disclaimer: i dont own any of the characters in this story. cameron&co can sue me if they want, but they arent going to get much out of it.

A/N: I started writing this over the summer, and it takes place some time in the middle of season 1. I wasnt planning on posting this, and its my first real story that i posted, so reviews would be great, i thrive on constructive critisism. Also, i have to thank Michelle Drake (gypsychic04@c4.com), for reading all of the chapters over, and fixing all of my horrible mistakes, and also for convincing me to post it. so here it is:

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Max walked through the door of Jam Pony, but before she could get both feet inside the building, Normal confronted her "Just where have you been missy? It has been two hours since you left here with one package. How do you expect me to run an efficiant place of business, when my employees disappear?"

"Did you bother to take a look outside yet today Normal?" Max interrupted. "It snowed last night, then there was freezing rain, and now it's just rain. When all those things happen it creates a thick, heavy, wet layer of snow on the ground, almost impossible to walk in and even more impossible to ride in. Now I'm gonna eat my lunch." She said as she walked over to the table where Cindy was eating.

"Hey boo," Cindy said. "Lovley weather we having huh?"

"Only the best for sunny Seattle," Max replied sarcastically.

"You okay boo? You looking kinda pale." Cindy noticed.

"I'm fine, just tired," Max answered. The truth was however that she had been having seizures all night, and she was still shakey.

"Okay." Cindy let the issue drop. "Are you gonna be at Crash with us tonight?"

"I've got plans, but maybe tomorrow." Max was going to be going to Logan's for dinner, because he said he had some information about a second escape from Manticore.

"Do your plans include rollerboy?" Cindy asked, practically reading her mind.

"Yeah." Max said as Cindy raised an eyebrow.

"Whatcha' all gonna' be doin'?"

"Why is that important?" Max was starting to get annoyed with Cindy. 'Even if I wanted to be more than friends, he doesnt think of me like that, we are way too different,' she thought.

"Don't get offended. Original Cindy was just wondering what you two will be doing all night. You spend way more time over there than you do at your own home." Max was saved from answering by Normal, who chucked a package at them.

"Lunch break's over. Bip Bip Bip!" yelled Noraml in his constipated tone of voice.

"See ya," Max said as she took the package and rode out into the rain. The streets of Seattle were practicaly empty. No one who could avoid it, would go out in weather like this. Max was about half way to her destination when she started to shake again. "Damnit!" she muttered, and she steered her bike over to the side of the road near a building. She fumbled through her bag looking for her tryptophan. She found it and took a few pills. She suddenly sensed someone coming up to her from behind. She turned around, just quick enough to see a metal pipe connecting solidly with her forehead. She collapsed immediately.

The man who had swung the pipe picked her up and said to the other two men, "Open the trunk and bring the car around." He then put her in the trunk of the car and shot her up with tranquilizer. "Keep her sedated," ordered the man who had hit her. They then started driving down the abandoned street. None of them noticed the figure that had been standing on the corner the whole time, and had seen everything.

They had driven for about an hour when they stopped at an intersection. "I'm hungry, let's stop at the next place we see and get something to eat," said the man that had hit max with the pipe.

"Do you think that's a good idea boss? Especially with that girl in the trunk. What if she wakes up?" the man sitting next to him said.

"She's locked in a fucking trunk. She's not going anywhere," the first guy replied.

"Besides, she shot up with enough tranqulizer to keep and elephant asleep for a month," the third man, sitting in the back seat said.

"Yeah, but the man said that she was special or something. He told us not to leave her alone for a second," the second guy commented.

"So we'll shoot her up with more tranquilizer and then we'll go get something to eat," the first guy suggested. With that he pulled over and they all got out of the car. They got out of the car and looked around. Seeing no one who seemed interested in what they were doing, they opened the trunk and gave her thirty cc's more tranquilizer. They then walked down the street and into a run down coffee shop. If they had looked around more carefully, they would have noticed the same figure that was watching them one hour back, was standing on the other side of the street.


TBC

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---peace