AS 2.07 Devil's Waltz by Star24
Disclaimer: Dark Angel and its characters are copyright 2001-2002 Twentieth Century Fox Studios and James Cameron and Charles Eglee. This original story is copyright 2003 Star24
.Synopsis: A desperate Max makes a deal with Lydecker for technology that may help Logan, only to find herself trapped once again in the Manticore web when Deck shows his true colors. And this time around, Logan is trapped there with her.
Here's a teaser from the next AS2 episode – Devil's Waltz. Enjoy!
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"Where are we going?" Max demanded as she followed Deck through the halls of the Manticore hospital building. They reached a pair of double doors labeled Isolation Unit and Deck placed his face in a retinal scanner. The doors opened and Max followed him through them. Lydecker walked over to an observation window and waited for Max. She let out a gasp as she realized who she was looking at in the bed beyond the window.
"What have you done to him?" Max demanded with a snarl in her voice as she stared at Logan through the isolation room window. He was unconscious, his face was almost colorless, and tubes fed into his body at numerous points. A myriad of machines softly beeped and whirred, and a white coated lab technician sat at a console in the corner, monitoring their readouts.
"I'm keeping my part of our bargain." Lydecker replied.
"I don't remember bringing him here being part of the deal. I don't like it."
"You didn't actually think we'd allow our technology to be shared outside of Manticore did you? " Lydecker said calmly. "It's this way or no way."
Max just glared at him. "If anything happens to him, you better believe that you're going down, Deck. I'll personally make sure that you die a long and painful death."
"Those emotions of yours are going to get you killed, Max. I suggest you get them under control or you aren't going to make it through the mission alive." Deck's words hit her like icy whips reminding her of the devil's bargain she'd made with him. "Not to mention, that the welfare of your boyfriend here depends on you keeping your end of things up."
Max glared at him but refrained from commenting further. Her leashed fury was evident in her posture and her eyes which almost scorched Deck with their intensity.
"Don't you have a team waiting for you, soldier?" Deck snapped.
"The name is Max and don't forget it." Max turned and left. Deck remained standing outside the observation window with a thoughtful look on his face. He glanced once at Logan's unconscious body and then turned away himself, heading back to his office.
Devil's Waltz…Coming Soon…