Title: anything and everything
Author: sue
Rating: PG13
Show: DA
Genre: Angst/Romance/Adventure
Type: COMPLETE
Summary: under the chaos of a failed mission, somehow Logan had managed to do the impossible- infect Max with the deadly virus. Now, it's up to Alec to stop her from plunging into the bottomless crater of death. And he would do anything.. and everything to make sure of that.
A/N- When I first started this, I never thought I'd managed to write past 10 chapters. One; because I'm a Gemini, and I get bored real easily. Who would've guessed that I'll be able to stick to this story for over a year? Definitely not me. But, with your amazing support, I've posted the 22nd and the final chapter today. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you guys! You're all awesome!
Then I would like to thank all the people who had helped me to beta this fic; Heather, Evonness, Mel, Addy and even Maia :) And of course, Alexis. She had been and always will be a sweetheart. The things she had put with me heheh
Ooops, I forgot Scarlet on the first try :( I'm sooo sorry, babe. It's not something I did intentionally. Am I forgiven?
Thank you girls, I owe you all so much..
A/N2- Wow, I can't believe this is the end. As I know you can't wait to see what is gonna happen to Alec (Will he make it? Wait and see ;) hee) I'll leave my ramblings after the chapter.
Hope you'll like it!
Chapter 22- The Beginning of an End.
Max threw the door open with a loud crash; her eyes were wild as they swept the place frantically, her breathing labored while she tried her hardest to keep worry at bay. Her frenzied eyes grew wider as she caught sight of the growing crimson pools staining the dirty floor of the basement parking lot. A wild sob was stuck in her throat and she streaked to the first still body, wishing desperately that the unmoving body was not the one she was looking for.
Suddenly she heard a small sound and she spun around. Then she saw him.
Tears streamed down her pale cheeks as she flew to his side. The tears grew faster after she saw the state of his battered body.
'Oh dear god,' she whispered hoarsely; a sob already embracing her voice as she gathered him tenderly into her arms. 'Oh god, Alec.'
She started running her trembling hands over his body and her tears raced faster down her cheeks when her shaking fingers encountered the deep cuts and wounds. Then his knees buckled as his body simply couldn't take it anymore. If it weren't for her he would've fallen into a heap. Her agitation and fear rose a couple of notches after she felt the long gash and broken bones.
'I'm fine, baby,' he managed to whisper even as another wave of pain crashed over him. 'It's just a scratch.'
'Like hell it's just a scratch.' She swallowed a sob and pressed her small hands hard against the angry wound, trying hard to steep the flowing blood. A second later, she broke down completely when the blood continued to flow freely from between her fingers. She wrapped her arms around his bleeding chest and wept into his wet shirt as she held him tightly to her.
'It's okay, Maxie,' Alec muttered softly, raising a shaking hand to her dark tresses. 'Everything's gonna be okay.'
Max lifted her head from his chest; her eyes were glazing with unbound tears. She turned her head towards the door and shouted brokenly, 'Sam! He's here!'
Then she intertwined her fingers with his and brought them to her lips. 'You're going to be fine,' she said firmly and even with the tears that kept streaming down her face couldn't hide the resolve that was burning in her eyes, 'do you hear me Alec, I'm gonna make sure that you do.'
'Yeah,' he managed a wry grin even as a spasm of pain rocked through his wounded body, 'or you'll resort to ass kicking to have your way.'
'Absolutely,' she replied in a small voice as her hand tightened protectively around him. 'I love you, Alec, I really do.'
Even though he was having some major difficulties in concentrating on what she was saying, Alec heard that last sentence and smiled. 'Those words are already deeply engraved on my heart, Maxie. I don't think forgetting them would even be possible.'
Max chuckled tearfully. 'Charmer.' She caressed the bloodstained face lightly with tender fingers, running them softly over his eyes, his cheeks, his lips before she leaned downwards and kissed his cold lips as if memorizing the shape and taste for the last time.
Alec sighed, lifted his hand and stroked her warm neck softly before fingering the smooth swell of her cheek. His eyes fluttered close with a slight sigh and a second later his arm dropped to his side. Max's eyes widened as she saw the lifeless hand on the floor.
'No no NOO!'
Before she could yell frantically for Carr again, he appeared at her side and took everything in stride, even though he paled considerably as he took in the state of his two patients. His fingers quickly touched the cool neck and he nodded to himself, satisfied by what he found there.
