Zane lifted the unconscious Max off the ground. They got what they came
for. All the needed to do now what get out of here and torch the place.
"We got her." Alec reported back to Logan. He sounded relieved.
"Get out of there." Logan ordered. "The bomb up planted is going to go off soon. You have at least two minutes." He said frantically.
They all heard and headed to the nearest exit. They had to fight a few dozen soldiers before they were finally safe. Just as they reached the van, Manticore exploded right behind them.
OC was waiting anxiously with Logan and Joshua and her face lit up when she saw Max. She was bruised up but alive.
"Thank god for that," She thought. They all came back alive. Even better. She was happy and relieved beyond belief but it wasn't over yet. They all packed into the van and Alec drove.
The rest of them sat quietly, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
They all headed back to Logan's penthouse. Everyone agreed on it. Asha had given her approval. Personally, Zack thought that it wasn't safe to take Max there. She could be dangerous and worse she could hurt Asha and the baby but that was unlikely. Max wouldn't hurt anyone.
Asha looked shocked to see them in their conditions. Bruised up and scratched all over. Zane was limping and Max was unconscious. She and OC immediately prepared some bandages and medicine while the rest of them took Max to the other room and strapped her to the bed that they had prepared. They all looked tired as hell but relieved. At least they were all in one peace. They were alive and they had Max back. They were all thankful for that.
"How long is the sedative going to keep her down?" Krit asked while Asha tended to the huge scratched on his arm. He hadn't even noticed it until OC pointed it out and Asha immediately went to clean and patch him up.
"A couple of hours." Alec answered. He was seated on the couch with Zack on the opposite end. They looked tense as hell. Alec kept running his hand though his hair while Zack was just looking grim and lost in thought.
OC was tending to Zane who kept wincing every time the medicine stung. It amused her. Joshua was just standing around. Syl was watching the baby who was sleeping peacefully in the other room. And Logan wasn't by his computer for the first time. He was just sitting in the back ground and like the rest of them, lost in his own thoughts.
Asha just kept quiet and once in a while she would pause and look at the room where Max was sleeping.
"She won't be the same." Zack broke the silence. They looked up at him as though they weren't sure he had said what he did. They all knew that. The old Max was gone. That's what they had been all thinking. No one had the courage to say it though except for Zack.
"Yeah." Alec said, not sounding too happy with that. In fact, it made him angry. He wanted Max back. They had gone through so much without her and he couldn't stand the thought of her being different. He loved the old Max. He still loved her.
He was lost in his thoughts again. It had been two years. Not exactly two years but close enough. He didn't really know what to think. When she first disappeared, he thought he was going to lose his mind. At first he denied caring. He denied that he was concerned that she was gone. Then it finally sunk in to him that she wasn't coming back. It scared him. He didn't know whether she ran or she was caught. He wanted to find her. He and Logan searched high and low for her but nothing. No trace of Max. Alec even tried to track down Max's sister Jace in Mexico but when he got there she had moved already. After that there seemed to be nowhere else to look. White didn't know where she was either because he was still looking for her. They all knew that Manticore was gone so they didn't suspect that. They had been so wrong.
"What do we do now?" Asha asked. They seemed startled that she spoke. She hadn't said anything for hours. They almost forgot that she could speak.
Logan sighed. OC shrank back to the couch with Joshua leaning on her shoulder. Syl sighed softly. Zane was waiting for someone to answer Asha and Krit was trying to sleep.
"I guess we wait." Alec answered. That's what they were all going to do. Wait. Wait for Max. They had so many questions. Zack nodded and then Logan too.
"We got her." Alec reported back to Logan. He sounded relieved.
"Get out of there." Logan ordered. "The bomb up planted is going to go off soon. You have at least two minutes." He said frantically.
They all heard and headed to the nearest exit. They had to fight a few dozen soldiers before they were finally safe. Just as they reached the van, Manticore exploded right behind them.
OC was waiting anxiously with Logan and Joshua and her face lit up when she saw Max. She was bruised up but alive.
"Thank god for that," She thought. They all came back alive. Even better. She was happy and relieved beyond belief but it wasn't over yet. They all packed into the van and Alec drove.
The rest of them sat quietly, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
They all headed back to Logan's penthouse. Everyone agreed on it. Asha had given her approval. Personally, Zack thought that it wasn't safe to take Max there. She could be dangerous and worse she could hurt Asha and the baby but that was unlikely. Max wouldn't hurt anyone.
Asha looked shocked to see them in their conditions. Bruised up and scratched all over. Zane was limping and Max was unconscious. She and OC immediately prepared some bandages and medicine while the rest of them took Max to the other room and strapped her to the bed that they had prepared. They all looked tired as hell but relieved. At least they were all in one peace. They were alive and they had Max back. They were all thankful for that.
"How long is the sedative going to keep her down?" Krit asked while Asha tended to the huge scratched on his arm. He hadn't even noticed it until OC pointed it out and Asha immediately went to clean and patch him up.
"A couple of hours." Alec answered. He was seated on the couch with Zack on the opposite end. They looked tense as hell. Alec kept running his hand though his hair while Zack was just looking grim and lost in thought.
OC was tending to Zane who kept wincing every time the medicine stung. It amused her. Joshua was just standing around. Syl was watching the baby who was sleeping peacefully in the other room. And Logan wasn't by his computer for the first time. He was just sitting in the back ground and like the rest of them, lost in his own thoughts.
Asha just kept quiet and once in a while she would pause and look at the room where Max was sleeping.
"She won't be the same." Zack broke the silence. They looked up at him as though they weren't sure he had said what he did. They all knew that. The old Max was gone. That's what they had been all thinking. No one had the courage to say it though except for Zack.
"Yeah." Alec said, not sounding too happy with that. In fact, it made him angry. He wanted Max back. They had gone through so much without her and he couldn't stand the thought of her being different. He loved the old Max. He still loved her.
He was lost in his thoughts again. It had been two years. Not exactly two years but close enough. He didn't really know what to think. When she first disappeared, he thought he was going to lose his mind. At first he denied caring. He denied that he was concerned that she was gone. Then it finally sunk in to him that she wasn't coming back. It scared him. He didn't know whether she ran or she was caught. He wanted to find her. He and Logan searched high and low for her but nothing. No trace of Max. Alec even tried to track down Max's sister Jace in Mexico but when he got there she had moved already. After that there seemed to be nowhere else to look. White didn't know where she was either because he was still looking for her. They all knew that Manticore was gone so they didn't suspect that. They had been so wrong.
"What do we do now?" Asha asked. They seemed startled that she spoke. She hadn't said anything for hours. They almost forgot that she could speak.
Logan sighed. OC shrank back to the couch with Joshua leaning on her shoulder. Syl sighed softly. Zane was waiting for someone to answer Asha and Krit was trying to sleep.
"I guess we wait." Alec answered. That's what they were all going to do. Wait. Wait for Max. They had so many questions. Zack nodded and then Logan too.