Readers Note: Hello everyone, welcome back to my fourth season episode 10! I would like to say a big thank you to three of my most avid readers, Jeanette, Marcus and Andie! Thanks you guys, the ratings and reviews have been greatly appreciated. This episode I've used for people to kind of catch up on what's going on in Dark Angel. There maybe some people just popping on the wagon as I speak, so you never know. A lot of information will be in this episode, for like I said, the catch up episode for anyone who is confused as well. I'm bring back old story lines that will continue also the new ones to come that will form into season five (The final season). I hope y'all enjoy this episode and in two weeks, the most exciting episode to date is coming to your computer screens when disaster strikes Seattle! :)

DARK ANGEL

The Complete Fourth Season

Episode 10

"You Make Me Crazy"

December 1st, 2022 - Seattle, Washington

I'm supposed to be a revved-up girl ... truth is, I'm a lemon.

Flashbacks began to resurface while she sat pinned to the corner of Logan's bathroom. With every shake, the chills and aches worsened. It had been a long time since she had a seizure, almost three years. Manticore had to have one design flaw that was the most irritating one to say the least. Manticore created their X5's almost to perfection, but missing the essential tryptophan amino acid in the brain resulting in the seizures. This led to the removal and death of some of their unit back in 2009, also provoking the nominated leader, Zack, to create an escape plan out of Manticore for his 'family'. Max showed early signs of seizures one night in Manticore when trying to sleep. Since then, she only has gotten worse as she gets older and the amount of pills increased to slow down the problem. Sweat covered her arms, her chest and trickled down her cheek.

Logan came running into the bathroom holding a large container of Tryptophanin his hand. Tryptophan is one of the 20 standard amino acids, as well as an essential amino acid in the human diet. It is encoded in the standard genetic code as the codon UGG. The distinguishing structural characteristic of tryptophan is that it contains an in dole functional group. Kneeling down, he passed the container to Max as she shook in pain. It was getting harder to breathe and function. Examining this, Logan grabbed the bottle out of her cold hands and twisted the cap open. Pills came pouring out onto the floor, this having Max scatter the floor for the long, white pills. Logan had gone to China Town to find a certain contact that sold tryptophan pills, one of the rare medications to find. Max's seizures hadn't been a problem for a long time and the purchasing of pills weren't needed. For some strange reason, the seizures returned at the moment, but this time it was even stronger. Logan guessed that the seizures could be permanently fixed but there were no Manticore specialist left. "Don't worry Max, just take some pills." Logan said. Max shook, cupping her hands to cradle three tryptophan pills. Max has a design flaw which can leave her virtually helpless: the inability of her brain to create enough serotonin. This condition leads to uncontrollable seizures and complete powerlessness. Max's powers can be revived through external means: either through the food supplements, tryptophan, or by drinking a glass of milk. Two years ago this no longer became an issue as the government captured her and repaired the faulty genes but for some reason it was back this morning.

"This i-is the w-w-worst I've ever experienced," Max painfully added while talking the pills. "Why w-w-won't it stop?" she asked herself. The pills then entered her genetically enhanced body working their magic. The shakes slowed down and the pain soon became numb with the beginning of the medication working. More flashbacks were coming back to her as she suffered in the bathroom, memories of Manticore and her 'brothers and sisters'. She could remember the night when Eva stood up to Donald Lydecker, holding the gun high. Max remembered standing behind Eva with her fellow unit members, rendered useless; Lydecker, without hesitation, shot her and killing one of their 'sisters'. Her death only reinforced the need for the others to escape.

Another memory that came to Max during her suffering was the death of her 'brother', Jack. One day when he was going through vast training sessions, Jack suffered from a mild seizure that quickly turned into a serious problem. Lydecker refused to provide treatment for Jack, ultimately killing him. Finally the pills fully kicked in and stopped the seizure she was suffering. "How are you holding up?" asked Logan. Max leaned against the tile wall in his bathroom reeling from the past pain. Licking her lips and gathering her words, she finally spoke.

"That was blast through the past, gee," joked Max. "If I was going to remember things I forgot, I would have these seizures more often."

"Explain." he said. Max rolled her head to face him and she smiled.

"Never mind, I just want to eat something very spicy. For some strange reason, I get the crazy cravings for spicy Thai food. You know what I'm sayin?" Max said. Logan shook his head and helped her up from the floor. She stretched and put her jacket back on over her exposed arms and shoulders.

