Max laid on the couch in Alec's apartment. Alec was back in his room changing. Max's eyebrows went to a mad stance as she stirred gently. Alec walked into the room, with a new change of cloths. He glanced at her, noticed she was moving, then ran up to her side and touched her forehead. Max's eyes opened slowly at Alec, who smiled back, thankful she was ok. Max smiled a little too as she touched his cheek. "Where are we?" Max asked suddenly panicky sitting up instantly, remember that Ames shot her with something.

"Shh, Max, it's ok, I got you away from him." Alec said putting his hands on her shoulders. Max smiled. "Wow.thanks." She said smiling. Alec smiled too. "Hey, I don't want him to destroy such a great person, not to mention hot, girl like you." Alec said grinning his grin. Max looked down at her lap and then back into Alec's eyes. They slowly leaned in and their lips touched gently. Once they pulled away, Max leaned into his arms, she felt warm inside. "How are we going to get out of this? This is..crazy." Max asked. "I dunno, but I am sure we'll think of something." Alec answered.

Suddenly Alec's telephone rang. "I'll be right back." He replied then ran into the back of his room. Max looked around, sighed and turned on the TV. She saw Ames on TV talking, with Joshua. Max's mouth slowly dropped. "Oh he knows I can kick his butt." She said then stood up and ran out of the room.

Max ran down the stairs, not taking the elevator. She pushed the heavy door open and ran up into the dark streets. She had no plan, it is too bad to even TRY to think of something. Suddenly before she got too far she stopped herself in the middle of the dark wet street. She dropped to her knees in tears. She had just realized the situation, it had just sank in. Tears poured down her cheeks as she looked around helplessly at herself sitting on the ground. Her head burned, all of this was too much.

She wrapped her arms around herself and hugged her stomach, how she wished she had Zack or Ben or one of her brothers to comfort her. "I'm scared." She said quietly in between sobs to herself amazed. "I'm scared." She told herself again. She was crying harder as she looked up at the sky. "I'm SCARED, ARE YOU HAPPY!?" she screamed as loud as she could thinking Manticore could hear her. She then slowly covered her face with her hands, crying in them. "Oh god." She managed to say to herself when she was crying. "Oh my god." She repeated as she sent her fingers through her hair, moving her hair out of her face, which was red and puffy. "I'm sorry I escaped, I'm sorry I destroyed Manticore, I'm sorry for making your lives hell, I'm sorry for helping Eyes Only, I'm sorry, just please stop this. Please don't take me back, please." She said to herself, still thinking they could hear her as tears poured down her face. "I just wanted a normal life, that's all I wanted. I didn't mean for all this to happen." She said closing her eyes tightly together, sending more tears down.

"Ben, Zack, someone please come back and help me. I need you, please." She said looking up at the sky. She waited for something to happen, but as suspected nothing did, this made her cry harder. "Why, does my life suck?" she asked rubbing her wet eyes. "Poor 452." A voice said. Max slowly raised her head, Ames was standing a little ways in front of her. "I knew you would crack soon." He said taking a step toward her. "Please, don't hurt me." She said. Ames looked into her glistening eyes. Ames then grabbed her wrist and yanked her up. She wanted to struggle, but her body and mid was too weak to do anything. "Heard the whole thing." He replied as he walked her to his car. Max didn't say anything. Ames rolled his eyes as he opened the back door of his car. "Get in." he ordered. Max looked at the door then at him, he legs felt like Jello or she would have ran by then. "Get in before I push you in, I am trying to be sympathetic here." Ames replied.

Max sighed and got in. Ames shut the door and got in on the driver's side, soon they were off. What am I doing? I can't give up! I am NOT a quitter, and I am not sorry for helping Logan, what gotten into me? Max looked around. "Um, Mr. White, can you please roll down the window, it's really stuff in here." She replied. Ames sighed and rolled it down. "Thanks." Max replied. Max took a deep breath of fresh air. Soon the car past a stoplight, but it was a green light. Max then reached out of the window and gripped the street pole. Soon her body followed out of the car.

Ames was aware of what just happened and swirved his car, turning it back. Max starred at it in horror and started to run. Ames pressed hard on the gas pedal as the car took off after her. As Max ran fast she jumped through a building window. She landed hard on her side, glasses shattering around her. She looked up and saw the car still coming full blast towards the building.