Title: He's Fun
Author: JetBlack Disclaimer: Blah Blah Blah they don't belong to me. Anyone from the show you recognize belongs to Fox and the rest of them. The rest belong to me. Summary: Logan's found a lead on Sandeman but when Alec and Max leave Terminal City to follow it up they find way more than they bargained for not to mention a. well you'll have to read on to find out. Rating: R (language, and things further on) I don't know I'm not really good at ratings. Genre: Humor/Romance/Adventure Spoilers: anything from pilot to freak nation. Timeframe: Post Freak Nation. a/n: This is after FREAK NATION but since as you might have guessed this is an Alec/Max fic. Now I have nothing against Logan as far as I'm concerned as long as it's written well and authors give legitimate reasons for why two characters go together then I'm cool with it. But since I don't like the way I write m/l, as it usually comes out all mushy and fluffy and finding ways around the virus is hard, especially original ones even though I do have one or two. I'm gonna stick to m/a for now.
Part 1
"I can't believe I agreed to this," groaned Max as she rubbed her temples in a desperate attempt to relieve her throbbing headache.
"What's got you all flustered I mean. Things have finally quieted down in Seattle, White hasn't shown his ugly head in ages and the whole cult thing or people have got to be hurting after all we bet their 'elite', heck Logan held up really well against the 'elite'. By the way how is Logan? Have you heard from him? I heard he got back to Joshua's alright and Cindy and Sketchy bring him supplies.the whole hand holding thing?." Alec got no reply and was glad as he hadn't been completely successful in keeping the jealousy out of his voice but it seemed Max hadn't noticed. "The transgenics are there at your beck and call though some less than others. Cindy and Sketchy, even Normal is okay. Then Logan comes up with this whole Sandeman thing. What did he say, 'Biblical' so now we got a lead on him. Why are you so annoyed?" Alec asked looking at her like he truly didn't know. Max groaned again blocking her ears.
Flashback
"Max Logan's on TV," Joshua yelled out. They'd gotten him back to Joshua's house after reviewing over the hover-drone footage and seeing there was no way anyone would recognize him. Just to be on the safe side though Cindy brought him food and anything he might need.
Max was slightly weary as she walked up the stairs to the platform. They'd held hands and things like that but the feeling of rubber had kept it clinical, it was more for comfort, something they both needed, the intimacy just hadn't been a part of it. They'd both let go, sort of, but things were still weird. They'd both realized it just wasn't going to work but that didn't mean they wanted to.
No they hadn't talked about it rather they'd both come to a silent agreement to not mention it again and move on. So as she took the last few steps and walked into the camera's view she carefully placed all her emotions behind as nonchalant a mask as she could pull off and sat down, Logan had been right, no one really gets over their first love.
"Hey," was her greeting. How it had always been. When for the world she was strong and unemotional, when for the transgenics she was confident, their leader, for Logan she'd always be Max and that hadn't changed.
"Hey yourself," was his simple reply, "I have a lead on Sandeman."
It was as if the whole of Terminal City all of a sudden stopped and Logan began to think everyone had heard. Even for them, was that possible?
He'd never cared about what Max was, where she came from. Never had he even thought about it really even after those pictures, though that had been a shock he'd gotten over it. But Max didn't need a human who didn't care she needed someone like her. Whether that was Alec or not it wasn't his business really he just hoped Alec had what she needed.
The question that plagued his mind though even as he explained on what he'd found looking at the hopeful faces of those on the other side was that if Max wasn't sure on what she needed how could anyone else be? Cindy did though and for a while he'd thought the same, he still did, he just knew he could never give that to her no matter how much he wanted to.
Flashback end
"Max? Max? Maaaaaxiiiieeee? Hey Max, you awake?" Alec drawled waving his hand in front of her face.
Just a few more hours and then they'd be there. A few more hours and she could get away from him for a few minutes. Why did I take him? I could've picked anyone else, why HIM? Max asked herself, ignoring Alec's on going question. Because you wanted him to come. He's fun and makes you feel safe not to mention he is a hot piece of. stop!. don't even go there Max.
