Title: What Lies Beneath

Chapter: 1

Author: Crazy4x5494

Rated Chapter: PG

Pairing: Unknown so far

Summary: Takes place after the book Skin Game. How a lie could tear a person apart.

Authors Note: I know I never continue and of my stories other then my stand alones. Mainly because of writers block. I promise you I will try my best in perusing this story.

~To the world your just one person but to one person you could mean the world

~@~@~

*Reminder*

"I guess that makes me human too," he said. A single tear ran down the chalky cheek; then, with a lurch, he sat forward, almost scarring her, Logan's blue eyes huge in the pale, pale face. "Am I human, Max?" Kelpy asked with terrible urgency. But he died, his hand in hers, before she had time to answer.

*Starting of Chapter*

Max looked down at the lifeless body, her eyes started to well up with tears for the lost soul. But what hurt the most is that she lied. Her and Logan were drifting too far apart and secrets were being kept. She just didn't really love Logan much anymore, but with him standing right behind her she couldn't hurt anymore people on this day.

Max got up turning from Kelpy's body in the bathtub and walked into the living room. Everyone had turn to her direction. OC swiftly was by her side helping with the loss. Even after seeing the Skin suit Cindy still felt bad for the guy and didn't want to see her boo hurt. Alec watched but knew it was not his place to but in he left quickly through the door out to where they were now free to be. Hopping into the stolen car he made his way to the space needle.

As Alec sat atop the old abandon tourist attraction he couldn't help but feel as if a needle had been jammed into his heart. He heard her finally say it. Alec knew he wouldn't be able to stand the day that Max finally said she loved Logan. Thinking back Max had never really cared what happened to him. When he was shot in the arm all he got from her was a lame brain comment. She didn't even know that White had cut him in deep in both arms to get information on her it most likely reopening the bullet wound from only so many days ago.

"Alec?" he mentally cursed inside his head once hearing her say his name up here. All he wanted was to be alone for a while. "What do you want Max?" he asked bitterly not caring what she thought since he was going to get an ass kicking for leaving terminal city.

"I wanted to see if you were ok. I heard you and Joshua ran into White, and you and I both know he could be really rough," he nodded his head looking down at the city soon to have Transgenics once again roaming it's streets. "I'm always alright," he answered.

Typical. Max knew for sure know that something had happened but her was surly not in the mood to discus it. "You know I thought that I had almost lost my family again when I saw the pictures of you and Joshua unconscious. I thought you were dead. If so that would make four families that I'd have lost," Alec winced at the thought; he was not Max's brother! But yet thinking about what she had said, it confused him. The only families that he knew of that she had was her brothers and sisters at Manitcore and maybe the ones at Terminal City.

"It hurt, the fact that I had to split up from my siblings at Manticore, I don't even know who are alive and who aren't. Then there was the Barrets, Lucy and her mom was so kind to me. But when I went back after running away from their abusive father after the pulse they had left. It was only until two years ago that I had seen Lucy, when I was in a jail." Once again Max's eyes started to well up with tears. Alec put his arm around her shoulder and held her close as she continued.

"After the Berrets I joined a Clan because the pulse had left no food, nor money. Moody took me in; he was the leader of the Chinese Clan. Hardly any were Chinese but we lived in the Chinese Theatre. He knew what I was and instead of running in fear he trained me and helped me until I left Los Angeles and came to Seattle where I heard that my brother Seth was here. A month or so later Eyes Only did a broadcast and I found out that everyone from the Chinese Clan had been killed, not one of them had survived. And it hurt you know? Seeing all the blood, headless bodies and most of all, Moody, Tippett, and Gabriel's head on spikes. It was just so." Alec wrapped both arms around Max pulling her into a hug. No one should have gone through what she did, so many losses.

"Hey, Max it's Ok! It's all over we'll be fine," Alec whispered into her ear rocking Max back and forth. "It's all over, no one will be hurt and get away with it! Never again,"

"Never again," Max repeated silently.