Author's Note- Hey guys, what's up! Thanks for reviewing again it means truckloads to me! I am aware that most of you didn't like the man's comments, neither did I, but you didn't have to write it, I felt soooo weird writing it. I didn't like it, but it had to be done for what's going to happen next. Every man be retarted or perverted as us girls now ;) As for why White stood up for Max.. you'll find THAT out in this chapter! Enjoy! Hope I'm doing a good job! Love you all! -Nat-





Almost 5 other groups past and most of them observed with questions but no comments. Max sighed as she looked out the window, she really wanted out and to be with Alec. She kept trying to convince herself that this was all a dream and that she would wake up very soon, but in the end, she knew the truth. Suddenly Max's door opened and a guard walked in. "Time to rumble, you ready?" He asked. Max groaned then stood up. "Guess I have to get this over with." She told herself and then followed the guard out of the room.

They walked into a large room where people noisy talked and waited. There was a frightening cage, for safety reasons. 1 wall was cement and the other 3 walls were fenced. This brought back the funny memory of Alec that gave Max a smirk. The seats where people sat were in front, to the left, and the right, no one sat behind the cement wall, because obviously they wouldn't be able to see. The guard led Max to the cage door, Ames was waiting there. She faced the door, when he faced the opposite, behind her but his mouth was near her ear. Ames put his hand on her shoulder "Remember what I told you." He whispered eerily into her ear that made her shiver.

She walked into the cage and stood one end, her knees shaking, waiting to see Alec. And soon enough, Alec walked into the cage at the other end; walking to the middle of it he had an evil 'Ben' face on that reminded her of things she didn't want to remember. Something WAS different about him, he seemed cold, mean even. Max watched him slowly clench his fists together, so hard that they turned white. Max looked at him horrified then turned around and squatted down. White was there, watching from behind her. "Please don't make me do this." She whispered to him, in a begging manner. Ames smiled. "Good luck." Ames responded. "What did you do to him?" She demanded. "Get up there now, you don't want to loose your friends just because you're too scared to take a few punches and give a few punches do you?" He asked her, getting closer to her face. "I'm not scared." She snapped at him. "The get up there and prove me wrong!" Ames snapped back.

Max reluctantly stood up, turned around and walked into the middle of the floor, inches from Alec. "Ok now for the fun part of your visit, the performance! This transgetics are about to fight each other using the abilities that Manticore taught them!" McCormick introduced. "Alec, look I have to beat you're ass, if I don't he'll kill Logan and maybe even Rafer and Cindy. I know me and Logan aren't together but he's still my friend and I don't want him or any of them to die, so I can't hold back on you ok?" She whispered to him. Suddenly Alec punched Max in the face and kicked her in the chest. Max went flying backwards into the cage wall. A roar rang up from the crowd. "Ouch, that had to hurt." Max heard Ames comment to her, as he was standing right behind her. Max jumped up and moved a little closer to him, fists raised, but then Alec flipped over her head and then kicked her hardly in the back. Her body smacked into the cement wall. "Ok, I'm starting to get very mad." She told herself as she turned around. She saw Alec's fist coming straight at her. Max immediately ducked and Alec's fist plowed threw the wall.

Max looked at it in horror as she saw broken pieces of cement fall to the ground. Alec yanked his fist out of the wall, it was bleeding a little. Max instantly kicked him in the side. Alec winced and tried to kick her in the face. Max dropped to the ground and slid under his legs. Once she was on the other side she jumped up and elbowed Alec in the back that sent him to the ground. But before she could react Alec grabbed her ankle and yanked her down. Alec jumped up and grabbed her shoulders and then flipped her over his head. Max landed hardly on the floor on her back. Without hesitation Alec punched her hard in the face. Max made a frustrated noise as pain filled her head. Max punched Alec in the face then kneed him in the stomach. Alec fell off Max, who jumped to her feet almost immediately. Max touched her lip, which was busted and bleeding. Alec charged at Max, in response Max jumped up and grabbed the cage bars above her head and grabbed the side of Alec's head with her feet. With all her leg power she smacked him into the closest wall then threw him into the other wall.

The crowd roared with excitement and Ames's eyebrows went up. "Impressive 452." He admitted. Max jumped down, on her feet and glared at Alec. She couldn't believe he was acting like this, what was he thinking? Yes she loved him but nobody, NOBODY pushes Max Guerrera around! At least that's how Max saw it. Alec recovered at started at Max. She could see the anger in his eyes, but yet she wasn't the least bit scared of him. Alec threw a punch at her, but Max blocked it easily. He tried to kick her, but she blocked it as well and sent a painful blow to his face. This angered Alec and he tried to punch Max in the face again, but again she blocked it, her face twisting into a sneer. Catching her off guard, Alec kicked her in the back and then threw her into the side of the cage. Max winced at the pain and managed to stand up. "Alec, why are you doing this?" She asked herself then spun around and kicked Alec in the chest. Alec hit the cage wall but just rebounded back and did the same move on her, only kicking her in the face. Max fell to the ground in shock; Alec then stepped on her chest, just like 598 did. "Sorry 452, you're not good enough to win." Alec said meanly. Max looked at him, with clenched teeth; he had never called her by her designation ever since she destroyed Manticore. "Why does everyone assume they've beat me?" She asked aloud then sent a punch to Alec's shin. Pain jolted up his leg as he immediately got off. Max took advantage, jumped up, and sent her palm flying to the pressure point near his neck. Alec had enough strength to punch her in the face one last time but then he fell unconscious to the ground.

