See, I promised there'd be more, sorry about the wait but it's here now. Enjoy.
' … three.'
Once again they crept forward. This time with a plan.
Alec went right, and Max went left.
She had to give him enough time to get clear of her and out of sight before she made her move. If they saw Alec she would have to come up with a plan B. Plan A was problematic enough.
Alec kept low to the ground, he couldn't see Max anymore but he knew where she should be. He couldn't see Logan either but he knew exactly where he was. Sure the plan sounded great create a distraction and hope the bad guys didn't realise that's all it was. He trusted her to make it convincing. If anyone could piss White off it was Max.
She had given Alec enough time, she hoped.
Max kept moving forward carefully, but not so slowly now, it didn't matter if they saw her strait away, but the later the better. She hoped they wouldn't know she was there until she was right on top of them, she just had to find them first they were pretending to be invisible.
She couldn't hear anything, if they were talking to each other they must have been using hand signals.
Max was almost at the warehouse now, still no movement, no noise. If she hadn't know better she would have said the place was empty.
She was able to catch glances of Logan here and there, she couldn't see Alec at all, but that was the plan.
All the windows in the upper floor of the two-story building were gone, she couldn't see anyone in them but if it were her she would have people up there, she was betting White would too. Not a lot of people, just one or two lookouts.
She made a dash for the warehouse and gun-fire opened up.
Max rolled out of the line of fine but didn't stop, she kept moving forward, if she could get to the warehouse she could use it as cover, the snipers wouldn't be able to aim at her, downside to that was rushing in not knowing what was waiting for her. She didn't like surprises.
She almost hit the side of the warehouse the speed she ran at, fast enough that the snipers couldn't aim properly, all they could do was take pot-shots at her, but all it took was one lucky shot and it would all be over.
Max crouched down and listened for any activity inside but there was nothing, at this angle pressed so close to the building the snipers couldn't get the angle to shoot her.
She looked through one of the lower and windows then ducked back down expecting gun-fire here as well but there was nothing. She risked a longer look, still nothing. They were waiting for her to get inside the building.
She had lost track of Logan in all the commotion, she just hoped Alec was getting him out.
'Time to make some more noise.' She whispered to herself.
Alec heard the gun-fire and knew the fun had started.
While all sights had been on Max he had been able to get down the side of the building, not far from where it opened up giving a clear view of Logan.
When she shooting started Logan had tried to get up, to help Max no doubt, he had to know it was Max they were shooting at.
The guard had knocked him on the back of the head and he was now kneeling back on the ground.
Alec sighed, Logan had no idea! He should have used that moment when the shooting started and the guard was distracted to jump him. Now Alec's job would be that much harder if Logan was concussed. 'Just great!' He sighed. If he stuffed this up Max would kill him.
The guard was wary now, looking around not concentrating on any one spot, and not particularly concentrating on Logan now he was down.
Alec inched towards them, only moving while the guard was looking away, the last thing he wanted was for himself or Logan to be shot, White may want Max alive, the rest he just wanted dead. Odds were that when they had Max any other captives, such as Logan would be killed.
Logan pulled himself together a little, his head throbbed from the impact of the gun on the back of his skull, he had been hit before he realised he had stood up, pretty stupid really but it was instinct, he knew it was Max they were shooting at, it had to be.
The guard was still stood behind him but didn't seem to be paying him any attention. Logan looked around to see if there was anyone else near by, but they seemed to be alone.
The shooting had stopped now, he wasn't sure if this was a good thing or not, at least while they were shooting Logan knew that Max was still alive. Had they stopped because they'd lost her because they'd hit her, he just didn't know. The guard had an earpiece in but Logan couldn't hear what was being said over it.
Alec moved along the inside of the building until he was behind Logan and the guard. He moved quickly and quietly, neither the guard nor Logan turned round until right before he reached them.
The guard spun round and raised his gun but it was too late, Alec hit him hard. He went down and stayed down.
'Thanks.' Logan nodded a little surprised, he had been expecting Max, not that he was complaining. He picked up the guards gun and stood, he was a little dizzy but Alec helped support him until he could stand on his own.
'Don't mention it, besides you know how Max gets.' He shrugged.
'All the same.' Logan returned. He knew exactly how worked up Max could get. 'We should probably go help Max.'
'You up to it? You don't look so hot right now.' Alec pointed out.
He was right, Logan felt terrible, but he would feel worse if something happened to Max. 'I'll be fine.' He assured Alec.
'You're funeral.' Alec shrugged. Although actually it would more likely be his if anything happened to Logan but hey, what the heck?
'I heard gunfire from over there.' Logan pointed.
'Yeah Max figured it was her White wanted so she distracted them while I got you, now we'll have to go get her and then we can get out of here.'
'Fine by me.' Logan looked around, he would be glad to get out of here.
'Most of the action is at the other end of the building. You sure you up to this? Maybe you wanna head out and I'll get Max.' Alec suggested.
'I'm fine.' Logan said forcefully.
'Suite yourself. Let's go then.' Alec headed off to where the shooting had stopped a little while ago. If Max was injured they had to get to her before White and his team did assuming they hadn't already.
Max wanted to pull out, head for cover but she couldn't until she knew Logan and Alec were out of the firing line. She would have to go inside.
She looked inside once more, still nothing, in fact the place felt empty, surely the guys from upstairs would have made it down by now.
Staying low she moved a little further along, keeping tight to the building so the snipers couldn't get her if they were still up there.
She jumped up and through one of the broken windows landing inside the warehouse with only some old boxes for cover. Actually they were about the only cover in there except for the tall thick pillars that supported the ceiling. If there was anyone in here they were behind those pillars that was the only place they could be.
One thing Max couldn't understand was why leave such an obvious hiding place, why not clear it out so there wouldn't be anywhere to hide?
Max realised her mistake too late, she heard a soft whoosh and a sharp pain in her thigh, not a bullet, a needle. She pulled it out of her, it was a tranquilliser dart, the kind zoo keepers used.
She turned round too see a man still pointing the rifle at her through the window she had come in through. White was stood next to him watching with a smug look on his face.
She could feel the dart working already, whatever it was it must have been powerful, her body could deal with most drugs fairly quickly.
White and his team had never been inside the building at all, that was why she hadn't been able to figure out where they were, they had played her perfectly, the snipers only encouraging her into the trap.
As she sank down into the drug induced sleep she hopped two things, one that Logan and Alec were safe, and two, that she would wake up again.