A "Designate This" rewrite, Part 2 AN: I'm sorry about the delay, I had a
case of writer's block. This part is from Max's point of view. The Italics
are Max's thoughts. The disclaimer remains the same.
It had been three months since Max had died in the arms of the man she loved. Only she never got the chance to tell Logan her true feelings. Every time it seemed that their relationship was moving forward, life threw some obstacle at them. Sometimes she just thought that maybe that was a sign that it just wasn't meant to be, although, that nagging voice that was in her head and her heart told her otherwise. Logan was her strength, her light at the end of tunnel while she was in that hell hole named Manticore. She knew full well that their indoctrination techniques were 99.5% successful and that it was even hard for an X-5 with her strength and abilities to overcome that. But, somehow through the hours of torture drills they still couldn't break her.
She'd have to thank Logan for that someday.
Max let out a sigh of relief she had finally gotten out of the place that caused her so much pain. She thought that she would never find her way out of that maze, but, she knew that it was intended to be that way, because, no one was supposed to escape. Again, her thoughts drifted to Logan. She figured that he was still trying to save the world, help the downtrodden and all of that. He probably still works 24/7 with no fun. She sighed. It had been a long week getting home, the sector and area as a whole had changed little in her absence. She still had to go through long lines in her journey back through the broken streets of Seattle. After an eternity she finally arrived at the Space Needle, the one place she could go and think and for a few moments at least she could clear her head.
What if he's moved on? God knows he's a handsome man, any woman would want him and be lucky to have him. Stop it, Max. You know him if something goes wrong he throws himself into his work... He seemed to be so hell bent in not letting me tell him my feelings for him, like he was scared that that would be the last time we would see each other or that I didn't have the same feelings for him. Well, I was and still am scared, I mean Manticore wasn't a place where I learned about relationships and feelings. I learned to escape and evade with the best of them and how to take orders and be a soldier. Enough! Logan has to know the truth, I mean it shouldn't be that hard...should it? I mean once he gets over the initial shock that I'm alive and learns that Zack made the ultimate sacrifice so that I could live. She had a feeling that it wouldn't be that easy though, nothing came easily for them or anyone else for that matter after the Pulse.
After all of this thinking to herself, Max almost didn't realize how much time had gone by. She estimated that it was around 11 PM and she figured she should get up and face the truth and whatever consequences that might come from it head on. I need to face Logan now and tell him the truth now, win or lose, even though, I still have no clue how relationships work. I hope that I can get there before midnight, the last thing I need right now is the sector cops all over me.
Max begins her trip back the penthouse and she was hoping that Max and Logan could find their way back to each other in this all-too-often dark, bleak, world.
To Be Continued...
It had been three months since Max had died in the arms of the man she loved. Only she never got the chance to tell Logan her true feelings. Every time it seemed that their relationship was moving forward, life threw some obstacle at them. Sometimes she just thought that maybe that was a sign that it just wasn't meant to be, although, that nagging voice that was in her head and her heart told her otherwise. Logan was her strength, her light at the end of tunnel while she was in that hell hole named Manticore. She knew full well that their indoctrination techniques were 99.5% successful and that it was even hard for an X-5 with her strength and abilities to overcome that. But, somehow through the hours of torture drills they still couldn't break her.
She'd have to thank Logan for that someday.
Max let out a sigh of relief she had finally gotten out of the place that caused her so much pain. She thought that she would never find her way out of that maze, but, she knew that it was intended to be that way, because, no one was supposed to escape. Again, her thoughts drifted to Logan. She figured that he was still trying to save the world, help the downtrodden and all of that. He probably still works 24/7 with no fun. She sighed. It had been a long week getting home, the sector and area as a whole had changed little in her absence. She still had to go through long lines in her journey back through the broken streets of Seattle. After an eternity she finally arrived at the Space Needle, the one place she could go and think and for a few moments at least she could clear her head.
What if he's moved on? God knows he's a handsome man, any woman would want him and be lucky to have him. Stop it, Max. You know him if something goes wrong he throws himself into his work... He seemed to be so hell bent in not letting me tell him my feelings for him, like he was scared that that would be the last time we would see each other or that I didn't have the same feelings for him. Well, I was and still am scared, I mean Manticore wasn't a place where I learned about relationships and feelings. I learned to escape and evade with the best of them and how to take orders and be a soldier. Enough! Logan has to know the truth, I mean it shouldn't be that hard...should it? I mean once he gets over the initial shock that I'm alive and learns that Zack made the ultimate sacrifice so that I could live. She had a feeling that it wouldn't be that easy though, nothing came easily for them or anyone else for that matter after the Pulse.
After all of this thinking to herself, Max almost didn't realize how much time had gone by. She estimated that it was around 11 PM and she figured she should get up and face the truth and whatever consequences that might come from it head on. I need to face Logan now and tell him the truth now, win or lose, even though, I still have no clue how relationships work. I hope that I can get there before midnight, the last thing I need right now is the sector cops all over me.
Max begins her trip back the penthouse and she was hoping that Max and Logan could find their way back to each other in this all-too-often dark, bleak, world.
To Be Continued...