A/N - Alright this is kinda long because i felt bad for not updating any of my other stories, but i'm having so much trouble with them its really hard. So anyhoo i hope you enjoy this chap and don't forget to review.!

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Chapter 10

"You killed him that's what's happening" Alec's cold and detached voice interrupted. "Nice job, 452. Mission accomplished."

Max stared at him, hurt and confused. There stood Alec pointing a gun at her. Alec, the Alec she had just kissed a few hours ago, and the Alec she had trusted. Feeling tears of humiliation and sorrow she clung to Logan as she fought the urge to cry.

"Yeah, I'd stop touching him if I were you. You're just gonna make it worse." He advised almost sympathetically. He had arrived there just a few minutes after her. He'd stood and watched as she observed the man who was working away on his computer completely unaware that other people were in his house. Alec moved in ready to tell her about the virus before they touched but then he froze. Rage took over him as he watched his Max return the guy's kiss with the same need she had showed him.' Whoa, calm it boy, she ain't yours' he reminded himself before he went to attack Eyes only. With a heavy heart he pushed his emotions away and made his presence known.

"What the hell are you talking about?" she asked, anger taking over her other emotions.

"A genetically targeted retrovirus. You're the carrier." He replied his voice devoid from emotion.

Shocked Max quickly backs away from Logan. 'Oh my god, no, Logan'.

"Any intimate contact between you activates the agent." He informed her. Then suddenly he chuckled humourlessly "Now, you didn't kiss him or anything, did you?"

"You son of a bitch" Max screeched lunging for him but stopped when he raised his gun.

"Whoa, whoa, hey. Just following orders. Okay, now Renfro said if you want him to live, you gotta bring him back to Manticore and turn yourself in."

"There's a cure?" Max asked disbelievingly.

"Yeah. She'll give him the antigen if he tells her what he knows and who he's been working with" Alec informed her with the gun still trained on her.

"Why should I believe her?"

He looked at Logan, quivering and breathing heavily on the floor, then turned back to face Max with a raised eyebrow "what choice do you have?"

Max stared at him with the most loathing look she could muster then turned to look at Logan. Seeing him all helpless and weak made her want to cry but she pushed all emotions away and turned to face Alec with her Manticore mask firmly in place.

"Alright. Help him into his wheelchair" she ordered Alec without really looking at him. It hurt too much, she had trusted him and he had betrayed her.

Leaving him she grabs Logan's wheelchair from his bedroom and walks back into the study just as Alec was about to lift Logan up from the floor. Without looking at him Max pushed the wheelchair into Alec causing him to stumble and throw her a death glare. He disposed a very ill looking Logan into his wheelchair and clapped him on the shoulder.

"Well, looks like we got ourselves a convoy." Before anyone could answer him the computer beeped with a message appearing on the monitor. Momentarily distracted Alec stared at the monitor and the message 'Satellite link established. Press enter to transmit'. Max chose that moment to attack him, for no particular reason. She just wanted to hurt him physically the way he had hurt her emotionally. She threw a few punches at him which he managed to block and kicked the gun out of his hand where it skidded to a stop near Logan.

Logan picked up the gun and aimed it at Alec, who just rolled his eyes and silently scolded himself for not hitting her. 'It's not like she has any problem hitting you'. He reminded himself.

"Fine. Fine, but when he's dead, can I go home?" Alec asked dismayed.

"It's not gonna be there" Max informed him as she walked towards the computer.

"What're you doing?" he suspiciously asked.

"Ending this thing once and for all." She answered him as she hit the enter key and Logan's pre-recorded Eyes Only message started broadcasting.

'Don't not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.'

"You idiot" Alec yelled as he rushed towards the computer and pressed a few keys trying to dismantle the signal and stop the broadcast.

'Your location has been revealed.'

"Bitch. Do you have any idea what've just done" he seethed hitting in more keys. 'Just a few more' he encouraged himself. Distracted he didn't see the metal waste paper bin swinging towards him with full X5 force.

Max watched as he slumped to the floor, quickly she grabbed some rope, flipped him over onto his stomach, tied his hands up, flipped him over onto his back and dragged him towards the wall before Logan.

"Watch him, I'll be back" she told him quietly as she took in his appearance. The red welts on his face and his harsh breathing clutched her heart. Shaking her head she ran out of the penthouse.

At Manticore

Renfro paced the security room while the computer technicians worked away.

'What's taking so god damn long' she furiously thought as she continued with her pacing

"Um Ma'am" a technician nervously called out, pulling her out of her thoughts.

"What?" she barked

"I think you should see this" he said pointing to his screen where Eyes Only had just appeared. While she strode towards the technician pulled out his head-phones and increased the volume so that they could all hear.

'Don't not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin.

'Your location has been revealed.'

Renfro watched in horror " Oh god" she gasped 'This cannot be happening'.