Here she was in a stolen car. Thirty-two hours to go check out a freaking lead and Alec hadn't stopped talking since the start. Not when they'd left Seattle, not when they'd stopped to get something to eat, not when they'd filled up the tank with gas, not when they got back on the road after buying every sort of junk food and certainly not now. No he hadn't stopped talking for exactly twenty seven hours and obviously he wasn't as smart as he thought he was because in all that time he hadn't realized it had been a one sided conversation the whole time.
"Alec you don't shut up RIGHT NOW and I'm throwing you personally out of the car. We need to get there find 'father' and get back they need us back there," Max hissed trying for the fiftieth time to get comfortable in the awkward passenger seat. Trust Alec to go for style over comfort.
"Is me talking getting to you Maxie?" he asked in all innocence but the smirk that appeared two seconds later ruined the effect.
Max practically jumped out of the car. Alec followed a little slower laughing to himself at her. They'd packed light for such along trip. Everything they needed was in their backpacks including maps of the place, ammo, guns and explosive not to mention all their cat-burglar equipment that fortunately was by nature very compact.
Max looked around. The next part of the trip they would have to do by foot as it was impossible to go by car on the old roads, especially the one Alec had chosen. You can do this. You. Can. Do. This. Just ignore him and find the path.
Alec walked up beside her and watched her expectantly as if waiting to hear the plan. Maybe it had been the whole Terminal city and JamPony thing but she'd found that now everyone listened to her. They looked up to her for what to do and she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Max rolled her eyes and gestured him to follow her as she signaled towards southeast.
"Admit it we're lost," Alec said from behind her, "L-O-S-T." They had been walking for hours. Originally this had been a small town. Then apparently to what Logan had said there'd been a huge disaster with wildlife, more than that he hadn't said, and some rich guy had brought something like sixty thousand hectares of land. That meant town and forest surrounding it.
It was an eerie feeling walking down the old streets. The houses were old and decaying and most were nothing but rubble as vegetation overgrew and spread over where once people had lived. The asphalt of the roads was cracked and roots showed up everywhere. Grass and climbing plants such as ivy and roses clambered up the remains of concrete, walls and partly still standing fences.
"I'm not lost Alec," Max hissed.
Alec rolled his eyes but surprisingly didn't say anything else.
"Look I think we're on the right track. See according to the map Logan gave me, we follow this road and we'll come across another to our right that hopefully its sign is still intact. Called. Alec are you listening to me? .Alec?"
Max looked around trying to spot where he'd gone off to now but she couldn't seem to see him anywhere. She glared at him as he came out of one of the more relatively well-conserved houses.
"Where'd you go off to?" she asked one hand poised at her hip.
"I could've sworn I heard someone," he said in a hushed whisper.
The two transgenics held their breath, their ears straining to hear even the slightest sound out of place. The sound of birds and small animals was the only thing to be heard though apart from their fast beating hearts. Max was suddenly all too aware of Alec's nearness and she swore she could feel his breath on her skin.
Unknown to Max, Alec had the same thoughts. He could smell her, the smell of motor oil and honey and cat, a smell only she would be able to make appealing. And boy did it appeal to him. Alec was sure that if something didn't break the silence then he'd most likely find himself leaning closer and taking all of her scent in, her taste. DOWN BOY!
"You'd think Manticore would've given you guys a better sense of direction. Or maybe Logan just gave you a crappy map," said a voice.
They looked around trying to pin point from where exactly the voice had come. Before either of them could though the voice spoke again this time from right behind them. Max and Alec jumped at least two feet in the air from surprise, "Hello."
A girl stood there. Her hair was the color of coal and she had olive skin. She wasn't old around sixteen, seventeen. She had a pair of worn black jeans and a desert colored shirt with a simple sweater tied sideways around her waist.
"Jesus Christ who are you?" asked Alec breathlessly.
