I do not own Dark Angel nor the characters. If I did, then Max and Joshua would've found father. Max and Logan would be together, married, with a kid.
Logan was getting ready to go meet with Matt Sung on his latest Eyes Only mission about Manticore. So, he grabbed his keys and walked out of his penthouse apartment and he rode down to the main floor in the elevator. He didn't need the exoskeleton anymore, he was only going a few blocks away to his and Matt's usual meeting spot. He had known that there was another Manticore sight after helping Max and the other X5's taking it down 4 years ago. He didn't tell Max about it because he didn't want her to worry like she always does.
Max, Logan sighed. Everything between them has changed in the last 4 years. It was very hard during the virus not to touch or hold her when she needed comforting. When he had learned that Max had found a cure for the virus while in Terminal City, she had set out to go find this doctor and went go see if the cure would work. She was gone for about 2 weeks which made Logan worry because he thought Lydecker or Ames White had gotten to her.
Now, they were together and soon after finding a cure they had a beautiful baby girl named Nikki. She had Max's brown hair and Logan's blue eyes. She was only 3 and her transgenic abilities were still developing. The day she was born, she had Logan wrapped around her little finger.
Logan walked into the coffee shop and saw Matt sitting at a table in the near back so no one could hear them talk about Eyes Only. He had enough enemies and he didn't need to make more of them. He ordered himself some coffee and he walked up to the table, sitting down across from Matt.
"Hey Matt. What do you have for Eyes Only?"
Matt and Logan have been friends since after Logan and his ex-wife, Valerie split. Whatever Logan needed for Eyes Only, Matt would make sure he would get files on whoever Logan was trying to put away for life. They didn't really hang out much but when they did, they either talked about Eyes Only or about him and Max.
"Well first of all, I am a Sergeant now. I just got promoted last week." Matt said as he took a sip of his coffee
"That's great man. Congratulations. I guess I can't call you for any detective work anymore can I?" Logan said as the waitress brought him his coffee
"No I'm afraid not… I'm joking man. You can always call me. I may be busier now but I'll help Eyes Only in way I can. So, how are Max and Nikki?"
"They're good. In a few weeks, Nikki will be 4. Can you believe it? It seems just yesterday I was holding her in my arms for the first time. They grow up too fast. Max is… perfect." Logan sighed as he took a drink of his coffee "I mean, how did I get so lucky? I don't even know what I did to deserve her or Nikki."
Matt nods "I know what you mean. My son will be 12 in just a few months. Time really does fly by. Maybe it was Gods way of telling you to slow down and take a break from Eyes Only and focus on settling down."
"Yeah maybe. I guess Peter and Bling were right. Since Eyes Only started, I haven't thought about that aspect of my life. When I met Max, I didn't care who she was or what she was. She was way more than a cat burglar to me. Now that I and Max are together and we have a kid, I couldn't imagine my life without her."
"Sounds like you found the right one this time." Matt smiles and drinks his coffee
Logan and Matt talk about the information Matt has found on the new Manticore and where it is since the original one was burned down 4 years ago. An hour later, they said bye and Logan decided to walk back to his penthouse apartment and to the woman and kid he loves.
Unaware to his surroundings, there were 2 men hiding behind a car and an ally, not looking where he was going in particular; the 2 men grabbed him and put him in a military style vehicle and they drove away.
Max and Nikki were in the kitchen, making Logan's famous culinary miracle; chicken with garlic. Luckily the chicken was already dead or she would've had to kill the chicken in front of her daughter.
Logan, Max sighed. Everything has changed between them since she had found the cure for the virus. Shortly after the virus, Max had confessed to Logan about dating Alec and that she was only trying to push him away. Truth is, Logan was right. Being away from him is worse. After being cured from the virus, she didn't go straight to Logan's like the last time. Instead, she went up to the Space Needle and just sat there looking over the city.
"Mommy?" Nikki said as she was helping her make dinner
"Yeah sweetie?" Max looks at her from checking on the chicken
"Tell me a story."
"Okay. Which one?"
"The one where you and daddy met." Nikki giggled
"But you've heard it like a million times." Max smiled as she leaned against the counter next to the stove
"Please mommy." Nikki gave Max the 'puppy dog' look
Max shook her head and sighed. How could she deny this girl when she has Logan's blue eyes.
"Okay I will tell it again."
"Yay!" Nikki clapped her hands and giggled
"It was 5 years ago…" Max smiled as she began to tell the story on how her and Logan had met "anyway, I was across the street delivering mall when I used my enhanced eye sight to look into your father's window and I saw a statue. So later that night, I broke into your father's apartment to steal the statue. Your father caught me and then I escaped by jumping out the window. The next day at Crash, your father walked up to me and wanted to talk. Later that day, he found out I was a transgenic."
"Did you and my father start dating right away?" Nikki asked as she handed Max the garlic
"No…" Max sighed as she put the garlic in with the chicken "It was never the right time and it was completed."
After she said that, her transgenic senses came on as she felt as if someone else was in the room besides her and Nikki. Turning around, she was greeted by her brother; Zack also known as X5599.
"Hey Zack, what are you doing here? Are you and the others in trouble or something?"
"Lydecker and his men got Logan. We got to go. Now" Zack said quickly standing in the doorway of the kitchen
To be continued….