Chapter 1: Five Ways From Sunday
By: Alec6427
Summary: Groundhogs Day type story. Alec is reliving the same day over and over.
Disclaimer: None of the characters from Dark Angel belong to me, they belong to the copyright holders of the show whoever those might be.
Sunday Night, 11:45 p.m.:
"Ok, ok. You are the ultimate X5. Now stop beating me," Alec once again threw down his pool cue in frustration.
"Aww, but it so much fun. Why would I want to stop now?" Max had a fake pleading look in her eyes, but when she looked up and saw Alec doing the same she cracked up, "Oh cummon, One more game,"
"No, I gotta go. Plus I think my pride is sprained, can't play pool with an injury, now can I?" he smiles, turned around and left.
Sunday Night, 11:59 p.m. Alec's Apartment:
Alec walked in and immediately stopped in his tracks, "Come out. I know you're in here," a man in a white lab coat walked out of the bedroom. He had black hair and blue eyes. He smiled shot a beam at Alec out of a small ugly device and bolted. Alec was thrown back about three steps, but he regained his balance quickly. He immediately ran after the guy but when he got out to the street he felt a bit of static, but aside from that there was nothing.
Monday Morning, 12:20 a.m. Max's Apartment:
Max opened the door to find Alec standing there. She put on her patent annoyed face, even though she knew it was just for show, "What do you want Alec. It's after midnight,"
Alec grinned, "Ok, three things. 1. You don't need sleep. 2. You were just asking me not to leave Crash 20 minutes ago and 3. For once I have a good reason,"
Max sighed, "Ok spit it out,"
"This guy was in my apartment when I got home and he zapped me with something, then he just ran,"
"So?"
"Well why didn't the beam seem to do anything big and why didn't I catch up to him?"
"Alec, we can deal with this in the morning,"
"It is the morning,"
"Alec, leave,"
"Ok, but if my head explodes then it's your fault this time,"
"Alec, leave. NOW!"
"Bye Maxie,"
"Bye, Smart Alec,"
Monday Morning, 10:53, Logan's Apartment:
"And you say he was dressed like a Scientist?"
"Yep,"
"Well then that narrows it down. I'm sorry (cough) to say that until we see some effects we can't figure this out. Of course you and Max can go looking for him, but I don't know what good it will do,"
Alec looked a little nervous, "Oh great, so if I die in the middle of the street, then we can start to guess what this thing does?"
"If only," Max muttered under her breath from her perch on the couch armrest.
Alec shot her a wicked glance and said, "Ooh Maxie, wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Do you have a right side of the bed?"
Max kicked him, but to both both Alec and Logan it seemed more playful than angry. Alec looked at her in surprise while Logan looked at her nervously. Max looked back and forth between them and shrugged her shoulders saying, "What!"
Alec shrugged and said, "Well if we have no idea what this is about then I'll just be going home. I don't want to blow up in the middle of traffic,"
Monday, 6:00a.m., Alec's Apartment:
Alec walked over to the couch and lay down. He switched on the t.v. and settled in. After about twenty minutes his eyes drifted down after about ten seconds they opened again when he found himself falling backwards.
Monday Morning, 12:01 a.m., Alec's Apartment:
Alec was so surprised that he didn't catch himself and he knocked his head on the wall. He recovered quickly. He looked around and wondered if he had been sleep walking again. He felt perfectly awake. He walked out the door and closed it before noticing that the door hadn't been closed. He shrugged, walked down the stairs, went outside. He felt an odd feeling like the air was electrified next to him, but he just ignored it. He made his way to Crash hoping that his friends would be there. He felt playing a game of pool.
Monday Morning, 12:05 a.m., Crash:
Max was out the door as Alec arrived. She looked at him in amusement, "Back for more," she asked mockingly. He looked at her blankly. She continued to prod him, "Your pride healed already?" Alec figured it out and grinned at her.
"It only took a day,"
"A day to you, but here on planet earth it's only been 20 minutes,"
"Wuh," was all he got out through his surprised gaping mouth.
He looked at himself and saw that his outfit had changed and Max was wearing the outfit she had been wearing the night before. He grinned and then frowned, "I think I've figured it out now,"
Max looked at him like he was some crazy guy on the street with a sign that read 'The End Is Near' she looked at him for another minute before saying, "Wuh"
Monday Morning, 1:10 a.m., Max's Apartment:
It had taken Alec an hour to explain the situation to Max the second time and now they were trying to figure out how to deal with it, because they both figured that it would happen again if they didn't do anything about it, "Maybe if you don't go to sleep until tomorrow,"
Alec looked at her a grin on his face, "Worth a try. Good idea Maxie,"
Monday Night, 11:59 p.m., Alec's Apartment:
Max had come over an hour before so that she could be around to see if her idea had worked. The plan was for Alec to go to sleep at 12:15, so that it would be well into the new day. They were sitting around on the couch waiting for the time to come. Alec looked at his watch and began to count down from ten.
"Would you stop counting?"
"Eight,"
"Stop it,"
"Seven,"
"Alec!"
"Six,"
"I love you,"
Alec looked at her in shock, wondering if she had said that just to get him to shut up. He looked down at his watch, two, one.
Monday Morning, 12:01a.m., Alec's Apartment:
His eyes were completely open this time and it was no surprise. He really wasn't expecting it to work. He steadied himself before he even started to fall backwards and bolted after the guy who had just shot him. He was a blur as he ran down the stairs and into the street. Once again all he felt or saw was the static off to his side. He sighed and decided that this time he would try to deal with it on his own. He didn't want any help.
