They were on their way to Manticore, ready to fight for Max. Logan had talked to Sera and they had established the hour of when they were going
to be at Manticore. 'She better be truthful, or we all are going to end up dead.' He had thought earlier, when he'd hung up the phone. But something
told him that she was sincere, plus it made sense that a doctor was covering up for Max's seizures back then. Anything he could tell himself
for trusting that woman was good for him at the moment. 'Calm yourself man! Zack told you this Sera was a doc from Manticore and that she always
seemed to be involved with Max more than professionaly.'

Logan looked at his watch, it was 10:45 PM. 'Almost time!' He was in the back seat of his car driven by Original Cindy, and Bella was in the
passenger seat. He looked at the screen of his portable computer, it was Sebastian who was answering his question. Logan had asked him how to break
down the security system of Manticore, because he had been trying to find the code, but without any success so far. 'Damn!' There was a number that
didn't fit in, but Sebastian told him what to do, and he was able to find it. 'Good!' He thought. 'I knew that guy would know exactly what to do.'
He heard Bella take a deep breath.

" Are you having second thoughts Bella?" He asked her, understanding that she could want to step back.

" God no!" She said to Logan. "I'm just wondering if Sophie will be fine with Mrs.Moreno?" 'That old lady don't have all of her
head connections' Bella had thought when she saw her.

"Of course! That woman was so pleased to baby-sit her! Don't worry Bella, she'll be okay."

"Yeah." Bella said fixing a non existant place.

"Don't worry Sugar, that little Pearl of yours will be just fine." Original Cindy told her. "That grandma will take good
care of your Boo!" Bella made a smile to Original Cindy as a thank you, but Original Cindy just looked awkwardly in front of her. 'Damn!
She's hot!'

Logan took a peek behind the Aztec to make sure Zack and Bling were following them, and they were. He breathed from relief. Original Cindy and
Bella looked at each other without saying a word, knowing that he would probably deny publicly all feelings.

When they approached the Manticore electric metal doors, they stoped both cars. It was the only way in, they had decided that a car was less noisy
that an helicopter. Logan taped the secret code in his computer, and a few seconds later, the doors opened without any alarm noise. 'It's working!',
they got in the military territory and he closed the doors behind them. 'Better be careful.'

"Yes!", said Original Cindy to him, "You're the man!" She smiled at him and prepared herself to pushed the accelerator.

Zack got out of Bling's car, he went behind the vehicule and took off the licence plate of both cars and gave them to Logan through the window.

" Better be careful." He said to him, "And after that, I suggest you to change your car, they will get suspicious if everytime Max
is involved there's a silver Pontiac Aztec not far away." Zack looked at Logan as if he was the dumbest guy on earth for not having thought
about it before. 'Sh1t!, Logan said to himself, he's right, I'm the dumbest of all!' Well...

Zack returned in Bling's car and they drove about 10 minutes, slowly, with the lights closed. When they got near the perimeters of the base, they
stoped the cars.

"Showtime!" Original Cindy said. "I would sure have liked to kick some a$$es for my Boo, but Original Cindy's no fighter! Can't even
managed to kill a bug!"

" That's why you'll take care of Bling's car when they'll be gone." Logan said to her, knowing perfectly how she must feel.
"Now lets get our fingers crossed."

Zack and Bling got out of the car with their metal toys. 'Just in case.' Logan thought. 'Right!' They came near them.

"Zack, you have one hour as of now to get into Manticore, and to get out with Max. After that, the alarm system will kick in." Zack looked
at his watch to make sure of the exact time and made an okay sign with his head.

"Fine." He replied to Logan.

" Here's a phone, the red button is directly connected to mine here, the exact moment you have her, you call and we'll come to get you with the
cars. Alright?" 'Please just get her out of there.'

"Check." Zack said like a true soldier.

"Be careful." Logan said to him, surprised of himself. Zack stared at Logan, asking himself if he had just heard right.

" Sure." He replied as if nothing happened. Both of them full of their men egos.

Bella opened the car's door and got out. She took her long blond hair and made it into a pony tail.

"Bella?!" Ordered Logan, knowing that it was a dead end. "You get your butt right in here!" 'I just KNEW she would pull
something like this!'

Zack stared at Bella.
"Look, Bling can take care of himself, plus I showed him a few movements earlier, but you?" He paused, looking at this girl who was
about 30 years old, and who wasn't very tall, about 5"4'. "I can't do my job perfectly if I have to look after you all the time."
Bella stared at him, her arms crossed.

'Oh!oh...' thought Logan, amused by the stubbornness of his cousin, and kind of proud too.

" Let me tell you something Zack. I can kick the a$$es of anyone who's in my way, including yours. I'm a black belt in karate, so don't
toy with me! Am I making myself clear?" Zack stared at this woman who was suddenly ready to kick his a$$ and he
wanted to laugh. 'We'll see about that!', he thought.

"Try me." He defied her. He saw fire pass through her eyes and she started to fight him. She was doing very well, her kicks had great
strength in them, and she had some strategy in her fighting, but Zack knew that of course she couldn't beat an X5. So he grabed her and blocked her
arms behind her tightly. She couldn't move anymore, her face was inches away from his and the way he was smiling at her just made her angrier.
'She's in very good shape.' He thought to himself.

"Your good. It's okay if you want to come with us." Zack said to Bella.

"Then let ME go!" She replied to him. 'What's with him?'

Zack felt suddenly weird and he let her go. "Sorry." He said trying to repress the warm feeling that was
growing inside of him. 'What the hell?!'

" Bella?" Said Logan to his cousin, "Please don't do anything stupid." She looked at him as if to say: 'Me? Do something
stupid? Why would I do that?!' She smiled.

"Good luck Sugar." Said Original Cindy to Bella.

Logan and her looked at the three of them running near the base. Original Cindy turned herself to face Logan.

"Damn! It's sad Bella's straight! She's a lickety chick your cousin!" She said to Logan, who couldn't help himself and laughed
hearing those words.

"Lickety chick!" He repeated, smiling. 'By what I could see, you're not the only one finding Bella lickety!' Logan said to himself
thinking of Zack.

" Yeah,lickety...just like Max?" Original Cindy said, staring at Logan with an half smile. She could see he was blushing through the root of his hair.

"I plea de fifth amendment." He replied seriously.

"Yeah!...You bet!" She said accusing him. "The fifth amendment ...bah!...you only plead that when you know that what you'll say could incriminate you." She
smiled at him, and turned around in her seat, looking through the windshield. 'I hope she's fine.'