Hurtful Memories
Set during Hello, Goodbye when Alec walks into a small room at the police station to see Max disguised as a lawyer seated at a table.
"Police witness authority, I'll be handling your case" Max stood up looking directly at Alec
"Pleasure" he managed to speak up through the shock of seeing Max then the guard forced him to sit down on a small chair infront of Max.
"You need anything i'll be right outside" the guard told Max
"Thank you" she answered both transgenics watch him leave the room and close the door.
"Max i'm sorry, i was on my way to the hospital.."Alec rambled but was cut off.
She sat down and snapped "Shut up.. I came here to bail your sorry ass out of here. I figured you got snatched up after on of your scams gone sideways but then the officer told me you killed someone"
"I didn't do it" Alec defended himself
"You got Ided. There's a perfect DNA match" Max commented
"Look i'm telling you..."but Max cut him off
"Don't tell me anything alright. I'm sorry i let you out of Manticore, I'm sorry i inflicted you upon the world. Screw exposure i'm leaving you here for White to deal with" Max stood up and gathered her things.
"Max i swear i'm innocent" Alec got to his feet begging Max to help him
"Tell that to Aimes" Max headed towards the door
"You really think i could do that. You think i could kill someone in cold blood" Alec said Max turned to face him.
"Yes, Alec i think you could" Max hissed then turned to open the door.
"Max the guys teeth were pulled right out of his head" Max suddenly turned to face Alec.
"Ben" she muttered
"Come on Max, no matter what you think it couldn't have been me. The guy was killed over ten years ago i was at Manticore" said
"Okay times up" the guard opened the door and Max knocked him out.
Max and Alec got out safely. Max headed to the Space Needle followed by Alec. She stood near the edge of the Space Needle with her arms wrapped around her waist as it was rather cold. Alec walked closer to her.
"How'd you know it wasn't me?" He asked softly
"Cause it was Ben" she answered not looking up at him.
"Ben. As in my Manticore twin Ben" Alec was shocked
"He killed Timothy Ryan and 10 other people in different places" Max told himself
"Oh. I was told at Manticore he had gone mad but not serial killer" Alec shook his head
"One more word out of you and i'll push you off this ledge" Max warned him.
There was a harsh wind building up and Max shivered. Alec watched her as she turned around then walked half way up the space needle and sat down.
"Since we're already knee deep in painful memories tell me about him" Alec said as he sat next to Max "Tell me about Ben"
"When we were back at Manticore he always wanted answers for everything. Why we were there? What was outside? So he would make up these fantastic stories to explain things...Somehow it made us feel loved...like we weren't all alone" she smiled Alec nodded
"Sounds like a nice kid. What went wrong?" Alec asked softly knowing Max might not want to talk about it to open up to him.
"After we escaped it was like there was so many questions he didn't have answers for and i don't know he just..lost it" Max answered with a sad expression.
Suddenly the sky opened at down fell the cold rain. "Oh i hate the rain" Max moaned and ran inside the space needle and sat down on an old long chair.
"Yeah me too...must be a feline thing" Alec commented as he stepped inside the broken window
"Hey you okay?" he asked
"I'm fine" she lied Alec walked over to her and studied her.
"What's wrong Maxie?" he wasn't going to be fooled
"We were in the woods, he was hurt, Manticore was closing in on us. He didn't want to go back there" Max eyes began to fill with tears as she replayed the scene in her mind
"Reintroduction or worse" Alec understood
"I killed him, he asked me to, so i did...and then i ran, saved myself and i just left his body there for them to take away" Max cried
"I'm sorry Max" he whispered as she cried in his arms
"No, i'm sorry. I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions and having my mind made up it was you. I was just so angry and worried that White would get to you before i did and i.." Max rushed but Alec cut her off.
"Sshh it's okay Max. Everything is going to be okay" he told her.
Max rested her head on Alec's knee. He leaned back into the long padded seat and rubbed Max's back trying to make her feel better. When he thought she was asleep he whispered "I love you Maxie"
"I love you too...very much" she muttered sleepily then they both fell asleep.
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