'Come on Max, we need to get him to the ER, now.' He put a hand on her shoulder but Max was not in the state to listen anymore.
She gathered Alec into her arms, wrapping her hand tightly around his body as she rocked to and fro, whispering, 'You'll be fine. I won't let anything happen to you. You're gonna be okay.'
'Max,' Carr said again as behind him people started swarming in through the doorway. 'You have to let him go, Max. I'll take care of him. I promise I'll take care of him.'
Slowly Max turned, her blood and tear streaked face was a mirror of what she was feeling at the moment. She was still clutching her mate protectively to herself but when the medics crowded around them and started to disentangle him from her she didn't fight them off. Quickly Carr pulled her into his embrace, holding her body tightly after he felt the way she was shaking.
Quickly, the medic's skilled hands clasped the neck brace on, supporting his head in case of a spinal fracture or injury. They hovered over his still form, swiftly checking his vital signs. One of them slowly positioned his head before he inserted a breathing tube down his throat. He connected the tube to a small balloon-like object, squeezing the ball every few seconds to help Alec by supplying his burning lungs with additional air. Carr gave Max a firm hug as they lifted Alec carefully onto the waiting stretcher.
One of the medics turned to Carr. 'His wounds are too extensive. He's going to need surgery now.'
As they pushed him quickly to the surgery room, Carr turned to one of the nurses. 'Take her to one of the waiting rooms then try to find a girl named Original Cindy. She's sleeping somewhere in the fourth floor. She'll know what to do with her.'
The nurse just nodded and then gently she escorted the blank faced Max back to the hospital. She didn't even hear the soft calming whispers the nurse murmured when she was pushed lightly to an empty chair, or even the soft words she said before she left in order to find OC.
Max was locked in her own world, surrounded by her agonizing pain and paralyzing fear, and she was too tired to fight them off. But despite the constant and seductive pull of the numbing darkness that waited patiently at the edge of her worn-out mind, the only thing that was keeping her chained to reality was the bright unblinking red light in front of her. The same vivid glow that told her that Alec was still fighting to stay alive.
That was the only rational thought she had at the moment. For her, the rest was unimportant and so, was pushed aside. Even time.
Time was an abstract thing, a confusing blur of reality and fantasy after they took him away from her. Now, she was torn between letting him out of her sight or not. But Carr's word bounded erratically in her muddled brain.
You have to let him go, Max. I'll take care of him. I promise I'll take care of him.
Her dark teary eyes were glazed while snippets from the past popped one after the other in a swirl of frantic frenzy. Unconsciously her jaw stiffened and in self defense she valiantly struggled to keep her rampaging thoughts in check. After pushing them far into the darkest part of her mind, Max sat in the uncomfortable chair stiffly, her face was devoid of any emotion, her eyes were strained towards the silent room. She sat as still as a statue, not moving a single muscle and her eyes were fixed on its target, the surgery room door.
Time filtered slowly past and eventually Max slowly lifted her legs upwards before wrapping her arms tightly around them. She nestled her chin on her raised knees, looking straight ahead at the door. Dried tears and blood stained her face but none of that was of any importance to her. All she cared about right now was that the man she loved more than life itself was still in that room, fighting the deadly fight with death itself.
A sob worked its way across her numbing icy cold shell and she started swaying her body unconsciously. But her eyes were dry now. She didn't cry... she couldn't cry now. It was up to her to be strong for him this time.
The scene that greeted Original Cindy as she walked cautiously into the brightly lit hallway instantly squeezed her heart and for a second she averted her gaze from Max, not able to stand the naked pain radiating from her closest friend. Her heart instantly went out to the two of them; Alec for what he had done for Max and Max for what she would face in the future if Fate decided to deal the cruel cards this time.
'Max?' OC asked hesitantly, one hand on her boo's stiff shoulder. 'Max, look at me, please.'
Tears started to prickle at the corner of her eyes as she stared at Max's unresponsive form. Quickly she put her arms tightly around her friend, burying her face as she wept.
'Max, please, don't do this to yourself,' she sobbed. 'Alec wouldn't want you to.'
Slowly the dull glaze that coated her dark eyes started to evaporate and Max became limp in OC's embrace and a second later, tears began to slide down her cheeks.
Dr Carr pushed the door slowly, and his exhausted body screamed its disagreement at the continuous abuse. He winced, slumping against the wall as he tried to stretch for a bit. A few minutes later he turned and started for his talk with Max. He had just spoken to the surgeons who had been trying desperately to patch up the wounded and broken body of Alec and now it would be his job to pass along the news.
