A/N: HERE YOU GO GUYS. HOPE YOU LIKE IT. JUST REMEMBER THAT IM A TOTAL
M/A SHIPPER AND I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO KILL ALEC. DON'T HATE ME FOR
THIS. JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER. REVIEWS PLEASE.
"Did you hear that?" Max asked in barely a whisper, frantically looking around them. She had heard a twig snap, then footsteps.
"Someone's here." Alec said. He adjusted his vision to enhance it and see closer. "Shit." He mumbled as he spotted a camouflaged soldier, aiming his gun right at them. He had at least three or four behind him. Alec wasn't sure.
"What?" Max asked.
"Run!" He said and before she could make a comment, Alec grabbed her hand and they started fleeing. That was when the guns went off.
Max knew she was hit because her left shoulder had gone numb for a few minutes, then it started throbbing. She could feel her shirt soaking with her own blood. But she kept running anyway. Alec was right beside her. His older wound had torn and it was bleeding again.
"I think we lost them." Alec said looking around.
"We have to keep going." Max insisted despite the pain that she was feeling. She really wanted to get out of these freaking woods. She was scared to death. Everything was way too damn familiar. It was like it was happening with her and Ben again. This time, ten times worse and terrifying.
"You're bleeding." Alec said, looking at her arm frantically.
"I'm fine but we have to keep going." She said. In the distance she could hear dogs. They were tracking their blood trail down. Shit. "Alec, let's go." She urgently when she noticed that he was still preoccupied with her wounded shoulder.
"We should stop the bleeding. It doesn't look so good." He insisted quietly.
Max sighed sharply. She didn't care if she was bleeding to death. They had to get out of there.
They had to.
"I'll be fine. Let's just go." She said. She was tired of telling him to go. The more they stalled, the more their enemies got closer.
But before they could move from their spot, a gun shot pierced the air, hitting the space between them. Max and Alec ducked and went into combat mode. Six soldiers we approaching them. Thank God, they weren't shooting.
Max blurred and took one down, breaking his neck in the process. Alec did the same but more soldiers were approaching by the minute and in their wounded state, Max and Alec we're getting tired easily. They were weakening.
They fought as hard as they could, kicking, punching, flipping. It didn't matter. They just had to keep fighting.
Suddenly a gunshot interrupted Max's focus on her enemy. She frantically looked around her.
Alec went down, shot right in the back. "No," Max whispered as she took down the last two soldiers.
She ran over to him, cradling his head in her lap. "Alec?" She whispered. "Please say something." Max was on the verge of tears. She didn't want to cry. She couldn't.
She had to think of something.
She looked down at him, all bloody and barely awake. Alec coughed. His face was all bruised. "Maxie?" He said trying to see her face more clearly.
Maxie. That definitely got to her. Ben used to call her that.
"Alec. Alec, wake up." She said slapping his face gently.
"I'm awake. I'm fine." He said. Max shook her head. Why the hell did he have to say that? Why the hell did he have to say that he was fine when he wasn't? "Are there more coming?" He asked.
"No." She said looking around her. There weren't anymore coming. They were all sprawled around them, mangled and dead. Max looked back down at Alec. "Where does it hurt?" She asked holding him gently.
"All over." He groaned. "Don't cry Maxie." He whispered when he saw the sad look on her face.
"I'm not crying." She argued stubbornly despite the obvious tears streaming down her face. "Don't die on me, Alec." She said sniffling as she held him tighter.
"I won't Max. I plan on sticking around longer and making your life miserable." He said jokingly.
Max smiled miserably. "Promise?" She asked.
"I promise." He said. Max swallowed her tears. She looked around for a few minutes, lost in her surroundings.
"What's the matter?" Alec asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"This is it." She whispered. At first, she thought she hadn't said it.
"This is what?" Alec continued.
Max shut her eyes and took a deep breath. "This is the exact spot. Right here." She said more tearfully. She was falling apart but somewhere along the way, she had stopped caring. "I killed him here." Her voice was breaking.
