Summary: Something always goes wrong in Max & Alec's heists. What could it possibly be this time? *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*
Pairing: Somebody shoot me if I ever write an M/L!
Rating: Someone mentioned how it's disappointing that this story's a PG. Well, I'm now increasing it to PG-13. Not a vast increase, but I'm still very young myself (hey, 18 is still a very tender age!)
Disclaimer: Dark Angel's axed, so should it matter? Well, I certainly don't own it coz otherwise it won't be axed and Logan would probably shipped off somewhere to fight polar bears with his computer and latex gloves! Hahaha... I just got this funny mental picture.
A/N: I put characters' thoughts in italics. I hope I make it pretty clear who's thinking what. I'm actually having fun writing this! So yeah, kudos to those people who told me to continue!
Chapter Two: Hot Duct
"I told you something would go wrong, didn't I?!?"
For someone who's whispering (inaudible to ordinaries), Max's voice still manages to come out ear-piercing and irritated. Of course, they ARE confined to a space only big enough for, oh, say… A MIDGET! So Alec's eardrums should naturally suffer as a consequence.
The plan was proceeding flawlessly. They came in... no alarm. They broke through the computer center... Well, lots of screaming, but they silenced that when they knocked the living daylights out of the skinny geeks who 'guarded' the software before any of the computer whiz got the chance to notify the more 'beefy' guards. A little typing here, a little fidgeting there, Max could not believe that everything was going so well...
But of course, once a person is bold enough to make that statement, something will usually go terribly wrong. Alec, being the screw up that he was (well, Max thinks so anyway), forgot about the barrier alarm trigger, put up to protect the software.
Well, Max thought that he'd forgotten. The truth is, even though he's a first-grade transgenic, Alec is no computer expert. He was simply not aware about the barrier thingy. Afterwards, he bitterly reminds himself that LOGAN would have definitely known about it. But, on the other hand, the great Eyes Only does not possess the expertise – or the physique – to break into that lovely-guarded compound.
Anyway, other perfectly conscious geeks, who resided in ANOTHER computer room in some OTHER part of the facility, detected the break-in and hollered for several of those beefy guards.
Hence, Max and Alec were left to find the nearest immediate hiding place... which just happened to be a three-foot-high, three-foot-wide air duct, suspended above the room. As far as Max can tell, the ordinaries are searching IN and AROUND the facility. They would never think to search around the room. The two transgenics would be perfectly undetected if they could be perfectly still... which Alec thinks would be really hard if Max won't stop fidgeting and bitching.
"Maxie, I know it's pretty hard to restrain from rubbing your body all over mine, but can you hold yourself back a notch? After all, we can always continue this later when we have, uh, more room for performance." Alec ends it with his signature cocky grin. Hah, this is going to be fun!
Max responds by punching him on the ribs, "You are such an asshole! This is all your fault! I KNEW you're going to screw up something. Didn't I tell you that they'd probably have some kind of protection installed around the software?!"
"Well, next time I'd like to see you try hacking into a highly-guarded military program, miss my-boyfriend-is-the-best-computer-geek-in-the-world-so-I'm-very-much-enlightened-with-his-expertise. Now will you shut up! They're going to hear us!" Alec shot back in a similarly inaudible whisper.
Max resists from killing her partner-in-crime by fuming silently. She feels that steam is literally coming out of her ears. It's getting a bit hot in here!
The truth is Max is incredibly bitchy because she's very uncomfortable with her current position. She is lying on top of Alec with her chest pressed up completely against his. Her back is arched towards the duct's ceiling as she tries to keep as much distance as possible between her body and Alec's. She never thought that she's claustrophobic, but she is feeling increasingly hot and is starting to hyperventilate. She just wants to lash out at Alec because his emanating body heat is making her even hotter. I know that the X5s are supposed to have higher body temperature, but this is ridiculous! I just want to take my clothes off! Uh, let's not go there…
Speaking of hot, Max is starting to become aware of how nice and fit Alec's body is beneath her. It's lean, but very muscled. Max wonders how good it'll feel to run her hands all over his torso... Oh God, what the hell am I thinking? Ok, keep your hands to the side. Do not let them touch Alec's, uh, 'lean' body.
Max shifts slightly and her effort results in bringing her face closer to Alec's. They are basically lying face to face now, inches apart. But Alec's eyes are closed. It annoys Max that he's probably enjoying their current predicament. He has this adorably annoying smile on his lips. She starts to notice how perfect his jaw is. It's just pleasantly square (not too strong but not too weak) with perfectly-defined cheekbones. Well, his face is just basically perfect, really. Big eyes, perfect straight nose, full lips with an ever-present smirk, SEXY chin dimple… Max imagines how good it'll feel to brush her hot cheeks against his... What the hell am I thinking? It's the close space. Just look away. Stare at something else besides his 'perfect' face!
Max pulls her head down and rests it against his chest. She can hear his heartbeat. Hmm, his heartbeat has this pleasant rhythm. It's SO SEXY… And his breath! It feels sooo nice blowing against my hair…
"You smell different, Max."
Hmm, his heart just sped up. Now why would that turn me on?