Carr sighed heavily, rubbing at his tense neck muscles as he tried to think of what he was going to say to the waiting girl. He turned the corner and came to a halt. His tired eyes landed on the scene in front of him and for some reason it sadden him immensely.
He saw the way Max stood alone in front of the glass window, looking out into the yard as the sun started to stir from its daily slumber. It was this time of the day when the stars and the sun share the same sky. The sun's soft light still gave the stars an opportunity to shine before finally, the brighter one will take over the sky. But for now, both them continued to shine harmoniously together.
Her arms were wrapped tightly around herself and even from such distance he could feel what she had been through. In his mind, he recalled the fact that it had been only slightly over twenty four hours ago that he had been telling Alec about Max. How the possibility of her staying alive was so miniscule. He remembered the same post, the same tilt of head, and the same unreachable shell as he had walked towards Alec. And now, he had to tell Max basically the same thing he had said to the man who had just gotten out of surgery just moments before.
History had this thing with repeating itself.
'Max?' he said lightly.
Quickly Max spun, and Carr swallowed hard at the blatant hope shining from her eyes.
'How is he?' she asked swiftly.
'Not that good, he's barely hanging on... He's that bad, Max,' Carr sighed and Max paled considerably. 'But then again, seeing what he's been through these last twenty four hours it's a miracle he's still alive.'
'What has he done... exactly?' Max said in a small voice.
Carr was silent for a few seconds. 'Pretty much everything I'd say. He hasn't recovered yet from the last procedure when he donated his stem cells and now...'
Max felt a sudden chill that blasted straight to her bones but Dr Carr continued.
'He had quite a serious concussion and with that a possibility of a brain damage, his brain has been badly bruised, stab wounds, cracked ribs, broken bones, internal bleeding... the list goes on for a bit.'
While Carr listed the exact extent of Alec's injuries, what little color Max had disappeared bit by bit until she was as pale as one of the albino transgenics.
'And now, how... how is he?' she interrupted desperately. Her hands had started to shake slightly as she waited for the verdict.
'The surgeons didn't have any choice but to put him in an artificial coma.'
Instantly Max felt her world shift and start to tilt on its axis. Dear god, he's in a coma.
Carr saw the glazed look in her eyes and the trembling form so slowly he took her hand, pushing her into a nearby chair. He sat in the next empty seat and kept on talking. 'They did what they had to Max. His body needs the time to recover itself and that's what we're doing right now. We're giving him time to get over this.'
'How long is he going... to be like this?'
'I don't know really, I can't say for certain,' Carr heaved a heavy breath. 'It's up to him really. When his body thinks that its been healed, he'll wake up. But until then, all we can do is wait.'
'And then, will he fully recover?' she asked hesitantly, afraid of the impending answer but knew she really need to know this.
The good doctor lowered his gaze and shook his head slightly, 'The truth is Max, I have no idea. For all I know, there could be some permanent damage.' Seeing the horror flitting over her face he took her hand in his, 'but he's a very strong young man. And he knows that someone very special is waiting for him so he'll fight this, I know he will.'
'Yeah,' she nodded, but her lips were trembling, 'but apart from that?'
'He didn't have any spinal injuries that we're aware of so he'll be on his feet soon. But I'm a bit worried about his head, the concussion... the minor skull fracture. If he makes it past the next 12 hours without any problems then we're home free. We'll assess the rest after he wakes up.'
'I see. Where... where is he now?'
'They're putting him in the ICU until the doctors feel that he's stable enough to be moved.' Carr debated for a while whether or not to ask the next question but he decided to go for it.
'If I may ask, what happened down there? It's pure luck that we have Detective Sung around, he can find some sort of cover story for the multiple bodies lying in the parking lot right now.'
'I don't know.' Max shook her head slowly. 'Alec must've known White was coming.'
Suddenly her gaze sharpened and the former dull numbness left her dark eyes. 'I want to see him.'
'Alec?' He saw the hard determined look and sighed. 'Okay, follow me.'
After Carr showed her to Alec's room she didn't hesitate in going inside, but once she was in, her legs turned to jelly when she finally saw him. Her tear filled eyes roved fearfully over the white bandages, the breathing tube, the lines, and she almost broke down then and there. She wept; sobs wracked her small frame and she had to lean against the door before she could scrape enough composure to walk towards him. Wiping her tears away clumsily with her shaking hands, Max closed the gap between them.