"I'm someone who's rather surprised Mister-Monty-Cora and Miss-No-Junk-DNA didn't hear me sneak up on them," she said plainly looking at them, her head tilted to the side in amusement.
"How do you. know all this?" Max said confused at the girl standing in front of her who seemed rather incredulously to be cockier than Alec himself.
"Same way I know everything else. Just do," she smiled, "Napoleon you can come out now." At her yell a sleek gray stallion trotted out from behind a tuft of vegetation quickly making his way to his owner.
"Come on I'll take you where you wanna go. You guys hungry? Rook makes the meanest food," she explained with a slightly dreamy stare. Whether it was for the food or whoever Rook was Max couldn't be sure and she smiled inwardly.
"For your information Max, me and Rook are just friends," the girl shrugged patting the horse's soft snout, "Both of you get your little asses up on his back, I'll give you a lift. Right now you look as effective as a one- legged man at an ass-kicking party."
Alec looked at Max in confusion and his brow furrowed, "Max didn't say anything."
"But she thought it. Come on I don't have all day I'll explain on the way."
They looked at each other for a moment. Finally both shrugged thinking that if things went sideways they could handle a teenage girl.
Napoleon didn't wear a saddle nor bridle, nothing except the girl was on his back. Max jumped swinging a leg over the smooth back of the animal and Alec jumped up behind her immediately wrapping his hands around her waist.
A tap of her heels and the horse began walking taking a semi-hidden path on the right.
"By the way, I'm Spartacus," she called over her shoulder.
"No offense but that's a strange name," Max replied from behind her but to her surprise the girl only chuckled and shook her head lightly.
"This coming from a person who named a kid Bugler," Alec couldn't help but laugh at Max's speechless face. He was just as curious as to how Spartacus knew all of this but he still thought it was priceless.
"How." was all Max could say and again Spartacus chuckled.
"Well I can hear what people are thinking, Whatever they think in that moment I can hear if I want." she said shrugging.
"Ok but I wasn't thinking about Bugler when you told us your name only after you said," Max argued.
Spartacus nodded her head glad that they weren't completely stupid, "It's hard to explain I mean yeah, I can read minds. I can control it pretty well too but sometimes I just hear it anyway whether I want to or not or I'll like get a flash. When that happens I can actually see what the person or people are thinking. Then at other times all of a sudden I'll just know."
"You'll just know." Max repeated her tone of voice skeptical and disbelieving.
"Yeah. It's like information is continuously being given to me. I found out about you when you were 12 or something like that. All of a sudden I just knew that you'd just broken into some rich guy's house and wiped his safe clean," she said simply tapping her heels once again making the horse pick up his stride.
"That's freaky. So you've had it since birth or what I mean this whole mind ability of yours," Max asked suddenly sympathizing with this girl.
"Oh believe me it's freaky all right. But I actually don't know for how long I've had it. I woke up one day and the only thing I could remember was my birth date. Didn't know where I was, who I was, I didn't even know my name. I was eight that was the only knowledge I had. But the freakier thing is that now I know lots of stuff, heaps of stuff on heaps of people but I've never remembered anything about myself," she shrugged a shiver running down her spine.
Alec had remained silent throughout the whole conversation. He was sure he'd seen Spartacus before. He was completely certain. Something about her was familiar but he just couldn't place what. Him only being able to see the back of her head wasn't helping either.
All of a sudden the vegetation cleared and a huge field with half a dozen large willows came into view. About the size of a football field and a half with some scattered building to the left and a few other horses grazing within a fenced off part of the clearing.
"Hold on," was Spartacus' last word as she let out a high pitched whistle and the horse took off at a gallop.
It was the picture of power. The horse seemed to glide over the grass, his feet steady and sure. Max could feel the creature's muscles tense and relax with each powerful stride. Smooth and strong and warm. His heat was reassuring and comfortable and Max thought that he was to Spartacus what her baby was to her.
A blonde woman in her early twenties leaned against the wall of what looked to be a barn with eyes so blue, so intense that Max had only ever seen in one other person. The second that the hope rose in her heart though the cynical foot in her mind squished it with all it's worth. There was something about her though and the closer she got the more certain she became; she'd seen that face before.
