Note: Well you asked for it, and here it is. The sequel to Family Innocence. And I'm gonna have Logan with a cane for this story. Please read and review!
Lost Family
Part I
It had been ten years. Ten years since I left them. I wonder how their life is now. Do they wonder about me? Have they been trying to find me as I try to find my siblings? I guess I'm now ready to find the answers to these questions.
Max left her perch on the Needle and made her way back to Logan's penthouse. Though she feels no reason to explain to anyone why she will be dissappearing for awhile, she is going to tell Logan anyways.
Logan was sitting, staring at the door. Max hadn't been coming around the past few days and he was starting to miss her. He thought he was imagining things, when suddenly Max walked thru the door.
He smiled and was about to stand, but she shot her hand out in a stop position, "You might want to stay seated for this."
His smile vanished and he looked at her confusingly, "Max....what?"
"I'm taking a road trip. There is unfinished business that I have to clear up for myself."
"Oh." He stated flatly.
She stops and turns to face him, "I'll be back." She paused before adding, "And I'll tell you all about it."
"Ok." He spoke calmly, reluctantly preparing himself to let her go. She handed him a new pager number. She had just gotten it this morning. It's a safety cover up she'd started doing since her first "heat". Just incase past mistakes came calling again.
"Call if you have a problem." She said a little to sweetly.
Logan looked at her, "Be careful and hurry back."
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Max was immediately bound for Billings. The excitement of seeing them again was just overwhelming. She was glad that Logan and Cindy offered to defend against Normal for her.
During that time with that family.....Max encountered numerous firsts: First time at a real school, first time with normal kids her age, and so on.
They were a nice family, and she had brought trouble into their lives. But their lives changed upon meeting each other. A simple rest up before moving on plan turned into an adventure, one she would never forget. And now, she was going back.
After a few rest stops, Max finally made it to Billings. Though knowing how close it was to Manticore didn't shake her good mood. Finding that family took precendence.
Max remembered the way to the house, just like she went to it yesterday.
She reached the street, and stopped on the corner, the house in full view. Adjusting her eyes, she zoomed in for a closer look.
The house was still the same white color. And in the front yard sat a young woman and a young man on a picnic blanket. They were both watching a toddler do circles around them. She averted her eyes to movement on the patio. A frail woman sat watching the three on the lawn and an older man stepped out from inside the house giving the woman a tall glass of lemonade.
The whole scene was just to peaceful to interrupt, so Max crept her bike up until she was three houses away. Then she parked her bike and walked up to the house. Max then noticed that the toddler had stopped running and was fixated on her, and had been from four houses away.
That soon caught the attention from the couple on the lawn, in which the man stood up and stood his ground from her approaching figure.
"Honey, what is it? Who is that?" Max heard the woman next to him speaking, as she moved to scoop up the toddler.
It took Max to get closer to the woman to realize who she was, "Stephanie??" Max questioned, approaching the woman.
The couple on the porch heard the voice. The frail woman immediately recognized it and came down onto the lawn, and the man joined her.
The woman walked to Max, placing a hand over her mouth and gasping, "It's...really you....isn't it?"
Stephanie realized what her mom meant and threw her arms around Max tears appearing in her eyes, "MAXI!!!"
Max returned Stephanies hug as Richard stood there, mouth agape in shock. Stephanie then released Max and Darlene moved in to hug her next, followed by Richard.
"You're alive??" Max whirled around and faced the man who had sat next to Stephanie on the lawn.
She recognized the voice. A sibling. One she thought was lost, but was now found. "Jordan??"
The two looked at each other, seemingly afraid to break the training that was pushed upon them as children.
Stephanie spoke, interrupting the reunion, "You two know each other? Jordan??"
Jordan turned to Stephanie, "We were raised together as kids once."
Richard then spoke, "C'mon. Let's go inside and catch up on old times."
Max stood there and watched as they moved toward the house.
They are alive. I never imagined it this way. A happy little family and here I am. Accepted, like I never even left. Though this only brings more questions. One things for sure, I'm glad to be back here. And I've found a sibling. There is so much to catch up on here. I've never felt this much excitement before....and I don't think I want to lose this feeling.