A cell phone rang and the technician answered. The person on the other line spoke even before the technician could say hello. He passed the phone to Renfro and confirmed her suspicions when he said "It's them".

Your secret is out. And now Manticore will be held accountable for its crime. Manticore's facility is located an hour southwest of….

Sighing she took the phone and answered "Renfro." She listened as the other person on the line spoke and gave some orders and replied with an "Understood" she hangs up the phone and turns to the technicians.

"Lock down the barracks. We're cauterizing the site."

At Logan's Penthouse

Groaning Alec finally opened his eyes to find himself staring at the end of a barrel of a gun. He notices that his wrists are tied behind his back and silently curses Max. He looks at Logan and notices that the man has become weaker and realises that it would be best to be patient since he wasn't going to last long anyway. He watches as Logan's arm falters once, and then raises the gun again, but then he passes out and drops the gun. Alec calmly unties himself, stands up shakes his head and leaves.

Manticore

Max arrived at the top of the hill outside of Manticore just as parts of the building explode into flames. 'Shit Renfro meant it' she thought panicking. She blurs down and enters a building that was still intact. She runs down the hallways and stops when she hears voices of little kids yelling and banging on the walls and doors. She tried to open the doors, but they were all locked. She notices a control room at the end on the hallway and blurs towards it. She breaks into the control room and types something on the computers and flips a switch causing the hall doors to open and soldiers of different ages spill into the hallway and run through smoke and flame.

In the main control room an alarm goes off.

"We've got a security breech. Someone's unlocking the cell doors." The technician informed Renfro. He presses a few keys and the monitors show Max in the control room typing on the computers.

"Well, override the system. Lock down those doors." Renfro instructed.

"Can't" the technician replied shaking his head "Control conduits must be burned out.

They're in the yard, heading for the fence."

"Well, stop them" she commanded "No one gets past the perimeters" she screeched as two guards leave the room "Bring me 452 – alive"

Outside

Alec reached the top of the hill outside Manticore to see it burning. "Fuck" he swore. He looked around and noticed transgenic's running out of the compound and running towards the fence. He hears machine guns going off and looks up to where he catches sight of the guards shooting the transgenic's. Without another thought he took out his gun and aimed it at the two guards foreheads before they even knew what hit them. He looked around for more guards but when he saw none he entered the building to see if anyone needed his help.

In her office Renfro is throwing things into her briefcase as fast as she could. A guard enters "Ma'am, we need to evacuate."

"Where's 452?" she asked

"Now Ma'am" the guard tried again.

"I'm not leaving without her." Renfro answered still with her back towards the guard.

Max walks into the office, kicks the guard unconscious and grabs Renfro by the neck.

"What a coincidence, cause I'm not leaving without you." She sneered pulling Renfro towards the labs.

"Where's the antigen?" Max asked as she looked around the lab, there were shelves everywhere which contained lots of vials and beakers.

"I don't know" Renfro feinted "We've got to get out of here now 452"

As a reply Max slammed Renfro into the wall, turns her around to face her and screams

"My names Max! Now where is it?"

"Okay, okay" Renfro finally agreed. Renfro walks towards the shelves and takes a yellow coloured vial off the shelf and Max grabs it. A guard enters and attempts to shoot Max.

"No!" Renfro screamed, she dived and took the bullet. Max shoves the table into the guards gut. He realizes who he's shot, his eyes widen and he runs away. Max turns to look at Renfro but she's dead. Max turns and runs out of the building and runs up the hill. At the top she stops and watches Manticore burn and smiles.

"Satisfied?"

A voice from behind her asked. She twirled around to find Alec staring at her. He just stood there staring at her with soot on his face and hair.

"What do you mean?" she asked him, apart of her not even wanting to talk to him.

"You're free now. You've got your antigen. You can go back to work with you're infuriating boss. You can go back to Logan. You have your strange little life back" he told her

"Me and Logan are none of your business…" she started rudely

"You made it my business" he shouted causing her to jump "You made it my business the moment you slept with me, the moment I asked if you had a boyfriend outside and you told me no, 'we're not like that Alec'"he mimicked.

"You betrayed me" she shouted back

"Cut the crap Max. You betrayed me. What was all that in the basement 'If I didn't have to go I'd stay with you' if anyone betrayed and lied to anyone it was you." he yelled pointing an accusing finger at her, he was so hurt and angry that he just wanted to kill her.

"Shut up" she yelled, arguing with him hurt and she didn't want to feel anymore pain because she knew half the things he said were true.

"Logan could've died tonight all because you didn't tell me. Don't think I'm ever getting over that"

"I was following orders" Alec hissed.

"Just do me a favour Alec. Go away. I can't even look at you right now."

"Right" Alec replied nodding his head. "Well, have a nice life Max" he said sourly, then turned his back on her and walked away not once looking back.

Max watched him go and felt a feeling of loss overcome her. Pushing the feelings away she turned and ran to the man she needed to love.

TBC

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