Spoilers: This is the first sequel story to Shattered trust
and whispered confessions. It is set after Hello Goodbye and
might reveal bits and pieces of the series from then on.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone; I wish I did own Jensen Ackles (Alec) though...drool...
Authors Note: If you really want to understand this story and enjoy it, then be sure to read the original part one.
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CHAPTER TWO:
Chicago; July 11th 2002
"We interrupt this program to bring you an important news bulletin. Another body has been discovered in the woods out skirting Seattle. The victim has been identified as Caucasian, early 20s male, with a barcode recently tattooed on his neck. Police have not commented as of yet, but it does appear that this was the possible work of transgenics. This is the 25th body discovered with this particular MO in less than 3 years. As of yet, there is one main suspect police are searching for to question, who's possible DNA may be a match to some found at a crime-scene almost 2 years ago. Whether the same person or people or a copycat performed all these killings, is yet to be determined. Police would..."
Alec looked around wildly, he was all alone/ he shivered involuntarily and then composed himself, before bellowing at the top of his lungs,
"Max!"
* * * * *
Flashback:
Alec was standing at the edge of a forest. Bodies - five of them - brutally murdered and displayed in a way that could only be connected with Manticore.
"You thought I did that."
"Why shouldn't she, given your record."
* * * * *
Flashback:
Alec felt pain rip through his heart emotionally as Max angrily addressed him,
"I'm sorry I let you out of Manticore. I'm sorry I inflicted you on the world."
"You really think I could do it? You think I could murder someone in cold blood?"
"Yes Alec, I think you could."
* * * * *
Max ran into the spacious living room, her eyes broad with worry and her breathes came out in gasps. Not of exhaustion, but rather fear. Alec's voice, there was something deathly afraid in it. She gasped as she saw him on the couch jerking horribly. She knew she shouldn't touch him, that he was remembering something. But he looked so helpless, just like when he had remembered the whole Rachel Berrisford incident. Finally, he stopped shuddering and peeled his eyes open to see an anxious Max peering down at him.
"Hey. Bad memory?"
"The worst."
He jerked away from her normally soothing touch and sat up, holding his face in his hands,
"Alec..."
Max reached out instinctively again to him and once more, he pulled away,
"Why did I have to remember?"
"It's good that you remember."
"Some things are better left forgotten."
She moved up on the couch next to him and he allowed her to hold onto his trembling hand. Silence stretched on for eternity before he spoke,
"He's killing again."
"I know."
Alec looked up at her soft, timid voice and intertwined her fingers with hers,
"What are we going to do?"
"I'm not going to kill him again...I can't. But there's no way I can hand him into the police, that's unnecessary exposure these days, considering the transgenic scare has died down somewhat."
"He has to be stopped."
"You think I don't know that Alec? I do. But he is my brother. And looks exactly like you. I just don't think I could bring myself to kill him again."
* * * * *
Flashback:
Max's apartment was a place Alec rarely ever was in, and now they were pouring out their hearts. He chose that moment to speak,
"Listen, since we're already knee-deep in painful subjects...tell me about
him. About Ben."
As she spoke, Max remembers young Ben at Manticore. In her mind, she sees Ben making butterfly shadows on the wall, and herself watching and smiling.
"When we were kids, back at Manticore, he always wanted answers for everything. You know? Why we were there, what was outside. So he would make up these fantastic stories to explain things. Somehow it made us feel...loved. Like we weren't all alone."
"Sounds like a nice kid. What went wrong?"
"After we escaped, it was like there were too many things in this world he didn't have answers for."
Max remembered young Ben leading the hunt through the woods. Then the words he said to her in the Space Needle,
"We never should've left. Everything made sense there."
"I don't know. He just...lost it.",
Max turned to get a couple of coffee mugs, then stared off into space. Alec's face became concerned as he looked at her,
"Hey, you okay?"
She remembered sobbing over Ben's body in the woods.
"I'm fine."
She sat down. Alec could see that she was clearly not fine and made his war around the counter to stand next to her,
"Max, what is it?"
"We were in the woods. He was hurt. Manticore was closing in on us. He didn't want to go back there."
"Reindoctrination. Or worse."
"I killed him."
Alec looked surprised, Max, oblivious to him continues,
"He asked me to, so I did. (Her voice breaks and her eyes tear up) And then I ran. I saved myself. And I just left his body there for them to take away."
Tears ran down Max's cheeks. Alec put an arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her hair.
* * * * *
Flashback: Max kicked Ben to the ground. Father Destry took off as Ben leapt to his feet. He and Max circled each other, glaring, and began to fight. Each landed several kicks and punches on the other. Manticore snipers were walking through the woods. Ben kicked Max against a tree. He went to kick her again, but she beat him to it, breaking his leg. He fell to the ground, gasping, and tried unsuccessfully to sit up. Max knelt and started to help him up, but they both hear Manticore helicopters approaching. Ben gasped in her lap, " Don't leave me here. Don't let them take me." "Ben, I can't carry you. We'll both get caught." "I know." He looked at her pointedly and her face fell, "Ben, I can't." "Please. You know what they'll do to me. They'll put me down there with them...the nomalies. Please." Max looked at him tearily while he silently begged her. She seemed resolved, "Tell me about the Good Place." Ben smiled, as if being put at ease, "Where no one ever gets punished." "And no one gets yelled at." "And nobody disappears. And when you wake up in the morning, you can stay in bed as long as..." Max broke his neck. She softly dropped his head to the ground and, as the helicopters got nearer, began to sob. * * * * *
"I wont let anyone hurt you Max."
