Max's Perspective
I woke up crying. Tinga and Johndy immediately ran to my side. They do the best they can to comfort me and understand what happened, but they weren't there. They didn't hear there true love be killed and realize that if they would have gotten there sooner he could have been saved. And then to wonder why he was killed and they lived.
I have had that dream every time I've slept since the incident. It's been three months and I still don't know why Lydecker left me at Logan's penthouse that night. I probably never will. Maybe it was guilt, or maybe he knew he did more damage to me that night than Manticore ever could have.
Manticore is no longer my fear. It is my reason for living, my obsession in a way. The thought that I can have revenge is about the only thing that is keeping me going. He should have killed me when he had the chance. One of the X-5's greatest allies has been killed. Now it's time for war. We will become the soldiers he never expected us to become. We will destroy Manticore and anything else associated with it.
Zack came in the room and brought me back to reality. I don't know what I would have done if he hadn't been there in the morning when I woke up. I had always thought of Zack as our leader, but that morning, he was a friend.
"Max, ... Max"
I looked up realizing Zack had spoken to me.
"You can't keep zoning out like that little sister" he said.
He was right, as usual. My focus should be on finding Lydecker, and destroying Manticore.
Zack's Perspective
I have to say, I've got a lot of respect for Max. She's the one that brought all of us together to take Manticore down. Even if it was under bad circumstances, it's still the smartest thing we've done so far. It's a lot better than running.
I walk into the room and see her sitting there crying. She must have had another nightmare. She knows I came in, but makes no attempt to move. She continues to sit there staring off into space crying to Tinga and Johndy. Not that I blame her after what she went through.
I just wish like hell she would get over it and let her pain end. She's been like this for too long. Sometimes I think the only thing that is keeping her going is the thought of taking down Lydecker. And to think I probably put that idea in her head, ... and then, I just happened to be there when all this was happening. I feel partly responsible for what she is going through.
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I was going over to Logan's to see if he could help me find Jace. Max was the last one to talk to her, so I figured Logan would know something. Max always tells him everything. And I don't like being out of contact with one of my siblings for so long. I figured this would be a good place to start looking. When I got to the penthouse, I saw Lydecker's men carrying a body out of the building. My instincts were telling me to leave it alone and not to get involved. But after Lydecker's men left, I some how made my way to the building. I don't know how I ended up there, or even why I went inside. It was probably just to make sure Eyes Only got all is documents destroyed. I'm glad I did though. I saw Max lying in the middle of the floor, shot with a dart. At first I thought it was a trap. There is no way Lydecker would leave without her. After waiting in the corner for what seemed like an hour, Max started to cry out for Logan. I rushed to her side to calm her. I pulled out the dart the she was shot with. It was just a tranquilizer, and there was no evidence of a recording device or a tracking device planted on her. For some reason she was no longer top priority on Lydecker's hit list. I sat there on the floor holding her. I thought to myself, "my beautiful baby sister, what has happened here." I don't know what would make Lydecker not take her with him. I knew I would have to get to the bottom of this, but now was not the time. I had no clue what Maxie was going to do when she woke up. I wasn't really sure I wanted to know what reality would bring her. But I couldn't leave her like this, I just couldn't.
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