After a long time of dong nothing Logan's cell phone began to ring
obnoxiously. He groaned as he sat up to answer.
"Yeah."
"Logan?"
"Zack?"
"Where are you?"
"At a motel."
"Lydecker called us."
"Really."
"He filled us in on your condition. We know about the bug." Logan ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
"Yeah he is coming here to take it out."
"He told us that to. But I am afraid it is going to be one long night."
"Oh really. What fun is in store?"
"They left Manticore poorly guarded today. We can go in and get rid of those bastards once and for all."
"What's the plan?"
"After Lydecker gets that fucker out of your spine we will meet. He knows where to go. Me Syl and Krit are here. We collected…some toys for this."
"Oh I can't wait to see what you three picked up. You really trust Lydecker now."
"Well he did mislead us once after you were gone but he was just misinformed. Besides he has done us quite a few favors."
"Is he your best friend now?"
"Our eradicator? I still think he is an asshole with seriously fucked up views but he is trustworthy at the moment."
"Right. See you then." CLICK. Max tuned in to the conversation and was looking up at Logan when he got off the phone with Zack.
"Why does this scenario seem familiar?" she was slightly angry and a little upset.
"Max that was a long time ago. Besides it isn't like it was last year."
"Yes it is." She grumbled. "We are going to try and take down Manticore again with the same people."
"It is different." He came to sit next to her on the bed. "Nothing is going to happen I promise." She let out an unsatisfied sigh. He pulled her close to him. He damn sure wasn't going to let them take her back any more than he was planning on letting them take him back.
Knock, Knock.
"Who is it?"
"Lydecker." Logan moved to the door and unbolted it. Lydecker walked in with a small bag, which he plopped, on a table. Logan glanced over to see if they were tracking him yet but no signs indicated it. Lydecker moved some stuff around in his bag looking for something. He grasped something in his hand and looked back at Logan.
"Well. Certainly took their time with you."
"Right. Can we just get on with this?" Lydecker shrugged. He went to the bathroom to retrieve a towel, which he laid on the bed. Max moved next to Logan.
"Lie down." Logan took off his shirt and did what he asked and Lydecker produced a small scalpel like blade.
"Wait!" Lydecker looked up at her.
"When exactly does the anesthetizing come in?" Logan lifted his head off his arms and looked back at Deck. Deck answered.
"He doesn't need it."
"Like hell he doesn't!! He will be able to feel that!" Logan looked at Max.
"It's ok. I'll be fine." He said softly.
"Logan, ever been in a surgery situation with out something?" Logan looked back down. Lydecker responded.
"Max, they wouldn't bother in his case." She couldn't believe it. Even when they were kids and born to endure pain they gave them something to sedate them during a surgery. Logan never got one dose during his procedures which he got 10 times more and must have hurt 10 times more. She didn't say anything anymore but moved over on to one side of the bed. Logan's head was propped on his arms as his back fully exposed to Lydecker. She took his hand in hers. He smiled at her to reassure her he would be ok.
Slowly he drug the blade down the scar. Max still couldn't believe this. Logan didn't tighten his grip on her hand or even flinch. He kept his eyes forward. His expression completely blank and void of emotion. Lydecker finally opened it enough so he could separate the skin from each other. He picked up a couple of pins and pinned back the skin he cut to the skin still on his back so he could have better access. He took out a small probing tool. Suddenly a loud beep was coming from the computer.
"Fuck. Lydecker, they started."
"I know. I think I can get it before they finish."
"Max how much time do we have." Max leaned back and glanced at the computer timer that showed the countdown clock.
"5 minutes." She tightened her grip on his hand. She was helpless. She couldn't do a damn thing. He was lying there getting cut up and probed and was feeling every bit of it. Manticore had a trace and in 5 minutes they would know exactly where he was. He couldn't hide once that timer went off. Small beads of sweat formed on Decks' brow. He was probing further and moving things around. He poked at something that could not be ignored.
"Fuck." Logan felt that. He tightened his grip on Max.
"Sorry." Deck mumbled. Max glanced at the clock.
"3 minutes." Deck kept moving his tool around hoping to strike the metallic device. He didn't feel anything.
"They did a damn good job at hiding this. I don't see an-." Logan cut him off.
"Stop. Right there." Deck tapped the tool onto a piece in him.
"There?"
"Yeah. That's it."
"It can't be. It is supposed to be a metal device."
"That is it I am telling you."
"You want to bet your life on that? What happens if I remove that and you can't walk?"
"That is it!"
"There is no way you can know."
"Yes god dammit there is! That is the exact spot they were working on." Deck tapped it again. "That is exactly the spot they worked on. I remember. I can feel it like I felt it then." Lydecker moved his head closer and produced a small flashlight and pointed it at the moving bunch of blood and parts. He poked at it again; Logan closed his eyes and tightened his facial features.
"Damn. Your right. It is coated. Ok remember the first time they did this." Logan grimaced and nodded. He remembered too well.
"Well get ready for one hell of a shocker. It's ok to scream."
"Just do it all ready." Max looked at the clock again.
"45 seconds." Logan looked up at her.
