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Summary: When Alec is on the verge of insanity, Max and Logan take him to a mental institution. But what does this place have to do with Manticore? MA

Rating: PG so far.

Feedback: Please! (:

Timeline: This happens after 'Dawg day afternoon'.

A/N: R & R please.

Breaking Point.

Chapter 3- Lost

Grime and misery filled the populated city that was Seattle. In times like these he often wondered why he was still here. Pulling a few strings he could surely get out of America in no time. He would be in some tropical island that has never even heard of the Pulse. Thong bikinis and funny drinks with umbrellas on them. He would be in heaven.

But no. That would never happen. All because of Max. She was his true bliss, his paradise on earth. He wasn't really with her yet he could never leave her.

Maybe he couldn't have is little heaven, but settling for the next best thing wasn't all that bad. Being...friends.

Yeah right, like he could ever be 'friends' with her.

His bike stopped in front of a conked out building. Alec hopped off the bike feeling his legs getting sore. He really needed to stop riding around in that damn thing so much. "494" Ignoring the familiar whisper, he slowly creped threw a window into the house of the infamous doctor.

The small home was a mess. Antique furniture shattered. Pictures, paintings, statues, all destroyed. He walked carefully through the halls, his feet soundless in every step. At the end of the corridor he spotted a hefty figure.

A man, who he assumed was Dr. Densen, laid on the floor. Blood dripping from a hole in the back of his head.

Flashback

"It's a simple task 494, grab your weapon and shoot your target." Lydecker said to a little boy dressed in dark clothing.

"Yes, sir." He took the gun and held it up, pointing towards a thin man standing a few feet away from them. His small finger reached the trigger, pulling it sturdily.

The man in front of him now lay on the floor, blood dripping from his head. "Fast, easy and no evidence. That's the first thing you must learn when eliminating a target."

End Flashback

Alec took one more glimpse at the corpse and left threw the back door.

Great. Just freaking fantastic. The one guy that could help him was six feet under. 'Now it's back to begging Logan for some info' Alec thought as he entered Crash.

"Hey" Max said when he approached their usual table. "Hey, how you doing?"

"I'm good" she eyed him with curiosity. He looked somewhat. Weird. And a hell of a lot more serious then usual. But she knew she couldn't push it. Cause with Alec, that's just looking for trouble.

And she really didn't want to risk that. Ever since the hole Ben thing they'd gotten pretty close, then Joshua lost Annie and the three of them we're almost inseparable. He showed her a new Alec. One that was sweet, kind, complex and a lot deeper then he appears to be. That's why she told Logan the truth, so she wouldn't lose Alec. Or Logan.

"You okay?" she finally blurted out.

Alec sighed "I'm fine, Maxie." she shivered at the sound of her name. He just had a way of saying it, almost like a purr.

"You know you can tell me anything right? I mean sure we don't always get along, but I care about what happens to you. And I promise not to judge you no matter what." Alec grinned at her. "Of course if you did something stupid I'll have to kick your ass." She said in a mock tone.

"Relax Max. Its nothing I can't handle." She smiled. "Fine, just don't forget that I'm here if you need me." She couldn't have been more honest. She considered him a very good friend and didn't want to lose that.

Out of the corner of his eye Alec saw Logan practically skipping into Crash. "I gotta blaze. See ya tomorrow?"

"Um Yeah sure." He walked out just as Logan sat across of Max.

"Hi" he still wore the same grin on his face. "Logan? What are you doing here?"

"I have it."

"Have what?"

"The cure."

"What?" she screeched, earning a few glances.

"I had this doctor working on it. He faxed me the components today, I gave them to Sam so he could mix it. Now all we have to do is be in his office in..." he looked down at his overpriced watch. "-20 minutes."

"Wait, so soon. I mean, that's it?" she was rambling. They couldn't have a cure just like that. Things had gotten way too complicated for him just to give her some kind of flu shot and then start making out.

"I know its overwhelming Max, but all that we've wanted for so long is happening!!" with a wide smirk on his face, he got up and grabbed his car keys.

"Let's go"

Alec got to his apartment in less then minutes. 'No matter how great they got along together Max would never leave Logan.' He thought to himself.

He kicked off his shoes and threw himself on his couch. Suddenly the hair at the back of his neck stood up. Someone was there. He turned his head towards a chair in the corner of the room.

His mouth fell at the sight of the prowlers face.

"Ben?"

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Ben? Who? What? Why? When? You get the picture. (: