The day was ordinary, and for Seattle, that usually meant rainy. Alec
walked into Jam pony with a slight bounce to his swagger. Normal raised an
eyebrow at him as he walked past.
"Hey, hey! What is this? Bip, bip, bip. These packages don't deliver themselves.you too missy miss," As Normal spotted Max walking in casually through the door " considering you're...10 minutes late, you should be appreciative you still have a job to be late TO..."
"Check your watch Normal. I'm right on time."
Normal looked at his watch and then turned to Alec.
"What time do you have?"
"Eh..."
Alec mentally tried to decide whose side to take. One, there's normal, who would probably give Alec only a few packages in sector four to deliver because he proved Max wrong.
But on the other hand..Max, who would kick his ass.
Hm. Difficult choice...Not.
"Nah she's right. You're 10 minutes fast."
Max cocked her head and gave Alec a warming smile, then waving to OC before jogging there.
"That one is dangerous golden boy. Keep away from her.I remember the oth- wait a second!" He shoved some packages into his arms. "Packages! Bip, Bip, Bip!"
Alec pretended to frown.
"I thought we were having a bonding experience Normal...I thought we were onto something great...I thought we could become friends...I thought we would sit and chat, maybe drinking some whiskey...with a hot girl in my lap..." Alec was dawdling as much as he could, trying to soften the blow, "uh...what I mean to say Normal, buddy, pal...I've got some urgent business to take care of today, so I can't."
He shrugged.
"I don't care if a fairy delivers these packages, just as long as someone does it! And the goddamn fairy better remember to get signatures."
Sketchy was trying to sneak away behind Alec, but suddenly found himself in front of the annoyed looking Normal with Alec clamping onto his shoulders.
"Sketchy's your man. Now if you excuse me..."
As Alec walked away, Normal turned a glaring eye towards the confused Sketchy.
"...Now you. Could you not cut your hair? It's getting too long...I can't even see your face...how are you expecting to get deliver packages? You'll scare them. And scaring equals running away which then equals NO SIGNATURES..."
As Alec walked over, Max gave him a mean look. But he only gave her his cocky grin. She continued on talking to OC and pretended he wasn't there.
"Hello ladies. What's new in the world of OC and Max?"
"Well suga, I don't know 'bout you, but I did happen to notice that fine sister you were talkin' to last night at Crash. Too bad she not straight." Cindy said, putting her hands on her hips for emphasis.
Alec's eyes widened comically.
"Are you sure OC?"
"If OC aren't straight then that girl sure as hell ain't."
Alec smirked. " Let's just say she was as good as she looked...so what about you OC? Becoming straight anytime soon?"
OC gave him a disapproving look and then whacked him on the arm. Max hit him on the head.
He feigned hurt.
"Ow, what the hell?"
"Stop using girls Alec. It's not nice." Max said simply.
"Not nice? Since when did miss ice queen for eight years running care about being nice?" Alec said.
"Do you even care about anybody apart from yourself? God, all you think about is sex!"
"Hey, at least I'm not constantly a bitch from lack of it!"
"You're so immature!" She said, glaring daggers.
OC held up her hands and slowly backed away.
"Me immature? Wow, I don't think I've EVER heard that one before! Comebacks aren't your thing are they, Maxie?"
"Don't call me that! You better shut up Alec, or-"
"Aw, let me guess, if I don't shut up, you're gonna kick my ass?"
She thought for a moment. "Yeah, something along those lines. Or worse."
"Hardly. You have excuses for everything Max! C'mon. I wanna hear all these mean things you have pent up."
Max quietened but her breathing indicated she was pissed off.
"Fine. First of all, you're a -" Max's beeper stopped the end of her sentence. She looked at it and calmly said, " Its Logan, let's go."
"But I'm going to Anna's house for round three..." Alec whined.
Max whirled around and gave him a half exasperated, half threatening look. Alec sigh, defeated.
She grabbed her denim jacket while Alec followed her, he didn't really find it that surprising that Max controlled her emotions in that little space of time, Manticore liked to focus on the details.
They both stopped when they tried to figure out a way past Normal, who was still grilling a profusely sweating Sketchy about his hair length.
"...I hardly doubt that one trip to the barber's will kill you! I'll take you myself.but if SOME PACKAGES WERE DELIVERED," Everyone in Jam pony turned and stared, "...Then maybe I'll have time."
He spotted Alec and Max trying to sneak off again.
