"And They Lived Happily Ever After"
by Kirsten Tapp

Disclaimer: Dark Angel doesn't belong to the author, but to James Cameron, etc. The characters of Tek, Julia, Rebecka, Jondy's children, Kylee, Keegan, Evan and Rein however do belong to the author. No copyright infringement intended.
Summary: Max and Logan's twins finally arrive.
Timeframe: Freak Nation. Follow up story to A week in the life of a pregnant X5.
Rating: PG
Category: Drama, Romance, Action

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There were only three weeks left to Max's pregnancy and she was more than a little fed up. Her ankles were swollen, she felt huge, she was tired all the time and worse still, she was scared of giving birth to twins. Logan was being a great support but he wasn't the one who was going to have to push out two children.

Logan on the other hand, being the eternal optimist had found Max's mood swings amusing. When he looked at his wife, he thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. He could tell Max was getting scared the closer the birth got, but he believed when the time came, he would be able to help her through the birth. He, himself was excited about getting to meet his children.

"Logan!" Max's voice rang out through the apartment. "I don't think we're going to have enough diapers." Max walked out of the nursery rubbing her back. "Thank God Jondy gave me all of the twins baby clothes otherwise we'd be short of those as well."

"Honey, we have plenty of everything." Logan held out his arms to his wife. "You have to stop worrying. It's not good for you or the babies."

Max sat down on Logan's lap. "Are you sure? Cause we're not going to have time to make a quick trip down the road once the babies are here." She frowned at Logan's computer screen. "Were you working?"

"Yes, because you were supposed to be sleeping." Logan reasoned. "It looks as though the world doesn't need saving today."

"I wish we could get away for a few days." Max pouted. "I'd settle for getting you away from that damn computer." Every time she woke up, she found Logan working on the computer.

Max had been impatient about Logan spending so much time on the computer before they got married. She was twice as bad now that she was pregnant. Logan had already made arrangements to take Max to his late Uncle's cabin, which his family had managed to hold onto.

"Just as well I packed for both of us so that we could spend some time alone in my family's cabin." Logan rested his chin on Max's shoulder. "Or did you have something else in mind."

"I'm sorry." Max knew she was being unreasonable. "It's these over active hormones of mine. I can't believe I'm jealous of a machine."

"It's ok." Logan kissed his wife's cheek. "I think we could both do with the break. Alec and Original Cindy promised to check in regularly with the Terminal City crew, so you won't have anything to worry about."

"What about Jondy?" Max had a few phone calls from her sister since Lydecker had been killed. Even though her sister said she was fine, Max felt her sister was barely dealing with having killed the King of their nightmares.

"You want Jondy to go with us?" Logan teased. "That sort of defeats the purpose of us going away to be alone."

"That's not what I meant and you know it." Max hit Logan's chest. "I know I was the one who said Jondy would be fine, but I think shooting Lydecker really shook her up."

Logan nodded. "It can't be easy, working hard to save people all day, only to have to kill someone to save the people you love." He could only see one other solution to their problem. "How about we take your cell phone so that Jondy can still call us if she needs to."

"The signal might not work out at the cabin." Max reminded Logan.

"Yeah, but your twin radar works no matter where we are." Logan had also had the phone reconnected in the cabin, just in case he had to get Max out of there in a hurry.

"I know you're right." Max figured her sister would ask for help if she needed it. "So when are you going to whisk me away to your cabin in the woods?" The idea held a certain appeal. "And for how long?"

"Only a few days and we leave in the morning." Logan was pleased to see his idea cheered Max up a little. "Any other questions?"

"No." Max kissed her husband. "A few days alone with you and I may never want to come back to Seattle life."

"Well, as appealing as that sounds Angel I would prefer you to give birth to our children in a hospital." Logan nibbled on Max's collar bone. "I guess I'm just strange that way."

Max giggled. "You're strange full stop. I think I'll keep you anyway."

The drive out to the cabin the next morning was relaxing in itself for the two of them. All the pressures of Terminal City and Eyes Only were left behind them. Max had relaxed so much that she fell asleep in the car.

"Hey." Logan stroked his wife's hair. "Sweetheart, we're at the cabin." He loved watching Max sleep. It was rare that he got the opportunity when she wasn't pregnant, so he hated to wake her.

Max opened her eyes and stretched. "I hope our children don't inherit my normal sleeping patterns. I'm thinking that's a distinct possibility considering how much sleep I'm needing at the moment." Although, now that she was awake she felt as though she could take on the world.

