Max stared in shock at Logan's face wondering how features that looked so
perfect on one person could look so completely wrong on another. Maybe it
was because of the purple still swollen quality that Logan's skin had
temporarily adopted or the fact that each aspect of his face seemed to be
spread a little too widely, like too little butter over too much bread.
Whatever the reason the result was totally unappealing.
Alec tugged on Max's sleeve.
"Please tell me I don't look like that." He said.
"Alec you didn't look that bad after I sacked you in the balls."
"Ok just checking." Alec said relieved. He returned to his previous position and sat with a pained look on his face. He couldn't decide between ripping Logan's head off and feeding it to Sumo or laughing his ass off. So he just sat there.
Silence hung in the apartment. Logan stared down at the expensive rug on the floor. Max was looking anywhere but Logan and Alec was peering intently into the shadows of Logan's face trying to figure out what went wrong.
Curiosity finally got the better of Alec.
"Why'd you do it man?" He asked breaking the silence. "I mean I can understand why anyone would want to look like me but…"
" Shut up!" Logan said vehemently."
"Hey! You were the one who stole MY face. Not the other way around. I think I deserve an explanation."
"I did it for Max." Logan said quietly.
"For Max." Alec repeated sceptically.
"How the hell could that be for me Logan?" Max said harshly motioning to his disfigured face.
" I thought that you would like it." He said.
" You mutilated yourself to look my dead brother and you thought that I would like it? Logan! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"I… I thought that it would keep me from losing you."
"As opposed to just scaring the shit out of her." Alec added helpfully.
Logan glared at Alec.
"Logan I don't understand where you got this idea from. I never said anything to lead you to believe…"Max said still trying to comprehend Logan's logic.
"You can get enough of this face on Alec!" Logan said bitterly.
Max froze. "Is that what this is about? Me and Alec?" she said.
"Now it's all coming clear." Alec said. "The cameras, the incessant paging…"
Logan ignored Alec and turned to Max.
"I love you Max and I every time I see you with him it rips my heart out."
"Yeah, but if you hadn't been spying on us your heart wouldn't have been ripped out nearly as many times." Alec said sarcastically.
"I had to stop it. It's obvious that the only reason you are with him is because you are physically attracted to him. So I took action. Now we can be happy Max." Logan said smiling. His smile was not like Alec's or even Ben's it twisted his features grotesquely. Max grimaced at the sight and the fact that her believed her to be so shallow.
"Logan, I told you it's over." She said quietly.
"Max I don't understand. We can be together now."
"Have you completely forgotten that we can even touch?"
"We have the suits…"
"No Logan I can't do that." Max said shaking her head. "I can't go back to pretending that everything is Ok."
"We'll find a cure Max we will."
"I don't want to find a cure anymore Logan!" Max cried " I can't take you stalking me and breathing down my neck all the time. Ever since I got this virus you've been trying to hold on so tight that I've been suffocating and you haven't even noticed. I have to move on and so do you."
"Max…"
"No Logan. I know what you are going to say and the answer is no. I can't deal with you paging me 40 times an hour or sending me on bogus missions that make you feel important. I can't and I won't. I've told you it's over. Accept it!"
"What does he have that I don't?" Logan yelled. " I'm practically perfect! I'm rich, heroic and sensitive. I can give you anything Max. Anything! What can he give you? He's a just genetically engineered little shit that runs around and screws everything up! Or anything in a skirt. Take your pick. Either way you're deluding yourself if you think that he's going to stick around for long"
"Logan you have no idea what you're talking about."
"What do you see in him? He's not Ben Max! So what else is there? His asshole attitude? Well guess what Max I can be an asshole too!"
"You are an asshole Logan. I was just too blind to see it before. You think I love Alec because he looks like Ben? I don't even see Ben when I look at him anymore. I love him because don't have to pretend with him, I don't have to hide from him and every time I touch him I feel like the world could fall down around me and I wouldn't care. You can't buy that Logan and you never gave me any of that!" Max yelled. Alec looked up at Max in surprise. *She loved him? *
"Well that's great! You love Alec! At least he's not as bad as Ben. Now there was a real waste of the taxpayers dollars. Not to mention Zack and…"
"What did you say?" Max said deadly calm.
"I said that Ben and Zack were genetic mistakes and a waste of this country's money."
"You smarmy little bastard!" Alec said coldly his eyes narrowing into slits like a cat's.
