Chapter Twenty
Max went the one place she could hope to get answers at. Original Cindy's. Of course, since it was around three in the morning when Max left she wandered around the broken city of Seattle for aimless hours until a more decent hour until she headed over to Cindy's apartment.
Of course, Cindy didn't agree with it being a more decent hour, because what average person, other than those terribly perky freaks of society, morning people, considered six AM a decent hour? "Max?" Cindy said over a big yawn. "What's the matter?"
"Sorry? Did I wake you?"
"Yeah, but that's okay, Boo. Come on in before I freeze."
Max walked in as Cindy plopped down on the couch, stretching her legs out onto the coffee table in front of her. "So, what's up, boo?"
Max related the whole story, everything from her flashbacks to dragging Logan back to bed. For some reason or another, Max left out the parts about Logan being Eyes-Only. For some reason, she felt it was best to leave that part out.
Cindy followed along with the story, her brows rising at the story of what happened in the alley the night before. She mumbled something about defenestrating her assaulters, but Max assured her that whatever defenestration might be, Max had done something equally painful to them.
"So, what can Original Cindy do to help you out?" Cindy asked as she made them both cups coffee an hour later.
Before Max could answer, the phone rang. Cindy grabbed it, and with her trademark attitude, "Yeah?" She asked.
"Original Cindy, its Logan. Have you seen Max? She's seemed to disappear and I'm worried."
Cindy covered the mouthpiece with her hand. "It's Logan. He's looking for you. Are you here?" She whispered.
Max shook her head and whispered back. "I'm not ready to deal with him yet."
"No, she's not here. Did you check Kendra's?"
"Yeah, I did." Logan said with some annoyance. "She doesn't seem to be anywhere. Call me if you hear from her." Then he swiftly hung up before Cindy could reply. "Well screw you too, Roller Boy." She muttered as she put down the phone.
"That's another thing! In these…flashback…dream things I have been having, one minute Logan is up and walking, then he is in a wheel chair, and in one he has a cane. Now he is walking again. What is going on?"
"Shortly after you guys met," Cindy began. "He was shot, from what I knew he shattered his spine. About three months after that, you fed me some story about it only being temporary paralysis because he was up and walking again, but then he relapsed, and was back in the chair for like a month. You and him went to Japan for like three weeks to see some specialist. At the time I thought I was some cover story so ya'll could go bang the gong, but when he came back walking I lost ten bucks to Sketchy."
Max had to laugh. "Ok then, I guess you shouldn't be betting against me. I hear I was pretty unpredictable."
"Actually, you weren't. It was always 'Logan and I are just friends.' But then he'd be paging you all the time and then you had some piece of paper that he gave you that you kept with you, in your pocket or in your bag, at all times. Just friends my ass, I lost ten bucks because I couldn't prove it."
Eyes. Forever dark.
Somebody's Angel.
"Huh?" Cindy asked. Max was mumbling something about 'eyes' and 'angels' for no particular reason.
"Nothing." Max said quickly. "Listen, I better get back to Logan's before he calls out the Gestapo on me."
"Aiight, boo. I've got to be getting to work myself." Cindy glanced down at her watch. "If I leave soon, Original Cindy will only be an hour and a half late."
Max laughed as she pulled back on her coat. "Listen, I've been meaning to tell you, I am thinking about coming back to work. I'm going absolutely stir crazy in Logan's place."
"That's cool, you were always the master at getting your job back form Normal whenever he fired you, so it shouldn't be a problem. You going to move back in here soon or are you liking the tower to much to get out. I know if I was living there, they wouldn't be able to get me out with a pipe bomb."
"Nah, I do think I am going to come back here soon." Max said easily as she walked to the door. "I'll call you later if anything happens." She said as she brushed out of the door.