Note: Major thanks to… Deb, Little-Fella, Tallera, sky and InkaCajo. Those reviews got my ass working and this chapter out on the same day I posted the first chapter. I hope you will still review though, I'll give cookies! I re edited because I realised what Tallera said was true; I don't make sense, which happens a lot in real life.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything

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Buses and Trains

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Alec had known Max would follow him, had she always been this predictable? Probably, he just hadn't noticed in his state of fluffiness. Mentally shuddering at the thought he pedalled faster willing the bike to follow his commands as he quickly manoeuvred it into a sideroad too bothered by her presence to even stop for a checkpoint. He slowed the bike easily and glanced around, looking for the address, he should deliver the package while he was wallowing in self pity. He sighed, thinking about a nice shot of whisky that would go down his throat, even if it burnt like hell.

He stopped at the address and used his enhanced eyesight to squint into the window, grimy window at that to see if anyone was home, there was movement so he put the stand on his new bike down. The one Normal had given him had passed it's shelf life a while ago, He tramped up the path and pressed the buzzer monotonously "Hello?" The door, after it was opened presented a scruffy middle aged man who looked at him suspiciously.

"Jam Pony messenger, package, sign here please"

"You're in a hurry" The man grumbled but signed quickly and took the package,

"Have a nice day, sir." Alec turned and hurried down the path again and just before he reached the gate heard the man mutter,

"Little punk." Alec didn't allow himself to listen to it anymore, he was on edge today and felt like punching the next nosy minded little prat who thought they could make it all better.

"Alec! Wait up!" Oh no... he groaned getting on his bike, but of course Max was already beside him and was looking at him expectantly and curiously at the same time, give me strength! He thought exasperatedly and forced a smirk onto his lips.

"Hey Max, just can't get enough of me...?"

"Oh, please!" She spat looking disgusted, too disgusted, he scrunched up his forehead, relaxing into his easy facade.

"Woken up and realised that transgenic is the only way to go?"

"Alec" She said warningly and he shrugged good naturedly, "You know you don't fool me a bit."

"Really? Why not?"

"You can't be so, so... you all the time, it's unhealthy." She struggled for words to describe and back up her statement.

"Wow, Maxie, you're a great friend. Let me sign up for the fan club."

"I am so a good friend!" She said looking shocked, her brown eyes widening with suprise,

"Yeah, a really perceptive friend too." He snorted to himself and started pedalling, she followed and they rode together for a few seconds,

"Look, if this is about that thing with the Berris-"

"It's not." He cut her off sharply, she stared at him, trying to get him to meet her gaze, as much as he'd deny it, his emotions were always firmly displayed in them. When he refused to look up she began to wonder, then worried as a smirk transformed his cold face, just as she began to get really worried she found the source of his amusement. And fell over it. "Maxie!" He snorted and leant down conspiratorially "And you call yourself a transgenic!" He said mock-disgustedly before dispelling into laughter and then flipped her off with his hand; annoyingly keep his perfect balance as he rode over in a different direction of their job.

"You're going the wrong way!" She called after him, then checked her watch, ok so he wasn't but he should return the signature to Normal. But of course Normal thought the sun shone out of Alec's genetically engineered ass so he wouldn't have any problem. What was it? Why did Normal hate her and love Alec? Why, why, why, why, why? There were a lot of questions to be answered but she couldn't.

She was gonna kick his ass. When she got the chance, but she would so kick his ass.

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Suprisingly, the chance came more quickly than she had anticipated, unfortunately she had allowed herself to cool down a few notches. So when she was walking with total confidence towards the nightclub, Crash, she wasn't prepared for what she was going to see along the way.

The sound of a crash made her jump despite herself, and a trashcan flew out from the tunnel, she watched as it rolled past her and looked in bafflement at the tunnel opening, she snuck silently over

and peered in.

"Hey." She said softly, his head jerked up and Alec's baby blue eyes usually filled with happiness, now filled with rage and anguish, stared unblinkingly at her.

"What?"

"I heard… I heard something and decided to check it out." Max wasn't sure how to go around this but she knew she'd have to be careful, there was an edge to his voice she didn't like, he looked slightly deranged in fact. His hands were clenching and unclenching at his side, he wasn't even aware he was doing it.

"Because you're such a good human aren't you?" He snapped anger and bitterness crowding his features; she narrowed her eyes shifting her weight onto her right leg.

"No, because I have feline DNA."

"Curiousity killed the cat Maxie, now would you please make my wish come true?"

"What is it?"

"Your absence"

"No. What is your problem?!" She demanded, she should be leaving, would've if she could force her feet to move at all.

"Nothing."

"Look, I may be revved up but I can tell-"

"You might want to keep your voice down, don't want anyone else to know about your precious

secret." He said dully dropping his head,

"Are you implying I'm ashamed of myself?"

"No, I'm implying that you're ashamed of what you were trained to be."

"Like I had a choice right?"

"When did this turn into a conversation about you?" He said looking at her his blue eyes blazing at her in the mellow darkness, she paused, true that, she should be getting the information so she didn't have anyone else to worry about.

"It didn't. It just veered off track. Are you going to tell me what's up or not?"

"No, it's none of your business"

"Alright then, we can stay here all night but-" He leapt to his feet interrupting her mid-sentence and

she looked at him silently.

"Why won't you just go away? I'm trying to sort through some stuff and I can't do that with you

hanging around trying to look good to Logan." The venom in his voice made her draw in a sharp breath, what the hell was going on, Alec kept himself in a nutshell, a tough one, not letting anyone else in for fear--for fear of what, she realised how little she knew about him and flushed guiltily. Deciding to leave the Logan crack alone because she didn't want this to have to turn physical and that's how it would be if he started on Logan or anyone else for that matter.

"You just expect me to walk away?" She whispered and he sneered.

"You've done that when I asked before, Maxie, so why not now?"

"Because, you're an asshole and I need to know if you're not going to go all physco on me."

"Sorry, that wouldn't be original enough for you" Alec spat anger twisting his face into an ugly grimace and her hand flew out smacking him across the face.

"How dare you!" She hissed, he said something else and stalked out of the tunnel and into the main street but she couldn't understand a word of it. Her pulse was pounding too loudly in her ears and she didn't want to think about the look on his face, or the twinge of guilt in her heart.

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