A/N: Hmm, thanks for the reviews. Not as many as I'd hope, but its better than none =)
Next time, review. Please!
Oh and Biggs and Alec DO NOT know eachother, okay? Alright.
Thanks to mel, kristi, ella, and jg for reviewing. And kristi--Yepp, Biggs IS who you think he is.
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Max and Biggs were in the vent, watching Alec, Professor Kilman and a couple other men talking. She couldnt believe her eyes, and had to have Biggs pinch her a few times to make sure she was awake.
But sure enough, this was reality. "Can you hear them?" Biggs whispered to Max. "Not really, their talking really soft. The only thing I've heard yet is er.., hmm, and umm. I dont know." She said sighing in frustration. What the hell was Alec up to?
Max was half falling asleep when Biggs punched her in the arm. "What?" She mumbled grumpily, and a little too loud causing the two men to look around in wonder at where the noise came from.
"He went in that room with that professor, and those two men are waiting for them. And they probably heard your loud mouth." Biggs hissed.
Max glared but said nothing, just looked down waiting for Alec and the professor to come out.
Just moments later Alec did come out, but not the professor. Max squinted her eyes in curiousity, and moved through the vent, looking through the air ducts to see what room Alec was in.
Biggs rolled his eyes and followed her, and she found the room that Alec was in moments ago, and she hopped down with no noise.
Biggs copied her movements, and was soon down in the room also. She looked around, finding nothing when she opened the door to the closet and sure enough their was the professor, all tied up. "What the hell?" Max whispered. Why would Alec do this?
"Uhh, Max, Alecs coming back in here. You better hurry." Biggs said looking through the blinds. Max cursed.
"I'll be back sir." Max whispered to the man, closing the closet door and climbed up into the vent with Biggs behind her.
Alec opened the door and walked over to the closet, opening it and taking something out of the mans pocket, and turned around and left.
Biggs let out a sigh of relief, "That was close."
"I know, but why in the hell did Alec do that?" Max asked. "Maybe hes a psycho, thats what most psychos do. Kill people, tie them up and leave them to die."
Max rolled her eyes and made her way to where she came from, with Biggs behind her. "Why did you have to bring me here? Now im involved, and I'm going to get killed, and then I'm going to kill you." Biggs complained.
Max stopped suddenly, on purpose of course, with Biggs running right into her. "Damnit!" He cursed. "You know Max, I dont necessarily like running into your ass. Well, not on accident. But maybe on purpose sometime. Then it might not hurt as much!" He yelled.
"Shhhh!" Max glared. "Your gonna get us in big trouble, and its going to be your fault!" He shut up and the caught part, and followed her the rest of the way.
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It was 3am, and she had spent the whole day at a strip club, a smelly vent, and a total and complete ass. And to think she was still in her slutty clothes, still stinky, and still stuck with the ass.
Max walked into her apartment with Biggs behind her. "You know, you could always go home now." Max pointed out.
"Yeah but, spending my whole day in a vent with a girl thats wears less clothes than my grandma, and getting all stinky, well I just cant resist what you have in store for me next." He joked.
Max grinned. "I dont normally wear these clothes." She pointed out, going to her room and closing the door. Biggs shrugged and sat down on the couch, watching tv.
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Original Cindy awoke at 8am, and walked into the living room to get her a cup of coffee. She walked over to sit on the couch and got the remote off the floor and sat down, making the covers rise up as if someone was under them.
OC screamed, frightened and the covers flung off and a dark haired man was staring up at her, screaming also.
Max ran into the living room, and saw OC and Biggs screaming their heads off. "What the hell is going on?" She asked, thinking both were nuts.
"This man is on my couch!" She yelled, pointing to Max to kick his ass. "So?"
"So?" OC said in disbelief. "So what the hell is he doing on my couch. This aint no bed n breakfast."
"Hes a friend that came home with me. Well I wouldnt call him a friend, just a pest that wont leave. Which brings me to why are you still here?" She asked, her hands on her hips.