The second Napoleon stopped, coming to a skid two feet from the girl, Max jumped off, a look of wonder and disbelief as she approached the smiling girl, "It can't be you."
Spartacus smiled as she too jumped off of her horse's back and Alec there remained, "Max Jondy, Jondy Maxie. But I suppose you two have already met."
Max's eyes widened as her sister jumped at her and embraced her in a hug squeezing so tight. For a second she didn't have a clue on what to do, she could barely think but something snapped and she hugged her back just as tight.
"Max. love the whole reunion thing but. where are we. and who is she." Alec interrupted from behind her but she could barely care. She had her sister back.
Spartacus rolled her eyes at Alec and he shrugged looking confused. She smiled unsettling him and grinned even wider, "Napoleon.sit!"
The horse obeyed causing Alec to tumble backwards and rolling a couple of times before landing unceremoniously on his ass looking as if he had no clue on how he'd gotten there.
Jondy pulled back and stole a glance in his direction as he jumped up and dusted the seat of his pants. She couldn't help the chuckle that bubbled up her throat and Max rolled her eyes laughing along.
"So how've ya been and who's the muscle?" Jondy chided looking at her sister.
"I've been better. God I thought I'd never find you again, I've missed you so much," Max muttered likewise unable to look away, "As for the so called muscle he's Alec my."
She never had a chance to finish her sentence as Spartacus cut in, "Breeding Partner?"
The look that fell on Max's face was priceless. Her mouth was partly open, her eyes wide and she looked completely unable to process thought. Alec tried to stifle a laugh failing miserably and finally gave in to the urge. Spartacus and Alec were laughing so hard at her expression they had tears in their eyes. Max changed from shocked to pissed off when they exchanged high fives though and the two of them both jumped at the same time on Napoleon's back galloping inside the barn away from Max's dagger look.
"Oh Spart that was great. I couldn't have had better timing, did'you see her face it was. wow. I can't believe I'm still intact, I can't believe you're still intact," Alec rambled as Spartacus brushed Napoleon.
The horse whinnied and snorted happy at all the attention. Spartacus smiled at the X5 sitting with ease on the side of the horse pen, "I couldn't help myself. You think it's safe to go to get some food I'm starving. I mean you know her wrath better than anyone, do you think she's still reeling?"
Alec smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "Nah. She's probably over it. I've got to say I'd probably not push her anymore for today."
Spartacus smiled back, a devilish grin as she walked towards the main doors with Alec in tow, "Now what fun would that be?"
"Don't kill em' Maxie. We'll get her back don't worry," Jondy chided hitting her sister in the arm playfully as they walked up to the main house.
She led Max to a bedroom upstairs. The room was comfy and held that atmosphere of old and peace that only something so lived in could pull off. The bed's comforter was a deep maroon with sun yellow and cream pillows. The wallpaper was the same cream contrasting with the oak hardwood floors. The room had a small adjoining bathroom and Max basically melted at the sight of a bathtub.
Jondy smiled as her sister set down her things and they walked in comfortable silence back down stairs.
With a cup of cocoa sisters talked about Manticore and life after that, heats and motorcycles, cat-suits and how the zipper always pinches when you take it off.
"What about your first kiss though I mean, heat incidents we've been through those and they're rather non memorable experiences but your first kiss was that to do with heat too or not," Jondy asked warming her hands on the now empty but still hot cup.
"A half hour has passed, you sure they're okay," Max asked all of a sudden becoming completely interested in finding Alec.
"Don't ignore the question," Jondy said smirking.
Max smiled as innocently as she could flipping her hair over her shoulder, "I wasn't. No I just worry. Alec is so like a child sometimes you have to keep a constant eye on him. Back to the question though," she said lowering her voice.
"No it wasn't to do with heat. I was ten or eleven. His name was Craig but everyone called him Soot. He was a few years older, fourteen maybe. Anyway he's so coming on to me."