"I'm going to kill you!" Max said in a deadly voice. "I am going to kill you and never look back."
Max sprang towards Logan claws drawn. An inch before she reach Logan she was yanked back. Alec's arms wound around her and restrained her.
"Let me go Alec! I'm going to kill him."
"No you're not Max. You'd hate yourself forever."
Max slumped a little bit. "He deserves to suffer." She said.
"I never said he wouldn't suffer." Alec brought a hand to his lips and whistled. Sumo lumbered into the room like a wrestler. He looked at Alec who nodded. Salaziah and Hekeziah appeared and scrambled onto Alec's shoulders. Sumo cracked his neck and sprang onto Logan's chest. Logan fell backward arms flailing in fright. Sumo sat placidly on his chest and bitch slapped him for his crimes.
Alec smiled at the sight "It's time for payback." He said quietly into Max's hair. "Salaziah. Gather up every communication device Logan has. Hekeziah go retrieve the beeper from my wall." The squirrels jumped down and scurried to do their tasks.
"You calm now?" He asked Max who nodded. He released her and she walked over to where Sumo was pummelling Logan. She looked down at Logan who glared back at her. She smiled. "Alec can you get me some duct tape?"
An hour later.
Max finished the last roll of duct tape and stood back to admire her work. Logan was completely duct taped to his couch. Only his head was free and he looked miserable. A huge pile of electronic equipment sat in the middle of living room in front of them. All they needed now was for Hekeziah to return with the beeper.
"We might as well get started." Alec said, "When Hekeziah gets here, he gets here. Now where did I put that gun?" He walked over to a rifle that several squirrels had hauled in.
"What's first Max? He asked. She held up Logan's phone grinning.
"Ready when you are." She said. Alec cocked the gun and prepared to fire.
"Ready." He said. Max lobbed the phone out the open window and Alec shot it like a clay pigeon. It shattered in mid flight. The squirrels cheered. Logan's cell phone met a similar fate. Then the squirrels began dropping various electrical devices out the window which smashed on the sidewalk below.
Hekeziah arrived with the piece de resistance. It was time for the beeper to fight its last battle.
A/n I hope you guys liked this chapter. I had to drag it out of myself. I think I have one chapter left. (I never know when I write fanfiction though. This was supposed to only be a one-chapter story.) I would finish this now but I have to go to work.
Alec tugged on Max's sleeve.
"Please tell me I don't look like that." He said.
"Alec you didn't look that bad after I sacked you in the balls."
"Ok just checking." Alec said relieved. He returned to his previous position and sat with a pained look on his face. He couldn't decide between ripping Logan's head off and feeding it to Sumo or laughing his ass off. So he just sat there.
Silence hung in the apartment. Logan stared down at the expensive rug on the floor. Max was looking anywhere but Logan and Alec was peering intently into the shadows of Logan's face trying to figure out what went wrong.
Curiosity finally got the better of Alec.
"Why'd you do it man?" He asked breaking the silence. "I mean I can understand why anyone would want to look like me but…"
" Shut up!" Logan said vehemently."
"Hey! You were the one who stole MY face. Not the other way around. I think I deserve an explanation."
"I did it for Max." Logan said quietly.
"For Max." Alec repeated sceptically.
"How the hell could that be for me Logan?" Max said harshly motioning to his disfigured face.
" I thought that you would like it." He said.
" You mutilated yourself to look my dead brother and you thought that I would like it? Logan! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"I… I thought that it would keep me from losing you."
"As opposed to just scaring the shit out of her." Alec added helpfully.
Logan glared at Alec.
"Logan I don't understand where you got this idea from. I never said anything to lead you to believe…"Max said still trying to comprehend Logan's logic.
"You can get enough of this face on Alec!" Logan said bitterly.
Max froze. "Is that what this is about? Me and Alec?" she said.
"Now it's all coming clear." Alec said. "The cameras, the incessant paging…"
Logan ignored Alec and turned to Max.
"I love you Max and I every time I see you with him it rips my heart out."
"Yeah, but if you hadn't been spying on us your heart wouldn't have been ripped out nearly as many times." Alec said sarcastically.
"I had to stop it. It's obvious that the only reason you are with him is because you are physically attracted to him. So I took action. Now we can be happy Max." Logan said smiling. His smile was not like Alec's or even Ben's it twisted his features grotesquely. Max grimaced at the sight and the fact that her believed her to be so shallow.