"Ben." Alec whispered. She had told him a long time ago of what she did but he didn't know that this was the place. "I didn't know. I'm sorry." He whispered taking her bloodstained hand into his.
"Me too." Max cried. She stared at him for a few minutes. "He died today." She added.
Alec didn't know what to say.
"I loved him." Max continued when he didn't say anything. "I loved him a lot and I killed him. But he didn't want to go back. He was so afraid." She said sniffling. "And he asked me. I didn't want to, Alec. I didn't want to but." She was shaking from her sobs.
Alec could see the guilt and pain and torture in her eyes. He heard it in her voice when she spoke his name. It was eating at her.
"You had no choice." He said but he knew that wouldn't do any justice. That wasn't good enough to make her feel better, to make Max stop blaming herself.
But bringing Ben back would. And that was impossible.
"But I should have tried harder. I should have." She looked down at him, seeing Ben in his face. Only different. He wasn't Ben. He was Alec. "I'm sorry Alec. I'm sorry. I killed him. I killed our brother." She whimpered.
Alec didn't like her last words. Ben was his twin but he wasn't Max's "brother". So they grew up as brother and sister but they weren't really siblings. He didn't like the thought of Max being his sister.
He liked her more than that.
"We have to go. Can you get up?" Max asked suddenly. She was still a little dazed but she knew that they couldn't sit here all day. They were both wounded, Alec more than she was.
Alec blinked. "It's cold." He whispered hoarsely. "I can't feel anything." The throbbing pain had gone away now and all he could feel was the numbness.
Fear flashed in Max's eyes. "No," She sobbed. "Please no." She begged. If there was a god, if the Blue Lady was listening, she prayed that they would show mercy
Alec blinked his eyes slowly. He was so sleepy. He wanted to sleep, right here. Right now. With Max holding him like this. Except he didn't want her to cry. She looked better when she didn't cry.
"I'm here, Maxie. It's okay." He said touching her face as he took a deep breath. "I'm here." He said slowly drifting into the darkness. He could hear Max sobbing and he wanted to stay awake. But he couldn't.
"Alec, Alec! No." She said as she cradled him in her arms. "You can't die. You can't. Please don't do this. Please." She whispered as she sobbed uncontrollably, Alec in her arms.
"Did you hear that?" Max asked in barely a whisper, frantically looking around them. She had heard a twig snap, then footsteps.
"Someone's here." Alec said. He adjusted his vision to enhance it and see closer. "Shit." He mumbled as he spotted a camouflaged soldier, aiming his gun right at them. He had at least three or four behind him. Alec wasn't sure.
"What?" Max asked.
"Run!" He said and before she could make a comment, Alec grabbed her hand and they started fleeing. That was when the guns went off.
Max knew she was hit because her left shoulder had gone numb for a few minutes, then it started throbbing. She could feel her shirt soaking with her own blood. But she kept running anyway. Alec was right beside her. His older wound had torn and it was bleeding again.
"I think we lost them." Alec said looking around.
"We have to keep going." Max insisted despite the pain that she was feeling. She really wanted to get out of these freaking woods. She was scared to death. Everything was way too damn familiar. It was like it was happening with her and Ben again. This time, ten times worse and terrifying.
"You're bleeding." Alec said, looking at her arm frantically.
"I'm fine but we have to keep going." She said. In the distance she could hear dogs. They were tracking their blood trail down. Shit. "Alec, let's go." She urgently when she noticed that he was still preoccupied with her wounded shoulder.
"We should stop the bleeding. It doesn't look so good." He insisted quietly.
Max sighed sharply. She didn't care if she was bleeding to death. They had to get out of there.
They had to.
"I'll be fine. Let's just go." She said. She was tired of telling him to go. The more they stalled, the more their enemies got closer.
But before they could move from their spot, a gun shot pierced the air, hitting the space between them. Max and Alec ducked and went into combat mode. Six soldiers we approaching them. Thank God, they weren't shooting.
Max blurred and took one down, breaking his neck in the process. Alec did the same but more soldiers were approaching by the minute and in their wounded state, Max and Alec we're getting tired easily. They were weakening.