Author: JetBlack Disclaimer: Blah Blah Blah they don't belong to me. Anyone from the show you recognize belongs to Fox and the rest of them. The rest belong to me. Summary: Logan's found a lead on Sandeman but when Alec and Max leave Terminal City to follow it up they find way more than they bargained for not to mention a. well you'll have to read on to find out. Rating: R (language, and things further on) I don't know I'm not really good at ratings. Genre: Humor/Romance/Adventure Spoilers: anything from pilot to freak nation. Timeframe: Post Freak Nation. a/n: This is after FREAK NATION but since as you might have guessed this is an Alec/Max fic. Now I have nothing against Logan as far as I'm concerned as long as it's written well and authors give legitimate reasons for why two characters go together then I'm cool with it. But since I don't like the way I write m/l, as it usually comes out all mushy and fluffy and finding ways around the virus is hard, especially original ones even though I do have one or two. I'm gonna stick to m/a for now.
Part 1
"I can't believe I agreed to this," groaned Max as she rubbed her temples in a desperate attempt to relieve her throbbing headache.
"What's got you all flustered I mean. Things have finally quieted down in Seattle, White hasn't shown his ugly head in ages and the whole cult thing or people have got to be hurting after all we bet their 'elite', heck Logan held up really well against the 'elite'. By the way how is Logan? Have you heard from him? I heard he got back to Joshua's alright and Cindy and Sketchy bring him supplies.the whole hand holding thing?." Alec got no reply and was glad as he hadn't been completely successful in keeping the jealousy out of his voice but it seemed Max hadn't noticed. "The transgenics are there at your beck and call though some less than others. Cindy and Sketchy, even Normal is okay. Then Logan comes up with this whole Sandeman thing. What did he say, 'Biblical' so now we got a lead on him. Why are you so annoyed?" Alec asked looking at her like he truly didn't know. Max groaned again blocking her ears.
Flashback
"Max Logan's on TV," Joshua yelled out. They'd gotten him back to Joshua's house after reviewing over the hover-drone footage and seeing there was no way anyone would recognize him. Just to be on the safe side though Cindy brought him food and anything he might need.
Max was slightly weary as she walked up the stairs to the platform. They'd held hands and things like that but the feeling of rubber had kept it clinical, it was more for comfort, something they both needed, the intimacy just hadn't been a part of it. They'd both let go, sort of, but things were still weird. They'd both realized it just wasn't going to work but that didn't mean they wanted to.
No they hadn't talked about it rather they'd both come to a silent agreement to not mention it again and move on. So as she took the last few steps and walked into the camera's view she carefully placed all her emotions behind as nonchalant a mask as she could pull off and sat down, Logan had been right, no one really gets over their first love.
"Hey," was her greeting. How it had always been. When for the world she was strong and unemotional, when for the transgenics she was confident, their leader, for Logan she'd always be Max and that hadn't changed.
"Hey yourself," was his simple reply, "I have a lead on Sandeman."
It was as if the whole of Terminal City all of a sudden stopped and Logan began to think everyone had heard. Even for them, was that possible?
He'd never cared about what Max was, where she came from. Never had he even thought about it really even after those pictures, though that had been a shock he'd gotten over it. But Max didn't need a human who didn't care she needed someone like her. Whether that was Alec or not it wasn't his business really he just hoped Alec had what she needed.
The question that plagued his mind though even as he explained on what he'd found looking at the hopeful faces of those on the other side was that if Max wasn't sure on what she needed how could anyone else be? Cindy did though and for a while he'd thought the same, he still did, he just knew he could never give that to her no matter how much he wanted to.
Flashback end
"Max? Max? Maaaaaxiiiieeee? Hey Max, you awake?" Alec drawled waving his hand in front of her face.
Just a few more hours and then they'd be there. A few more hours and she could get away from him for a few minutes. Why did I take him? I could've picked anyone else, why HIM? Max asked herself, ignoring Alec's on going question. Because you wanted him to come. He's fun and makes you feel safe not to mention he is a hot piece of. stop!. don't even go there Max.