"I must have fell asleep." He said staring at OC. "Whats yo ass lookin at?" she asked raising her eyebrow. "Nothing." He said looking away. "Mm-hmm." She said turning around to go into the kitchen.
"Whos that?" He asked. "OC? Shes my roomate." Max said. "Just your roomate?" He asked. "Yes." Max said, wondering what he was getting to. "Cool."
"Shes not straight either so dont even bother." Max said turning around walking into the kitchen. "Damn." He cursed.
Just then the door knocked. "Get that Biggs." Max yelled from the kitchen. Biggs got up from the couch and opened the door, and the man he saw yesterday was standing on the other end, with anger in his eyes.
"You!" Biggs yelled slamming the door, running into the kitchen. "What is it?" Max asked with concern. "That man, Alec, hes here."
Maxs eyes went big for a moment, but she calmed down and told him to stay in the bathroom. He nodded and ran into the bathroom, and Original rolled her eyes.
Max opened the door and Alec was still their, confused written all over his face. "Umm, can I come in?" He asked. Max let him in and he looked around her apartment in curiosity.
"Who was that?" Alec asked, his eyes boring into hers. "Who was who?" Max asked back. "Are you okay? You seem, jumpy." Alec said studying her. Something was up.
"Fine, a little too much coffee you know?" Max said sitting down. "Coffee?" He asked in wonder. "What is that?"
"Oh oh, its this yummy strong stuff that you drink in the morning, and you put it in a cup and drink it. Wakes you right up. Whoever invented this stuff was brilliant." Original said smiling. "Want some?"
He thought for a moment and then gave up, "Sure." Max glared at OC and she shrugged her shoulders and poured him a cup of coffee. "What do you want in it?" She asked.
"What?" He asked confused. "You know, do you want sugar in it, cream, milk or just black?"
Alec thought for a moment trying to decide, "Well whats best?" He asked. "Hmm," OC thought. "Definitely the black." She said smiling.
"Okay I will have that." He said, while OC gave him the cup. He picked it up and took a sip, as if he were British. But a sip was all it took was for him to spit it out, right on Max.
"This stuff is nasty." Alec said, taking a towel and stuffing it into his mouth to get the taste off. Original was cracking up laughing, and Max was glaring.
Alec just realized where he spit his coffee, and his eyes went wide for a moment, until he smiled sweetly. "Well, I better get going now." Alec said getting up, running out the door.
Max smirked and got up, stomping to the bathroom. She opened the door, and Biggs was nowhere to be seen. "Biggs, where are you?" She asked looking around.
His head popped out of the hamper and Max jump. "What the hell are you doing in there?"
"Is he gone?" He whispered. "Yeah hes gone, now get out of there." He hopped out of the hamper. "Guess what I found?" He said holding up a pair of spongebob square pants undies. "Give me that." Max snapped taking the underwear from him.
He just grinned and she shooed him out the door. "Do you have a bra like that too?" He yelled to the door, which Max opened it and kicked him in the stomach.
He grunted and fell to the floor.
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Later that day after Biggs had finally left, Max went to visit Joshua.
Max opened the door to Joshuas house, with Alec behind her. Why he was with her, she had no idea. Maybe it was because she had no transportation, and she needed to get her baby back.
"Hey Big Fella." Max greeted the canine, who was as usual, painting. Joshua looked to Max, excited to see her. "Hi Little Fella." He said giving her a hug.
Their was a cough behind her and she rolled her eyes. "Joshua this is Alec, Alec this is Joshua." Max introduced. Alec smiled at the dog, and Joshua smiled a big smile and hugged him.
He was surprised by this, but he was more surprised at what he was seeing. A talking dog. When Alec got out of his trance he looked around the room at all the paintings.
"Are these yours?" He asked. "Yes. All Joshuas." He said. "These are good." Alec pointed out. "I like this one, its colors are amazing."
They continued talking art, and Max smiled. Alec seemed normal, but she wasn't sure she could trust him. And she was getting a little worried that he was getting close to all the people she cared about. He could hurt them. But she doubted he would.
