HIGH SCHOOL MISSIONS
Chapter 7
Nightmare
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Max leaned the back of her head against the window and cradled her cup of steaming hot coffee.
"Feeling better yet?" Alec asked her, he was sitting across from her.
"Not yet but I'm getting there." Max rested her feet on the booth, cradling her knees with her free hand.
Alec sighed and took her hand away from her legs.
"Max, listen to me, Logan is not going to die if you two are careful! You've gotten too used to wearing gloves all the time. Just stay on your toes." He said.
Max gripped his hand "I don't know why I keep doing this, every time we have an incident like this one I try to stay away for about two minutes before I seem to forget anything happened and I touch him again!"
Alec took the cup of coffee away from her and took her other hand in his "Well there's no way you can stay away from him now, you live with him! I have a theory, do you want to hear it?"
Max rolled her eyes but nodded
"I think the virus only works with prolonged exposure."
"Come again?"
Alec released one of her hands and took a sip of his cappuccino "You've brushed against him what, twice? Without counting the kissing incident with her niece."
Max nodded again "So?"
"So nothing happened! I think you have to actually grab him for him to get sick. I mean, you still can't hold his hand or have hot kinky sex with him... wait, kinky might work with the right tools..."
Max slapped his arm and he flinched "Ok, ok, but at least you won't kill him over some homework!"
Max laughed and slapped his arm again from across the table "We're not even like that and you know it!"
Alec rubbed his arm and smiled "Yeah, what ever."
They where quiet for a moment, just sitting comfortably and drinking their coffees. Max heard the music then, Vivaldy. She realized that she hadn't even noticed until then.
"You know, I think I'm getting used to the classical shit that they make us listen to all day." She told Alec.
He frowned "I don't even hear it any more."
He glanced at his watch and cursed under his breath "Shit Max, we're late for class."
He stood up but Max's hand on his arm stopped him "Don't go... not yet. I'm not ready to go back."
Alec sighed "Max..."
"Please?"
He looked down at her, she looked lost, like a little child and he realized that she was not ok at all, not yet.
He dropped his bag and sat down next to her. He rested his arm on the couch behind her and she leaned against his chest, seeking comfort.
Neither one of them noticed the boy standing by the window, staring at them.
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The day went by quickly and before Max had time to think about anything she was standing on the front steps surrounded by every single elite girl.
"Ok girls, ready for some shopping?"
They all seemed so exited it was a little hard for Max to feel too nervous. They chatted all the way to the parking lot, then they climbed into Dak's red convertible and they chatted all the way to the mall. They where talking like normal teenagers, about boys and clothes and music. Max felt so... normal.
Until they got to the mall that is. The girls went straight to the lingerie department.
Nikki and Melissa rummaged around the stockings section while Ashley and Amanda looked through the thongs. Steph was looking at bras and wanted Max to join her but Dakareth pulled her away, towards the teddies.
She showed a red one to Max, it had straps and buttons all over and some weird fabric hanging from the sides. Melissa joined them and lifted the garment on the air "Hey, this is nice!"
On closer inspection Max realized that it was crotchless and the top part was totally transparent.
"No way! I'm NOT wearing that! Way too tacky" She shrieked. The rest of the girls joined them and started picking teddies for her.
Amanda and Ashley showed her one that looked like a purple bathing suit, except for the fact that it was totally transparent and held together by very tiny chains all the way from the chest to the crotch. "Yeah, right!" She snorted.
"What? MJ I'm sure it looks better on!"
"On what? On fire?!"
"Fine, fine, how about this?"
Dak handed her a little black thing, it was sort of a transparent corset with a black strapless silk bra and black silk bikini panties underneath. Melissa tossed her a pair of black stockings and a garter belt.
Max looked at the clothes with interest.
"Go try it on!" Nikki encouraged her. The rest of the girls agreed with her and Max went to change.
She looked at herself in the mirror, the outfit was really pretty, like something you would wear for your wedding night and se felt sorry to have to waste it on a strip club.
"Ok girls, this is it!" She yelled at them while she changed. The girls squealed in excitement and gave each other high fives.
