"Logan!" Mole greeted, moving forward, a wide grin on his face.
"How's it going, Man? Find your way in here okay? No problems?" he
continued with false sincerity.
Logan looked over at him briefly, then turned back to Max. "So, I think what we need to do, is go over the plans now. I have the blueprints to the building back at my apartment."
"Wow! Are we planning a mission?" Mole continued, his voice sarcastic, childlike. "Cool, can I be a part of it too?"
"No. everything is fine" Logan told him, frowning, smart enough to figure out that something was going on, but not knowing what.
"Everything seem fine to you, Storm?" Mole turned to his friend. Storm looked around and shrugged. "No, something's not quite right"
"Yeah, I know. there's something missing here." Mole looked around slowly, turning 360 degrees, as if looking for something. Max sighed. What the hell?
"Got it!" Mole grinned widely. "I know what's missing!"
"What?" Logan sighed.
"Alec."
"Alec?"
"Yeah, Alec. See, he told me that if I laid a finger on you, that he would kill me. Yet, he doesn't seem to be here. Oops."
Logan looked back at him. Alec had ordered them not to touch him? That bastard. Just like Alec to set this up, make himself look good in front of Max. So noble, to steal his girlfriend, then protect him from the freaks that lived here. Pretend to protect him anyway. The order seemed clear enough. don't touch Logan in front of me. Don't do anything that will get me in trouble with Max. Might as well have just put up a sign saying open season.
"Why don't you go back to Alec, and tell him that if he has a problem with me, to come and say it to my face?"
Storm laughed. He couldn't help it. Logan was trying to act so tough, and failing so badly. "Can I?" he asked Mole. "Seriously? I could go tell Alec now, won't take long."
Max sighed, watching the scene. This was annoying. "Mole" she spoke quietly. "Come here a minute." She walked away several paces, and waited for him to follow.
"Something wrong, Max?" Mole asked innocently.
"Stop pushing him." she told him firmly. "I know you don't like him. Fine. I don't care. But we need him. he has information right now, that we need to have. I want Tim back. Logan can help us, but if you piss him off, he won't."
"And that's my problem with him." Mole replied. "It shouldn't matter, don't you see? It shouldn't matter that I piss him off. If he can help, he should anyway. No matter what. It's called friendship."
"Friendship isn't always that easy." Max told him.
"Yeah. It is. And don't tell me that because I'm a freak, I can't know what it feels like to have a friend."
"I wasn't going to" she shook her head. "Mole, I consider you a friend. I hope you know that."
He looked at her and nodded briefly. "Then stop trusting him so much, Max. he doesn't think of friendship the way we do. To him its not a gift, but a tool, to be utilised."
"Mole, I'm going on a mission tonight. With Logan. We're going to get information, and we're going to use that information to rescue Tim. I trust Logan."
"You going to tell Alec before you go?" he turned and walked away, gesturing Storm to follow him.
"What was that about?" Logan asked.
"Nothing, just Mole being Mole. So, you think we should go in at about 2am?"
"Yeah, but we need to go over the blueprints first, plan it out."
"Okay" Max nodded. "I'll meet you at your place at about 1. theres some stuff I need to take care of first."
Max climbed the stairs slowly. She could hear music playing, which seemed strange. They didn't have electricity, which meant no tv. Besides, the music was kind of classical, jazzy, not like the usual stuff Alec listened to on MTV. She entered the room and stopped dead. Alec had gotten himself a piano from somewhere. She watched as he ran his fingers expertly over the keys, his head moving slightly as he concentrated. The music was phenomenal. She moved forward slowly, not wanting to disturb him, not wanting the music to stop. It was strange music, one minute happy, light, then in one beat it would change and dark undertones would creep into it. He paused in his playing, switching to something fast, his hands racing over the keys almost in a blur. "Hey Max" he spoke. "Play something slow" she asked him. Alec shrugged, dropping the tempo.
Max rested her hand on his shoulder, watching his fingers dance over the keys, the expression on his face as he created something beautiful, a tune so incredible that Max's breath caught in her throat. Alec stopped playing and turned around on the chair to face her. "What's going on?"
