After the argument Max had opted to take care of Otto. She had felt the need of calming down and gaining a new perspective on things. She bandaged every wound on Otto's body and checked his ribs front and back for any breaks.

When she was satisfied that he had been properly taken care of she removed his gag and spoke to him for the first time.

"You should be safe here"

"Those ah…bandages should make things a little more comfortable for you" she cast her eyes down to Otto's bare chest and to the bandages which were an unfriendly reminder of Tank's fury.

"Oh I guess I should be grateful then," Otto snapped.

"We don't expect you to be anything but cooperative," Talia said entering the room. After the argument she and Alec had taken time out from both her and Logan and gone into a separate room to talk.

For some reason their growing friendship bothered Max and despite Talia's quick admittance of being wrong earlier, Max suspected she might still harbour ill feelings toward Logan. Alec was more impressionable that he'd have people think and his one weakness was a beautiful girl. Who knew what kind of ideas Talia could plant in his head…if she had the mind to.

"There doesn't appear to be any breaks" Max continued, forcing aside her thoughts.

"But you're pretty bruised and…."

"Yeah I get it…. thank you doctor" Otto continued sarcastically. It was clear that he was both afraid and pissed. A dangerous combination.

"I think we had better make it a rule that there's to be no talking from you unless asked for" Said Alec looking over to the black out window where Max carried hushed conversation with Logan.

Alec leaned over to where Talia sat beside him on the couch and whispered in her ear.

"What do you suppose they're talking about"? He asked innocently.

"It's like I told you" Talia said keeping her eyes on Max and Logan.

"Max doesn't trust me so she'll try to keep me in the dark as long as possible. I'm afraid she probably doesn't trust you too much either now. She thinks I'm trying to turn you against her"

Alec turned his head to replace the position of Talia's lips from where it was at his ear, to his lips.

"Are you"? He asked with a seductive smile.

"That's not funny" Talia answered as though pained.

Otto gagged.

Just then Max and Logan broke conversation.

"Ok listen up" she said to Otto as she made her way back into the centre of the lounge.

She covered the ground between her and Otto and leaned into him, gently placing a hang on each of the chair arms.

"Now" she said softly.

"You either tell me what I wanna know, or I let one of them get it out of you" She nodded to where Alec and Talia sat eagerly awaiting directions on the couch.

Otto's eyes followed her gaze.

He recognised Alec as 494 and Talia as his abductor.

"That's a good enough look"

Max grabbed Otto's face and pulled it back roughly to face her.

"Manticore only got 9 years to work it's magic on me. Those two got double that. You think transgenics are heartless cold-blooded killers? Refuse to cooperate and I promise you…. you will find out!"

* * *

 After Max's flawless performance at playing 'bad cop' Otto became as docile as a bunny and cooperated in full. He answered all questions Max had concerning the locations of the captured transgenics and even spilled the beans of the agencies future plans for them. He didn't, however, know anything whatsoever about White and the Familiar's breeding cult. Max could tell this straight away and so she didn't feel the need to inform him as to what his boss White really was.

The time was now 1:05am on a Tuesday morning, and after spending an hour interrogating Otto, the group was in discussion deciding the course of action they would take against White. So far, the plan was to hit White where he'd least expect it. A place (where oddly enough) they hadn't attempted before. His home.

According to Otto, ever since White's wife Wendy 'left him', taking with her their son Ray, White had moved out of their old home and into an expensive new condo, located near the harbour on the outskirts of town.

To find the full extent of the Familiars and find out just what exactly it was that they were dealing with, the group decided they would travel to White's new pad and providing he wasn't home, break in and plant the bugs. However, in the event that he was home, they would take Otto to create a diversion. Of course, Max had opted to be the one to break in and of course, Logan had been dead set against it and this time, he hadn't been alone.

"I'll go, I'm the only one out of all of us, he hasn't seen yet," Talia had offered.

Max, still not entirely trusting Talia to get the job done proper, had been more than reluctant to allow this to happen. But after Logan had agreed and in the avoidance of another fight, she thought it best to let it go.