She couldn't figure Alec out, their was something behind him, a past maybe. But he never said anything about his past to her at Manticore, nor did she.
She erased her thoughts when Alec said something to her, "What?"
"I said I didnt know Joshua was a transgenic too."
"Oh, yeah he is." She paused. "Well Joshua, I just wanted to check up on you, I know I havent been visiting later. But we gotta get going now, so I will stop by tomorrow alright?"
She could see the sadness in his puppy eyes, and it hurt her. Joshua was like family to her, and she wished she could visit him more.
"Okay Little Fella." He said smiling, giving her a hug. "Bye Medium Fella." Joshua said hugging Alec. He smiled and hugged him back.
"Bye." She said walking out, hopping on Alecs bike. "What do you think your doing?" He asked her. "Please?" She said with a smile that he couldnt resist. "I lost my baby, and I miss her. So can I drive? Besides, were going somewhere that you dont know where it is."
He sighed, "Fine." He said giving her the keys and getting on behind her. "You might want to hold on tight." She said gunning the engine and speeding off.
"Damn, where did you learn to drive?" Alec yelled, holding on tight. "Never did." She said back. Alec opened his eyes wide at this.
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They arrived at the Space Needle, and Max hopped off the bike. "I don't know where were going my ass." Alec snorted, "I've been here before duh."
"I know." Max smiled, "Just needed a reason to drive." Alec smirked, "Whatever."
They were atop the Space Needle now and she sat down on the edge, staring out at the city. Alec followed her, sitting down cautiously.
He looked out across the city, "Looks more beautiful than before."
"I know." Max answered. Neither said a word, just stared, until Max spoke up. "Tell me about your past." She said. "Why?"
"Because, I dont know you, and I dont know how you happened to meet me and stay that way. And I'm trusting you with a lot of things, so I deserve to know."
He thought about it for a moment. "Okay, but you have to promise me that you'll tell me about yours." She nodded and he sighed. "Where to start." He said to himself, rubbing his hands on his jeans.
"Well, I was at Manticore for awhile, you know, doing exactly the same thing as you. Then when I was around 9 things changed. They did tests on me, and I didn't know why. I was took into psy ops and I started going on missions later."
Max didnt say anything, just stared across the city. "But on one particular mission, I failed, and they didn't trust me anymore. So it started over, tests, psy ops, brainwashing. And it continued. But what they didn't know was that I never recovered from that mission."
He paused, "Then they put me on a mission here. Not a bad one though, just to get files from someone, I just have to find them." He lied.
"And I met you, and now here I am telling you about my past. Thats about it." Max was still silent, thinking about it for a moment. "What mission did you not recover from?" She asked.
"Its not to be said." He answered. Max understood, and didn't push. "So, what about you?"
Max sighed, "Well, I was in Manticore, and I met my family their. Not necessarily my family, just called them that. Then we all decided to escape from their. Sometimes I think it was the biggest mistake of my life, then other times its the best decision I've ever made."
"When we escaped, not everyone made it. I hardly did. But some of us did, but others weren't too lucky. I left Manticore a young troublemaker, not sure of where to go or what to do. My life was now unwritten. At Manticore, my life was made. Then when I escaped, it had just begun."
"So I met Logan, whos Eyes Only, and he helped me with my past. I reunited with Zack, my brother that always looked out for me. But things didn't turn out the way I wished later." She said, a tear running down her cheek.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm still trying to look for things that are already gone. I dont want to accept it." She paused. "Anyways, I met up with OC and we became good friends and I started my life in Seattle, with occasional past problems."
" But I still lived, and tried not to remember the pained things in my life. But when I think about it, If I could change the path of my past, I wouldn't have changed a thing."
Alec stared at her, and saw something new. They now began to understand eachother, and all their decisions. Without thought, Alec put his arm around her and they sat their, overlooking the city in silence.
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A/N: Ahh, good chapter, right? So come on and poosh that review button. You know you want to. Its calling your name, its your destiny.