"I need to talk to you about something" she told him.
"Logan, huh? what now?" Alec reached for her hands, and pulled her closer to him, moving her between his legs. Max smiled, and moved her hands to his shoulders.
"He's got some information from the sector police, clues as to where they may have taken Tim."
Alec grinned, then looked questioningly at her. "But?" he asked
"What do you mean, but?" she asked, confused.
"we're talking about Logan. There's always a hidden agenda. What is it this time? The two of you have to go alone, I can't go?"
Max nodded. "He's worried that you're still hurt" He laughed. "Like hell. Logan worried about my health? Not likely. Probably more worried about getting you alone somewhere"
Max smiled slightly. "that sounds slightly like jealousy"
Alec stood, his hands moving to her hips and pulling her waist towards him. he lowered his mouth to kiss her neck, then whispered in her ear "Should I be?"
Max moved her hand up to the back of his neck. Her fingers brushing his barcode, she held his head against her. "I'm here, aren't I?" she told him.
"So" Alec pulled away from her, sitting back down on the stool. "I get to sit at home and watch out the window for you to return?" his tone was joking, but his eyes were hard. He did not like this. it felt wrong. Of course it felt wrong. Logan was involved. And he got to sit there and wait, and pray that the Blue Lady did not give up in disgust and go side with White.
"Alec, you're not 100% yet. You know that."
"Neil says I'm fine" he told her. "Do I look hurt to you?" he smiled slowly at her. Max laughed.
"How's the leg? Seriously? She asked him, resting her hand on his knee.
"It's fine. Want to check for yourself?"
She smacked him on the shoulder. "I have a couple of hours before I need to go get prepared for this raid. You want to spend it arguing?"
Alec frowned, biting his lip in thought. "Would it make you understand how dangerous I think it is to trust anything Logan has to say without clarification from 50 different sources?"
"No" she told him.
"Fine. I won't bother. But, Max? if something, anything goes wrong with this mission, I'm blaming him. okay?"
"Nothing will go wrong" she told him, her hand stroking his leg as she moved closer to him. "Logan should hope not."
Logan looked over at him briefly, then turned back to Max. "So, I think what we need to do, is go over the plans now. I have the blueprints to the building back at my apartment."
"Wow! Are we planning a mission?" Mole continued, his voice sarcastic, childlike. "Cool, can I be a part of it too?"
"No. everything is fine" Logan told him, frowning, smart enough to figure out that something was going on, but not knowing what.
"Everything seem fine to you, Storm?" Mole turned to his friend. Storm looked around and shrugged. "No, something's not quite right"
"Yeah, I know. there's something missing here." Mole looked around slowly, turning 360 degrees, as if looking for something. Max sighed. What the hell?
"Got it!" Mole grinned widely. "I know what's missing!"
"What?" Logan sighed.
"Alec."
"Alec?"
"Yeah, Alec. See, he told me that if I laid a finger on you, that he would kill me. Yet, he doesn't seem to be here. Oops."
Logan looked back at him. Alec had ordered them not to touch him? That bastard. Just like Alec to set this up, make himself look good in front of Max. So noble, to steal his girlfriend, then protect him from the freaks that lived here. Pretend to protect him anyway. The order seemed clear enough. don't touch Logan in front of me. Don't do anything that will get me in trouble with Max. Might as well have just put up a sign saying open season.
"Why don't you go back to Alec, and tell him that if he has a problem with me, to come and say it to my face?"
Storm laughed. He couldn't help it. Logan was trying to act so tough, and failing so badly. "Can I?" he asked Mole. "Seriously? I could go tell Alec now, won't take long."
Max sighed, watching the scene. This was annoying. "Mole" she spoke quietly. "Come here a minute." She walked away several paces, and waited for him to follow.
"Something wrong, Max?" Mole asked innocently.
"Stop pushing him." she told him firmly. "I know you don't like him. Fine. I don't care. But we need him. he has information right now, that we need to have. I want Tim back. Logan can help us, but if you piss him off, he won't."