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Dak dropped Max off first. They all wanted to go in and look at her room but she told them that she didn't know if Alec was going to be there and she didn't want to disturb him so the girls left but not before Max swore they would have a sleepover sometime soon.
She let herself in and looked around but Alec was nowhere to be found. She walked up the stairs, kicking her shoes off in the process.
"Logan, you home?"
"In the living room!" Logan yelled.
Max hesitated before going to him, she was still a little upset and scared but she remembered Alec's words and sighed, he was right, she couldn't avoid Logan now that they where living together.
She walked in and found Logan reading on the loveseat.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Preparing my class for tomorrow."
Max yawned and laid down on the big couch. "Will you read to me?"
"You want to know about Egypt?"
"Sure, why not?" Max laid on her side and rested her head on her arms.
"Ok, Five thousand years ago, the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom was a highly advanced civilization where the kings, known as pharaohs, were believed to be gods..."
Max closed her eyes and allowed Logan's deep voice to help her fall into a deep sleep.
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Alec ran into his room "Max!! Max you're not going to..." He stopped when he realized she wasn't there.
"Max?" He looked in the bathroom but she wasn't there either.
Logan was still reading out loud when Alec barged into the living room.
"Shh" Logan silenced him and pointed to the couch where Max was resting.
"She's asleep?" Alec stared at her incredulously.
"Yeah, she fell asleep almost an hour ago, where have you been?" Logan whispered.
"I got myself a new hot ride and wanted her to see it. She'll love it!"
Logan shrugged "I'm sure she'll be up soon."
Alec frowned "Did she say why she wanted to sleep? Is she sick?"
"I don't think so, she asked me to read for her. I was preparing my class and she just dozed off."
Alec was still frowning, he walked to her side and rested his hand on her forehead. "It doesn't make any sense." he whispered to himself.
"What doesn't?" Logan asked him.
"Her temperature is normal... well normal for us, so she's probably not sick."
"Yeah, so?"
"Logan she has shark DNA, she doesn't need the sleep plus she had plenty last night." Alec whispered urgently.
"I know that but can't she just sleep for the pleasure of it?"
"She hates sleeping, she says it's a waste of time. Plus she's a very light sleeper yet we have been talking around her and she's still out!"
"How do you know she's a light sleeper?" Logan asked.
"We all are, some more than others. Plus I've been sleeping in her room for the past week, I know what I'm talking about." Alec answered and grabbed Max's wrist.
Logan left out a sigh of relief.
"Her pulse is normal. Max, wake up Maxie!" Alec shook her gently, clearly scared.
"Alec fuck off!" Max grumbled and turned away from him.
Both men released the air they had been holding.
"Max, please look at me" Alec tried to turn her over.
"Leave me alone!"
"I just want to be sure that you're all right."
"You're the one who's going to be all wrong if you don't leave me alone!"
"MAX!"
"WHAT?"
Alec lowered his voice once he had her attention. "Why did you fall asleep?"
"I wanted to count sheep."
"Come on Max!"
"I was tired ok?" Max stood up and marched to the kitchen.
"In the middle of the afternoon?!" Alec followed her and watched as she lined out the ingredients for a sandwich.
"What can I say? High school students DO have it hard."
Alec sat on a stool and laid his head on his arms. Max handed him a sandwich and he thankfully accepted it. He yawned before taking a big bite from it.
"See? You're tired too!" Max snapped.
"Yeah but I'm not the one with shark DNA!"
"He's right Max." Logan agreed.
Max sighed and slid a sandwich in his direction. She worried briefly about the virus but decided that Alec was probably right and skin to skin contact was needed to pass on the damn thing. Still she held her breath until Logan took a bite and continued to look normal.
"Who's side are you on anyway?"
Logan swallowed before speaking "What I don't understand is why I'm not tired. I've been doing just as much as you two have and yet I can't seem to fall asleep."
Everyone was quiet while they finished their snacks.
"Oh! I forgot!" Alec jumped up suddenly, startling Max and Logan.
"What?" Max asked him.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the basement.
"Alec? What?" Max ran after him with Logan in tow.
Alec stopped at the door and stood behind her "Close your eyes."
"Alec..."
"Come on, it'll be worth it I promise." He covered her eyes with his hands and motioned with his head for Logan to open the door. He did and stepped outside.
