DISCLAIMER: Dark Angel doesn't belong to me.

TITLE: Weak

SUMMARY: Someone uses Max to get her way with Alec.

SETTING: this takes place sometime after the episode

CHAPTER: Smart Alec

Character sketch OF LANA: Lana is a result of a government program similar to Manticor to develop the perfect spy. Their intention was to have a strong agent with perfect disguising abilities. So with some technology in gene transfiguration they managed to make a human that can take on the identity of any person she sees. But naturally there were some problems, she couldn't change very far away from her own DNA make up, hence she could only turn into females. The most treating condition was her energy, she used up energy really quickly during her transformations, so she would often be very weak after a period of time. As a result of the superior genes, she managed to go through a form of evolution; she gained the ability to take energy from anyone she comes in close contact with (very close contact). The victim wouldn't feel the effects immediately but the morning after they will feel it. Or in most cases may not be alive to feel the effects. She like many other government mishaps ran away and found herself in Seattle.





Alec walked into Crash and immediately noticed the red head standing by the bar. He had made up his mind he had to have her. His plan was simple, accidentally bounce into her then strike up a conversation and by the end of the night he would have her. He moved in and knocked her on her exposed shoulder and pretended to fall.

" Are you OK?" the red head asked looking down at him. She never had a rush of energy like that from one person; she decided that he would be a perfect candidate for her needs.

" I'm fine." Alec said getting up. " I just tripped on something," he said smiling.

" Hi, I'm Lana," she said extending her hand.

" Alec," he said taking her hand. He looked at the gloves she was wearing, it didn't exactly match with anything she had on but he thought she must have had a motorbike. " Can I buy you a drink?"

" Thanks," she said smiling.

Alec gave the bartender some money and collected two jugs of beer. " Here you go."

They sat and drank the beer and exchanged comments in light conversation. " Why don't we get out of here," she suggested.

" Sure," he said getting up. He walked out smiling at himself and congratulating his genius.

When they reached the exit he saw a familiar face approaching him.

" Alec, I need to talk to you," max said ignoring his friend.

" I'm kind of in the middle of something here," he said pointing out Lana.

"It's really important" she grunted.

Once Max said something was important that meant it was. " Hold on a sec," he told Lana. Max pulled him aside in a corner. " What is it?" he whispered.

" Do you really think you should be going home with strange girls, what if it's a trap?" she said angrily.

" That's what you called me for?" he asked angrily.

" No, Logan is here," she whispered. " If he sees you with her he'll know I lied."

" Oh."

He walked back over to the girl and took her hand and said " I have to help m friend with something. So I'll see you around," he then left with Max.

Lana got angry that she let him get away. She needed his energy. She had to think of a way to get to him. It suddenly clicked that she could use Max to get to him.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Max and Alec went to the space needle since neither of them was ready to go home.

" I'm sorry I ruined your date," max said.

" It's ok, she was kind of weird anyway."

" What I said was true you know"

" What did you say?"

" You could never know who's working for White."

" So I'll never have girlfriend?" he said laughing at the idea.

" You'll just have to settle for the fake one," she teased. " Do you think he's buying it?" she asked more seriously.

" Well he did threaten me." He remembered when Logan gave him the speech about if ever hurt Max what he would do to him. " But if you're not sure we can always make out in front of him," he said with a cocky grin.

" Nice try."

He knew she would never agree but he couldn't help but hope. " Well at least try to act like you can stand to be around me."

" Alec I can stand to be around you, it's just that you need a little discipline every now and then," she said punching him in his shoulder.

"You like telling me what to do huh?" he said putting his arms around her.

" Yes, and I'm telling you let go of me before I throw you down this thing."

" Ouch!" he said letting go of her. " You have a real hostility problem."

"I'm not hostile, I'm carefully." She said thoughtfully.

" What did you think I was going to do?" he said innocently.

" Be a Smart Alec."

" Yeah you're right" He said angrily. " I gotta go." He got up and went home. Every time he tried to get close to Max she always said something to get him annoyed. Max didn't understand how much she meant to him, it was even obvious to Logan and some how Max was completely clueless or at least she pretended to be.



NOTE: This is the story I was afraid to write. In the next chapter stuff will start to happen. So tell me what you think. Review even if you didn't like it. What do you think of Lana (I got the idea of her from Cindy Bristow from Alias, and Rouge and Mystique from X men. There's also a little Pokèmon in her)?