Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, though I wouldn't mind owning a certain cyberjournalist. ;) The characters from the series all belong to Cameron, Eglee and whoever else works with them.

A/N: I hope you like this. It took me a little longer to come up with this than I intended. The point of views are kind of messed up, if it's hard to follow, I'm sorry. I know there are those of you out there that do not like cliffhangers. I'm sorry about that as well. There will actually be another part added to this. I think I will leave it at a trilogy though. I don't do never-ending stories, though I did think that movie was pretty good... Probably nobody reads the notes anyway so I will stop blabbing and start writing. Enjoy. (I just liked the word, I hope by saying that I am in no way supporting Coca-Cola. Pepsi is better!!!)

Freedom?

Part 2

"Hey Bling, did Max call while I was out?" Logan asked worriedly, walking through the door to his penthouse after his visit to the market.

"Nope. You must really be worried. She left two days ago, man. Maybe she got caught up after meeting him and forgot to call. Just give her some time." A look of concern spread across his face for his friend.

Logan sighed. 'Something must be wrong. She would have called. This doesn't seem right to me.'

"I'm going after her, call it intuition but I sense something is very wrong."

"No you're not," Bling countered. "You think I'm going to let you go down there and mess her up? What if she's just having a leisurely chat with whoever she met down there? Why can't you just accept that maybe she forgot to call?" But even though he said it, he didn't believe himself.

"I'm going whether you want me to or not!"

"I guess there's no stopping you then," Bling said in dismay.
--

Logan left in his gray Pontiac Aztec to search for Max. He hadn't been able to contact her at all. 'This isn't like her at all. She always returns my calls...except when she's really mad at me, but she wasn't when she left so I don't see why she would be now. What if something went really wrong, like she was captured? No, that couldn't have happened, she's too careful for that kind of thing. And she wouldn't start trusting whoever she met right off the bat, she didn't with me. If something bad happened to her, what would I be able to do to help? Maybe I should have taken Bling with me, or called Zack...wait a sec, guy, don't even think that name!! You know how much we despise eachother. If I get down there and realize she's in trouble then I'll call someone and have them come help me rescue her, if I can't do it on my own.'

When he arrived at the check point a day and a half later to enter Arizona he got out his picture of Max.

"Have you seen this woman?" He asked the policeman there.

"She looks familiar," the man said obviously trying to pinpoint where he had seen her from. "I believe she said something about going to find someone she hadn't seen for a while. She said he lived up the road about 10 miles or so."

"Thank you, sir," Logan replied, pasting on a smile.

--

"Sir he came after her. He will be there in about 10 minutes." The policeman said into his walkie-talkie.

"We'll be ready for him," Lydecker replied.

--

'Why would Max give out information like that to someone she didn't even know? They didn't ask me where I was headed or what my purpose for being in this state was, but then, I guess I was a bit abrupt in asking about Max. She barely tells her friends where she is going, what would possess her to tell someone she had never before seen?'

His thoughts were momentarily silenced as he pulled into a motel parking lot off the highway where he saw Max's motorcycle.

'That's odd, I thought she would be out looking for her brother during the day.' He looked at his watch, 5:30. 'Maybe she has stopped for the day.'

He stepped out of the car and closed the door. He stood a few moments enjoying the sun's warmth. 'So this is what the sun feels like.' He chuckled to himself as he walked into the motel.

"Could you tell me which room this woman is staying in please?" He asked politely, producing Max's picture to the lady at the desk.

The lady looked down at her papers, looked back up at him and replied, "Room 11."

"Thanks," he said as he left the room and looked around for number 11.

"Ah, there it is." He walked up to the door and knocked three times. The door opened and there stood a man who looked quite familiar. 'No way!!' His face suddenly went from warm smile to pure terror.

"You must be Logan," the man said expectantly.

A couple of men grabbed him and escorted him forcefully into the motel room.

"This was all a set-up?" Logan asked accusingly. His question lay unanswered. He looked around the room. Nothing seemed out of place, but then, he had never been there before. Anything could be a sign.

"Where is she? I know you have her!" Logan said angrily.

--

'Logan, Logan, I need you. Why did you let me come here? Would I have listened if you had told me not to come? I can hear you saying something in the distance. But I don't know where you are. I don't even know where I am. Why did you follow me? I know you would only come if you thought I was in trouble. Dod you bring help with you, or did you think you could save me on your own? Why do you care so much Logan? Didn't you know that it would someday get you caught?'

--

"How did you know my name? I'm not aware that we've formally introduced." I began.

"We haven't, she mentioned your name while she was sleeping."

"I knew you had her! Where is she? I thought she didn't sleep."

"I would let you join her, but I don't think either of you would enjoy that at the moment. For the record, even my perfect little soldiers need their rest." He replied, the wickedness crossed his face before he returned to all seriousness.

"You didn't," It was more of a plea than a statement. I'm sure he knew that I feared the worst.

"Oh you can be sure that I did!" With that, Lydecker's men escorted Logan to the chair seated in the corner and knocked him out.

--

THE NEXT DAY

Bling was doing a bit of cleaning up around Logan's penthouse when he heard a light knock on the door. He walked on over to receive the caller.

"Do I know you?" Bling asked the man when he opened the door.

"You might not, but Logan and Max do. I'm Zack. Have you seen Max around lately? I need to talk to her, it's urgent."

"Sorry, Max left for Arizona about four days ago and when she didn't call, Logan left after her. That was a couple of days ago."

"I knew I should have come here as soon as I got that information. How could I have been stupid enough not to? I knew he would tell her about that when he found it." Zack muttered walking into the living room.

"Yo, man. Slow down a bit. You knew about this? Is something wrong?"

"Lydecker set up a trap down in Arizona. He wanted to lure us down there to capture us. I've got an idea on how to get her out. I'll be back in an hour." He left a very confused and worried Bling as he set off on his mission.

--

As the former employee walked into the Jam Pony office he heard the familiar screeching of Normal and was reminded that there was another reason that he had left Seattle. He spotted Original Cindy and decided that she needed to know.

"Hey Cindy!"

"What the hell are you doing here? Whenever you show up there's trouble!"

"There is now too. Come on, I need your help. Could you meet me at Logan's after you get off work?"

"And why should I trust you? So far, all you've caused people around here is grief."

"Well, if you help me I may be able to cause happiness. Max is in trouble and I need your help. Are you going to or not?"

"Fine, but it better not be as crazy as those psychopathic killers that I had to deal with last time. I'll see you in a couple hours."

When Zack left, she began to wonder what was so important that her boo was in trouble and they needed HER help.

--

After work Original made her way over to Logan's place. When she arrived, she found Bling sitting on the couch looking very distressed.

"Hey!"

Bling looked up. "Sorry, I didn't hear you come in, I must have left the door unlocked."

"Don't worry about it. What's wrong? It can't be that bad."

"Zack won't tell me anything. You can't even begin to imagine the extent of my thoughts right now. I am fearing the worst. I expect at the very least Max is back at Manticore."

As he finished his sentence, Zack walked in.

"Here's the plan, I imagine that Lydecker has taken them to Manticore by now. We are going to have to go over there and get them. I would have contacted one of the others but I don't want to put them at risk."

They went over the plans and went on their way.