"Watch your step Max, ok, open your eyes!"
Max opened her eyes slowly and gasped "Alec she's beautiful!"
Alec stood proudly besides the black convertible BMW that he and Max had seen the night before.
"Head's up!" He told her and tossed something in the air. She caught it on instinct and took a second to realize what it was.
She held the key up and frowned at him.
Alec held up another key and smiled at her "I figure we needed a car so I just went ahead and bought one for us, I hope you don't mind..."
He was a little surprised when Max hugged him but he hugged her back and then lifted her on the air and set her down inside the car on the soft leather seat.
Logan watched them from a small distance and smiled, he knew how much Max missed her baby and was glad to know that Alec was willing to share with her even if it did bother him a little the way Alec hugged her and lifted her.
"Go on, take her for a ride!" Alec encouraged Max.
She ran her hands over the steering wheel in awe and grinned at him. "Hop in!"
Alec didn't need to be told twice, he jumped into the passenger's seat in a flash.
"Logan, buddy, wanna join us?" He asked the older man.
Logan shook his head "I can't, we have to be careful but you two have fun!"
Max smiled at him sadly, upset that it had to be that way. She waved at him and drove off.
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Max felt so free with the wind on her hair, going at amazing speed through the deserted highway. Alec turned on some music and relaxed while Max enjoyed her ride. They drove and drove until they where too hungry to go on without food and too far to keep going and make it home before midnight.
Max pulled up at a McDonalds and her and Alec jumped out of the car and almost raced to the restaurant.
"We'll have two Big Macs with large fries and coke, two cheesecakes, two apple pies and two sundaes." Alec told the lady behind the counter.
The girl raised an eyebrow and glanced at Max and then at him and back at Max "Anything else?" She asked, almost sarcastically.
"Alec I want nuggets." Max tugged on his sleeve like a child and smiled when he gave her an annoyed look.
"Fine, and two orders of nuggets." He told the girl.
"Six nuggets or nine?" The impressed girl asked them.
"Nine" They said at the same time.
The girl was really shocked but went to get them their food.
"I'm incredibly hungry." Max groaned.
"I know, me too. Feel this!" Alec took Max's hand in his and placed it over his stomach. She felt and heard his stomach growl. She laughed at the sensation.
The girl handed them two huge bags and Alec paid and thanked her, then he and Max walked over to a table and sat down, much to the girl's amazement.
Max bit down on her hamburger and smiled "Mmm, this tastes like heaven!" She told Alec and took another bite.
Alec nodded and neither one of them spoke again until the hamburgers and nuggets where all done and they had moved on to the sundaes.
Max sat back on her seat and took a spoonful of her chocolate treat. "When did you get the car?"
"This afternoon. I walked Kat home and just happened to walk by our baby again, I couldn't help myself."
Max laughed "What did Kat say when you plastered yourself against the window and drooled all over that beauty?"
"I did not drool! I just ran in and bought her." Alec smiled "And I had a copy of the key done for you... I had to tell Kat that I like to keep extra copies of everything just in case."
Max laughed again and took one of his fries "I went shopping today."
Alec knew what she was talking about so he just nodded "Was it bad?"
"The outfit is actually cute... it's just that I really don't want to strip tomorrow."
Alec nodded "And I really really really don't want to sleep with Kat but it has to be done Max, you know that"
"I know." Max stared at her hands and sighed.
Alec grabbed the rest of their food and took Max's hand "Come on, let's go home. Logan must be waiting for us anyway."
Max nodded and followed Alec to the car. The ride back was quiet and seemed short. Once they got home Max went upstairs to say goodnight to Logan.
He was sitting in front of his computer, deep in thought.
"Hey, I just wanted to let you know we got home ok." Max told him.
"Great, did you two have fun?"
"Yeah... what are you working on?"
Logan turned around to face her "The surveillance cameras, I still can't crack the security system."
Max nodded "Well, I'm going to bed."
"Good night." Logan smiled kindly at her, his eyes where shining with love and concern for her, she was really sleeping too much but he didn't say anything.
"Night." Max smiled back and went to bed.
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Max's scream was deafening, she was sweating and sobbing and screaming "NO! NO! NO!" Alec was trying to shake her awake gently but she wasn't responding.