"When the time runs out I want you and Deck here to get the hell out of here." Her eyes were glassy. She couldn't leave him again. But she wasn't going to argue with him. She was going to stay with him no matter what. Deck cut off the cover. Unfortunately the cover to the device had lots of tissue attached it so he had to whack that off. Logan closed his eyes. Not even clenching the. His face was just a rigid piece carved out of stone. Lydecker found it beeping softly and lights were going off on it.
"Shit."
"What now?"
"Logan this isn't just a tracker. It is that and a mini bomb. It explodes even the smallest amount it will shatter your spine."
"20 seconds." Max was panicking. She couldn't stay with him if that timer went off. If that bitch wasn't out in 20 seconds he would be a dead found man. Her breathing was unsteady. She couldn't lose him again. Deck found the root of the device.
"Hold your breaths." He took hold of the device. 10 seconds. It slipped out of the miniature prongs. He regrasped it. 5 seconds. He pulled at it. It was in there really tight. Logan caught his breath. 3 seconds. Lydecker lost all finesse in the procedure and yanked as hard as he could at the device tearing it from tissue and bone that practically surrounded it. Logan let out a moan loud enough to be a yell. He felt like his insides were being torn from him. He could handle pain. He could handle this but it hurt like hell.
"Oh god dammit!" he breathed heavy trying to gain composure. Max looked up at Deck who had the small device dripping with blood and a bit of tissue on it. She let out a breath she was holding. Logan swallowed hard and Lydecker went back to mend the spot he had cut in Logan's back. He pulled the pins out and managed to quickly stitch the area up and then he put a bandage over the skin. He went over to he device to make sure it still couldn't be used as a tracker. When he yanked it out he snapped a wire in the delicate device so it immediately turned off without tracking or making explosion of any sort. Logan sat up. His back was a little sore but he learned he could quickly detach the pain from his body. Max was still tightly holding his hand. She was so terrified but everything was ok now. He smiled at her to prove he was just fine and she managed a weak smile back at him.
After Lydecker finished examining the device, he put his stuff away.
"We need to go meet Zack and the rest now." Max didn't like this. Everything was too similar to the many months ago and Logan just went under a knife for Christ's sake. Logan nodded his head and they all headed out to meet the X5's.
A/N sorry I didn't have time to write this yesterday. I had to fix my NC-17 version and I couldn't write anymore because I got sick. I count fixing that chapter a chapter a day I promised. This is a long chapter, so I hoped you liked it. Tried to make it jam packed with action. Oh yeah sorry no requests for Joshua. Plus I would suck at it so maybe another story. Please respond.
"Yeah."
"Logan?"
"Zack?"
"Where are you?"
"At a motel."
"Lydecker called us."
"Really."
"He filled us in on your condition. We know about the bug." Logan ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
"Yeah he is coming here to take it out."
"He told us that to. But I am afraid it is going to be one long night."
"Oh really. What fun is in store?"
"They left Manticore poorly guarded today. We can go in and get rid of those bastards once and for all."
"What's the plan?"
"After Lydecker gets that fucker out of your spine we will meet. He knows where to go. Me Syl and Krit are here. We collected…some toys for this."
"Oh I can't wait to see what you three picked up. You really trust Lydecker now."
"Well he did mislead us once after you were gone but he was just misinformed. Besides he has done us quite a few favors."
"Is he your best friend now?"
"Our eradicator? I still think he is an asshole with seriously fucked up views but he is trustworthy at the moment."
"Right. See you then." CLICK. Max tuned in to the conversation and was looking up at Logan when he got off the phone with Zack.
"Why does this scenario seem familiar?" she was slightly angry and a little upset.
"Max that was a long time ago. Besides it isn't like it was last year."
"Yes it is." She grumbled. "We are going to try and take down Manticore again with the same people."
"It is different." He came to sit next to her on the bed. "Nothing is going to happen I promise." She let out an unsatisfied sigh. He pulled her close to him. He damn sure wasn't going to let them take her back any more than he was planning on letting them take him back.
Knock, Knock.
"Who is it?"
"Lydecker." Logan moved to the door and unbolted it. Lydecker walked in with a small bag, which he plopped, on a table. Logan glanced over to see if they were tracking him yet but no signs indicated it. Lydecker moved some stuff around in his bag looking for something. He grasped something in his hand and looked back at Logan.
"Well. Certainly took their time with you."
"Right. Can we just get on with this?" Lydecker shrugged. He went to the bathroom to retrieve a towel, which he laid on the bed. Max moved next to Logan.
"Lie down." Logan took off his shirt and did what he asked and Lydecker produced a small scalpel like blade.
"Wait!" Lydecker looked up at her.
"When exactly does the anesthetizing come in?" Logan lifted his head off his arms and looked back at Deck. Deck answered.
"He doesn't need it."
"Like hell he doesn't!! He will be able to feel that!" Logan looked at Max.
"It's ok. I'll be fine." He said softly.
"Logan, ever been in a surgery situation with out something?" Logan looked back down. Lydecker responded.
