The next day again, an outdoor market, Seattle, Washington

Liz walked shakily, holding her daughter's hand tightly, and glancing to Max, as he stood by her other side, from time to time. Michael, Isabel and Tess walked behind them, staying close to each other at all times. All had the same thing on their mind mostly. Would he hold his promise? Or would he double-cross them? They also prayed they would get to see their families again. As they let these thoughts flow, and tried desperately to avoid them, they saw Lydecker arrive. Of course, he wasn't alone. There were some men with him, two of which Max recognized as the men she'd fought a few nights before.


Finally, they stood only about two feet apart. Liz was shaking a bit, but tried to hide it, while her daughter was attempting to keep herself from jumping forward and ripping Lydecker's eyes out.

"Well hello," he said, "Nice little family reunion."

"Listen very carefully, Lydecker," said Max through gritted teeth, "You have seen her now, she's fine. So you're gonna leave her alone." Behind them, Tess shut her eyes and concentrated on the four men that stood before them.

"Well I don't know, I mean..." started Lydecker, before getting a faraway look on his face, as did the three men behind him.


"It's working," said Michael as he picked up Tess, who was still concentrating.

"Let's go," said Isabel. All of them began running in the other way.

"Are you sure this is gonna work?" asked Max as she ran next to her mother.

"I guess we'll find out in a second," said Max, as he and the others rounded a corner. Michael put Tess down and shortly after, she opened her eyes. Max looked to her mother, then peered around the corner. The men stood kind of confused.

"What are we doing here?" she heard Lydecker say. Soon, they walked back the way they'd come.

"I'd say it worked," she said with a smile as she turned back to the group, "Good job." All smiled, and they started heading back to Logan's.

*

A week later, bus depot

Michael, Isabel and Tess went aboard, as Max stood a few feet behind Liz and her daughter. The two women hugged for a few seconds. When she pulled back, Liz saw they were both crying.

"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" she asked. She looked back to Logan, who was waiting in the car, deep in thought. She smiled.

"Yeah, I'm sure. My life is here. But that doesn't mean we won't stay in contact. In fact, if you don't call as soon as you get home, I'll..."

"Alright, alright, I get it," said Liz with a small laugh. They smiled and after a last hug, Liz let go.

"Bye mom," said Max.

"Bye honey," said Liz. Liz turned and walked to Max, and he took her hand as they went to the bus.


When they were gone, Max walked back to Logan's car. "Um... wonder what our dear Mr. Cale is thinking about," she said with a grin.

"What?" said Logan, snapping out of his thoughts. Max couldn't hold herself any longer and she burst into laughter. "What?" asked Logan confused.

"Let's go," she said still laughing, "I think you and I need to have a little chat." He smiled to her and they drove away.