Disclaimer: basically everything is not mine; the characters, the setting, the main plot, the history, and some of the lines are not mine; and I have just the actual story line. Sob.

Max walked in Logan's apartment, wet and obviously pissed. From right insides the door, she went straight to the door of Logan's study. When she looked inside and saw no one, her heart began to race. Suddenly there was a thump from the kitchen and Max ran to see what it was. Male laughter rang out as she turned into the kitchen. She stared at the scene in the kitchen in disbelief. Logan, Alec, and Bling all sat at Logan's counter, laughing at something Alec had said. They failed to notice her standing there, and she cleared her throat. When they turned to her, their faces immediately fell somber.

Bling found his voice first. "Max, what happened?" he asked, standing up and gesturing for her to take his seat. Max shook her head and began to pace.

"The jerk-- he said he had it-- and then I blacked out-- and he lied-- AND HE TOOK MY BABY!-- but then I got it," she said, ranting. She pulled a manila folder out from under her shirt and threw the damp folder on the counter. She made no sense to anyone except Alec, who figured it out quickly.

"Wow, Max, that sucks," he said sincerely, and Max gave him a look, something along the lines of 'who-are-you-and-what-have-you-done-to-the-cynical-bastard-who-I-saved' which quickly changed to a 'maybe-he's-actually-human' look. Alec saw both looks and grinned, unable to hold back the sarcastic comment he had been holding in since she had walk in. "I thought you could handle it?" he added innocently. Logan and Bling exchanged a look, both completely confused, having missed the looks as well as not comprehended Max's summery of what had happened.

Logan spoke up as Max stuck her tongue out at Alec. "Max, could you summarize for the rest of us who aren't as brilliant at decoding fragments?"

Max shot Logan an annoyed look, and turned to Alec. "Alec, since you're so brilliant, why don't **you** tell then what happened?"

Alec bowed to her and turned to other guys. "Max went to the tech and he said he had a cure. He gave her a shot of the 'cure' and it knocked her out. He took off with her bike. Max woke up and found him gone, but she found his research. Plus, judging from the wet T-shirt--" at that Max crossed her arms over her chest-- "I'm gonna guess it started raining at some point on her walk home." Logan stared at him and Bling gave him a weird look. Alec shrugged off their shock.

"How the hell did you get that?" Bling asked. Alec shrugged again. Bling turned to Max. "Is he right?" he asked. Max nodded mutely. Bling just shook his head. "Alec, man, you have the gift. I am forever jealous." Max smacked the back of his head.

Suddenly Max noticed something. "Hey, where's Sebastion?" she asked.

Bling pointed at the door. "Logan called him a cab when I showed up. He left a bit before you came back."

Logan slipped, unnoticed, out of the room, picking up the manila folder. He rolled over to his computer, opened the folder and picked up his cell phone.