Logan was placed on the couch when they reached the pent house. Lydecker
left in order to make sure there was nothing left to pick up. Everyone else
hung out at the apartment. An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Max
was sitting on the floor next to the couch slowly stroking his forehead
softly. Zack was the first to ask.
"Why the hell did you exactly do that?" He asked Alec. Alec seemed lost in thought and was brought back to reality with a jolt and realized everyone was looking at him.
"What?"
"Why the hell did you knock him out?" Krit repeated for Zack. Alec ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
"Well, umm it is kind of hard to explain."
"Well it seems we have plenty of time." Asha shot back with venom. She was really beginning to like him but to attack without a motive really pissed her off. Alec raised his eyebrows at her and then sighed.
"Well after going through numerous procedures to enhance him they were looking for something to…motivate him for what he was supposed to do."
"Motivate him?" Syl asked.
"He was built mainly to be a search and destroy unit. He is capable of tons of other stuff than that but they wanted him to go after all of old contacts." Alec coughed. "You guys actually. He would not respond to the programs well enough to do that so they took him in about a week before we got out. They did a series of injections." Alec paused.
"What injections?" Max was now looking right at him. She saw the injection list and didn't see anything that would give him…motivation.
"I am not exactly sure but it was supposed to do something to him. If certain psychological manipulations were pressed on him he was liable to snap. Suddenly, with no warning what so ever."
"Why would she have told him about the effects if she knew he could fight it?" Krit asked. Alec coughed.
"That's the thing. He can't fight it." Everyone looked at him intensely.
"So if he wakes up then…" Asha trailed off as she looked over at Logan. A slightly feared look crossed her features.
"No. I said that wrong. He can fight it. Or he could. I used to help him psychologically bet it. He could warn me because he could feel it. Usually he would come back from a "talk" with Renfro and his face would be like deep red. He said his skin felt like it was on fire and so were his insides. It would work after he slept it off. But…"
"But what?" Zack called him up on this.
"The longer it is in his system the stronger it gets. After a while he felt like he couldn't do anything to stop it. So every time he needed it I would prevent him from… doing anything he would regret." Everyone was kind of stunned at this. The silence fell over the room. Max went back to stroking his forehead. She closed her eyes. 'How the fuck could I have let them do this to you Logan.'
"Question." They looked back up at Zack.
"When he wakes up he won't need to do that anymore right?" Alec laughed a little.
"Nah. But he does get pretty bitchy when he wakes up with that bruise every morning." Asha moved closer to Alec.
"You were in there with him and they knew that it would be you two when he snapped right?" Alec smiled kind of sadly.
"Well I suppose to reinforce it they figured I could trigger it better than any one else. They considered me and asshole." Alec grinned wider now. "Plus I was expendable for that reason." Asha smiled at him sadly. The silence claimed the room yet again. Asha scooted a little closer to Alec. Lydecker opened the door finally. Everyone was slightly relieved to see him (which was unusually ironic to Zack, Krit and Syl).
"Everything is clear." He looked down at Logan and then back at the rest.
"Everyone have a place to stay for the night?" He asked gruffly. Zack Syl and Krit looked at each other.
"I suppose there is a motel around here somewhe-." Alec cut him off.
"You guys can crash at my place!! Logan set me up with this sweet apartment!! Besides we could catch up on family fun." Syl obviously had a horrified expression at the idea but Krit and Zack just shrugged. He was a pain in the ass but they didn't mind giving him what for if he needed it. He was too cocky and they needed to take him down a couple of notches. After all that is what brothers were for right? Alec caught Syl's look.
"I suppose it wouldn't be too much fun for you would it though. But then again Asha could join the party." He said turning to her. She obviously wasn't expecting that.
"Well yeah, umm sure… why not." She didn't know what else to say. Syl smiled at her slightly but she still wasn't that fond of Alec. They started to go out the door. Max was still sitting next to the couch. Zack and Alec were the last ones out. Zack planted a kiss on the top of her head before heading out. Alec lingered behind.
"He is going to be ok you know." She looked up at him.
"I know. And thanks."
"For what?"
"For being there for him and helping with everything and all." He gave her a smile that was neither cocky nor conceited.
"Yeah. He really missed you back there. " She nodded her head slightly. Alec coughed a bit and then walked over to her bent down and hugged her. In a slightly gruff voice he said, "Good night, Max." When he pulled back she was smiling at him. He coughed again unused to mushy situations but he was sure he would have many more with his new found siblings.
"Call in the morning and tell me how he is."
"I will. Good night Alec."
"Yeah." He walked out of the apartment and closed the door behind him. But just before he closed the door he looked back on them. Her attention was turned back to Logan.
'Damn Logan you did good this time.' He mused before he went to take the peeps to his place.
