Max sat down in HQ frustrated. She had spent the past half-hour looking for Blake or Jade but they were nowhere to be found. She wanted to explain to them, she had thought that Blake liked Logan even though it was pretty obvious Jade didn't. She didn't understand his reaction, he didn't even give her a chance to explain. She looked around the room and then spotted Dix at the computers, she wandered over there, there was something that she wanted to find out.

"Hey Dix," Max began.

"Hey Max," he replied.

"Can you do me a favor?"

"Yeah sure, what do you need?"

"Well I was just wondering if you had completed the files on all the people at TC?"

"Yeah I finished last night. Why?"

"Well I was just wondering if I could get a look at some of them?"

"Yeah sure. Who's do you want to look at?"

"Jade's."

"Oh sorry Max. I can't do that."

"What do you mean you cant do that?" Max asked surprised.

"Well, it's just that Blake told me to block hers and that no one is allowed to open it unless they get his permission or hers," he said, slightly embarrassed.

"Why?" Max asked, mystified.

"I don't know," Dix said and then turned away quickly.

"Dix. Tell me. I know that you know. You are a really bad liar you know?"

"Look Max, I'm sorry but I cant. Maybe if you ask Blake then he'll open it for you?"

"When did Blake tell you to block it off?"

"Oh the first day that he was here."

"The first day!"

"Yeah," Dix answered, "you were with him remember?"

Max looked at him, deep in thought. That was the day that he told her leave for a while and she had just gone and done it, happily. Then she looked confused. Cece had told her that Alec was alpha to Blake but how come she had never been intimidated by Alec and she had never done anything that he had wanted her too either. She looked around.

"Hey Dix, do you know where Cece is?"

"Ummmm I think that she's the one training the kids now."

"Oh OK. Well thanks anyway."

"No problem."

He watched her walk away, wondering why she had wanted to look at Jade's file. He sighed, it would be better if she never read it. He knew that Max felt responsible for all the transgenics and she'd feel real bad if she found out about some of the things in Jade's file.

"Hey Cece!" Max yelled.

"Hey, how are you Max?"

"Oh I'm fine." She turned to watch the kids, some were sparring, and others were getting taught about all different weapons. Max shuddered when she saw the guns lying there.

"Are you Ok?" Cece asked concerned.

"Yeah, I just wanted to ask you something."

"Shoot."

"Well you know how you said that Alec was alpha to Blake but Blake was alpha to me?"

Cece nodded and Max continued, "well then how come I never feel intimidated by Alec?"

Cece turned to look at Max, she sometimes forgot that Max hadn't been at Manticore for as long as she was and that she didn't really understand things. "Well, you don't feel it because he doesn't show it Max. You don't go around all day and feel intimidated by people but if they are pushed for authority or they want you to do something than they can express it. It's like you talking to me now. You're alpha to me but I don't feel like I have to jump to your bidding, but I would if you really wanted me to do something. I think its just something in your will power. I don't really know how to explain it but you just end up doing things because they want you to do it. Alec probably never pushed you to do anything that you didn't want to do, so you never found out. Or maybe he just didn't want you to know." Cece shrugged, looking at Max.

Max was staring at the kids, each now getting a go at the weapons in front of them. She sort of understood. Now that she was thinking about it, Alec had never pushed her to do anything that she hadn't wanted to do. She blushed, it was always the other way around. She made him do things he didn't want to do. She looked up and caught Cece staring at her, looking slightly concerned.

"Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Do you know where Alec is..." Max started when someone yelled her name.

"MAX!"

She turned around. Crap she thought, it's Logan. She put on a smile and walked over to him. "What's up?" she asked.

"I just got a message from Krit. He said that they'll be here tonight. I've got the rendezvous point here."

Max looked at him, then jumped onto him, hugging him wildly. He hugged her back, he knew that he would be able to win her back. He knew that there was no way that she could ever love anyone except him now. He smiled happily into her hair. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes and whispered a thank you.

"No problem, do you want to get ready and then we'll go and meet them?" he asked her.

"Yeah," she said, then pulled away from him and ran away to get changed with Logan following behind her.

Cece watched them go with narrowed eyes, it was obvious to everyone that Blake wanted Max, he just didn't want to force her into anything. This stupid human was in to way, she didn't know what he had said to Max to make her wanna hug him. She shuddered, there was nothing in hell that could make her hug Logan, that was just sick. She stood up as Case walked over to relieve her of duty.

"Case, you know where Blake is?" she asked.

"No, sorry," he answered. "Why?"

"Just that Ordinary messing with Max again."

"Oh," Case laughed, "well then you'd better hurry up and tell him to claim his woman." "Claim!" Cece exclaimed, glaring at Case.

"Yeah, claim," he repeated, enjoying the indignation in her eyes. "Just like Biggs claimed you."

She snorted and walked off, ignoring his chuckles. Claim my ass she thought.