Here she was in a stolen car. Thirty-two hours to go check out a freaking lead and Alec hadn't stopped talking since the start. Not when they'd left Seattle, not when they'd stopped to get something to eat, not when they'd filled up the tank with gas, not when they got back on the road after buying every sort of junk food and certainly not now. No he hadn't stopped talking for exactly twenty seven hours and obviously he wasn't as smart as he thought he was because in all that time he hadn't realized it had been a one sided conversation the whole time.
"Alec you don't shut up RIGHT NOW and I'm throwing you personally out of the car. We need to get there find 'father' and get back they need us back there," Max hissed trying for the fiftieth time to get comfortable in the awkward passenger seat. Trust Alec to go for style over comfort.
"Is me talking getting to you Maxie?" he asked in all innocence but the smirk that appeared two seconds later ruined the effect.
Max practically jumped out of the car. Alec followed a little slower laughing to himself at her. They'd packed light for such along trip. Everything they needed was in their backpacks including maps of the place, ammo, guns and explosive not to mention all their cat-burglar equipment that fortunately was by nature very compact.
Max looked around. The next part of the trip they would have to do by foot as it was impossible to go by car on the old roads, especially the one Alec had chosen. You can do this. You. Can. Do. This. Just ignore him and find the path.
Alec walked up beside her and watched her expectantly as if waiting to hear the plan. Maybe it had been the whole Terminal city and JamPony thing but she'd found that now everyone listened to her. They looked up to her for what to do and she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Max rolled her eyes and gestured him to follow her as she signaled towards southeast.
"Admit it we're lost," Alec said from behind her, "L-O-S-T." They had been walking for hours. Originally this had been a small town. Then apparently to what Logan had said there'd been a huge disaster with wildlife, more than that he hadn't said, and some rich guy had brought something like sixty thousand hectares of land. That meant town and forest surrounding it.
It was an eerie feeling walking down the old streets. The houses were old and decaying and most were nothing but rubble as vegetation overgrew and spread over where once people had lived. The asphalt of the roads was cracked and roots showed up everywhere. Grass and climbing plants such as ivy and roses clambered up the remains of concrete, walls and partly still standing fences.
"I'm not lost Alec," Max hissed.
Alec rolled his eyes but surprisingly didn't say anything else.
"Look I think we're on the right track. See according to the map Logan gave me, we follow this road and we'll come across another to our right that hopefully its sign is still intact. Called. Alec are you listening to me? .Alec?"
Max looked around trying to spot where he'd gone off to now but she couldn't seem to see him anywhere. She glared at him as he came out of one of the more relatively well-conserved houses.
"Where'd you go off to?" she asked one hand poised at her hip.
"I could've sworn I heard someone," he said in a hushed whisper.
The two transgenics held their breath, their ears straining to hear even the slightest sound out of place. The sound of birds and small animals was the only thing to be heard though apart from their fast beating hearts. Max was suddenly all too aware of Alec's nearness and she swore she could feel his breath on her skin.
Unknown to Max, Alec had the same thoughts. He could smell her, the smell of motor oil and honey and cat, a smell only she would be able to make appealing. And boy did it appeal to him. Alec was sure that if something didn't break the silence then he'd most likely find himself leaning closer and taking all of her scent in, her taste. DOWN BOY!
"You'd think Manticore would've given you guys a better sense of direction. Or maybe Logan just gave you a crappy map," said a voice.
They looked around trying to pin point from where exactly the voice had come. Before either of them could though the voice spoke again this time from right behind them. Max and Alec jumped at least two feet in the air from surprise, "Hello."
A girl stood there. Her hair was the color of coal and she had olive skin. She wasn't old around sixteen, seventeen. She had a pair of worn black jeans and a desert colored shirt with a simple sweater tied sideways around her waist.
"Jesus Christ who are you?" asked Alec breathlessly.
