Sorry this took so long. I'll try to update faster! Thanks for all of you that reviewed. *I shake my fist at those that didn't*. If there are any of you that are remaining extremely quiet, please don't, REVIEW! :D Anyway, here we go…



Chapter 4

Logan's arms were killing him. He was rowing as fast as he could, but there was only so fast a two-man row boat could go. As he neared land he went slower, so not to attract any unwanted attention. He hadn't heard anything, and from what he could see, the SUV's were still there. Hopefully that meant that Max hadn't been found yet. He wished he had brought his phone with him, but he had hoped for no distractions up here with Max, so he hadn't. 'Dammit!' he thought to himself. He knew now that he wouldn't be able to have the perfect proposal, but hell, he loved her. It didn't need to be perfect for her to know that. He silently made his way towards the back of the cabin, near the edge of a small forest. He kept in the shadows. He stopped when he saw a figure a few meters in front of him.

"Colonel Lydecker, sir?" The man seemed to be talking into a radio of some sort.

"Yeah. What is it? Have you found him?" Logan heard Lydecker's voice. 'Him'. It was Zach they were after, not Max. He waited for the soldiers response.

"No sir. There is no one inside." The soldier responded.

"Well keep searching. We have to find him." Lydecker snapped back, before signing off.

As Logan watched, the soldier placed the radio back in his belt. He then began to walk in Logan's direction. Logan held his breath. The soldier stopped a few meters in front of him. Logan stepped back, stepping on a dry twig. The soldier looked up realising there was someone near by. He reached for the radio, but not before something struck him on the head, and he collapsed unconscious onto the floor. Logan looked up surprised at the new figure standing in front of him.

"Logan? Where's Max?" It was Zach.

"She came to find you. I have no idea where she went. That's why I came back." Logan replied relieved. Zach remained silent. He turned back to look at the cottage.

"She hasn't been found yet. We have to find her first. Then we can take care of them." He indicated towards the soldiers.

"How? We don't have any weapons." Logan said. Zach didn't say anything, he just pulled out a couple of grenades, and something that Logan assumed was a bomb. He laid them on the ground, before producing a handgun.

"Those are mine." He said. Then he bent over the unconscious soldier and searched him for any useful weapons.

"These are yours." He pulled out a pocket-knife and another handgun, and handed them to Logan. He threw Logan some rope.

"Here. Tie him up." He said indicating to the soldier. "I'm going to go find Max." Logan was going to argue, but realising it would be pointless, he held back. He watched Zach silently walk away, before kneeling down and tying up the guard. A few minutes later he had bound him tightly. He stood up and looked cautiously around. Nothing. Luckily no soldiers had been past yet, but it was only a matter of time. Logan looked back down as the soldier slowly tried to move. He opened his eyes, and it took a while for him to realise that Logan was standing above him, and that he was bound up with rope.

"Who are you?" The soldier asked. Logan looked at him, then took out his handkerchief and stuffed it in his (the soldiers) mouth.

"You're lucky….that wasn't used." Logan said as the soldier started struggling.

"Logan…." He spun around. Max was leaning on Zach's shoulder, so not to put too much weight on her right leg in which there was a huge gash.

"Max…." He ran forward and hugged her. Max removed her arm from Zach and placed all her weight on Logan. "What happened?" He asked pushing her to arms length, but still supporting her.

"Oh, when I was swimming I just grazed it on some rocks….no big dealio." Max replied.

"Hey, guys….are we going to do this or what?" Zach interrupted.

"What are we doing again?" Logan asked allowing Max to lean on him.

"We're going to blow up your cabin." Zach stated.

"What?" Max asked surprised.

"I said, we're…." Logan cut him off.

"We heard what you said. How can you blow up the cabin? Without even telling me…." Logan said.

"We have to find some way to get out of here, and at the moment, there's no chance at all of either of us getting out of here. What I say, is that one of us goes in, sets this," He indicated to the bomb he had showed Logan earlier, "and gets out of there so we can detonate."

"We can't just blow up the cabin." Max said. "It belongs to his family." She said looking in Logan's direction.

"No, Max. He's right. If you want this to end, right now….we have to destroy it—along with the soldiers. It can always be rebuilt." Logan said. "Who's going to go in?" He asked.

"I will. You go further into the forest and wait till I'm clear, then detonate." Zach said. "If I don't get out in time, and the soldiers find me…." He started.

"No Zach, we can't…." Max said.

"Maxie….I'd rather die than go back. You know that. What better way to die that taking down Lydecker with me?" Zach finished. They were quiet for a moment. Zack hugged Max and said, "I'll come back though. Don't worry about it." Then he shook Logan's hand. "Take care of her for me…." Zach whispered to him. Logan nodded, then said, "There's a sky-light somewhere up there. It should make it easier." Zach nodded and left. "C'mon Max, let's go." Logan said. They moved deeper into the forest. Logan held the control to detonate the bomb in his hand. He had no idea how he was going to know when Zach was clear, he would just wait for some sort of sign. He sat down and held an upset Max in his arms, and they waited.



That was way longer than I expected it to be. Should I kill Zach or not? Majority rules, so post in those opinions!!!