Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Dark Angel, but Alex is mine, so don't take her!
Spoilers: Minor ones for all up to 'Hit A Sista Back'. And let's pretend that Max's transfusion cured Logan with no side effects, ok? Also, nothing after HASB happened :-)
Author's Note: I got a lot of people asking Max not to leave Seattle. Well, Max is, but I promise this story will end up with a happy ending and probably a sequel too!
Thanks to AJQuest, Dark_Wolf, goldapple57, a fan, Silverstar1013, lily, Supp, Ashley and Sebastian's Girl for reviewing!
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" So when do we leave Zach?" Max asked quietly when they came out of the computer room.
" You're coming?" Zach asked, delighted.
" That's kind of what I meant when I asked when do we leave," Max threw a smart-ass comment at him.
" As soon as possible," Zach said, " we should probably leave in a few hours."
Max bit her lip, " Can we leave first thing in the morning instead?"
Zach shook his head; " Lydecker could already find us by then. We have to leave ASAP."
" Um, I already planted a decoy in Southern California to throw Lydecker off course. It should buy us a day or two," Logan spoke up.
Max grinned up at him, " So that's what you were doing in there," she gave him a peck on the cheek.
Logan smiled back at her and told Zach, " So you guys can still stay here for at least another 24 hours before he catches up."
Zach shot him a death-glare and said through gritted teeth, " Max, why would you need 24 hours?"
" I need to say goodbye to my friends," Max said quietly, " And I want one more night with Logan."
Zach narrowed his eyes at an unsuspecting Logan. " Fine. Max, *if you must* stay here for another night, we will."
" I want to," Max said quickly, her eyes not leaving Logan's for even a second.
" Lexie, you better go back to your apartment to get your stuff," Logan said.
" Yeah, Logan and I have some business to attend to," Max quickly added, raising an eyebrow at Logan and gave him a devilish smile. " Zach, why don't you go with her?"
" Nah, that's ok, I'll hang out here, Alex is a big girl."
Max gave him a quick glare and said, " I SAID, why don't you go with her?"
" Yeah, you better Zach, let's go," Alex said, tugging on his sleeve.
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" Alex, they're going to 'get busy' again!" Zach hissed, " If they keep on doing this, Max will never leave Seattle!"
Alex hoisted Zach's motorcycle in the back of her SUV, " I know my brother well enough, even if Max didn't want to leave him, he'll make her go. He always does the right thing."
" Yeah, well, if he always does the right thing, he should have let her go a long time ago and NOT screw her," Zach said, climbing into the front passenger seat beside Alex.
" Stop your stupid jealousy," Alex snapped as she started up the car, " When are you ever going to get it through that thick head of yours? Even if Max had never met Logan, she wouldn't have started a relationship with you anyways. She's always thought of you as her big brother, she's never had those kinds of feelings for you."
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Logan and Max were making out like 2 wild teenagers in the living room when Max pulled away, " You know, we should save the sex for tonight. Don't wanna wear you out."
Logan grinned and said, " I don't mind being worn out by you."
" But I do," Max said cheekily, " I want my last night with you to be one I'll remember forever."
Logan kissed her and then he became more serious and asked, " What are you going to tell your friends?"
Max sighed, " I'm going to tell Cindy that I have to leave, Lydecker's closing on in me. She'll think of something to tell Kendra. Can you promise me something?"
" Anything," Logan whispered.
" Take care of my boo for me," Max sniffed, " Make sure Lydecker doesn't get her, ok?"
" You don't have to ask me to do that Max, I already know that," Logan said, pulling Max close to him, " I'll keep an eye on the entire gang. If Lydecker moves in too closely to any of them, I'll make sure they stay safe."
" Thanks Logan."
" No problem. Come here," Logan said, pulling her hand, " I got something for you."
" What is it?"
" If I tell you, it won't be a surprise anymore," he smiled. They went into his computer room and Logan pulled out a box from a drawer, " Here. This is my anniversary present to you. We never go to it last night."
Max laughed and said, " I'll say." She opened the box and pulled out the first thing she saw, a CD. " It's a bunch of pre-pulse songs we both like."
Logan nodded, " Yeah."
Max smiled slightly, " 'My Everything' is on it."
Logan smiled back, " It's my favorite of them all."
" Mine too," she said, looking up at him, " I'm going to miss you."
" I'm going to miss you too," he said, taking her hand, " look through the rest of the stuff."