"Huh?" Max looks straight at Alec. His eyes are staring at her with this confused look. Oh, that is so cute! And his lips! They look so moist I just want to… cover them… with something! Max licks her lips.
"There's something different about you. You smell… really nice." Alec looks at the woman lying on top of him. Okay, she looks a bit flushed and she's breathing really hard. Why do her lips look so much more swollen and, uh, 'tempting' than usual? And that glint in her eyes! I know that Max has always been nice to look at, but I seriously can not think of a single girl more appealing than her right now. And, God help me, her smell is intoxicating! If I didn't know better, I'd say she's in…
But he doesn't get to finish his thoughts as a pair of very heated lips close over his.
Alec's first instinct is to kiss her back. Despite the suddenness of the whole thing, the kiss is actually very soft and gentle. Alec never thought that a pair of lips that are so swollen and hot could ever be so soft. He's just about to deepen the kiss when she pulls back.
Max looks down at him with confusion. Oh God, what the hell did I just do?
But Alec isn't going to let her leave him like this. Before neither of them has a chance to think about the gravity of this act, Alec puts one hand behind her neck and pulls her down toward him.
This time the kiss is much more passionate. Alec can immediately feel her tongue pushing through his mouth and he allows her access. Their tongues battle and Alec can't remember tasting anything better. She tastes just like champagne-dipped strawberries, though the only time he ever tasted those was after he managed to snag a bottle of pre-pulse goodness from Log-boy's collection. You know, for someone who's always complaining about how oppressed the little people are, Logan has way too many specially-saved-pre-pulse bottles... Well, anyway, the point was, Max tastes MUCH BETTER than the Log's finest pre-pulse liquor.
Max, meanwhile, can't think of any logical reason on why she shouldn't be doing this. She starts to nibble on his lips. Alec's muffled groan turns Max on so much that she deepens the kiss by bringing down her hands from his hair (very soft hair, she notices) to cup his cheeks.
I can't believe I'm lying here, in an air duct, making out with Alec, out of all people!! Alec, whose presence I normally try to keep at a minimum! Alec, whose big mouth can make me want to pull my hair out! Alec, whose cockiness is as notorious as his womanizing! If I didn't know better, I'd say I'm in…
"Max… you're… in… heat…" Alec is now planting small kisses across her cheek and down her jaw.
"I know." Max responds by nibbling his ear.
"Then… don't you think… that we shouldn't… be doing this?" He is now trailing kisses down her neck.
"I don't care." To hell with what I know about Alec! I know I want him and my stupid rational self can't to do anything to stop me. Besides, you know what they say about men with big mouths…
She puts her hands on his hair and brings his head up so that she can look him straight in the eye.
Suddenly, a very loud siren blares through the building and pierces painfully through the transgenics' overly sensitive hearings, distracting them from continuing further. It seems that the ordinaries have detected intruders in the South entrance and are directing all military personnel toward that area.
"Uh, that's probably our, uh, back-up. I told Mole to create a distraction if we didn't get out in precisely thirty minutes." Alec looks awkwardly at Max. They are still locked in an embrace with only a few inches separating their faces. Alec's hands are still placed under her shirt on her waist, while hers are tangled in his hair.
Max doesn't know whether to feel relieved or disappointed at the distraction. So she mumbles, "Right, uh, we better get out of here. You know, before they come back here." Then she adds under her breath (even though she's sure Alec can hear it), "And before I do something completely crazy."
She begins to untangle herself from Alec; a pretty difficult task if one wished to do it without creating much noise. After much shuffling and rustling and grunting, Max manages to get on her hands and knees. She starts to crawl through the duct.
Alec stares at her progressing figure and proceeds to move along behind her. He still feels incredibly turn on and it's definitely not helping that he's now staring at her ass. He knows that she's also still feeling similar urges to jump him. Neither of them can help it. X5s are all juiced up with feline DNA. So when a female goes into heat, not even the strongest male can resist her radiating pheromones. Similarly, no female can resist the pressing urge to hump any available member of the male species.
But then again, this is Max. Miss I'm-such-an-expert-at-depriving-myself-of-any-fun. She's had much practice in that, what with the virus and the Log-boy and all. She's just going to brush this off as a horrible mistake. She won't ever come near me again. She's not…
Suddenly, Max looks back at him with a mischievous grin that Alec has never seen directed at him (or anyone, for that matter), "oh, and Alec?"
"Yeah?"
"We WILL continue this."
Yes, maam! Huh, 'guess she's a red-blooded X5 after all.
A/N: Wow, what bright reviewers I have!! Most of you are able to predict that Max's going into heat! Little gold star stickers for you all! Uh, the romantic scenes are the hardest to write. I just kept on bursting to giggles! So tell me if they sound stupid, 'k?
Also, as you probably can tell, I'm no expert at computers. I have no idea how one would steal a software and if there's such thing as an 'alarm-barrier-trigger-thingy'. Basically it's like a program that will activate the alarm if someone tried to steal the software. For all I'm concerned, my computer's only function is for typing and playing freecell.
Alright, gimme your opinions/thoughts/queries/advice!! Reviews make my day and make me want to write more! What do you think will/should happen?