Out of the Future
Chapter 9: Recovery
"So?"
"So what?"
"Are you going to tell what happened?" Alec questioned Max, he was recovering quickly and was now lying on his side propped up on his elbow looking at Max.
"You almost died that's what!" said Max.
"What happened to Rachel?"
"Almost died saving your ass."
"Just like her mother," he said, "but she was fine when I saw her last, you guys get attacked again?"
"Do you want me to tell you the whole thing or not?"
"Go ahead."
"Well you, like always, stupidly got cut by one of those things, their nails carry a toxin that's like the one that Manticore gave me to kill Logan, that likes to attack transgenics, and Rachel's immune to it and yrhrfathumithgig etc. etc.," Max mumbled.
"Didn't catch that last part sorry," said Alec.
"Nothing."
"Okay Max, about Rachel, if I almost died and she wasn't injured or hurt or attacked then why did she almost….. die?" he finished looking at Max slowly who was avoiding eye contact, "Max"
"Can we not talk about this?"
"She's mine isn't she?"
"I'm not talking about this."
"I'm her father aren't I?"
"……."
"Max answer me I'm right aren't I?" Alec pressed, "omigod."
He rolled over onto his back, " now isn't that something."
"So," said Max.
"So," he said.
"So."
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"And that's the whole story," finished Logan. He stood in front of a speechless and unblinking Original Cindy.
"And Ray White's future self is here with those new scary things to kill Max?"
"Max or Alec I don't think they care anymore."
"Rachel's Alec's daughter?" asked OC.
"Yeah," said Logan looking up ahead at the doors. He glanced back a second time because he thought he saw something…or someone familiar, "Max is probably up stairs room 214, excuse me."
Logan started towards the door leaving OC in deep thought after her initial shock at this odd turn of events.
"Virus gone and he finds out he ain't the daddy," murmured OC as she watched Logan walk outside.
Outside….
"Logan," came a voice six feet to his right.
"Asha? What are...ah, Jesse," said Logan finally noticing the teen, "are you two starting a conspiracy?" he asked half-heartedly
"Yeah to bring down Eyes Only," said Jesse rolling his eyes, "Dad it was an emergency so I called her."
"Heh, Dad huh? I'm don't think I'm going to get used to that," said Logan.
"Oh uh sorry it's a habit but I could call you Logan if you wanted."
"It's all right it's just…"
"Weird," said Asha finishing his sentence.
"Yeah."
"Yeah," said Jesse.
"So, Max isn't your."
"Mother? No, and I'm digging myself into a deeper and deeper hole with everything I tell you."
"It all has to do with your mother doesn't it?" asked Logan.
"How about we go inside it's cold out here," said Jesse changing the subject and moving into the hospital.
"What were you?"
"I got paged, and came down here for moral support," said Asha quickly, "will they be alright?"
"More than likely."
"That's good news."
"Yeah, hey he didn't tell you anything about…?"
"Anything," Asha moved passed Logan and stood in front of the hospital doors.
"Why won't he tell me anything?"
"Logan, it could screw up the entire future, you're going to find out sooner or later anyway," she said leaving Logan outside alone.
"Max and Alec together? How can any future be more screwed up than that?" muttered Logan scathingly. But if Max isn't Jesse's mother and he's an X9 than she has to be another transgenic…
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"Ten bucks says you were in heat," said Alec.
"What?!"
"When Rachel was conceived, I bet you were in heat."
"And it would be just like you would take advantage of me," snapped Max.
"What are you talking about?" he asked a bit confused, "haven't you ever been around another X-series when you were in heat?"
"No…why?" she said a bit nervous by the way Alec was looking at her.
"You haven't have you?" he said smiling.
"Alec! Tell me what's so funny before I kick your ass!"
"Pheromones."
"What about them?"
"When you go into heat you give off pheromones that will drive any transgenic within a ten mile radius out of his mind and you're telling me you had no idea?"
Silence.
"Max?"
Silence.
"Good to know," said Max, finally after a long silence, she was looking a bit pale and worried.
"I remember back at Manticore," said Alec, "they had to put all the females in lockdown when they went into heat to prevent the males from killing each other after they got a scent of any sexually frustrated female. You should have seen the scientists faces the first time it happened."
"I'll take that bet of yours," said Max looking over at Rachel.
"Where's my clothes?" asked Alec, playing with the sleeve of his hospital garb.
"Right here," said Max getting his stuff from a nearby closet and throwing it at him.
"Hey I almost died here remember? And you're throwing things at me already?"
Max sighed, grabbed his jacket from the closet and went over to stand beside his bed.
"Better?" she asked doing a strained impression of being nice, before dropping Alec's jacket on his face.
"Much better," he mumbled through the leather. Max hit him lightly while trying not too smile.
"What are you doing?" asked Max watching Alec sit up and throw off his hospital shirt.
"Changing," he said.
"You could have at least told me!"she said turning around.
"Why so shy Max? We already have a child together," he said playfully
"If you don't shut up right this instant I'm going to come over there and…"
"Done," said Alec, "just a joke Max."
He sat down on his bed and was kind of shocked when Max sat down beside him without inflicting some sort of physical pain to an arm or a head. They both looked at Rachel, who was still out cold.
"Yeah, it was either heat or you finally gave into the wild temptation you felt for me the night we met at Manticore," said Alec putting his arm around Max.
"You suck," said Max.
"Bet I did more than that the night she was conceived."
He laughed when Max shoved him and he grabbed at her arm, he was relieved to see that she was laughing too, though turning slightly red and telling him to shut up. When she went to hit him again he grabbed her arm and pulled her down on top of him.
"You think you're so smart don't you?" she said.
"Yeah I do," said Alec reversing their position so that Max was pinned underneath him.
"Get off of me."
"Do you really want me too?"
"Shut up," she told him right before their mouths met.
Max wrapped her arms around Alec's neck and ran a hand through his hair. It was then she realized what she had been missing, the reason she was never satisfied with any normal male, because that's what they were-normal. Max always needed strength and she found it in Alec.
"You two are sick."
Rachel's voice startled them and they broke apart, and quickly sat up.
"You're up," said Max recovering, "that's a good sign."
"Yeah," said Alec, "so was it heat or not?"
"Alec!"
"What? It was an honest question!"
"Honest my ass!"
"I want to know!" whined Alec
"Does it matter?"
"Are you suggesting…"
"Do you have a death wish?" threatened Max.
"…that we…."
"Alec I'm warning you, one more word…"
"This was my fault," said Rachel voice cracking, she was obviously not paying any attention to Max and Alec's fight, but was rather deep in thought.
"What?"
"Everything that's happened is my fault, you almost dying, me breaking every rule and crossing every line that I was told not to so the future doesn't suffer some heavy repercussions I…I'm sorry, I…" tears started running down her face.
Max tried to say something but nothing came out, she looked at Alec for help.
"Well…hey, look everything's all right now isn't it?" he said walking over to her bed and sitting down.
"I don't even know how to get back home when this is over."
"Come here," said Alec pulling her into a hug. Max was somewhat amazed by Alec's current disposition, she came over and crawled across the bed to Rachel's other side and put her arms around both Rachel and Alec.
"It'll be all right," said Max softly.
"Mom, Dad," sobbed Rachel as she broke down completely.
"It's okay baby," whispered Alec kissing her forehead. He and Max could only hold her tighter.
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A/N: The more reviews I get the faster I'll update, I already have up to Chapter 13 written. Aren't I evil?
Disclaimer: Dark Angel belongs to Cameron/Eglee etc.