Max and Joshua rushed into to Alec's room. They found Alec holding Logan by
the neck high above his head. Logan's feet were kicking frantically but to
no avail.
"Alec put Logan down." Max said sounding like a stern mother.
"He was sleeping in my bed." Alec said.
"Put Logan down." Max repeated
"He broke my favourite chair." Alec continued.
"Alec…" Max said in a dangerous tone.
" He ate my pie AND he…" Alec growled giving Logan a shake "Is responsible for giving you the beeper."
Max hesitated for a second not sure if she really wanted Alec to put Logan down. It was true that he had given her the beeper and she had a suspicion that he had been spying on her. Besides Alec's muscles looked really delicious flexed like…
"Alec I'm warning you." She said breaking off the thought.
"Who the hell does he think he is Goldilocks?" Alec ranted obviously not taking Max's threat seriously. Logan stiffened in surprise that Alec would be familiar with a fairy tale.
"What you think Manticore didn't tell us bedtime stories? Alec asked. Logan attempted to shake his head. "Well they didn't but we did have to learn the socio-political connotations of fairy tales so that we might better fit in on our missions."
Logan's face was beginning to turn purple from lack of oxygen. At least Max was pretty sure it was but it was hard to tell under Logan's scruffy facial hair.
She was going to charge at him. To free Logan of course, not to touch Alec's rippling muscles. She would have to be careful not to come in contact with Logan though and the way he was flailing that wasn't going to be easy. Max took a deep breath and prepared for the worst.
"Master." Said a high pitched squeak from behind them. Everyone in the room turned to stare at the squirrel. "Salaziah reporting." The squirrel made a deep bow. Joshua growled and leapt at the squirrel. At the same instant Max and Alec realised that dogs love to chase squirrels.
"Joshua no!" Max yelled. In the same instant Logan hit the ground with a thump and lay huddled in a hump while Alec tackled Joshua from behind. Joshua continued on as if Alec was a 5-year-old who had jumped up for a piggyback. Max dove for Joshua's legs And the three transgenics went tumbling to the floor.
"Joshua, Salaziah is a friend. You don't eat him. Understand?" Alec said sternly.
"Friend." Joshua said with a grin and peered down at Salaziah curiously.
"Sir. May I report now?" Salaziah said timidly.
"Yes." Alec said.
"We have discovered a series of devices located about your personal items that allow other people to gather information on you."
"What people?" "What items?" Max and Alec ask simultaneously.
"A man who's alias is Normal has several still picture cameras located in your apartment, on the handle bars of your bike and in the light fixture above your bed. He seems only interested in Alec and none of his cameras concern Max. I may call you by your names may I not?"
Max and Alec nodded.
Salaziah continued " A man by the name of Ames White has been aquiring hoverdone and security footage of both of you. We are however unable to detect any devices of his own. A Donald Lydecker has discreetly a placed camera above the door in Max's apartment. He monitors who comes and goes but otherwise is unobtrusive."
"I wondered what happened to Deck." Max said fondly.
"I'd rather not know." Alec said.
"The biggest and most active system was placed by a man named Logan Cale…"
Logan's head snapped up and Max and Alec turned to look at him.
"He has placed an audio bug on Alec and is constantly watching video footage provided by a camera in Max's beeper. He has a live feed on the security cameras in Jam Pony as well as those on the hoverdrones. His computer contains your complete files as well as the name and location of a group of people all labelled 09 escapees."
" You what?" Max screamed at Logan. "You've been spying on me AND you know where my brothers and sisters are and you never told me?"
"And you ate my pie you Bastard!" Alec added.
"Alec we can get another pie when we're done." Max said.
"With whipped cream?" Alec asked.
"Yes Alec whipped cream. Now can you please stop thinking about your stomach for one second?"
"I wasn't thinking about my stomach Max." Alec said with his trademark smirk.
"You're such an asshole." Max said trying to appear frigid but ending up smiling.
" Yes. But a smart one. I knew all along something was off about that beeper."
"You just wanted to kill it for fun." She turned back to Logan. "Why were you spying on me anyways?"
"I..I…" Logan stuttered.
"Choke it up." Max said pulling the beeper from her jacket pocket. "Or we'll make you choke this down."
Alec jumped in glee. "Please Max pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase!!!!!!!!" He begged.
Logan glared at him. " I was spying on you Max because I love you so much and I wanted to be with you so much. I wanted to feel like I was a part of your life. I admit I went a bit overboard but that was only because I was insanely jealous of your relationship with Alec. Every time I saw him touch you it broke my heart into a thousand pieces but I couldn't look away. I know you don't love him. You are just using him to keep the pain away. I love you Max and I want to be with you. I have ordered full body latex suits for us to wear when we're together and we'll be able to touch just like old times."
