Disclaimer: You know I didn't create them. But thank God that James Cameron and Chic Eglee did, because I can watch Logan Cale on my TV. -Drools-

A/N: Thanks to Meka, for being my beta reader, BlackWolf for his helping me with some of the weapons that will be used for this story, and Zig, for his wonderful plot twist idea coming up in later chapters! :)


Side note: I am just updating these chapters with Text versions, because I believe they are easier to read.

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The Enemy Within

Chapter 3
Betrayal


Bling gathered Logan up in his arms. Logan stirred slightly, but remained asleep.

This is all my fault. Max thought as she looked on. She had never felt so helpless in her life. Damn it! I should have thought ahead. I should have realized that he would have problems accepting my blood!

Bling and her were silent as they put Logan's sleeping body in the car and headed over to Dr. Carr's. It was now early morning, around 8 am, and Seattle was gray with a rainy dawn. Bling had called Dr. Carr at home to let him know they were on their way, and to give him some information on Logan. Of course, they couldn't explain everything just yet without giving away Max's full involvement, and part of her identity. Max was silently thankful that Bling had come early that day, knowing that Logan liked to get a head start on the morning. She was having trouble keeping a cool, logical mind, but with Bling around, it somehow made it easier.

Once inside Dr. Carr's office, Max felt the fear slam back into her full
force. She was concerned about Logan, more bothered than she had led on to Bling. Her head was running with possibilities of things that could happen to Logan because of the transfusion, and none of her thoughts were positive.

"Dr. Carr, can you help him?" Max asked anxiously.

"I don't know," Dr. Carr said slowly. "We are going to have to run some tests on him. I can't really give out too much information, as you are not a relative. But I will do what I can. Now if you guys wouldn't mind sitting out in the waiting room, I would like to get started with him."

Max and Bling walked out to the waiting room and sat down. Bling glanced over at Max and noticed her biting her lip again. The girl isn't nearly as tough as she would like people to believe. "Leaning on a friend in a tough situation isn't a sign of weakness, Max. It's a sign of humanity," he said to her. Max looked at Bling, surprised by his words. She studied his face for what seemed like an eternity. Then, she gave him a small crooked smile, the best she could manage at the moment.

"Thanks," was all she said.


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An hour later, Dr. Sam Carr looked over at the report, unconsciously raising an interested eyebrow as he read through the lab results. He looked over at a sleeping Logan and shook his head with a mixture of disdain and pity. Reaching into his wallet, he pulled out a small card and picked up the phone. Dialing the numbers off the small paper, Sam waited for the person to pick up on the other end. After three rings, his contact answered.

"Yes," the voice said.

"You asked me to call if I had any unusual cases. Well, I've got a doozy here, and I think you would be interested. It's a male subject with abnormal blood. He's been my patient for a while, but in these past months, his blood makeup has changed massively. He was paraplegic up until two weeks ago, and now miraculously he is up and walking around again. He is currently suffering from seizures that I can't explain. I've also got a girl that matches one of your descriptions waiting out in the hallway for him." Dr. Carr said quietly into the phone.

"Your hard work will be rewarded, Dr. Carr. We need more good men like you in this world. Keep them there for another fifteen minutes."

Sam smiled at the phone, feeling good about doing the right thing. With another look at Logan, he said, "I'm just doing my civil duty, sir. They will be here." With that, he hung up.

At the other end of the line, Donald Lydecker smiled at what was turning out to be a wonderful day.