She snapped her head up and looked at Alec affectionately, giving him a small, shaky smile,
"Just like I'd never let anyone hurt you. I nearly lost you once, I'll never let that happen again."
He reached over, cupping her smooth face with his gentle hand and tilted her head upwards to meet his gaze,
"I promise you Max, we'll sort this out. We'll stop him. And if you cant deal with it, then know that I will do it for you...I'd do anything for you."
She leaned in, pressing her forehead against his, hovering her lips an inch from his,
"Thank you..."
She moved her mouth to his ear, caressing it first gently, then more rough. Teasing him with her mouth. Alec shivered, she was pressing all the right buttons, she knew what got him going. Max's hand lovingly moved to the back of his neck, stroking his barcode tenderly. He moaned as she trailed feather light bite kisses along to his jaw, moving her mouth on his neck to attack it with a series of feverish nips. She felt his throat vibrate as he murmured,
"Anytime. Really, no big...deal."
Alec plunged his mouth on hers, pushing his body on top of Max's, so that they were fully lying down on the couch. Max met his kiss with same urgency and lust, pressing her swollen lips against his. Alec felt her push her tongue into his mouth, letting it explore, taste him. His hands ran over her curvaceous body, resting on her hips. He squeezed her delicately and she giggled little snatches of delight,
"Alec, that tickles!"
He kissed her again, his tongue exploring her mouth this time, duelling with hers in a heated battle,
"Mmm...You taste...so good..."
Max smiled again and Alec found it hard to breathe, hard to concentrate on anything but this spectacular beauty underneath him,
"Max, I love..."
She put a finger on his lips, silencing him from finishing the sentence,
"Alec, don't."
"Let me say it."
"You don't need to. I know how you feel about me and you know how I feel about you. We can wait until you're you again before expressing ourselves verbally."
He moved off of her into a sitting position and sighed,
"I thought we went over this. I know you're afraid that when I regain my memory, I wont want you. But, you're wrong. How could I not want you? You're the sweetest, most caring person I know."
Max's face lit up and she moved across the couch, snuggling into him,
"I can't believe that it took me so long to realise how right this is. How right we are."
He kissed her softly on top of her glossy locks,
"I wouldn't have it any other way..."
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone; I wish I did own Jensen Ackles (Alec) though...drool...
Authors Note: If you really want to understand this story and enjoy it, then be sure to read the original part one.
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CHAPTER TWO:
Chicago; July 11th 2002
"We interrupt this program to bring you an important news bulletin. Another body has been discovered in the woods out skirting Seattle. The victim has been identified as Caucasian, early 20s male, with a barcode recently tattooed on his neck. Police have not commented as of yet, but it does appear that this was the possible work of transgenics. This is the 25th body discovered with this particular MO in less than 3 years. As of yet, there is one main suspect police are searching for to question, who's possible DNA may be a match to some found at a crime-scene almost 2 years ago. Whether the same person or people or a copycat performed all these killings, is yet to be determined. Police would..."
Alec looked around wildly, he was all alone/ he shivered involuntarily and then composed himself, before bellowing at the top of his lungs,
"Max!"
* * * * *
Flashback:
Alec was standing at the edge of a forest. Bodies - five of them - brutally murdered and displayed in a way that could only be connected with Manticore.
"You thought I did that."
"Why shouldn't she, given your record."
* * * * *
Flashback:
Alec felt pain rip through his heart emotionally as Max angrily addressed him,
"I'm sorry I let you out of Manticore. I'm sorry I inflicted you on the world."
"You really think I could do it? You think I could murder someone in cold blood?"
"Yes Alec, I think you could."
* * * * *
Max ran into the spacious living room, her eyes broad with worry and her breathes came out in gasps. Not of exhaustion, but rather fear. Alec's voice, there was something deathly afraid in it. She gasped as she saw him on the couch jerking horribly. She knew she shouldn't touch him, that he was remembering something. But he looked so helpless, just like when he had remembered the whole Rachel Berrisford incident. Finally, he stopped shuddering and peeled his eyes open to see an anxious Max peering down at him.
"Hey. Bad memory?"
"The worst."
He jerked away from her normally soothing touch and sat up, holding his face in his hands,
"Alec..."
Max reached out instinctively again to him and once more, he pulled away,
"Why did I have to remember?"
"It's good that you remember."
"Some things are better left forgotten."
She moved up on the couch next to him and he allowed her to hold onto his trembling hand. Silence stretched on for eternity before he spoke,
"He's killing again."
"I know."
Alec looked up at her soft, timid voice and intertwined her fingers with hers,
"What are we going to do?"
"I'm not going to kill him again...I can't. But there's no way I can hand him into the police, that's unnecessary exposure these days, considering the transgenic scare has died down somewhat."