" Ok," she said, setting the box down on the table. She pulled out a framed picture of her and Logan. " The charity ball picture," Max whispered, a sense of longing in her voice.
" Yeah," Logan said. It had been the first formal gathering they had gone to as a couple and Logan had wanted to capture the moment, so Bling took a picture for them. He positioned them in front of the window. Logan was behind Max with his arms wrapped around her, his cheek on the side of her head. Max was leaned back comfortably against Logan and they both looked incredibly blissful.
Max gave a small laugh, " Remember we were so nervous that night we could barely get ready on time?"
Logan laughed, " You were on the verge of a nervous breakdown because your hair wouldn't co-operate."
" Hey! That's the price of having a genetically engineered killing machine as your date."
Logan turned his head sharply at that and said, " Max, I don't want you to refer to yourself as a genetically engineered killing machine or a soldier or a Chimera ever again. You're not any of those. You're a human being."
Max scoffed, " Yeah, right. I'm not your everyday, average human being and you know it. I'm a solder, always on the run."
Logan gathered her up in his arms, " No you're not. You're Max. My Max, my beloved and most of all, my everything."
He held Max for a while longer and then Max said, " Thank you."
" What for?"
" For reminding me that there's more to me than being a soldier."
" There is. Way more," Logan looked into her eyes. For a moment, neither of them said a thing, only gazing into each other eyes for comfort. Logan broke the spell, " Why don't take a look at what else I got you?"
" Ok," Max said, her voice breaking slightly. She took out a leather bound notebook and read the first page. She looked up, " Logan, is this your…?"
Logan nodded, " Yeah."
She held it out to him, " I can't take it. I know how much your poetry book means to you."
Logan shook his head; " This isn't my poetry book anymore. It's yours. In it is every poem I've ever written about you. Since you always seem to want to read them," Max had sheepish smile on her face at that, " I decided to put together a book just for you."
She read a few pages and came across "Forever Eyes." She looked up, surprised and asked, " How did you…?"
Logan gave a sly smile, " I knew you took it. I rewrote it. I think it's pretty damn close to the original one, right?"
" Yeah," Max said with a soft smile. She shut it and stood on her tiptoes and gave Logan a thank-you kiss. " Thank you Logan. I love it. You don't mind if I take this along with me, do you?"
Logan shook his head, " No, go ahead."
" Thanks. It'll help," she smiled. She went through the rest of the box and came up with cherry lip balm ("I know how much you like that stuff"), a copy of 'Romeo and Juliet' ("We spent a lot of time reading that, didn't we?") and a new lock-pick kit.
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" Come on Alex, how much crap do you need?" Zach asked impatiently.
" Sorry if I've become accustomed to owning a lot of stuff! This is really hard for me, leaving all this behind!" Alex snapped.
" Look, I already told you. We'll be going on foot for a while, so pack lightly! One duffle bag or backpack, that's the limit!"
Alex groaned and said, " Fine. I'm going to go change."
" Why? What you're wearing is perfectly fine!"
Alex glared at him, " This is one of my favorite outfits. I'm not going to get it ruined. Logan said that when things die down completely, he'd come join us wherever we are. I'm going to bring some stuff over to his place so he can give them back to me later."
" LOGAN'S JOINING UP WITH US?" Zach bellowed.
" Yeah," Alex said, pretending not to notice Zach's sudden rage, " Don't blow a gasket."
" Do you realize what a threat to our safety he is?"
" Look, Max would never leave Seattle if she didn't know that she and Logan would one day meet up, no matter what Logan says. Even if Logan threw her out of their house, she still wouldn't leave Seattle unless they made up and would reunite one day. This is for the best," Alex said.
" No it isn't!"
" Fine, it might not be the best, but it's the second best and the one that works the best. So shut up and wait for me."
Alex quickly changed in the washroom. " Ok, I can live without my blow dryer and curling iron," she muttered once she came out of the washroom, " Should I bring along my make up? Yes."
Alex threw the things she needed the most into a duffel bag and said, " Ok, let's go back. Think they'll be done with their 'business'?"
" We gave them nearly 2 hours," Zach growled, " Let's go."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Alex called out, thinking it was Original Cindy or Kendra; " It's open!"
The door opened and the person that walked in was not Cindy or Kendra. It was someone Alex had not seen for a very long time.
