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"Ok, we need to get out of here, now, they know we're here." Zack said getting their attention.

Max shrugged, out of ideas.

"I'm not sure of any other place we can go Zack." Logan answered.

"Well we can't stay here, we'll all get caught." Zack answered.

"How does he keep finding us?" Krit asked.

Zack shrugged. Max jumped up, an idea striking her.

"I know where we can stay. I know this transgenic, his name is Joshua. He's a good friend of mine, but he's a mutant." She answered.

Tinga's mouth dropped and Krit looked at Zack to see his reation.

"You made friends with a nomalee?" Zack said not believing what he was hearing.

"Don't you remember Ben's stories Max?" Krit asked.

"He's not like that, he has K9 DNA, he's a harmless puppy. I promise." she said.

"Yea he wouldn't hurt anyone, even if he tried." Alec agreed.

"Max we're not going to go and stay with a nomalee." Tinga said.

"Right now, I think your out of choices." Logan answered for Max.

Max looked at their faces.

"Max is right, it's either that or staying here and risking getting caught. Let's go." Zack said giving in reluctantly.

The 6 piled out of the cabin and Max took her rightful place on her bike.

"Who's comin' with me or is anyone?" Max asked.

They all looked at each other and piled into Logan's car.

"Ok." Max said getting her sunglasses out and putting them on.

"See you Joshua's place." Max called out to Logan.

"Gotcha, Max! Be carful!" Logan said smiling.

Max grinned back, nodded her head and took off.

Max sped her way to Joshua's place, taking the back alleys and not the main road, just to be safe. She stopped her bike and looked both ways before getting into the open. Suddenly something caught her eye. Thanks to her cat vision she looked across the road and saw people in black suits beating someone up and then throwing him into the back of a car.

She then saw Ames's face, instinctivly she moved her bike back a little for cover.

"Must have caught themselves a little trannie." Max told herself.

She watched her enemy get into the car and the car drive off down a alley. Placing her feet on the bike she began driving across the main road to go down another alley way. Suddenly she swerved to a stop as a car got in her way.

"452, it's about time I saw you again." Ames said grinning.

"Spare me Ames and get out of my way." she warned.

"I knew you would be coming to save this pathetic piece of trash." Ames acknowledged.

"That's where you're wrong, I didn't come to save him, I was just passing by." Max said in a smart tone.

"Ok, your dad wants you back home 452." Ames answered taking a step towards her with his gun drawn.

Max rolled her eyes.

"Tell him I like being out here on my own." she answered.

"Tell him yourself." Ames nodded, hinting her to look behind her.

Max turned her head around, still on her bike, she saw Lydcker standing behind her.

"Oh gosh, are you still living?" Max asked.

"Max." he said smiling, happy to see her.

"Ok, I didn't want to do this but, oh well you'll get over it." Max shared then popped a wheelie flying past Ames, grabbing the gun from his hand, swerved to a stop so that she was facing Lydcker and Ames.

She then raised the gun to both of them, her lips curled in hated. Ames backed away slowly and Lydecker just rested easily.

"Go ahead, shoot us." Lydecker insisted.

Ames looked over at him, in a face that said 'what the heck are you doing?' Max glared at him.

"What's the hesitation solider!? Come on! Shoot me!" Lydecker yelled at her.

Max raised the gun up over her head and fired once, getting the bullet out. She then took the clip out and broke the gun in half and threw the pieces on to the ground.

"Figures, you did always have a soft spot for guns." Lydecker mumbled.

Max then pressed the gas and turned around and started going .

"After her! Don't let her get away!" Lydecker ordered.

A car, that Otto, Ames assistant, was driving took off after her. Max groaned then got up to a stop light. Lydecker watched with interest. Max then stood up and jumped, grabbing the bar, her legs hanging on to her bike. She flipped upside down around the pole as the car went under the light. Max then as she came over she smacked the front of her bike into the back window of the car, smashing it to pieces. Max jumped off her bike as it was stuck into the back window.

Otto jumped out a teaser in his hand as did another one of Ames's men who was in the passenger's seat. Otto the jabbed it at her waist. Max jumped back barely dogging it and grabbed his hand that helad the teaser. She twisted his wrist causing him to drop it, she then grabbed him by the collar and looked over at his little helper, coming towards her with a teaser in his hand as well. Max kicked it out of his hand then kicked him in the face.

Once she saw that he went down Max grabbed Otto's shoulders and flipped over him, landing on her knees behind him. She grabbed the teaser and turned around and rammed it in his chest. She watched in horror as Otto fell to the ground twisting and shaking because of the electric shock. She HATED those teasers. Max then broke it in half over her knee and threw it aside, standing up.

"Impressive." Lydecker said walking up to her.

Max glared at him, then sudenly caught an arm from behind her. Max knew Ames was behind her and she knew he was going to punch her, therefore she grabbed his arm. Max spun around and gave a punch to Ames in the face then kneed him in the stomach. She then spun back around, back to facing Lydecker, grabbed Ames's arm and flipped him over her shoulder.