Logan thundered down the stairs and frowned when he saw Max "What's going on?"
"She's having a nightmare and I can't wake her up!" Alec yelled at him over Max's screams.
"Maxie, sweetie, come on, it's ok! You're safe! No one is going to hurt you while I'm here." Alec whispered softly in Max's ear.
She continued to moan and cry but she didn't scream. Alec held her tightly to his chest and realized that her nightshirt was soaked in sweat.
"Come on Max, please wake up!" He stroked her hair while Logan sat at the foot of the bed and watched them.
"Alec maybe if you..."
"Wait! Don't come any closer! Her sheets are soaked in sweat." Alec warned Logan who staid back.
"Rock her. Sit her on your lap, rock her gently and stroke her forehead. I think that will work." Logan instructed Alec who did just that.
Max stopped moving and her breathing became even again.
"Maxie? Wake up please." Alec whispered in her ear.
Max sat up straight and glanced around the room. The first thing she saw was Alec holding her close. She acted on instinct and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
Alec was very surprised by this but he took her in his arms and rubbed her back gently.
Max pulled away from him after a few seconds and dried her tears with the back of her hand. She saw Logan sitting at the foot of her bed and sighed "Was I that loud?" She asked.
Both men nodded.
Max tried to stand up but her legs gave out under her.
Alec ran to her and caught her before she hit the floor "Max, are you ok?"
She nodded "I'm fine I just need to..." She stood up again and ran to the bathroom. Alec glanced at Logan when they heard her throwing up.
Logan sighed "Go to her, find out what's wrong with her and help her through it." He told Alec.
Alec raised an eyebrow "Are you sure? I don't want you to think..."
"I'm sure! I sure as hell can't do it and she needs some help."
Alec nodded, he would have gone to her even if Logan was against it anyway.
He opened the door to the bathroom and found Max brushing her teeth furiously, he could see that some blood was already coming from her gums but Max didn't stop, she didn't even realize he was there until he took the toothbrush away from her.
"Rinse your mouth." He told her and she did.
"Ok, what happened?"
"I had a nightmare." Max stated the obvious.
"Want to talk about it?"
"No, I can handle it." Max tried to get past him but he took her in his arms and sat her down on the edge of the tub.
"Hey!"
"That's not good enough Max, your nightmares are getting worse and I want to know what they are about."
Max closed her eyes "Fine, but you have to tell me about yours first."
Alec raised an eyebrow "I don't have nightmares."
"Right, that's why your chest is glistening with sweat and the silk of your boxers is clinging to your skin." Max sat down on the floor and leaned her back against the tub.
Alec sighed and sat down next to her "I was not the one screaming my guts out just a few minutes ago Max."
Max crossed her arms "Well I won't talk unless you do."
Alec sighed again "Fine. I'll talk. I just... I don't know where to..."
He closed his eyes and Max could almost feel the tension on his body. She moved closer to him and placed a hand on his arm.
Alec looked up and realized that they where sitting next to each other on the bathroom floor with the lights out since they didn't need them.
"Are yours about reindocrination?" Max asked him slowly.
"Some of them... most of the time they are about... other stuff."
"Like what?"
"Just stuff..."
"Alec..."
"Rachel" Alec said simply.
Max nodded "Are they bad?"
Alec nodded
"Tell me."
"No Max."
"If you don't talk then I don't talk remember?"
"Max," Alec glanced at her, his eyes were moist "you really don't want to know."
"I do want to know Alec! I care about you and I want to know what's bothering you!"
Alec was quiet for a moment "You care about me?"
"Of course I do you idiot! I wouldn't have saved your ass all of those times if I didn't!"
"Max you save everyone's ass." He told her.
"Well yeah but yours is special!"
"Is that right?" Alec gave her a cocky grin and Max slapped his arm.
"Come on Alec, don't change the subject and tell me about your dreams."
Alec took a deep breath "No Max, I already told you they are about Rachel and that's all you're getting from me."
"Ok, then I won't talk." Max stood up and was just about to walk away when Alec grabbed her hand and sat her back down.
