A/N: Okay, just to clarify: This is season 2 but I didn't like the whole virus thing so that's not in it (what can I say, I'm picky) and its kinda AU cause White isn't apart of this little story thingie (He's still around just not in the story... yet I dont know, we shall see)

Disclamer: still don't own it…

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Logan Cale sat at his computer, his fingers were flying over the key board with dozen's of different screens popping up onto the computer. He saw the word 'Max' flash on the screen in front of him and he froze. He started reading:

"10 year old Max Shaffer won an…"

He stopped, another false alarm. He sighed and went back to dancing over his keyboard. An hour later the phone rang but Logan ignored it and whoever it was hung up. Five minutes later it rung again and Logan answered.

"Hey man, you find anything on out girl?" asked Alec by way of introduction.

"No," replied Logan, he was irritated by Alec's 'our' comment but he masked his annoyance. "Nothings coming up on my searches and there's still nothing coming up in all the programs I have searching."

"Okay, well I'm gonna need to see you about something."

"What is it?"

"Just something I need you to take a look at something; you'll see when you get here."

"Fine, I'll be there in about half an hour." He didn't want to go but Quid Pro Quo and Alec had helped him take down that Drug Lord last week. He walked over to the exo-skeleton, debating on whether or not he should wear it, in the end he decided to put it on after all. After Joshua had transfused him, he had managed to take the right meds and he was able to keep his legs moving. Now he was just using the exo to make him stronger, faster. He grabbed his keys and headed out to his car.

As he reached Alec's place, he thought of Max. He needed to find her and Alec's constant interruptions were forcing him to place his searches aside. He knocked on the door just as he heard the phone ring from the inside. Alec answered the phone and the door at the same time.

"Hello?" he said into the phone as he waved Logan inside. There was a pause and Logan could hear a female voice say something but it was muffled and unrecognizable. "Oh, hey, Chip…" he casually replied and Logan's ears perked up. That wasn't a man on the phone but Alec had turned and started toward the kitchen holding up his index finger to Logan. "Yea, I'm a little busy but I can talk for a sec." Pause. "It's going good, there's still a slight ruff-patch in the system but its being looked into." Pause. "Yea that's good." Another pause and Logan spied a phone lying on the couch… he moved toward it an picked it up. He knew he shouldn't but something was up, he could just feel it. "Sure, I'll get back to you on those paintings as soon as I'm free." Logan clicked to phone on and listened just in time to hear Alec say "No problem." Logan hung up the phone and threw it back on the couch just as Alec walked in.

"Sorry 'bout that man. That was just a guy I work with" Said Alec as he walked out of the kitchen. He spotted the other phone, which was obviously out of it's place on the couch. He walked over to it and picked it up, set it on the coffee table, and plopped down on the couch were it had been.

"So what's this thing you wanted to show me?"

"What?"

"The thing I came all the way down from sector 7 for… what is it?"

"Oh that, I got I covered, it's all good."

Logan just stared at the man in front of him as if he had just said he was working for White's cult loonies or something. "So I came over here for nothing?"

"Seems like… unless you want to stay for a bite. I don't have any food but Max tells me you're a great cook." Logan cause the slip as Alec had just after he said it but Alec masked his shock.

"You mean told." Logan watched the man carefully.

"Right, my bad."

"Fine, you don't need my help, I'll just go home." And with that Logan walked towards the door, opened it and walked out. He heard Alec call "later" and then heard the faint comment of "Hey it's me. Yea, he's gone." Logan was going to figure out what the hell was going on. He did not like being played for a fool and Alec is not the kind of person so slip up on something like that. But where to start? He could tap into the phone records but Alec had been using his cell so it was probably scrambled.

He was so rapped up in what he was going to do; he didn't even notice he was in the parking garage of his building. He got out of the car and walked to the elevators, he could already tell this was going to be a long night.

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The door of the study opened and a small figure ran into the room and yelled: "MOMMY!" Max turned to see Jason, her 5 year old son, run into the room. Jason ran up to his mother and clumily hoisted himself on to her lap. There was a small action figure in his hand and he started to play with is as he sat there.

"What have you been up to?" Max asked her son as she watched him play around with is doll.

"Nothin'. Mommy, I'm bored." he replied in matter-of-fact voice.

"You are?" he nodded. "Well, go do a puzzle or play outside."

"I want you to tell me the story."

"Your bedtime story?" Jason nodded enthusiastically. "Again?!" He nodded again. "Well, okay. Once upon a time there live a younge girl who lived in a large castle in the middle of a big forest with all her brothers and sisters..."

"Tell me their names" He had a huge grin plastered on his face.

"You've heard this story how many time, how 'bout you tell me."

"Okay, there was... Tinga and Zack... Ben, Seth... Jace, Jondy... and Max..." He looked up at the cell in Max's hand just before it rang and Max looked at her son. Taking the hint he sat there quietly while she answered the phone.

"Go for M... Kyra."

"Hey Maxie, it's just me."