Title: Between a Rock and a Hard Place Part 1
Author: Rhasa
Rating: R
Category: Angst/ Relationship (s)
Disclaimer: Not mine. No money being made, no infringement intended.
Spoilers: Season 2 in general, before Freak Nation.
Summary: Max goes into heat around a virus infected Logan who is forced to
call Alec for help.
Author's Note: This was written really, really quickly and I know it's kind
of rough, but what can I say? I write when I can.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Part 1 By Rhasa
"Where is she?" Alec said gruffly as he pushed his way past Logan and his front door, while lightly smashing into the ordinary's shoulder.
"In the bathroom," Logan called after him, completely unsurprised at the younger man's abrupt entrance.
"Alec?" He heard Max calling his name from further inside the depths of the luxurious suite. "Alec!" She called again, her voice pained somehow.
"Max?" Striding quickly towards Logan's bathroom, Alec didn't stop to ask for an explanation as to why Logan had called him. He didn't need any further clarification. It wasn't Logan's surprise call but rather his abrupt, clipped words that had him running at full speed towards Fogle Towers..
. "Alec? It's Logan. Max is in trouble. She. she needs you. Get over to my apartment, now.."
. After that Alec had heard a loud crash and Logan hung up.
For some reason Logan's words had made Alec's heart race. A number of scenarios had entered his mind; reasons why it had been Logan himself that called and not Max. She was hurt. She had had a close call with White. Her seizures were back with a vengeance. Something had happened to Joshua. She had found the others and it was bad news.
Whatever had happened his gut told him it was bad. And despite being the soldier that he was he couldn't stop the slight hesitation of his hand as it reached for the doorknob of Logan's bathroom while he steeled himself for what he might find inside. Before he could turn the knob though, he heard a loud moan coming from behind. With a heavy blink of his eyes, he turned the knob and took one step forward into the room..
. and stopped.
He was surprised to see Max slumped on the floor, surrounded by shards of broken glass from a now smashed mirror and glass shelf. She was shaking slightly, her hair curtained her eyes and her body was turned slightly away from him. Against the white of the porcelain of the sink above her there were smears of blood.
"Oh God. Max!" he exclaimed as he began to rush forward, before a firm hand clasped him on the shoulder.
"Alec, wait!" Logan said.
Their words were enough to catch Max's attention as she began to slowly turn her head in their direction.
Alec had an instant to take in Max's eyes. Her dilated pupils were discernible even from the doorway. He took another half a second to look her over and noticed the fine sheen of sweat covering her body, her ragged breathing and lastly the handcuffs that manacled her to the pipes under the bathroom sink. And then it hit him. The scent. It washed over him like a warm wave. Closing his eyes, Alec stood there enjoying the sensation, before Logan reached out and closed the door with a loud bang.
The noise was enough to break Alec from his momentary stupor.
"She's in heat."
"Yes." Logan confirmed.
"She's in heat and you handcuffed her in there."
"No. She did that to herself. Right after she broke down the closet door," Logan said while throwing a look down the hallway to the shattered wood that lay strewn all over the floor.
"She's in heat, she's handcuffed in there and you called me."
"Yes."
"Are you insane?" Alec said while quickly backing up into the main living area.
"I needed help," Logan implored.
"Help?"
"If she was to get out of those cuffs, if she came after me again."
"Wait, she came after you?" Alec asked, tilting his head, just trying to understand how Logan had gotten him into this mess.
"Yeah. I didn't know what was going on. She was acting weird ever since she got here. I've never been around her when she was in heat before. But she kept getting closer. She wouldn't back off, I knew then that something was wrong, and then when she reached for me, I just reacted, I threw the ice bucket from the wine we were having all over her. It was enough to shock some sense into her for a moment. She ran into the closet. Told me through the door what was going on, that's when I rang you. She was trying to keep her distance, but the closet wasn't enough to stop her. She busted down the door and came after me again. And I. I. I um."
"Logan, what?" Alec barked at the ordinary, his impatience getting the better of him.
"I hit her with the chair."
"Shit," Alec muttered.
"I had to. If she had touched me."
"Yeah, I know."