"HEY, what do you to two think you're off to?"
Max and Alec glanced at each other and instantly stood up straighter.
"See normal," Alec started.
"I'm sick," Max stated.
"I'm sick too," Alec coughed.
"A bad sick,"
"She gave it to me,"
"And so I have to go home,"
"See yesterday I was at crash,"
"I can still ride my ninja of course,"
"Some hot blonde was talking to me,"
"I mean, I won't fall off my bike because I'm sick,"
"But then max interrupted,"
"But I am sick, don't get me wrong,"
"Saying she wanted to play pool,"
"I just need to rest for today,"
"So I agreed, by the way, I kicked her ass at pool,"
"At home, by myself, with my bike,"
"And obviously I caught something, because this morning,"
"I might die, because I wasn't allowed to go home,"
"I woke up and I felt like shit."
"Even if I do feel like throwing up right now..."
"And I haven't even decided what I want on my gravestone yet."
Normal looked slightly dizzy from looking at Alec to Max. Alec gave Normal a sympathetic look and helped Max, who was clutching her stomach and pretending to kneel over, out the exit.
The argument they had before was seemingly forgotten because Max smiled once they were out on the street.
"...Nice." She smiled briefly.
He grinned back at her and after getting on their bikes, headed off to foggle towers.
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"Geez, what took you guys so long?"
Max and Alec both walked into Logan's apartment, noticing that he was still, surprise, engrossed in his computer.
"Sorry. We had trouble getting off work." Max explained.
Logan nodded and suddenly turned into EO.
"Okay, listen...A few months, Asha was tailed for a while because of some unusual circumstances and suspicions, and after confirming she was S1W, the government ages stored the files in a main-frame computer in a facility around sector 12. They're going to arrest her and check out any place she has ever been unless you delete those files immediately. This situation could put us all in danger. The files are located in the main computer, which is on the fifth level. Here's the address."
He handed her a scrap of paper with a scribbled address.
Max and Alec were halfway out the door when Logan said, "And max..."
"...Be careful." He finished while Alec mimicked it with a smirk.
"I think you should teach him some new phrases." Alec offered to Max, while the cool breeze of the coming night ruffled his hair.
"Shut up. He does not say that all the time."
"Yeah he does. I mean, he should just have a button next to his computer with 'and max...be careful' so that he could save his breath."
Despite herself, Max smiled and Alec looked mixed between scared and amused.
"I need a camera, don't see that much...at least not directed at me."
He muttered the last part but Max's hearing heard it and she felt a stab of guilt. She shook it off. Hopping onto her bike, she indicated the space behind her with her head. Alec was his annoying self again.
He gave a cocky smile and pointed to himself miming "For me?"
She rolled her eyes and indicated she wanted him to come closer, curious, he obliged until they were mere inches apart. Despite himself, Alec's heart beat quickened and his grin faltered.
She turned until her pouty lips were practically touching his ear.
He could feel her warm breath tickling him and suddenly thought it was wayyyy too hot in Seattle.
"YES!" She shouted.
Considering that he had super hearing, and that he was taken completely by surprise, he practically slipped and was left slightly sprawled on the pavement, much to the amusement of the laughing Max.
"Very funny." He said, trying to be mad but failing miserably.
Max was still laughing as he picked himself up while gathering the remainders of his shattered ego.
"I thought so," She retorted, still giggling, "C'mon we've gotta get a move on."
He hopped onto the back while Max distinctly heard the words, "Lunatic...sensitive hearing...hard pavement..."
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They arrived at a very grey, damp looking building. It looked a bit like Manticore and both transgenics shivered at the thought.
There was barb-wire but other than that, the security didn't look too bad. Max parked her ninja a block away from the site, and both X-5's crept towards it. It was now dark and the moon hung luminous in the sky.
The fence loomed before them.
"Bet I can jump higher." Alec whispered with a rakish grin.
"Bite me." Came the reply.
After a small run, both of them cleared the fence without difficulty.
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"Oh my god. How am I ever gonna take a shower? Unless I'm blindfolded..."
Max just laughed. Max's usual expressionless face was transformed into a cocky grin, the look was quite eerie on her face.
"I, on the other hand," Max began, "Am looking forward to taking a shower tonight."
Alec's eyes widened and with a yelp, he smacked her on top of her head.
"Don't you dare...I will kill you!" He fumed, frantic.