"I'm going to go see Joshua at his house. Since he's been back with his surprise new face, I wanted to go check up on him. It's gotta be a whole new change for him. Also, I have some serious questions for him and how this is connected with Sandeman. I'll catch you later?" asked Max. Logan nodded his head throwing a towel over his shoulder and placing the pills in the cabinet.

"I might not be here later tonight but Renee might," he revealed. "She's still looking through files for information on her parents. As for me, I will be meeting up with Matt Sung. Just yesterday he was let out of the hospital after his remarkable recovery from the bullet wound."

"Oh okay, I'll probably see you another time then. Gotta blaze, bye." she said running out of his apartment. Logan watched as she left and walked out of his bathroom. Max rode her motorcycle all the way to Joshua's house. Approaching the retro, falling apart house that use to be owned by her father, Sandeman, she opened the front door. The loose hinges screeched as she pushed the screen door open. Walking into Joshua's unkempt kitchen, she scanned the house. Flies and other insects flew around the air she breathed. The house reeked of decay and old garbage.

"Joshua, are you home big fella?" she asked picking up garbage and throwing it out. Looking around curiously, she twisted the TV knob to the right. The news turned on with cameras pointed to Helen Lorenzo presenting her newest story for the New World Weekly news cast. Her hair was in a tight bun and she was wearing a beige suit that fit her well. Even though America was going through a depression, she knew how to dress. It was very hard these days to find a good outfit. Sometimes clothes that were considered 'in' were over hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Obviously all the money Helen was making during this financial downfall was working to her advantage. In these days, the rough economy weighed heavy on Max's shoulders. Her style was pretty down to earth punk ass gal. She was satisfied with her style and no woman in Ralph-Lauren clothes would ever intimidate her.

Helen straightened her posture and started her story. "Good morning Seattle, last night there was a deal struck with the Mayor, who resides in City Hall. Detective Clemente has some words he would like to say to further expand the investigation into the newest negations upon Seattle's transgenic situation. Before we speak to Detective Clemente, who has had personal contact with the apparent leader of the transhumans, the Mayor has instructed that we civilians follow some strict follow-ups when in contact with a transgenic. We will further that story with tomorrow's continuation story but now here is Detective Clemente." she said passing the microphone to him. He cleared this throat and started to speak. Max was now intrigued to hear what Detective Clemente had to say to Seattle on live newsfeed. It had been a year and some months since the last time she confronted him. She could remember the day during the siege at Jam Pony.

"...I would like to say that we need to be careful when in contact with these so called 'humans'. They have abilities that are stronger than any normal human is capable in carrying." he said. Max shook her head and heard the front door opening. She turned off the TV and headed towards the noise.

"Joshua!?" she asked. Pacing to the door, she noticed Joshua standing in front of her. Besides from the new haircut that was now spiked and gelled, his face was extremely normal. Max didn't want to brag but it was convincing like hers; although now that Clemente was spreading her name and face all over Seattle, she wasn't so safe anymore. He was wearing a tight leather jacket and sunglasses. Revealing his still sharp, canine teeth, he hugged Max, lifting her off the ground. Max tried to get out of his large embrace but he was too strong. "Okay, oxygen becoming a serious issue." she said as he put her down.

"Oh ya, right." he spoke. Smiling and showing off his new self, Max was impressed more worried.

"I hope you know I have a lot questions for you, Joshua. First, where the hell have you been for the past couple weeks?" Max asked with her arms at her waist. Joshua shut the door behind him and guided Max to his dusty, covered couch. "No, I don't want to sit right now. Tell me what happened!"

"I know Max is mad at Joshua but I-I have a good explanation. I found a message from father behind paintings of Annie." he tried explain. Max shrugged her shoulders, lost.

"A message Sandeman left?"

"Max follow me," he ordered walking down into the basement. Max raced down behind him to see a large wall of runes scratched all through. "See Max, father left me this to cure Joshua's face. It took me some time but I found the right people; father's friends. They helped me with my problem." Joshua explained. Max hardly paid attention to what Joshua had to say. She was fully flabbergasted by the runes that appeared all over her body was the same as the markings that appeared all over the wall. She walked over to the wall and felt the imprints with her fingertips. Tracing up and down, side to side, analyzing the letters.

