We Meet Again (7/?)
Author's notes- Ok I had tons of trouble with this part because I didn't know how I wanted to end, plus I was busy with lacrosse and school and stuff, so I didn't have time.
Please read and review, I would really appreciate that, also if you have any ideas or suggestions they would be most helpful
Ok, on with the fic
"Explain."
She looked at Joel with eyes of fire. Joel knew that if he didn't say something now, his life wouldn't be worth that much. But before he could say anything, he had to choose a side, and what surprised Joel was how quickly he decided to betray Lydecker.
"I'm waiting!" she barked, "or do you need some persuasion?" She lifted her hand as if to strike, and Joel automatically cringed.
"Max!" a man's voice sounded throughout the apartment, and Max whirled around to look at the owner of the voice.
Joel looked past Max to the man who had just entered the room. A 30-year-old man who looked like he hadn't shaved in a couple of days was seated in a wheelchair, and it was evident that he was paralyzed from the waist down. This man had a stern look on his face and his blue eyes were glaring at Max through stylish and obviously very expensive glasses.
"Logan, this guy knows about Manticore, and I'm going to get what he knows, one way or another."
"That's still no reason to beat the shit out of him." Logan countered.
"We'll agree to disagree on that," said Max as she raised her hand once more, "You don't know half of the shit they did to us there. If you did, you wouldn't be questioning why I'm doing this."
Joel decided that now was the best time as any to start talking and gain a small amount of control in this situation. "All right, all right! I'll talk!" Joel yelled.
Max and Logan turned to face Joel and Joel stuttered, looking for a way to begin. "The guy, the, the traitor! He gave you away to Lydecker. He said you worked at Jam Pony," Joel pointed to Max, "and you were Eyes Only," Joel pointed to Logan.
Both Max's and Logan's faces turned completely white at the mention of this information. Joel stopped, fearing that they would faint. Max quickly regained her composure and asked, "Who's the traitor?" Her voice was quiet, cold. Deadly cold.
Joel shivered at the sound, but he was going to continue speaking. He had a feeling that if he stalled any longer Max would snap and so would his neck.
The next sound heard was not Joel's voice, but the unwelcome metal sound of a gun being cocked. Max, Logan and Joel turned around to be greeted by Bling who was wearing a malicious grin and holding a gun pointed in Max's direction.
"Well, well sorry to interrupt this little party here," snickered Bling.
"Bling… how could you?" whispered Logan, who was dealing with a considerable amount of shock. He couldn't believe that his best friend and confident had turned around and betrayed him, And not only him, but Max too. He just couldn't believe it.
"Well Logan, you might have money but I don't, times are hard, everybody has to look out for themselves."
Max decided to enter the conversation at this point by saying, "You know Bling, I could fight you and win, gun or no gun."
Bling smiled evilly, and shivers went through the spines of everybody in the room, "Yes Max, I'm quite aware of that fact. That's why I'm not going to fight you. This was just a distraction, and I dare say, it worked a better than Lydecker or I had expected."
Before Max could ponder the meaning of Bling's words. The glass windows of Logan's penthouse were shattered into a million pieces as a TAC team barged into Logan's apartment. The door was also kicked open and Zack stormed into the scene was gun in hand and Lydecker following.
All of this was a blur to Max as Manticore reflexes kicked in and she attacked the nearest member of the TAC team. Max punched, kicked, and took out many of Lydecker's men, but her attempts were futile. There were too many people and the space was too confined.
Suddenly a sharp pain in Max's thigh caused her to stop fighting. She look down and saw a tranquillizer dart stuck in her thigh. Looking up to see who fired the short, she saw a familiar face.
"Zack?" she croaked. He looked so different, so… blank. The usually fire that was in his eyes was gone and was replaced by full gray blankness.
"Don't try speaking to him. He doesn't remember what you look like now. None of them do."
Lydecker. That fucking son of a bitch. Lydecker chuckled as Max struggled to say awake. "What do you mean?" demanded Max.
Lydecker shrugged, " I had their memories wiped of everything but Manticore. All they remember is the nine years before the escape and the months they spent being reindoctrinated."
"They?" Max whispered.
Lydecker smiled, "yes they, they've all been captured… or killed. You are the only one left, or should I say you were the only one left."
Max gasped as the meaning of Lydecker's words struck her… the only one left… the only one.
"Where are they?" asked Max, who was ready to fall asleep from the affects of the dart. She didn't have much time left.
A cruel grin slowly spread across Lydecker's face, "I though you'd never ask. At this very moment Zane and Ben are picked up some friends of yours," he glanced down at a file Max didn't notice he was holding, "Cindy, Kendra, Herbal, and Sketchy, I believe."
The drug was taking its toll on Max, but she managed to scream out, "You bastard! Leave them alone! You got me, what do you want them for?"
Lydecker crept up next to Max and placed his foul face in front of Max's, "Because Max, when you're up against me, the last one standing is the one that falls the hardest. And that includes everyone around you."
Max barely heard this comment as she slipped out of consciousness. Before her eyes closed, Max saw Logan gagged and tied up on the floor along side Joel, and surprisingly Bling, who had all received the same treatment, no doubt compliments of Lydecker's men. White-hot anger flowed through Max's body. She would get him for this. Lydecker would not go unpunished.
