Title: Discovering Her Destiny : A Dance with Death. A Date with
Destiny.
Disclaimer: If I owned Alec, do you think that I'd give him to Max?
Summary: Part 1 of the "Discovering Her Destiny" Trilogy. The prequel to "Tempting the Fates". Max realises that she's not meant to be with Logan, but there's somebody who's just what she needs. M/A
Pairings: Max and Alec. If any two people were destined/designed to be together, it would be them.
Setting: 2021-2022
Spoilers: Anything and Everything from both the show's seasons can pop up somewhere. I have only just begun to watch Season 2 myself - Designate This aired on the 22 March, so if I'm not totally accurate; just know it's because I must've read the transcript wrong or something, and TELL me that it's wrong!
A/N : Well, some of my reviewers had asked for a prequel to show how Max and Alec got together, so here it is.
Chapter 1: A Gift from the Divine Powers
"How could I have been so stupid?" She was working herself into a state.
"It's a gift unto you from the Divine Powers." He grinned as she just glared at him.
"Relax, Max! Everything's fine!" He was getting exasperated with her.
"I almost killed him, Alec! How is that supposed to make everything 'fine'?"
"It wasn't your fault that his exo-skeleton short-circuited."
"But I shouldn't have jumped..."
"'Leapt' is more like it!"
"Shut up! I shouldn't have leapt forward to catch him!"
"You acted on impulse. You were trained to react with speed. And luckily, you reacted to your reaction just as fast, because you pulled away just in the nick of time." He chuckled, thinking about the rather noisy thump as Logan hit the floor.
"It was too close! If I had touched him, we wouldn't have had the antigen, and then he would've di..." Alec cut her off.
"But you didn't, and you'll be more careful next time, and when you find that cure, you'll stop coming and bothering me with your whining!"
"I'm so sick of being careful." she grumbled. He laughed.
"But you're never sick of whining. Come on." He grabbed his car keys off the table and opened his apartment door
"Where are we going?"
"You need some cheering up, and there's only one place for you to do that."
"WHERE are we going, Alec?"
"Just shut up and follow me!" To make himself clear, he took her arm. Max was indignant.
"I'm not a child; you don't need to hold my hand." He continued to drag her along down the stairs.
"On the contrary, Max. You're worse than any child that I've ever observed. Not only do you whine for what you can't have, you pout when you don't get your own way!"
"I do NOT!"
"See, you're doing it right now."
"Shut up." He grinned, and was about to make another comment when she spoke again.
"Do I really pout that much?" He looked at her in surprise.
"Well, yeah...a bit. I think it's cute."
"Cute?" Max wasn't sure if she liked being thought of as 'cute'.
"Yeah, I mean what guy can resist lips like yours?"
"You do."
"Is that bothering you?" he asked with a smile.
"I'm not getting into that, Alec. Just tell me where you're taking me."
"Just get into the car."
"I want to know!"
"And I want to surprise you! Why are you always such a nag?"
"Fine! But wherever we're going, you're paying." She got into the car.
"I thought that the modern woman likes to be totally independant of the male specie."
"There are some traditions that just cannot be broken. The guy paying for the date is one of them."
"So, is this a date now?"
"Alec. Just shut up and drive."
"Fine. But for the record, paying won't be an issue. I scored a pretty amount of cash from a mobster yesterday. And before you start, I really don't need to hear the 'Stealing is wrong' lecture."
"I wasn't going to give one. You stole from a baddie."
"Even if he was a kindly old farmer on his way to the market, I wouldn't have let you of all people tell me what I did was wrong. I hear that you were quite the cat - burgler. I mean, you even stole from Logan. That's how you two met in the first place."
Alec instantly regretted bringing up Logan's name. The look of dejection had re-entered Max's features, but it quickly disappeared into a grin.
"Yeah. He caught me, and I ended up diving out his window."
"Real subtle, Max!"
"Hey! I caught him being Eyes Only first!"
"That's a really mature argument, Max. I swear! You belong in a playground! Speaking of which, we've arrived at our destination."
Max looked out of her window and gasped in delight.
Brilliantly colored lights flashed as she heard people chatting and children squealing with laughter as they whizzed around on their respective rides or gobbled down toffee apples and cotton candy. The atmosphere was infinitely cheerful - not common in Post-Apocolyptic America.
"The fairground!"
A/N: Well? I had such fun writing this! Must be the joy of the start of a school holiday. Please review!