"I threw her the cuffs. and she locked herself in there. She's been in there for about fifteen minutes. I don't know if it is strong enough to hold her though."
"Maybe. Maybe not. If it's only just come on then it's got a long way to go before it subsides again."
"I needed someone strong enough to handle her."
"So you called me," Alec said rhetorically.
"I couldn't think of anyone else to call, Alec. I couldn't call Joshua, and I don't exactly have all your X5 family members programmed into my speed dial."
"Alec! Logan!" Max's agony-laced voice called for them again.
"Sounds like she's getting worse," Logan said as he looked down the hall in the direction of the bathroom and then back to Alec. "Look, I didn't know what else to do. I thought you could help."
"Yeah. I can. But not the way you mean," Alec muttered under his breath.
"What?"
"This is not a good idea," Alec said louder this time, as he turned and headed for the door.
"What? Wait. Where are you going?"
"I'm leaving."
"Wait. I need you here. If she breaks-"
"Logan, you don't know what you're asking me."
"I'm asking you to stay here and help her get through this."
"No. That's definitely *not* what you should be asking me."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Alec, you've seen how she is-"
"Yeah. I have. But you haven't seen how *I* am."
"What?"
"Logan, just how much has Max told you about her *heat* and the whole Manticore Breeding program."
"She's told me that she gets uncontrollable during these phases. She does things that she can't help, no matter how hard she tries, that's it's part of her feline DNA, it's unstoppable and it's the thing about herself she hates the most. That's why I need help. If she can't help herself we might touch and-"
"I know. But what you don't know, is that these little *phases* she goes through don't just affect her." He paused waiting for his statement to register with Logan. When it didn't, he added, "She has feline DNA. I have feline DNA. We were designated breeding partners. See the picture? Know what I'm getting at?"
"Oh, god," Logan gasped as all of what Alec was saying suddenly dawned on him.
"Yeah."
"You mean that when she goes into heat-"
"To be scientific about it, she exudes pheromones that make her equally irresistible to another X5 male. The strength of her mating instincts is the same as ours."
"Which means-"
"Which means that if I don't get out of here soon, before her pheromones increase, I'll be the one busting down the doors - to get to her, and there's not one damn thing either one of us, or you for that matter, will be able to do about it."
"Oh god."
"You said it."
End Part 1
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place Part 1 By Rhasa
"Where is she?" Alec said gruffly as he pushed his way past Logan and his front door, while lightly smashing into the ordinary's shoulder.
"In the bathroom," Logan called after him, completely unsurprised at the younger man's abrupt entrance.
"Alec?" He heard Max calling his name from further inside the depths of the luxurious suite. "Alec!" She called again, her voice pained somehow.
"Max?" Striding quickly towards Logan's bathroom, Alec didn't stop to ask for an explanation as to why Logan had called him. He didn't need any further clarification. It wasn't Logan's surprise call but rather his abrupt, clipped words that had him running at full speed towards Fogle Towers..
. "Alec? It's Logan. Max is in trouble. She. she needs you. Get over to my apartment, now.."
. After that Alec had heard a loud crash and Logan hung up.
For some reason Logan's words had made Alec's heart race. A number of scenarios had entered his mind; reasons why it had been Logan himself that called and not Max. She was hurt. She had had a close call with White. Her seizures were back with a vengeance. Something had happened to Joshua. She had found the others and it was bad news.
Whatever had happened his gut told him it was bad. And despite being the soldier that he was he couldn't stop the slight hesitation of his hand as it reached for the doorknob of Logan's bathroom while he steeled himself for what he might find inside. Before he could turn the knob though, he heard a loud moan coming from behind. With a heavy blink of his eyes, he turned the knob and took one step forward into the room..
. and stopped.
He was surprised to see Max slumped on the floor, surrounded by shards of broken glass from a now smashed mirror and glass shelf. She was shaking slightly, her hair curtained her eyes and her body was turned slightly away from him. Against the white of the porcelain of the sink above her there were smears of blood.
"Oh God. Max!" he exclaimed as he began to rush forward, before a firm hand clasped him on the shoulder.
"Alec, wait!" Logan said.
