Author's Note: Ah Ha…I knew it! Alec's eyes are green! Someone steered me wrong! His eyes are green, a very pretty very sexy green. I knew it and you all let me keep doing it! Watch "The Berrisford Agenda" those eyes in the mirror are green, not blue, green! And they stay green for the entire episode funny enough. Sorry, I just…never mind. It was quite the revelation when I started the rant. And of course when I realized I had been right initially. Woohoo. Ok, so here we are at the last chapter. It's very sad, momentous occasion. We see Zack and then no more words to be written except "The" and "End." It's been a great ride, especially considering the many hours I spent pouring over my computer my little fingers working furiously on the keys…I'm so proud of me never took a typewriting class in my life and I can type without looking at the keyboard going many words per minute. Oh and there were also those fun times where I was yelling at my computer and my suite mates pounding on the door to see if I was all right. Which happened once again when I was watching "She ain't heavy" where Max said that Logan would need a good cat burglar. ::eye narrow:: she better be kidding. Anyways onto the subjects that don't make me angry. You won't be seeing me for a little while cuz I have finals this week and I have to keep writing this horrible 12-paged paper thing. And Liz if you're reading this sorry I just disappeared there, Punter Demon struck…related to the typo demon that seems to like hanging around fan fiction sites. And you will see which story won out then, and those who voted for J/A that will have no M/L at all. None. I can't read M/L I'm not gonna write it. Sorry again, people, I'm getting carried away, what can I say? Eww I just rhymed. I should go now. Good night. Good night, parting is such sweet sorrow, but I'll be back soon enough. Thanks to all the reviewers you rock my world…do keep it up. Don't flake out on me just because it's the last chapter! I'm still taking votes on which story you want me to do next. Email me if you wanna, I'll enjoy the procrastination.

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Comin' to Get You

Chapter 21: Ok, I love you, bu-bye!

Jondy stared into the mirror for a long time her blue eyes racking over the now smooth skin of her cheeks the perfect color of sugar cookies. She lifted a trembling hand to brush her chin where the faint line of a scar was rapidly disappearing. She sighed softly, unhappily, and bit her lip as she backed away from the mirror.

She peeked her head into the living room to find Max and Zane laughing quietly and she could see the sleeve of Alec's blue shirt in the kitchen, the rest of him hidden from view. She sighed again and walked back into the bathroom, once again looking over the unmarred face. No trace of any bruises even showed. She lifted her shirt slowly looking at the scar still red and puckered running along the side of her stomach. Tentative fingers explored the line for tenderness almost disappointed when she found none.

She looked back up at herself and smiled, shaking her head at her own thoughts. How many people wanted to be in pain? "Momma, I'm strange. The thoughts and the wants are the locks on the back of my brain. I'm descending pretending I'm blending I'm going insane, and they want me to change. Momma I'm strange." Singing softly under her breath she walked into the room, smiling as all eyes turned to her indulgently. "I'm on a shaky wall, I'm tripping down the hall. And all the king's men can't, can't sew me up again. I've got a leaky head, don't know the full extent. I'm drowning in my bed. I'm just an accident. They chewed and blew me out, until they threw me out. Over and over again. Momma I'm strange."

"How appropriate," Alec grinned, leaning a hip on the counter and shook his head.

"Complaining?" She lifted an eyebrow and smirked.

"Never." His face fell as he looked at her and nodded, "so you're leaving today?"

"Yup, all healed up."

She watched as Max swallowed softly, "you won't be away for too long, will ya?"

"Course not." Zane said smiling and throwing an arm over her shoulder. "No worries."

"Are you packed?"

"We're leaving most of our stuff here," she grinned at Max and Alec's look of relief. "It'll be easier with moving back and forth."

"Proof we're coming back," Zane said with a smirk and stood slowly to make his was into his room. Sasha trailing along behind him wagging her tail fiercely.

Alec walked up to Jondy with a half smile and held up a small box, "I figured you'd be leaving soon so I got you a going away present, just 'cause…"

"Incentive for coming back?" She smiled up at him sweetly.

"Exactly. I didn't know what your favorite color was…" Jondy's brows drew together and her mouth fell open, she looked slowly down at her blue sweater, then brought her hand up to look at her metallic blue nails, picked up a strand of blue hair gingerly and frowned. She looked at him, her bottom lip jutting out in a pout, and just stared at him for a long time before she shook her head and started to walk away. "So I got it in blue," he finished with a smirk.

"Yippy!" She jumped back over clapping excitedly. "What is it? What is it?" Alec handed her the box trying his hardest not to laugh at the excited little girl routine, and watched as she tore open the box with Max looking over her shoulder.

"I hope you like it," she said, "we both picked it out."

"Yeah, but I paid for it," Alec grumbled good-naturedly.

When Jondy finally got the box open she pulled out a silver necklace with a lapis stone dangling from it. Jondy's mouth fell open, "wow. Pretty." Her eyes were glued to the necklace as it spun gently in the air. "Sparkly," she looked up and threw her arms around both Alec and Max. "You guys are the best. Put it on me," she handed the chain to Alec and wiggled her eyebrows playfully. Moving her hair out of the way he quickly slipped the chain around her neck and clasped it, grinning as she jumped up and down happily.

Max sat back down on the couch and sighed. "I still don't want you guys to go," Max said with a smile as Jondy plopped down next to her.

"I'll miss you guys too," she said throwing a lazy arm over her sister's shoulders. "It's a non-stop adventure in Seattle."