"You want to know what goes on in my nightmares? Fine! Basically Rachel just looks at me and tells me that she hates me, that I killed her, that it's all my fault, that I'm a freak, a monster, a killer, a beast, that I have no soul, that she never loved me, that no one ever will..."
A tear rolled down Alec's cheek, he brushed it off furiously and stared down at his hands.
Max sat there in shock, she was not expecting such an outburst from him and for a moment she didn't know what to do.
She snapped out of it and reached out for him. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close to her. He hesitated before hugging her back, allowing another tear to escape. It fell on Max's back and she held him tighter.
Alec pulled away from her after what seemed like two seconds. Max could tell he was in soldier mode by the way his eyes reflected no emotion at all.
"Tell me about your dream." He told her simply.
Max took a deep breath "They all start the same, I hear Renfro's voice telling me how everything my fault, she tells me that I'm poison and that I kill everyone I love, that all the dead transgenics died because of me. Then I start getting this flashes of Jack, Eva, Tinga... then Zack. He is just standing there, his head covered in blood and he tells me how he had to kill himself because he was my CO, he tells me that if I hadn't been so careless he would still be alive. And then there's Ben..."
Alec sighed and wrapped his arms around her, she rested her forehead on his chest and sniffed "I just keep watching myself killing him... I can see over and over again how I snapped his neck, how I held his dead body in my arms... I killed my brother Alec! I loved him and I killed him with my bare hands!"
Max sobbed into his chest and he pulled her closer to him, seating her between his spread legs.
"But that's not it, I hear Ben's voice while I'm snapping his neck, he's telling me not to do it, not to kill him just to hide him somewhere until Lydecker's man are gone and I can go back for him but I still kill him. He's begging me not to do it but I snap his neck! Alec I killed my brother!" Max sobbed harder, she started shaking and Alec had to rock her for her to calm down.
He stroked her hair and kissed her temple "It's ok Max, it was just a nightmare. Everything is going to be ok."
"No it's not. No matter what I do it won't bring my brothers and sisters back."
"Oh Max, none of it was your fault! Zack killed himself because he loved you too much to live without you! Ben asked you to kill him because he couldn't bring himself to do it. He was killing other people Max I don't think he was a very happy guy."
Max shook her head "I still shouldn't have killed him."
"You had to, it was better than reindocrination. Trust me."
Max leaned back against his chest, her silent tears still rolling down her cheeks "I can't help the way my heart feels."
Alec tightened his hold on her and kissed the top of her head "I know Max, I know."
They staid in the bathroom for the rest of the night, holding on to each other for comfort.
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Alec was walking down the hall with his backpack on his shoulder and looking dead tired. The bathroom floor was not exactly comfortable even if Max's weight on his chest was. He had been up all night stroking her hair and having whispered conversations about their 'past lives'. He glanced at his watch and sighed, at least he still had some time before he had to get changed for gym. He thought about going to find Max and check on her.
"Alec! Hey!" Dak caught up with him right next to the small Recycling Room.
"Hey Dak... hump!" Dakareth opened the door to the tiny room with one hand and pushed him in with the other one.
"Dak?"
"Hey Alec, I just wanted to ask, how are things going with Kat?" Dak crooked her head slightly to the right and seemed truly concerned for him.
Alec wondered how she could sound so caring and still ask him a question that he would hate to answer. He really didn't want to do the whole initiation thing with Kat, it brought up memories of his valentine missions back at Manticore, missions that he would rather forget.
"Alec?"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"I asked, how are things going with Kat? Do you think you will be able to get her tonight?"
Alec nodded "Sure, no problem."
"Good. Now come on, let's get to class." Dak opened the door and walked out, not waiting for him to catch up.
"Alec my man! What where you two doing in that closet?" Luke patted him on the back.
"Uh?" Alec asked, obviously out of it.
"You and Dak, what are you up to?" Iker asked him.
"Nothing, she just wanted to ask me how things where going with the thing tonight." Alec lowered his voice.
Luke snorted "Yeah right, well anyway we better hurry or we're going to be late for class."
Alec sighed and nodded, he walked beside the two guys, dragging his feet.
"Alec, are you ok man?" Luke asked him.
"I'm fine" Alec answered but the truth was he was too tired to move, let alone fight so he took a deep breath and stopped Iker with his arm.