"I guess we'll find out soon enough." Logan got out of the car and went to help his wife get out.

In Florida, Jondy sat down in a miniature chair and watched her young patient having a tea party with three dolls. "So Kylee, are the dolls still getting headaches?"

"No. The headaches went away after they had the operation." Kylee smiled up at Jondy. "You fixed them, like you fixed me."

Jondy stroked the little girl's head. "It was my pleasure. You let me know if those headaches come back to you or any of the dolls." She stood and walked into the corridor.

A nurse saw Jondy standing in the corridor and smiled with concern. "Are you alright Jess?"

"Yeah." Jondy dialed a number on her cell phone. "I have to go out of town for a few days. If Kylee complains of her dolls being ill, call me on my cell." She waited for her call to be answered.

"Her dolls?" The nurse was confused.

Jondy disconnected her call and dialed a different number. "Kylee won't tell you if she's feeling ill, but she say her dolls are ill. I don't usually prepare dolls for surgery, you know."

The nurse chuckled. "We were all wondering what you were doing? A few of us have bets that you were going insane."

"Not this week." Jondy grinned. Her call was answered at that moment. "Hey, I'm looking to fly the friendly skies. Care to be my pilot?" She giggled at the reply. "The next generation is thinking about making an appearance. We've got time for you to make a few pick ups." She listened for a few minutes. "See you then."

The nurse waited for Jondy to disconnect her call. "So, are you going out of town on family business?" She didn't know much about the redheaded doctor, but she did know that she had a large family of brothers and sisters.

"As always." Jondy dialed a third number. "Alec. Where is my sister?" She rolled her eyes. "Oh great. Can you get a call through to them?" She groaned at Alec's answer. "No, I tried Max's cell. There was no answer. I need you to go and get Zack. I'll meet you at the cabin with the rest of the siblings." She hung up her phone.

"What's wrong?" The nurse followed Jondy as she walked towards the Doctor's lounge.

"My twin sister and her husband went away to his family's cabin for a few days. My sister is in the early stages of labor and I can't contact her." Jondy threw her Doctor's coat in her locker and grabbed her purse.

"How do you know that she's in labor?" The nurse couldn't believe how fast Jondy was walking in high heels. She could barely keep up.

"It's a twin thing. I doubt that Max knows herself." Jondy remembered how she had been with her twins. She had just ignored the twinges as either false labor or the baby in an awkward position.

"Good luck." The nurse gave up following Jondy. She had heard that some twins had a bond where they knew what was going on with their twin. It was the first time she had seen it in action though.

Back at Jondy's home, Julia watched her daughter in law grab her bag that she kept packed. "I take it this cabin that Max and Logan have gone away to doesn't have a phone."

"If it has, the number is unlisted." Jondy stopped long enough to kiss all of her children good bye. "Even if I could find the number, there's no guarantee the line's connected." She hugged Julia. "With any luck I shouldn't be more than a few days."

"Be careful." Julia warned as Jondy raced out the door.

Logan had expected Max to want to sleep for most of their stay. But except for the babies kicking a lot, Max didn't seem to be the least bit effected by her pregnancy. At Max's suggestion they had gone for a walk, but it was starting to get dark so Logan started heading back to the cabin.

"You want to go back to the cabin already?" Max felt as though she could still walk on for miles yet. It must have been the fresh air.

"Well, it's getting dark and unlike you, I don't have night vision." Logan reasoned. "Besides, I thought you'd be exhausted."

Max frowned. "I know, it's really strange. I must have got enough sleep in the car, cause I feel great. If only the kids would stop using my insides as a football field, I'd be perfect."

"How about we let your sister know where we are, so that she doesn't worry." Logan had a feeling that something wasn't quite right with Max. All through her pregnancy, Max had been exhausted. It didn't seem natural that she was suddenly bursting with energy.

"Sure." Max shrugged her shoulders. "The phone's working in the cabin right? Cause I left my cell phone at home." She rubbed her back.

"The phone company said the phone would be connected by the time we got here." Logan was relieved to see the cabin ahead of them. "How about I make us some dinner while you call J."

"Sounds like a plan." Max eased herself into a chair and picked up the phone. There was no dial tone. "Honey, the phone's not working."

Before Logan could respond, the sound of an aircraft alerted them to visitors. Logan reached for his gun which he had brought with him just in case.

