"What are you doing?" Alec asked, pushing her away from him, and standing
up.
"Alec, you're freezing" she told him, standing up and reaching towards him. he took another step back, confused.
"I'm okay" he told her.
"You're shivering. Go lie down, get warm"
Alec continued to stare at her. He had closed his eyes for a second, then, she had been there, her arms around him. weird. But she was right. He was cold. Must have been the open window. He turned, and walked back into his room. the cold was helping his leg. It didn't hurt. That had to be good. He kept walking, crossing the room. his leg felt better, stronger.
"Hey" Neil's voice came from the door. Alec turned. "Neil" he greeted, guarded, unsure whether he was about to be yelled at again.
"So, what the hell happened with my nurse?" Yep, Alec thought. He was going to get yelled at. "I don't know."
Neil sighed, then walked over to him. "How's the knee?"
"It feels better" Alec commented, flexing it.
"Walk for me" Neil commanded. Alec walked across the room, then turned back. Neil nodded. "Hurt?" he asked.
"No, not really" Alec replied, actually meaning it.
"Good. Get out of here" Neil smiled.
"Give me that again?" Alec asked, confused.
"Go away. I'm sick of you being here. Go sleep in your own bed, or Max's, or whatever. It you can walk without limping, you can go."
Alec grinned. "Seriously?"
"Why not. I want to see you tomorrow, though." Neil picked up a jacket and threw it at Alec. "You know, it really bugs me that you heal so fast. Leaves me with nothing to do"
Alec shrugged, wincing slightly, and trying to hide it. "Saw that" Neil told him.
"I'm still leaving." Alec told him, gently pulling the jacket on, leaving it unzipped. "Later" he commented, grinning at Neil as he left.
"Yeah, have fun" Neil muttered to an empty room.
Alec knocked on Max's door, then opened it. Not locked. It hadn't been since Logan left TC. Not that he was reading anything into that at all. "Max?" he called softly, stepping inside and shutting the door behind him. there was no answer, and he walked over to the bedroom. she didn't sleep that much, but it was almost midnight. He opened the door soundlessly, and saw her on the bed. She looked so perfect, lying there, sheets pushed back on the bed. she shivered, and he moved over to the bed, gently pulling the sheet up over her. She moaned slightly. "Max?" he whispered, and he smiled as her eyes opened.
"Alec?" she reached out towards him. "Hey." He took her hand in his, and kissed it lightly.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, shaking her head, trying to wake up.
"Neil sprung me. I'm free" she smiled, pulling his hand towards her. He leant closer to her, and kissed her lightly, wincing at the slight pain still in his shoulder.
"Alec?"
"I'm fine" he told her. "Just a bit sore. You think Neil would let me go otherwise?"
"I think you snuck out" she told him, moving away from him on the bed. "you're freezing"
"Yeah. I'm getting that a lot tonight." He told her, sitting on the bed, kicking his shoes off. Max looked at him, then ran her finger up his arm. He did feel cold. She moved her arm around him, inside his jacket, moving her hand up his chest. "God, you're like ice" she told him. "Come here, warm up before you're back in hospital with hypothermia."
Alec smiled down at her, and took off his jacket, before moving down to lie beside her. Max pulled him closer to her, wrapping her arms around him.
"God" Alec commented "What?" she asked, her hand moving up his back. "If I'd have known that all I had to do was get shot, I would have done this a long time ago."
"idiot" she told him. he laughed, rolling onto his back, pulling her with him.
"Does it still hurt?" she asked him, lightly touching the bandage on his shoulder.
"It doesn't matter" he replied, running his hand through her hair. "I missed you" he told her, softly. "When. after I got shot, it hurt so bad, I couldn't remember anything. I kept having these dreams, that seemed so real. I kind of made me wonder if you and me, if we were only a dream too" he closed his eyes. Okay, that sounded stupid, he thought. She was going to laugh, or punch him, or something. Probably go back to Logan, who was annoying as hell, but who at least never said anything quite that dumb.
Max didn't hit him, she kissed his shoulder lightly, and took his hand in hers.
"Alec?"
"Hmm?"