"He has to be stopped."
"You think I don't know that Alec? I do. But he is my brother. And looks exactly like you. I just don't think I could bring myself to kill him again."
* * * * *
Flashback:
Max's apartment was a place Alec rarely ever was in, and now they were pouring out their hearts. He chose that moment to speak,
"Listen, since we're already knee-deep in painful subjects...tell me about
him. About Ben."
As she spoke, Max remembers young Ben at Manticore. In her mind, she sees Ben making butterfly shadows on the wall, and herself watching and smiling.
"When we were kids, back at Manticore, he always wanted answers for everything. You know? Why we were there, what was outside. So he would make up these fantastic stories to explain things. Somehow it made us feel...loved. Like we weren't all alone."
"Sounds like a nice kid. What went wrong?"
"After we escaped, it was like there were too many things in this world he didn't have answers for."
Max remembered young Ben leading the hunt through the woods. Then the words he said to her in the Space Needle,
"We never should've left. Everything made sense there."
"I don't know. He just...lost it.",
Max turned to get a couple of coffee mugs, then stared off into space. Alec's face became concerned as he looked at her,
"Hey, you okay?"
She remembered sobbing over Ben's body in the woods.
"I'm fine."
She sat down. Alec could see that she was clearly not fine and made his war around the counter to stand next to her,
"Max, what is it?"
"We were in the woods. He was hurt. Manticore was closing in on us. He didn't want to go back there."
"Reindoctrination. Or worse."
"I killed him."
Alec looked surprised, Max, oblivious to him continues,
"He asked me to, so I did. (Her voice breaks and her eyes tear up) And then I ran. I saved myself. And I just left his body there for them to take away."
Tears ran down Max's cheeks. Alec put an arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her hair.
* * * * *
Flashback: Max kicked Ben to the ground. Father Destry took off as Ben leapt to his feet. He and Max circled each other, glaring, and began to fight. Each landed several kicks and punches on the other. Manticore snipers were walking through the woods. Ben kicked Max against a tree. He went to kick her again, but she beat him to it, breaking his leg. He fell to the ground, gasping, and tried unsuccessfully to sit up. Max knelt and started to help him up, but they both hear Manticore helicopters approaching. Ben gasped in her lap, " Don't leave me here. Don't let them take me." "Ben, I can't carry you. We'll both get caught." "I know." He looked at her pointedly and her face fell, "Ben, I can't." "Please. You know what they'll do to me. They'll put me down there with them...the nomalies. Please." Max looked at him tearily while he silently begged her. She seemed resolved, "Tell me about the Good Place." Ben smiled, as if being put at ease, "Where no one ever gets punished." "And no one gets yelled at." "And nobody disappears. And when you wake up in the morning, you can stay in bed as long as..." Max broke his neck. She softly dropped his head to the ground and, as the helicopters got nearer, began to sob. * * * * *
"I wont let anyone hurt you Max."
She snapped her head up and looked at Alec affectionately, giving him a small, shaky smile,
"Just like I'd never let anyone hurt you. I nearly lost you once, I'll never let that happen again."
He reached over, cupping her smooth face with his gentle hand and tilted her head upwards to meet his gaze,
"I promise you Max, we'll sort this out. We'll stop him. And if you cant deal with it, then know that I will do it for you...I'd do anything for you."
She leaned in, pressing her forehead against his, hovering her lips an inch from his,
"Thank you..."
She moved her mouth to his ear, caressing it first gently, then more rough. Teasing him with her mouth. Alec shivered, she was pressing all the right buttons, she knew what got him going. Max's hand lovingly moved to the back of his neck, stroking his barcode tenderly. He moaned as she trailed feather light bite kisses along to his jaw, moving her mouth on his neck to attack it with a series of feverish nips. She felt his throat vibrate as he murmured,
"Anytime. Really, no big...deal."
Alec plunged his mouth on hers, pushing his body on top of Max's, so that they were fully lying down on the couch. Max met his kiss with same urgency and lust, pressing her swollen lips against his. Alec felt her push her tongue into his mouth, letting it explore, taste him. His hands ran over her curvaceous body, resting on her hips. He squeezed her delicately and she giggled little snatches of delight,
"Alec, that tickles!"
He kissed her again, his tongue exploring her mouth this time, duelling with hers in a heated battle,
"Mmm...You taste...so good..."
Max smiled again and Alec found it hard to breathe, hard to concentrate on anything but this spectacular beauty underneath him,
"Max, I love..."
She put a finger on his lips, silencing him from finishing the sentence,
"Alec, don't."
"Let me say it."
"You don't need to. I know how you feel about me and you know how I feel about you. We can wait until you're you again before expressing ourselves verbally."
He moved off of her into a sitting position and sighed,
"I thought we went over this. I know you're afraid that when I regain my memory, I wont want you. But, you're wrong. How could I not want you? You're the sweetest, most caring person I know."
Max's face lit up and she moved across the couch, snuggling into him,
"I can't believe that it took me so long to realise how right this is. How right we are."
He kissed her softly on top of her glossy locks,
"I wouldn't have it any other way..."