A/N Next chapter will be the last. I have written it. But I am sad. I think I lost all my readers. No one reviews anymore. Oh well. I will just sit here and write to myself.
"Why the hell did you exactly do that?" He asked Alec. Alec seemed lost in thought and was brought back to reality with a jolt and realized everyone was looking at him.
"What?"
"Why the hell did you knock him out?" Krit repeated for Zack. Alec ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
"Well, umm it is kind of hard to explain."
"Well it seems we have plenty of time." Asha shot back with venom. She was really beginning to like him but to attack without a motive really pissed her off. Alec raised his eyebrows at her and then sighed.
"Well after going through numerous procedures to enhance him they were looking for something to…motivate him for what he was supposed to do."
"Motivate him?" Syl asked.
"He was built mainly to be a search and destroy unit. He is capable of tons of other stuff than that but they wanted him to go after all of old contacts." Alec coughed. "You guys actually. He would not respond to the programs well enough to do that so they took him in about a week before we got out. They did a series of injections." Alec paused.
"What injections?" Max was now looking right at him. She saw the injection list and didn't see anything that would give him…motivation.
"I am not exactly sure but it was supposed to do something to him. If certain psychological manipulations were pressed on him he was liable to snap. Suddenly, with no warning what so ever."
"Why would she have told him about the effects if she knew he could fight it?" Krit asked. Alec coughed.
"That's the thing. He can't fight it." Everyone looked at him intensely.
"So if he wakes up then…" Asha trailed off as she looked over at Logan. A slightly feared look crossed her features.
"No. I said that wrong. He can fight it. Or he could. I used to help him psychologically bet it. He could warn me because he could feel it. Usually he would come back from a "talk" with Renfro and his face would be like deep red. He said his skin felt like it was on fire and so were his insides. It would work after he slept it off. But…"
"But what?" Zack called him up on this.
"The longer it is in his system the stronger it gets. After a while he felt like he couldn't do anything to stop it. So every time he needed it I would prevent him from… doing anything he would regret." Everyone was kind of stunned at this. The silence fell over the room. Max went back to stroking his forehead. She closed her eyes. 'How the fuck could I have let them do this to you Logan.'
"Question." They looked back up at Zack.
"When he wakes up he won't need to do that anymore right?" Alec laughed a little.
"Nah. But he does get pretty bitchy when he wakes up with that bruise every morning." Asha moved closer to Alec.
"You were in there with him and they knew that it would be you two when he snapped right?" Alec smiled kind of sadly.
"Well I suppose to reinforce it they figured I could trigger it better than any one else. They considered me and asshole." Alec grinned wider now. "Plus I was expendable for that reason." Asha smiled at him sadly. The silence claimed the room yet again. Asha scooted a little closer to Alec. Lydecker opened the door finally. Everyone was slightly relieved to see him (which was unusually ironic to Zack, Krit and Syl).
"Everything is clear." He looked down at Logan and then back at the rest.
"Everyone have a place to stay for the night?" He asked gruffly. Zack Syl and Krit looked at each other.
"I suppose there is a motel around here somewhe-." Alec cut him off.
"You guys can crash at my place!! Logan set me up with this sweet apartment!! Besides we could catch up on family fun." Syl obviously had a horrified expression at the idea but Krit and Zack just shrugged. He was a pain in the ass but they didn't mind giving him what for if he needed it. He was too cocky and they needed to take him down a couple of notches. After all that is what brothers were for right? Alec caught Syl's look.
"I suppose it wouldn't be too much fun for you would it though. But then again Asha could join the party." He said turning to her. She obviously wasn't expecting that.
"Well yeah, umm sure… why not." She didn't know what else to say. Syl smiled at her slightly but she still wasn't that fond of Alec. They started to go out the door. Max was still sitting next to the couch. Zack and Alec were the last ones out. Zack planted a kiss on the top of her head before heading out. Alec lingered behind.
"He is going to be ok you know." She looked up at him.
"I know. And thanks."
"For what?"
"For being there for him and helping with everything and all." He gave her a smile that was neither cocky nor conceited.
"Yeah. He really missed you back there. " She nodded her head slightly. Alec coughed a bit and then walked over to her bent down and hugged her. In a slightly gruff voice he said, "Good night, Max." When he pulled back she was smiling at him. He coughed again unused to mushy situations but he was sure he would have many more with his new found siblings.
"Call in the morning and tell me how he is."
"I will. Good night Alec."
"Yeah." He walked out of the apartment and closed the door behind him. But just before he closed the door he looked back on them. Her attention was turned back to Logan.
'Damn Logan you did good this time.' He mused before he went to take the peeps to his place.
A/N Next chapter will be the last. I have written it. But I am sad. I think I lost all my readers. No one reviews anymore. Oh well. I will just sit here and write to myself.