Escape and Evade

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me, except this story, that I'll probably deny I wrote later on. Everything belongs to Charles Eglee, James Cameron, and all those other annoying people who think they can kill Zack off.
Rating: R (language and eventually some m/z encounters *wink, wink* but if you watch the show it's not that big of a deal)

A/N: Sorry this took a while, I've been busy hanging out with William Gregory Lee (or maybe that was a dream...). Anyway, I'm kinda just making this up as I go along so bear with me...



My eyes snapped open the next morning, not fully remembering where I was, or who's arms and legs were intertwined with my own. Slowly, last night's events came back to me as I looked around the hotel room. Clothes had been thrown around haphazardly, and Zack's shirt was hanging from the lampshade. I sighed and closed my eyes. If I hadn't known better, I would've sworn I'd been up all night battling about twenty reds.

I carefully slipped out of Zack's arms, and tentatively stood beside the bed, testing my stability. I silently cursed Zack as pain surged up my leg. Hobbling over to the bathroom, I eyed several bite marks near my neck and sighed loudly. I kicked the bathroom door closed and took another ludicrously long shower; the lukewarm water easing the pain in my aching body. All this and I wasn't even in heat...

Walking out of the bathroom in a ridiculously small towel, I slid on my clothes. I cringed at the black uniform, and briefly considered getting some clothes, before realizing we had no money. Paying for the hotel wouldn't be a problem; thank God for fire escapes. Zack was still asleep, and I sat beside him on the edge of the bed, running my hand through his tousled hair. He'd want to get moving, but I felt bad about waking him. It wasn't common to see Zack looking so peaceful. He looked like a normal guy, that had a normal childhood. If he was a normal guy, you wouldn't be in love with him. Wake him up already.

"Zack..." I murmured near his ear. He grunted, and his eyes opened abruptly. He shot up to a sitting position sharply, his head narrowly avoiding my chin as he rose. When he saw me, he visibly relaxed and collapsed back onto the bed with a loud groan.

"Morning Maxie..." He greeted me, examining some scratch marks on his chest. His eyes widened in realization, and he turned to exchange a mischievous grin with me. "So it wasn't a dream..."

"Nope." I snickered, watching a rare smile cross his face. He was gradually getting used to showing more emotions. All of the sudden his forehead wrinkled in suspicion, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Are you in heat?" He demanded worriedly.

"Ok, didn't I tell you I loved you for the first time a few days ago? I could've sworn you were there too..." I laughed.

"Right...this just seems so crazy. I've been waiting for this, and now that it's happening...it's going to take some getting used to I guess." He explained, smile having returned.

An hour or so later, Zack and I were moving down the fire escapes again. We had no trouble sneaking out of the hotel, and moving our way to its parking lot. I watched for onlookers as Zack hot-wired a black pickup truck. Moments later, we were driving down some highway, talking casually. It was nice not having to talk about whatever mission we were on, or bickering about one thing or another.

"Zack...where exactly are we going?" I asked curiously.

"Seattle." He returned, eyes still locked on the road.

"You're letting me go back?" I questioned surprisedly.

"We need to see him." He stated reluctantly. He wouldn't admit needing someone's help unless he really found it necessary. Male pride was not my area of expertise, but I'd spent enough time with Zack to know he had quite an ego. I figured he was talking about Logan, by his cold tone.

"Logan?"

"You told me Krit and Syl are still with him...we need to find out what the situation is. I take it that Logan wouldn't want to carry on a telephone conversation with either of us right now, so we're going to have to drop by. We might have to relocate Krit and Syl too, we have no idea what they're still doing with him. Besides, you need to get money, clothes, your motorcycle...and anything else you need." He explained.

"What for?" I demanded, prepared to fight him on relocation. There's no way he's going to make me leave all my friends, and just ditch me.

"You're coming with me. We still need to check in on the others, make sure there aren't any emergencies we need to take care of....I'm not leaving you with Logan, and I'm not going to be alone again." He said firmly, but his hard expression softened as he glanced over at me to see my reaction.

"You know Original Cindy's going to kill you right?" I informed him. He smiled slightly at my indirect acceptance of his offer.

"I think I can take her out."

"Yeah, but you might get bitch-slapped a couple of times in the process." I laughed. He chuckled briefly and turned back to the road. "So how long will it take to get back to Seattle?" I asked after a while of driving in comfortable silence.

"A couple days, probably around three. Personally, I'm not in that big of a big of a hurry." He answered, and grabbed my hand.

After hours of driving in the darkness, Zack pulled off the highway, and found a hotel. It actually didn't look too bad; well, compared to the last one at least. As he parked the car, I suddenly felt my face flush. While walking through the lot to the lobby, I slid off the heavy black jacket of my uniform. It had suddenly gotten so hot. I groaned in realization as I saw Zack shivering slightly.

I knew I was in heat, and I began to stare at Zack in anticipation. Licking my lips, I watched his muscles flex as he opened the door to the lobby for me. His eyes met mine in slight confusion. That's when the heat completely overtook me, and I slammed Zack against the front desk. I bit his lip roughly as I ripped the front of his shirt open. As I began to attack his chest and unbutton his pants, Zack grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me back. He was breathing heavily and swallowing hard.

"Can I help you?" I completely bewildered man asked. She had been sitting at the desk, observing the spectacle in shock.

"Sure." I purred, and Zack had to wrap his arm tightly around my waist to stop me from pouncing on the guy.

"A room." Zack said meekly, as one of my wandered hands ran its nails lightly across his back. "Hurry the fuck up!" He growled. The man hadn't even moved. "Do you want me to snap your fucking neck?" Zack demanded as I attempted to unzip his fly.

The man suddenly snapped out of his stupor and tossed Zack the keys, rambling off the room number. I grabbed Zack's wrist and practically carried him through the halls as I ran to the room. He unlocked the door and pushed it closed with his shoulder and I threw him to the bed....



A/N: Well anyway, I'm stopping here cause this is already like three pages long, and that's when I normally stop. I actually know some of the things I'm going to put in the next chapter; roughly anyway. I had to make Max go into heat, I know it has been overdone, but I couldn't help it. I think there's probably going to be 2-3 chapters left since I have no idea how I'm going to end this. For the first time, I'm actually going to start typing up the next chapter now, instead of a few hours before I post it. You know how it goes, I write when you review. Sorry if some of the chapters after this aren't up as soon, I have to babysit all day and I'll only be home @ night. L8r. GCPunkerGirlE87@hotmail.com