People jumped up clapping and cheering. Hair was caught on her lip until she moved it away from her face and was breathing heavy. She looked out at the people, they loved it, and yet they had NO idea how painful it was. Max watched people come in and take Alec off, helping him, medically. Max let the guard lead her back to her room, the echo's of the crowds cheers bounced around in her mind. She hopped Alec hadn't changed that way forever. She would be miserable.

The first day was over, thank God. Max had to say she didn't enjoy it too much. It was time for the transgetics to be asleep and all the lights, besides the mini lights on the side of the hallway walkways (so in the dark people would be able to see where they were going) were off. She was probably the only transgenic still away. She was sitting Indian style on her bed, looking at nothing but the darkness and thinking how to get out. Her cuts burned. She had cuts up and down her arms, one on her lip, above her eye, a bruise under her right eye, and probably lots more elsewhere that she hadn't found yet. Suddenly she heard her door open and close. Max looked over and saw the outline of a figure standing there. "What do you want Ames?" She asked almost in a groan. "Just wanted to congratulate you." Ames answered. "Please, you and I both know you wanted me to loose." Max said taking her eyes off him. Ames walked past her. "Looks like you got beat up a little." Ames said noticing her cuts thanks to the small amount of light in the room. "Yeah, why do you care?" She asked. They both where silent for a little while. "What did you do to him? To Alec?" Max demanded. Ames groaned. "Well I guess you DO have a right to now know." Ames considered. "I had a right to know from the very beginning." Max corrected.

Ames glared at her and ignored what she just said. "He refused to fight you, cause he didn't 'want to hurt you'. Of course I couldn't disappoint our customers so I took him to the lab and fixed so that I would know for a fact that he would fight." Ames explained. Max looked at him shocked. "Is it permanent?" She asked scared of knowing the answer. Ames rolled his eyes. "As much as I want to say yes, unfortantlyno it's not, it's a drug that wears off. Seems to me that our Manticore buddies need to be working harder on finding more permanent things huh?" Ames asked grinning. Max sighed in relief; hopefully he'll be back to his normal self unless they do make another permanent drug. Another reason to get out of there as soon as possible. Ames's eyes starred at the cut on her forehead then switched to the on her lip. "Well, good night 452." Ames replied making his way to the door.

"Why did you do it?" She asked stopping him dead in his tracks. Ames looked over at her. "What?" He asked confused. "Why did you stick up for me earlier today?" She asked again the looked at him. Ames thought for a moment. "Oh come on 452 I am a proper man, do you actually see me as a monster?" Ames asked. "No" Max replied. Ames gave a surprised but pleasing face. "I see you as an evil that no English word has been created to explain how evil it is yet." Max replied grinning. Ames's smile faded very fast. "Well, if you MUST know, I may hate all transgetics, see them lower than dirt, lower than scum, but believe it or not 452 I am a Christian, and no matter who it is, animal, transgenic, humans, my people, I can't stand to see someone put in a situation that one person can't defend himself in." Ames explained. Max looked up into his eyes. "Plus, it was starting to disgust me." He added walking back over to the door.

Max actually grinned at how he said it. "Oh and uh you're friend Logan, he's dead." Ames added. Max shot up. "WHAT!?" She practically screamed. "That's what I said dead, killed him around 5 o clock he was getting on my nerves with all his eyes only crap." Ames replied. Max slowly sat down, starring blankly at the wall. "No, but you promised." "I didn't promise anything 452." He replied walking up to her and sitting on the bed. Max breathed hard and continued to star blankly at the wall. "I only said that if you did fight he would live, and he did before he started getting on your nerves. He told me to tell you that he loved you, yet to this second I can't understand WHY I would listen to him, but considering how much you 2 where in love, and you even shared a night of romance, so I thought it would only be polite." Ames replied. Max could tell he was smiling; she didn't have to even to look at him to tell that. Max turned her head and stared into his evil eyes. Her eyes glistening. Her eyebrows suddenly went into a mad position and her bottom lip trembled until her face turned into a mean twisted face. "I hate you." She said as meanly as she could, but considering she was on the verge of crying, it wasn't as mean and tough as she wanted it to sound. Ames smiled even larger at the comment. "Welcome back to our relationship 452." He said then walked out of the room. "Your one hell of a bad Christian." Max told herself, and then continued to cry for what seemed like hours.