"We have to talk"
"Oh. God" he commented, moving slightly so that he could see her. "This cant be good"
She laughed. "No, just business stuff"
Alec groaned. "Tomorrow, okay? Please? We can do this tomorrow. The world will still be fucked up, everyone will still need saving. Just a few hours, okay?"
She nodded, curling up against him, and feeling his arm go around her. Its not like it was a hard decision to make. With Alec's body pressed up against hers, it was not like she would be able to think too clearly anyway.
Shay jerked awake as he heard a slight sound. He pulled the brim of his cap down harder over his head, and glanced around. nothing. It was probably a rat. 3am. it would be light in about two hours. Probably safe enough to make his move now. It was that time of morning when no-one was awake, except a few cops that patrolled the streets. And he would be able to hear them coming. He hated rats. He really hated rats. He stood slowly, moving to the entrance to the alley, then took a deep breath, and walked out onto the street. By his reckoning, TC was about three blocks away. He started to jog. When he could see the perimeter fence, he stopped, pressing himself up against a wall and looking around the corner. The usual band of humans were there, some drinking, most sleeping. There were a lot of guns around. He returned his attention to TC, looking for the guards that he knew would be there. All he needed, was to be shot by his own kind. That would top off his week just great.
He saw one guard, standing by a window in a building. Then another, on the street. Slowly, Shay stepped out into the road, the wall he was leaning against still hiding him from the humans. The guard in the window tracked his movements. Shay slowly reached up and took his cap off, turning 180 degrees and touching the back of his neck before turning to face them again. Would they get the point? That he was one of them? The guard in the window lowered his gun. Good. They knew it was him, or at least a transgenic.
With a quick glance towards the humans, he ran for the fence, jumping it, but landing hard on the other side. the sound caught the attention of a human, who grabbed a weapon and turned towards Shay. Shay lay there, not moving. Human eyesight sucked. It was still pretty dark, he wouldn't see anything.
Finally, the guard looked away, and Shay sprinted towards the guards. "X6-692" he identified himself the guard grinned. "Shit, they'll be glad to see you. They thought you were dead."
"me too" Shay told them, smiling. It was good to be home.
"Alec, you're freezing" she told him, standing up and reaching towards him. he took another step back, confused.
"I'm okay" he told her.
"You're shivering. Go lie down, get warm"
Alec continued to stare at her. He had closed his eyes for a second, then, she had been there, her arms around him. weird. But she was right. He was cold. Must have been the open window. He turned, and walked back into his room. the cold was helping his leg. It didn't hurt. That had to be good. He kept walking, crossing the room. his leg felt better, stronger.
"Hey" Neil's voice came from the door. Alec turned. "Neil" he greeted, guarded, unsure whether he was about to be yelled at again.
"So, what the hell happened with my nurse?" Yep, Alec thought. He was going to get yelled at. "I don't know."
Neil sighed, then walked over to him. "How's the knee?"
"It feels better" Alec commented, flexing it.
"Walk for me" Neil commanded. Alec walked across the room, then turned back. Neil nodded. "Hurt?" he asked.
"No, not really" Alec replied, actually meaning it.
"Good. Get out of here" Neil smiled.
"Give me that again?" Alec asked, confused.
"Go away. I'm sick of you being here. Go sleep in your own bed, or Max's, or whatever. It you can walk without limping, you can go."
Alec grinned. "Seriously?"
"Why not. I want to see you tomorrow, though." Neil picked up a jacket and threw it at Alec. "You know, it really bugs me that you heal so fast. Leaves me with nothing to do"
Alec shrugged, wincing slightly, and trying to hide it. "Saw that" Neil told him.
"I'm still leaving." Alec told him, gently pulling the jacket on, leaving it unzipped. "Later" he commented, grinning at Neil as he left.
"Yeah, have fun" Neil muttered to an empty room.
Alec knocked on Max's door, then opened it. Not locked. It hadn't been since Logan left TC. Not that he was reading anything into that at all. "Max?" he called softly, stepping inside and shutting the door behind him. there was no answer, and he walked over to the bedroom. she didn't sleep that much, but it was almost midnight. He opened the door soundlessly, and saw her on the bed. She looked so perfect, lying there, sheets pushed back on the bed. she shivered, and he moved over to the bed, gently pulling the sheet up over her. She moaned slightly. "Max?" he whispered, and he smiled as her eyes opened.