Disclaimer: If I owned Alec, do you think that I'd give him to Max?
Summary: Part 1 of the "Discovering Her Destiny" Trilogy. The prequel to "Tempting the Fates". Max realises that she's not meant to be with Logan, but there's somebody who's just what she needs. M/A
Pairings: Max and Alec. If any two people were destined/designed to be together, it would be them.
Setting: 2021-2022
Spoilers: Anything and Everything from both the show's seasons can pop up somewhere. I have only just begun to watch Season 2 myself - Designate This aired on the 22 March, so if I'm not totally accurate; just know it's because I must've read the transcript wrong or something, and TELL me that it's wrong!
A/N : Well, some of my reviewers had asked for a prequel to show how Max and Alec got together, so here it is.
Chapter 1: A Gift from the Divine Powers
"How could I have been so stupid?" She was working herself into a state.
"It's a gift unto you from the Divine Powers." He grinned as she just glared at him.
"Relax, Max! Everything's fine!" He was getting exasperated with her.
"I almost killed him, Alec! How is that supposed to make everything 'fine'?"
"It wasn't your fault that his exo-skeleton short-circuited."
"But I shouldn't have jumped..."
"'Leapt' is more like it!"
"Shut up! I shouldn't have leapt forward to catch him!"
"You acted on impulse. You were trained to react with speed. And luckily, you reacted to your reaction just as fast, because you pulled away just in the nick of time." He chuckled, thinking about the rather noisy thump as Logan hit the floor.
"It was too close! If I had touched him, we wouldn't have had the antigen, and then he would've di..." Alec cut her off.
"But you didn't, and you'll be more careful next time, and when you find that cure, you'll stop coming and bothering me with your whining!"
"I'm so sick of being careful." she grumbled. He laughed.
"But you're never sick of whining. Come on." He grabbed his car keys off the table and opened his apartment door
"Where are we going?"
"You need some cheering up, and there's only one place for you to do that."
"WHERE are we going, Alec?"
"Just shut up and follow me!" To make himself clear, he took her arm. Max was indignant.
"I'm not a child; you don't need to hold my hand." He continued to drag her along down the stairs.
"On the contrary, Max. You're worse than any child that I've ever observed. Not only do you whine for what you can't have, you pout when you don't get your own way!"
"I do NOT!"
"See, you're doing it right now."
"Shut up." He grinned, and was about to make another comment when she spoke again.
"Do I really pout that much?" He looked at her in surprise.
"Well, yeah...a bit. I think it's cute."
"Cute?" Max wasn't sure if she liked being thought of as 'cute'.
"Yeah, I mean what guy can resist lips like yours?"
"You do."
"Is that bothering you?" he asked with a smile.
"I'm not getting into that, Alec. Just tell me where you're taking me."
"Just get into the car."
"I want to know!"
"And I want to surprise you! Why are you always such a nag?"
"Fine! But wherever we're going, you're paying." She got into the car.
"I thought that the modern woman likes to be totally independant of the male specie."
"There are some traditions that just cannot be broken. The guy paying for the date is one of them."
"So, is this a date now?"
"Alec. Just shut up and drive."
"Fine. But for the record, paying won't be an issue. I scored a pretty amount of cash from a mobster yesterday. And before you start, I really don't need to hear the 'Stealing is wrong' lecture."
"I wasn't going to give one. You stole from a baddie."
"Even if he was a kindly old farmer on his way to the market, I wouldn't have let you of all people tell me what I did was wrong. I hear that you were quite the cat - burgler. I mean, you even stole from Logan. That's how you two met in the first place."
Alec instantly regretted bringing up Logan's name. The look of dejection had re-entered Max's features, but it quickly disappeared into a grin.
"Yeah. He caught me, and I ended up diving out his window."
"Real subtle, Max!"
"Hey! I caught him being Eyes Only first!"
"That's a really mature argument, Max. I swear! You belong in a playground! Speaking of which, we've arrived at our destination."
Max looked out of her window and gasped in delight.
Brilliantly colored lights flashed as she heard people chatting and children squealing with laughter as they whizzed around on their respective rides or gobbled down toffee apples and cotton candy. The atmosphere was infinitely cheerful - not common in Post-Apocolyptic America.
"The fairground!"
A/N: Well? I had such fun writing this! Must be the joy of the start of a school holiday. Please review!
