care anyway, she just wanted to find out who exactly Tiffany was:
- So... have you two known each other for a long time? She asked to Tiffany, who looked quite shy
- Yeah, about 5 or 6 years... is that right Logan?
- Yes, I think taht would be it

The room fell silent again. It was too obvious she was disturbing them, and she felt kinda sad that Logan didn't want her to stay. But she invited herself, he didn't page her or anything. It made her upset that he hid things from her, when he knew pretty much everything about her, well, not everything, she reminded herself.
- Well, gotta blaze, see ya later Logan, it was nice meeting you Tiffany
- Good bye Max, I'll page you
- Bye Max

Back in her appartment, Max was talking with Kendra:
- What's with you? You've been grumpy ever since you came back from Logan's!
- There's nothing, really

I wish there was nothing. How come this bothers me so much? I mean, it's not like I own him or anything.
- I am going to ride my bike for awhile, I am leaving my pager here, don't want to be bothered
- What if Logan pages you?
- Call him back and tell him I won't be too long

She took off.

About an hour later, Max's pager started to beep, It was Logan.
Kendra called him, as she was told to:
- Hi Logan, It's Kendra, Look, Max left me her pager, she told me to call you back if you paged her, and tell you that she wouldn't be long. She seemed weird when she got back from your place, what happened?
- Huh? Nothing, she just met a friend of mine, anyway, when she gets back, can you tell her to come see me?
- Sure
- Thanks, bye
- Bye

Later that night, Max entered in Logan's condo.
- Hey there! He says cheerfully, I've been waiting for you
- Hey, I was on my motorcycle
- Yeah, Kendra told me she thought you were weird? Is something wrong?
Are you upset because you met Tiff? Are you jealous? Damn Max, open up a little, i never know what's going on in that head of yours.
- No, Nothing's wrong, ok? So, what did you page me for?
- Fine then, don't tell me, he muttered to himself
- I heard that! She snapped back
- I may have found something on one of your siblings
- Zack?
- May be... he rolled his chair to his desk and opened a file, the guy goes by the name Tim, he has a pretty heavy police record. According to the police he lives in New York...
- Great! She cut him sarcastically
- But! One of my sources watches very closely the police videos they take from the Seattle streets, check this out... he handed her the file

She saw the back of a young, muscelled man. At the bottom of the neck she could distinguish part of what could be a bar code, but there was only the corner of it
- I guess he used some kind of makeup and it was starting to wear off... he was cut by Max again
- That's not Zack, it's... Mitchell, Mitch... I thought he was dead, I tought I saw him fall under their fire... What street was it?
- Francklin... but he's probably long gone by now!
But he talked to an empty space, she was already gone.
- You're welcome, he said, as if she was still there
For god's sake Max, don't go doing something we'll all regret...

4 a.m.- Francklin avenue
Max had been there for hours, waiting for him. He was probably gonna come back here, he HAD to come back. So she could see him, talk to him...
She had been playing the prostitute all evening and all night. She had had a couple of offers, but brutally turned them down.
Sudenly, something moved in the shadows on the other side of the street... she could easily see him, even with so little light, and it was HIM, he looked so much different then the boy she had known. She hadn't really known him has she had known Zack, or Jess, but he was one of her siblings...
She marched across the street
- Hey hot boy! If you got something to pay with, i can show you what pleasure means...
She saw the surprise in his eyes
- Max?! Is it you?!
He remembered her!
- Hey, come with me, we have to do your makeup
- My.. What!? Then he realised and lifted a hand to the back of his neck
- It's starting to wear off. Come on
- Where are we going?
- Somewhere safer, i think we have stuff to talk about

They talked all the way to Max's place. She asked alot of questions, to be sure it was safe to bring him there.
When they arrived in her building, they immediately felt something was wrong. When they reached the seventh floor, they knew for sure that something was going on... everything was too quiet.
She glanced at him, he seemed tens. He looked back at her and nodded: he was feeling it too.
They backed off, ran across the hallway and down the stairs. They heard footsteps hurrying behind them. They ran, and ran, jumping over fences, turning every once in awhile, as they were taught to. It was like they didn't even need to talk, they both knew what to do. After 30 minutes of running the young man stopped and turned into a small alley:
- So where do we go from here? Any Idea?
- Hum... I guess we could go at Logan's...
- Is it safe? He cut her
- Yes, she took her decision, come on

Logan's condo - 5 h 30 a.m.
- LOGAN? She called
- Max? He rolled out of his computer room
- Hey, hum... sorry, are we disturbing anything? She said as she saw the silhouette of Tiffany behind Logan
God, is she always here or what?
- No, it's allright, what's the matter?
- Lydecker was at my apartment, we ran, I thought that maybe we could hide here, but if it's any trouble (she eyed Tiffany), we can go somewhere else
- No, it's fine, Tiff was just leaving...

When the young women was gone, he turned to the two killing machines that were standing behind him
- So, what can I do for you... I suppose you're Tim?
- Oh, yeah right, ah, Mitch, this is Logan, Logan, this is Mitch, or Tim, whatever
- Well, nice to meet you Mitch, I'll let you two alone, I'm going to sleep: been working all night... you can stay here as long as you want

He glanced at Max, silently asking her not to reveal that he was "eyes-only" to her new found friend.
- G'night, she said with a smile, nodding
He rolled his chair to his room and managed to drag himself onto his bed, but no matter how tired he was, or how hard he tried, he couldn't sleep. Knowing that Max was in his condo, with this total stranger Well, yeah, she knows him, from what? Nine, ten years ago? Who knows what he might have turned into. But mostly, it was knowing her with another man that made him so anxious. Then he realized he really cared for that young woman. He knew she was always around men that would be happy to get involved with her, she was so beautiful, but he also knew that she would never do so, 'cause those man didn't know who, or what, they were dealing with. Do I have more chances then them with her? I am trapped in this f*cking wheelchair and she can barely stand what i am working for, she thinks it's useless, she only talks to me 'cause she knows i can help her. But now there was this guy, Mitch, he was like her, bioengeneered killing machine, always on the run, like her. If there was somebody she could be with....she would be safe with, it was him, and it hurted Logan to admit it.

