Disclaimer: If I owned it, would I be writing stories HERE? No, I would
be writing ACTUAL episodes. So don't sue me.
A/N: I don't know when this is, cuz the virus exists, but Zack is Zack, as opposed to Adam, so…yeah. Logan has the exoskeleton and it actually works. Asha isn't in this one, so pretend she's dead or whatever. Also, I know I'm attributing Max w/ much more control than she actually has in heat, but hey, if she just jumped Zack there wouldn't be a story, so cut me some slack. Enjoy!
Max picked the lock to Logan's penthouse and let herself in.
"Logan?" she called.
"Mmph…" was the only reply she got. Hearing the telltale click-click of the keyboard, Max headed to the computer room.
"Hey," she greeted him.
"Hey yourself," he replied.
"Are you gonna make me go and save the world again?" she asked, standing behind him to read the screen, always careful not to get too close.
"Not sure, exactly. You like mysteries?"
"Logan, you know I'm not much for reading. Although, y'know, curling up in front of the fire…"
"No, not that kind of mystery." Logan stopped her before she took that thought any further and took him with her. "I meant mysteries you actually have to solve. Wanna do a little investigative work for me?"
Max loved the way he threw "for me" in there. Did he know that that was what made her do whatever he told her, time after time?
"Yeah, sure. What's up?"
"Somebody's been hanging around in the spot Manticore was in. Looking at stuff, poking around, digging, stuff like that…"
"…and you want me to go see what he's up to," she finished.
"Yeah. But actually, it's a she."
"Oh." Max looked a little surprised. "Well, whatever. No problem, I can do that."
"No doubt. But Max, you don't know what this person is…X-5 or X-8 or something else? Even for an X-5 this could be hard." Even for you, he added silently.
"So? What am I supposed to do?"
"Well…for a few X-5s it couldn't be too bad…" he hinted.
Max saw what he was getting at. She made a face. "Fine. I'll go find Alec and Zack. But I won't like it!" She turned to go.
"Max…"
She turned back. "Now what?"
Logan hesitated. How were you supposed to say something like this? "Well, this could take a while…"
"If you wanna come you can," Max cut in.
"Sure?"
She shrugged. "Yeah. I was hopin' you'd find an excuse to come with anyway. What am I supposed to do with those two for a week? And what if I go into heat while we're there?"
"Can't do anything with me either," he pointed out.
Max shrugged again, surprised at the implication that he would let her do anything with him anyway. "Still better than them. I'll go hunt them down and tell 'em to pack. Be back soon."
"Sure," he mumbled, back to clicking at the computer again.
Max sighed and walked out.
A/N: I don't know when this is, cuz the virus exists, but Zack is Zack, as opposed to Adam, so…yeah. Logan has the exoskeleton and it actually works. Asha isn't in this one, so pretend she's dead or whatever. Also, I know I'm attributing Max w/ much more control than she actually has in heat, but hey, if she just jumped Zack there wouldn't be a story, so cut me some slack. Enjoy!
Max picked the lock to Logan's penthouse and let herself in.
"Logan?" she called.
"Mmph…" was the only reply she got. Hearing the telltale click-click of the keyboard, Max headed to the computer room.
"Hey," she greeted him.
"Hey yourself," he replied.
"Are you gonna make me go and save the world again?" she asked, standing behind him to read the screen, always careful not to get too close.
"Not sure, exactly. You like mysteries?"
"Logan, you know I'm not much for reading. Although, y'know, curling up in front of the fire…"
"No, not that kind of mystery." Logan stopped her before she took that thought any further and took him with her. "I meant mysteries you actually have to solve. Wanna do a little investigative work for me?"
Max loved the way he threw "for me" in there. Did he know that that was what made her do whatever he told her, time after time?
"Yeah, sure. What's up?"
"Somebody's been hanging around in the spot Manticore was in. Looking at stuff, poking around, digging, stuff like that…"
"…and you want me to go see what he's up to," she finished.
"Yeah. But actually, it's a she."
"Oh." Max looked a little surprised. "Well, whatever. No problem, I can do that."
"No doubt. But Max, you don't know what this person is…X-5 or X-8 or something else? Even for an X-5 this could be hard." Even for you, he added silently.
"So? What am I supposed to do?"
"Well…for a few X-5s it couldn't be too bad…" he hinted.
Max saw what he was getting at. She made a face. "Fine. I'll go find Alec and Zack. But I won't like it!" She turned to go.
"Max…"
She turned back. "Now what?"
Logan hesitated. How were you supposed to say something like this? "Well, this could take a while…"
"If you wanna come you can," Max cut in.
"Sure?"
She shrugged. "Yeah. I was hopin' you'd find an excuse to come with anyway. What am I supposed to do with those two for a week? And what if I go into heat while we're there?"
"Can't do anything with me either," he pointed out.
Max shrugged again, surprised at the implication that he would let her do anything with him anyway. "Still better than them. I'll go hunt them down and tell 'em to pack. Be back soon."
"Sure," he mumbled, back to clicking at the computer again.
Max sighed and walked out.
