It's been a long time since I last updated, I've been really busy for the last few months, but I have been writing and here is a new chapter, I really hope you like it.
Adam, Jake and Asha waited patiently in the next room while Jessi talked to her in town source, he'd been giving them all kinds of useful information, and from what they could hear, they'd soon have enough Intel to strike at the head of the poisonous snake that had become the government, killing it's corruption at it's core and for once, coming out as heroes.
"I'm telling you Jessi, it'll be too dangerous if you..."
"If we do this, we'll be able to help a lot of people, you of all people should be in favor of doing this Kyle"
"No, I am" Kyle stared at her eyes, "But it's going to be too risky, I want to help, if I…"
"We already have enough help" Jessi stopped him, "I know the team the S1W sent will get the job done"
"But…"
"You have a family Kyle, go home help someone else; we'll be fine"
Kyle sighed and turn around to leave, "If you need any help, you know how to reach me"
"Yeah" Jessi nodded, "You too"
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"I can't believe I'm going through with this!" Max shouted angrily as she rushed though the apartment living room, "The virus is finally gone and I have to get ready to go see Alec"
"This is all your fault boo" Cindy answered without looking up while she red a magazine, "You're the one that came clean to Logan about what happened with Golden boy"
"Yeah, and now he wants me to go talk to the guy so that I can get some closure!" Max stopped in front of her friend, "Can you believe that? Closure from what? I never even really dated the guy!"
"Yeah, but he still told you he loved you" Cindy put down the magazine and stared her, "And that's been holding you back ever since; now until you get all that resolved, you'll never be truly happy, not with Logan or anyone else"
"Well…can't I settle for just a little happy?"
"Original Cindy understands how you feel, but you do want to put an end to a this confusion don't you?"
Max stared at her friend and nodded.
"Then you have to go talk to Alec and get everything resolved"
"Yeah…I guess you're right, but I still wish I didn't have to go, I don't wanna have to face his cocky attitude again"
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Alec paced around from one end of his room to the other, after several repetitions he sat down on his bed and began rubbing his hands against each other desperately then laid back, took a big breath and closed his eyes; No matter how hard he tried he just couldn't calm down, after a few seconds he got back up and began pacing nervously again. "I hate being like this" He thought, "I have to get it over with"
He walked up to a trunk and with shaking hands withdrew a small hunting knife. For several seconds he stared at the shining blade on his hands. Slowly he turned it so the sharp point seemed to be standing on his palm. Sweat ran down his forehead and he gulped as the pressure on his hand rose exponentially.
"Argh!" he let out a small yelp of pain then felt the warm liquid oozing down his hand.
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Max was driving at high speed on her motorcycle, she'd red on the Jennings & Rall webpage that Alec and the Team would spend that night in Portland then move to a top secret location for an important case, if she was going to talk to Alec, it had to be tonight.
Suddenly the cell phone Logan had given her began ringing, "Did you find them?"
"Yeah" Logan answered on the other line, "It was hard, it's not easy to find any sources willing to talk inside the Jennings & Rall Company, but I think I found something. It seems the company spent a large amount of money reserving three whole floors at the top of the Sunshine hotel"
"Ok, thanks"
"Max?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Are you ok? You sure you want to do this?"
"No" Max answered, "but I'm practically there already, better get it over with"
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"Lisa?" Alec walked in to the medic's room, "You here?" he flinched and tightened the piece of cloth around his hand that had already turned red, "I need your help"
"Alec?" The pale woman walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel, "Oh my god! Alec what happened?" she quickly ran to his side to examine his hand.
"I…I cut myself while sharpening a knife"
"This…"Lisa stared at the wound, "This is very deep, you didn't get this by sharpening a blade"
"Please, help me, we have a mission tomorrow, I can't…"
"You want more?" Lisa looked at him angrily, "You did this so you could taste more of my blood?"
"P…please Lisa! I…I need it! I'll do anything!"
"I…I don't…" she turned around, unsure of what to do.
"Lisa, please" the male transgenic walked up to her and placed his arms around her, "I need it…I need you!" he whispered to her ear, "I'll do anything"
Lisa didn't answer but released her tension and calmly reached for the dagger on her bed stand, and just as the trail of blood appeared on her skin, Alec desperately began kissing it then sucking at it with intense force.
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"Are you sure his information is safe?" Asha asked Jessi.
"If there's anyone in this world that I trust, that would be Kyle" Jessi answered calmly.
