Chapter 10
After his shower, Logan checked in on his guests making sure that their every need was filled, he then decided on bed. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day with getting Lauren and Sophy safely to his contact.
As his head hit the pillow however, Logan realized how futile an attempt at sleep would be. Try as he might to deny it, when his cat burglar broke through his skylight, she also broke through some carefully erected barriers. Since his parents were killed he'd managed to stay emotionally unavailable, he'd managed to block out anyone who tried to get close. Asha hated him for it but he couldn't let her in.
This girl could, without even trying, invade that little part he'd locked away. And now it was all he could do to spend five minutes not thinking about her. Five minutes wasn't nearly long enough and as Logan grew more restless he left his bed to pace in front of the newly boarded up window.
That was the other thing. How had she managed to land that fall?
Going over to his computer he pulled up a file he hadn't looked at in quite sometime. It was about a government base known unofficially as Manticore. Going over the facts it seemed more and more that this girl fit more then a few of the specifics. Logan would have to see her again to be sure not that that bothered him…much. If she was from Manticore…
Logan didn't want to think about the consequences. It would mean that his parents death hadn't been because of a random burglary, not that he had believed that it really was. It would mean that she was a real threat. Banishing the thoughts from his head he instead pulled up security videos from the surrounding buildings. In order for her to know she could hit pay dirt in his apartment she would have been around, and probably within the last few days.
"Bingo." He muttered under his breath. Logan didn't have to look far, she had been around earlier that day, delivering a package. Smiling confidently he hacked into employee records from Jam Pony, the delivery service she worked for.
Max Guevara…interesting, only been employed for eight months. Her sector pass must have come in real handy for her night job. Writing down an address, Logan pushed back out of his chair.
"Peter. I'm heading out for a little bit." He called into the other room as he passed on his way to his room to change. Peter followed him down the hall.
"I don't like this." Peter complained.
"Noted." Logan said not bothering to turn around.
"I'm not scraping you off the street if things go wrong…at least not until the transfer is over tomorrow." Peter complained as Logan grabbed some clothes and entered the bathroom to change.
"About the transfer. I'm going to see someone about some extra security." Logan called through the door as he dressed.
"She really gets to you doesn't she?" Peter asked as Logan opened the door and brushed past him.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'll be back soon." Logan left Peter standing in his bedroom.
Making his way over to Max's place, Logan hoped she'd be there. But when he arrived no one was there. So instead of giving up he broke in. He intended on waiting for her in her makeshift kitchen but after only three minutes the curiosity got the better of him and he decided to do a little recon of his own.
Entering what he assumed was her bedroom he made his way over to a dilapidated dresser. Pulling open the drawer he removed a medicine bottle, Tryptophan. It was looking more and more like she could help him. It would be dangerous but that was half the fun.
Deciding that waiting around her for her to come back wasn't a good idea. Who knew what she'd do if she walked in on him looking through her drawers. Logan wasn't about to get his butt kicked for this so instead he pulled the item he'd brought with him out of his bag and set it on her dresser. It was perfect, she'd know who it was from and that he knew where she lived. If she was barely approaching human she wouldn't be able to resist paying him a visit to find out what exactly he wanted.
Smiling smugly he left her apartment and headed back to his.
