"Who's this?" Asha demanded. The voice was familiar but it couldn't be him.

"It's Logan." It was.

"Logan?? What the hell? You are supposed to be dead! I was contacted by some informants telling me that you were taken down by that Manticore place or something." She could barely contain her questions.

"No. Cover up op to clear up any trails I had and to avoid questions of my where abouts but you know all about that. Guess they just didn't put me on file as Logan Cale." She snorted.

"Yeah like what else would they put you under?" He heard the clicking she was making on her computer and guessed she was in the Manticore files.

"I would imagine it would be under #601."

"A number?"

"Just try it." She shrugged and typed it in. He heard a gasp.

"Damn Logan. What the hell did they do to you?" As much as he wanted to know how much they screwed with him he needed something else.

"Never mind that. I want you to find the file on 494. Check under the x series files."

"Ok exactly what am I looking for in here?"

"Programming."

"Well everything checks out ok. If your doubting this dudes capabilities then you got nothing to worry about."

"What do you mean?"

"Well he seems to check out ok in ops and training as far and abilities and he is pretty damn good in the field but apparently he is considered an insubordinate asshole by his superiors." Logan chuckled slightly at this knowing full well where they were coming from.

"Sorry to bother you with this I just needed a little confirmation considering he is out in the world now."

"Yeah." Asha paused. She tried her hardest not to let him notice how his death bothered her. She never actually even cried about it. She wouldn't let herself because it just wasn't her but she always was fond of him. Sometimes she thought maybe his was more than a friend to her but it isn't like she would ever admit feelings like that considering her role in life.

"I will call you later ok?"

"Yeah sure. I will look over his files a little more see if I pick anything up that might worry you about his trustworthiness."

"Thanks. Bye." He hung up when she pulled up 494's picture.

'Hmm.' She mused. 'Not bad looking. Not bad looking at all.'



Logan went back to sit with Max hoping that she wouldn't get upset over what he was going to say next.



A/N Yes Max will meet Alec very soon now. I am considering writing another (Ahem) romance piece because some of you seemed to appreciate it but I will most likely need more encouragement before I do it so if you liked that piece and want more do review and I will respond promptly.