'Oh Alec... why? Why did you do this?' she whispered, hovering an inch or so from her unconscious mate.
You know why. I couldn't let White get his hands on you, sweetheart.
'But not this way.' She shook her head hard and the dark tendrils whispered against her pale face. 'You shouldn't have done it alone.'
Good help is always hard to come by, Maxie.
Hearing the teasing answer in her head, Max let out a weak chuckle. She dragged a chair closer to his side before sitting as near to him as she possibly could. She would've loved to climb into the bed, wrap her arms around him and go to sleep listening to the sound of his heartbeat, an assurance to herself that he was indeed still alive, but she couldn't risk injuring him further. So she had to settle for just being by his side.
She touched his hand, slowly running her fingers over the scraped knuckles lying on the warm blanket. Max slowly lifted his injured hand and with a fresh burst of tears kissed it tenderly. Then she laid her head lightly on his bed, intertwining their fingers tightly together before she fell into an exhausted slumber.
The young woman walked across the hallway quickly as if she was late to meet someone. Someone very important. The brisk walk added a splash of color to her pale face but that was not something she noticed. Nor cared about. Max pushed her hair off her shoulder with an impatient gesture and quickened her pace.
It had been 5 days since White had sneaked into the hospital and tried to kill them. 5 days since she had found out how she really felt about Alec. 5 days since she knew what she felt for him was reciprocated by him in bounds and leaps. And 5 days since she had felt the power of his smile, the warm weight of his gaze on her, or even the heated touch of his hand on her skin.
And throughout those 5 days, the thought of him was always the first thing she thought about in the mornings and the last thing she reflected on before drifting off to sleep. She found a temporary heaven 5 days ago and there wasn't anything powerful enough on this earth to take that from her.
Alec was hers and she belonged to him.
No one could ever change that.
When her hand touched the doorknob, a weird sensation washed over her and inwardly she shivered. But she shrugged it aside, impatient to see him again and just be by his side. She pushed the door open and the first thing she saw was a shadowy figure standing by the bed, looking out the glinting window.
Instantly, the earlier warmth she had basked in earlier was nothing compared to the sheer happiness she felt at that moment.
'Alec?' she called out brokenly as happiness and joy rose to unparalleled heights.
Immediately the figure stiffened and slowly turned around to face her. Max saw the very same face that had haunted her dreams and preoccupied her waking hours and her heart burst out sweetly.
He's okay now and that's all that matters.
She was about to fling herself into his arms when she saw his eyes. His formerly warm, laughing emerald eyes were now cold, emotionless, and there was not even a hint of recognition in them.
Not even when he was staring her straight in the face.
'Alec?' she asked hesitantly, the first fluttering of panic starting to make its appearance known.
Something flitted over his slightly glazed eyes and Max swallowed painfully.
'Alec?' she asked again, her tone soft but her franticness had crept into her voice. 'What's wrong?'
He kept his silence for a few seconds before he finally opened his mouth. 'Who are you?' He spoke suddenly and Max's heart stopped beating at the brisk, businesslike question before flopping to her feet, bleeding and raw.
'Alec, don't do this,' she begged, desperately and anxiously, 'it's me, Max.'
'I know I'm one of the regular customers here at Psy-Ops but I didn't know I'm already on a first name basis with you guys. Oh wait, this has to be a new technique you wanted to try out on me,' he answered, his eyes narrowed in suspicion.
'What are you talking about?' she asked, her voice rising in fear as she took another step towards him. 'Alec, what's going on?'
'You're not from Psy-Ops,' he said suddenly. 'You're one of the X-series.'
'What?'
'What's your designation?' he asked.
'What?' she blinked at the sudden change of topic.
'I asked you a question, soldier,' he said softly but unconsciously Max's back stiffened at the strength and command underlining his voice. 'What. Is. Your. Designation?'
'452, you know that Alec,' she answered hesitantly.
'452.' The green eyes hardened and Max had the overpowering urge to cower. But she managed to keep her ground. 'The famous O-Niners,' he sneered while the hand that was holding the edge of the bed tightened. 'Get out,' he said abruptly and Max shivered when she saw the way his muscles rippled as he held himself.
'What?'
'Get... out,' he said in a louder voice.
'But...'
'I want you out of this room... now.'
'Alec, listen...'
