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I don't own Max Guevara, Logan Cale, etc. I'm not using this for money. Yatsa, Yatsa, and Yatsa.
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I own Kairos Quibilah and any other characters not on the show.
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Kairos & Maxine:
This Day
Part One
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Kairos sat up in her bed. It was still pitch black out, but as usual she was awake and paranoid. She hated the dark. Most of her new friends had thought she'd like it, since Max seemed to, but in truth – she was so afraid of the dark that she couldn't even bring herself to look out the window sometimes. She was so afraid of seeing Lydecker, looking at her from the ground.
"Chill, Kai." She told herself, and then willed her body to get up. Her hands were shaking, her vision was blurring, and she knew she needed her meds.
The seizures had become worse over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, that had made her prone to being weak and she didn't need that. It often took her several tries to get up in the morning and she was beginning to get tired of it.
Sighing, she dragged her body to the bathroom, and opened the mirror. The cabinet was basically bare, except for the Tryptophan. Logan had managed to find a stronger form of the medication from one of his many contacts. The only drawback was that it had to be injected into her arm – something not entirely easy when she was shaking, especially since she had to fill the syringe with the liquid.
'Maybe I should taken up Max's offer of living with her and Kendra.' Kai thought to herself, while trying desperately to steady her arms long enough to fill the syringe with the liquid, but her body wouldn't respond. The seizure was too strong – her vision was completely blurred and her head began to hit the bathroom floor over and over. She was losing consciousness, and she knew it.
Her back arched and her head hit the tiles once again and a small pool of blood formed around the area.
As she reached into the depths of unconsciousness, Kai only saw the piercing dark she so hated.
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Max picked up the phone and dialed Kairos' number. It rang several times, before she hung up. "Probably left already." She murmured to herself. She continued walking around the apartment. She pulled her bike out from the spot she kept it between her bed and the wall, and pulled her backpack on. She was just going to leave when the phone rang, and she picked it up.
"Look, Logan… I can't…"
"Max, you gotta get that sister of yours down here before Normal goes insane!" Original Cindy cut her off, the sound of Sketch in the background thinking up excuses.
"She isn't there yet?"
"No!" Original paused, "She was supposed to be here like two hours ago! I can't get a hold of her, and neither can Sketch or that girl, what's her name?"
"I gotta go!" Max didn't even answer Original before she hung up the phone, "Kendra! I'm going out!" She yelled before running out of the apartment.
"Where are you…" She was cut off by the sound of the door slamming shut.
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As Max rode her bike towards her sister's apartment, she could feel her heart racing. Something wasn't right. Kai always answered the phone, and she was never late for work. She would always pick up the phone for Keiki-Leilani.
She turned the corner. Max smiled thinking of her sister. She began to think back…
Three-year old Max snuck past the security guard and to the infirmary. There was a rumor going around that there was a new baby in the compound and the child had volunteered to go on a recon mission to see if it was true.
She reached the door and walked into the infirmary.
In front of her was a baby warmer. She cautiously walked over and, standing on her tippy-toes, peered in at the baby.
The baby, obviously only a few hours old, had her eyes tightly closed shut. She had soft down hair the color of the night, and her skin was tanned naturally.
Max walked over to the information card. On it was the baby's barcode number that would be tattooed on her at a later date – 332960133520, and other information.
She noticed something as she walked away. There appeared to be a note taped just behind the information card. Carefully, she took the note and read it.
- Her name is Kairos Layla Kesi Quibilah. Please love her. Elizabeth Quibilah. –
Max looked back to the baby. Amazingly, the little girl's eyes were open, and she was gazing upon the child in front of her.
"Hello, Kairos…"
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Max looked from her bed to Kairos'. The child would soon be six, but Kai wouldn't have a normal birthday party or get presents.
"Max. Go to sleep." Zack ordered. He knew what she was thinking. It wasn't fair and everyone knew it. Kai was the youngest, and she deserved better. They all did.
"I can't."
"Well, you'd better." He threatened.
Max closed her eyes and fell into sleep.
'Well, the next night was great.' She thought. The next night was not only Kai's birthday, but the day they'd escaped.
"Hey, Max!" Sketch yelled, coming up behind her on his bike.
"Gotta go, Sketch! Can't talk now!" She yelled pedaling faster.
He just pedaled faster as well, "Max, hold up! You can't get to Kairos' the easy way!" Max stopped at that, and waited for him to catch up.
"Why can't I get there the easy way?" She asked.
"The road is blocked."
"Why?"
"I don't know." He said, sighing.
She nodded, "Tell Normal I'll be in late."
"Okay." He turned the bike around, and with one glance back at Max, he took off.
'Ah-right, Max. I gotta get to her apartment. The long way.' She thought for a moment, 'The alley to the bridge.' She moved the bike and took off. She had to get to the apartment before anything happened to her sister, she had to. 'Please, please let her be okay!'
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Kairos managed to fight off the darkness and open her eyes. She could hear the sound of people in the hallway. She figured the children were up and running around. She hoped they'd stay away that day.
All of a sudden, her door flew open, and the children from the apartment down the hall, Nikolai, Sabina, and Tassie, ran into the room.
"Hey, Kay-Kay!" Sabina said, smiling – and then she noticed Kairos. She turned around, and grabbing Nikolai and Tassie's hands, "MOMMY!" She screamed, running out of the apartment.
'Oh, Shit.' was her last thought as she fell back into unconsciousness.
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Max had just turned onto the street behind Kairos' building when she got the sudden feeling that she needed to hurry. Something was wrong.
She dropped the bike and ran to the building. She knew she couldn't go around to the front, and began looking around for a back door. On the side of the building was a door. Using the force of her body, she shoved it opened and began running for Kairos' apartment.
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Cassie Jamie
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