Ames then swung his leg, trying to knock them out from underneath of her. expecting this she jumped and once she landed he was up on his feet. She blocked one of Ames's punches and then kicked him hard in the side with her right leg. Ames winced but was fast enough to catch her leg before it hit the ground. Max clenched her teeth as she fought to free her leg and maintain her balance at the same time. Ames then swipped the leg that held her up, in response she came crashing to the concrete, on her back.

"Son of a ......."she said between he teeth.

"Don't say it Max, you know your not permitted to say those words." Lydecker warned.

Max then rammed her captured foot up into Ames's nose, causing him to let go and stumble back. Max took the advantage and stood up and ran over to the car that her bike was in.

She quickly jumped up on the car, but suddenly Lydecker grabbed her wrist and yanked her off. He then sent a powerful punch to her left cheek, the force of his punch causing her head to swing to the right. She didn't have time to recover before he punched her across the right cheek, sending her head to the left. The force made her stumble back into a pole. Max then spit out a mouthfull of blood. She glared at Lydecker who was close to her face.

She smiled and then rammed her knee into the spot that counts on a guy, then punched him across the left cheek, causing him to fall to the ground. Max's hair stuck to her face as she glared at Lydecker rolling around on the ground. She moved it out of her face and then ran up, jumping on the car and yanked her bike out.

"Uh, no dmage, thanks for not hurting my bike boys." she said the jumped on it and quickly spend to the car and busted the door.

"Get on." she ordered the transgenic.

Ames glared at her.

"Just for the heck of it, I will come to his guys rescue." she said the pressed on the gas and sped pass him, punching him in the face, knocking him out, then she sped down the road.

Max stopped a long ways from where she tangoed with Ames and Lydecker. She rested her feet on the ground.

"Here you go, be careful ok." she said.

The transgenic got off and looked at her.

"Thanks, but why did you...........oh my gosh, your the girl who got everyone out, aren't you!" he said reconizing her.

Max grinned.

"Yea." she answered.

"I remember you saved my life, and you did it again tonight. Your the best, thanks for everything......"

"Max" she answered knowing he was looking for a name.

"Max, thanks again Max." he said.

"No problem, just be careful." she said.

He shook his head then turned around and ran off down the alley, disapperaing into the darkness. Max smiled to herself then lokked behind her and sped off to Joshua's.

She reached Joshua's place and parked her bike around back and hid it in some bushes. She then walked around to the front and entered.

"Max!" Zack said jumping up to greet her as did Krit, Alec, and Tinga.

"Where were you!? You shoulda gotten here before us." Alec answered.

"Sorry I had a situation." she answered trying to get past them.

Alec stopped her.

"What happened to your lip?" he asked.

Max looked at Zack then at Tinga who were wondering the same thing.

"I ran into a tree limb." she lied.

Alec looked at her like she was stupid. And Krit looked at her giving the 'yeah right' look.

"Ok, fine, I had a little run in with White and Lydecker, ok, no big." Max said.

"No big, Max, you coulda been caught, are you ok?" Tinga asked.

"I'm fine I got away without any of them knowing where I was going." Max answered.

"That's not important, just as long as your ok, and that lip looks kinda gross." Zack answered.

"Come on let's go fix it up." Logan answered.

"Go ahead." Zack permitted.

Max then followed Logan into the kitchen as he put layer upon layer of gloves on his hands to keep himself safe from the virus that she carried.

"Hey lil' fella." Joshua said, sitting at the table with a huge bowl of macaroni and cheese sitting in front of him.

"Hey big fella." she said smiling walking behind him and kissing him on the head and sat on the edge of the table.

"Ok, open up." Logan said.

Max did as she was told as Logan examined the cut inside her lip. Zack walked in.

"Hey lil' fella's brother." Joshua greeted Zack.

Zack looked over at him, forced himself to smile and nodded his head.

"Hey Joshua." he answered.

"You want macaroni and cheese?" he asked.

"Um, no thanks I'm not hungry." Zack said.

Joshua nodded his head, shrugged, and contiuned eating.

"There, hold the ice on it for a little while." Logan said.

Max shook her head yes as she took a hold of the cold ice bag and helfd it on her lip. Zack walked up to her.

"How you holding up?" he asked.

"I'm holding." she asnwered.

"Good." Zack responded.

Logan washed his hands in bleach then took them off, smiled at both of them then walked into the living room.

"Zack, I was wondering, how did you find me? In the woods? With Ben?" she asked him.

Zack grinned.

"I hear a loud scream so Tinga and I ran back to the cabin, once we got there Krit told us Jondy was gone and that you ran out, so I went the direction he had went. Then I used these." Zack answered smiling pointing at his ears.

"And I hear talking and I reconized your voice. But I didn't know it was Ben until after I attacked him." Zack explained.

Max shook her head in understanding.

"You scared me when I didn't see your bike at Joshua's. My mind rushed with things, various things that could have happened, and I guess one of my thoughts did happen. From now on I'm going with you, even if you do scare the crap out of me on your bike,I am not going to leave you alone to fight them again." Zack answered.

Max grinned.

"I'm a big girl, I can fight them, barely because Ames is a familiar but I can still do it." she answered smiling.

"I know, you've grown up but your still my little sister and it's my job to protect you." he shot back.

Max smiled wider and hugged him. Joshua smiled sweetly at the site.