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"So how did you two get out, I thought you were done for." Max said sitting on her couch, trying to get her mind off of what just happened.

"We thought that too." Krit admitted.

"So we managed to manuver it off the converybelt and onto the ground, it took us a while but we picked the lock." Alec added.

Logan walked in with a tray of mugs streaming. Each took one and Max took a sip.

"Umm, hot chocolate. Thanks Logan, you rock." Max said.

She hadn't tasted hot chocolate in ages. Logan grinned and took a sip from his mug as well.

"So, Ray's dead? Poor kid." Logan said.

Max shook her head in agreement.

"Ok, wait Max, you said these familiar things, they killed him?" Krit asked.

Max shook her head yes.

"And Ames is one of hese things and they're a cult, which means practically family, why would they kill one of their 'brothers' kid?" Krit asked confused.

Max thought.

"Revenge?" Alec suggested.

"A test?" Logan added for another option.

"Or so they could clear his mind from Ray." Max said.

Alec looked at Max.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Ray has been giving Ames emotions, and everytime he sees me he demands to know where his son is, maybe the breeding cult didn't want Ames becoming attatched to Ray because he'll develop emotions and feelings for him and it'll take his mind off of finding us." Max explained.

"Maybe, thats the best explination we have so far." Logan replied.

Suddenly Max's pager went off. She looked at Alec confused and picked it up.

"It's Syl." she said scared.

Krit looked at her in alarm.

"Syl's paging you?" he asked.

Max got up and grabbed the phone and dialed her cell number.

"Hello?" a voice whisphered.

"Syl, are you ok?" Max asked noticing the softness in her voice.

"Max, I'm in Seattle, in the woods north of the city. Ben's on my tail, I need your help, PLEASE baby sister, I'm.......I'm so scared." she said terrified.

"Ok, hold on, I'm on my way." Max said then hung up.

"Whats going on?" Krit demanded standing up.

"Ben's after Syl, she's in the woods north of here, we need to get her out." Max said grabbing her jacket.

"Let's go then!" Krit said running out the door, Max Alec and Logan following him.

"Split up, Krit take east, Alec, west, Logan go south, I'll go north. No matter what we meet back here in 20 minutes then go from there, shout as loud as you can if you need help, go!" Max ordered and the 4 took off their own ways.

Max looked around, it was pitch black besides the light the moon gave. There was dew on the ground and the air was a little chilly. She moved slowly and accuratly, keeping her knees bent and arms out at her side, ready for anything. Her head jolted from left to right easily and often, scanning the area for her older sister. Ben smiled as he pressed his back up against a tree and peered around it, seeing Max walk slowly in front of him. Ben then pushed her chest first against a tree and wrapped his hand over her mouth. Max winced as Ben forced her body onto the tree.

"You shouldn't have come here Maxie, your just making yourself more easy to catch. Why did you come Max? To help Syl? Ha, Syl's dead, you got here too late little sister, I already killed her. " Ben hissed in her ear.

Max tried to say something but Ben couldn't understand thanks to his hand preventing her to say anything hardly.

"I'm gonna let go of your mouth, but if you even scream for help, Maxie, I'm gonna be, very, MAD. Got it?" he asked yanking her violently.

Max shook her head yes in understanding.

"Good." he said then slowly let go of her mouth.

"Your lying, you didn't kill Syl, Lydecker would be pissed." she said still wincing as he shoved her into the tree more.

"Lydecker gave me go ahead to kill Syl, she's not as important as Zack is or you or even Tinga and Krit." Ben whisphered to her.

" I still don't believe you, you would have to be heartless if you killed your own sister. And the Ben I used to know loved us all very much." Max hissed behind clentched teeth, praying that he was bluffing.

"Yeah, well that Ben's dead Max, you killed him, this is the new Ben and if you don't like it, you have yourself to thank for that." Ben replied.

"You asked me too, so I did because I loved you as a brother. So I did." she responded.

"Let's go see Syl shall we?" Ben asked yanking her off the tree and gripping her shoulder.

