Disease
Footsteps running after her, one, two, three, beat, beat, beat, must go faster, I've got to get out of here. Thought max. After waking up in Manticore, and realising she was trapped, Max had been planning this night for weeks, the night she would escape and be with Logan, again. She had been thinking of nothing else, after all they had talked about and realised they both wanted each other that night she got caught.
Max could see the fence only a few yards away, but between her and there were 3 guards, heavily armed. Trying to think of a strategy plan Max got distracted when she heard rustling in the bushes behind her, with the faint sound of a crackling radio.
'D2 go to H56 and dismantle asap.'
Oh great, now I've just gotta run and fingers crossed hope I make it. She thought. Sliding up to the nearest guard next to the fence she looked at him in the eye, gave him a seductive smile, winked, then grabbed his gun and cracked it round his head before he could react. This caught the attention of the 2 other guards, who cocked their guns in her direction, but before they could react she, flipped, knocking the first guards gun down making him shoot his foot. Then before the other guard could charge she jumped up onto his shoulders, reaching with her arms on the fence, wrapped her legs around his neck and twisted, hearing a faint snap. She then climbed up and over the fence, jumping off and landing on the solid ground beneath her.
'Man, at last.' she muttered to herself. Although she had managed to get out of the grounds she knew she wasn't all safe yet. Once the 3 guards were found, which judging by the sounds coming from behind her, wouldn't be long, there would be vans coming after her so she would have to get out of this area fast.
Running down dark alleys, jumping over cars, running along rooftops, Max got out of the area as fast as she could, anyway possible.
'Now, who to phone.' wondered Max. She chuckled to herself, wondering why on earth she asked herself that.
'Hello?'
'Hi, I was wondering if I could order a pizza..'
'Max, is that you?'
'Nope, its your fairy godmother, course its, me, I'm guessing this is quite a shock.' 'Sure is, I mean when we didn't hear from you, I thought, I wished, I hoped but because you were gone for a while, I mean I kept looking for a crow, anything.'
'What are you goin on about, crows?'
'Y'know, when someone dies, a crow appears or something like that to take their soul to the other side, well that's what it said in the movie 'The Crow', I guess I'm stupid for believing that stuff, but when I never saw any crows, I had to hope, y'know.'
'Man, I'm gone for a few weeks and you turn into a looney. Anyway enough with the sentimental talk, I wanna come over tonight, y'know, so I'm gonna go home and get all pampered up, make myself look pretty for ya, and I'll see ya in a few hours, say 9 o'clock?'
'Urm, ok, yeah.'
'Cya.'
'Bye.'
Smiling to himself, Logan spun around on his chair, although he could walk about a bit now, since Max disappeared he didn't know if he would ever walk again.
Knock, knock, knock, knock.
'I'm coming.' 'Argh' screamed Original Cindy, 'Girl, what, are you dead, are you.'
'Same to you, nah I just got out, a bit tricky but, urgh I stepped in dog muck.'
'Ha ha. Same old you.'
'So, what when how?'
As Max told her about what happened in Manticore, tests, tests, more tests, and how she escaped with 2 other people, but would meet up with them at a later date to see if they got out alright.
'So, you phoned Logan?'
'Just before I got here, I'm gonna see him tonight, which is in about oops 2 hours, so I gotta have a nice bubble bath, didn't have that in Manticore, had to share showers, not nice.'
'Go on you get yourself made up, I'll be watching the t.v in here.'
As Max filled up the tub, she poured her favourite bubbly into a glass, lit a few candles and finally slid into the bath. Wincing at the pain as water hit her cuts and bruises, finally she relaxed, letting herself sink deep into the waters surrounding her, wanting it to never end.
Later that evening Logan heard a tap on his door, looking up at the clock he saw that it was just after nine. Quickly smartening himself up, he wheeled himself over to the door. Opening it up he saw Max, leaning against the doorframe, in a pose, grinning at him. 'Hey good looking.'
'Hey yourself, come on in.'
Shutting the door behind her she looked around smiling thinking that nothing had changed since she'd been her that evening before she got caught.
'Oooh very nice, looks delicious', she murmured looking at the dinner that Logan had made.
Sitting down, they both started to eat, occasionally giving each other little glances, nervous at first of what to say, but soon they got back into the swing of things. 'You still in that thing.'
