Was it her duty?
Was it her duty? Part 8

The flight from JFK to Philidelphia was for most passengers, a short one. For Logan, it was an eternity and plus some. He knew that Max would go, and she would fight, and they'd probably beat Lydecker and his band of bastards. But, Logan also knew that Max could get careless, and that their child could be in grave danger.

He got a taxi, and was dropped off in the middle of downtown. He walked the streets looking, yearning to see her. If he could just stop her, just this once, things would be okay.

~*~

"Max, what's wrong with you?" Jace asked. They were crouched on the top of the building they'd soon be invading. Max was getting that feeling in her stomach, the morning sickness that came at night.

"Jace, there's something I gotta tell you," Max whispered. Jace was stunned to see that there were tears in her genetically engineered sister's eyes.

"Are you all right?" Jace asked, brushing hair out of Max's face.

"I can't fight," Max blurted. "Jace, I'm--"

"Jace and Max, the countdown is on. Carryout orders in thirty seconds," Zack said over the walkie talkie. Max closed her mouth, deciding not to tell Jace after all.

~*~

Logan heard gun shots, and he knew right away it was them. He ran to where his ears took him. It was only a couple of blocks before he saw the black Humvee's pulling out, trying to escape. Lydecker was most likely trying to salvage anything he could of whatever was in the building towering over Logan.

A crowd was already gathering, and two young cops were trying to patrol them. Logan digged out a press pass, and made his way past the cops and ran into the building.

~*~

Max didn't use a gun, she never did. But, when she fell down, when she felt the bullet hit her, she knew it was over. She knew that this once she should have taken the gun from Zack and just gone with the flow.

Jace was nowhere in site. No one knew that Max was down. And even if they did, they wouldn't realize the severity of her situation. She was bleeding, she could feel it oozing out. She cried, unable to move.

~*~

Logan saw her, scrunched up on the floor, clutching her stomach. She was trying to stand, but couldn't. Then Logan saw the blood and everything around him seemed to dissapear.

More to come...