Monday Afternoon, 3:00 p.m., JamPony:
Alec slammed his helmet into his locker and walked over to Normal's booth, "I got something I gotta take care of Norm. See ya tomorrow," he grinned to himself and walked out the door. Outside he ran straight into Max. He fell backwards and smacked his head against the wall of his apartment.
Monday, 12:01 a.m., Alec's Apartment:
"Damn it, not again," Alec yelled as he pushed himself up off the floor. He walked out the door and out of the building, he felt what felt like static in the air, but that was it. He walked off towards Crash. He might as well try to win a game of pool against Max. Practice makes perfect.
Monday, 12:05 a.m., Crash:
Max was out the door as Alec arrived. She looked at him in amusement, "Back for more," she asked mockingly. He looked at her smuggly. She continued to prod him, "Your pride healed already?" Alec grinned at her.
"If it isn't will you kiss it and make it better?"
"Not on your life,"
"Well then, it's healed all on it's own. How about we play another game,"
Monday, 12:25 a.m., Crash:
It had taken 20 minutes, but Alec had finally figured out her weakness, she relied on herself as a distraction for her opponent. Alec had thought about how to use this against her and decided to use the same trick against her. He did everything he could to get her to look at him and when she did look up he did his best to look charming and then when he was shooting he didn't look at her.
She was ten games down and he was grinning like a mad man. He looked at her and saw the moping look on her face, he could tell she was about to quit, he couldn't have that so he shot the cue ball into the corner pocket. She grinned and he faked a disapointed frown. From then on he let her win every other game.
Monday, 11:50 p.m., Max's Apartment:
Max and Alec had spent the rest of the day together, after another hour of trading off winning games of pool, they had gone off for a day on the town. When they had gotten tired out from that they had gone back to her place to hang out, quietly. They sat there in happy, comfortable silence. Alec turned to her and said, "What do you see in him?" he regretted saying this as soon as he realized he had.
She smiled a sad smile at him and just looked at him for several minutes, then she opened her mouth to speak, closed it again and just stared at him for another couple minutes then said, "Alec there's something I have'ta tell you,"
"Shoot, anything,"
"Alec, I lu....."
Monday, 12:01a.m.,Alec's Apartment:
Alec was ready this time, before he even started to fall back he was running forward after his attacker. Once again he found nothing on the street. He decided that this time around he was going to go to Max's apartment. He walked off in that direction, forgetting about the static like area until he had walked straight through it. His skin felt tingly, but otherwise he felt the same. He shrugged and continued on to Max's apartment.
Monday, 12:25a.m., Max's Apartment:
Max opened the door to come in. She walked through and took the key out of the door. She turned around to continue in and found herself face to face with Alec. He grinned at her. She figured he was drunk, it wouldn't be the first time, "Hey, Alec. What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you, Maxie,"
"Why," she sighed out.
"I don't know. Last time around I never did get my answer. What do you see in him?"
She smiled patiently and walked Alec slowly over to the couch and lay him down, "Sleep it off Alec,"
He frowned, "No, not sleep, thats when it starts over from the beggining. I'm sick of it,"
She smiled at him sweetly and kissed his forehead softly like a mother kissing a child who has had a bad dream, "Sleep, sweet Alec. Sleep and have wonderful dreams,"
He grinned back sleepily and yawned, "Will you make sure I stay?"
"Yeah, I promise," Max looked past him to the table and saw a bottle of Vodka, completely drained. She sighed and covered Alec with a blanket. She took a seat on the coffee table and waited.
Monday, 3:00p.m., Max's Apartment:
Alec stretched happily. He hadn't woken up in his apartment. He hadn't started all over again. He was right where he should have been, but he was wondering why he was so happy right where he should be. He opened his eyes to find himself looking into the grinning face of Max, "Good morning sleepy head,"
Alec bolted straight up on the couch. He looked around nervously trying to figure out what Max was up to being so friendly. He saw no reason apparent so he looked at her suspiciously. She just grinned sweetly at him. He looked at her and grinned back, "Is this a sting?"
Max grinned at him and let out a little laugh, "No, this is not a sting," she looked at him wonderingly and friendly like. She moved towards him and he slowly backed away holding his hands up, then he saw the time on his watch and let out two words, "Oh shit," he bolted out the door and towards work.
Monday, 7:00p.m., Logan's Apartment:
Alec walked through the door quietly. He thought to himself, "Why doesn't anyone lock their doors," and moved slowly towards the kitchen where he heard Logan and Max talking. He begins to listen in,
"I'm gonna tell him Logan. I'm sorry, but its true and he has to know,"
"Max, you've known him less than a year, do you really think it's been long enough for you to be sure,"
"You were sure about me in less than a year,"
"Max, you're like this untouchable goddess, you deserve to be worshipped. He is just some golden boy smart aleck who doesn't deserve the time of day,"
"I'm a what," Max said angrily, "Do you know what, now I'm glad I'm so untouchable,"
Alec could swear he heard the realization of what he had just said coming to Logan, he grinned to himself. He heard footsteps coming towards him so he took a flying leap into the living room and onto the couch. Max came storming around the corner and towards the door. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Alec. He smiled sweetly at her and she smiled nervously back. He motioned that he could leave if she wanted. She nodded. He got up to leave and she followed. He raised his eyebrow at her and she just smiled and waved him ahead. They left together and had a nice night on the town. He went to his house and she went to her own and they both woke up the next morning.
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