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The next day Max and Alec woke up like nothing happened, but Max was treating Alec much better, but seemed to be holding back. Alec didn't really like that, was she jerking him around, or was she up to something? Alec decided he wanted an answer, and when she was talking with Mole about something, he approached them. Max saw him coming and waved Mole away. "Hey," She said to him, but noticed the seriousness on his face.
"So was last night just a Manticore thing?" he asked stiffly. Max put a hand on his shoulder and he relaxed.
"No, it wasn't. I just don't want to jump into a relationship on untruthful bounds. I want to make sure me and Logan are through, before going into a relationship with you," Max said, looking down at her feet. "I don't want you to get hurt," she was not acting like herself at all, and Alec decided to let her off the hook, knowing she was telling the truth.
"Ok," he said, and Max smiled up at him.
"I will talk to him today, making sure he knows that I am through with him," Max said, with a sad look on her face. Alec laid his hand on her cheek, and heard Joshua calling his name. Max smiled, and Alec walked over to Joshua.
"What's up big fella?" Alec asked. Joshua looked worried about something.
"Something's wrong with little fella," Joshua commented, and started to whine.
"Joshua, there is nothing wrong with Max," Alec said.
"Something is wrong with her," Joshua insisted, looking at her. Alec sighed and turned around to see Max working on something. "Don't you see her face? Or sense her exhaustion?" Alec took another look at her face, and noticed some exhaustion on her face. Alec walked towards Max and she gave him a shaky smile. Why didn't he notice that much exhaustion on her face before? He walked over to her, and she turned to him.
"Max…" Alec said to her, and she noticed the tone of his voice.
"I'm fine Alec," Max said to him, gaze hardening.
"Well I know that," Alec said with a smirk, but after leveling him with a glare, she turned around, and suddenly was hit with a dizzy spell. "Max…" Alec said, and caught her as she started to collapse. She fell against his chest, and transgenics started to swarm around wondering what happened to Max. "Get out of the way!" Alec shouted, and instantly the moved and Alec headed for the infirmary they had set up. One of the X-6's that were trained in medical use instantly helped Alec get Max into a cot. Logan came rushing in, gloves on already, and pushed Alec out of the way to get to Max. Alec felt a spike of anger come up but managed to calm himself down.
"Is she-,"
"It seems our valiant leader is exhausted," the X-6 said in an agitated voice. Logan nodded, and Alec grabbed the X-6 by the arm.
"Look, Max is the only one we got. If you don't give her the goddamned respect she deserves, you will have to deal with me," Alec spat at him as soon as they were out of hearing distance from Logan and Max. The X-6 glowered for a moment and nodded his head. Alec walked back into the room and saw that Max had awoken. Apparently having heard him, she smiled at him.
"Hey Maxie…how are you feeling?" he asked, walking up next to her. Logan didn't like seeing Alec there, and was starting to feel a little possessive of Max.
"I'm ok," she lied, trying to sit up. Logan tried to push her back down on the bed to rest, but she shrugged him off. "Just a little woozy,"
"Which is why you should rest," Logan said firmly. Alec walked over next to her, and placed a hand on her shoulder, giving her a pleading look. Max reluctantly laid back down. Max once again returned her gaze to Logan and saw a slightly worried expression on his face, but she saw anger and jealousy playing out in his eyes.
Max nodded her head at him, and felt the exhaustion she had been pushing back. She felt Logan's gloved hand push the hair from her eyes, a gesture which would have normally made butterflies fly around in her stomach…but she felt nothing. Max fell asleep and hoped to see Alec next to her when she woke up instead of Logan.
Alec repressed a sigh as he saw Logan watching Max as she slept. Pushing down his ever growing jealously, he walked out of the room towards the defensive area to make sure no one was heading towards them, their little Freak Nation.
"Alec!" Alec turned around and saw Joshua heading towards him once again. "Why aren't you with Little Fella?" he questioned.
"Logan is with her," Alec said bitterly.
"But you want to be with her," Joshua said, as they started to walk. Alec couldn't deny that, but stayed silent. Heading towards the barracks, Alec saw that no one was coming over towards them. Alec felt a little relieved and Joshua grabbed his arm. Joshua dragged him back towards the infirmary, and Logan was no longer there. "You stay with Max," he demanded, standing in front of the exit.
Alec nodded, and sat down next to Max as she slept. She must have been dosed with some sleep aid, because she didn't even move when he sat down next to her. He gently brought his hand on her face, and gently rubbed her cheek. As he continued to watch over her, alarms started to blare. Max started to groggily wake up, "What is goin on?" she asked.
