After a long night of riding around and thinking, Max walks into the apartment only to see Aaron sitting alone at the kitchen table.
"Have you been here all night?" Max asks.
"No, acually you should lock that door. And where were you all night? Anyway, I was driving around and I started to remember what happened that night. And if I remember correctly, I saved YOUR ass." Aaron says as he walks towards Max.
"Ok, whatever you wanna believe. I don't wanna say anything to bruise your male ego."
"You know that attitude was sexy at first but now it's getting kind of annoying."
"Trust me, my attitude is not the only thing getting annoying in here. Does that mean your gonna leave?"
"If you keep acting like a bitch yeah!" Aaron said as he headed towards the door.
"Oh no, I'm heartbroken, bye." As Max slams the door in Aaron's face.
Back at Jam Pony, O.C. is waiting for Max.
"Did that lil dog leave yet?"
"I hope so. He was waiting at the crib but I don't think he'll be coming around anymore."
"Good. Cuz Original Cindy was about pull a smackdown on that sorry ass."
Max chuckles as Normal comes over.
"Nice of you to join us again. I got a complaint this morning. I heard that package wasn't delivered last night. You know you have a job to work. You have a job to make money. No work equals no money or maybe no JOB! I would like an explanation."
"Whatever Normal. I hate to break it to you but last night was a wack job. I showed up there and there's no building and I was starting to feel someone watching me so I got my ass out of there. HAPPY?!"
"That's still no excuse. Do you at least have the package?"
"Oh shucks. Must've dropped it last night. Sorry."
"Well here's your chance to redeem yourself. 127 Arlington Ave. And when you come back, bring the package you dropped last night, or don't even bother coming back at all. Bip bip bip."
Max reaches Arlington Ave. and see that it's in a pretty nice part of Seattle. She sees 127.
'At least there's a house this time.' She thinks to herself as she climbs the stairs leading to the porch.
Max knocks loudly. "Jam Pony."
There's no answer. She knocks again. "JAM PONY!"
All of a sudden Max hears leaves rustling from the side of the building. Max walks to the side of the porch and leans against the side of the house. The rustling comes closer. Max quickly turns to the other side of the building, grabs someone and throws them against the wall.
"WHOA!" Aaron says as he puts his head up next to his pinned up head.
"Oh." Max says as she drops Aaron.
"What are you doing? Come to apoligize?"
"HELL NO! I'm delivering a package."
"Oh, you work at Jam Pony?"
"Well, I'm here aren't I?"
"Yeah... I guess so."
"I need a signature. Got a pen?"
"I'll go get one."
Max follows Aaron back up to the front door. Aaron opens the door and steps inside.
"Why don't you come in? I'll get you something to drink or something."
"No, I'll just wait here."
"Suit yourself."
As Aaron goes into the other room to get a pen, Max takes a step inside his house. She walks over to the fireplace, and sees many pictures of him and two older men, one that looked about 30 and the other that looked around 50.
"I thought you didn't wanna come in."
Max spins around, surprised.
"Umm, it got hot."
Max turns back to the pictures.
"That's my grandpa and my brother."
"Where's you dad?"
"Umm... he died. With my mom, in a car accident."
"Oh. Sorry"
"No it's ok. Umm... thought you might be thristy."
Aaron throws a can of soda at Max.
"Thanks." Max says as she quickly turns around and catches it. Max opens the can and drinks the whole thing in one breath.
"Damn, I've never seen a girl that could do that before."
"Well, let's just says I'm not like the other girls."
"I bet." Aaron says as he walks towards Max. "I knew that ever since I talked to you at the bar. Look Max, I know we got started off on the wrong foot. I mean, I'm not a stalker or anything. It's just that..." Aaron looked into Max's eyes. "... ever since I met you, I knew I wanted to find out all I could about you."
Aaron walked closer so they could feel each other's breath on their faces. Aaron leaned in and just as their lips were about to meet, Max's pager started to beep.
Max steps back.
"Umm... can I use your phone?"
"Ahem.. sure. It's in the kitchen."
"Thanks."
Logan sat at his computer as his phone started to ring.
"Hey. Been awhile."
"Hey Max, yeah sorry about that I had another meeting with Lydecker."
"Oh."
"Yeah and I really need to talk to you. Can you come over?"
"Acually, I'm kinda busy do you think you can tell me over the phone?"
"Umm..." Logan looks around his apartment as if checking to see if anyone was around. "Well, it turns out that Lydecker has a son. And he's the one copying Ben. So, to make a long story short, the kid was kidnapped and now he's 34 year old cold blooded killer."
