Max's soft eyes slowly opened. She could only see brown. She lifted her head a little and looked through the stains of her hair. She was in a dark room, much like the one Ames had Sam in before. She squinted through the darkness to see the figure leaning on a table. Her eyes widened once she realized whom it was. "Your finally up. You sleep like a rock, you know that?" Ames asked. "Where's Alec?" she demanded.

Ames looked at her, an eyebrow raised. "Oh, that's right, you have feelings for him. How sweet." He said. "Look, why can't you just leave us all alone? We aren't doing anything to hurt you or any of the other conclave members. Just because you don't like a someone, doesn't mean you go hunting them down and catching them like animals. I don't like a lot of people, but you don't see me hunting the down and trying to torture them for the rest of their lives, do ya?" She said angrily. "Well if you had your son taken away from you, wouldn't you try to find the kidnaper and bring her to justice?" Ames asked.

Max was silent; he had a very good point. "So your saying if I tell you where Ray is, you'll let me go and leave me alone?" Max asked. "Maybe." Ames reasoned. Max eyed him. "No... you wouldn't. You've been chasing me for to long just to give up just like that. Plus, no matter how screwed up I think your breeding cult is, they're still gonna want us all behind bars." Max replied. Ames grinned. "Your pretty smart, your right. I wouldn't leave you alone." Ames admitted. "Why the hell not, we didn't do anything!" Max asked raising her voice. "All transgenics belong at Manticore! They all belong locked up, the world is NO place for them and you now it!" Ames said also raising his voice.

Max didn't say anything. Ames then pulled out the necklace he found at Logan's apartment. "It's interesting, the day when I was looking for 494, I found something valuable. And I was wondering how it would look in a thousand pieces." Ames asked himself as he held it up. Max gasped and looked down at her neck, this was the first time she had realized it was gone. "My.. my necklace." She sad quietly. Ames looked at the necklace then back at her. "Oh, this is.. YOUR necklace?" he asked pretending to not know it was her's, and doing a bad job of it. "Ames, don't, please. It's all I have left of Ben." She said sadly. "Ben? As in 493, that Ben?" Ames asked circling her. Max bit her lip. "Perhaps." She said. "Why would you want anything of a serial killer?" Ames asked. "He wasn't a serial killer.. to me. Back at Manticore he used to protect me, help me get to sleep, make me feel loved. He was . he was my brother." She said softly and sadly. Ames didn't say anything.

Max looked up into her enemy's eyes. "Please." She begged. "Where's my son?" Ames asked. "At Terminal City, under a mattress there's a door that leads under the building. Walk straight and you come to a bullet proof door and he's in there." Max explained. She didn't care about him anymore. "Alive?" Ames asked. "Not a scratch on him." Max replied. Ames nodded his head and banged on the door. In response men ran in and grabbed her. Ames watched them drag her away. Once he saw her disappear around the corner he looked back down at the necklace. Ames then smiled once he recapped Max's face, pleading him not to destroy it. That was the face he thrived on seeing. He chuckled and left the room.

Max laid on the cold concrete floor. Cuts dripping with blood covered her body. She had just gotten a bad beating from Ames's stupid sidekicks. She laid on her side with one hand through the bars of the cage. Suddenly someone stepped on her wrist, hardly. It hurt badly but Max didn't show any signs that it did.

Her eyes shifted up to Ames, who was still stepping on her wrist. She was tempted to react and knock him off his feet but she decided not to and only prayed that he would get off soon. Ames then dropped something in her hand, her necklace. Max slowly closed her hand with the necklace inside. Ames then turned around and walked away. Max pulled her hand inside the cage and latched it around her neck, where it belonged. Then continued to stare out the bars.

Logan walked down the halls when suddenly a man yanked him inside a lab room. It was one of his secret sources. "Logan Cale!? What are you doing here?" he asked. "I live here now." Logan answered. "Huh? What do you mean?" he asked Logan. "The conclave assigned me here." Logan answered. The man looked at him confused. "And you listen to the conclave because...?" he asked. "I'm a familiar." Logan answered. The man rolled his eyes and suddenly knocked him out by punching him then dragged him on the table.

Max leaned up against the bars, asleep. Suddenly a hand covered her mouth. Startled her eyes flew open and she struggled. Once she noticed the man had his index finger between his lips, she calmed down. "Shh, Max, my name is Kyle and I'm a secret source for your friend, Logan. I found out that he got turned into a familiar and I was able to neutralize the thing that was causing Logan to obey the conclave and do evil. Now we need to get you and Alec out of here. Come on." He explained helping her up and escorting her down the halls.

Suddenly a guard stopped them. "Stop, where are you going with that transgenic?" he asked. "Examination." He answered strongly. The guard shook his head and continued to patrol the halls. Kyle led her into the same room where Logan was. "Max!" Alec said with relief once they walked through the door. Alec hugged her tightly. "Alec your ok." She said thankfully. Then she turned to Logan. "Logan.. is it really you?" she asked. Logan grinned. "yeah. But guys, I feel like a big dork. I'm sorry. But I have new apartment now and ready to go back to blending in." He said. Max smiled. That sounded like Logan. "Ok guys there is a chopper waiting for you on the roof. Now get out of here. Logan, I'll be in touch." He said. They all thanked him and ran out to the chopper.

The 3 ran through the hard cold rain. It was dark and cracks of lightening filled the sky. Logan jumped in the chopper then helped Max in. And then Alec jumped on. "Hold on!" the piolet shouted over the raging engines. Max looked out the window as they gently lifeted up into the sky. She watched Manticore disappear into the darkness. Max tucked a strand of wet hair behind her ear and continued to look outside.