Max's stance softened and a dreamy look came over her face. Logan wasn't a creep at all. This totally explained everything. He was doing it because he loved her. She had been foolish to try and let him go.
" You are so fake Logan." Alec was saying. " You actually think that Max is going to buy that?"
Logan just smiled.
"Let's go Logan." Max said.
"What you can't be serious?" Alec sputtered.
"I'm sorry Alec." Max said softly and with that she and Logan left Joshua's house.
Alec picked up the beeper and threw it as hard as he could against the wall in frustration. It stuck in the plaster.
He didn't care Alec kept telling himself. Why should he care what Max did? Alec found a bottle of vodka and took a swig straight out of it. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. His best friend had ditched him to have full body condom sex with the most boring guy in Seattle. Salaziah appeared from the shadows and sat beside him on his bed.
Alec passed the bottle and the squirrel took a sip. " You alright?" Salaziah asked.
"Nope." He said taking another swig. " I miss my pie."
"Is the pie the only thing you miss?" Salaziah asked philosophically.
"I can't believe I'm talking to a squirrel." Alec said to himself.
Max donned the clear latex bodysuit. It covered her completely from head to toe not an inch of skin was showing anywhere on her body. Logan was wearing a similar outfit.
"What would you like to do?" Logan asked as he joined her in the living room.
"How about some pasta?" Max suggested.
"Well actually that's one of the draw backs to these suits. You can't eat with them on. Would you like to dance?" he asked and suddenly the lights dimmed and music came on. *How romantic* Max thought *And cheesy* came Alec's voice in her head unbidden. Max and Logan danced smoothly across the floor. Max caught herself looking up at the spot where she and Alec had spent time that morning.
Logan dipped her to the music and leaned over to kiss her. Unfortunately the suits didn't block out odours and Logan still hadn't showered.
"How 'bout we do something else now." Max suggested pulling away.
"Oh I know let's play Parcheesi!" Logan suggested and ran off to get the game."
Max turned and looked at the computer screen. She could clearly see Alec sitting on his bed. Max paused. It looked like Alec was bawling his eyes out on Salaziah's shoulder.
"You know Max if you don't want to play Parcheesi there are other things we can do in these suits." Logan said suggestively putting his hand on Max's hip. She shuddered involuntarily. She couldn't do this.
" I'm sorry Logan." she said and ran out of the apartment still wearing her body suit.
A/n Ok I know this chapter was weird and not very funny but…it goes with the plot.
"Alec put Logan down." Max said sounding like a stern mother.
"He was sleeping in my bed." Alec said.
"Put Logan down." Max repeated
"He broke my favourite chair." Alec continued.
"Alec…" Max said in a dangerous tone.
" He ate my pie AND he…" Alec growled giving Logan a shake "Is responsible for giving you the beeper."
Max hesitated for a second not sure if she really wanted Alec to put Logan down. It was true that he had given her the beeper and she had a suspicion that he had been spying on her. Besides Alec's muscles looked really delicious flexed like…
"Alec I'm warning you." She said breaking off the thought.
"Who the hell does he think he is Goldilocks?" Alec ranted obviously not taking Max's threat seriously. Logan stiffened in surprise that Alec would be familiar with a fairy tale.
"What you think Manticore didn't tell us bedtime stories? Alec asked. Logan attempted to shake his head. "Well they didn't but we did have to learn the socio-political connotations of fairy tales so that we might better fit in on our missions."
Logan's face was beginning to turn purple from lack of oxygen. At least Max was pretty sure it was but it was hard to tell under Logan's scruffy facial hair.
She was going to charge at him. To free Logan of course, not to touch Alec's rippling muscles. She would have to be careful not to come in contact with Logan though and the way he was flailing that wasn't going to be easy. Max took a deep breath and prepared for the worst.
"Master." Said a high pitched squeak from behind them. Everyone in the room turned to stare at the squirrel. "Salaziah reporting." The squirrel made a deep bow. Joshua growled and leapt at the squirrel. At the same instant Max and Alec realised that dogs love to chase squirrels.
"Joshua no!" Max yelled. In the same instant Logan hit the ground with a thump and lay huddled in a hump while Alec tackled Joshua from behind. Joshua continued on as if Alec was a 5-year-old who had jumped up for a piggyback. Max dove for Joshua's legs And the three transgenics went tumbling to the floor.
"Joshua, Salaziah is a friend. You don't eat him. Understand?" Alec said sternly.
"Friend." Joshua said with a grin and peered down at Salaziah curiously.
"Sir. May I report now?" Salaziah said timidly.
"Yes." Alec said.
"We have discovered a series of devices located about your personal items that allow other people to gather information on you."
"What people?" "What items?" Max and Alec ask simultaneously.
