Title: Time's Up
Rating: PG 13 for now
Author: Specks
Disclaimer: James Cameron, Fox, and all those network people that make the show possible.
Synopsis: Max is trapped by the sector police.. they'd discovered what she was, how will Max deal?
Pairings: M/L
Spoilers: A little bit of Hello Goodbye
Author's Notes #1: I'd like to thank Nina, you're the best as always. All the suggestions you gave me really worked.. Thanks!!!
Feedback: Yes! I crave feedback, should I continue? Any ideas would be welcome as well. Pleas e-mail me at slete130@netzero.net
Max ran. There was no where to hide, no where to turn. The sector police were after her-even now she could hear the rapid beats of their hearts, sped on by the adrenaline of the hunt.Their shouts and the splash of sewage as they ran could be heard in the distance.
Yesterday, she and every other transgenic had been exposed by the media; today, the public demanded retribution. She had known long ago that her luck would eventually run out.. now it had.
All of those close calls.. the times she'd been in and out of the hospital... the police station. She'd known even then that those visits would come back to haunt her. Now the police knew what she looked like, and they would stop at nothing to get her. She was the first transgenic, they'd identified, but she knew if they had her captured, she wouldn't be the last..
Searching desperately for a way out, she glanced wildly about, hoping against hope that escape would be near. But all she found were more tunnels and more voices shouting at her to surrender. As she ran, their heartbeats seemed to grow louder, closer, roaring in her ears. She couldn't hear anything else, just the heartbeats. Nothing mattered except escape.
She had to get away. The lives of her brothers' and sisters'..all of the people she loved depended on her. If they caught her, then they'd have live proof of normal looking transgenics.. She had to prevent them from finding out the truth.... at any cost. There was no time to think about her decision, time had run out for her...but maybe just maybe the rest of her kind would be saved. Taking a deep breath to strengthen herself, Max ran straight for the whirling blades of the ventilator. It was the only way.. at least her death would mean the life of so many others.
The last leg of the run seemed to go by in slow motion, everything else was filtered out as she focused on her destination. As she ran, the images of Alex's smirk, and Original Cindy's soft smile passed through her mind, next came the images of all of her brother's and sisters, especially Zack.
'I'm doing what you would Zack, I'm gonna save everyone'
And then in that last moment, just before she greeted death, Logan invaded her thoughts. She remembered the way he always chuckled at even the most humorless things, the way his eyes would twinkle with laughter, or grow luminous with love and concern. Her heart ached for the man she loved, and it grieved for what she would soon lose. She could give up almost anything in the world for him; he was her world. For a moment she almost wavered, to think of losing him was unbearable. In her minds eye she could still see their last meeting. It had ended so bitterly, the pain of love ripping at them both. Maybe it was better this way...
Its funny how love is a double edged blade. She wanted to stay because she loved him. Yet she had to go save him. Either way she would bleed. Yet in the end there wasn't even a question of what path she would choose. To live with the guilt of endangering Logan would far more painful than death.
Seeing the blades of the ventilator draw near, Max thought about how ironically fitting her death would be. Twin blades that would rip and tear at her until she was nothing, just like love...
Now there was no more time to reminisce, time had run out and it was time to die. With Logan as her last thought, Max hurled herself at the whirling blades.
Ain't Love a bitch.
Rating: PG 13 for now
Author: Specks
Disclaimer: James Cameron, Fox, and all those network people that make the show possible.
Synopsis: Max is trapped by the sector police.. they'd discovered what she was, how will Max deal?
Pairings: M/L
Spoilers: A little bit of Hello Goodbye
Author's Notes #1: I'd like to thank Nina, you're the best as always. All the suggestions you gave me really worked.. Thanks!!!
Feedback: Yes! I crave feedback, should I continue? Any ideas would be welcome as well. Pleas e-mail me at slete130@netzero.net
Max ran. There was no where to hide, no where to turn. The sector police were after her-even now she could hear the rapid beats of their hearts, sped on by the adrenaline of the hunt.Their shouts and the splash of sewage as they ran could be heard in the distance.
Yesterday, she and every other transgenic had been exposed by the media; today, the public demanded retribution. She had known long ago that her luck would eventually run out.. now it had.
All of those close calls.. the times she'd been in and out of the hospital... the police station. She'd known even then that those visits would come back to haunt her. Now the police knew what she looked like, and they would stop at nothing to get her. She was the first transgenic, they'd identified, but she knew if they had her captured, she wouldn't be the last..
Searching desperately for a way out, she glanced wildly about, hoping against hope that escape would be near. But all she found were more tunnels and more voices shouting at her to surrender. As she ran, their heartbeats seemed to grow louder, closer, roaring in her ears. She couldn't hear anything else, just the heartbeats. Nothing mattered except escape.
She had to get away. The lives of her brothers' and sisters'..all of the people she loved depended on her. If they caught her, then they'd have live proof of normal looking transgenics.. She had to prevent them from finding out the truth.... at any cost. There was no time to think about her decision, time had run out for her...but maybe just maybe the rest of her kind would be saved. Taking a deep breath to strengthen herself, Max ran straight for the whirling blades of the ventilator. It was the only way.. at least her death would mean the life of so many others.
The last leg of the run seemed to go by in slow motion, everything else was filtered out as she focused on her destination. As she ran, the images of Alex's smirk, and Original Cindy's soft smile passed through her mind, next came the images of all of her brother's and sisters, especially Zack.
'I'm doing what you would Zack, I'm gonna save everyone'
And then in that last moment, just before she greeted death, Logan invaded her thoughts. She remembered the way he always chuckled at even the most humorless things, the way his eyes would twinkle with laughter, or grow luminous with love and concern. Her heart ached for the man she loved, and it grieved for what she would soon lose. She could give up almost anything in the world for him; he was her world. For a moment she almost wavered, to think of losing him was unbearable. In her minds eye she could still see their last meeting. It had ended so bitterly, the pain of love ripping at them both. Maybe it was better this way...
Its funny how love is a double edged blade. She wanted to stay because she loved him. Yet she had to go save him. Either way she would bleed. Yet in the end there wasn't even a question of what path she would choose. To live with the guilt of endangering Logan would far more painful than death.
Seeing the blades of the ventilator draw near, Max thought about how ironically fitting her death would be. Twin blades that would rip and tear at her until she was nothing, just like love...
Now there was no more time to reminisce, time had run out and it was time to die. With Logan as her last thought, Max hurled herself at the whirling blades.
Ain't Love a bitch.