Ben pushed her through the woods until finally they came to the spot. Max gasped once she saw Sly's body lying on the ground. Max slowly walked up to it and slowly sqautted down next to it. She touched her sister's neck, her skin felt cold and clammy, no pulse. Max shot up and spun around, Ben expecting she would spaze out grabed her and grabbed her mouth again. Tears fell from her eyes, some landing on Ben's hand.

She then elbowed him in the stomach and rammed her head back into his face. Ben stumbled back in pain as Max whirled around and then kicked him in the side and raised her leg and kicked him in the side of her head. Ben fell back on his back, wincing in pain. Max walked up to him and tried to kick him in the stomach but Ben grabbed her ankle and yanked her down. Max landed hardly on her side but didn't waste anytime. Ben still had a hold of her ankle so she rammed it into his face, causing Ben to roll over on his side, his back now facing her, him freeing her ankle. Max rolled backwards on the ground and stood to her feet, going into a back handspring and landing in the fightening stance.

"Come on get up." she told Ben in an angry voice.

Ben slowly stood up and faced her, not a happy face on as blood dripped from his nose and mouth. Ben lunged at her, sending his left arm at her. Max lifted her right arm and blocked his hit and then Ben sent his right arm at her, Max the raised her left arm and again blocked his blow. Max kneed him in the stomach and then spun around and leashed out her leg, landing the spinning kick in his face. Ben stumbled back. Ben turned around and leashed out his leg which ,Max blocked with her hand, and Max then grabbed his wrist and sent her heel back into the back of his calf, causing him to fall back on his back.

Ben tried to swip Max's feet out from underneath of her but Max jumped up and grabbed a hold of a branch. Frustrated that he didn't trip her her stood up and watched herflip over the branch. Max landed on Ben, his head in between her legs. Max then immediatly leaned back, placing her hands on the ground and brought him over her and crashing head first into the ground with her legs. Max stood up and had her fists raised. Ben stood up as well and just stood in front of his sister.

"You...." Max began punching him across the left cheek.

"Heartless....." Max added as she kneed him in the stomach and kicked him in the side of his left calf and punched his face again.

"Bastard." she finished spinning around and kicking him in the chest sending him back into a tree.

Ben looked at Max who glared back, strands of hair in her face. Max walked up to him and then tried to punch him. Ben grabbed it and wrapped it around behind her back Max winced in pain and groaned in frustration. Ben pushed Max to the ground, tightening the grip on her arm and pushed her face near Sly's.

"Do you want this to happen to you Maxie? Do you want me to kill you, if you do then I suggest you continue ticking my clock." Ben replied behind clenched teeth pulling her arm hard across her back and digging his fingers into her scalp.

Max clenched her teeth together to keep the pain out but it wasn't working.

"Lydecker wouldn't like that." Max managed to say.

"Your right, I wouldn't kill you but believe me, I would make you come close to it Max." he hissed at her.

Suddenly someone kicked Ben off. Max caught herself over Syl, thankful the pain was gone.

"Ben, I am this far from killing YOU so if you wanna live I suggest you run, and run hard! Because the next time I see you hurting or killing MY family, heck THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, I will kill you." a voice warned.

"I'm part of your family too." Ben said.

"I kill you to keep them safe now get the hell out of here before I change my mind." the voice warned again.

Max heard Ben take off and run and then felt a hand on her shoulder. Max turned her head and saw Zack looking down at her.

"Zack." she choked out in tears.

"Shh." Zack pleaded sqautting down beside Max and letting her fall into his arms.

"I tried to get to her, I tried to save her, but I couldn't." Max said crying into his shoulder hardly.

"Shh, Max you did your best, I couldn't get to her either." Zack said softly, trying to calm her down.

"It's not fair, I wish they would just stop, I just want to be left alone." Max said crying harder holding Zack tight to her, the real Zack this time, Max could tell.

Zack looked at the ground sadly, hating to hear Max like this.

"You have to be strong baby sister." Zack reminded her.

Max breathed, sniffing and continued to cry.

"I'm tired of being strong." she told him.