"Hey Maxie, calm down. You know, these ARE your brain cells you're killing, so just watch the head, alright?"
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"Hey, hey! What is this? Bip, bip, bip. These packages don't deliver themselves.you too missy miss," As Normal spotted Max walking in casually through the door " considering you're...10 minutes late, you should be appreciative you still have a job to be late TO..."
"Check your watch Normal. I'm right on time."
Normal looked at his watch and then turned to Alec.
"What time do you have?"
"Eh..."
Alec mentally tried to decide whose side to take. One, there's normal, who would probably give Alec only a few packages in sector four to deliver because he proved Max wrong.
But on the other hand..Max, who would kick his ass.
Hm. Difficult choice...Not.
"Nah she's right. You're 10 minutes fast."
Max cocked her head and gave Alec a warming smile, then waving to OC before jogging there.
"That one is dangerous golden boy. Keep away from her.I remember the oth- wait a second!" He shoved some packages into his arms. "Packages! Bip, Bip, Bip!"
Alec pretended to frown.
"I thought we were having a bonding experience Normal...I thought we were onto something great...I thought we could become friends...I thought we would sit and chat, maybe drinking some whiskey...with a hot girl in my lap..." Alec was dawdling as much as he could, trying to soften the blow, "uh...what I mean to say Normal, buddy, pal...I've got some urgent business to take care of today, so I can't."
He shrugged.
"I don't care if a fairy delivers these packages, just as long as someone does it! And the goddamn fairy better remember to get signatures."
Sketchy was trying to sneak away behind Alec, but suddenly found himself in front of the annoyed looking Normal with Alec clamping onto his shoulders.
"Sketchy's your man. Now if you excuse me..."
As Alec walked away, Normal turned a glaring eye towards the confused Sketchy.
"...Now you. Could you not cut your hair? It's getting too long...I can't even see your face...how are you expecting to get deliver packages? You'll scare them. And scaring equals running away which then equals NO SIGNATURES..."
As Alec walked over, Max gave him a mean look. But he only gave her his cocky grin. She continued on talking to OC and pretended he wasn't there.
"Hello ladies. What's new in the world of OC and Max?"
"Well suga, I don't know 'bout you, but I did happen to notice that fine sister you were talkin' to last night at Crash. Too bad she not straight." Cindy said, putting her hands on her hips for emphasis.
Alec's eyes widened comically.
"Are you sure OC?"
"If OC aren't straight then that girl sure as hell ain't."
Alec smirked. " Let's just say she was as good as she looked...so what about you OC? Becoming straight anytime soon?"
OC gave him a disapproving look and then whacked him on the arm. Max hit him on the head.
He feigned hurt.
"Ow, what the hell?"
"Stop using girls Alec. It's not nice." Max said simply.
"Not nice? Since when did miss ice queen for eight years running care about being nice?" Alec said.
"Do you even care about anybody apart from yourself? God, all you think about is sex!"
"Hey, at least I'm not constantly a bitch from lack of it!"
"You're so immature!" She said, glaring daggers.
OC held up her hands and slowly backed away.
"Me immature? Wow, I don't think I've EVER heard that one before! Comebacks aren't your thing are they, Maxie?"
"Don't call me that! You better shut up Alec, or-"
"Aw, let me guess, if I don't shut up, you're gonna kick my ass?"
She thought for a moment. "Yeah, something along those lines. Or worse."
"Hardly. You have excuses for everything Max! C'mon. I wanna hear all these mean things you have pent up."
Max quietened but her breathing indicated she was pissed off.
"Fine. First of all, you're a -" Max's beeper stopped the end of her sentence. She looked at it and calmly said, " Its Logan, let's go."
"But I'm going to Anna's house for round three..." Alec whined.
Max whirled around and gave him a half exasperated, half threatening look. Alec sigh, defeated.
She grabbed her denim jacket while Alec followed her, he didn't really find it that surprising that Max controlled her emotions in that little space of time, Manticore liked to focus on the details.
They both stopped when they tried to figure out a way past Normal, who was still grilling a profusely sweating Sketchy about his hair length.
"...I hardly doubt that one trip to the barber's will kill you! I'll take you myself.but if SOME PACKAGES WERE DELIVERED," Everyone in Jam pony turned and stared, "...Then maybe I'll have time."
He spotted Alec and Max trying to sneak off again.
"HEY, what do you to two think you're off to?"
Max and Alec glanced at each other and instantly stood up straighter.