'I am not Alec,' he countered softly. 'I am 331845729494, worth billions of dollars of R&D.' He paused for a second and felt an unfamiliar twinge and sudden dose of déjà vu at what he had said but he pushed it aside as something irrelevant and plunged ahead. 'And I said go. Leave, before I finally do what they've taught us to do to traitors like you.'
'Alec, please. I...'
He was silent while the cold hard eyes stared into her stricken teary ones.
'But I love you!' she cried out desperately. 'Why are you doing this to me? To us? Alec, why?'
'Funny. I never remember having the misfortune to meet you, let alone letting myself feel something as mundane and useless as love,' he said in a harsh voice.
'Alec,' she wept brokenly.
'Go.'
'You don't mean that,' she whispered hoarsely, tears already sliding down her cheeks as her world continued to spin out of control. 'You just can't. I don't believe you...'
'Which part? The part where I said I'll never let myself do a weak thing like fall in love or the part when I said I don't want to lay my eyes on you again? On the contrary, I meant every word.' He had said this dryly but the frozen hatred in his eyes sent hot arrows straight to her heart.
'No, that's not true.' She shook her head and took and stepped back in denial. 'You love me, you told me that.'
Max saw the unconcealed contempt in his eyes and knew that although it was hard to believe, in some twisted way he meant every word. She had no idea what was going on right now but the fact that he felt nothing for her except hatred burned deep and that realization almost sent her to her knees. She snatched another look his way and when all she saw was hate and disgust mingled together, she turned and ran, not caring just how many people saw the hot tears that streamed down her pallid cheeks.
Inside the room, the single occupant stood straight, eyes empty, face expressionless as he continued to stand by the bed. As if waiting for someone... or something inevitable to happen.
'Max, I've been looking all over for you.'
Max didn't even bother to turn as she pressed her trembling lips closer to her raised knees. It has been two days since Alec had coldly dismissed her. And at the same time smashing what little hope she had harbored to finally be happy with someone. Someone who would love her for her, not some imaginary girl he created out of his pre-cast mould.
After being pushed aside, this was the first place she ran to. A small room at the top floor. It was unfurnished but none of it was of any insignificant to her. She ran like never before, before she finally got to this deserted room. She dropped to her knees in front of the stained glass before she broke into another round of desperate sobs.
A few hours later, Original Cindy had appeared, Dr Carr in tow, and they hesitantly tried to talk to her. She had been in too deep inside her heartbreaking and torturous thoughts to even realize that she had company. But slowly, what they had been trying to say penetrate her dark gloomy mind after numerous effort from her boo.
'Remember what I told you about his head injury? Somehow, all of this has been too much for him to handle and his brain reacted in self defense... By closing down the part of his recent memories and inverting itself to a specified past. Must be something that Manticore programmed his mind to do if he'd been too badly wounded. Now he thinks he's still in Manticore and from what I can see and tell, Alec thinks he's just got out of Psy-Ops right after the Berrisford Agenda.'
Max blinked and another tear raced down her face. 'Get lost, Logan. I'm not in the mood for one of your lectures right now,' she answered flatly as Carr's troubled face swam over her vision.
'Right now, all he knows about you is that you're X5452, one of the 09 escapees. And you know how they brainwashed the soldiers who were lucky enough to get into Psy-ops and Reindroc. Especially about the matter of the escapees.'
'I heard about what had happened to Alec. His partial amnesia and stuff.' He took a few steps and dropped down on the floor next to her, making himself comfortable with a fuss.
'Then you should know this would be the last place you should be,' she said bitingly.
He ignored her answer and plowed on without concern for his immediate safety. 'I'm here to talk about some options you might not be aware of. As I said I have a proposition for you.'
Max strained her eyes against the dirty window, squinting in the dark to catch the way the late sunlight was playing against the window, ignoring the fact that he was talking.
Logan looked at the quiet girl by his side and erroneously took her silence as the sign for him to go on. 'You said earlier that you and him are... together. But now, since all he wants is to kill you if he sees you again, I don't think a relationship is a very good idea for you guys. So, I want you to know that you don't have to worry about anything. We can forgot that anything ever happened between the two of you and go back to what we had before this... accident ever took place.'
'What are you saying?' Max finally asked. 'You said you'll take me back as your not-like-that girlfriend, is that it?'
'Precisely,' he beamed before he frowned slightly. 'Well, not exactly the way you phrased it but that's the general idea.'
'Even though I'm in love with another man?'
