DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY DARK ANGEL CHARACTERS OR THE SHOW NO MATTER HOW MUCH I DREAM

"Will you shut up already?" Max said irritably to her partner

"Sorry, but we have been in this same closet for HOURS!" Alec replied hastily "I mean I know you would go out our way to be next to me but really come on, did you purposely have Logan find out when we could break in just so we could stay in confined quarter together?" Alec asked while wearing the smirk that Max knew all too well.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggg. "Jesus Alec we are trying to keep it low and here you are with your phone vibrating", Max said while smacking the back of Alec's head.

"Ouch Max " said Alec while checking his caller Id and groaning once he saw who it was," Max you really need to get a cell phone cause this is getting ridiculous" replied Alec as Max looked on with confusion,

"What do you mean?" Max asked questionably

"It's your boyfriend" Alec stated while tossing her the phone and rolling his eyes, he knew that Max would respond by saying-----

"He's not my -------"started Max

Interrupting max "Yaya, I know you gonna pick up or should I hang up on him?" Alec asked sarcastically

Max glaring at Alec, " Go for Max." she spoke into the phone, while trying to decide if she should laugh or hit Alec because he was making kissy faces at her, instead she just rolled her eyes.

"Um, a friend just informed me that .... Well….You can forget the mission you are on, but I have a new one." Logan said quickly hoping just hoping the X-5 did not hear and feel a need to blow up.

"WHAT?" both Alec and Max replied, seeing how Alec heard because of the X-5 enhanced hearing and Max apparently DID catch what he said.

"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I WAS STUCK IN THIS CLOSET FOR …." Started max while not knowing

"3 hours, 20 min, and 21 sec." replied Alec

"3 HOURS, 20 MIN, AND 21 SEC, WITH ALEC, FOR NOTHING?" replied max unbelievingly," AND YOU WANT US TO GO ON ANOTHER MISSION?"Max continued, and Alec faking the injury done to his ego, getting angrier every second to the point where she looked ready to chuck the phone across the closet that was barely 9x9.

Alec took the phone afraid she would break it, "Look Logy, Max may be YOUR cat burglar, but I'm not, I only came because of the money, so there is no way in hell I'm going home empty handed." Alec said fiercely letting Logan know just how deadly he could be.

"Ya, I kind of figured that, look my client said that he is willing to pay $50,000, I get 50% you guys each get 25% it--------"continued Logan till Alec cut him off.

"I get 40%, Max gets 40%, and you get 20 or no deal." Said Alec since he knew that he was losing pay checks every time he skipped work for "EYES ONLY" and if he was going to do something it had to be beneficial to him, he has his needs.

"NO--," started Logan then he realized that arguing with Alec wouldn't get him anywhere," fine," he grunted, "the place is about 20 min from where you are, it's off of... Harlem St. he said if you keep following the trail, you will come to a building"

Max getting annoyed that Alec was doing all the talking, grabbed the phone and began talking," I heard everything you said so what do you want us to do?"

" Not me Max, one of Eyes Only customers" replied Logan annoyed, Max and Alec on the other hand were rolling their eyes yay, MR."EYES ONLY" and his saving the world clients.

"Anyway my, I mean, Eyes Olney's client," Logan continued while Alec thought to himself, does he really refer to himself in third person when we know he is Eyes Only, ohm I probably should know what he is saying," so get the tapes and head back here, Good luck, and Max-----"Logan said finishing rambling and leaving Alec unsure of the mission.

"I know I know be careful" Max automatically said knowing Logan was bound to state this.

Once Max hung up and Alec and her headed towards there bike, "So what do we do?" questioned Alec,

"Should have known you weren't listening, anyway Logan's guy wants us to break into some building and retrieve the camera tapes, so he can check out what's going on" replied Max while starting her motorcycle.

"Not Logan's client, Eyes' Olney's client" Alec said while scolding Max in the way Logan did to them.

Max looked at Alec laughing along with him," Whatever. Just make sure you don't screw up alright. And be careful"

" Of course Maxie I think your hanging around Roller Boy to much your starting to sound like him, but you know I always am alright" Alec said arrogantly and a little hurt Max would think he would screw up, that wasn't him, it was his brother.

"Let's go" Max said. They both look off into the night not knowing that if they could reverse time it was one thing they would never do.

They arrived together on Harlem rd. and knew that they should travel on foot to the building so no one could hear them, they hide their bikes in the bushes so no one saw them, they would get them on the way out.

"You ready?" asked Max

"Ya, come one" Alec said already surpassing Max, they both headed over the hill to the building.

As they got closer they saw why the building was so familiar, but it just couldn't be. When they were less than 40 ft away they knew for sure what this facility was.

"Manticore" they both whispered unbelievable and slightly with fear.

But once they realized they had to get out of there it was too late guns were already being fired. Both at the same moment thought to themselves that even if they were going down they wouldn't take their friends and family with them. So they did the one thing that would protect them, the one useful thing Manticore taught them, how to erase your memory to prevent the enemy from accessing valuable information, little did Manticore know that they were the enemy, soon after they looked at each other knowing that the end was near,

And then it all went black.