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A/N: Dun, dun, DUN!! I am sooo cruel for leaving you hanging like that, aren't I? *angel_gurl grins evilly* If enough people review, I'll post the next chapter ASAP :-)
Spoilers: Minor ones for all up to 'Hit A Sista Back'. And let's pretend that Max's transfusion cured Logan with no side effects, ok? Also, nothing after HASB happened :-)
Author's Note: I got a lot of people asking Max not to leave Seattle. Well, Max is, but I promise this story will end up with a happy ending and probably a sequel too!
Thanks to AJQuest, Dark_Wolf, goldapple57, a fan, Silverstar1013, lily, Supp, Ashley and Sebastian's Girl for reviewing!
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" So when do we leave Zach?" Max asked quietly when they came out of the computer room.
" You're coming?" Zach asked, delighted.
" That's kind of what I meant when I asked when do we leave," Max threw a smart-ass comment at him.
" As soon as possible," Zach said, " we should probably leave in a few hours."
Max bit her lip, " Can we leave first thing in the morning instead?"
Zach shook his head; " Lydecker could already find us by then. We have to leave ASAP."
" Um, I already planted a decoy in Southern California to throw Lydecker off course. It should buy us a day or two," Logan spoke up.
Max grinned up at him, " So that's what you were doing in there," she gave him a peck on the cheek.
Logan smiled back at her and told Zach, " So you guys can still stay here for at least another 24 hours before he catches up."
Zach shot him a death-glare and said through gritted teeth, " Max, why would you need 24 hours?"
" I need to say goodbye to my friends," Max said quietly, " And I want one more night with Logan."
Zach narrowed his eyes at an unsuspecting Logan. " Fine. Max, *if you must* stay here for another night, we will."
" I want to," Max said quickly, her eyes not leaving Logan's for even a second.
" Lexie, you better go back to your apartment to get your stuff," Logan said.
" Yeah, Logan and I have some business to attend to," Max quickly added, raising an eyebrow at Logan and gave him a devilish smile. " Zach, why don't you go with her?"
" Nah, that's ok, I'll hang out here, Alex is a big girl."
Max gave him a quick glare and said, " I SAID, why don't you go with her?"
" Yeah, you better Zach, let's go," Alex said, tugging on his sleeve.
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" Alex, they're going to 'get busy' again!" Zach hissed, " If they keep on doing this, Max will never leave Seattle!"
Alex hoisted Zach's motorcycle in the back of her SUV, " I know my brother well enough, even if Max didn't want to leave him, he'll make her go. He always does the right thing."
" Yeah, well, if he always does the right thing, he should have let her go a long time ago and NOT screw her," Zach said, climbing into the front passenger seat beside Alex.
" Stop your stupid jealousy," Alex snapped as she started up the car, " When are you ever going to get it through that thick head of yours? Even if Max had never met Logan, she wouldn't have started a relationship with you anyways. She's always thought of you as her big brother, she's never had those kinds of feelings for you."
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Logan and Max were making out like 2 wild teenagers in the living room when Max pulled away, " You know, we should save the sex for tonight. Don't wanna wear you out."
Logan grinned and said, " I don't mind being worn out by you."
" But I do," Max said cheekily, " I want my last night with you to be one I'll remember forever."
Logan kissed her and then he became more serious and asked, " What are you going to tell your friends?"
Max sighed, " I'm going to tell Cindy that I have to leave, Lydecker's closing on in me. She'll think of something to tell Kendra. Can you promise me something?"
" Anything," Logan whispered.
" Take care of my boo for me," Max sniffed, " Make sure Lydecker doesn't get her, ok?"
" You don't have to ask me to do that Max, I already know that," Logan said, pulling Max close to him, " I'll keep an eye on the entire gang. If Lydecker moves in too closely to any of them, I'll make sure they stay safe."
" Thanks Logan."
" No problem. Come here," Logan said, pulling her hand, " I got something for you."
" What is it?"
" If I tell you, it won't be a surprise anymore," he smiled. They went into his computer room and Logan pulled out a box from a drawer, " Here. This is my anniversary present to you. We never go to it last night."
Max laughed and said, " I'll say." She opened the box and pulled out the first thing she saw, a CD. " It's a bunch of pre-pulse songs we both like."
Logan nodded, " Yeah."
Max smiled slightly, " 'My Everything' is on it."
Logan smiled back, " It's my favorite of them all."
" Mine too," she said, looking up at him, " I'm going to miss you."
" I'm going to miss you too," he said, taking her hand, " look through the rest of the stuff."
