Xin Ru Si Hui (A Heart Reduced To Ashes)
Chapter Six
What if Max had been in love with Zack as well as Logan at the time of Blah Blah Woof Woof? Who would she have chosen? What would have happened?
Max rode. For more than three hours she just rode. She wasn't going anywhere really, just riding around. When she finally thought about it though, she knew where she would end up. The Space Needle. It was where she always went to think about things.
When she got there, she hid her bike in the bushes at the bottom. She climbed up and sat down. From up there, everything seemed so small and insignificant.
'I loved him. I still love him. And he got killed for me. Or worse, he got taken back to Manticore. And I was the one who made him do it. I can't believe that I made him go back there. I am the one who is responsible for his, and Logan's death. There is nothing else for me to do.'
With that thought in her mind, Max got up and walked over to the edge of the space needle. She looked around at all the people who were walking down the desecrated streets. She looked once more at the moon that was half way across the sky, and wished her last wish.
"I wish you were here with me now big brother."
She lifted one foot, and was just about to jump off the edge, when a slim arm snaked around her waist.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you," a familiar voice whispered in her ear, "You might hurt yourself."
The person gently drew her back from the edge, and then spun her around, and gave her a hug.
"Jondy!"
"Max."
"What... What are you doing here?"
"I didn't know myself until you showed up and started throwing yourself of the edge."
"I... I killed them. I can't stand to live anymore, knowing that I was the one who killed them."
"Who, Max?"
"Zack, and Logan. I as good as killed them both."
"Zack's dead."
"Zack's captured."
"But, then he could still be alive, and we can get him out. Can't we Maxie?"
"I don't know Jondy. He told me that he would rather die than go back there. And he sacrificed himself for me."
"He what?"
"He offered himself instead of me."
"Look, let's sit down and you can tell me the whole story, in order."
Max and Jondy sat down, and Max told her the whole story, from when she had first found the piece of paper with her face and a reward for her capture on it, to when she had gotten out of the police station and seen Zack being lead away. When she started telling Jondy about Logan though, her voice caught in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong baby sister?"
"I... I came home, and O.C. was sitting on the couch, crying into a pillow. And she told me that..."
"That what Maxie? Come on baby sister, you can tell me." Jondy put an arm around Max shoulders, and let her baby sister cry for a minute before she tried to make her talk again.
"She said that... That Logan had had a post surgery problem. And that he was... he was dead."
Max put her face on Jondy's shoulder and cried, while Jondy gently stroked Max's hair. Jondy could fell the tears beginning to well in her own eyes. She did not know Logan, but it was wrong for her baby sister to have suffered so much in just one day. She didn't like the fact that Zack was captured either, but for Max to lose her other love as well? That was not a good thing.
When Max stopped crying, Jondy lead her down to the bottom of the Space Needle, and pulled out a black Ninja.
"Here baby sister, I'll drive you home."
"No, I'm fine Jondy," Max said as she pulled out her own black Ninja, "I've got my own baby."
When Jondy saw Max's bike, she laughed. She didn't mean to, but it just happened.
"What's so funny Jon?"
"Just you and me Maxie, just you and me. We're so alike aren't we?"
"I guess so."
They both hoped on their bikes, and Max led the way back to her apartment.
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There you go, yet another of my so boring chapters done. Hope that you like it. The next chapter should be longer, but there will only be two or three more chapters to go. Please review.
Chapter Six
What if Max had been in love with Zack as well as Logan at the time of Blah Blah Woof Woof? Who would she have chosen? What would have happened?
Max rode. For more than three hours she just rode. She wasn't going anywhere really, just riding around. When she finally thought about it though, she knew where she would end up. The Space Needle. It was where she always went to think about things.
When she got there, she hid her bike in the bushes at the bottom. She climbed up and sat down. From up there, everything seemed so small and insignificant.
'I loved him. I still love him. And he got killed for me. Or worse, he got taken back to Manticore. And I was the one who made him do it. I can't believe that I made him go back there. I am the one who is responsible for his, and Logan's death. There is nothing else for me to do.'
With that thought in her mind, Max got up and walked over to the edge of the space needle. She looked around at all the people who were walking down the desecrated streets. She looked once more at the moon that was half way across the sky, and wished her last wish.
"I wish you were here with me now big brother."
She lifted one foot, and was just about to jump off the edge, when a slim arm snaked around her waist.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you," a familiar voice whispered in her ear, "You might hurt yourself."
The person gently drew her back from the edge, and then spun her around, and gave her a hug.
"Jondy!"
"Max."
"What... What are you doing here?"
"I didn't know myself until you showed up and started throwing yourself of the edge."
"I... I killed them. I can't stand to live anymore, knowing that I was the one who killed them."
"Who, Max?"
"Zack, and Logan. I as good as killed them both."
"Zack's dead."
"Zack's captured."
"But, then he could still be alive, and we can get him out. Can't we Maxie?"
"I don't know Jondy. He told me that he would rather die than go back there. And he sacrificed himself for me."
"He what?"
"He offered himself instead of me."
"Look, let's sit down and you can tell me the whole story, in order."
Max and Jondy sat down, and Max told her the whole story, from when she had first found the piece of paper with her face and a reward for her capture on it, to when she had gotten out of the police station and seen Zack being lead away. When she started telling Jondy about Logan though, her voice caught in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong baby sister?"
"I... I came home, and O.C. was sitting on the couch, crying into a pillow. And she told me that..."
"That what Maxie? Come on baby sister, you can tell me." Jondy put an arm around Max shoulders, and let her baby sister cry for a minute before she tried to make her talk again.
"She said that... That Logan had had a post surgery problem. And that he was... he was dead."
Max put her face on Jondy's shoulder and cried, while Jondy gently stroked Max's hair. Jondy could fell the tears beginning to well in her own eyes. She did not know Logan, but it was wrong for her baby sister to have suffered so much in just one day. She didn't like the fact that Zack was captured either, but for Max to lose her other love as well? That was not a good thing.
When Max stopped crying, Jondy lead her down to the bottom of the Space Needle, and pulled out a black Ninja.
"Here baby sister, I'll drive you home."
"No, I'm fine Jondy," Max said as she pulled out her own black Ninja, "I've got my own baby."
When Jondy saw Max's bike, she laughed. She didn't mean to, but it just happened.
"What's so funny Jon?"
"Just you and me Maxie, just you and me. We're so alike aren't we?"
"I guess so."
They both hoped on their bikes, and Max led the way back to her apartment.
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There you go, yet another of my so boring chapters done. Hope that you like it. The next chapter should be longer, but there will only be two or three more chapters to go. Please review.