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Next time, review. Please!
Oh and Biggs and Alec DO NOT know eachother, okay? Alright.
Thanks to mel, kristi, ella, and jg for reviewing. And kristi--Yepp, Biggs IS who you think he is.
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Max and Biggs were in the vent, watching Alec, Professor Kilman and a couple other men talking. She couldnt believe her eyes, and had to have Biggs pinch her a few times to make sure she was awake.
But sure enough, this was reality. "Can you hear them?" Biggs whispered to Max. "Not really, their talking really soft. The only thing I've heard yet is er.., hmm, and umm. I dont know." She said sighing in frustration. What the hell was Alec up to?
Max was half falling asleep when Biggs punched her in the arm. "What?" She mumbled grumpily, and a little too loud causing the two men to look around in wonder at where the noise came from.
"He went in that room with that professor, and those two men are waiting for them. And they probably heard your loud mouth." Biggs hissed.
Max glared but said nothing, just looked down waiting for Alec and the professor to come out.
Just moments later Alec did come out, but not the professor. Max squinted her eyes in curiousity, and moved through the vent, looking through the air ducts to see what room Alec was in.
Biggs rolled his eyes and followed her, and she found the room that Alec was in moments ago, and she hopped down with no noise.
Biggs copied her movements, and was soon down in the room also. She looked around, finding nothing when she opened the door to the closet and sure enough their was the professor, all tied up. "What the hell?" Max whispered. Why would Alec do this?
"Uhh, Max, Alecs coming back in here. You better hurry." Biggs said looking through the blinds. Max cursed.
"I'll be back sir." Max whispered to the man, closing the closet door and climbed up into the vent with Biggs behind her.
Alec opened the door and walked over to the closet, opening it and taking something out of the mans pocket, and turned around and left.
Biggs let out a sigh of relief, "That was close."
"I know, but why in the hell did Alec do that?" Max asked. "Maybe hes a psycho, thats what most psychos do. Kill people, tie them up and leave them to die."
Max rolled her eyes and made her way to where she came from, with Biggs behind her. "Why did you have to bring me here? Now im involved, and I'm going to get killed, and then I'm going to kill you." Biggs complained.
Max stopped suddenly, on purpose of course, with Biggs running right into her. "Damnit!" He cursed. "You know Max, I dont necessarily like running into your ass. Well, not on accident. But maybe on purpose sometime. Then it might not hurt as much!" He yelled.
"Shhhh!" Max glared. "Your gonna get us in big trouble, and its going to be your fault!" He shut up and the caught part, and followed her the rest of the way.
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It was 3am, and she had spent the whole day at a strip club, a smelly vent, and a total and complete ass. And to think she was still in her slutty clothes, still stinky, and still stuck with the ass.
Max walked into her apartment with Biggs behind her. "You know, you could always go home now." Max pointed out.
"Yeah but, spending my whole day in a vent with a girl thats wears less clothes than my grandma, and getting all stinky, well I just cant resist what you have in store for me next." He joked.
Max grinned. "I dont normally wear these clothes." She pointed out, going to her room and closing the door. Biggs shrugged and sat down on the couch, watching tv.
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Original Cindy awoke at 8am, and walked into the living room to get her a cup of coffee. She walked over to sit on the couch and got the remote off the floor and sat down, making the covers rise up as if someone was under them.
OC screamed, frightened and the covers flung off and a dark haired man was staring up at her, screaming also.
Max ran into the living room, and saw OC and Biggs screaming their heads off. "What the hell is going on?" She asked, thinking both were nuts.
"This man is on my couch!" She yelled, pointing to Max to kick his ass. "So?"
"So?" OC said in disbelief. "So what the hell is he doing on my couch. This aint no bed n breakfast."
"Hes a friend that came home with me. Well I wouldnt call him a friend, just a pest that wont leave. Which brings me to why are you still here?" She asked, her hands on her hips.