"Someone's breaking in," Alec growled, lifting his hand from her cheek. Max tried to shoot up from the cot, but got hit with a dizzy spell. Alec turned to her, and picked her up.
"Alec," she whispered, "I can fight," she said in a slurred voice.
"No…you are exhausted, and you are pumped up with sleeping pills," Alec grumbled, just hoping she would let him help her. Max struggled in his grip and Alec sighed, putting her down. "Max…I don't want you to get hurt. Can you please just let me help you?" he asked, looking at her face. Max finally swallowed back her pride, and nodded her head. She turned Alec around and wrapped her arms around his neck, and wrapped her legs around his waist. She laid her head down in his neck, and he and Joshua headed towards a safe house for Max.
Joshua kept an eye out on everything behind them, and Alec focused on keeping Max safe. He bent down and reached out for a gun. Alec felt Max stiffen, "We are going to need to help protect us," Max slowly relaxed, and leaned into him once again.
As they swiveled in and out of the crowds of Transgenics, Alec suddenly heard White shout out his the last three digits of Barcode. He stopped dead in his tracks, and slowly turned around to meet him. "Wow 452," he said, glaring at Max with apparent amusement. "First I have actually seen you almost knocked out,"
Alec let out a small chuckle when he heard Max mumble about White keeping his mouth shut or she'd put the smackdown on him. He felt Joshua stiffen behind him, and Max woozily put a hand out, blocking him. "What do you want White?" she asked in a wary tone, uncurling her legs from around his waist, and unsteadily stood to her feet. Damn that X-6 for pumping her so many sedatives. Alec tried to steady her, but she pushed him away. Alec leveled a glare at White, and felt his anger and will to protect Max spike up.
"I want my son you filth," he growled. Max stood her ground, just glaring at him. She had to break the gaze cause of the dizziness.
"You aren't getting him back," Max said in a confident voice. Not one thing would reveal where his son was being hidden and raised the normal childhood he deserved.
"This is going to become a problem 452," White glowered, the veins in his necks nearly bulging. Logan had seen White and decided to grab a machine gun of his own. All he knew was that Max was in danger, and Alec was just sitting there doing nothing. Alec had a hand on Max's shoulder and seemed to be only thing holding her up straight. Logan aimed his gun at White, and let out a shudder of bullets towards him.
Alec instantly pulled Max away from the line of fire, and knew that he needed to get her out of there. "Max you are in no condition to fight," Alec hissed in her ear, readying his gun to layer some cover fire. Before Max could open her mouth, "Look, just listen to me for once. I know you think I am just some pain in the ass, but I know what I am doing," Max just nodded her head, and Alec tossed his gun at Joshua, so he could get Max to safe area. She refused to let him hold her again, so he was brought down to just dragging her by her wrist.
"Alec…we can't just leave our friends back there with White!" Max growled. "Will you stop thinking-,"
"I am thinking about you Max, not me," Alec whispered softly as he pulled her behind a wall to duck more bullets. "Plus we can't let White get you," he said, and Max sighed.
"Ok…but-,"
"No, just trust me," Alec whispered, as gunshots blared from behind them. "Come on," he said, once again about to take her wrist, but she grabbed his hand instead. Alec allowed a small smile to creep onto his face, as they ran. Max didn't seem as drowsy and started to pull back.
"I'm fine," Max said. "We need to double back," Max said, pulling back on his arm.
"No need to trouble you," White said, and Max whipped her head around and saw White with a gun pointed at Logan's head. Max stiffened, and Alec felt her start to pull away. Alec knew that guilt was clouding her mind. "We're right here. Now you are going to lead me to my son, or I will order my men to execute all your citizens in this "Freak Nation" you set up. Starting with him," he said, putting more pressure on Logan's neck.
"Let him go White," Max grounded out.
"Not until you promise me to get my son back," White snarled, exerting more pressure on his throat.
"Max don't…" Alec pleaded, but she didn't listen.
"Fine, you have my word. Now let Logan go," she said, and White threw him at Alex. "And you aren't to touch anyone else," she said, giving Alec a sad look. Logan finally managed to catch his breath, and he saw Max willingly go with White.
Alec prepped his gun to get ready, and White turned around and grabbed Max roughly. Instantly she started to retaliate and threw a punch across White's jaw, but it hardly fazed him. Her vision started to swim, and White instantly had her in a headlock. "Now that I got what I've come for…I'll leave you alone to mourn the loss of your fearless leader," he said, as people swarmed Alec and Logan. Alec dropped his gun, and put his hands up, looking at Max.
White dragged Max throughout the complex and finally tossed her into an armored car. As she fell into unconsciousness, she saw Alec in her mind…