"Joshua, do you know how to read these?" she asked. He didn't know how to read them at all until he found this book awhile back. He walked to his bookshelf beside a piano and grabbed a large, dusty book among other text along his oak shelf. Pacing over to Max, he handed her the book. This book was very similar to one she had seen before and it made Max shiver. Dropping the old book out of her hands, flashbacks began to come back once again. During the time when she broke into the Familiar's academy to look for Ames's son Ray, there was a book upon a side-table of one of the little kids. Inside were drawings of the runes that appeared all over her body and now on Joshua's basement wall. Somehow, Sandeman was trying to tell Max something through these runes. The runic alphabet is a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes to write various languages dating back to several centuries ago. When Max was first created in Manticore, Sandeman had no Junk DNA inserted into her genetics and implanted a coded message into her DNA to appear when needed. The message was written in the runic alphabet.

"Did Sandeman leave this for you?" she asked. He stood beside her and looked at the book.

"I found it in a box in that corner of the basement. Father left a variety of books about the secret language here with Joshua. Luckily enough, I found them for Max to read and understand the markings on her skin." he explained. Max examined the wall again and back at Joshua.

"Joshua, I need to know who helped you with your appearance," Max said. He looked down at his shoes and back up to her eye level. "This person may be able to fix my faulty gene problem."

"Max, his name is Dr. Quentin Saunders, a former friend of fathers. He use to work at Manticore around the time father was running head of the facility. He has the stuff to fix people like me. He might know about your mother. I searched for Saunders while he was in Seattle. Father said that they use to be good friends before the Committee took over Manticore. Ever since then, Dr. Saunders had been missing just like father. Well, I found him after I decoded the message Father left for me in the secret runic alphabet." Joshua said.

"The same runic alphabet that Ames's breeding cult used." added Max. Her eyebrow arched high at the word, "mother". When was the last time she did anything associated in finding the woman who gave birth to her? Manticore kept the identity of the mothers highly secretive from any of the nurses and other workers. There was one helpful thing Hannah had said to Max before leaving the state, she knew her mother. Max would never give up in looking for her mother; if anything, she might have the answers she needs. Suddenly, both Joshua and Max heard someone enter his house from upstairs. Looking at Joshua with widened eyes, she shimmed across the wall as she stepped up each step. Joshua followed behind her as they headed towards the silent footsteps. The floorboards above their heads cracked with every step the intruder made. Max leaned against the basement doorframe with her arms stretched on each side. Using her cat-like vision she scanned the living room, kitchen and dining room of his house. A shadow was casted upon a wall of someone in the house other than Joshua or herself.

Twirling away from the doorframe, she glided into the living room. Each step she took got her closer to the intruder that had skipped into the kitchen. Joshua stayed behind so he wouldn't get in the way of her snooping. Jumping into the kitchen, she dodged a throw of the fist to her face. Grabbing the persons' arm, she twisted it the opposite way. "Hey, be careful there. My arm is precious to me." Alec said munching on a pickle. Max dropped his arm and pushed him against the counter.

"What are you doing here, Alec?" she asked. He fixed his coat and stood up.

"I was looking for some food to have. I figured if no one is touching the fridge, there's got to be some good treasures in here. Besides Max, why are you here?" Alec challenged her. Max shook her head, getting ready to punch his face inside out. Holding back, she refused to kill Alec just for today.

"I'm here to talk with Joshua. I think we need to go on a little road trip." Max explained. Alec shook his head while eating another pickle.

"What do you mean 'we'?" he asked. "I got a deal with a high-tech contact that can help us track down Asha. He has the right equipment to assist us in tracking that bitch down Seattle."

"Well, I'm sorry but you're coming with us. If there is one place where we can find answers, it's going to be at Brookridge Academy." said Max putting her gloves on. Alec was now serious.

"Wait, where we found White's son involved in those mysterious cult ceremonies in that temple?" he challenged.

"That's the place; it's our only hot-spot at the moment to get some well-needed answers. As much as I hate to say this, you're coming no matter what." she said pulling on his shirt and dragging him out of the house. Joshua walked over to the door and watched as Max threw Alec on the motorcycle.

"Joshua will stay here and watch over the house." he said. Max shook her head and smiled.

"You're coming with us big fella," said Max. "We need ya ova there."

DARK ANGEL

".....Original Cindy thinks ya need to hit it tight with them hot baths. Max and I always know that a hot bath will cure anything. You know what I'm sayin?" she asked Sara as they sat in Cindy's apartment. Sara had just recently asked her to the close the blinds over the window for the light penetrated into her sensitive eyes. Every day, she was getting worse and worse with her condition. Carrying a baby with abilities even stronger than her own was a bitch. Sipping slowly at her coffee mug, she stared at the blank TV screen. Cindy walked over to the screen and whacked it with her first and adjusted the antenna.

