There is No Such Thing as Luck
Zach's POV
I stood on top of the Space Needle, the last remaining relic
left over from before the pulse. Max's favorite spot to come and
think. I could smell her scent everywhere on the metal and in the
air. Max and I had always climbed high when we had to think
something through. I was thinking of her.
I hate this cursed city, but I could never leave it for long. All
because of "Her", the woman I've been in love with since we were
kids. My only weakness, and yet my greatest strength at the some
time. As long as I knew that Max was okay then I would be okay
also.
It was because of Max that I organized the escape when we
were nine years old. Eve was killed because her secures made her
a defaultive prototype. And so I organized the escape because
Max's secures were getting worse. All I could see in my
nightmares and in my daymares was Lydecker shooting her before
my eyes also.
I hadn't really wanted to break out the others just Max, but I
figured that if Max and I could get away together it would be next
to cause Lydecker to spread his troops to thin. Giving us the
advantage. I tried to keep Max close to me all though the escape,
but she was so stubborn and to indented. She argued with me and
told me if we split up we would have a greater chance to escape.
She was the only one of them that could get away with it.
The next time I saw her was when we were both fourteen and
she was living on the street, stealing what she had to survive. The
moment I laid eyes on the young woman so had become I could
never call her my sister again with out shoving a knife through my
heart.
The next time I saw her was six months ago. I had been
following her for almost a week when we had raced each other
through the city. She hadn't known it was me because I was
wearing a helmet, but the next night she had broken into my
apartment and I had attacked her because I hadn't realized it was
her.
"Zach, it's me!" She cried as I closed my hand around her
throat.
"Max?!" I said as I let her go.
She throw herself into my arms without hesitation. I had
slowly hugged her back afraid that I would never let go. Our
reunion was cut short because Lydecker had found us then.
I had come back after I had failed to save Brin from
Lydecker. I had gotten hit by a car and was in bad shape. I knew I
needed Max's help, so I broke into her home. she had almost
kicked me in the face before she had realized it was me.
"Max..." I said before I collapsed to the floor and had
blocked out.
When I had finally woke up I was laying on a examining
table with on African-American and Logan the man that kept Max
tied to this stupid city and her in turn keeping me tied here as well.
"Easy, they're friends." Max said as she held me down, "Now tell me what happened."
"Lydecker got Brin." I said, "She called me to come help her
because she had been compromised. I went to meet her, but
Lydecker got to her first. I'm her big brother. I'm supposed to
protect her, take care her, you and all of them."
"There was nothing you could have done. We'll brake her
out." Max said.
We did get Brin back only to let Lydecker take her back to
Manicore to save her life. Max still hates herself for that.
I left Seattle that night trying to forget the feelings I had for
Max, but I come back when I heard there was a $200,000 reward
on Max's head. I went straight to Logan's to help him find her.
We helped her escape and when she got into the car I scooted to
the back seat.
"Escape and avid," Max said, "Lydecker used to have us do
it all the time."
"You were always good at it." I said out load, but in my heart
I really said, 'I'm glad you're okay. I love you.'
Logan drove us to his cabin and as we were getting out of the
car Max kissed him. A bubbling volcano of jealousy rushed over
me and I walked into the cabin mad. That was the night I was
going to confess my feelings for her, but she had to go save
"Logan". I tried to stop her from going, but she started fight me
and I let her go because I didn't want to hurt her. She got caught
by the police so I went back and turned myself into Lydecker to
save her. I glanced over my shoulder as the police let a bunch of
girls go and I saw Max come out last. I got one last look at her
before Lydecker's men shoved me into the heavily armed car.
"I thought I taught him better." I heard Lydecker say before
the door closed.
'If you only knew.' I thought.
The next time I saw Max was when Lydecker let me out to
led him to the others and to Max, but I had made myself forget
where the others were. I had tried to for get Max also, but I
couldn't.
I called her and told her I needed her help. She found me in a cave
close to Manicore.
"Come on, Zach," Max said, "We have to get out of here."
"We can't. I don't know what I told them under the drugs." I
said.
"What do you remember?" Max's sweet voice said.
"That's Just it. I don't remember anything about the others."
I cried.
"What about me?" Max asked.
"It's different with you. how can I forget anything about
you?" I said.
Then I left with Tina leaving the woman I loved behind after
I told her in front of Tinga, "Should I even bother?"
Tinga looked between me and Max then said to Max, "What
about you?"
"Don't bother she's staying here in her believed city." I said
angrily.
Tinga looked at me again and then back at Max and said,
"You take care of yourself, Baby sister."
"I promise." Max said.
Tinga and I drove in silence almost all of the way to the
Canadian border. When Tinga said, "Pull over, Zach. We need to
talk."
"About what?" I hissed.
"About your feelings for Max." Tinga said.
I risked a glance at her in surprise. She knew, but how? I
pulled over to the side of the road and turned toward her.
"Max, is my baby sister. Just like you." I said.
"You can't fool me, Zach. You care for Max more then a
brother ever should. We all know it. Have since we were in
Manicore. You were always the one to comfort her. You were
always the one protecting her." Tinga Said, "We all seem to know,
but her. So tell her."
"I don't know how." I said.
"Go back to Seattle. You'll find away." Tina said.
So here I am back in this broken city trying to find a way to
tell Max how I feel about her.