"Oh." Max looks back at Aaron who's sitting on the couch looking at the ceiling.
"Yeah, and Lydecker wants the x-5's to help him bring his son back home."
"Do you think we can trust him?"
"No. That's exactly why I called you. To find out how you felt about all this."
Max turned to see Aaron walking towards the kitchen.
In a loud voice Max said. "Well, I dunno if you think he'd be a good person for the job, go ahead and hire him. Tell him I like that baby blue color he showed us. I'll be there soon."
"Max?"
"I gotta blaze. Bye"
Max hangs up as Aaron says, "Umm who was that?"
"Oh just Original Cindy, we were thinking of painting the crib you know. Umm.. thanks for the soda, I gotta go."
"Umm.. sure. Hey look..." But before Aaron can finish Max is heading out the door.
Max walks into Logan's apartment.
"Wow, that was a weird conversasion don't you think?" Logan says to her.
"Sorry about that, someone was around."
"Oh." A sad expression passed over Logan's face.
Max, not aware of Logan's mood quickly says. "So how we gonna bring this bitch in?"
"Well, I don't think you alone would be strong enough bring Daniel back. We would need at least a couple of x-5's."
"Well, I don't think that Zack would risk the lives of anymore of us."
"He's gonna have to if we're going to stop this guy."
"I don't think we should trust Lydecker. I mean how do we know this isn't another one of his traps?"
A look of frustation came to Logan's face. "WE DON'T!"
"Damn, what's wrong with you?"
"NOTHING is wrong with me. And if your too busy to stop a crazy man from killing more innocent people then forget it."
"You know, I dunno what is going on with us these days but I'm not doing this anymore. Before you came along I was perfectly happy staying out of trouble. All you've done is lead me into more."
"You are not going to dump all this ON ME!"
"Look Logan, face it! You're not gonna save the world. It's way to big and WAY to strong. And this stupid thing is gonna lead me AND my family into MORE danger than we need."
Max slams the door and leaves.
A payphone starts ringing and Daniel picks it up.
"Yeah." Daniel answers.
"We put a tap on his phone. Turns out that good 'ol deck is planning to catch you. The guy is trying to get the x-5's together, so you better work fast before the x-5's DO get together. Get rid of her, and you'll be safe for the rest of your life."
"Consider it done."
"Have you been here all night?" Max asks.
"No, acually you should lock that door. And where were you all night? Anyway, I was driving around and I started to remember what happened that night. And if I remember correctly, I saved YOUR ass." Aaron says as he walks towards Max.
"Ok, whatever you wanna believe. I don't wanna say anything to bruise your male ego."
"You know that attitude was sexy at first but now it's getting kind of annoying."
"Trust me, my attitude is not the only thing getting annoying in here. Does that mean your gonna leave?"
"If you keep acting like a bitch yeah!" Aaron said as he headed towards the door.
"Oh no, I'm heartbroken, bye." As Max slams the door in Aaron's face.
Back at Jam Pony, O.C. is waiting for Max.
"Did that lil dog leave yet?"
"I hope so. He was waiting at the crib but I don't think he'll be coming around anymore."
"Good. Cuz Original Cindy was about pull a smackdown on that sorry ass."
Max chuckles as Normal comes over.
"Nice of you to join us again. I got a complaint this morning. I heard that package wasn't delivered last night. You know you have a job to work. You have a job to make money. No work equals no money or maybe no JOB! I would like an explanation."
"Whatever Normal. I hate to break it to you but last night was a wack job. I showed up there and there's no building and I was starting to feel someone watching me so I got my ass out of there. HAPPY?!"
"That's still no excuse. Do you at least have the package?"
"Oh shucks. Must've dropped it last night. Sorry."
"Well here's your chance to redeem yourself. 127 Arlington Ave. And when you come back, bring the package you dropped last night, or don't even bother coming back at all. Bip bip bip."
Max reaches Arlington Ave. and see that it's in a pretty nice part of Seattle. She sees 127.
'At least there's a house this time.' She thinks to herself as she climbs the stairs leading to the porch.
Max knocks loudly. "Jam Pony."
There's no answer. She knocks again. "JAM PONY!"
All of a sudden Max hears leaves rustling from the side of the building. Max walks to the side of the porch and leans against the side of the house. The rustling comes closer. Max quickly turns to the other side of the building, grabs someone and throws them against the wall.
"WHOA!" Aaron says as he puts his head up next to his pinned up head.
"Oh." Max says as she drops Aaron.
