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Summary: Max is in theatre. logan tells Alec why he was in the hospital. O.C's not doing so good. Alec feels torn.

Alec's POV

"Sam , a Familiar punched Max in the stomach. She was bleeding for a while then it stopped. She started having some kind of contractions, over the past half an hour, progressively getting worse. She . . . was screaming real bad. Then the bleeding started again ten minutes ago. She passed out at the same time. Hasn't come around yet." logan was still standing there looking dumbfounded. I couldn't look at him though, Max was all i could think about. Sam had pulled a hospital bed along with him, I placed Max carefully onto the perfectly white bed. Her blood turned it an ugly shade of red.

"Is there any other wounds? She has blood on the back of her T-shirt." Oh i had forgotten that i was shot.

"Ermm i'm pretty sure thats from my gunshot wound. The way i was holding her in the van." Just then Cindy was rolled through the door on a bed similar to Max's.I could see he was about to pass Max onto someone else and treat Cindy.I grabbed his arm.

"Sam please fix Max, i need you to do this. I trust you. Only you." I could see he badly wanted to go treat Cindy who was undoubtadly worse than Max. But he could see i needed this.

"Okay , Nurse Spencer? Could you get bags of blood, and a transfusion kit? Then come to room 12." Sam got some help from other nurses to push the bed to room 12 while he done a quick examination. I kept up easily but my gunshot wound was bothering me slightly now. My eyesight was a bit fuzzy.I could sense logan was following us too. I turned to stop him.

"This is your fault isn't it Alec? What mission did you screw up now? And why was Cindy involved?" Oh too far!

"Shut the fuck up logan! You don't know jack, we were on a freaking rescue mission. I told her not to come but she begged so i let her. A Familiar slugged her in the gut, and its all my fault. I let her come. But I know I screwed up. I let her come and now she's hurt. I know that. But i don't need a fucking dick like you, who wasn't even there to tell me what i done wrong. I already know what i've done. Now they could both die." I whispered the last five words. I know he heard me but he probably thought i was talking about Cindy. He didn't know Max was pregnant.

"Don't worry. She's gonna be pissed at you for letting her get hurt. Then when i tell her i got the cure she'll come back to me. You were her fallback Alec. You do know that right?" His words struck a cord. He had the cure. Max wouldn't actually leave me would she? I knew i was her fallback but, she was pregnant with my child and engaged to me. She wouldn't leave.

"logan piss off!"

I walked to the room fully aware logan hadn't actually gone. I stopped just in the doorway, to the sight that had met me. Max was lying with her top cut up revealing her severly bruised stomach, and her blood overflowing the table and dripping to the floor. logan walked over to Max and confidently took her hand. As he showed no signs of impending death, i took that as confirmation the cure had worked.

"Alec we need to operate, to stop the bleeding!" Sam had to shout it over all the noise in the room. Nurses everywhere hooking Max up to machines, changing blood bags , giving her morphine.

"Uhh sure Sam go right ahead, just fix them 'kay?" I lost the grip i had on reality then. I sank into the blackness of unconciousness.

I woke up in a bright white room. Its brightness hurt my eyes. I couldn't hear anything. I decided i liked the quiet. I lay there basking in the peace and quiet. Then i realised i could hear something. A loud beeping, i must have been blocking out previously. I looked over to see the heart monitor i was hooked up too. How did i get here? And why the hell is my side on fire? The sick reality of it all came crashing down in my mind. I remember Sam was going to take Max to theatre. Oh crap. Crap! I pulled all the wires out of my arm and hopped out the bed. Ignoring the burning in my side I walked out the room and found the information desk. I was about to ask where Max was when i saw Cindy in the room across from the desk. I went over to see how she was doing, when her heart monitor flatlined and two nurses ran in with a crash cart. They ripped open her shirt and placed the panels on her chest. They only shocked her three times before stopping and declaring the time of death. I ran into the room .

"No she can't be dead, you didn't even try to bring her back properly!"

"Sir , i'm very sorry. Did you know" She checked O.C's chart "Originol Cindy?"

"Yeah. I did." I turned away before they could see my tears. One of the nurses, the one who hadn't spoke, patted my shoulder

"She's was pretty beaten up! I'm sure she's in a better place now." I hadn't thought of that. But Max is gonna be so depressed when she finds out. Thats if she finds out. I took Cindy's hand , and said my apologies for being to late, and with that my final goodbyes. I ran back to the information desk where a pretty woman was sitting.

"Hello, ermm do you know where Max Guevara is?" She looked up from the notes she was studying and raised an eyebrow at checked her charts then she plastered a huge smile on her face, and said

"Miss Guevara is in room one of the intensive care ward." With that i was off, I needed to see if she was okay. Her and the baby.

When i got to the room Max was lying in there very pale and still. logan sitting by her bedside holding her hand. Thank God Max was okay. I walked in to see Sam standing by the wall. I hadn't even noticed him there. He wasn't suprised by my presence. He knew that i'd come as soon as i woke up. He motioned for me to go back outside.

"Alec i didn't tell logan anything, just that she was stable. I didn't think it right for me to tell you and Max's business to someone you obviously hadn't told." Well that was nice, but there are more pressing subjects.

"So doc how is she? What was wrong? Is the baby okay?"

"Well when she had been punched it had damaged the placenta- hense the bleeding, distressing the baby causing fake labour. The contractions weren't real, but they can cause extremely terrible pain. That mixed with bloodloss made Max surgery went well and the whole thing was easily fixed. It looked and obviously felt worse than it really was. But to make sure she doesn't harm the baby further she has to stop working, until after the birth and she also must have constant bed-rest for the next week, to help heal. Max and the baby's vitals are fine for now. Someone should be here for the next twenty-four hours to ensure nothing else goes wrong. If nothing out of the ordinary happens then you can take her home tomorrow. I can tell logan to leave if you want." I did want. Very much , but Max has options now and i should give log-boy a chance.