"You won't need the gun Logan." The sound of a motorbike confirmed what Max already knew. "My family's just arrived." She reached out for Logan's hand. "They're just in time. My water just broke."

"But you're not due for three weeks." Logan tried to remain calm, but was failing miserably. "How did your family know to come here."

"Twin radar." Max gritted her teeth as a strong contraction started. "Knowing my sister, she probably figured out the babies were on the way a while ago."

Zane walked through the front door with the rest of his siblings behind him. "X5 deliveries. You have a baby, we'll help deliver it." He grinned at his stunned brother in law. "What? You didn't think you two were going to do this alone did you?"

Tinga shoved her brother out of the way. "Max's water's broke J. Looks like we got here just in time." She kissed Max's cheek. "Next time it might be an idea to bring a cell phone."

"I'm not doing this again." Max was starting to think a hospital was sounding pretty good at the moment. Despite only having had the one contraction so far, she wasn't very eager to repeat this experience.

"You only want the one child?" Syl pictured Max and Logan with at least two children.

"Max is having twins." Logan realized that Jondy hadn't mentioned the twins to any of her siblings. Either she had thought that Max and Logan wanted to announce the news themselves, or she had simply forgotten. Considering how traumatic killing Lydecker had been for her, he thought the second option was more likely.

"Can't you two do anything different?" Krit joked as Jondy checked on Max's progress. "Just because you're twins, doesn't mean you can't be different."

"The father of Max's children is actually going to be at the birth." Jondy snapped. "Is that different enough for you?" She would have preferred if her sister had been closer to a hospital. "Logan, let's get Max into the bedroom."

Logan picked up his wife and carried her into the bedroom. "What do you need me to do J?"

"For the moment, just hold Max's hand." Jondy sat beside her sister on the bed. "Max, you took the Lamaze classes, you know what to do."

"They're too early." Max had never been so terrified in her life.

"Well, that just means they're impatient like their mother." Jondy's voice was calming. "Logan and I are going to get you through this. You have nothing to worry about. Alec, Zack, Rein and Jace are guarding the perimeter so that you won't have any extra uninvited guests."

"Any chance this can be over and done with in a couple of hours." Max joked just before another contraction hit her.

"Your contractions are too far apart." Jondy replied sympathically. "Sorry, we going to be here a while. Why? Do you have some place to be?"

"No." Max relaxed as the contraction passed. "It's just with everyone here, I was hoping not to keep them waiting for too long."

Jondy gave an unladylike snort. "Like they have anything else to do." A yell of combined protests went up in the next room. Jondy grinned. "See."

Logan propt Max up with some extra pillows from a nearby cupboard. "Your brothers and sisters just want to support you. I'm sure they won't mind the wait." There was dead silence in the next room. "Right?" He raised his voice slightly.

There were responses of 'sure, no problem, absolutely, yeah and I've got the time'. Max couldn't help but smile at her siblings reactions. It felt good to have her family close by. "So how have you been since Lydecker departed from our lives?" Max decided it was as good a conversation as any to pass the time.

"I'm still getting used to not having to look over my shoulder for him all the time." Jondy dug through the bag that Logan had packed for one of his shirts for Max to wear. "Any word on the South Africans?"

Logan nodded. "Yeah. They packed up shop and left the country. From what I hear, it's part of the conditions issued with their release." He helped Max out of her wet clothes and into his shirt. "I wish I could tell you that you don't have to be careful any longer. Unfortunately, the general public are still scared of transgenics and that fear is dangerous."

"People can be so dumb sometimes." Max stated simply. "At least with White and Lydecker gone, there's no one playing on those fears." She clutched her husband's hand. "Oh God. Here comes another one."

Logan gritted his teeth against the pain of Max squeezing his hand as the contraction coursed through her. "Is it me, or is this worse than when you gave birth J?"

Jondy grinned. "It's different. You don't love me like you love Max. That's why it seems worse to you."

"It seems worse to me as well." Max grunted. "That could be because I wasn't in labor last time of course."

Flexing his aching fingers, Logan was relieved to see Max was finding some humor in the whole situation. "So when do you start blaming me for doing this to you?"

"Probably around the time I have to start pushing two little people out of a hole the size of a pea." Max had been convinced before the contractions had started, that she wouldn't be taking the labor out on Logan. However, now that she had felt the contractions, she was pretty sure she was going to end up cursing him to hell.

"Good, we've got time to spare." When Logan felt Max give his hand another painful squeeze, he changed his mind. "That contraction was closer."

