Disclaimer: Still the same. Don't own them, don't intend to steal them…and so on.
A/N: Still no real action, sorry you guys!
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LIKE A BAD DREAM 8
*
"Hi." Max smiled from ear to ear. She couldn't wait to hear his voice.
"Max?" His voice sounded sleepy and heavy again.
"Yep, that's me. Do you do anything else but sleep?"
"Are you okay?" Now he had woken up and decided to ignore her last comment. Instead he sounded worried and tense.
"We made it, Zack's fine and so are we. I'll be back by tomorrow evening I hope."
"Thank God." A ton of bricks was falling off his heart. "You really had me worried."
"Sorry." She felt really bad for having him put through all that- again.
"Don't be. I'm just glad you are okay."
"Listen, I have to go. Tell Hope I love her, and say hi to Bling and OC."
"Sure. Be careful."
"Haven't I always been? And now I'll let you sleep. See ya tomorrow."
"I love you, Max."
"Luv ya, too. Bye." She hung up the phone and slowly walked back to the motel, a smile plastered on her face. It was amazing how attached she had grown to that guy. Of course she also loved her family and friends. And she would always have defined the feelings she had for her siblings as love- but with Logan and Hope, it was different. It ran so much deeper. Of course she enjoyed seeing her brothers and sisters, but she could just as well spend weeks or even months without seeing them and didn't worry too much about missing them. She hadn't seen Logan for a few days and it almost broke her heart. 'Damn, Lydecker would be real proud of me…'
But she considered herself the luckiest person on earth. She, a genetically engineered killing machine had found her happiness in the arms of a guy, a mere mortal who couldn't even walk.
**
Zack glanced at her furiously the moments he entered. "You're not going back, are you?"
Max raised her eyebrows, she was so sick of defending her choice over and over again, every time she saw Zack.
And he didn't give up just yet. "He has the baby. She is safe with him. You just have to let go now, don't return and everybody will be safe."
"You are never gonna get it, huh? This is my family, Zack. I will return a.s.a.p."
She saw Zack's eyes blazing with something she had never seen there before. It scared her, for the first time he really seemed to lose it.
"You won't!" he screamed. "We are your family! We have to stick together!" he attacked her with a force Max hadn't expected. She stumbled backwards and felt herself falling. A piercing pain cursed through her body when her head hit something hard. She tried to force her eyes open, but her vision was blurry, she could make out the faces of Syl and Zack before she faded into darkness.
*
Her head was killing her, groaning she put a hand against the back of it. The attempt to sit up was greeted with dizziness and the sudden urge to throw up, so she immediately sank back, trying to breathe slowly.
"Hey, little sister." Syl smiled down at her.
"What…?"
"Relax." Syl's cool hand gently caressed her forehead. "You hit your head real bad. You were pretty out of it."
"How long?" Max closed her eyes, the light hurt her head.
"Quite some time, almost a whole day. Guess you just really needed some sleep."
"Zack?"
"He's out with Krit, and he's really sorry. He just lost it, he was still pretty drugged up and confused I guess."
"Damn…" Max whispered. "Did you call Logan? He's waiting for me."
"Max, don't…Logan can wait. You need some more rest."
Max wanted to protest, but her head was still to fuzzy. She felt herself sliding off again. God, she was tired, and she was pretty sure it had nothing to do with the head wound. The only time she had felt like that was when…the tiredness, feeling sick…that all felt somehow familiar…she struggled to open her eyes again, but she couldn't. Well, she would have plenty of time for finishing this thought after she had slept an hour or two…
**
Logan sat at the huge window, staring at the streets below. The city was still sleeping and only a few cars passed by the building.
He had waited for Max to return all night. He had put Hope down for the night, telling her that her Mom would be back when she woke up.
Bling had settled down in the guest bedroom. He had checked on his friend shortly after midnight but had returned to bed after a short while.
For the remainder of the night Logan had been by himself, and he had the weird feeling that something wasn't right.
At first there had only been this slight uneasiness lurking somewhere in the pit of his stomach. But with every passing hour this feeling had become more distinct- and now he knew for sure that something had gone sideways.
He just didn't know what to do about it. And feeling helpless wasn't exactly something he enjoyed.
**
When Max woke up again she was relieved to see that Jondy was the only one around. She woke her sister. "I'm gonna leave," she stated matter-of-factly.
"Max?" Jondy struggled to wake up more.
"I need to go back, and I'm sick of fighting Zack over it. So tell the others I love them and all the best. I hope they are not gonna be too mad."
Jondy nodded eventually. "I guess I won't be able to talk you out of it anyway. You sure you are okay to ride your bike?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then take care little sister." The two girls embraced and then Max quickly packed her few belongings and set off on her motorbike.
*
After a few hours she stopped in a small town right off the Highway. She was starving, but before she looked for a diner she entered a pharmacist and stepped back out carrying a small plastic bag.
In an old-fashioned diner she placed her order and then went to the ladies room.
Nervously she glanced at the stick in her hand after waiting for three minutes with closed eyes. She gasped.