"I must have fell asleep." He said staring at OC. "Whats yo ass lookin at?" she asked raising her eyebrow. "Nothing." He said looking away. "Mm-hmm." She said turning around to go into the kitchen.
"Whos that?" He asked. "OC? Shes my roomate." Max said. "Just your roomate?" He asked. "Yes." Max said, wondering what he was getting to. "Cool."
"Shes not straight either so dont even bother." Max said turning around walking into the kitchen. "Damn." He cursed.
Just then the door knocked. "Get that Biggs." Max yelled from the kitchen. Biggs got up from the couch and opened the door, and the man he saw yesterday was standing on the other end, with anger in his eyes.
"You!" Biggs yelled slamming the door, running into the kitchen. "What is it?" Max asked with concern. "That man, Alec, hes here."
Maxs eyes went big for a moment, but she calmed down and told him to stay in the bathroom. He nodded and ran into the bathroom, and Original rolled her eyes.
Max opened the door and Alec was still their, confused written all over his face. "Umm, can I come in?" He asked. Max let him in and he looked around her apartment in curiosity.
"Who was that?" Alec asked, his eyes boring into hers. "Who was who?" Max asked back. "Are you okay? You seem, jumpy." Alec said studying her. Something was up.
"Fine, a little too much coffee you know?" Max said sitting down. "Coffee?" He asked in wonder. "What is that?"
"Oh oh, its this yummy strong stuff that you drink in the morning, and you put it in a cup and drink it. Wakes you right up. Whoever invented this stuff was brilliant." Original said smiling. "Want some?"
He thought for a moment and then gave up, "Sure." Max glared at OC and she shrugged her shoulders and poured him a cup of coffee. "What do you want in it?" She asked.
"What?" He asked confused. "You know, do you want sugar in it, cream, milk or just black?"
Alec thought for a moment trying to decide, "Well whats best?" He asked. "Hmm," OC thought. "Definitely the black." She said smiling.
"Okay I will have that." He said, while OC gave him the cup. He picked it up and took a sip, as if he were British. But a sip was all it took was for him to spit it out, right on Max.
"This stuff is nasty." Alec said, taking a towel and stuffing it into his mouth to get the taste off. Original was cracking up laughing, and Max was glaring.
Alec just realized where he spit his coffee, and his eyes went wide for a moment, until he smiled sweetly. "Well, I better get going now." Alec said getting up, running out the door.
Max smirked and got up, stomping to the bathroom. She opened the door, and Biggs was nowhere to be seen. "Biggs, where are you?" She asked looking around.
His head popped out of the hamper and Max jump. "What the hell are you doing in there?"
"Is he gone?" He whispered. "Yeah hes gone, now get out of there." He hopped out of the hamper. "Guess what I found?" He said holding up a pair of spongebob square pants undies. "Give me that." Max snapped taking the underwear from him.
He just grinned and she shooed him out the door. "Do you have a bra like that too?" He yelled to the door, which Max opened it and kicked him in the stomach.
He grunted and fell to the floor.
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Later that day after Biggs had finally left, Max went to visit Joshua.
Max opened the door to Joshuas house, with Alec behind her. Why he was with her, she had no idea. Maybe it was because she had no transportation, and she needed to get her baby back.
"Hey Big Fella." Max greeted the canine, who was as usual, painting. Joshua looked to Max, excited to see her. "Hi Little Fella." He said giving her a hug.
Their was a cough behind her and she rolled her eyes. "Joshua this is Alec, Alec this is Joshua." Max introduced. Alec smiled at the dog, and Joshua smiled a big smile and hugged him.
He was surprised by this, but he was more surprised at what he was seeing. A talking dog. When Alec got out of his trance he looked around the room at all the paintings.
"Are these yours?" He asked. "Yes. All Joshuas." He said. "These are good." Alec pointed out. "I like this one, its colors are amazing."
They continued talking art, and Max smiled. Alec seemed normal, but she wasn't sure she could trust him. And she was getting a little worried that he was getting close to all the people she cared about. He could hurt them. But she doubted he would.