"And that's my problem with him." Mole replied. "It shouldn't matter, don't you see? It shouldn't matter that I piss him off. If he can help, he should anyway. No matter what. It's called friendship."
"Friendship isn't always that easy." Max told him.
"Yeah. It is. And don't tell me that because I'm a freak, I can't know what it feels like to have a friend."
"I wasn't going to" she shook her head. "Mole, I consider you a friend. I hope you know that."
He looked at her and nodded briefly. "Then stop trusting him so much, Max. he doesn't think of friendship the way we do. To him its not a gift, but a tool, to be utilised."
"Mole, I'm going on a mission tonight. With Logan. We're going to get information, and we're going to use that information to rescue Tim. I trust Logan."
"You going to tell Alec before you go?" he turned and walked away, gesturing Storm to follow him.
"What was that about?" Logan asked.
"Nothing, just Mole being Mole. So, you think we should go in at about 2am?"
"Yeah, but we need to go over the blueprints first, plan it out."
"Okay" Max nodded. "I'll meet you at your place at about 1. theres some stuff I need to take care of first."
Max climbed the stairs slowly. She could hear music playing, which seemed strange. They didn't have electricity, which meant no tv. Besides, the music was kind of classical, jazzy, not like the usual stuff Alec listened to on MTV. She entered the room and stopped dead. Alec had gotten himself a piano from somewhere. She watched as he ran his fingers expertly over the keys, his head moving slightly as he concentrated. The music was phenomenal. She moved forward slowly, not wanting to disturb him, not wanting the music to stop. It was strange music, one minute happy, light, then in one beat it would change and dark undertones would creep into it. He paused in his playing, switching to something fast, his hands racing over the keys almost in a blur. "Hey Max" he spoke. "Play something slow" she asked him. Alec shrugged, dropping the tempo.
Max rested her hand on his shoulder, watching his fingers dance over the keys, the expression on his face as he created something beautiful, a tune so incredible that Max's breath caught in her throat. Alec stopped playing and turned around on the chair to face her. "What's going on?"
"I need to talk to you about something" she told him.
"Logan, huh? what now?" Alec reached for her hands, and pulled her closer to him, moving her between his legs. Max smiled, and moved her hands to his shoulders.
"He's got some information from the sector police, clues as to where they may have taken Tim."
Alec grinned, then looked questioningly at her. "But?" he asked
"What do you mean, but?" she asked, confused.
"we're talking about Logan. There's always a hidden agenda. What is it this time? The two of you have to go alone, I can't go?"
Max nodded. "He's worried that you're still hurt" He laughed. "Like hell. Logan worried about my health? Not likely. Probably more worried about getting you alone somewhere"
Max smiled slightly. "that sounds slightly like jealousy"
Alec stood, his hands moving to her hips and pulling her waist towards him. he lowered his mouth to kiss her neck, then whispered in her ear "Should I be?"
Max moved her hand up to the back of his neck. Her fingers brushing his barcode, she held his head against her. "I'm here, aren't I?" she told him.
"So" Alec pulled away from her, sitting back down on the stool. "I get to sit at home and watch out the window for you to return?" his tone was joking, but his eyes were hard. He did not like this. it felt wrong. Of course it felt wrong. Logan was involved. And he got to sit there and wait, and pray that the Blue Lady did not give up in disgust and go side with White.
"Alec, you're not 100% yet. You know that."
"Neil says I'm fine" he told her. "Do I look hurt to you?" he smiled slowly at her. Max laughed.
"How's the leg? Seriously? She asked him, resting her hand on his knee.
"It's fine. Want to check for yourself?"
She smacked him on the shoulder. "I have a couple of hours before I need to go get prepared for this raid. You want to spend it arguing?"
Alec frowned, biting his lip in thought. "Would it make you understand how dangerous I think it is to trust anything Logan has to say without clarification from 50 different sources?"
"No" she told him.
"Fine. I won't bother. But, Max? if something, anything goes wrong with this mission, I'm blaming him. okay?"
"Nothing will go wrong" she told him, her hand stroking his leg as she moved closer to him. "Logan should hope not."