They fought as hard as they could, kicking, punching, flipping. It didn't matter. They just had to keep fighting.
Suddenly a gunshot interrupted Max's focus on her enemy. She frantically looked around her.
Alec went down, shot right in the back. "No," Max whispered as she took down the last two soldiers.
She ran over to him, cradling his head in her lap. "Alec?" She whispered. "Please say something." Max was on the verge of tears. She didn't want to cry. She couldn't.
She had to think of something.
She looked down at him, all bloody and barely awake. Alec coughed. His face was all bruised. "Maxie?" He said trying to see her face more clearly.
Maxie. That definitely got to her. Ben used to call her that.
"Alec. Alec, wake up." She said slapping his face gently.
"I'm awake. I'm fine." He said. Max shook her head. Why the hell did he have to say that? Why the hell did he have to say that he was fine when he wasn't? "Are there more coming?" He asked.
"No." She said looking around her. There weren't anymore coming. They were all sprawled around them, mangled and dead. Max looked back down at Alec. "Where does it hurt?" She asked holding him gently.
"All over." He groaned. "Don't cry Maxie." He whispered when he saw the sad look on her face.
"I'm not crying." She argued stubbornly despite the obvious tears streaming down her face. "Don't die on me, Alec." She said sniffling as she held him tighter.
"I won't Max. I plan on sticking around longer and making your life miserable." He said jokingly.
Max smiled miserably. "Promise?" She asked.
"I promise." He said. Max swallowed her tears. She looked around for a few minutes, lost in her surroundings.
"What's the matter?" Alec asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"This is it." She whispered. At first, she thought she hadn't said it.
"This is what?" Alec continued.
Max shut her eyes and took a deep breath. "This is the exact spot. Right here." She said more tearfully. She was falling apart but somewhere along the way, she had stopped caring. "I killed him here." Her voice was breaking.
"Ben." Alec whispered. She had told him a long time ago of what she did but he didn't know that this was the place. "I didn't know. I'm sorry." He whispered taking her bloodstained hand into his.
"Me too." Max cried. She stared at him for a few minutes. "He died today." She added.
Alec didn't know what to say.
"I loved him." Max continued when he didn't say anything. "I loved him a lot and I killed him. But he didn't want to go back. He was so afraid." She said sniffling. "And he asked me. I didn't want to, Alec. I didn't want to but." She was shaking from her sobs.
Alec could see the guilt and pain and torture in her eyes. He heard it in her voice when she spoke his name. It was eating at her.
"You had no choice." He said but he knew that wouldn't do any justice. That wasn't good enough to make her feel better, to make Max stop blaming herself.
But bringing Ben back would. And that was impossible.
"But I should have tried harder. I should have." She looked down at him, seeing Ben in his face. Only different. He wasn't Ben. He was Alec. "I'm sorry Alec. I'm sorry. I killed him. I killed our brother." She whimpered.
Alec didn't like her last words. Ben was his twin but he wasn't Max's "brother". So they grew up as brother and sister but they weren't really siblings. He didn't like the thought of Max being his sister.
He liked her more than that.
"We have to go. Can you get up?" Max asked suddenly. She was still a little dazed but she knew that they couldn't sit here all day. They were both wounded, Alec more than she was.
Alec blinked. "It's cold." He whispered hoarsely. "I can't feel anything." The throbbing pain had gone away now and all he could feel was the numbness.
Fear flashed in Max's eyes. "No," She sobbed. "Please no." She begged. If there was a god, if the Blue Lady was listening, she prayed that they would show mercy
Alec blinked his eyes slowly. He was so sleepy. He wanted to sleep, right here. Right now. With Max holding him like this. Except he didn't want her to cry. She looked better when she didn't cry.
"I'm here, Maxie. It's okay." He said touching her face as he took a deep breath. "I'm here." He said slowly drifting into the darkness. He could hear Max sobbing and he wanted to stay awake. But he couldn't.
"Alec, Alec! No." She said as she cradled him in her arms. "You can't die. You can't. Please don't do this. Please." She whispered as she sobbed uncontrollably, Alec in her arms.