"Max, they wouldn't bother in his case." She couldn't believe it. Even when they were kids and born to endure pain they gave them something to sedate them during a surgery. Logan never got one dose during his procedures which he got 10 times more and must have hurt 10 times more. She didn't say anything anymore but moved over on to one side of the bed. Logan's head was propped on his arms as his back fully exposed to Lydecker. She took his hand in hers. He smiled at her to reassure her he would be ok.
Slowly he drug the blade down the scar. Max still couldn't believe this. Logan didn't tighten his grip on her hand or even flinch. He kept his eyes forward. His expression completely blank and void of emotion. Lydecker finally opened it enough so he could separate the skin from each other. He picked up a couple of pins and pinned back the skin he cut to the skin still on his back so he could have better access. He took out a small probing tool. Suddenly a loud beep was coming from the computer.
"Fuck. Lydecker, they started."
"I know. I think I can get it before they finish."
"Max how much time do we have." Max leaned back and glanced at the computer timer that showed the countdown clock.
"5 minutes." She tightened her grip on his hand. She was helpless. She couldn't do a damn thing. He was lying there getting cut up and probed and was feeling every bit of it. Manticore had a trace and in 5 minutes they would know exactly where he was. He couldn't hide once that timer went off. Small beads of sweat formed on Decks' brow. He was probing further and moving things around. He poked at something that could not be ignored.
"Fuck." Logan felt that. He tightened his grip on Max.
"Sorry." Deck mumbled. Max glanced at the clock.
"3 minutes." Deck kept moving his tool around hoping to strike the metallic device. He didn't feel anything.
"They did a damn good job at hiding this. I don't see an-." Logan cut him off.
"Stop. Right there." Deck tapped the tool onto a piece in him.
"There?"
"Yeah. That's it."
"It can't be. It is supposed to be a metal device."
"That is it I am telling you."
"You want to bet your life on that? What happens if I remove that and you can't walk?"
"That is it!"
"There is no way you can know."
"Yes god dammit there is! That is the exact spot they were working on." Deck tapped it again. "That is exactly the spot they worked on. I remember. I can feel it like I felt it then." Lydecker moved his head closer and produced a small flashlight and pointed it at the moving bunch of blood and parts. He poked at it again; Logan closed his eyes and tightened his facial features.
"Damn. Your right. It is coated. Ok remember the first time they did this." Logan grimaced and nodded. He remembered too well.
"Well get ready for one hell of a shocker. It's ok to scream."
"Just do it all ready." Max looked at the clock again.
"45 seconds." Logan looked up at her.
"When the time runs out I want you and Deck here to get the hell out of here." Her eyes were glassy. She couldn't leave him again. But she wasn't going to argue with him. She was going to stay with him no matter what. Deck cut off the cover. Unfortunately the cover to the device had lots of tissue attached it so he had to whack that off. Logan closed his eyes. Not even clenching the. His face was just a rigid piece carved out of stone. Lydecker found it beeping softly and lights were going off on it.
"Shit."
"What now?"
"Logan this isn't just a tracker. It is that and a mini bomb. It explodes even the smallest amount it will shatter your spine."
"20 seconds." Max was panicking. She couldn't stay with him if that timer went off. If that bitch wasn't out in 20 seconds he would be a dead found man. Her breathing was unsteady. She couldn't lose him again. Deck found the root of the device.
"Hold your breaths." He took hold of the device. 10 seconds. It slipped out of the miniature prongs. He regrasped it. 5 seconds. He pulled at it. It was in there really tight. Logan caught his breath. 3 seconds. Lydecker lost all finesse in the procedure and yanked as hard as he could at the device tearing it from tissue and bone that practically surrounded it. Logan let out a moan loud enough to be a yell. He felt like his insides were being torn from him. He could handle pain. He could handle this but it hurt like hell.
"Oh god dammit!" he breathed heavy trying to gain composure. Max looked up at Deck who had the small device dripping with blood and a bit of tissue on it. She let out a breath she was holding. Logan swallowed hard and Lydecker went back to mend the spot he had cut in Logan's back. He pulled the pins out and managed to quickly stitch the area up and then he put a bandage over the skin. He went over to he device to make sure it still couldn't be used as a tracker. When he yanked it out he snapped a wire in the delicate device so it immediately turned off without tracking or making explosion of any sort. Logan sat up. His back was a little sore but he learned he could quickly detach the pain from his body. Max was still tightly holding his hand. She was so terrified but everything was ok now. He smiled at her to prove he was just fine and she managed a weak smile back at him.
After Lydecker finished examining the device, he put his stuff away.
"We need to go meet Zack and the rest now." Max didn't like this. Everything was too similar to the many months ago and Logan just went under a knife for Christ's sake. Logan nodded his head and they all headed out to meet the X5's.
A/N sorry I didn't have time to write this yesterday. I had to fix my NC-17 version and I couldn't write anymore because I got sick. I count fixing that chapter a chapter a day I promised. This is a long chapter, so I hoped you liked it. Tried to make it jam packed with action. Oh yeah sorry no requests for Joshua. Plus I would suck at it so maybe another story. Please respond.