"It's kind of hard relaxing in a hot bath these days, I have problems getting out." Sara laughed tightening her grip over the warm mug. Averting her eyes over to her bag on the other chair across the room, she exhaled stressfully. "Would you mind getting my bag for me?" she asked pointing to her bag across the room. Cindy paused for a long moment watching Sara suffer a large headache and roll her eyes back continually.

"Are you sure you okay boo? I can call Logan to come pick you up and bring you to Harbour Lights if you ain't feelin aiight," offered Cindy standing up. "Cause gurl you look like hell, mhm."

"No! I'm fine Cindy; just bring me my bag please." Sara blurted out in pain. Original Cindy put her coffee down and walked over to the isolated chair at the other end of her apartment. Gripping on the strap of her bag, she turned around to only trip on the ground. Spilling the contents out of Sara's purse revealed all her bottles of pills for medication. Crawling on her knees, Cindy scattered the containers all over the floor and counting a total to ten different bottles of pills. Cindy lifted a bottle containing the medication Beverly prescribed with only four left inside.

"There are only four pills left in this container, Sara. There's somethin you're not tellin me boo. This bottle of pills was just given to you and you only four pills left gurl. I think you need to stop taking them before you get addicted." Original Cindy said with concern. Sara then had blood coming out of her nose, trickling down to her chin. Grabbing the bottle out of Cindy's hand, she chucked back the four pills. Cindy was scared watching Sara suffer and act this way around her. Sara was beginning to lose her mind and taking all the pills that fast could become an addiction. "You need to see a Doctor fast!"

"Listen Cindy, you can't tell anyone. This especially is about Alec; you must not tell him what's happening with me. I'm six months pregnant; I have three more months to go before this baby is born. I'm going to wait it out." Sara explained. Cindy shook her head disapproving.

"That's still three months of this," Cindy pointed. "You're going to be six feet under before you even give birth to your child. Gurl, you need to think of your future at hand."

"O.C, I want this baby to have a normal life, a life that his mother and friends never got because of Manticore. There are so many issues in this world, conflicts that are beyond my power to stop, this being one. This baby may take the life of me away but that doesn't mean I won't bring this child to this world. I'm going to give this child an opportunity to live the life I've always wanted. Now, these pills are helping me last at least three months until the baby is due or even to keep me alive." described Sara. She then lifted her shirt to reveal the inflicted burn marks all around her skin. Some were healing and others were infected and dangerous. Original Cindy was utterly shocked and therefore silence plagued the apartment.

"Hell to the no, what happened to you?" replied Cindy after seeing the markings. Sara pulled her sleeves and shirt back down and smiled, brightening up her eyes as well.

"Nothing, don't worry about it. All you need to know is that to keep this secret." Sara confided. Cindy smiled and helped her clean the bottles off the floor and placing it back into her purse.

"Now lemme run that bath for ya."

--

Marcus entered his home, leaving work earlier than usual. Lauren was sitting upwards against the couch twiddling her thumbs. "How are you doing today?" he asked Lauren. She had been off work for the past week resting from what happened to her in the underground tunnel ways with X63.

"I was just thinking about Max and what she is," said Lauren. "And that this monster is looking for me because of my blood."

"Don't worry about that, Lauren. I will make sure no one gets you at all." he said walking over to the couch and hugging her.

--

".... I don't know boys; last time I was here it seemed a little more alive." Max said to Joshua and Alec while approaching the town. No one was walking down streets, cars were crashed into buildings and store doors were left open. Windows were broken, mini flames roared in trashcans and garbage blew freely in the wind. The air was freezing; cool enough to numb the tips of their noses. Alec walked up beside Max while scanning the area. There was no one in sight since they entered this little fishing community.

"Maxie, is there a reason why you brought us here again? I'm all for the perfect getaway but here? It seems as though the apocalypse has already made its way here." asked Alec to Max. She quietly took off her sunglasses and looked around for anyone to ask questions to.

"Sorry to destroy your dreams smart Aleck, they were fresh out of five stars." Max spoke approaching a crashed, dormant car. It looked like the windows were smashed open and the car was driven into a fire hydrogen. "I thought Ames's little breeding buddies believed that the 'Coming' would wipe out the entire human race, not just a town."

"I don't think that's what destroyed this town, Max. We should further investigate; get answer-" Alec said.