'Who happens to have forgotten that he ever felt anything more than hatred for you,' he added smoothly.
'Do not go there Logan, I'm warning you,' she snapped, fixing him with her burning eyes.
'But I'm telling the truth.' He lifted his hand, a gesture of surrender. 'Look, if he really loves you,' he rolled his eyes in disdain, 'then something would've reminded him about you. He couldn't just let his brain wipe his memory clean like he obviously did. He should've done something to prevent it, am I right?'
But Max was not listening anymore. Something Logan had said prickled at the hard cold wall she'd put up and the she realized something. For once Logan was right. Without a word, she got up to her feet and ran outside, leaving a very startled Logan behind.
He should've done something to prevent it...
No, Max told herself as she ran, I should've done something to prevent this. If I really want him, then I have to fight to get him back, help him to regain his memory, not lock myself in a room, bawling my eyes out as I have done.
A new burst of hope started to bloom and she almost smiled. She'd force him to remember her, about the two of them if she had to; make him remember all those times they spent together. Her footsteps faltered when she thought about his obvious reaction.
He won't cooperate... at first, but he was worth every bit of trouble she'll face in the future. Trouble she had to make herself confront but none of that mattered to her.
If it ended with what she had been hoping for, she'd walk over broken glass barefooted if she had to.
She stopped and chewed her lips as she stood in front of his door. He didn't want to see her but she had to make him listen. Max took a deep breath in preparation to face his icy cold wrath and pushed the door apart. Her eyes scanned the room nervously, hoping to locate him before he had a chance to remove her bodily from the room. A slight frown furrowed her smooth forehead when she noticed for the first time that the room was empty.
He must've left for a little walk or something.
'Can I help you?' a young nurse smiled at her. 'Are you looking for someone?'
'Yeah, do you know when this patient is coming back?' she gestured at the empty room.
'The patient for this room? Young man in his early twenties, tall, light brown hair and hazel eyes. Is that him?' The nurse narrowed her eyes as she tried hard to remember.
'Yeah, that's him. Do you know where he is right now?'
'There must've been some mistake. He checked out of this hospital earlier this morning.'
'What?' Feeling as if a huge burden had been dropped on her shoulder, her legs started to shake. 'He's gone?'
'Yeah, he checked himself out, saying that since he's not at Manticore anymore there's no reason for him to stay. I don't know what he meant by that but that's what he said.'
Max grabbed the door with trembling hands; feeling like someone had smashed her world apart and now was stamping on the broken bits in glee. She looked at the nurse with wide horrified eyes. 'Did... did he mention where he's going?'
'No, he just... left.' The nurse started to look worried as the young woman in front of her turned a few shade paler. 'Miss, are you okay?'
But Max didn't even notice the nurse's horrified cry as she crumpled to the ground. Her wide unseeing eyes were staring hard at the empty room.
Alec was gone and she had no idea where he was.
And with that the hope to help him regain his memory fluttered painfully out the window.
She'd lost him, a drop of tear slide down her cheeks, and there was no way to get him back.
Everything's so blurryand everyone's so fake
and everybody's empty
and everything is so messed up
pre-occupied without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
Everyone is changing
there's no one left that's real
to make up your own ending
and let me know just how you feel
cause I am lost without you
I cannot live at all
my whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
This pain you gave to me
You take it all
You take it all away...
This pain you gave to me
You take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me..
Outside, the sun continued to shine cheerily, as if nothing remarkable had taken place.
The End.
A/N- Yup people, that's the ending. See, I told some of you that I won't kill Alec (which I don't). After all I'm a girl of my words heh
I've always thought of this story as Alec's quest in order to save Max. What he had to do, what he won't hesitate to do if it's within his power to do so. And now, since his mission is successfully accomplished, this story will officially come to an end. But considering the number of unanswered questions, it'll be explored later. Oh yeah, I'm already thinking of the sequel.
wince at the thought of starting another wip
heheh
A/N2- Apart from my betas (whom are all gems) I also would like to thank everyone who had read and also those who had taken the time to review, some of them had reviewed without fail for every chapter. My lovely panda, my equally evil twin Jewel :P, Lynn, Alexis, BHG, Angel, cloudburst, EMI (for the amazing looking book cover. I just love it), Jace (who seems to prefer telling me in person than posting a review hehe), BigSis and everyone else who had ever review. There's nothing else I can say except 'Thank you soo much'!!
A/N3- That little song snippet is Blurry from the Puddle of Mudd.