"I know." Jondy could see that she was going to have her hands full with the would be father more than Max. "There's plenty of time Logan. Although if you don't calm down, I'll have to get Zack to fill in for you."

Jondy's words instantly calmed Logan. At least he hoped that was what Jondy thought. No way was he going to miss the birth of his children. "I'm fine. I'll be good." He tried one of his smiles that always seemed to melt Max.

"Save the award winning smiles for your wife." Jondy stood and went to speak to her siblings.

"Sweetie, when it comes to anything medical Jondy's no pushover." Max warned Logan. "Don't worry. I still love you."

Zane stood leaning against the window frame staring out of the window. Watching his brother pacing agitatedly outside, he wondered if it had been such a good idea to bring him along. Something had happened when they had arrived and he wasn't sure what. All he knew was that Jondy had pulled Zack aside outside the cabin and told him to guard the perimeter. Then she had asked Alec, Rein and Jace to guard Zack while maintaining they were also guarding the perimeter.

"He looks like a volcano ready to explode." Tinga walked up behind her brother. "Any idea what's going on?"

"Considering J is keeping Zack outside the cabin, I'd say it has something to do with Max." Zane knew his sister would be too busy helping Max give birth to waste her time stopping Zack from attacking Logan. That meant he had to keep Zack in his sights.

Tinga glanced out the window with her brother. "He picked a bad time to get a memory flash." She had been kept up to date with Zack's condition. She had also noticed how Zane and Jondy had kept an eye on Zack at Max and Logan's wedding.

Zane saw Krit and Syl heading for the door. "Hey. Where are you two going?"

Krit kept his voice low. "Jondy recommending we get some sleep while we can. She wants me rested up in case we have to fly Max and the babies to a hospital."

Syl held onto Krit's hand. "I think we all assumed that because Jondy had a relatively easy labor that Max would be the same."

"Considering the rocky start Max had with her pregnancy and the fact the babies are three weeks early, Jondy's covering all the bases." Tinga guessed.

"Pretty much." Krit confirmed. "I should have realized there could be some problem when Jondy snapped at me."

"Jondy can be pretty hard to read sometimes." Syl tried to comfort Krit.

"It's not only that." Zane shook his head. "Jondy's probably remembering how the father of her children couldn't be there to hold her hand when she was in labor."

"I'd forgotten about that." Krit admitted. "Give me a yell if you need anything." He and Syl walked hand in hand back out to the plane.

Alec and Jace passed Krit and Syl and walked into the cabin. "How's Max doing?" Jace sat down on the sofa.

"It's still early stages yet." Tinga sat down beside her sister. "I think we're going to be here a while. How come you two are in here?"

"Jondy wanted to talk to Zack alone." Alec stood beside Zane at the window. "Any idea what's got him so wired? Rein's still out there watching him."

"I think we'll find out soon enough." Zane was one of the few people who could read Jondy and right now she looked pissed. "Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall in that conversation."

Rein could hear every word that Jondy and Zack was saying. God Zack had bad timing. "Sorry to interrupt guys, but won't Max be able to pick up on this conversation?"

Jondy shook her head. "She's in the middle of another contraction. Trust me, she's got other things on her mind. I just hope she hasn't broken Logan's fingers." She turned back to Zack. "What did you think you were doing hitting on Max in this cabin? If you were going to hit on her, couldn't you have picked somewhere Logan's family didn't own?"

"From what I can remember, I saw an opportunity and took it." Zack protested. "A lot of good it did me. I think she went running back to Seattle to be with him and ended up in prison."

"Sis, maybe you'd better get back to Max." Rein figured Jondy had enough to cope with, without having to deal with Zack and his memory flashbacks. "Zack and I will stay out here."

"Does Max even know I'm here." Zack knew it wouldn't make any difference to Max. She loved Logan. She would never love him that way.

"She knows you're guarding the perimeter." Jondy was not going to get Zack's hopes up over nothing. "The contractions are getting closer. Max needs Logan to get her through this and I don't want to have to be worried about you bursting in while I'm trying to help Max deliver twins."

"I'll stay out here with Rein." Zack begrudgingly promised. He watched his sister walk back inside. "When did she get so bossy?"

"I'm trying to work out if that's J in Mother mode or Doctor mode." Rein chuckled.

"Logan, are you sure your hand's alright." Max was worried that she had broken Logan's fingers.

"It's fine." Logan wriggled his fingers to prove nothing was broken. "You just cut of my blood circulation for a bit."