"-Starting with Brookridge Academy." Max interrupted. The three made their way through the town that was damaged, destroyed and left behind to fade away into nothing. A once filled fishing community was now left to rot. Alec noticed a near-by store that had been broken into. He used this as a way to get money and some food off the racks. Stepping over a smashed door, he walked towards three rows of shelving units. On each were bags and bags of food untouched and ready for him to take. Max entered the store, looking at the clerks table and cashier. Pounding on the top of the cashier machine, a tray with coin slots opened.

"Huh, I guess were not the first looters to come," Max said. "Someone took all the money."

"Not the food, everything is untouched for some strange reason. We're all suffering a depression and no one takes the free food on the shelves? Something is definitely abnormal about this town. Why are we here again?"

"So we can find some answers at that school. Last time I was there, I didn't get a chance to explore the tomb underneath." she said walking out of the store. The three of them walked and walked for hours, not finding any leads at all. Max's hope was running slim and she needed something. So many things were happening in her life at the moment. Sandeman was missing; her mother is known to be alive and the search for the newest thorn in her ass, Dr. Saunders. This Doctor worked at Manticore around the time Sandeman did. This could be the prime answer source she longed for. Alec began to slow down and catch his breath.

"We've been walking north for three hours! I don't see a school anywhere, Max. I think we should just head back home and look for that Doctor Saunders person." Alec complained. Max didn't even turn her attention to Alec he complained relentlessly.

"Alec, you're a super-enhanced killing machine and you can't even walk for a couple of hours? Sometimes I question why they created you exactly." she explained heading north. Alec shook his head as they approached the large boarding school behind the dense layer of fog. There was no sign of life anywhere in this small town. Everyone and everything was seemed gone. The grass lost its emerald shade and is now a dismal brown. The doors and windows to the school were yet again, smashed.

"Either I'm crazy or someone or something went through this town. The question is what exactly?" Max thought out loud as she examined the school grounds. Entering the school building, she was welcomed by a thick layer of toxic air. Chewing the toxins out of her face, she headed down an empty hallway.

"This place gives me the creeps.," admitted Joshua.

"I second that." Alec added. Max (ahead of the pack) followed a trail of a black substance that was smeared upon the floor. Stepping over the sticky liquid, Alec followed Max darker into the haunting school. Bending down, she pulled out a pair of tweezers and scrapped a trace off the ground and into a small container. Shoving that into her pocket, she started to walk again.

"I'm going to bring this back to Beverly Shankar, she might have answer to what this black stuff might be." Max said. The three of them finally came upon a stairwell that led them underground into the tomb of Brookridge. Upon being welcomed by a chilling wind, Max sensed they were not alone. Searching down each corridor, Max scanned the perimeter for someone. Entering the room where she had defeated Ames White, there was nothing. No corpse was left behind, almost like they took his remains.

"Someone took Ames's body, I wonder who." Max said. Joshua and Alec had no suggestions, so they continued to walk ahead. Suddenly, as they turned the corner, Max swung her arm and grabbed the person behind them, slamming them against the wall. Alec and Joshua turned around and realized whom she was holding by the neck, C.J Sandeman. He shrieked in terror as Max held him tight against the stonewall.

"I remember you, you're Sandeman's second son." she said.

"The one and only," he strained to say. "Nice meeting you again, I see you still have that unbelievable strength working for you."

Max let go of his neck and smiled. "What are you doing here?" she asked. C.J hesitated to answer and tried to change the subject. Max was tired of not having the answers she needed. "What happened to this town? There are no people anywhere!"

"It was the toxins; father is going to be mad! I-I tried to tell him that Ames wasn't going to listen." C.J said. Alec observed from behind Max as for Joshua, he was lost.

"This guy has gone nuts," Alec said. "What is he talking about?"

C.J tried to run away from them but Max dragged him back against the wall. For some reason, he was trying to dodge the question. "Listen buddy, I'm really not in the mood today. Tell me what happened here!" she demanded once more. "This time, make little more sense."

"They released a deadly pathogen into the public that was stolen from a bio-pathology Lab." explained C.J. "Testing their theory that after centuries of breeding, they could survive the 'coming' of the beast. Ames use to speak to me about the end of time. Father found out I wasn't supposed to survive the 'coming' and so he created you guys. When you killed my brother, that stupid woman released X63 from his slumber and now it's the apocalypse. Damn, I've already said too much."

"No! You're doing fine, keep telling me more. Where is Sandeman?" asked Max. C.J began to hum himself a tune. Joshua's eyes widened as the song struck a past memory. He walked up closer and bombarded C.J with questions.

"How do you know that song?" Joshua asked. C.J shook, lexamining his new appearance.

