A Different Path

Author: QueenOfTheives

Spoilers/Rumors: "Pollo Loco"

Season: 1

Content Warning: This story contains language and violence

Summary: What if Max had not killed Ben in the forest that day? What if she tried to drag him out and got away. ADOPTED from Donna Lynn

Author's Note: This is a story originally by Donna Lynn, I am continuing it. I don't think that Ben should have died in the first series. I believe that if the directors had left him on, the story would have been quite a bit more interesting. (Also, for those of you who already know me, I HATE Logan, I wish that he had died in the first episode - so be warned, there will be Loganbashing!)

Pairing: Max/Ben

Disclaimer: The characters of "Dark Angel" do not belong to me.

"I can't Ben, " Max began to cry.

"Yes you can Max you have to! Don't let them take me you know what they'll do to me, " Ben said looking up into her face.

She looked down into his eyes "I can carry you Ben please don't make me do this to you, " she said as a tear fell from her eye. Ben reached up and caught the tear on his finger. "You know it has to be this way Max. I have to pay for my sins," he said caressing the side of her face.

"No dammit Ben help me. I can't loose you after I've just found you, " she said desperately.

"You're wasting time Max do it, " he ordered.

She stood and grabbed his arm to pull him, but he stopped her, " You're going to get us captured or killed Max now kill me."

"I'm not leaving without you Ben, " she reared back and punched him in the face knocking him out. She bent down and tossed him over her shoulder and started to walk as fast as she could with the extra weight. She heard helicopters over head and tried to run.

"Come on Max you can do this, " she said to herself as she started into a jog. She looked back to see if the helicopters saw her and noticed they were heading further into the forest. She was home free and so was Ben.

So that was the first chapter, it was the one that Donna Lynn wrote (THANK YOU! haha) and I look forward to writing the next chapter :)

I hope you all enjoyed it, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! Thank you :)

p.s. For those of you waiting on more chapters for my other stories, I am in the process of writing chapters for; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Lost City of Paititi, Legion of Elves, The Bond, Love's Surprises, Soul Mates, Dragons of Fiore and The Story :) Shouldn't be too long, but I am in Yr12 and am currently being hammered with assignments... Also my laptop broke down and I lost EVERYTHING! the extra chapters I had done for The Bond, Soul Mates and Love's Surprises included :'(