"Nah its okay doc!"

"Al-ec?" I heard Max ask through the door. She must be waking up.

Max's POV

My stomach was killing me. I gripped the hand that was holding mine tight and called out for Alec. I opened my eyes to find . . . logan? Holding my hand. Without a glove on. Oh shit , i didn't love him anymore but, i didn't want him to die. I tried to pull my hand away, but he wouldn't let go. And plus i was ready to tear his head off for touching me!

"It's okay Max. I'm immune to you now." I sensed Alecs presence in the room and looked up to meet his eyes questioningly. He just gave me a sad, unsure look.

"Umm thats great, but logan I really need you to let go of my hand!" I never took my eyes off Alec. I let my eyes beg him for back up.

"logan, let go of her hand" I couldn't understand his tone, but to my utter relief logan done as he was told and stood up. He paced while he spoke very clearly.

"Max, i'm cured! You can come back to me now! You don't need to stay with this screw up. I know you don't love him really. He was your like Asha was mine. I can take care of you now. He landed you in hospital fighting for your life, 'cause he screwed up. I'm glad i was here to tell Sam it was his fault not your own. Alec was saying that you begged him to go. I know you didn't want to go really but thought that it was the right thing to do. I can't believe you let this jerk hurt you again! He even got Cindy hurt bad too in the crossfire. But i was more worried about you. i sat here while he was away fainting and getting stitched up for a tiny wound that was nothing compared to yours. And Sam wouldn't even tell me what was wrong. Said it was between the two of you. I mean it if he's been beating you or something then i swear Max i will kill him!" He spoke as though Alec wasn't even here. I had a look of pure shock on my face. I can't believe what i was hearing. I tried to keep my seething anger at bay, saying it wasn't good for the baby. But i seriously couldn't take it. My lid blew.

"Jesus logan you actually think that just cause you got the freaking cure that i'm gonna crawl back to you? I love Alec with all my heart, he's my soulmate and we're getting married! He is not my bloody fallback, I was already in love with him before T.C. I did beg him to take me to rescue O.C and he couldn't of done anything when that bitch grabbed me. It was all too fast. He got shot saving me. He's never gotten me hurt, unlike you. And i don't give a shit if he wasn't there while he was getting fixed up. I'm glad he did. I was asleep anyway but he's here now so thats all that matters. Alec would never lay a hand on me so i don't need you to make threats about killing my fiance! Now could you please stop shouting and getting me angry cause it's distressing the baby." God he was an idiot. Alecs face was so full of joy i found myself smiling at him. But as logan was determined to ruin things he walked over and cupped my face in his hands.

"Max i know you still love me! I know you don't want to hurt Alec but your not happy with him. I can see it in your eyes." He tried to kiss me. Just 'cause i was weaker does not mean i was completely weak. I slapped him hard across the face. He teetered backwards.

"That was for two things:

One - You don't know me well enough to tell me who i love and who i don't.

Two- You never touch a pregnant transgenic unless you want severe pain inflicted!" i started laughing at his facial expression and beckoned Alec to come over. He leaned over me hesitantly. I pulled him down without moving too much - i still didn't know what had happened all i knew was i am still pregnant - and kissed him. I shuffelled over a little bit to the left side of the bed. I pulled onto the right side and forced him to spoon me. Grabbing his hand, i placed it onto my very tender stomach. I sighed in relief.

"So i don't know what went down while i was out. Is the baby okay?" Before Alec could answer, logan, who was still standing there anger plastered over his face .

"You had a baby and you didn't tell me?" What an mongo!

"No logan, i'm pregnant. Thats why i was bleeding internally. Thats why i can't stand other men touching me. The only people that i really don't mind touching me are Alec and Joshua. But i can only relax fully around Alec. Hense this position." I really was cosy now.

"Yeah, the baby's fine, that bitch damaged the placenta- hense the blood- so the baby got distressed causing fake contractions. I know they obviously didn't feel fake, but Sam said they can get very bad. He said they fixed the problem, but your gonna need a weeks bed rest. You have also to stop working until after the birth. Don't worry about money, i have a savings account made specially for this kind of thing. So we've got money. I'm sure we could get Normal to give me a pay rise somehow just in case." logan was still there "Oh and your allowed to go home if nothing abnormal happens in the next twenty four hours."

"I love you Alec."

"You too Maxie! I thought i'd lost you back in the van. It was horrible."He shuddered as though the very thought of it still haunted him. logan was still there!

" logan go home! Go back to Asha. " He slowly retreated out the door.

" Are you okay Alec? Hows O.C ?" He hesitated.

" I'm always alright! But uhh. . . Cindy didn't. . . make it." What? What didn't she make? I knew the answer perfectly well i just wish i didn't.

"I'm sorry Max i couldn't do anything to help her she just flatlined as i was coming around. The nurses announced the time of death as i got into the room. I'm sorry." The pain in my chest was worse than Manticore cutting me open, as a child, had ever been.

"Alec. . . could. . . you. . . do something. . . for me?"

"Sure Max anything."

"Just don't. . . leave . . .this . . . room til. . . i stop . . . crying 'kay?" This time my tears had nothing to do with pregnancy hormones.

"Sure hon'. She's in a better place now! Just remember that."

I feel quite evil now (: Killing off O.C wasn't very nice but i thought, someone had to die!