Disclaimer: The reference about Utopia were taken from the film Ever After with Drew Barrymore and Douray Scott, I didn't come up with that, of course, I'd like to but I didn't. The introduction of a new character in this Fan Fiction belongs to Dark Angel's James Cameron and Co.

Act 9: Old Friend

[Following morning]

Church

Logan: [Sits down in the confessional booth and does the sign of the cross] Bless me father for I have sinned. It has been...uh...a long time since my last confession.

Father Destry: [Voice sounding familiar and out of nowhere he says...] You're a thief.?

[Quoting Thomas Moore]

Logan: "A servant is not a thief Father and those who are cannot help themselves."

Father Destry: Well then, enlighten me.

Logan: "If you suffer your people to be ill-educated and their manners corrupted from infancy, and to punish them for those crimes for which their first lives disposed them, what else is there to conclude, Father, is that you first make thieves and then punish them."

Father Destry: Utopia? [Referring to the book by Thomas Moore]

Logan: Did you expect anything less?

Father Destry: There's no other person I know who can quote Thomas Moore as passionately as you can. Well, hello old friend.

Logan: Father Destry.

Father Destry: It's been a while.

Logan: An eternity.

[They step outside the confessional, no one was around. It gave the two of them a chance to catch up]

Father Destry: [Looks at Logan for the first time in 10 years] You haven't changed...well...maybe except for the glasses.

Logan: Never really liked contacts that much anyway. Irritated the heck out of my eyes. Excuse the language.

Father Destry: Your forgiven.

Logan: [Smiles] You're doing good.

Father Destry: Staying strong in the struggle, as I've always tried to do.

Logan: I haven't seen you in ten years and I still have trouble calling you Father.

Father Destry: You're telling me. How did you think I felt early on when everyone started calling me Father?

Logan: So [Changing topic of discussion] do you always ask your confessioners if their thieves?

Father Destry: Only when the sound of their voice is as sad as yours.

Logan: [Understanding what he meant] It's good to see you.

Father Destry: Likewise. I know how difficult it is for you to step into any type of church.

Logan: Still. [Embarrassed] It doesn't excuse the fact I haven't said hello.

Father Destry: You had your reasons.

Logan: [Ashamed] Yeah...right.

Father Destry: Why don't we get a little fresh air.

[Father Destry puts on his coat and heads out with Logan]

[Walking through the rough streets of Seattle...]

Logan: I need your help.

Father Destry: Most people who walk into the church...and...into the confessional need help.

Logan: Yeah, but this is a whole different type of help.

Father Destry: Let me guess.

Logan: By all means.

Father Destry: There's someone out there that needs saving and it's not a one-man job type of-thing.

Logan: Hmmm...close enough.

[The day was cold, as usual. The grass polluted by endless pieces of trash, it was just a typical day for post-pulse Seattle. Logan and Father Destry are sitting on a park bench, while Logan explains the situation.]

Father Destry: [Curious] This girl you speak of...Max.

Logan: Yeah.

Father Destry: She doesn't happen to have shoulder length black hair, brown eyes, a sarcastic attitude, and a mean right hook does she?

Logan: [Surprised] You know her.

Father Destry: We've met.

Logan: Huh...the week just keeps on bringing surprises.

Father Destry: She was troubled. She came here looking for something and someone. A young man I believe. Dangerous. Confused [A look of stiffness applied to his face] I even tried to kill him.

Logan: [Flashback to Haven when Logan is holding on the Sheriff, "kill or be killed," he hears in his head] Kill or be killed. Sometimes you just have no other choice.

Father Destry: [Getting it] You're in love with her.

Logan: So people tell me.

[Realizing more and more it was the truth]

Father Destry: You'll...we'll get her back.

Logan: We will. [Trying hard not to lose hope]

[A silent pause occurs between the two]

Logan: So, will you help, for old times sake.

Father Destry: You know I will.

Logan: The people were working with to do this are good but...

Father Destry: But...what?

Logan: They need to learn to work the field more smoothly, there used to orders being barked at them and them completing the mission with precision, accuracy, and all that.

Father Destry: Well that's no fun at all.

Logan: My thoughts exactly.

[The moment comes to a still when Logan stares up to the sky. He remembers how different it all was 10 or so years ago]

Logan: A little improv, charm, and common sense won't hurt anyone.

Father Destry: They'll catch on.

[They shake hands but decided hugging didn't hurt either.]

Logan: I'll let you know our plan of attack.

Father Destry: Will you be calling the others?

Logan: I don't know. Should I?

Father Destry: Wouldn't hurt.

[On that note, they parted]

End of Act 9: Old Friend

Writers Notes: I bet you didn't see that coming. Father Destry in the house. Yeah. I've been wanting to involve him somehow and since Logan and Father Destry look just about the same age, I'd make them old friends. I figured, why not? I bet you're wondering how Logan and Father Destry know each other. Well, let just say he wasn't born into priesthood.