Love to Hate You, Hate to Love You

By: Anndee

Start Date : May 13th, 2002

Disclaimer: Dark Angel is the property of James Cameron (I don't care, I loved Titanic) and Eglee. Don't sue, you wouldn't get much (maybe my Beatles Box set but I would have to hunt you down and steal it back, besides JC, you can afford your own).

Spoilers: Season 2 (obviously) somewhere around "Hello, Goodbye" and "DDA" (I don't really pay attention to the names of the eps and I actually did miss a few due to the fact they changed time slots on me and so my VCR recorded some other stupid show like 24 or When Killer Bees Attack, yadayada-schmaketyschmakety)

Rating: I'm going to say R because eventually there will be sex and that way I don't have to watch their language (Seriously? Genetically Engineered Soldiers who don't SWEAR?)

Summary: In response to a challenge on Donna Lynn's site. It's a Max/Alec fic. I don't hate Logan, I like him actually, but I love Alec (love Jensen Ackles as well, even if Eric was stupid and left Greta for the sleazy Nicole, but I digress that wasn't his fault.), and the chemistry between Max and Alec is undeniable, though lots of M/L shippers seem to being doing a pretty good job of it.

AN: This isn't my first fan fic, I've been writing *N Sync Fics for years, but it is my first DA fic and it's my first challenge fic. For some reason, I thought you might like to know.



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1.1 Prologue

"You're late."

Max leaned against the foggy glass partition, and lifted one dark, nicely shaped eyebrow, "Well sorry Logan but some of us do actually have to work for a living."

Logan sighed, running a hand over his ever present five o'clock shadow, "I need your help."

"Figured as much." Max rolled her eyes. Not literally, because he was looking right at her and unlike the proverbial thorn in her side, otherwise known as Alec, his ego couldn't take it.

Actually, Max thought, there probably wasn't much that could deflate the blonde transgenic's ego. Not even a good hard knee to the groin in front of a hundred people.

Max smiled as she remembered the event just a week past. If only he had been willing to throw the fight. Then you wouldn't have been able to touch his sweaty body, all shirtless and rippling.

Max stood up straight, shocked by her thoughts. What the hell? "I hate Alec."

"Well hello to you too, Sunshine." Alec drawled in her ear, coming up behind her.

Logan looked at Max, puzzled as she jumped and pulled so abruptly away from the younger man.

"So Logan my man, where's Asha?" Alec said walking into the kitchen and grabbing a cold slice of pizza from the fridge before walking back out and sitting down with a thud on the couch, "She left me a message said to get here right away."

"Asha has your number?" Max asked with a shake of her head.

Alec grinned, his trademark smirk.

Max rolled her eyes. This time literally. God I love it when he looks at me that way. What? No, no, no, no.

"Jealous Maxie?" The former perfect Manticore soldier asked, suggestively.

Max was about to retort when Logan interrupted, "Asha is getting us all some ID's and papers for our mission." Then he turned to Alec, "I gave Asha your number and told her to call."

Max smirked at Alec.

It was Alec's turn to roll his eyes. "I'm sure she will be using it again for more social reasons."

"Who has who's number isn't important right now, the mission is." Logan interjected, wheeling his chair over to his computer.

Max and Alec looked at each other over the older man's head and rolled their eyes together.

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Max sat on the couch, next to Alec as they finished listening to what Logan had said. "So this Little Rascals Adoption Agency is actually a baby selling ring?"

Logan nodded, "Yes, and it's not just babies but young children as well, stolen from their parents."

"And so we are going to go in, break them out and give them back?" Alec asked leaning against the back of the couch, extending his arm along the back. "Sounds pretty easy to me."

Max jerked as she felt Alec's finger brush her shoulder. At least she told herself it was a jerk.

"Oh Maxie watch it, or Logi-boy here may get the wrong idea about us. Didn't know my touch, affected you so." Alec lifted his eyebrows and smirked.

Max gave him a sacrine smile, "A shudder of revulsion Alec, with all the practice you've had you would think you could tell the difference by now."

Alec opened his mouth with a comeback when Asha entered the apartment, her blonde hair flying behind her. "Got them, we're all set." She stopped when she noticed Alec and Max, "Did I miss another bout of foreplay again?" She asked.

The two transgenics showed identical faces of confusion.

Asha laughed and handed them their papers and then Logan's his, "You tell them what's up?"

Alec's face light up, "Oh congrats! When's the weddinOOF…ow." He glared at Max as her hand retreated from the backside of his head.

"She was talking about the mission." Max muttered, flipping her long dark hair over her shoulder.

Alec fought the urge to lick his lips as he watched the silky strands fly through the air then land softly down her smooth black tank top covered back, "What's to it, we go in, get the drooling monsters and get out."

"Not so simple, we also have to prove that the adoptions are illegal and close down the ring, so we are going in undercover." Logan explained.

Max looked down at her temporary identity, "Maxine Smart?"

Alec looked down at his, "Alec Smart? What are we brother and sister or something?"

Asha bit her lip and tried not to laugh.

Max however didn't suppress the urge, "Smart, get it? Alec Smart, smart aleck."

Alec shook his head, "So Logi-bear, Asha who are you two."

"Logan and Asha Smith." Logan answered. He looked at Max, not sure how to approach this, "Um the facility only sees couples, they don't place children with single parents. So since Max and I can't touch, Asha and I are going in as the Smith's."

Max shrugged didn't really matter to her, who Logan pretended to be married to, "Okay…wait if they only accept couples that means…" Her eyes widened in shock.

Alec grinned mischievously as he comprehended what this mission would entail, "Ohh this is going to be fun." He turned to Max, "Isn't it…honey."