TBC…
A/N: Still no real action, sorry you guys!
**
LIKE A BAD DREAM 8
*
"Hi." Max smiled from ear to ear. She couldn't wait to hear his voice.
"Max?" His voice sounded sleepy and heavy again.
"Yep, that's me. Do you do anything else but sleep?"
"Are you okay?" Now he had woken up and decided to ignore her last comment. Instead he sounded worried and tense.
"We made it, Zack's fine and so are we. I'll be back by tomorrow evening I hope."
"Thank God." A ton of bricks was falling off his heart. "You really had me worried."
"Sorry." She felt really bad for having him put through all that- again.
"Don't be. I'm just glad you are okay."
"Listen, I have to go. Tell Hope I love her, and say hi to Bling and OC."
"Sure. Be careful."
"Haven't I always been? And now I'll let you sleep. See ya tomorrow."
"I love you, Max."
"Luv ya, too. Bye." She hung up the phone and slowly walked back to the motel, a smile plastered on her face. It was amazing how attached she had grown to that guy. Of course she also loved her family and friends. And she would always have defined the feelings she had for her siblings as love- but with Logan and Hope, it was different. It ran so much deeper. Of course she enjoyed seeing her brothers and sisters, but she could just as well spend weeks or even months without seeing them and didn't worry too much about missing them. She hadn't seen Logan for a few days and it almost broke her heart. 'Damn, Lydecker would be real proud of me…'
But she considered herself the luckiest person on earth. She, a genetically engineered killing machine had found her happiness in the arms of a guy, a mere mortal who couldn't even walk.
**
Zack glanced at her furiously the moments he entered. "You're not going back, are you?"
Max raised her eyebrows, she was so sick of defending her choice over and over again, every time she saw Zack.
And he didn't give up just yet. "He has the baby. She is safe with him. You just have to let go now, don't return and everybody will be safe."
"You are never gonna get it, huh? This is my family, Zack. I will return a.s.a.p."
She saw Zack's eyes blazing with something she had never seen there before. It scared her, for the first time he really seemed to lose it.
"You won't!" he screamed. "We are your family! We have to stick together!" he attacked her with a force Max hadn't expected. She stumbled backwards and felt herself falling. A piercing pain cursed through her body when her head hit something hard. She tried to force her eyes open, but her vision was blurry, she could make out the faces of Syl and Zack before she faded into darkness.
*
Her head was killing her, groaning she put a hand against the back of it. The attempt to sit up was greeted with dizziness and the sudden urge to throw up, so she immediately sank back, trying to breathe slowly.
"Hey, little sister." Syl smiled down at her.
"What…?"
"Relax." Syl's cool hand gently caressed her forehead. "You hit your head real bad. You were pretty out of it."
"How long?" Max closed her eyes, the light hurt her head.
"Quite some time, almost a whole day. Guess you just really needed some sleep."
"Zack?"
"He's out with Krit, and he's really sorry. He just lost it, he was still pretty drugged up and confused I guess."
"Damn…" Max whispered. "Did you call Logan? He's waiting for me."
"Max, don't…Logan can wait. You need some more rest."
Max wanted to protest, but her head was still to fuzzy. She felt herself sliding off again. God, she was tired, and she was pretty sure it had nothing to do with the head wound. The only time she had felt like that was when…the tiredness, feeling sick…that all felt somehow familiar…she struggled to open her eyes again, but she couldn't. Well, she would have plenty of time for finishing this thought after she had slept an hour or two…
**
Logan sat at the huge window, staring at the streets below. The city was still sleeping and only a few cars passed by the building.
He had waited for Max to return all night. He had put Hope down for the night, telling her that her Mom would be back when she woke up.
Bling had settled down in the guest bedroom. He had checked on his friend shortly after midnight but had returned to bed after a short while.
For the remainder of the night Logan had been by himself, and he had the weird feeling that something wasn't right.
At first there had only been this slight uneasiness lurking somewhere in the pit of his stomach. But with every passing hour this feeling had become more distinct- and now he knew for sure that something had gone sideways.
He just didn't know what to do about it. And feeling helpless wasn't exactly something he enjoyed.
**
When Max woke up again she was relieved to see that Jondy was the only one around. She woke her sister. "I'm gonna leave," she stated matter-of-factly.
"Max?" Jondy struggled to wake up more.
"I need to go back, and I'm sick of fighting Zack over it. So tell the others I love them and all the best. I hope they are not gonna be too mad."
Jondy nodded eventually. "I guess I won't be able to talk you out of it anyway. You sure you are okay to ride your bike?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then take care little sister." The two girls embraced and then Max quickly packed her few belongings and set off on her motorbike.
*
After a few hours she stopped in a small town right off the Highway. She was starving, but before she looked for a diner she entered a pharmacist and stepped back out carrying a small plastic bag.
In an old-fashioned diner she placed her order and then went to the ladies room.
Nervously she glanced at the stick in her hand after waiting for three minutes with closed eyes. She gasped.
TBC…