'Well yeah, I just didn't have any motivation I guess when you were gone, so I just stayed in here, sad huh.'
Max was trying to bring up a difficult subject, she wanted to know for sure if their conversation they'd had that night was for real and if he still felt that way. 'So..'
'Yeah, I know what, I mean, I know.'Logan was trying to get the same thing out too.
'I just want to know if, well.'
'Y, yes, I, yes, its still true, I mean..'
'Are you joking, cos if you are I'm gonna beat you up and you'll never walk again, cos I really don't want to get hurt, I've been hurt once and..'
'No, I'm not, I really mean it, I, I, lo.'
'No, don't say it, don't just, just..' Max leant over and started to kiss him.
Almost instinctively, they melted into each other, Logan got up out of his chair, taking Max with him to the settee. Pausing, Logan looked into Max's eyes then whispered into her ear, 'I don't know what I'd do without you, I really do..'
Silencing him with yet another kiss, they sank into the sofa. Man, this is nothing like I expected, it's.. 'Urgh, splutter', Logan was jerking about, he had a look of pain and confusion on his face, horrified Max stepped got up and stepped away, she could see marks forming on his face and arms, they were swelling, getting larger by the minute. She grabbed hold of him, shaking him, confused. 'Max.' Logan was faintly calling her name.
'Max, I don't know what's happening to me, but I do know that it hurts and it's swelling up inside me, reaching up for my brain, clutching at my heart. I know this will be my last night, and I want you to know that it's been my best night.argh.'
Logan screamed in pain. 'I always have and always will love you, please, I must know if..'
'Logan you are not going to die, you will stay here with me, and we will be happy and grow old.' Max is starting to break down now, and is desperate.
'Logan please look at me, I, I can't have just got out to have you die, I need you, I do.' On the settee Logan is getting paler, his breathing is slowing, giving him one more chance. ' I love you, no matter.'
With that Logan splutters one last time and then all is silent, except for Max's crying. 'I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I do, really do love you, and now you'll never know.' Slumping on the floor, Max curls up into a ball and sits there crying, crying her heart out, with all she's got.
Footsteps running after her, one, two, three, beat, beat, beat, must go faster, I've got to get out of here. Thought max. After waking up in Manticore, and realising she was trapped, Max had been planning this night for weeks, the night she would escape and be with Logan, again. She had been thinking of nothing else, after all they had talked about and realised they both wanted each other that night she got caught.
Max could see the fence only a few yards away, but between her and there were 3 guards, heavily armed. Trying to think of a strategy plan Max got distracted when she heard rustling in the bushes behind her, with the faint sound of a crackling radio.
'D2 go to H56 and dismantle asap.'
Oh great, now I've just gotta run and fingers crossed hope I make it. She thought. Sliding up to the nearest guard next to the fence she looked at him in the eye, gave him a seductive smile, winked, then grabbed his gun and cracked it round his head before he could react. This caught the attention of the 2 other guards, who cocked their guns in her direction, but before they could react she, flipped, knocking the first guards gun down making him shoot his foot. Then before the other guard could charge she jumped up onto his shoulders, reaching with her arms on the fence, wrapped her legs around his neck and twisted, hearing a faint snap. She then climbed up and over the fence, jumping off and landing on the solid ground beneath her.
'Man, at last.' she muttered to herself. Although she had managed to get out of the grounds she knew she wasn't all safe yet. Once the 3 guards were found, which judging by the sounds coming from behind her, wouldn't be long, there would be vans coming after her so she would have to get out of this area fast.
Running down dark alleys, jumping over cars, running along rooftops, Max got out of the area as fast as she could, anyway possible.
'Now, who to phone.' wondered Max. She chuckled to herself, wondering why on earth she asked herself that.
'Hello?'
'Hi, I was wondering if I could order a pizza..'
'Max, is that you?'
'Nope, its your fairy godmother, course its, me, I'm guessing this is quite a shock.' 'Sure is, I mean when we didn't hear from you, I thought, I wished, I hoped but because you were gone for a while, I mean I kept looking for a crow, anything.'
'What are you goin on about, crows?'
'Y'know, when someone dies, a crow appears or something like that to take their soul to the other side, well that's what it said in the movie 'The Crow', I guess I'm stupid for believing that stuff, but when I never saw any crows, I had to hope, y'know.'
