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Max walked into the diner beside the run down motel.
It was like stepping into a pre pulse movie. By the counter was a waitress in her yellow and orange uniform with the matching apron waiting to take people's orders. In their cushioned seats were the customers, some looking through the menu, some drinking their coffee and the rest just eating their food in peace.
But Max couldn't care less. She was dead tired, worried as hell and hungry. She had been driving for thirteen hours without stopping. She had seen this sleazy little motel with the diner beside it and her body craved for sleep and food.
She had to stop or she would have fallen asleep on her bike and killed herself.
A couple of hours and she'd be up and looking for Alec. A couple of hours of sleep, she promised herself.
"Sandwich and coffee please." Max ordered as she slid herself over the cushioned stool by the counter.
Max munched her sandwich eagerly. She looked up. She could feel someone staring at her.
Her heart skipped a beat and she almost fell over her seat when she saw who it was.
"Alec?" She whispered, looking surprised. She hadn't expected to find him here. Or more like, him finding her.
Alec looked genuinely startled to see her. "Max, what the hell are you-" He started to speak but was cut off by loud gunshots.
The waitress went down and the customers started to panic. Windows were being shattered into pieces. The whole place was falling apart.
Hell had just broken loose.
Max felt the hard surface of the floor against her cheek. People were screaming. There was glass shattering above her.
What the hell was going on? Who was shooting at them?
Max looked above her. People were being shot down one by one.
Alec was also on the floor. There was blood around him. "Oh God." Max whispered.
She crawled over to him and shook him slightly. She didn't' know where he was hit but he was bleeding a lot. Max lifted Alec up. God, he was heavy.
Somehow, she had managed to drag him out of the diner into the woods since the front was blocked off. Max rested Alec against a tree once she was sure that they were far enough.
"Alec, where are you hit?" She asked lifting his shirt up. There was blood everywhere. She couldn't see anything but blood. She tried to wipe it off. He was hit on the right, just below his rib cage.
"The bullet went right through." Alec said groaning. "I'll be fine." He said looking down at his stomach.
Max shook her head as she tore a piece of her sleeve off. "You're losing a lot of blood." She whispered. This wasn't happening. She prayed that she was just hallucinating and this wasn't true.
"Max, I'll be fine." He said holding her wrist. Max stared at him for a few seconds then looked away. She wanted to cry. She felt so guilty and afraid.
Max nodded silently. "Who were they?" She asked.
Alec sighed. "Manticore soldiers." He replied, frustrated.
"Why were they after you?" She continued. She knew why they were after him but she wanted to hear it from Alec. And she didn't want him to fall asleep and go into shock.
"Who said they were after me?" Alec asked defensively. "Okay, so they were after me. What the hell are you doing here anyway?" He asked, changing the subject.
"Looking for you." She answered quietly as she finished bandaging his wound with a piece of her shirt.
Alec groaned. "Josh told you. Great." He mumbled.
Max sighed. "I made him tell me. He was worried." She explained.
"And you, Maxie? Were you worried?" He asked. Alec's question startled her for a minute.
"I'm here, aren't I? Now, get up. We have to get going. We have to get out of here." She said pulling him up.
Alec winced. "I'm wounded here, Max. Take it easy. Besides, they probably stopped looking for us by now. They're not going to find us in the woods." He said. Max only looked at him.
He was so wrong. If they didn't go now they would find them. And kill them.
"Let's just go." She said angrily, practically dragging him. She just wanted to get out of here.
She didn't like the woods. Too many memories. Mostly of Ben.
"You know Max, I think we should stop." Alec said sitting down on a root before she could protest. They've been walking for four hours. They were going slow because Alec was limping.
"No, Alec. We have to go. They could be closing in on us." She insisted but Alec shook his head.
"If they're really behind us, we have at least a couple of hours ahead of them. We'll be out of here before they even come close." He said cockily.
Max wanted to punch him. He had no idea how dangerous this was. They were in the woods, with nothing on them except the clothes on their backs. Alec was wounded, it was getting dark and they had no weapons to protect themselves with.
"They could have dogs following our trail. We can't afford to stop." She declared.