At the same moment, in Logan's living room:
- So, who's he? Can he be trusted? Mitch asked
- Well, as I told you his name is Logan, I kinda work for him...
Mitch raised an eyebrow
- How's that?
- Well, I help him with stuff, and he helps me find the otherones like me...us. It is him who found you. He is pretty good with all the computer stuff.
- Yeah, when you're in a wheelchair you can't do much better then info work.
Somehow it upset Max to hear her newly found siblings talk about Logan that way. It wasn't fair: Logan had gotten shot in the leg trying to DO something good.
- He got shot while trying to get a woman and her kid to whitness protection.
- I see. Not too wise. So what does he do? He seems pretty rich? Drugs?
- No, his folks were loaded, why so many questions?
- I don't know, I guess i am just a litlle suspicious about people who track me down...
- What were you doing in Seattle if you live in New York?
After a small silence he spoke:
- The man I work for had a little job for me here
- And what's that?
He gave her a wierd look and promptly changed subject:
- So, what's your job?

They talked all the way to 10 in the morning. It felt kinda weird to Max. She had waited all her life to finally find one of her siblings, and now that she had, he felt like a normal guy, a stranger that she would'vs met in a bar, only a little faster, a little stronger, trained, and with a bar code on his neck. She felt his gaze all over her. He wanted her, but he knew better then to impose himself on her: they were equally strong, and that Logan guy, who clearly cared about Max, already didn't trust him. But that hacker could proove himself useful. The drugdealer he worked for was really interrested in Mitch's kind. If Max's sweetheart could track HIM down, he could probably track the others down. M. Onawa would be really pleased if he could bring him others like him, strong, fast, fearless...

Logan entered the room, he was still sleepy, but when he saw Max, still talking with Mitch, he felt the stinging pain of jealousy going through his heart.
- Max? Aren't you suppose to be at work?
She looked puzzled for a split second, but then realized what he was talking about
- Dammit! I totally forgot. Normal is gonna kill me!

She jumped on her feet, gave a slight kiss on mitch's cheek, and took off, yelling at Logan that she would come back after work.

The rest of the day went by really slowly for Logan and Mitch. They got the time to get to know each other more, which didn't really improve theire relationship. It was obvious for Logan that Mitch was up to something illegal. And Mitch knew for sure that Logan was hiding something. They talked for awhile, then Logan went to work on his researching, and Mitch watched TV.

7 h 30 p.m. Max came back at Logan's, crushed
- Hey Max! What's up? Said Mitch, cheerfully
But she didn't answer, and went straight to Logan's "office".
When he saw her face, he knew something was wrong.
- Max? What's wrong?
- Kendra's dead, Lydecker, they were at my apartment last night when we arrived. We fled and got away. She was probably in there when they arrived... Today i sent Original Cindy to check up on her, cause i didn't want to risk to get caught... She is in state of shock...
She fell on the floor, crying. Logan rolled over to her and cuped her face in his hands, gently wiping the tears from her Ô so perfect face.
- They tortured her Logan! They tortured her to get to me
Sobbing, she laid her head on his lap, letting him confort her. It was so reassuring, feeling his arms around her shoulders, she let go of all restraignt for a moment, and cried on Logan's lap. Crying over her lost friend, over the trouble that was to come, over all the things she should have cried over long ago. But that "moment of weakness" (as they would have called it when she was still in Gilette, Wyoming) didn't last for long: she remembered Mitch (who was standing in the doorway), she remembered that the strong arms that were so comfortably holding her were Logan's, for who she wasn't suppose to have other feeling for then friendship. She stood up, wiping the last tears from her cheeks.
- So what are you gonna do? Asked Mitch
- Kill those bastard... Logan, can you find them?
- Wow, I could probably loquate them, but the question is how... They're trained Max, they know who you are, they aren't gonna take stupid risks like the people you usualy fight against and...
- I can take care of myself, now, can you, or can't you find them?
- Your going to get killed if you go against them all alone!
- I'll go with her, offered Mitch
- No, both Max and Logan said at the same time
- They already know about Max, if you go with her, they'll know about you and they'll never stop hunting you too, explained Logan
- He's right, anyway, Kendra was my friend, it is my revange, i want to do it alone
- Max... If you go up against them, you have to take them one by one, with a plan. I will find them, only if you promise me that you won't act hastily.
Max glared him for a few seconds
- Fine. But you better...
She was intrrupted by a knock on the door. Logan rolled his chair out of the room and called
- Common in
There were sounds of the door opening and closing
- Hey Logan, how are you doing? the tall red haired said, walking over to him and bending to give hima little kiss on the cheek
- Hi Tiff, I was just with Max and Mitch, huh, regarding what we were talking about the other night, I am gonna have to postpone it, i am sorry, but i'll do what i can as soon as possible, I promise
- Oh... she looked deceived
A date? Max thought and he is postponing it for me?
- Well, i was about to make dinner, would you care to join us?
- I'd love to, thank you

End of part 1

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