A/N: Lack of reviews means lack of chapters. Could someone remind me WHY they got rid of the show?

Disclaimer: Does anyone ever read these?

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To poor Cindy, lying on the floor, the voices seemed far away.. things began to fade.. Cindy's head dropped to the floor as her world went black.

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Max watched in horror as Logan doubled over. How she longed to hold him, make sure everything was okay. freakin' virus. She could only stand there as the medics took him away. She sensed someone was coming up behind her, but in her current state, she didn't care who the hell it was. "You okay?" That someone asked. Max jumped. Alec. "How many times have I told you not to do that?" She hissed angrily. Alec never got to answer, as his phone began to ring.

"Yup?" He answered. A pause. Alec's eyes widened for a moment. "You're kidding."

"What is it?" Max asked. "Logan?"

"We'll be right there." Alec said, before putting the phone back into his pocket. He turned back to Max. "Hospital building. Let's go" He said simply before turning away.

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"Oh, god," Max whispered as she saw Logan lying in the bed, but in the next bed, was.

"Cindy," Max said, before rushing over to her bedside. Cindy's face, once full of life and spirit, was now empty, emotionless. Even the smirk that Cindy usually wore in her sleep was gone. Max worked hard to control her tears. A few leaked out as she lightly touched Cindy's hand.

She felt another hand on her shoulder. A medical transgenic. Max stood up to face him.

"Whats happening?" She asked quietly.

The doctor sighed before replying. "The toxins. In the air. They are getting the ordinaries sick. Manticore made US immune, but there is nothing we can do for them. They have to get out of here."

"The transfusion?"

"Worked for a little while - that's why they lasted this many days without showing and signs of illness."

Max nodded. She really hated doing the right thing sometimes.

"The blood transfusion will probably work again, but after that, it would be dangerous. If you give blood now, then you will only have a couple of days to get them out of this environment." The doctor continued.

Max lifted up her shirt sleeve to show that she was ready.

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Cindy woke up to Max's face staring down at her. "Hey, boo. How's my girl?"

Max smiled. "shouldn't I be asking you that?" she asked.

Cindy looked around. "Who? Me? I was just wakin up from one helluva nap." She tried getting up. Another sharp pain reminded her of what had happened. "Oof!" she grunted as she fell back onto the bed

"Easy!" Max cried. Look. We gotta get you out of Terminal City."

OC looked shocked. "Why? I can't leave, Boo."

Max shook her head. "You not going to last. I'm sorry."

A beeping sound drew Max's attention to her pager. "Logan." She explained. "I gotta bounce." OC nodded.

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"Logan." Max called. Logan was still in bed and recovering from his encounter with death - but it hadn't stopped him from using his laptop to help Max find some stuff on how to get out of the place, and where they might lie low for a while. "Hey." He said, looking up from his computer. Max gave an unsure half-smile. Things had gotten more and more awkward between the two of them. "So.you have some information for me?"

"Yeah. Just beyond the Canadian Border. There's a place, outskirts of a tiny little town. They haven't got much money, so police coverage there is terrible. Perfect place for them to lie low."

Max nodded. "We'll leave tomorrow." She paused. "Are you okay."

Logan smiled. It was nice to know that he still had SOME place in her heart. "Yea. I'm fine. Are. Cindy and the rest of them?"

"They're fine."

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Alec made his way through the crowds, all of them dancing and basically enjoying themselves. It was the night before the ordinaries would start on their journey to Canada; a farewell party with every single transgenic in TC invited. A time to just unwind for one night.

He grinned at a group of female X5's, while he gave every single one a once over. Four of the girls grinned back, and gave their seductive smiles. The last one - the one which Alec was most interested in, rolled her eyes and turned away.

Alec stopped in shock. It was the first time that his smile hadn't made a girl faint, apart from Max, that is. Was his smile failing? He had to see. He walked slowly to the girl. "Alec." He said, introducing himself.

"Clarissa," She replied, in an annoyed tone. "I know what you are."

"Well, doesn't everyone?"

"No, not that. You've had practice."

"At what?"

"You have a reputation, you know."

"Really? Is that so? What kind of reputation?"

"That you're a player. That you use girls for one night stands. That you once tried to kill a fellow transgenic to save your own skin." Clarissa spat out that last sentence. She had grown up knowing teamwork, and that others were a lot more important than yourself. Alec went against just about everything in her rulebook.

Alec smiled again. "Want to go for a drink?"

Clarissa looked him in the eye for a few seconds. She opened her mouth to say something, decided against it, and shrugged. "Fine." She said. Still not losing her stern and angry look. She stalked off in the direction of the bar. Alec smiled and followed her. This would be his greatest challenge yet - getting her to like him, but it would prove that he had women wrapped around his little finger.

"Thanks again." Clarissa said. Alec grinned. In 10 minutes, the two of them had down 3 bottles of whiskey and 1 pitcher of beer - and TC was not exactly rolling in the stuff. He had found that Clarissa was in fact quite a nice person- and cared more for others than herself, a quality Alec was seriously lacking of.

"Come." Alec said, leaving the table and grabbing her wrist. He pulled her along.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked. Alec said nothing, only led her up a small flight of stairs. He stepped onto His and Max's makeshift Space Needle.

"Wow." Clarissa breathed. The lights in the place made it look just like the stars above. It was beautiful. Somehow, - maybe it was the way she carried herself, she reminded Alec of Rachel. A solitary tear rolled down Alec's face as he remembered her. He wiped it away as fast as he could, but not before Clarissa noticed it.

"What's wrong?" she asked, concerned. "Are you okay?"

Alec swallowed. He had never talked to Max about this, not anyone, but the time seemed to be right. Right for him to finally tell Rachel's story.

"Have you ever loved someone?" he asked finally. Clarissa turned sharply to look at him. Of all the questions he'd ask...

"Yeah." She said quietly. "Manticore mission.."

A/N: Coming up next-

Clarissa screamed as Blake fell over. She had just poisoned him..

Clarissa's story and how is Max going to get OC, Logan and Sketchy out of TC? Will she be able to part with Logan once and for all?

P.S= review and all that. I haven't had a single review telling me it sucks. But I think out of all my relatively low-standard stories, this on takes the cake. If you want more - let me know. If you don't want more, let me know.