"What are you doing? Come to apoligize?"
"HELL NO! I'm delivering a package."
"Oh, you work at Jam Pony?"
"Well, I'm here aren't I?"
"Yeah... I guess so."
"I need a signature. Got a pen?"
"I'll go get one."
Max follows Aaron back up to the front door. Aaron opens the door and steps inside.
"Why don't you come in? I'll get you something to drink or something."
"No, I'll just wait here."
"Suit yourself."
As Aaron goes into the other room to get a pen, Max takes a step inside his house. She walks over to the fireplace, and sees many pictures of him and two older men, one that looked about 30 and the other that looked around 50.
"I thought you didn't wanna come in."
Max spins around, surprised.
"Umm, it got hot."
Max turns back to the pictures.
"That's my grandpa and my brother."
"Where's you dad?"
"Umm... he died. With my mom, in a car accident."
"Oh. Sorry"
"No it's ok. Umm... thought you might be thristy."
Aaron throws a can of soda at Max.
"Thanks." Max says as she quickly turns around and catches it. Max opens the can and drinks the whole thing in one breath.
"Damn, I've never seen a girl that could do that before."
"Well, let's just says I'm not like the other girls."
"I bet." Aaron says as he walks towards Max. "I knew that ever since I talked to you at the bar. Look Max, I know we got started off on the wrong foot. I mean, I'm not a stalker or anything. It's just that..." Aaron looked into Max's eyes. "... ever since I met you, I knew I wanted to find out all I could about you."
Aaron walked closer so they could feel each other's breath on their faces. Aaron leaned in and just as their lips were about to meet, Max's pager started to beep.
Max steps back.
"Umm... can I use your phone?"
"Ahem.. sure. It's in the kitchen."
"Thanks."
Logan sat at his computer as his phone started to ring.
"Hey. Been awhile."
"Hey Max, yeah sorry about that I had another meeting with Lydecker."
"Oh."
"Yeah and I really need to talk to you. Can you come over?"
"Acually, I'm kinda busy do you think you can tell me over the phone?"
"Umm..." Logan looks around his apartment as if checking to see if anyone was around. "Well, it turns out that Lydecker has a son. And he's the one copying Ben. So, to make a long story short, the kid was kidnapped and now he's 34 year old cold blooded killer."
"Oh." Max looks back at Aaron who's sitting on the couch looking at the ceiling.
"Yeah, and Lydecker wants the x-5's to help him bring his son back home."
"Do you think we can trust him?"
"No. That's exactly why I called you. To find out how you felt about all this."
Max turned to see Aaron walking towards the kitchen.
In a loud voice Max said. "Well, I dunno if you think he'd be a good person for the job, go ahead and hire him. Tell him I like that baby blue color he showed us. I'll be there soon."
"Max?"
"I gotta blaze. Bye"
Max hangs up as Aaron says, "Umm who was that?"
"Oh just Original Cindy, we were thinking of painting the crib you know. Umm.. thanks for the soda, I gotta go."
"Umm.. sure. Hey look..." But before Aaron can finish Max is heading out the door.
Max walks into Logan's apartment.
"Wow, that was a weird conversasion don't you think?" Logan says to her.
"Sorry about that, someone was around."
"Oh." A sad expression passed over Logan's face.
Max, not aware of Logan's mood quickly says. "So how we gonna bring this bitch in?"
"Well, I don't think you alone would be strong enough bring Daniel back. We would need at least a couple of x-5's."
"Well, I don't think that Zack would risk the lives of anymore of us."
"He's gonna have to if we're going to stop this guy."
"I don't think we should trust Lydecker. I mean how do we know this isn't another one of his traps?"
A look of frustation came to Logan's face. "WE DON'T!"
"Damn, what's wrong with you?"
"NOTHING is wrong with me. And if your too busy to stop a crazy man from killing more innocent people then forget it."
"You know, I dunno what is going on with us these days but I'm not doing this anymore. Before you came along I was perfectly happy staying out of trouble. All you've done is lead me into more."
"You are not going to dump all this ON ME!"
"Look Logan, face it! You're not gonna save the world. It's way to big and WAY to strong. And this stupid thing is gonna lead me AND my family into MORE danger than we need."
Max slams the door and leaves.
A payphone starts ringing and Daniel picks it up.
"Yeah." Daniel answers.
"We put a tap on his phone. Turns out that good 'ol deck is planning to catch you. The guy is trying to get the x-5's together, so you better work fast before the x-5's DO get together. Get rid of her, and you'll be safe for the rest of your life."
"Consider it done."