"Alec?" she reached out towards him. "Hey." He took her hand in his, and kissed it lightly.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, shaking her head, trying to wake up.
"Neil sprung me. I'm free" she smiled, pulling his hand towards her. He leant closer to her, and kissed her lightly, wincing at the slight pain still in his shoulder.
"Alec?"
"I'm fine" he told her. "Just a bit sore. You think Neil would let me go otherwise?"
"I think you snuck out" she told him, moving away from him on the bed. "you're freezing"
"Yeah. I'm getting that a lot tonight." He told her, sitting on the bed, kicking his shoes off. Max looked at him, then ran her finger up his arm. He did feel cold. She moved her arm around him, inside his jacket, moving her hand up his chest. "God, you're like ice" she told him. "Come here, warm up before you're back in hospital with hypothermia."
Alec smiled down at her, and took off his jacket, before moving down to lie beside her. Max pulled him closer to her, wrapping her arms around him.
"God" Alec commented "What?" she asked, her hand moving up his back. "If I'd have known that all I had to do was get shot, I would have done this a long time ago."
"idiot" she told him. he laughed, rolling onto his back, pulling her with him.
"Does it still hurt?" she asked him, lightly touching the bandage on his shoulder.
"It doesn't matter" he replied, running his hand through her hair. "I missed you" he told her, softly. "When. after I got shot, it hurt so bad, I couldn't remember anything. I kept having these dreams, that seemed so real. I kind of made me wonder if you and me, if we were only a dream too" he closed his eyes. Okay, that sounded stupid, he thought. She was going to laugh, or punch him, or something. Probably go back to Logan, who was annoying as hell, but who at least never said anything quite that dumb.
Max didn't hit him, she kissed his shoulder lightly, and took his hand in hers.
"Alec?"
"Hmm?"
"We have to talk"
"Oh. God" he commented, moving slightly so that he could see her. "This cant be good"
She laughed. "No, just business stuff"
Alec groaned. "Tomorrow, okay? Please? We can do this tomorrow. The world will still be fucked up, everyone will still need saving. Just a few hours, okay?"
She nodded, curling up against him, and feeling his arm go around her. Its not like it was a hard decision to make. With Alec's body pressed up against hers, it was not like she would be able to think too clearly anyway.
Shay jerked awake as he heard a slight sound. He pulled the brim of his cap down harder over his head, and glanced around. nothing. It was probably a rat. 3am. it would be light in about two hours. Probably safe enough to make his move now. It was that time of morning when no-one was awake, except a few cops that patrolled the streets. And he would be able to hear them coming. He hated rats. He really hated rats. He stood slowly, moving to the entrance to the alley, then took a deep breath, and walked out onto the street. By his reckoning, TC was about three blocks away. He started to jog. When he could see the perimeter fence, he stopped, pressing himself up against a wall and looking around the corner. The usual band of humans were there, some drinking, most sleeping. There were a lot of guns around. He returned his attention to TC, looking for the guards that he knew would be there. All he needed, was to be shot by his own kind. That would top off his week just great.
He saw one guard, standing by a window in a building. Then another, on the street. Slowly, Shay stepped out into the road, the wall he was leaning against still hiding him from the humans. The guard in the window tracked his movements. Shay slowly reached up and took his cap off, turning 180 degrees and touching the back of his neck before turning to face them again. Would they get the point? That he was one of them? The guard in the window lowered his gun. Good. They knew it was him, or at least a transgenic.
With a quick glance towards the humans, he ran for the fence, jumping it, but landing hard on the other side. the sound caught the attention of a human, who grabbed a weapon and turned towards Shay. Shay lay there, not moving. Human eyesight sucked. It was still pretty dark, he wouldn't see anything.
Finally, the guard looked away, and Shay sprinted towards the guards. "X6-692" he identified himself the guard grinned. "Shit, they'll be glad to see you. They thought you were dead."
"me too" Shay told them, smiling. It was good to be home.