"A man who's alias is Normal has several still picture cameras located in your apartment, on the handle bars of your bike and in the light fixture above your bed. He seems only interested in Alec and none of his cameras concern Max. I may call you by your names may I not?"
Max and Alec nodded.
Salaziah continued " A man by the name of Ames White has been aquiring hoverdone and security footage of both of you. We are however unable to detect any devices of his own. A Donald Lydecker has discreetly a placed camera above the door in Max's apartment. He monitors who comes and goes but otherwise is unobtrusive."
"I wondered what happened to Deck." Max said fondly.
"I'd rather not know." Alec said.
"The biggest and most active system was placed by a man named Logan Cale…"
Logan's head snapped up and Max and Alec turned to look at him.
"He has placed an audio bug on Alec and is constantly watching video footage provided by a camera in Max's beeper. He has a live feed on the security cameras in Jam Pony as well as those on the hoverdrones. His computer contains your complete files as well as the name and location of a group of people all labelled 09 escapees."
" You what?" Max screamed at Logan. "You've been spying on me AND you know where my brothers and sisters are and you never told me?"
"And you ate my pie you Bastard!" Alec added.
"Alec we can get another pie when we're done." Max said.
"With whipped cream?" Alec asked.
"Yes Alec whipped cream. Now can you please stop thinking about your stomach for one second?"
"I wasn't thinking about my stomach Max." Alec said with his trademark smirk.
"You're such an asshole." Max said trying to appear frigid but ending up smiling.
" Yes. But a smart one. I knew all along something was off about that beeper."
"You just wanted to kill it for fun." She turned back to Logan. "Why were you spying on me anyways?"
"I..I…" Logan stuttered.
"Choke it up." Max said pulling the beeper from her jacket pocket. "Or we'll make you choke this down."
Alec jumped in glee. "Please Max pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase!!!!!!!!" He begged.
Logan glared at him. " I was spying on you Max because I love you so much and I wanted to be with you so much. I wanted to feel like I was a part of your life. I admit I went a bit overboard but that was only because I was insanely jealous of your relationship with Alec. Every time I saw him touch you it broke my heart into a thousand pieces but I couldn't look away. I know you don't love him. You are just using him to keep the pain away. I love you Max and I want to be with you. I have ordered full body latex suits for us to wear when we're together and we'll be able to touch just like old times."
Max's stance softened and a dreamy look came over her face. Logan wasn't a creep at all. This totally explained everything. He was doing it because he loved her. She had been foolish to try and let him go.
" You are so fake Logan." Alec was saying. " You actually think that Max is going to buy that?"
Logan just smiled.
"Let's go Logan." Max said.
"What you can't be serious?" Alec sputtered.
"I'm sorry Alec." Max said softly and with that she and Logan left Joshua's house.
Alec picked up the beeper and threw it as hard as he could against the wall in frustration. It stuck in the plaster.
He didn't care Alec kept telling himself. Why should he care what Max did? Alec found a bottle of vodka and took a swig straight out of it. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. His best friend had ditched him to have full body condom sex with the most boring guy in Seattle. Salaziah appeared from the shadows and sat beside him on his bed.
Alec passed the bottle and the squirrel took a sip. " You alright?" Salaziah asked.
"Nope." He said taking another swig. " I miss my pie."
"Is the pie the only thing you miss?" Salaziah asked philosophically.
"I can't believe I'm talking to a squirrel." Alec said to himself.
Max donned the clear latex bodysuit. It covered her completely from head to toe not an inch of skin was showing anywhere on her body. Logan was wearing a similar outfit.
"What would you like to do?" Logan asked as he joined her in the living room.
"How about some pasta?" Max suggested.
"Well actually that's one of the draw backs to these suits. You can't eat with them on. Would you like to dance?" he asked and suddenly the lights dimmed and music came on. *How romantic* Max thought *And cheesy* came Alec's voice in her head unbidden. Max and Logan danced smoothly across the floor. Max caught herself looking up at the spot where she and Alec had spent time that morning.
Logan dipped her to the music and leaned over to kiss her. Unfortunately the suits didn't block out odours and Logan still hadn't showered.
"How 'bout we do something else now." Max suggested pulling away.
"Oh I know let's play Parcheesi!" Logan suggested and ran off to get the game."
Max turned and looked at the computer screen. She could clearly see Alec sitting on his bed. Max paused. It looked like Alec was bawling his eyes out on Salaziah's shoulder.
"You know Max if you don't want to play Parcheesi there are other things we can do in these suits." Logan said suggestively putting his hand on Max's hip. She shuddered involuntarily. She couldn't do this.
" I'm sorry Logan." she said and ran out of the apartment still wearing her body suit.
A/n Ok I know this chapter was weird and not very funny but…it goes with the plot.