As Max enters the house with the others, she feels she has found the happiness that she is looking for.
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to be continued
Lost Family
Part I
It had been ten years. Ten years since I left them. I wonder how their life is now. Do they wonder about me? Have they been trying to find me as I try to find my siblings? I guess I'm now ready to find the answers to these questions.
Max left her perch on the Needle and made her way back to Logan's penthouse. Though she feels no reason to explain to anyone why she will be dissappearing for awhile, she is going to tell Logan anyways.
Logan was sitting, staring at the door. Max hadn't been coming around the past few days and he was starting to miss her. He thought he was imagining things, when suddenly Max walked thru the door.
He smiled and was about to stand, but she shot her hand out in a stop position, "You might want to stay seated for this."
His smile vanished and he looked at her confusingly, "Max....what?"
"I'm taking a road trip. There is unfinished business that I have to clear up for myself."
"Oh." He stated flatly.
She stops and turns to face him, "I'll be back." She paused before adding, "And I'll tell you all about it."
"Ok." He spoke calmly, reluctantly preparing himself to let her go. She handed him a new pager number. She had just gotten it this morning. It's a safety cover up she'd started doing since her first "heat". Just incase past mistakes came calling again.
"Call if you have a problem." She said a little to sweetly.
Logan looked at her, "Be careful and hurry back."
= = = = = =
Max was immediately bound for Billings. The excitement of seeing them again was just overwhelming. She was glad that Logan and Cindy offered to defend against Normal for her.
During that time with that family.....Max encountered numerous firsts: First time at a real school, first time with normal kids her age, and so on.
They were a nice family, and she had brought trouble into their lives. But their lives changed upon meeting each other. A simple rest up before moving on plan turned into an adventure, one she would never forget. And now, she was going back.
After a few rest stops, Max finally made it to Billings. Though knowing how close it was to Manticore didn't shake her good mood. Finding that family took precendence.
Max remembered the way to the house, just like she went to it yesterday.
She reached the street, and stopped on the corner, the house in full view. Adjusting her eyes, she zoomed in for a closer look.
The house was still the same white color. And in the front yard sat a young woman and a young man on a picnic blanket. They were both watching a toddler do circles around them. She averted her eyes to movement on the patio. A frail woman sat watching the three on the lawn and an older man stepped out from inside the house giving the woman a tall glass of lemonade.
The whole scene was just to peaceful to interrupt, so Max crept her bike up until she was three houses away. Then she parked her bike and walked up to the house. Max then noticed that the toddler had stopped running and was fixated on her, and had been from four houses away.
That soon caught the attention from the couple on the lawn, in which the man stood up and stood his ground from her approaching figure.
"Honey, what is it? Who is that?" Max heard the woman next to him speaking, as she moved to scoop up the toddler.
It took Max to get closer to the woman to realize who she was, "Stephanie??" Max questioned, approaching the woman.
The couple on the porch heard the voice. The frail woman immediately recognized it and came down onto the lawn, and the man joined her.
The woman walked to Max, placing a hand over her mouth and gasping, "It's...really you....isn't it?"
Stephanie realized what her mom meant and threw her arms around Max tears appearing in her eyes, "MAXI!!!"
Max returned Stephanies hug as Richard stood there, mouth agape in shock. Stephanie then released Max and Darlene moved in to hug her next, followed by Richard.
"You're alive??" Max whirled around and faced the man who had sat next to Stephanie on the lawn.
She recognized the voice. A sibling. One she thought was lost, but was now found. "Jordan??"
The two looked at each other, seemingly afraid to break the training that was pushed upon them as children.
Stephanie spoke, interrupting the reunion, "You two know each other? Jordan??"
Jordan turned to Stephanie, "We were raised together as kids once."
Richard then spoke, "C'mon. Let's go inside and catch up on old times."
Max stood there and watched as they moved toward the house.
They are alive. I never imagined it this way. A happy little family and here I am. Accepted, like I never even left. Though this only brings more questions. One things for sure, I'm glad to be back here. And I've found a sibling. There is so much to catch up on here. I've never felt this much excitement before....and I don't think I want to lose this feeling.
As Max enters the house with the others, she feels she has found the happiness that she is looking for.
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to be continued