Little things in life
Chapter 6
Disclaimer: You know the drill, me no own, you no complain!
Dedication: As always, this chapter goes out to all the wonderful people out there that read and review my stories. Thank you!!!
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(Recap)
(At the hospital)
"I CAN'T DO IT OKAY?!!" Max screamed back from the door.
"Why the hell not?" Alec asked, not understanding her sudden rise in attitude and temper.
"Why don't you do it?" Max questioned stepping away from the door and fast approaching Alec who could only wonder why she was acting this way. Then it hit him.
"I'm sorry Max, you're still recovering from your sickness," he stated to himself, really ashamed for not understanding faster that she too had a lack of blood in her system, and needed all that she had to keep her immunity strong from any harmful pathogens in TC.
"Really sorry Max," Alec continued looking at the ground, "I'll just get to Cindy for a while, come and wait with if you like," he said finally looking up at her. Her expression seemed to sober quite a lot and she finally walked up to Alec deciding it was a now or never situation.
"Alec, listen, I gotta tell you something, it's about the blood thing . . ."
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"Is something wrong Max?" Alec asked very concerned for Max's health, she had been really ill, and it made him very nervous to think about what would happen if Terminal City lost its leader. Alec mentally slapped himself for even thinking that way, Max was the strongest female he had ever known, and nothing could ever hurt her!
"You know Max, you can always tell me if something's bothering you," he said taking hazardous steps towards her . . . was she crying???
"Hey," Alec said softly touching her shoulder, "you okay?" he asked as Max continued to cry very softly on his shoulder, gripping his shirt for dear life.
"Listen Alec," Max started through sobs, "I have to tell you something," she said breaking down again. Alec knew that whatever was bothering her was obviously very serious . . . he had never seen Max cry in his entire life before.
"You'll tell me later okay?" Alec said hesitantly, he really wanted to know what was wrong with Max but he couldn't risk the loss of Cindy's life, that would make Max even more depressed.
"I'm going over to Cindy okay, she needs some Manticore Plasma right about now." He stated softly into her hair, she really needed someone to comfort her right now, and even thought Alec didn't have a particular liking for the man, he knew that only Logan could calm Max down at times like this.
"Why don't you give Logan a visit, huh?" He asked Max softly. She only nodded like a little child lost in the woods. Max turned and started walking over to Logan's knowing that this was yet another lost opportunity to tell Alec about her condition.
"Alec," Max said softly, turning back to him once again, only to see him joining up IV tubes. He immediately looked up to her and gave her an encouraging smile to go on.
"Alec, promise me that you'll be there for me no matter what." She said not even bothering to prevent the tears flowing from her eyes.
"Max, you know that I'm here for you whenever you need me," Alec said slowly, "Just holler or something okay?" he stated, adding a bit of humor to the extremely tense environment. She nodded once more and exited the hospital ward looking down at the floor.
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It had been an entire day since Logan had last seen Max; he was actually very worried for her. Although she hadn't said anything to make him worry but something inside of him was telling him that something just wasn't right. He knew she was obviously upset about something, he just didn't know what it could have been. He had heard about Cindy's shooting accident and he guessed it was that. Logan couldn't help but grab his nearest jacket and head out to find Max. His gut instinct told him that she would be at the hospital wing . . . and so he headed over there.
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Max didn't know where she was going, she just let her legs take her to Joshua's place. No coherent thought seemed to be in Max's mind, all she saw were a couple of pictures.
There was one of a man she had never seen before, another of all of the inhabitants of Terminal City on the rooftop watching Joshua's flag flying. And the last was the weirdest of all, she saw herself lying on the floor with blood everywhere and there were a couple of people crying, among the crowd she saw the man who she couldn't name laughing, she saw Logan, Alec, Cindy, Josh and Sketchy all . . . crying.
Max didn't know what to make of all these flashing images, she suddenly felt her head spinning out of control and had to grab a hold of the nearest brick wall to keep herself upright. Max soon fell onto her knees coughing uncontrollably.
After all the coughing had subsided she got up slowly, taking note that this area of Terminal City was not familiar to her and tried to walk. That was when she felt the cool metal tip of a gun pointed to her neck, a handkerchief coved her mouth and she distinctly heard the words, "Payback time," before everything went black.
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A/N: After what seemed like forever, I have finally updated one of my sadder stories. Yeaaaaayyyyyyyy for me! I hope you all liked this chapter, it took me forever to like every word I had used and to read it over and over again to correct all the silly mistakes I usually make.
This chapter wasn't actually supposed to be this way, I wanted Alec to find out about Max's condition but alas that wasn't what my fingers wanted, I tell you they type on their own accord and never listen to me! Poor, poor me, wouldn't you say? Ah well, give me all you sympathy in a review if you all would be so kind.
Thanks you all
Rina!
