** Ok yes, I'm back. Sorry for waiting two whole years before I actually did anything. You should all be pleased with me though. May be. Anywho, after re-readomg the content I realised that this thing was not rated correctly. A 13 year old should not be reading something like this. Then again, I was 15 when I first started this story. Now I'm almost 17. lol.**

Chapter 22: Breaking the Wire

Max could hear Cindy's voice, but then another voice caught her attention.

"Max!"

She turned instinctively toward the sound, "Logan?" Max choked on the words.

"Max, get over the fence."

Max turned around and quickly knocked out the last of the X-7's. Her fingers wrapped around the metal of the fence as her eyes locked with Logans. Chocolate and ocean looked at eachother intently. Memories rushed through her mind and in front of her face.

"I'm never going to let them take me from you." Max vowed. Her eyes were wide and face serious.

"I know." Logan whispered back to her. "Get over the fence Max."

She stepped back a few paces andmade for a quick jump.. At the same moment, Logan was pulled from the chain link fence and into the trees just yards away. This could only mean one thing. The troopers and Manticore security was coming closer. She launched herself from the ground, just as she felt herself leave the ground, a sharp crack of pain split through her muscles and back. Her body colapsed against the fence convolsing as the tasers began to spasim her body.

No.. Not again. not ever again.. She furiously thought to herself.

Step by step, hand by hand Max climbed up the wire fence. More tasers clicked into place and struck with force. She finaly reached the top of the fence, the hole in the razor wire stared back at her, welcoming her. Max raised one hand to the edge of the wire. A stray piece of metal sliced across her palm, she ignored it.

Never.

She could hear the voices behind her. The tasers were from snipers. Made sense, it was the fastest anyone could fire an X-5 from a distance with out a risk of flight. She pulled herself up once more and dropped herself over the fence. The metal tasers slid out from their nesting place within her flesh as she tumbled once through the air landing on her feet perfectly on the other side of the fence. She could just make out the forms of troopers running through the trees with more X-7's after her. Max smiled to herself as she took off through the trees across the dirt road, bringing herself with the others who had seen her flight and were already piled into the van. Lydecker was driving, he sped off immediately, Cindy sat in the passenger side while still holding the gun and Logan was in the back with a very sore Max.

Max felt tears rolling down her cheeks, tears of joy, sorrow and fear all swirled together. She had fled twice from Manticore and had survived the worst.

Logan hushed her with a long waited kiss followed by a soft embrace.