The Encounter Part 3

          Max arrived at Logan's Apartment and walked slowly up the steps, thinking about what had just happened to her. Max knocked on the door. Bling opened it. "Hey Max what's up?"

          "Nothing much. Is Logan in." Max answered the muscular physical trainer.

          "You bet. Come this way." Bling led Max to Logan's computer room.

          "You buzzed." Max said to the man sitting at the computer desk.

          Max sat down on a table next to Logan. "Here," the man said, "take a look at this." He handed her a file. Max opened it and saw a large black and white picture sitting on top of the pile. It looked like a large group of metal buildings clustered together surrounded by trees and small hills. Max could not tell anything else about it sense it was taken from the top. "What is this Logan?" Max asked.

          Logan wheeled around to face her. " That," Logan said, "is Mantacore. The picture was taken one month ago from a satellite. That is Gillett, Wyoming. X5 barracks and training facility and your home sweet home for the first 9 years of your life." Logan rolled out of the room.

          Max sat at the table for nearly 5 minuets. Finally she hopped down and followed Logan into the kitchen. "Logan I have to go there. I found Zack again. He came back and he thinks Lydecker is on my tail."      

          " What! You want to go to a Mantacore base while Lydecker is on your tail. That should be a good enough reason to lay low for a while."

          "I know Logan and even better yet to lay low in a different state. Nothing will happen I'll bring Zack along. if he is not acting weird again." Max added this part in a nearly inaudible whisper. Logan, of course, picked it up. "What do you mean acting weird." He asked.

          "Well," Max said," he kissed me." Max felt a wave of embarrassment wash over her but she quickly shook it off. Logan smiled and quickly changed the subject.

          "That base has been abandoned for nearly 10 years. Sense right after you escaped I think."

          "Yea you told me about that when I went to look for Hanna." Max said still looking at the picture.

          "Look don't worry about Zack. Just tell him you aren't interested." Logan offered seeing that Max was still preoccupied with the happenings from just a little while ago.

          "It's probably not going to be that easy." Max muttered.

          "Are you hungry? I could fix you something, or maybe get you a glass of wine." Logan suggested.

          "Both sound great Logan thanks."

          Logan sat across from Max watching her eat. "Logan can you get me checkpoint passes and clearance to Gillett?" Max asked.

          "Sure," Logan said, "do you want them for two?" Max nodded.

          "And could you get me some computer equipment so I can download any information I find. If I could find any peace of computer equipment with an un-corrupt hard drive, I could find tons of information. The whole brain of Mantacore was made up of huge computer networks."

          "Sure," Logan said" I can pull an all nighter and try to find out all the info I can on Mantacore and that base."

          "Thanks Logan. You're the best." Max got up and hugged Logan. "I hate to eat and run but I'm going to get Zack and bring him over here."

          Max turned and began walking out the door. "Max just be careful." Logan said.

          Max smiled at him and left.