She couldn't figure Alec out, their was something behind him, a past maybe. But he never said anything about his past to her at Manticore, nor did she.
She erased her thoughts when Alec said something to her, "What?"
"I said I didnt know Joshua was a transgenic too."
"Oh, yeah he is." She paused. "Well Joshua, I just wanted to check up on you, I know I havent been visiting later. But we gotta get going now, so I will stop by tomorrow alright?"
She could see the sadness in his puppy eyes, and it hurt her. Joshua was like family to her, and she wished she could visit him more.
"Okay Little Fella." He said smiling, giving her a hug. "Bye Medium Fella." Joshua said hugging Alec. He smiled and hugged him back.
"Bye." She said walking out, hopping on Alecs bike. "What do you think your doing?" He asked her. "Please?" She said with a smile that he couldnt resist. "I lost my baby, and I miss her. So can I drive? Besides, were going somewhere that you dont know where it is."
He sighed, "Fine." He said giving her the keys and getting on behind her. "You might want to hold on tight." She said gunning the engine and speeding off.
"Damn, where did you learn to drive?" Alec yelled, holding on tight. "Never did." She said back. Alec opened his eyes wide at this.
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They arrived at the Space Needle, and Max hopped off the bike. "I don't know where were going my ass." Alec snorted, "I've been here before duh."
"I know." Max smiled, "Just needed a reason to drive." Alec smirked, "Whatever."
They were atop the Space Needle now and she sat down on the edge, staring out at the city. Alec followed her, sitting down cautiously.
He looked out across the city, "Looks more beautiful than before."
"I know." Max answered. Neither said a word, just stared, until Max spoke up. "Tell me about your past." She said. "Why?"
"Because, I dont know you, and I dont know how you happened to meet me and stay that way. And I'm trusting you with a lot of things, so I deserve to know."
He thought about it for a moment. "Okay, but you have to promise me that you'll tell me about yours." She nodded and he sighed. "Where to start." He said to himself, rubbing his hands on his jeans.
"Well, I was at Manticore for awhile, you know, doing exactly the same thing as you. Then when I was around 9 things changed. They did tests on me, and I didn't know why. I was took into psy ops and I started going on missions later."
Max didnt say anything, just stared across the city. "But on one particular mission, I failed, and they didn't trust me anymore. So it started over, tests, psy ops, brainwashing. And it continued. But what they didn't know was that I never recovered from that mission."
He paused, "Then they put me on a mission here. Not a bad one though, just to get files from someone, I just have to find them." He lied.
"And I met you, and now here I am telling you about my past. Thats about it." Max was still silent, thinking about it for a moment. "What mission did you not recover from?" She asked.
"Its not to be said." He answered. Max understood, and didn't push. "So, what about you?"
Max sighed, "Well, I was in Manticore, and I met my family their. Not necessarily my family, just called them that. Then we all decided to escape from their. Sometimes I think it was the biggest mistake of my life, then other times its the best decision I've ever made."
"When we escaped, not everyone made it. I hardly did. But some of us did, but others weren't too lucky. I left Manticore a young troublemaker, not sure of where to go or what to do. My life was now unwritten. At Manticore, my life was made. Then when I escaped, it had just begun."
"So I met Logan, whos Eyes Only, and he helped me with my past. I reunited with Zack, my brother that always looked out for me. But things didn't turn out the way I wished later." She said, a tear running down her cheek.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm still trying to look for things that are already gone. I dont want to accept it." She paused. "Anyways, I met up with OC and we became good friends and I started my life in Seattle, with occasional past problems."
" But I still lived, and tried not to remember the pained things in my life. But when I think about it, If I could change the path of my past, I wouldn't have changed a thing."
Alec stared at her, and saw something new. They now began to understand eachother, and all their decisions. Without thought, Alec put his arm around her and they sat their, overlooking the city in silence.
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A/N: Ahh, good chapter, right? So come on and poosh that review button. You know you want to. Its calling your name, its your destiny.
Or just to make things a little simpler, review to make me happy.
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