"I don't know if your hand can survive me going through labor." Max watched as the color rushed back into Logan's hand. "Is it just me, or did Jondy make this seem so much easier when she was in labor."

"Oh, I don't know about that." Logan winced as Max squeezed his hand again. I seem to remember losing the feeling in my hand for a while when she was giving birth a well. Still, it can't be much longer." He tried to look on the bright side. "Your last two contractions were really close together."

"You mean this is nearly over." Max panted. "That would be great cause I'm just about at the point where I'm never gonna let you touch me ever again."

"Well, it sounds as though you're ready to meet your children." Jondy breezed in the room. "I've sent Tinga and Jace to pick up some baby supplies. By the time the twins arrive, we'll be all set."

"When can we get Max into a hospital?" Logan wasn't sure why Jondy hadn't tried to fly Max out there already.

"I don't want to risk moving Max unless I absolutely have to." Jondy had taken into consideration every detail of Max's pregnancy. Considering how difficult the beginning stages had been, she felt it was too risky to move Max while she was in labor. "Ok Max, with your next contraction I want you to push."

Logan positioned himself behind Max on the bed. "You can do this Max." He braced himself for another hand crunching experience.

"That's easy for you to say." Max said as she pushed. She was appreciating her sister more and more with every passing minute. "How the hell did you get through this with no medical personnel around you."

Jondy concentrated on the baby whose head had appeared. "I screamed at your husband if I remember correctly. Give me another big push."

"Glad I could be of help." Logan replied through gritted teeth.

"You want to be of help, then you give birth to these children." Max yelled at him. "They would have to have your shoulders."

Logan wiped Max's forehead with the damp facecloth Jondy had brought in with her. "I wondered when the verbal abuse was going to start."

"Ok Max, we have the head and shoulders of your first baby. I need one more big push to get the rest of the baby out." Jondy struggled not to laugh at her sister yelling at her husband.

"Great. That means these children are going to be tall like their father as well." Max grunted as she pushed again.

When Jondy held up the screaming baby boy, Logan almost cried with joy. "Max, he's beautiful."

Max was openingly weeping. "I can't believe we made him. I can't believe I'm crying about it. I can't believe I have to do this again."

Logan chuckled at his wife's babbling. "You doing great Angel." He kissed Max's forehead. "Just great."

Jondy wrapped her new nephew in a clean towel and handed him to Logan "Max relax for a few seconds and then we'll see if your second baby wants to come out and play." She struck her head out of the door and asked Zane to phone Original Cindy and Rebecka to let them know what was going on. She also sent Alec to go and get Syl.

"Why'd you send for Syl?" Max got worried.

"So that she can hold your son while you give birth to your second child." Jondy raised an eyebrow. "I can call one of our brother's in here if you want."

"No, that's ok." Max could see Jondy's point.

Syl walked into the room. "So I hear I have a new nephew." She beamed when Logan handed her his son. "He's perfect."

"Why don't you introduce him to the rest of the family while we finish up here." Jondy suggested. "Right. Ready to do this all over again Max?"

"Not really." Max muttered. "I don't suppose we can leave this for a few more weeks." A painful contraction let her know that her unborn child had other ideas. "Ow. I guess I'll take that as a no."

"You know the drill Max." Jondy could see how exhausted her sister was. With a little luck the second baby would be a little easier. "On your next contraction push."

"I don't want to push anymore." Max had never felt this tired before. "Why can't Logan push. He did this to me."

"I wish I could Max, but I don't think it's going to help you any." Logan glanced over at Jondy to get some idea of how Max was really doing. Unfortunately, as usual Jondy's expression was impossible to read.

Max pushed with her next contraction. "You'd better be satisfied with just the two kids Logan, cause if you ever do this to me again you are a dead man."

"Stop pushing Max." Jondy saw that second baby's face was going blue. "The umbilical cord is around the baby's neck. I just need to move it." A couple of seconds later the baby was no longer tangled up. "Ok push."

The second baby's crying relieved any tension that had descended over the room. "It's another boy." Logan cradled his exhausted wife in his arms. "We have two sons Max."

"Is he alright?" Max had tears streaming down her face.

Jondy wrapped the baby in another clean towel. "He's fine Max. You have two perfect baby boys." She didn't add that it had been touch and go there for a few seconds. "You did great."

Logan agreed. "We got our family Max. You gave us two beautiful sons. Two little miracles." He kissed his wife. "God I love you."

