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CHAPTER 6: Confusion

19th November, 2021. 23:00

Crash

Max and Alec were still at Crash. It was like the argument they had the previous day had never happened. Alec was back to annoy the hell out of Max and Max was doing her best not to freak out. But they didn't really argue, it was more fun.

"By the way, what did Normal say when I didn't show up today?" Max asked.

"He seemed to be pretty angry and I didn't help OC to defend you cos I was mad at you." Alec didn't tell her what he'd said, she'd freak out.

But Max know he didn't tell her the whole truth, he just wasn't good at lying, at least not at lying to her. "What exactly did you do?", she asked suspiciously.

"What? Nothing…" His cover had been blown, Max gave him a I-know-you're-lying-to-me-look. "I told him to fire you because you are an selfish person who just thinks about herself", before Max could say anything he continued, "But I'll fix that tomorrow, he won't fire you."

"You're right", Max stated absently.

Alec was confused. "About what?"

"About me being selfish." She looked up at Alec.

"No, you're not. I just said that cos I was angry. Now don't talk rubbish. I can't even count the many times you've saved me. And I didn't even thank you. And now who's the one who's selfish?"

"How about we are both selfish? Maybe it's in our genes?"  She smiled at Alec and he did the same.

"Okay."

Just then OC came back.

"Hey you two. Talking to each other again as I see?"

"Yep."

"And you got a new girl?", Alec asked curiously.

"Maybe…", Cindy replied innocently and left again.

Max took a look at her watch. "I think I'll go now. See you tomorrow."

"Okay. Bye, Maxie." He flashed his trademark grin.

Max turned round again. "I'd be careful, if I were you. I might think of some nickname for you and drive you mad with it."

"Try it."

"I will. Count on it." She went to the stairs and left Crash.

Outside she walked over to her Ninja, started the engine and drove off. She was surprised, about Alec. My apologise was all it has taken. He isn't mad at me anymore… I still don't know why I even bother. I mean, it's only Alec, I could live with him not talking a word to me. But the whole day felt weird, without someone going on my nerves constantly and calling me Maxie all the time… I guess I must like him in any way, we're not best friends, but he's okay. He can actually be quite funny. She chuckled when she thought about a joke Alec had told her. I never thought I'd be laughing about Alec's jokes. This is all so weird, but, hey, life is weird, isn't it?

20th November, 2021. 00:01

Suki's apartment

Suki entered her apartment and slid down next to the door. She was so afraid as she had never been, not for herself but for Matt.

White wasn't normal. There was something about him. A human could never hit her with such power. Suki lifted her hand and touched her face, it still hurt.

She got up and walked into the bathroom. She was almost shocked when she saw her reflection in the mirror, half her cheek was totally bruised.

Suki could only remember being bruised like that once before. And that time she had had a fight with an X5 at Manticore. The other girl had been older and taller than her and Suki had been stupid enough to start an argument with her. The only thing it had brought her was lots of bruises and just as much punishment.

Now she was scared even more. White had unbelievable powers and he could probably kill Matt whenever he wanted. Tears started streaming down her cheeks, Suki walked out of the bathroom and collapsed onto the sofa crying.

She wouldn't let that happen, she swore it to herself. When Matt would die she would, too. She couldn't live without him.

That was the last thing she thought before she had cried herself into sleep.

20th November, 2021. 8:20

Joshua's house

"Joshua!" Max called into the living room, but Joshua wasn't there. "Josh? Where are you?"

"I'm here!", Joshua called from his bedroom.

"Hey, big fella. What are you doing?" Max stopped surprised when she saw Joshua packing a few of his things. "You're packing? Where do you wanna go?"

"Terminal City."

"But… why? What do you wanna do there?" Max said confused.

"People are scared of things they don't know. Not there, there are other people, like me." Joshua smiled.

"I… I know. But you can stay here. No one sees you." Max didn't want Joshua to leave, she had known about this place for a long time. It was an abandoned sector, shut down since the pulse, something there was poisonous to humans. But the transgenics were immune, lots of them lived there, because humans stayed away.

"Living here is just like Manticore. Can't go out." Joshua explained. "Don't worry, little fella, I'll be fine." He smiled reassuringly.

"I can't force you to stay here, can I? You have to make your own decisions and if you wanna go there, you can."

"Thanks for understanding."

Max smiled at him, she didn't want him to go there but there was nothing she could do against it. "When will you leave?", she asked

"Today."

"Oh… today?"

"Yeah, seems like we're not gonna see each other for a while. But you can visit me."

"I'll do that. Promise." Max hugged Joshua. "I have to got to work or Normal will really fire me."

"Okay, little fella. You're gonna visit me?"

"As I said, I promise." Max smiled at him for a last time and then walked out the door.

20th November, 2021. 08:55

Jam Pony

"What's that?" Normal asked with fake surprise, "the queen of tardiness has decided to show up and be punctual."

Max rolled her eyes.

Normal's tone changed to normal. "I hope you know that I'd fire you if someone", Normal looked in Alec's direction, "wouldn't have convinced me not to. God knows why I don't fire you nevertheless…"

Max walked over to the lockers where Alec was standing.

"Thank you. I think I owe you something now."

"No, you don't. I owed you something." He grabbed his backpack and was out the door.

I still don't understand him. Why is he so different than usually?

Her thoughts were interrupted by Normal's "Bip bip bip". She took the package he was holding out to her and went to deliver it.

A/N2: There goes another one of my chapters. What will happen next? I dunno, check in a few days. No, I know what I want to write. Just one thing about the next chapter… no, I'll let you guess. From one of the scenes you might be able to guess what happens. And don't forget: REVIEW!!!

~Suki~