Iker glanced at him and Alec whispered "Hey, do you have any more of that caffeine shit?"
Iker smiled and reached for his backpack.
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Max was changing in the locker room when Amanda walked up to her and handed her a cup of coffee.
"You look like you had a rough night." She told Max, twisting a strand of her blonde hair with her fingers.
"I was up studying biology. I need to catch up with you guys." Max answered simply and gulped down the coffee.
"Yeah well don't overdo yourself. Hey, we're meeting this afternoon at five to give you guys the equipment you'll need for tonight. Tell Alec ok?"
Max sighed "Sure." She finished her coffee and walked calmly to the gym, slightly more alert.
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The rest of the day passed in a blur and before Max got a chance to mentally prepare for what she was doing that night she was on the car with Alec, parked right outside the woods.
Alec took a deep breath and turned around to face her. "We're going to get through this ok?"
Max nodded and took his hand "What did you tell Kat?"
"That I would meet her at six, go for a walk and dinner afterwards."
Max nodded "Let's just get this over with."
They walked through the woods in silence. Once they got to where the group gathered they realized that everyone was waiting for them.
They handed them their equipment. A digital camera for Alec, in case he couldn't copy the files and a small camera for Max to place discretely at the strip club.
"Ok you two, this has to be precise. If you two get caught we will not take responsibility, you'll be on your own. Alec we need you to come back here after you're... done. Max you can go straight home and we'll see you tomorrow at our lunch table... if your mission is successful that is." Dak smiled sweetly at them and sent them on their way.
Alec dropped Max at home for her to get ready. She stuffed her outfit on a bag and changed into jeans and a tiny shirt that clung to her body like a second skin.
Logan walked downstairs slowly, looking at her while she applied some light makeup to her eyes.
"Max, are you sure you want to do this?" Logan asked her, sitting down on the steps.
"No Logan, but there's just no other way."
Logan sighed "I know." He said simply.
Max finished with her makeup and went to sit next to Logan on the steps. She didn't say anything, she just sat there.
Logan wished he could reach out and hold her. He wanted to comfort her the way Alec had the night before but he knew it was impossible, at least at that moment.
He had talked to the girl from the lab that morning, her name was Sasha, she told him she needed a piece of Max's DNA so Logan hand taken Max's hairbrush and carefully placed some hairs on a plastic bag which he hand later handed to Sasha.
"It's getting late, I should probably go." Max stood up and Logan nodded.
"Good luck, I'll be home when you get back."
Max nodded weakly and left.
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Alec arrived at Kat's at six fifteen. He took her for a walk around the campus and later took her for an early dinner at a restaurant nearby.
Alec ordered a pizza for the two of them and they ate in silence for a while until the food was all gone and they had to talk about something.
"You know Kat, you look beautiful tonight." Alec smiled at her and she blushed.
"Thanks, you look really great too."
Alec brushed the compliment off and took her hands in his. "I was amazed when you agreed to go out with me. I honestly didn't think you would say yes. I didn't think I could get so lucky."
Kat giggled and patted his hand "I didn't think you where being honest, I mean... you're elite!"
Alec smiled "I've also been told I've got great taste."
Kat giggled again and blushed a little.
They spent the rest of the evening talking about everything and nothing at all. They talked about music and books for a while until they ran out of things to say so they left the restaurant.
Alec walked Kat home, she opened the door to her room and smiled at him seductively "My roommate is staying over at a friends house, wanna come in for a while?"
Alec smiled and walked into the room, closing the door behind him.
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Max glanced around the club until she spotted the owner. She walked over to him and smiled sexily "Hey, I'm looking for a job and this seems like a nice place to work. Do you think you might have an opening for me?"
The owner hadn't looked up form the papers he was reading and was just about to say no when he glanced up and was unable to resist Max.
"Sure thing baby doll! What's your name?"
"Nidia." Max told him quickly.
"Ok Nidia... are you legal?"
Max giggled "Yes"
The guy didn't ask for an ID "Ok then, You can just go backstage and get ready. We open at eight, you do know how to dance don't you?"
Max giggled "Of course I do silly!"