"I'm tired and the bleeding is getting worse." Alec argued. She was definitely pissing him off. Couldn't she see that he was wounded and needed to rest once in a while?
"Alec-" She started but he cut her off.
"No, Max. Shut up. I'm tired as hell and I want to rest. We can sit here for half and hour and keep going." He said with determination.
"God dammit, listen to me! We have to get out of here!" She yelled angrily. Why wouldn't he listen to her? Why was he being so stubborn?
"No, you listen to me. I'm the wounded one here. I should get at least some rest." He said furiously. "Besides, no one asked for your help." He added and that really pushed her buttons.
Stupid idiot! She wanted to strangle him. If he wasn't wounded right now, she would have attacked him.
"We were worried about you Alec! You just left town without saying anything. You should be grateful that I even bothered to look for you." She spat out angrily.
Alec smirked. "Am I supposed to be grateful now Max? I'm betting you didn't even want to look for me. You felt obligated so you went and looked anyway. Just so you won't feel so damn guilty!" He hissed.
"What the hell am I supposed to be guilty of?" She argued.
"You know what Max, screw you. Go away. I can take care of myself." He said glaring at her angrily. He hated being weakened.
"Take care of yourself?" She echoed. "I'm not taking chances and leaving you here." She declared. Instead of walking away she sat down across from him.
"Oh, so now you think that I can't take care of myself? Poor incompetent Alec. Always needing Max to save his sorry ass." He said bitterly.
"I never said that." Max argued.
"Really? So, when you kept saying that I was a screw up and that I couldn't do anything right, what were you trying to say to me? Alec you're a good guy? Alec, I trust you?" He scoffed. "Right."
Max shut her eyes and exhaled sharply. She wasn't in the mood to argue. Exhaustion was starting to get to her. She hadn't gotten that sleep that she planned on and Alec was getting on her nerves.
"Can we go now?" She asked.
"No, I haven't had enough rest." He replied stubbornly. Alec leaned against the three, making himself comfortable. Max sighed. She didn't want to get comfortable and fall asleep.
Anything could happen. And she wasn't about to let anyone hurt her or Alec.
Even if it cost her, her life.
Max walked into the diner beside the run down motel.
It was like stepping into a pre pulse movie. By the counter was a waitress in her yellow and orange uniform with the matching apron waiting to take people's orders. In their cushioned seats were the customers, some looking through the menu, some drinking their coffee and the rest just eating their food in peace.
But Max couldn't care less. She was dead tired, worried as hell and hungry. She had been driving for thirteen hours without stopping. She had seen this sleazy little motel with the diner beside it and her body craved for sleep and food.
She had to stop or she would have fallen asleep on her bike and killed herself.
A couple of hours and she'd be up and looking for Alec. A couple of hours of sleep, she promised herself.
"Sandwich and coffee please." Max ordered as she slid herself over the cushioned stool by the counter.
Max munched her sandwich eagerly. She looked up. She could feel someone staring at her.
Her heart skipped a beat and she almost fell over her seat when she saw who it was.
"Alec?" She whispered, looking surprised. She hadn't expected to find him here. Or more like, him finding her.
Alec looked genuinely startled to see her. "Max, what the hell are you-" He started to speak but was cut off by loud gunshots.
The waitress went down and the customers started to panic. Windows were being shattered into pieces. The whole place was falling apart.
Hell had just broken loose.
Max felt the hard surface of the floor against her cheek. People were screaming. There was glass shattering above her.
What the hell was going on? Who was shooting at them?
Max looked above her. People were being shot down one by one.
Alec was also on the floor. There was blood around him. "Oh God." Max whispered.
She crawled over to him and shook him slightly. She didn't' know where he was hit but he was bleeding a lot. Max lifted Alec up. God, he was heavy.
Somehow, she had managed to drag him out of the diner into the woods since the front was blocked off. Max rested Alec against a tree once she was sure that they were far enough.
"Alec, where are you hit?" She asked lifting his shirt up. There was blood everywhere. She couldn't see anything but blood. She tried to wipe it off. He was hit on the right, just below his rib cage.
"The bullet went right through." Alec said groaning. "I'll be fine." He said looking down at his stomach.