"We better get ready then" Adam said as he polished a gun, "Tomorrow's going to be a long day"
"Everything's ready" Jake entered the room, "Kyle's information checks out, security cameras are where he said they'd be, guards are already on patrol, they're moving out tomorrow"
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Max entered the hotel lobby and quickly headed towards the elevator, "Excuse me mam!" a man walked up to her, "You can't go up"
"It's ok, I'm here to visit someone"
"I'm afraid I can't let you up unless they're expecting you"
"Expecting me? I thought only the top three floors had been…"
"The whole building's been rented for the night, and I'm afraid I can't let you go up unless I receive a call telling me that they're expecting you"
"But I…"
Suddenly the elevator door opened, "Max?"
"Alec!"
"It's ok" the transgenic said to the clerk, "she's a fried"
"See!" Max said angrily to the clerk as she followed Alec to a quieter place in the lobby.
"Max? What are you doing here?"
"I came to ask you the same thing, what's all this Jennings & Rall stuff?"
"It's a Job Lydecker got us, we still get to go on missions every once in a while; but we're celebrities for the most part"
"Celebrities? What about exposure?"
"You kidding? Lydecker erased every evidence of Manticore, he even gave us back stories and had our bar-codes genetically removed"
"Genetically removed? You mean…?"
"No more bar-code ever! I'm telling you, this is great, I'm out there living the dream, and best of all, I don't have to hide who I am and what I can do anymore"
"Well…" Max had never seen Alec this happy, even when he was one of Manticore's loyal followers he seemed to know he was really a prisoner even if he wouldn't admit it; but now, it really did seem like all his dreams had come true, "I'm glad you're happy" Max smiled and began to walk away.
"Wait!" Alec stopped her, "you weren't here to nag me about exposure; you were here to talk about what I did…what I said"
Max looked at him but said nothing.
"I'm sorry Max, I…I was confused…truth is I was scared; I thought I would never see you or the others again; I don't know what I was thinking"
"You weren't" Max smiled and played with his hair, "But that's who you are"
"Yeah, that's me, always messing things up; I just can't believe I almost messed up our friendship"
"Friendship?" Max thought, "I never thought Alec would ever admit he considered anyone his friend"
"You didn't" Max smiled then turned around to leave, "If your pop tour ever takes you to Seattle, be sure to give me a call"
"I will" Alec said as he saw her wave goodbye one last time before leaving the building.
"Goodbye Max" he got back in the elevator and whispered, "I Love you" the doors closed shut and cut off his last scene of Max getting onto her bike.
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Lisa staggered through the halls, she'd been thinking about what she'd done with Alec…what she had done to Alec. Ever since he first rescued her in Seattle and took her to Terminal city, she'd had a secret crush on him. Now he was begging to be with her, but did he want her…or the red drug that ran through her veins; Hate as she did to admit it, she knew truth; Alec was hers, he was her slave for life; but that…that isn't what she wanted, that isn't how she wanted him.
She knew what she had to do, she walked up to Lydecker's room, she needed to come clean about what had happened. She reached out to grab the door knob but the wooden rectangle slid open as she touched it, inside she could hear Lydecker talking to someone.
"The Conclave won't give up easily" Lydecker was standing in front of a screen.
"You make sure your kids do their job; Leave the conclave and their familiars to me"
"Yes Mr. Valente" Lydecker answered and the transmission was cut off, "Come on in" he said, informing Lisa that he knew of her presence.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"
"It's ok, I have nothing to hide" Lydecker placed an arm around her, "Now tell me, what brings you here? You seem troubled"
"Yes, it's…"
"Speak up"
"It's Alec! He…he's tasted my blood, I gave it to him as treatment for his gunshot wound, but now he's become addicted"
"Yes, I see how that could be a problem"
"He's begun hurting himself so I'll give him more blood"
"Then you must give it to him"
"What?"
"Give him all the blood he wants"
"I don't…"
"If you offer him all the blood he wants, he wont have tu hurt himself; and besides, he'll be very grateful towards you"
"What?"
"I've seen how you look at him, it's nothing to feel ashamed of; you know what they say, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach; that's exactly what you're doing"
"You're asking me to drug him"
"I'm asking you to keep him happy; and if that makes you happy along the way, then there's nothing wrong with it right?"
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Max was thoughtful all the way home, her talk with Alec had seemed perfect, but something still seemed to be bothering her, was it Alec? Sure he'd been acting strange, but she assumed it was just because he was happy now…or was he? Maybe he'd just been telling her what she wanted to hear so she would leave. Either way, it didn't matter, he wanted her away, he wanted her to be happy and she wished the same for him. And that meant they should each go their own way, hopefully their roads would cross once again in the future and they'll be able to look back at everything as good friends and nothing more.
"Why do I keep thinking there really was something more?" she asked herself, "Was I secretly hoping that he really did love me? Why do I feel so…disappointed?"
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