The owner raised his eyebrows and tried hard not to drool. "Ok then, we'll see what you can do."
Max smiled at him and walked away swaying her hips.
When she was sure no one was looking she stuck the camera on one of the walls, pointing it at the catwalk so that it could record the people sitting around the stage as well as the girls dancing.
Then she went backstage and changed into her outfit. She saw some other girls there, most of them older than her, there was only one young girl that seemed about her age.
The other girls greeted her warmly while they got ready.
After what seemed like only seconds for Max the owner showed up and told them they where about to open.
"Ok, I want the first ones on stage to be..." He glanced around the room, his eyes staring appreciatively at Max "You, you, you and... you Nidia."
Max took a deep breath and tried to calm down her breathing.
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I'm sorry this took so long! I'll try to write faster! I promise!
Ok, so this story takes place after Hello Goodbye but Logan never saw Alec leaving the building ok? good.
I would suggest you get the song Supernatural by Sugababes, I'm going to use it on the next chapter ;)
The voting thing is almost over, I swear. The next chapter will be the last one where you guys get to vote. I'm making a decision after that.
I hope you liked this chapter, I didn't really proofread it, I just wanted to get it up here!
Don't forget to review.
Oh and one more thing! I've watched the show since the beginning, I've seen most episodes about five times or something so I kind of know a lot about what the transgenics do and don't do so if you find a mistake of sorts (like them sleeping too much) it's probably on purpose but please don't hesitate to tell me if you find anything that doesn't quite fit just in case I am missing something ;) thanks!!
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Chapter 7
Nightmare
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Max leaned the back of her head against the window and cradled her cup of steaming hot coffee.
"Feeling better yet?" Alec asked her, he was sitting across from her.
"Not yet but I'm getting there." Max rested her feet on the booth, cradling her knees with her free hand.
Alec sighed and took her hand away from her legs.
"Max, listen to me, Logan is not going to die if you two are careful! You've gotten too used to wearing gloves all the time. Just stay on your toes." He said.
Max gripped his hand "I don't know why I keep doing this, every time we have an incident like this one I try to stay away for about two minutes before I seem to forget anything happened and I touch him again!"
Alec took the cup of coffee away from her and took her other hand in his "Well there's no way you can stay away from him now, you live with him! I have a theory, do you want to hear it?"
Max rolled her eyes but nodded
"I think the virus only works with prolonged exposure."
"Come again?"
Alec released one of her hands and took a sip of his cappuccino "You've brushed against him what, twice? Without counting the kissing incident with her niece."
Max nodded again "So?"
"So nothing happened! I think you have to actually grab him for him to get sick. I mean, you still can't hold his hand or have hot kinky sex with him... wait, kinky might work with the right tools..."
Max slapped his arm and he flinched "Ok, ok, but at least you won't kill him over some homework!"
Max laughed and slapped his arm again from across the table "We're not even like that and you know it!"
Alec rubbed his arm and smiled "Yeah, what ever."
They where quiet for a moment, just sitting comfortably and drinking their coffees. Max heard the music then, Vivaldy. She realized that she hadn't even noticed until then.
"You know, I think I'm getting used to the classical shit that they make us listen to all day." She told Alec.
He frowned "I don't even hear it any more."
He glanced at his watch and cursed under his breath "Shit Max, we're late for class."
He stood up but Max's hand on his arm stopped him "Don't go... not yet. I'm not ready to go back."
Alec sighed "Max..."
"Please?"
He looked down at her, she looked lost, like a little child and he realized that she was not ok at all, not yet.
He dropped his bag and sat down next to her. He rested his arm on the couch behind her and she leaned against his chest, seeking comfort.
Neither one of them noticed the boy standing by the window, staring at them.
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The day went by quickly and before Max had time to think about anything she was standing on the front steps surrounded by every single elite girl.
"Ok girls, ready for some shopping?"
They all seemed so exited it was a little hard for Max to feel too nervous. They chatted all the way to the parking lot, then they climbed into Dak's red convertible and they chatted all the way to the mall. They where talking like normal teenagers, about boys and clothes and music. Max felt so... normal.
Until they got to the mall that is. The girls went straight to the lingerie department.