'Man, I'm gone for a few weeks and you turn into a looney. Anyway enough with the sentimental talk, I wanna come over tonight, y'know, so I'm gonna go home and get all pampered up, make myself look pretty for ya, and I'll see ya in a few hours, say 9 o'clock?'
'Urm, ok, yeah.'
'Cya.'
'Bye.'
Smiling to himself, Logan spun around on his chair, although he could walk about a bit now, since Max disappeared he didn't know if he would ever walk again.
Knock, knock, knock, knock.
'I'm coming.' 'Argh' screamed Original Cindy, 'Girl, what, are you dead, are you.'
'Same to you, nah I just got out, a bit tricky but, urgh I stepped in dog muck.'
'Ha ha. Same old you.'
'So, what when how?'
As Max told her about what happened in Manticore, tests, tests, more tests, and how she escaped with 2 other people, but would meet up with them at a later date to see if they got out alright.
'So, you phoned Logan?'
'Just before I got here, I'm gonna see him tonight, which is in about oops 2 hours, so I gotta have a nice bubble bath, didn't have that in Manticore, had to share showers, not nice.'
'Go on you get yourself made up, I'll be watching the t.v in here.'
As Max filled up the tub, she poured her favourite bubbly into a glass, lit a few candles and finally slid into the bath. Wincing at the pain as water hit her cuts and bruises, finally she relaxed, letting herself sink deep into the waters surrounding her, wanting it to never end.
Later that evening Logan heard a tap on his door, looking up at the clock he saw that it was just after nine. Quickly smartening himself up, he wheeled himself over to the door. Opening it up he saw Max, leaning against the doorframe, in a pose, grinning at him. 'Hey good looking.'
'Hey yourself, come on in.'
Shutting the door behind her she looked around smiling thinking that nothing had changed since she'd been her that evening before she got caught.
'Oooh very nice, looks delicious', she murmured looking at the dinner that Logan had made.
Sitting down, they both started to eat, occasionally giving each other little glances, nervous at first of what to say, but soon they got back into the swing of things. 'You still in that thing.'
'Well yeah, I just didn't have any motivation I guess when you were gone, so I just stayed in here, sad huh.'
Max was trying to bring up a difficult subject, she wanted to know for sure if their conversation they'd had that night was for real and if he still felt that way. 'So..'
'Yeah, I know what, I mean, I know.'Logan was trying to get the same thing out too.
'I just want to know if, well.'
'Y, yes, I, yes, its still true, I mean..'
'Are you joking, cos if you are I'm gonna beat you up and you'll never walk again, cos I really don't want to get hurt, I've been hurt once and..'
'No, I'm not, I really mean it, I, I, lo.'
'No, don't say it, don't just, just..' Max leant over and started to kiss him.
Almost instinctively, they melted into each other, Logan got up out of his chair, taking Max with him to the settee. Pausing, Logan looked into Max's eyes then whispered into her ear, 'I don't know what I'd do without you, I really do..'
Silencing him with yet another kiss, they sank into the sofa. Man, this is nothing like I expected, it's.. 'Urgh, splutter', Logan was jerking about, he had a look of pain and confusion on his face, horrified Max stepped got up and stepped away, she could see marks forming on his face and arms, they were swelling, getting larger by the minute. She grabbed hold of him, shaking him, confused. 'Max.' Logan was faintly calling her name.
'Max, I don't know what's happening to me, but I do know that it hurts and it's swelling up inside me, reaching up for my brain, clutching at my heart. I know this will be my last night, and I want you to know that it's been my best night.argh.'
Logan screamed in pain. 'I always have and always will love you, please, I must know if..'
'Logan you are not going to die, you will stay here with me, and we will be happy and grow old.' Max is starting to break down now, and is desperate.
'Logan please look at me, I, I can't have just got out to have you die, I need you, I do.' On the settee Logan is getting paler, his breathing is slowing, giving him one more chance. ' I love you, no matter.'
With that Logan splutters one last time and then all is silent, except for Max's crying. 'I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I do, really do love you, and now you'll never know.' Slumping on the floor, Max curls up into a ball and sits there crying, crying her heart out, with all she's got.