"You should be here when we go on a rescue mission," Alec wiggled his eyebrows with a laugh.

"If I remember clearly, there's a possibility that I'm not 'cause, well, heavy drugs, I have been. I was the rescue mission."

"No, I mean an actual rescue rather than showing up after they've rescued themselves and just carrying them home."

"Oh, well, in that case… Why are all these transgenics being stupid enough to keep getting caught?" She shook her head, "not that you have to be stupid to get caught."

"I'm still wondering that," Alec said and walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "What are you going to do with all this food?"

Jondy made her way over to the kitchen and looked in the fridge. "Gonna have a big lunch, make snacks for the road, and all the rest gets handed over to you guys to do what you will with it." She smiled, pulling food out of the refrigerator, as Alec threw his hands into the air triumphantly.

"Score!" He walked over to kiss the top of Max's head. "We get food!" She smiled up at him and rolled her eyes playfully.

"Great now he's gonna get fat."

"Am not!"

Zane walked in carrying three backpacks, one for Jondy, one for him, and one for Sasha. He smiled as he dropped them in front of the couch and sat down his legs thrown over Max's. "Ready when you are."

Jondy turned to Max throwing some sandwiches into a bag. "A couple months and we'll be back, hopefully with a Zack in tow."

"I'll be looking forward to it."

"If you have any problems you have the contact number and we'll be back as soon as possible," Zane pointed out.

"You aren't alone anymore if you need us," Jondy added putting in drinks and then closing the bag.

All four came together in the middle of the room. Zane threw his arms around Max's shoulders and squeezed gently, whispering softly in her ear as Jondy threw herself at Alec wrapping both her arms and her legs around him. "Take care of yourself, dammit! And my sister too!"

"I'll do my best."

"If you don't, I'm kicking your ass." She dropped down and patted his cheek gently before given it a quick kiss. "Be good." She turned to hug Max rocking her back and forth, "grr. Take care of your boy, he's gonna need it."

"I've noticed." They turned to watch as Zane and Alec shook hands and clapped each other's shoulders.

"Too manly to hug," Jondy said quietly.

"Mm Hmm."

Taking a deep breath Jondy picked up her backpack and bag of food and smiled as she watched Alec bent down to scratch Sasha behind the ears. Max ruffled her fur and then stood up to give Zane and Jondy one last wave as they left with Sasha following on a leash.

The last thing they heard before the door closed was Jondy's mocking voice, "I got a present and yo-ou didn't. They love me better than yo-ou."

~*~

The ride in Zane's big green truck was long and the wind tossed Jondy's hair in a tangled halo of gold and blue. Zane looked over at her frequently, smiling softly as she grinned flashing perfect white teeth. They were coming to the end of the drive and Jondy buried her face in the scruff of Sasha's neck as she stuck her head into the cabin through the window leading from the truck bed.

"There," Zane pointed to a large farmhouse up in the distance looking homey and warm. "Looks cozy," he said softly swallowing.

Jondy nodded and placed a soft kiss on the side of Sasha's furry nose and gave her a last scratch behind the ears as the truck turned into the long dirt driveway. "You nervous?" she asked quietly biting her lip.

She heard his heavy sigh as he glanced at her, "yeah."

"Good," she smiled down at her hands, "wouldn't want to be the only one."

"Couldn't have that."

"Nope." The truck came to a stop and the two just sat there for a long time as the dust settled around the car, drifting down slowly like ghosts. Zane's hand came into Jondy's line of sight as he reached for hers. He gave it a quick squeeze and smiled reassuringly when she looked up at him.

"I'll be fine."

"I know. I just don't know how I'm gonna handle seeing him and him not being able to put a name with the face." She laughed. "He's known me longer than anyone else in the world, he was there for all the big events that made me into me, and if he wasn't I told him about them, in great detail…"

"And now he doesn't."

She nodded, her eyebrows pulling together, "I'll look at him and expect a spark of some kind and if it isn't there what'll I do? Shrug it off? I don't think so."

"We'll figure it out," he pulled her over to him and kissed her gently, letting his hands weave through her hair. "It'll turn out ok." He went to kiss her again when Sasha let out a soft hesitant bark and jumped out of the truck.

Jondy's eyes went wide as she gave a startled look to Zane and leapt out of the truck, running after Sasha whose tail had just disappeared behind the corner of the house. "Oh shit."

"What are you doing here?" she heard the familiar voice as she rounded the corner her breath catching in her throat. Squatting down ruffling Sasha's scruff affectionately as she proceeded to lick his face was the object of their hunt. Blond hair shinning in the sunlight, perfect lips stretched into a grin, and bright blue eyes dancing, was Zack.

"She's with us," Jondy heard come from behind her as Zane came to stand next to her.

Zack looked up, seeing them for the first time, though Jondy was sure he had to have heard them from the look of non-surprise on his face. "Hello, can I do something for you?"

Jondy shook her head mutely as she stared down at him and then followed the movement of his body as he stood up gracefully. Hard muscles rippling under dusty farm clothes. "That's Sasha," she informed him with a laugh.

"Pleased to make her acquaintance," he grinned at Jondy for the first time looking into the electric blue of her eyes, and then she watched as something moved behind his eyes slowly, lethargic, until something sparked and his eyes narrowed in confusion. "Do I know you two?"

Zane shook his head slowly, "no."

Jondy walked closer to Zack until he was within arms reach, a smile lifting the corners of her mouth slowly, "but we know you."

The End