OKAY PEOPLE HERE IS ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR YOU. HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

"Max are you alright?" Logan asked moving closer to where Max was standing near the window. "Yeah I'm fine, I just can't believe that I have to trust Normal with my secret, he has always hated me, what's to stop him from running to Lydecker and turning me in Logan?" Max turned to Logan looking up at him. Logan was about to say something when the phone rang, he sighed and gave Max a 'we'll talk about that later' look and reached for the phone.

"Hello?" Logan answered the phone still studying Max who had since turned back to starring out the window. "Yeah I'll just get her," Logan said into the phone. "Max baby it's for you" Max could tell it was Zack by the tone of Logan's voice as he walked over to her and gave her the phone. Max looked at Logan and took the phone from him. "Hello?" Max said threading her fingers through Logan's pulling him closer to her side. "We got Dante to talk, and I think that you need to get down here now" Zack said hanging up the phone. "Logan." "Gotta jet?" "Gotta Jet" and with that Max ran out of the penthouse and down to where she had stashed the bike.

Max quickly made her way to the abandoned warehouse that they were using as a base. When she rode in the gate she immediately spotted Krit and Syl in the trees above the gate. /they haven't changed; still hanging around in the trees/ Max nodded her hello and continued into the warehouse.

When Max stopped her bike she looked up, taking note of where everyone was.

Max got off her baby and went over to Zack who was standing in the middle of the room in front of Dante and Sarah who were tied to separate steel poles.

"What did they say?" Max asked looking from her former siblings to Zack.

"I think they'd be able to tell you better than me. Would you like to tell Max what you told us? About why you and Sarah are here" Zack said glaring at Dante.

Dante glared back and said, "There's a new boss at Manticore. He cut us a deal. He said that if we helped them bring in the remainder of the x5's they would stop hunting us. They don't want to keep us locked up, they just want us to be available to go on some missions for them"

"From the way this new boss was talking we would be free to come and go as we please" Sarah added. "Ever since Dante and I fell in love we've been looking for a deal like this - surely you know how that is," she pleaded.

"If that was all, why didn't you go straight to Zack in the first place" Max asked, the disappointment she felt because of Dante and Sarah was obvious in her voice.

"We didn't have his number, we were already here in Seattle when we spotted you, we figured you would lead us to Zack" Sarah said.

"Then why lie? Why not come straight out and tell Max what you were doing?" Zack asked glaring at Sarah and then at Dante.

"We couldn't."

"Why not?"

"Because this was a deep cover operation and they weren't to reveal themselves until I gave them authorisation "

Zack and Max turned around to see Abnor and Normal standing at the door. It was easy to tell that it was not Normal who had spoken because he was cowering behind Abnor, who stood smirking at the x5's.