Zach's POV
I stood on top of the Space Needle, the last remaining relic
left over from before the pulse. Max's favorite spot to come and
think. I could smell her scent everywhere on the metal and in the
air. Max and I had always climbed high when we had to think
something through. I was thinking of her.
I hate this cursed city, but I could never leave it for long. All
because of "Her", the woman I've been in love with since we were
kids. My only weakness, and yet my greatest strength at the some
time. As long as I knew that Max was okay then I would be okay
also.
It was because of Max that I organized the escape when we
were nine years old. Eve was killed because her secures made her
a defaultive prototype. And so I organized the escape because
Max's secures were getting worse. All I could see in my
nightmares and in my daymares was Lydecker shooting her before
my eyes also.
I hadn't really wanted to break out the others just Max, but I
figured that if Max and I could get away together it would be next
to cause Lydecker to spread his troops to thin. Giving us the
advantage. I tried to keep Max close to me all though the escape,
but she was so stubborn and to indented. She argued with me and
told me if we split up we would have a greater chance to escape.
She was the only one of them that could get away with it.
The next time I saw her was when we were both fourteen and
she was living on the street, stealing what she had to survive. The
moment I laid eyes on the young woman so had become I could
never call her my sister again with out shoving a knife through my
heart.
The next time I saw her was six months ago. I had been
following her for almost a week when we had raced each other
through the city. She hadn't known it was me because I was
wearing a helmet, but the next night she had broken into my
apartment and I had attacked her because I hadn't realized it was
her.
"Zach, it's me!" She cried as I closed my hand around her
throat.
"Max?!" I said as I let her go.
She throw herself into my arms without hesitation. I had
slowly hugged her back afraid that I would never let go. Our
reunion was cut short because Lydecker had found us then.
I had come back after I had failed to save Brin from
Lydecker. I had gotten hit by a car and was in bad shape. I knew I
needed Max's help, so I broke into her home. she had almost
kicked me in the face before she had realized it was me.
"Max..." I said before I collapsed to the floor and had
blocked out.
When I had finally woke up I was laying on a examining
table with on African-American and Logan the man that kept Max
tied to this stupid city and her in turn keeping me tied here as well.
"Easy, they're friends." Max said as she held me down, "Now tell me what happened."
"Lydecker got Brin." I said, "She called me to come help her
because she had been compromised. I went to meet her, but
Lydecker got to her first. I'm her big brother. I'm supposed to
protect her, take care her, you and all of them."
"There was nothing you could have done. We'll brake her
out." Max said.
We did get Brin back only to let Lydecker take her back to
Manicore to save her life. Max still hates herself for that.
I left Seattle that night trying to forget the feelings I had for
Max, but I come back when I heard there was a $200,000 reward
on Max's head. I went straight to Logan's to help him find her.
We helped her escape and when she got into the car I scooted to
the back seat.
"Escape and avid," Max said, "Lydecker used to have us do
it all the time."
"You were always good at it." I said out load, but in my heart
I really said, 'I'm glad you're okay. I love you.'
Logan drove us to his cabin and as we were getting out of the
car Max kissed him. A bubbling volcano of jealousy rushed over
me and I walked into the cabin mad. That was the night I was
going to confess my feelings for her, but she had to go save
"Logan". I tried to stop her from going, but she started fight me
and I let her go because I didn't want to hurt her. She got caught
by the police so I went back and turned myself into Lydecker to
save her. I glanced over my shoulder as the police let a bunch of
girls go and I saw Max come out last. I got one last look at her
before Lydecker's men shoved me into the heavily armed car.
"I thought I taught him better." I heard Lydecker say before
the door closed.
'If you only knew.' I thought.
The next time I saw Max was when Lydecker let me out to
led him to the others and to Max, but I had made myself forget
where the others were. I had tried to for get Max also, but I
couldn't.
I called her and told her I needed her help. She found me in a cave
close to Manicore.
"Come on, Zach," Max said, "We have to get out of here."
"We can't. I don't know what I told them under the drugs." I
said.
"What do you remember?" Max's sweet voice said.
"That's Just it. I don't remember anything about the others."
I cried.
"What about me?" Max asked.
"It's different with you. how can I forget anything about
you?" I said.
Then I left with Tina leaving the woman I loved behind after
I told her in front of Tinga, "Should I even bother?"
Tinga looked between me and Max then said to Max, "What
about you?"
"Don't bother she's staying here in her believed city." I said
angrily.
Tinga looked at me again and then back at Max and said,
"You take care of yourself, Baby sister."
"I promise." Max said.
Tinga and I drove in silence almost all of the way to the
Canadian border. When Tinga said, "Pull over, Zach. We need to
talk."
"About what?" I hissed.
"About your feelings for Max." Tinga said.
I risked a glance at her in surprise. She knew, but how? I
pulled over to the side of the road and turned toward her.
"Max, is my baby sister. Just like you." I said.
"You can't fool me, Zach. You care for Max more then a
brother ever should. We all know it. Have since we were in
Manicore. You were always the one to comfort her. You were
always the one protecting her." Tinga Said, "We all seem to know,
but her. So tell her."
"I don't know how." I said.
"Go back to Seattle. You'll find away." Tina said.
So here I am back in this broken city trying to find a way to
tell Max how I feel about her.