" Ok," she said, setting the box down on the table. She pulled out a framed picture of her and Logan. " The charity ball picture," Max whispered, a sense of longing in her voice.
" Yeah," Logan said. It had been the first formal gathering they had gone to as a couple and Logan had wanted to capture the moment, so Bling took a picture for them. He positioned them in front of the window. Logan was behind Max with his arms wrapped around her, his cheek on the side of her head. Max was leaned back comfortably against Logan and they both looked incredibly blissful.
Max gave a small laugh, " Remember we were so nervous that night we could barely get ready on time?"
Logan laughed, " You were on the verge of a nervous breakdown because your hair wouldn't co-operate."
" Hey! That's the price of having a genetically engineered killing machine as your date."
Logan turned his head sharply at that and said, " Max, I don't want you to refer to yourself as a genetically engineered killing machine or a soldier or a Chimera ever again. You're not any of those. You're a human being."
Max scoffed, " Yeah, right. I'm not your everyday, average human being and you know it. I'm a solder, always on the run."
Logan gathered her up in his arms, " No you're not. You're Max. My Max, my beloved and most of all, my everything."
He held Max for a while longer and then Max said, " Thank you."
" What for?"
" For reminding me that there's more to me than being a soldier."
" There is. Way more," Logan looked into her eyes. For a moment, neither of them said a thing, only gazing into each other eyes for comfort. Logan broke the spell, " Why don't take a look at what else I got you?"
" Ok," Max said, her voice breaking slightly. She took out a leather bound notebook and read the first page. She looked up, " Logan, is this your…?"
Logan nodded, " Yeah."
She held it out to him, " I can't take it. I know how much your poetry book means to you."
Logan shook his head; " This isn't my poetry book anymore. It's yours. In it is every poem I've ever written about you. Since you always seem to want to read them," Max had sheepish smile on her face at that, " I decided to put together a book just for you."
She read a few pages and came across "Forever Eyes." She looked up, surprised and asked, " How did you…?"
Logan gave a sly smile, " I knew you took it. I rewrote it. I think it's pretty damn close to the original one, right?"
" Yeah," Max said with a soft smile. She shut it and stood on her tiptoes and gave Logan a thank-you kiss. " Thank you Logan. I love it. You don't mind if I take this along with me, do you?"
Logan shook his head, " No, go ahead."
" Thanks. It'll help," she smiled. She went through the rest of the box and came up with cherry lip balm ("I know how much you like that stuff"), a copy of 'Romeo and Juliet' ("We spent a lot of time reading that, didn't we?") and a new lock-pick kit.
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" Come on Alex, how much crap do you need?" Zach asked impatiently.
" Sorry if I've become accustomed to owning a lot of stuff! This is really hard for me, leaving all this behind!" Alex snapped.
" Look, I already told you. We'll be going on foot for a while, so pack lightly! One duffle bag or backpack, that's the limit!"
Alex groaned and said, " Fine. I'm going to go change."
" Why? What you're wearing is perfectly fine!"
Alex glared at him, " This is one of my favorite outfits. I'm not going to get it ruined. Logan said that when things die down completely, he'd come join us wherever we are. I'm going to bring some stuff over to his place so he can give them back to me later."
" LOGAN'S JOINING UP WITH US?" Zach bellowed.
" Yeah," Alex said, pretending not to notice Zach's sudden rage, " Don't blow a gasket."
" Do you realize what a threat to our safety he is?"
" Look, Max would never leave Seattle if she didn't know that she and Logan would one day meet up, no matter what Logan says. Even if Logan threw her out of their house, she still wouldn't leave Seattle unless they made up and would reunite one day. This is for the best," Alex said.
" No it isn't!"
" Fine, it might not be the best, but it's the second best and the one that works the best. So shut up and wait for me."
Alex quickly changed in the washroom. " Ok, I can live without my blow dryer and curling iron," she muttered once she came out of the washroom, " Should I bring along my make up? Yes."
Alex threw the things she needed the most into a duffel bag and said, " Ok, let's go back. Think they'll be done with their 'business'?"
" We gave them nearly 2 hours," Zach growled, " Let's go."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Alex called out, thinking it was Original Cindy or Kendra; " It's open!"
The door opened and the person that walked in was not Cindy or Kendra. It was someone Alex had not seen for a very long time.
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A/N: Dun, dun, DUN!! I am sooo cruel for leaving you hanging like that, aren't I? *angel_gurl grins evilly* If enough people review, I'll post the next chapter ASAP :-)