"See normal," Alec started.
"I'm sick," Max stated.
"I'm sick too," Alec coughed.
"A bad sick,"
"She gave it to me,"
"And so I have to go home,"
"See yesterday I was at crash,"
"I can still ride my ninja of course,"
"Some hot blonde was talking to me,"
"I mean, I won't fall off my bike because I'm sick,"
"But then max interrupted,"
"But I am sick, don't get me wrong,"
"Saying she wanted to play pool,"
"I just need to rest for today,"
"So I agreed, by the way, I kicked her ass at pool,"
"At home, by myself, with my bike,"
"And obviously I caught something, because this morning,"
"I might die, because I wasn't allowed to go home,"
"I woke up and I felt like shit."
"Even if I do feel like throwing up right now..."
"And I haven't even decided what I want on my gravestone yet."
Normal looked slightly dizzy from looking at Alec to Max. Alec gave Normal a sympathetic look and helped Max, who was clutching her stomach and pretending to kneel over, out the exit.
The argument they had before was seemingly forgotten because Max smiled once they were out on the street.
"...Nice." She smiled briefly.
He grinned back at her and after getting on their bikes, headed off to foggle towers.
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"Geez, what took you guys so long?"
Max and Alec both walked into Logan's apartment, noticing that he was still, surprise, engrossed in his computer.
"Sorry. We had trouble getting off work." Max explained.
Logan nodded and suddenly turned into EO.
"Okay, listen...A few months, Asha was tailed for a while because of some unusual circumstances and suspicions, and after confirming she was S1W, the government ages stored the files in a main-frame computer in a facility around sector 12. They're going to arrest her and check out any place she has ever been unless you delete those files immediately. This situation could put us all in danger. The files are located in the main computer, which is on the fifth level. Here's the address."
He handed her a scrap of paper with a scribbled address.
Max and Alec were halfway out the door when Logan said, "And max..."
"...Be careful." He finished while Alec mimicked it with a smirk.
"I think you should teach him some new phrases." Alec offered to Max, while the cool breeze of the coming night ruffled his hair.
"Shut up. He does not say that all the time."
"Yeah he does. I mean, he should just have a button next to his computer with 'and max...be careful' so that he could save his breath."
Despite herself, Max smiled and Alec looked mixed between scared and amused.
"I need a camera, don't see that much...at least not directed at me."
He muttered the last part but Max's hearing heard it and she felt a stab of guilt. She shook it off. Hopping onto her bike, she indicated the space behind her with her head. Alec was his annoying self again.
He gave a cocky smile and pointed to himself miming "For me?"
She rolled her eyes and indicated she wanted him to come closer, curious, he obliged until they were mere inches apart. Despite himself, Alec's heart beat quickened and his grin faltered.
She turned until her pouty lips were practically touching his ear.
He could feel her warm breath tickling him and suddenly thought it was wayyyy too hot in Seattle.
"YES!" She shouted.
Considering that he had super hearing, and that he was taken completely by surprise, he practically slipped and was left slightly sprawled on the pavement, much to the amusement of the laughing Max.
"Very funny." He said, trying to be mad but failing miserably.
Max was still laughing as he picked himself up while gathering the remainders of his shattered ego.
"I thought so," She retorted, still giggling, "C'mon we've gotta get a move on."
He hopped onto the back while Max distinctly heard the words, "Lunatic...sensitive hearing...hard pavement..."
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They arrived at a very grey, damp looking building. It looked a bit like Manticore and both transgenics shivered at the thought.
There was barb-wire but other than that, the security didn't look too bad. Max parked her ninja a block away from the site, and both X-5's crept towards it. It was now dark and the moon hung luminous in the sky.
The fence loomed before them.
"Bet I can jump higher." Alec whispered with a rakish grin.
"Bite me." Came the reply.
After a small run, both of them cleared the fence without difficulty.
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Preview of the next chapter...
"Oh my god. How am I ever gonna take a shower? Unless I'm blindfolded..."
Max just laughed. Max's usual expressionless face was transformed into a cocky grin, the look was quite eerie on her face.
"I, on the other hand," Max began, "Am looking forward to taking a shower tonight."
Alec's eyes widened and with a yelp, he smacked her on top of her head.
"Don't you dare...I will kill you!" He fumed, frantic.
"Hey Maxie, calm down. You know, these ARE your brain cells you're killing, so just watch the head, alright?"
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