Just a general reminder: I love Alec. Seriously. I love the guy so much, he's had so much character development in one year of knowing Max and he's just generally fantastic so I promise - I'm not going to kill him. All the way.
Sorry if I made a few of you sweat a little bit over this... but at the same time I gotta admit I do love the power...
- E. Nigma
859 moved faster than any ghost had the right to. He latched his hand around Alec's throat. Oh gosh this is it I'm gonna die! I don't wanna die! not like this! Not like this!
His vision was fading out. He cursed himself for using so much of his oxygen just to run away from 859. The pressure buildup in his head was messing with his thoughts. Nothing looked clear anymore. 859 was no longer visible but the grip around his neck seemed tighter if anything.
He made the mistake of breathing in some of the water and started to cough. He tried to make himself stop but his air was was nothing left to do. Everything blurred. He couldn't tell if the pounding was someone hitting the glass or just his own pulse still fighting.
He couldn't tell the exact point when he stopped moving and gave up.
When he became truly desperate, Logan even tried breaking through with one of the swords lying by the box. Alec was a pain in the neck but he was a pain in the neck that Logan and Max still cared about. Logan relied on Alec to be there for Max when he couldn't. Not to mention if Max lost Alec… Logan didn't want to think about that.
"Just hold on! We'll think of something!" he shouted again but it was like a broken record at this point.
In all of his life, Logan Cale never wanted to see anybody die. Especially not one of his friends and not right in front of him. Alec started to shudder and Logan didn't know whether to keep trying knowing it was pointless or turn away so he wouldn't have to see it.
He looked to Max and saw the brothers running away with her shouting at them. They weren't listening and Logan made his frustration work for him. With one shot, one of them collapsed, holding his leg. It gave Max enough time to catch up to them. Logan turned back and his heart stopped for a moment...because Alec had stopped too.