"I'm someone who's rather surprised Mister-Monty-Cora and Miss-No-Junk-DNA didn't hear me sneak up on them," she said plainly looking at them, her head tilted to the side in amusement.
"How do you. know all this?" Max said confused at the girl standing in front of her who seemed rather incredulously to be cockier than Alec himself.
"Same way I know everything else. Just do," she smiled, "Napoleon you can come out now." At her yell a sleek gray stallion trotted out from behind a tuft of vegetation quickly making his way to his owner.
"Come on I'll take you where you wanna go. You guys hungry? Rook makes the meanest food," she explained with a slightly dreamy stare. Whether it was for the food or whoever Rook was Max couldn't be sure and she smiled inwardly.
"For your information Max, me and Rook are just friends," the girl shrugged patting the horse's soft snout, "Both of you get your little asses up on his back, I'll give you a lift. Right now you look as effective as a one- legged man at an ass-kicking party."
Alec looked at Max in confusion and his brow furrowed, "Max didn't say anything."
"But she thought it. Come on I don't have all day I'll explain on the way."
They looked at each other for a moment. Finally both shrugged thinking that if things went sideways they could handle a teenage girl.
Napoleon didn't wear a saddle nor bridle, nothing except the girl was on his back. Max jumped swinging a leg over the smooth back of the animal and Alec jumped up behind her immediately wrapping his hands around her waist.
A tap of her heels and the horse began walking taking a semi-hidden path on the right.
"By the way, I'm Spartacus," she called over her shoulder.
"No offense but that's a strange name," Max replied from behind her but to her surprise the girl only chuckled and shook her head lightly.
"This coming from a person who named a kid Bugler," Alec couldn't help but laugh at Max's speechless face. He was just as curious as to how Spartacus knew all of this but he still thought it was priceless.
"How." was all Max could say and again Spartacus chuckled.
"Well I can hear what people are thinking, Whatever they think in that moment I can hear if I want." she said shrugging.
"Ok but I wasn't thinking about Bugler when you told us your name only after you said," Max argued.
Spartacus nodded her head glad that they weren't completely stupid, "It's hard to explain I mean yeah, I can read minds. I can control it pretty well too but sometimes I just hear it anyway whether I want to or not or I'll like get a flash. When that happens I can actually see what the person or people are thinking. Then at other times all of a sudden I'll just know."
"You'll just know." Max repeated her tone of voice skeptical and disbelieving.
"Yeah. It's like information is continuously being given to me. I found out about you when you were 12 or something like that. All of a sudden I just knew that you'd just broken into some rich guy's house and wiped his safe clean," she said simply tapping her heels once again making the horse pick up his stride.
"That's freaky. So you've had it since birth or what I mean this whole mind ability of yours," Max asked suddenly sympathizing with this girl.
"Oh believe me it's freaky all right. But I actually don't know for how long I've had it. I woke up one day and the only thing I could remember was my birth date. Didn't know where I was, who I was, I didn't even know my name. I was eight that was the only knowledge I had. But the freakier thing is that now I know lots of stuff, heaps of stuff on heaps of people but I've never remembered anything about myself," she shrugged a shiver running down her spine.
Alec had remained silent throughout the whole conversation. He was sure he'd seen Spartacus before. He was completely certain. Something about her was familiar but he just couldn't place what. Him only being able to see the back of her head wasn't helping either.
All of a sudden the vegetation cleared and a huge field with half a dozen large willows came into view. About the size of a football field and a half with some scattered building to the left and a few other horses grazing within a fenced off part of the clearing.
"Hold on," was Spartacus' last word as she let out a high pitched whistle and the horse took off at a gallop.
It was the picture of power. The horse seemed to glide over the grass, his feet steady and sure. Max could feel the creature's muscles tense and relax with each powerful stride. Smooth and strong and warm. His heat was reassuring and comfortable and Max thought that he was to Spartacus what her baby was to her.
A blonde woman in her early twenties leaned against the wall of what looked to be a barn with eyes so blue, so intense that Max had only ever seen in one other person. The second that the hope rose in her heart though the cynical foot in her mind squished it with all it's worth. There was something about her though and the closer she got the more certain she became; she'd seen that face before.
