Disclaimer: The characters don't belong to me, though I honestly don't understand why Mr Cameron wants to keep them so badly when he doesn't use them anyways.
Note: This is an prologue (or something like that) to an old story of mine; I just made it up in a few sleepless hours. Hope you enjoy it!! Let me know, please!
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FAMILY- Epilogue
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"Damn it, Max, you can't risk returning to him. He'll slow you down, make you vulnerable. He's NOT good enough for you!"
"Zack," Syl intervened. "He might be a normal human, but he proved that he cared for Max and that he can fight…"
"God, truth is, he can't even walk!" How is he supposed to keep up with her? He can't make her happy!"
"What do you mean?" Syl asked, confused. She had only seen Logan up and walking.
Zack sighed. "This guy relies on a machine to walk for him, and it can short out at any moment. Without it he is a pathetic cripple!"
Syl and Krit stared at their brother in obvious shock while Max glanced at him furiously. "This is none of your business, alright? I know myself what makes me happy!"
Krit laid a comforting arm around Max's shoulder. "Maybe Zack's right. You're putting three lives in danger if you return to him and when he really can't even…"
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear any of this crap! Logan is the father of my child, and he deserves to know I'm still alive and that we have a baby!"
"Max, it's been nine months since you died in his arms. Maybe he has found a way to move on, built up a new life…"
Max shook her head. "Maybe he did move on, on some level I even hope he did because otherwise this would have been much too painful, but even then he deserves to know. I know he loved me, and I know that I caused him too much pain to expect to give me another chance. Nobody can take this much. But I need to tell him how I feel – face to face. Screw the risks. If it's the last thing I do, fine, but I need him to know that I love him with all my heart."
"And then what?" Zack exploded while Max calmly and steadily looked at him. "He is gonna tell you he loves you and you are gonna live happily ever after. This is a fairy tale, Max, this doesn't work for us."
Max didn't react to his last remark. "Either he has moved on, and I have to find a way to accept that there is no place for Hope or me. But at least I won't spend the rest of my life wondering, or he still loves me and finds the strength within himself to take me back." Max was relieved she had managed to stay that calm during her little speech that she had managed to hide her fears.
What if Logan really had moved on? What if he didn't want her anymore? She knew she meant trouble and maybe Logan really didn't have the strength to deal with that anymore. After all the pain he'd been through because of her, she couldn't even blame him.
"Listen, I know you don't understand, but he's my family. Maybe even more than you are. I mean, just look at Hope, in her I see him, and I can't live all my life being reminded of him by looking at my own daughter and wondering what happened to him, what might have been, if I did the wrong thing staying away. Because in the end it's all reduced to the simple fact that I love him, and I can't do anything about it." Tears welled up in her eyes and for once she didn't try to hold them back, instead she allowed them to freely run down her cheeks. "I know that he's not perfect and that I'm putting all of us in danger, but I have a feeling that he is still looking for me." She swallowed hard. "I…I have those dreams, there's fog, lots o fog, but every now and then I can see his face or hear him call my name. I know it's crazy, but we shared a dream before, after I transfused him in the hospital and saved his life. Maybe he needs me to safe him again."
Syl and Krit leaned against the wall of the run-down apartment in Brooklyn, or what used to be Brooklyn, uncomfortably glancing at each other. Zack still stood right in front of Max, angrily glaring at her.
"You can't go now, it's too soon, too dangerous."
"I know," Max agreed in an almost whispered voice. "I'll wait a few more weeks, but please don't put me through this again, don't try to talk me out of it. I need to do it, and there is no way to stop me. If you want me to be happy, you will let me go."
Zack looked at her for another long moment before he turned on his heels and stormed out of the apartment, banging the door shut behind him.
Max sank down on the old brown sofa, emotionally spent. "Why can't he understand?"
Syl slowly moved closer and made Krit a sign to grab the baby and leave the room
"Max, he just wants you to be safe, you and Hope. He deeply cares about you."
"Yeah? Then why doesn't he want me to be happy? He never accepted Logan, always tried to get me away from him!"
"You know Zack, he doesn't regard humans as equal, they are not good enough for us, and Logan, when he is paralyzed…God, why didn't I notice?"
Max smiled through her tears. "He's pretty good at hiding, you know."
"I guess," Syl gently smiled back at her.
"I can't let him suffer, Syl. I have this feeling that he is still looking for me and can't find peace without me, just as I can't find it without him. I've already caused him so much pain and despair."
"Are you sure? What if he moved on, what if you have to realize that he doesn't want you back, that he has found a way to deal with it and can't risk exposing himself to you again? You might again be the source of pain, as much as I hate to say that."
Max nodded. "Do you believe in soul mates?"
Syl shrugged.
"I never did either, and even with Logan, I never saw him like that. But now that we are apart, there is apart of him in me, and it's like I can sense his pain. I might be wrong, but this is a risk I have to take. And Hope, he is her father, they both deserve to know each other."
"If you think it's the right thing to do, Max."
