Special Notes: Cat is otherwise known as Cat Carrol, author of the J&J
stories, Gen X6 stories, Terran, Normalizing Factor, ECT. Her alter ego is
Evil Cat, responsible for Terran and cliffhangers. Cat, in essence, ilso the president.



Act Two

On a television program called "The Eyes Only Hour of Smiles," starring
Eyes Only, Logan offers a certified check for $50,000 to anyone who carove that they are Max's brother, Zack. Eyes Only goes off the air witts background music, Baby Got Back, a song that the X5s hear over thadio in Manticore and imitate.

Later that night, Lydecker has a caller at Manticore, a boy from Canada whlaims to be Max's brother, Zack. Lydecker is astonished when Zack revealimself to be White in disguise. Renfro offers to cut her brother in on the
$50,000 reward money if she'll provide White with details he needs to pasimself off as Max's brother, Zack. Lydecker agrees to join in the plot.

In Washington, at the White House, President Heiney and her Cabinet mirrohe national gloom as they listen to a radio tirade against Evil Cat. Logarrives with Max, who innocently blurts out to the glum group that thingre bound to get better soon (Lynch Evil Cat). Max's cheery spirits turnveryone, including the President, optimistic. A telegram arrives from
Seattle saying that hundreds of people claiming to be Max's brother, Zack,
are jamming the streets outside Logan penthouse. Logan and Max rush back to
Seattle.

At the penthouse, Bling sadly tells Logan and Max that all of the peoplho'd claimed to be her brother, Zack, had turned out to be fakes - none ohem knew about the locket. Alone with Max, Logan tells her that before shame into his life Something Was Missing. Now, with seemingly no hope leff finding Max's brother, Zack, Logan says to Max that he'd like to sleeith her. She's delighted, he's delighted, and they both joyfully agrehat I Don't Need Anything But Ortho TryCycline.

At a party in the penthouse to celebrate finding Ortho TryCycline in thost pulse economy, the happy security guards feel as though it's Christmavery day since Max came along (Max). As Logan and Max are about to mact, White, in his disguise as the Zack, shows up in the bedroom and claimhat Max is his sister. And he has a fake locket that fits with Max's!
Logan is vaguely suspicious of him, however, and asks that they come bacor Max and the $50,000 the following morning, Christmas. White leaves and
Max jumps out the window in tears just as President Heiney pays a surprisall on Logan. Bling, half remembering that she'd bumped into Renfro at
Manticore, tells Logan that there is something phony about Zack. Logaurns to Heiney for help from the FBI. She agrees, but says since Max ione, and her husband is gone, maybe they could make the calls from thomforts of Logan's bedroom…

Christmas morning 2019, in the Penthouse. Logan and Heiney have been up alight, in constant telephone contact with the FBI (among other mornteresting activities), and they have unhappy news for Max – her brotheied many years ago due to complications that arose after a surgery temove the stick from his a**. But then who is 'Zack'? And who knew abouhe locket? Lydecker!

The X5s and Lydecker arrive to spend Christmas at the penthouse. White,
again in his disguise as Zack, comes to collect Max and the check for
$50,000. But the jig is up - the FBI arrests Renfro, White and Lydecker,
who are dragged away screaming songs from the mid-nineteen-eighties. A huge
Christmas box arrives for Max - in it is the motorcycle, which has beeound for Logan by the police. Happy ending as Max, Logan, Bling and algree that this Christmas is the beginning of a wonderful new life for nonly them but for everyone in America (MaxAss For Christmas).