The second Napoleon stopped, coming to a skid two feet from the girl, Max jumped off, a look of wonder and disbelief as she approached the smiling girl, "It can't be you."
Spartacus smiled as she too jumped off of her horse's back and Alec there remained, "Max Jondy, Jondy Maxie. But I suppose you two have already met."
Max's eyes widened as her sister jumped at her and embraced her in a hug squeezing so tight. For a second she didn't have a clue on what to do, she could barely think but something snapped and she hugged her back just as tight.
"Max. love the whole reunion thing but. where are we. and who is she." Alec interrupted from behind her but she could barely care. She had her sister back.
Spartacus rolled her eyes at Alec and he shrugged looking confused. She smiled unsettling him and grinned even wider, "Napoleon.sit!"
The horse obeyed causing Alec to tumble backwards and rolling a couple of times before landing unceremoniously on his ass looking as if he had no clue on how he'd gotten there.
Jondy pulled back and stole a glance in his direction as he jumped up and dusted the seat of his pants. She couldn't help the chuckle that bubbled up her throat and Max rolled her eyes laughing along.
"So how've ya been and who's the muscle?" Jondy chided looking at her sister.
"I've been better. God I thought I'd never find you again, I've missed you so much," Max muttered likewise unable to look away, "As for the so called muscle he's Alec my."
She never had a chance to finish her sentence as Spartacus cut in, "Breeding Partner?"
The look that fell on Max's face was priceless. Her mouth was partly open, her eyes wide and she looked completely unable to process thought. Alec tried to stifle a laugh failing miserably and finally gave in to the urge. Spartacus and Alec were laughing so hard at her expression they had tears in their eyes. Max changed from shocked to pissed off when they exchanged high fives though and the two of them both jumped at the same time on Napoleon's back galloping inside the barn away from Max's dagger look.
"Oh Spart that was great. I couldn't have had better timing, did'you see her face it was. wow. I can't believe I'm still intact, I can't believe you're still intact," Alec rambled as Spartacus brushed Napoleon.
The horse whinnied and snorted happy at all the attention. Spartacus smiled at the X5 sitting with ease on the side of the horse pen, "I couldn't help myself. You think it's safe to go to get some food I'm starving. I mean you know her wrath better than anyone, do you think she's still reeling?"
Alec smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "Nah. She's probably over it. I've got to say I'd probably not push her anymore for today."
Spartacus smiled back, a devilish grin as she walked towards the main doors with Alec in tow, "Now what fun would that be?"
"Don't kill em' Maxie. We'll get her back don't worry," Jondy chided hitting her sister in the arm playfully as they walked up to the main house.
She led Max to a bedroom upstairs. The room was comfy and held that atmosphere of old and peace that only something so lived in could pull off. The bed's comforter was a deep maroon with sun yellow and cream pillows. The wallpaper was the same cream contrasting with the oak hardwood floors. The room had a small adjoining bathroom and Max basically melted at the sight of a bathtub.
Jondy smiled as her sister set down her things and they walked in comfortable silence back down stairs.
With a cup of cocoa sisters talked about Manticore and life after that, heats and motorcycles, cat-suits and how the zipper always pinches when you take it off.
"What about your first kiss though I mean, heat incidents we've been through those and they're rather non memorable experiences but your first kiss was that to do with heat too or not," Jondy asked warming her hands on the now empty but still hot cup.
"A half hour has passed, you sure they're okay," Max asked all of a sudden becoming completely interested in finding Alec.
"Don't ignore the question," Jondy said smirking.
Max smiled as innocently as she could flipping her hair over her shoulder, "I wasn't. No I just worry. Alec is so like a child sometimes you have to keep a constant eye on him. Back to the question though," she said lowering her voice.
"No it wasn't to do with heat. I was ten or eleven. His name was Craig but everyone called him Soot. He was a few years older, fourteen maybe. Anyway he's so coming on to me."