Chapter 6
Disclaimer: You know the drill, me no own, you no complain!
Dedication: As always, this chapter goes out to all the wonderful people out there that read and review my stories. Thank you!!!
*****
(Recap)
(At the hospital)
"I CAN'T DO IT OKAY?!!" Max screamed back from the door.
"Why the hell not?" Alec asked, not understanding her sudden rise in attitude and temper.
"Why don't you do it?" Max questioned stepping away from the door and fast approaching Alec who could only wonder why she was acting this way. Then it hit him.
"I'm sorry Max, you're still recovering from your sickness," he stated to himself, really ashamed for not understanding faster that she too had a lack of blood in her system, and needed all that she had to keep her immunity strong from any harmful pathogens in TC.
"Really sorry Max," Alec continued looking at the ground, "I'll just get to Cindy for a while, come and wait with if you like," he said finally looking up at her. Her expression seemed to sober quite a lot and she finally walked up to Alec deciding it was a now or never situation.
"Alec, listen, I gotta tell you something, it's about the blood thing . . ."
*****
"Is something wrong Max?" Alec asked very concerned for Max's health, she had been really ill, and it made him very nervous to think about what would happen if Terminal City lost its leader. Alec mentally slapped himself for even thinking that way, Max was the strongest female he had ever known, and nothing could ever hurt her!
"You know Max, you can always tell me if something's bothering you," he said taking hazardous steps towards her . . . was she crying???
"Hey," Alec said softly touching her shoulder, "you okay?" he asked as Max continued to cry very softly on his shoulder, gripping his shirt for dear life.
"Listen Alec," Max started through sobs, "I have to tell you something," she said breaking down again. Alec knew that whatever was bothering her was obviously very serious . . . he had never seen Max cry in his entire life before.
"You'll tell me later okay?" Alec said hesitantly, he really wanted to know what was wrong with Max but he couldn't risk the loss of Cindy's life, that would make Max even more depressed.
"I'm going over to Cindy okay, she needs some Manticore Plasma right about now." He stated softly into her hair, she really needed someone to comfort her right now, and even thought Alec didn't have a particular liking for the man, he knew that only Logan could calm Max down at times like this.
"Why don't you give Logan a visit, huh?" He asked Max softly. She only nodded like a little child lost in the woods. Max turned and started walking over to Logan's knowing that this was yet another lost opportunity to tell Alec about her condition.
"Alec," Max said softly, turning back to him once again, only to see him joining up IV tubes. He immediately looked up to her and gave her an encouraging smile to go on.
"Alec, promise me that you'll be there for me no matter what." She said not even bothering to prevent the tears flowing from her eyes.
"Max, you know that I'm here for you whenever you need me," Alec said slowly, "Just holler or something okay?" he stated, adding a bit of humor to the extremely tense environment. She nodded once more and exited the hospital ward looking down at the floor.
*****
It had been an entire day since Logan had last seen Max; he was actually very worried for her. Although she hadn't said anything to make him worry but something inside of him was telling him that something just wasn't right. He knew she was obviously upset about something, he just didn't know what it could have been. He had heard about Cindy's shooting accident and he guessed it was that. Logan couldn't help but grab his nearest jacket and head out to find Max. His gut instinct told him that she would be at the hospital wing . . . and so he headed over there.
*****
Max didn't know where she was going, she just let her legs take her to Joshua's place. No coherent thought seemed to be in Max's mind, all she saw were a couple of pictures.
There was one of a man she had never seen before, another of all of the inhabitants of Terminal City on the rooftop watching Joshua's flag flying. And the last was the weirdest of all, she saw herself lying on the floor with blood everywhere and there were a couple of people crying, among the crowd she saw the man who she couldn't name laughing, she saw Logan, Alec, Cindy, Josh and Sketchy all . . . crying.
Max didn't know what to make of all these flashing images, she suddenly felt her head spinning out of control and had to grab a hold of the nearest brick wall to keep herself upright. Max soon fell onto her knees coughing uncontrollably.
After all the coughing had subsided she got up slowly, taking note that this area of Terminal City was not familiar to her and tried to walk. That was when she felt the cool metal tip of a gun pointed to her neck, a handkerchief coved her mouth and she distinctly heard the words, "Payback time," before everything went black.
*****
A/N: After what seemed like forever, I have finally updated one of my sadder stories. Yeaaaaayyyyyyyy for me! I hope you all liked this chapter, it took me forever to like every word I had used and to read it over and over again to correct all the silly mistakes I usually make.
This chapter wasn't actually supposed to be this way, I wanted Alec to find out about Max's condition but alas that wasn't what my fingers wanted, I tell you they type on their own accord and never listen to me! Poor, poor me, wouldn't you say? Ah well, give me all you sympathy in a review if you all would be so kind.
Thanks you all
Rina!