Jondy called Syl back in with the other baby before leaving the new parents alone with their sons. As Syl and Jondy walked into the living room, Zack burst into the cabin with Rein right behind him. He came to an abrupt stop at the sight of Jondy standing with her hands on her hips. "Congratulations. You have two new nephews."

Zack's face broke into a rarely seen grin. "Boys. Max had two boys. That evens up the numbers a bit."

Zane rolled his eyes. "How's the new Mum doing?" He could see a tenseness to Jondy. He had a feeling the births hadn't been easy.

"Exhausted." Jondy was feeling pretty exhausted herself. "I want to get her to Metro Medical where she can be monitored properly at least for a day. Zane, can you call Beverly and tell her that we're on the way."

Zane was on his cell phone before Jondy had even finished her sentence. Jace handed Jondy a bag of supplies that she and Tinga had fetched. "I'll go and tell Krit to get the plane started."

Alec chuckled. Only Max and Logan could cause this amount of panic over something that should have been so normal and natural. "You want me to call Original Cindy and Rebecka and get them to meet us at the hospital?"

"Yeah. Thanks." Jondy turned to Rein. "Is there anything in the plane that can be turned into a stretcher for Max?"

"I'll go look." Rein tapped Zack on the shoulder. "Come on. You can help me."

Syl watched her brothers head out of the door. "So what do you need us to do?" She turned to Jondy. "Cause you know as well as I do that Logan is going to carry Max out of here."

Jondy grinned. "You and Tinga get to carry our nephews out of here. I'm just going to help Max get cleaned up and check Logan's hand."

Tinga waited until Jondy had gone back into the bedroom before shaking her head in disbelief. "I can't believe Max went from not being able to have children to giving birth to twins."

"Guess Jondy not the only one who can perform miracles." Alec grabbed Logan's car keys from the sideboard where he had left them. "Tell J I'm taking Logan's car back." He wasn't as enthralled with babies as the others were. Looking back, the only babies he had ever felt any interest towards were Jondy's twins. Though if he really admitted it, his interest was more in the twins mother than the twins themselves.

Moments later everyone was on the way to Metro Medical. Upon arrival Max and the twins were thoroughly checked out by Beverly and Jondy. Despite Max's protests, Jondy insisted that she spend one night in the hospital.

Each of the X5 siblings took up different posts around the hospital to ensure the safety of their sister and new nephews. Later Jondy went to check on Max, only to find her sister wide awake and Logan fast asleep in a chair next to her bed. "So what are your son's names?" Jondy perched on the edge of Max's bed.

"Well, we had already settled on Keegan if we had a boy." Max chuckled quietly. "When you told us that I was pregnant with twins, we sort of assumed for some strange reason that I would have a boy and a girl like you did. We discussed it though and we decided on Evan. It was the closest name we could come up with to Eva."

"Keegan and Evan Cale." Jondy grinned. "Good strong names. Just like your boys. Beverly says she's never seen babies born three weeks early that were so strong and alert before."

"Must be in their DNA." Logan muttered and he rubbed his eyes. "They get that from their mother." He flexed his sore shoulders. "I just hope they don't get her lack of need for sleep. I'd sort of like some time to have her all to myself occasionally." He smiled lovenly at Max.

"I don't see that being a problem." Max reached out and stroked her husband's cheek. "What with my siblings, Original Cindy and my mother all asking if they can baby-sit, I think we'll have plenty of us time."

"I'm drawing the line at Sketchy baby sitting unsupervised though." Logan kissed Max's palm, before looking up at Jondy. "Did we ever thank you for your help."

"No, but I took it as a given." Jondy smiled at the happy couple. "By the way Joshua said to tell you that he has the Terminal City kids making Keegan and Evan gifts. Mole and Tek say they have everything under control at Terminal City."

"Well thanks anyway Sis." Max squeezed her sister's hand. "This could have turned out so differently if you hadn't shown up."

"The joys of twin radar." Jondy joked. "I'll see you both in the morning."

Logan brushed Max's hair out of her face. "How are you feeling?" Max had slept on the plane and now seemed to have reverted back to her old sleeping habits.

"I feel great." Max caught hold of Logan's hand. "We did it Logan. We got our fairytale ending."

"We sure did." Logan didn't miss the ironery of how difficult it had been to get that fairytale ending. "So now what do we do?"

Max giggled. "We live happily ever after according to the fairytales."

Logan laughed. "I think I can live with that."

The End

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