She looked at her sister. "I do."
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And this is where the old part begins!!!!
Note: This is an prologue (or something like that) to an old story of mine; I just made it up in a few sleepless hours. Hope you enjoy it!! Let me know, please!
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FAMILY- Epilogue
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"Damn it, Max, you can't risk returning to him. He'll slow you down, make you vulnerable. He's NOT good enough for you!"
"Zack," Syl intervened. "He might be a normal human, but he proved that he cared for Max and that he can fight…"
"God, truth is, he can't even walk!" How is he supposed to keep up with her? He can't make her happy!"
"What do you mean?" Syl asked, confused. She had only seen Logan up and walking.
Zack sighed. "This guy relies on a machine to walk for him, and it can short out at any moment. Without it he is a pathetic cripple!"
Syl and Krit stared at their brother in obvious shock while Max glanced at him furiously. "This is none of your business, alright? I know myself what makes me happy!"
Krit laid a comforting arm around Max's shoulder. "Maybe Zack's right. You're putting three lives in danger if you return to him and when he really can't even…"
"Shut up! I don't wanna hear any of this crap! Logan is the father of my child, and he deserves to know I'm still alive and that we have a baby!"
"Max, it's been nine months since you died in his arms. Maybe he has found a way to move on, built up a new life…"
Max shook her head. "Maybe he did move on, on some level I even hope he did because otherwise this would have been much too painful, but even then he deserves to know. I know he loved me, and I know that I caused him too much pain to expect to give me another chance. Nobody can take this much. But I need to tell him how I feel – face to face. Screw the risks. If it's the last thing I do, fine, but I need him to know that I love him with all my heart."
"And then what?" Zack exploded while Max calmly and steadily looked at him. "He is gonna tell you he loves you and you are gonna live happily ever after. This is a fairy tale, Max, this doesn't work for us."
Max didn't react to his last remark. "Either he has moved on, and I have to find a way to accept that there is no place for Hope or me. But at least I won't spend the rest of my life wondering, or he still loves me and finds the strength within himself to take me back." Max was relieved she had managed to stay that calm during her little speech that she had managed to hide her fears.
What if Logan really had moved on? What if he didn't want her anymore? She knew she meant trouble and maybe Logan really didn't have the strength to deal with that anymore. After all the pain he'd been through because of her, she couldn't even blame him.
"Listen, I know you don't understand, but he's my family. Maybe even more than you are. I mean, just look at Hope, in her I see him, and I can't live all my life being reminded of him by looking at my own daughter and wondering what happened to him, what might have been, if I did the wrong thing staying away. Because in the end it's all reduced to the simple fact that I love him, and I can't do anything about it." Tears welled up in her eyes and for once she didn't try to hold them back, instead she allowed them to freely run down her cheeks. "I know that he's not perfect and that I'm putting all of us in danger, but I have a feeling that he is still looking for me." She swallowed hard. "I…I have those dreams, there's fog, lots o fog, but every now and then I can see his face or hear him call my name. I know it's crazy, but we shared a dream before, after I transfused him in the hospital and saved his life. Maybe he needs me to safe him again."
Syl and Krit leaned against the wall of the run-down apartment in Brooklyn, or what used to be Brooklyn, uncomfortably glancing at each other. Zack still stood right in front of Max, angrily glaring at her.
"You can't go now, it's too soon, too dangerous."
"I know," Max agreed in an almost whispered voice. "I'll wait a few more weeks, but please don't put me through this again, don't try to talk me out of it. I need to do it, and there is no way to stop me. If you want me to be happy, you will let me go."
Zack looked at her for another long moment before he turned on his heels and stormed out of the apartment, banging the door shut behind him.
Max sank down on the old brown sofa, emotionally spent. "Why can't he understand?"
Syl slowly moved closer and made Krit a sign to grab the baby and leave the room
"Max, he just wants you to be safe, you and Hope. He deeply cares about you."
"Yeah? Then why doesn't he want me to be happy? He never accepted Logan, always tried to get me away from him!"
"You know Zack, he doesn't regard humans as equal, they are not good enough for us, and Logan, when he is paralyzed…God, why didn't I notice?"
Max smiled through her tears. "He's pretty good at hiding, you know."
"I guess," Syl gently smiled back at her.
"I can't let him suffer, Syl. I have this feeling that he is still looking for me and can't find peace without me, just as I can't find it without him. I've already caused him so much pain and despair."
"Are you sure? What if he moved on, what if you have to realize that he doesn't want you back, that he has found a way to deal with it and can't risk exposing himself to you again? You might again be the source of pain, as much as I hate to say that."
Max nodded. "Do you believe in soul mates?"
Syl shrugged.
"I never did either, and even with Logan, I never saw him like that. But now that we are apart, there is apart of him in me, and it's like I can sense his pain. I might be wrong, but this is a risk I have to take. And Hope, he is her father, they both deserve to know each other."
"If you think it's the right thing to do, Max."
She looked at her sister. "I do."
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And this is where the old part begins!!!!