"You're one of my father's first, before he created human-like prototypes. I'm curious how you were able to change your looks. It takes a master-mind like my father to do something so extreme." C.J said, trying to ignore his question. Joshua asked again, this time with authority.

"Tell me!" he demanded. C.J raised his arms up high, swaying into frenzy.

"Father sung to me that song when I was young. Ames wouldn't care to listen to father and his stories, oh but I did. That's why father chose to leave the cult and create Manticore." C.J admitted. He then grabbed her arm and rolled the sleeve up to reveal her olive-tone skin. Tapping up and down, he looked for something on her arm.

"Don't touch me!" yelled Max. C.J backed away in shock.

"Where are the runes? Such pretty runes they were." spoke C.J. Max pulled her sleeve back down and pushed him harder against the stonewall.

"Listen loon, my patience is running slim for you and your father." Max shouted. C.J closed his eyes and spoke with a low voice.

"Everyone died all around me. I finally escaped my cell and tried to get out. Ames was dead and the cult went bonkers, releasing the pathogen on the town in order to cover up their identities. It succeeded; everyone died who resided in town. Luckily enough, I wasn't exposed to the pathogen from down below. Ever since then, I've been hiding down here, drawing. Do you want to see my drawings; I worked really hard on them." C.J said as he guided them through a dark, moist tunnel. Max looked at the pictures on the stone of a creature and other similar symbols.

"The Manticore symbol," Max pointed out. "Why would you draw this symbol?"

"Father had pictures of this symbol all over the house. He would write on the basement walls of many equations and equations all in runes. I could never read the runic alphabet." he said.

"That explains why there was writing on the wall," Max said to Joshua. "Sandeman must have wanted to fix the problem of deformation on his first subjects. The thing that troubles me the most is the fact that Sandeman just leaves everything behind, disappears off the face of the earth. With him out of the picture, Manticore became more of enemy than intended. Back when Renfro was leading Manticore, pushing Lydecker off his throne, she was aggressive. Before she died, she told me to find Sandeman. All I have been doing the past couple of years has been looking for him!" she shouted. Her echoing shout reverberated off of the rocky walls. C.J plugged his ears and began to scream.

"Those piercing screams burn my ears."

"This guy has been down here too long. We can't bring him back up there either, the toxins are still circulating." Alec mentioned. Max tried to think of a solution, she needed to bring him back with them to Seattle.

"Where did all the Familiar's go after releasing the pathogen into the general public?" she challenged.

"How the hell am I supposed to know? They still have plans for the future, the breeding continues it was just you foiled their plans. Can I go now?" C.J asked Max. Alec had left the conversation and ran outside, running back her shouted down the hallway.

"The fog is lifting, the toxins are clearing!" he said. Max looked at C.J and smiled, realizing her terrible life. Having to suffer with the loss of his father and his tormenting brother was damaging. C.J had been mentally damaged because of his family and what lived in the dark. Max couldn't help but feel compassion for her kinda brother.

"What does this mean?" C.J asked. "No more toxins?"

"That means it's your day; the first day of the rest of your life. Being stuck down here for a year is terrible and unfair. Now that the toxins have released, you're finally going to be able to be set free." Max spoke. Tears came streaming down C.J's face as he jumped for glee. Joshua, Alec and Max followed C.J as he ran down the hallways upstairs and jumped over the front door that had been broken.

"Freedom!" he yelled jumping. Max watched from behind as C.J stood waiting for her. She walked up to him and smiled.

"What are you waiting for?" asked Max. C.J looked at the road ahead and back at his savior.

"Come with me," he suggested. "Leave the world that haunts you."

Max looked at the road that went on for miles and miles. It was tempting for her to just to ride down that path and never turn around. "You go have the life you've always wanted. As for me, I'm going to kick some asses and stop the end of the human race. Now get outta here!" she laughed as he started to walk down the long road ahead. Alec and Joshua headed into the car as Max stopped in the middle of the road. Looking down at the path she could take, she paused.

"Max, aren't you coming?" Alec questioned. Max stood and turned over Alec and walked his way.

I'm guessing Ames and the cult had an after plan to take effect after the rise of X63. At least C.J is now free into the world. After watching what the pathogen did to this little town, it only scares me for the near future. Now, I'm staring at this road, with two different lives in between. It was tempting to just leave, I almost did.

Appearances

Max

Logan

Cindy

Alec

Sara

Joshua

Guest Starring:

Marcus

Lauren

Helen Lorenzo

C.J Sandeman (Special Guest Cameo)