Max shook her head as she tore a piece of her sleeve off. "You're losing a lot of blood." She whispered. This wasn't happening. She prayed that she was just hallucinating and this wasn't true.
"Max, I'll be fine." He said holding her wrist. Max stared at him for a few seconds then looked away. She wanted to cry. She felt so guilty and afraid.
Max nodded silently. "Who were they?" She asked.
Alec sighed. "Manticore soldiers." He replied, frustrated.
"Why were they after you?" She continued. She knew why they were after him but she wanted to hear it from Alec. And she didn't want him to fall asleep and go into shock.
"Who said they were after me?" Alec asked defensively. "Okay, so they were after me. What the hell are you doing here anyway?" He asked, changing the subject.
"Looking for you." She answered quietly as she finished bandaging his wound with a piece of her shirt.
Alec groaned. "Josh told you. Great." He mumbled.
Max sighed. "I made him tell me. He was worried." She explained.
"And you, Maxie? Were you worried?" He asked. Alec's question startled her for a minute.
"I'm here, aren't I? Now, get up. We have to get going. We have to get out of here." She said pulling him up.
Alec winced. "I'm wounded here, Max. Take it easy. Besides, they probably stopped looking for us by now. They're not going to find us in the woods." He said. Max only looked at him.
He was so wrong. If they didn't go now they would find them. And kill them.
"Let's just go." She said angrily, practically dragging him. She just wanted to get out of here.
She didn't like the woods. Too many memories. Mostly of Ben.
"You know Max, I think we should stop." Alec said sitting down on a root before she could protest. They've been walking for four hours. They were going slow because Alec was limping.
"No, Alec. We have to go. They could be closing in on us." She insisted but Alec shook his head.
"If they're really behind us, we have at least a couple of hours ahead of them. We'll be out of here before they even come close." He said cockily.
Max wanted to punch him. He had no idea how dangerous this was. They were in the woods, with nothing on them except the clothes on their backs. Alec was wounded, it was getting dark and they had no weapons to protect themselves with.
"They could have dogs following our trail. We can't afford to stop." She declared.
"I'm tired and the bleeding is getting worse." Alec argued. She was definitely pissing him off. Couldn't she see that he was wounded and needed to rest once in a while?
"Alec-" She started but he cut her off.
"No, Max. Shut up. I'm tired as hell and I want to rest. We can sit here for half and hour and keep going." He said with determination.
"God dammit, listen to me! We have to get out of here!" She yelled angrily. Why wouldn't he listen to her? Why was he being so stubborn?
"No, you listen to me. I'm the wounded one here. I should get at least some rest." He said furiously. "Besides, no one asked for your help." He added and that really pushed her buttons.
Stupid idiot! She wanted to strangle him. If he wasn't wounded right now, she would have attacked him.
"We were worried about you Alec! You just left town without saying anything. You should be grateful that I even bothered to look for you." She spat out angrily.
Alec smirked. "Am I supposed to be grateful now Max? I'm betting you didn't even want to look for me. You felt obligated so you went and looked anyway. Just so you won't feel so damn guilty!" He hissed.
"What the hell am I supposed to be guilty of?" She argued.
"You know what Max, screw you. Go away. I can take care of myself." He said glaring at her angrily. He hated being weakened.
"Take care of yourself?" She echoed. "I'm not taking chances and leaving you here." She declared. Instead of walking away she sat down across from him.
"Oh, so now you think that I can't take care of myself? Poor incompetent Alec. Always needing Max to save his sorry ass." He said bitterly.
"I never said that." Max argued.
"Really? So, when you kept saying that I was a screw up and that I couldn't do anything right, what were you trying to say to me? Alec you're a good guy? Alec, I trust you?" He scoffed. "Right."
Max shut her eyes and exhaled sharply. She wasn't in the mood to argue. Exhaustion was starting to get to her. She hadn't gotten that sleep that she planned on and Alec was getting on her nerves.
"Can we go now?" She asked.
"No, I haven't had enough rest." He replied stubbornly. Alec leaned against the three, making himself comfortable. Max sighed. She didn't want to get comfortable and fall asleep.
Anything could happen. And she wasn't about to let anyone hurt her or Alec.
Even if it cost her, her life.