Author's notes- Ok I had tons of trouble with this part because I didn't know how I wanted to end, plus I was busy with lacrosse and school and stuff, so I didn't have time.
Please read and review, I would really appreciate that, also if you have any ideas or suggestions they would be most helpful
Ok, on with the fic
"Explain."
She looked at Joel with eyes of fire. Joel knew that if he didn't say something now, his life wouldn't be worth that much. But before he could say anything, he had to choose a side, and what surprised Joel was how quickly he decided to betray Lydecker.
"I'm waiting!" she barked, "or do you need some persuasion?" She lifted her hand as if to strike, and Joel automatically cringed.
"Max!" a man's voice sounded throughout the apartment, and Max whirled around to look at the owner of the voice.
Joel looked past Max to the man who had just entered the room. A 30-year-old man who looked like he hadn't shaved in a couple of days was seated in a wheelchair, and it was evident that he was paralyzed from the waist down. This man had a stern look on his face and his blue eyes were glaring at Max through stylish and obviously very expensive glasses.
"Logan, this guy knows about Manticore, and I'm going to get what he knows, one way or another."
"That's still no reason to beat the shit out of him." Logan countered.
"We'll agree to disagree on that," said Max as she raised her hand once more, "You don't know half of the shit they did to us there. If you did, you wouldn't be questioning why I'm doing this."
Joel decided that now was the best time as any to start talking and gain a small amount of control in this situation. "All right, all right! I'll talk!" Joel yelled.
Max and Logan turned to face Joel and Joel stuttered, looking for a way to begin. "The guy, the, the traitor! He gave you away to Lydecker. He said you worked at Jam Pony," Joel pointed to Max, "and you were Eyes Only," Joel pointed to Logan.
Both Max's and Logan's faces turned completely white at the mention of this information. Joel stopped, fearing that they would faint. Max quickly regained her composure and asked, "Who's the traitor?" Her voice was quiet, cold. Deadly cold.
Joel shivered at the sound, but he was going to continue speaking. He had a feeling that if he stalled any longer Max would snap and so would his neck.
The next sound heard was not Joel's voice, but the unwelcome metal sound of a gun being cocked. Max, Logan and Joel turned around to be greeted by Bling who was wearing a malicious grin and holding a gun pointed in Max's direction.
"Well, well sorry to interrupt this little party here," snickered Bling.
"Bling… how could you?" whispered Logan, who was dealing with a considerable amount of shock. He couldn't believe that his best friend and confident had turned around and betrayed him, And not only him, but Max too. He just couldn't believe it.
"Well Logan, you might have money but I don't, times are hard, everybody has to look out for themselves."
Max decided to enter the conversation at this point by saying, "You know Bling, I could fight you and win, gun or no gun."
Bling smiled evilly, and shivers went through the spines of everybody in the room, "Yes Max, I'm quite aware of that fact. That's why I'm not going to fight you. This was just a distraction, and I dare say, it worked a better than Lydecker or I had expected."
Before Max could ponder the meaning of Bling's words. The glass windows of Logan's penthouse were shattered into a million pieces as a TAC team barged into Logan's apartment. The door was also kicked open and Zack stormed into the scene was gun in hand and Lydecker following.
All of this was a blur to Max as Manticore reflexes kicked in and she attacked the nearest member of the TAC team. Max punched, kicked, and took out many of Lydecker's men, but her attempts were futile. There were too many people and the space was too confined.
Suddenly a sharp pain in Max's thigh caused her to stop fighting. She look down and saw a tranquillizer dart stuck in her thigh. Looking up to see who fired the short, she saw a familiar face.
"Zack?" she croaked. He looked so different, so… blank. The usually fire that was in his eyes was gone and was replaced by full gray blankness.
"Don't try speaking to him. He doesn't remember what you look like now. None of them do."
Lydecker. That fucking son of a bitch. Lydecker chuckled as Max struggled to say awake. "What do you mean?" demanded Max.
Lydecker shrugged, " I had their memories wiped of everything but Manticore. All they remember is the nine years before the escape and the months they spent being reindoctrinated."
"They?" Max whispered.
Lydecker smiled, "yes they, they've all been captured… or killed. You are the only one left, or should I say you were the only one left."
Max gasped as the meaning of Lydecker's words struck her… the only one left… the only one.
"Where are they?" asked Max, who was ready to fall asleep from the affects of the dart. She didn't have much time left.
A cruel grin slowly spread across Lydecker's face, "I though you'd never ask. At this very moment Zane and Ben are picked up some friends of yours," he glanced down at a file Max didn't notice he was holding, "Cindy, Kendra, Herbal, and Sketchy, I believe."
The drug was taking its toll on Max, but she managed to scream out, "You bastard! Leave them alone! You got me, what do you want them for?"
Lydecker crept up next to Max and placed his foul face in front of Max's, "Because Max, when you're up against me, the last one standing is the one that falls the hardest. And that includes everyone around you."
Max barely heard this comment as she slipped out of consciousness. Before her eyes closed, Max saw Logan gagged and tied up on the floor along side Joel, and surprisingly Bling, who had all received the same treatment, no doubt compliments of Lydecker's men. White-hot anger flowed through Max's body. She would get him for this. Lydecker would not go unpunished.