Their words were enough to catch Max's attention as she began to slowly turn her head in their direction.
Alec had an instant to take in Max's eyes. Her dilated pupils were discernible even from the doorway. He took another half a second to look her over and noticed the fine sheen of sweat covering her body, her ragged breathing and lastly the handcuffs that manacled her to the pipes under the bathroom sink. And then it hit him. The scent. It washed over him like a warm wave. Closing his eyes, Alec stood there enjoying the sensation, before Logan reached out and closed the door with a loud bang.
The noise was enough to break Alec from his momentary stupor.
"She's in heat."
"Yes." Logan confirmed.
"She's in heat and you handcuffed her in there."
"No. She did that to herself. Right after she broke down the closet door," Logan said while throwing a look down the hallway to the shattered wood that lay strewn all over the floor.
"She's in heat, she's handcuffed in there and you called me."
"Yes."
"Are you insane?" Alec said while quickly backing up into the main living area.
"I needed help," Logan implored.
"Help?"
"If she was to get out of those cuffs, if she came after me again."
"Wait, she came after you?" Alec asked, tilting his head, just trying to understand how Logan had gotten him into this mess.
"Yeah. I didn't know what was going on. She was acting weird ever since she got here. I've never been around her when she was in heat before. But she kept getting closer. She wouldn't back off, I knew then that something was wrong, and then when she reached for me, I just reacted, I threw the ice bucket from the wine we were having all over her. It was enough to shock some sense into her for a moment. She ran into the closet. Told me through the door what was going on, that's when I rang you. She was trying to keep her distance, but the closet wasn't enough to stop her. She busted down the door and came after me again. And I. I. I um."
"Logan, what?" Alec barked at the ordinary, his impatience getting the better of him.
"I hit her with the chair."
"Shit," Alec muttered.
"I had to. If she had touched me."
"Yeah, I know."
"I threw her the cuffs. and she locked herself in there. She's been in there for about fifteen minutes. I don't know if it is strong enough to hold her though."
"Maybe. Maybe not. If it's only just come on then it's got a long way to go before it subsides again."
"I needed someone strong enough to handle her."
"So you called me," Alec said rhetorically.
"I couldn't think of anyone else to call, Alec. I couldn't call Joshua, and I don't exactly have all your X5 family members programmed into my speed dial."
"Alec! Logan!" Max's agony-laced voice called for them again.
"Sounds like she's getting worse," Logan said as he looked down the hall in the direction of the bathroom and then back to Alec. "Look, I didn't know what else to do. I thought you could help."
"Yeah. I can. But not the way you mean," Alec muttered under his breath.
"What?"
"This is not a good idea," Alec said louder this time, as he turned and headed for the door.
"What? Wait. Where are you going?"
"I'm leaving."
"Wait. I need you here. If she breaks-"
"Logan, you don't know what you're asking me."
"I'm asking you to stay here and help her get through this."
"No. That's definitely *not* what you should be asking me."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Alec, you've seen how she is-"
"Yeah. I have. But you haven't seen how *I* am."
"What?"
"Logan, just how much has Max told you about her *heat* and the whole Manticore Breeding program."
"She's told me that she gets uncontrollable during these phases. She does things that she can't help, no matter how hard she tries, that's it's part of her feline DNA, it's unstoppable and it's the thing about herself she hates the most. That's why I need help. If she can't help herself we might touch and-"
"I know. But what you don't know, is that these little *phases* she goes through don't just affect her." He paused waiting for his statement to register with Logan. When it didn't, he added, "She has feline DNA. I have feline DNA. We were designated breeding partners. See the picture? Know what I'm getting at?"
"Oh, god," Logan gasped as all of what Alec was saying suddenly dawned on him.
"Yeah."
"You mean that when she goes into heat-"
"To be scientific about it, she exudes pheromones that make her equally irresistible to another X5 male. The strength of her mating instincts is the same as ours."
"Which means-"
"Which means that if I don't get out of here soon, before her pheromones increase, I'll be the one busting down the doors - to get to her, and there's not one damn thing either one of us, or you for that matter, will be able to do about it."
"Oh god."
"You said it."
End Part 1
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