"Logan, I told you it's over." She said quietly.
"Max I don't understand. We can be together now."
"Have you completely forgotten that we can even touch?"
"We have the suits…"
"No Logan I can't do that." Max said shaking her head. "I can't go back to pretending that everything is Ok."
"We'll find a cure Max we will."
"I don't want to find a cure anymore Logan!" Max cried " I can't take you stalking me and breathing down my neck all the time. Ever since I got this virus you've been trying to hold on so tight that I've been suffocating and you haven't even noticed. I have to move on and so do you."
"Max…"
"No Logan. I know what you are going to say and the answer is no. I can't deal with you paging me 40 times an hour or sending me on bogus missions that make you feel important. I can't and I won't. I've told you it's over. Accept it!"
"What does he have that I don't?" Logan yelled. " I'm practically perfect! I'm rich, heroic and sensitive. I can give you anything Max. Anything! What can he give you? He's a just genetically engineered little shit that runs around and screws everything up! Or anything in a skirt. Take your pick. Either way you're deluding yourself if you think that he's going to stick around for long"
"Logan you have no idea what you're talking about."
"What do you see in him? He's not Ben Max! So what else is there? His asshole attitude? Well guess what Max I can be an asshole too!"
"You are an asshole Logan. I was just too blind to see it before. You think I love Alec because he looks like Ben? I don't even see Ben when I look at him anymore. I love him because don't have to pretend with him, I don't have to hide from him and every time I touch him I feel like the world could fall down around me and I wouldn't care. You can't buy that Logan and you never gave me any of that!" Max yelled. Alec looked up at Max in surprise. *She loved him? *
"Well that's great! You love Alec! At least he's not as bad as Ben. Now there was a real waste of the taxpayers dollars. Not to mention Zack and…"
"What did you say?" Max said deadly calm.
"I said that Ben and Zack were genetic mistakes and a waste of this country's money."
"You smarmy little bastard!" Alec said coldly his eyes narrowing into slits like a cat's.
"I'm going to kill you!" Max said in a deadly voice. "I am going to kill you and never look back."
Max sprang towards Logan claws drawn. An inch before she reach Logan she was yanked back. Alec's arms wound around her and restrained her.
"Let me go Alec! I'm going to kill him."
"No you're not Max. You'd hate yourself forever."
Max slumped a little bit. "He deserves to suffer." She said.
"I never said he wouldn't suffer." Alec brought a hand to his lips and whistled. Sumo lumbered into the room like a wrestler. He looked at Alec who nodded. Salaziah and Hekeziah appeared and scrambled onto Alec's shoulders. Sumo cracked his neck and sprang onto Logan's chest. Logan fell backward arms flailing in fright. Sumo sat placidly on his chest and bitch slapped him for his crimes.
Alec smiled at the sight "It's time for payback." He said quietly into Max's hair. "Salaziah. Gather up every communication device Logan has. Hekeziah go retrieve the beeper from my wall." The squirrels jumped down and scurried to do their tasks.
"You calm now?" He asked Max who nodded. He released her and she walked over to where Sumo was pummelling Logan. She looked down at Logan who glared back at her. She smiled. "Alec can you get me some duct tape?"
An hour later.
Max finished the last roll of duct tape and stood back to admire her work. Logan was completely duct taped to his couch. Only his head was free and he looked miserable. A huge pile of electronic equipment sat in the middle of living room in front of them. All they needed now was for Hekeziah to return with the beeper.
"We might as well get started." Alec said, "When Hekeziah gets here, he gets here. Now where did I put that gun?" He walked over to a rifle that several squirrels had hauled in.
"What's first Max? He asked. She held up Logan's phone grinning.
"Ready when you are." She said. Alec cocked the gun and prepared to fire.
"Ready." He said. Max lobbed the phone out the open window and Alec shot it like a clay pigeon. It shattered in mid flight. The squirrels cheered. Logan's cell phone met a similar fate. Then the squirrels began dropping various electrical devices out the window which smashed on the sidewalk below.
Hekeziah arrived with the piece de resistance. It was time for the beeper to fight its last battle.
A/n I hope you guys liked this chapter. I had to drag it out of myself. I think I have one chapter left. (I never know when I write fanfiction though. This was supposed to only be a one-chapter story.) I would finish this now but I have to go to work.