Chapter 23: Lullaby
"Hey little lady." Gary greeted Max, as he joined her by the fireplace. Max had supplied them with the keys to Logan's cabin, and they were camping there for a few days.
"Hey." she replied, then sighed, and added, "She's never going to be the same again...Not now, not ever..."
"I'm sure she'll come around. You did, didn't you?" he supplied, reaching over and patting her knee compainuably.
"Yeah..." Max grinned at him. "And I didn't turn out so bad, right?"
"Just great." he replied, smiling at her too.
"So...what's the deal on all this kidnapping stuff I've heard about you?" Max asked, after a brief silence.
"It was. I took my kids so she wouldn't turn them into...what she was."
"...I should have killed her then and there..." Max said, almost to herself, and Gary answered,
"No Max...she derserves what's coming to her."
Gary had placed an annonomess phone call from a pay phone, letting the police know there was someone worth considering, at Lucy's address.
Max's grin disapeared, when she heard a fist connect with...something, and a chorus of groans from outside. She hurried out, and found Elizabeth, on top of a man on the ground, who was covering his face, and trying to hold her back.
"Elizabeth!" Max hollered, to no avail. Then, remembering sadly, she added, "Y1-001!"
Elizabeth hopped off the man imediatly, and stood at attention. "Yes ma'am!" she yelled, saluting.
"What were you doing?" Max asked, softer.
"He...he picked me up ma'am. I was defending myself ma'am."
Max glanced at the small man, still laying on the ground, holding his stomach. "He wasn't trying to hurt you." she said, kneeling down eye level with Elizabeth.
"Ma'am?"
"Not everyone wants to hurt you Elizabeth. I don't. And if any of these men do, " here Max paused, and glared around the group, "...they'll have Me to deal with. You are to attack only in self defence. And you need to learn about when is the right time to fight..." Max lifted Elizabeth easily. She was as stiff as a board in her arms. "Relax." Max voiced, in her ear. When nothing happened, she repeated, "Relax soldier."
"Yes ma'am." Was the sleepy reply. When Max lay Lizzy down on their bed, she was surprised to see the little girl had fallen asleep...
Max sat beside her on the bed, and sang a lullaby Logan would sing to her when she had a seizure. When she was sure Elizabeth was sleeping soundly, she got up quietly, and went back out to talk to Gary again.
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"Hey little lady." Gary greeted Max, as he joined her by the fireplace. Max had supplied them with the keys to Logan's cabin, and they were camping there for a few days.
"Hey." she replied, then sighed, and added, "She's never going to be the same again...Not now, not ever..."
"I'm sure she'll come around. You did, didn't you?" he supplied, reaching over and patting her knee compainuably.
"Yeah..." Max grinned at him. "And I didn't turn out so bad, right?"
"Just great." he replied, smiling at her too.
"So...what's the deal on all this kidnapping stuff I've heard about you?" Max asked, after a brief silence.
"It was. I took my kids so she wouldn't turn them into...what she was."
"...I should have killed her then and there..." Max said, almost to herself, and Gary answered,
"No Max...she derserves what's coming to her."
Gary had placed an annonomess phone call from a pay phone, letting the police know there was someone worth considering, at Lucy's address.
Max's grin disapeared, when she heard a fist connect with...something, and a chorus of groans from outside. She hurried out, and found Elizabeth, on top of a man on the ground, who was covering his face, and trying to hold her back.
"Elizabeth!" Max hollered, to no avail. Then, remembering sadly, she added, "Y1-001!"
Elizabeth hopped off the man imediatly, and stood at attention. "Yes ma'am!" she yelled, saluting.
"What were you doing?" Max asked, softer.
"He...he picked me up ma'am. I was defending myself ma'am."
Max glanced at the small man, still laying on the ground, holding his stomach. "He wasn't trying to hurt you." she said, kneeling down eye level with Elizabeth.
"Ma'am?"
"Not everyone wants to hurt you Elizabeth. I don't. And if any of these men do, " here Max paused, and glared around the group, "...they'll have Me to deal with. You are to attack only in self defence. And you need to learn about when is the right time to fight..." Max lifted Elizabeth easily. She was as stiff as a board in her arms. "Relax." Max voiced, in her ear. When nothing happened, she repeated, "Relax soldier."
"Yes ma'am." Was the sleepy reply. When Max lay Lizzy down on their bed, she was surprised to see the little girl had fallen asleep...
Max sat beside her on the bed, and sang a lullaby Logan would sing to her when she had a seizure. When she was sure Elizabeth was sleeping soundly, she got up quietly, and went back out to talk to Gary again.
end chapter 23
