Thanx to all those who have read this fic so far.

Chapter 7

Alec and Logan watched as armed troops continued to patrol the building.

Logan was finding it hard to concentrate due to the throbbing in the back of his skull. Alec had diagnosed it as a mild concussion. Since when had he become a doctor?

Logan had to admit that he was probably right.

'Lucky you have a thick skull.' Alec grinned only half joking.

For the last 20 minutes they had been watching the guards patrol.

Alec had pretty much mapped out the time it took the various guards to pass round the building. If he had it worked out right there was a split second when there was only one guard on this side of the building, it would be just long enough for Alec to take out the guard and get inside the building, plus having another weapon would come in handy.

There were two problems so far with this plan, one was waiting for him inside, and the other was Logan. He would never be able to keep up, even if he weren't injured.

'So here's the plan.' Alec turned to Logan. 'You wait here and I'll go grab Max, then we all get the hell out of here.'

'Hold on.' Logan grabbed his arm. 'We both go after Max, I may not be a genetically engineered soldier but that doesn't mean I can't keep up with you and Max.'

'Actually that's exactly what it means. You see in about 2 minutes there's a 6 second window to take out a guard and get inside. Now I can do that, you couldn't even make it to the building in that time.' Alec explained. 'If you want Max out of there you're going to have to trust me to get her out.'

Logan wasn't happy but he realised that this was probably their best shot.

Alec gave Logan the gun he had taken of the guard earlier.

'Won't you need it?' Logan asked.

Alec shook his head. 'Too noisy, besides I'll borrow one off that guy.' He pointed to the guard who had just come into view. In another few seconds the previous guard would disappear round the corner leaving this guy without any backup.

It was now or never. Alec made a dash for the guard, coming at him from behind.

The guard must have heard something because he spun round raising the rifle he was carrying.

All he would have seen of Alec was a blur, he didn't have time to get a shot off.

Alec knocked him out with one blow and bundled him through the window. He picked up the gun and jumped through after him ready to fire.

There was no need. The place was empty except for a cage, a camera, and Max.

Luckily the camera wasn't pointing in his direction.

Max looked stunned to see him.

Alec waved and started towards the cage but Max signalled for him to back off and take cover.

Alec grabbed the unconscious guard and dragged him behind some crates, which was the only cover in the entire place. Then he settled down to see what was about to happen.

He grinned to himself, should' a figured Max would come up with a plan.