Nikki and Melissa rummaged around the stockings section while Ashley and Amanda looked through the thongs. Steph was looking at bras and wanted Max to join her but Dakareth pulled her away, towards the teddies.
She showed a red one to Max, it had straps and buttons all over and some weird fabric hanging from the sides. Melissa joined them and lifted the garment on the air "Hey, this is nice!"
On closer inspection Max realized that it was crotchless and the top part was totally transparent.
"No way! I'm NOT wearing that! Way too tacky" She shrieked. The rest of the girls joined them and started picking teddies for her.
Amanda and Ashley showed her one that looked like a purple bathing suit, except for the fact that it was totally transparent and held together by very tiny chains all the way from the chest to the crotch. "Yeah, right!" She snorted.
"What? MJ I'm sure it looks better on!"
"On what? On fire?!"
"Fine, fine, how about this?"
Dak handed her a little black thing, it was sort of a transparent corset with a black strapless silk bra and black silk bikini panties underneath. Melissa tossed her a pair of black stockings and a garter belt.
Max looked at the clothes with interest.
"Go try it on!" Nikki encouraged her. The rest of the girls agreed with her and Max went to change.
She looked at herself in the mirror, the outfit was really pretty, like something you would wear for your wedding night and se felt sorry to have to waste it on a strip club.
"Ok girls, this is it!" She yelled at them while she changed. The girls squealed in excitement and gave each other high fives.
*************
Dak dropped Max off first. They all wanted to go in and look at her room but she told them that she didn't know if Alec was going to be there and she didn't want to disturb him so the girls left but not before Max swore they would have a sleepover sometime soon.
She let herself in and looked around but Alec was nowhere to be found. She walked up the stairs, kicking her shoes off in the process.
"Logan, you home?"
"In the living room!" Logan yelled.
Max hesitated before going to him, she was still a little upset and scared but she remembered Alec's words and sighed, he was right, she couldn't avoid Logan now that they where living together.
She walked in and found Logan reading on the loveseat.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Preparing my class for tomorrow."
Max yawned and laid down on the big couch. "Will you read to me?"
"You want to know about Egypt?"
"Sure, why not?" Max laid on her side and rested her head on her arms.
"Ok, Five thousand years ago, the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom was a highly advanced civilization where the kings, known as pharaohs, were believed to be gods..."
Max closed her eyes and allowed Logan's deep voice to help her fall into a deep sleep.
*************
Alec ran into his room "Max!! Max you're not going to..." He stopped when he realized she wasn't there.
"Max?" He looked in the bathroom but she wasn't there either.
Logan was still reading out loud when Alec barged into the living room.
"Shh" Logan silenced him and pointed to the couch where Max was resting.
"She's asleep?" Alec stared at her incredulously.
"Yeah, she fell asleep almost an hour ago, where have you been?" Logan whispered.
"I got myself a new hot ride and wanted her to see it. She'll love it!"
Logan shrugged "I'm sure she'll be up soon."
Alec frowned "Did she say why she wanted to sleep? Is she sick?"
"I don't think so, she asked me to read for her. I was preparing my class and she just dozed off."
Alec was still frowning, he walked to her side and rested his hand on her forehead. "It doesn't make any sense." he whispered to himself.
"What doesn't?" Logan asked him.
"Her temperature is normal... well normal for us, so she's probably not sick."
"Yeah, so?"
"Logan she has shark DNA, she doesn't need the sleep plus she had plenty last night." Alec whispered urgently.
"I know that but can't she just sleep for the pleasure of it?"
"She hates sleeping, she says it's a waste of time. Plus she's a very light sleeper yet we have been talking around her and she's still out!"
"How do you know she's a light sleeper?" Logan asked.
"We all are, some more than others. Plus I've been sleeping in her room for the past week, I know what I'm talking about." Alec answered and grabbed Max's wrist.
Logan left out a sigh of relief.
"Her pulse is normal. Max, wake up Maxie!" Alec shook her gently, clearly scared.
"Alec fuck off!" Max grumbled and turned away from him.
Both men released the air they had been holding.
"Max, please look at me" Alec tried to turn her over.
"Leave me alone!"
"I just want to be sure that you're all right."
"You're the one who's going to be all wrong if you don't leave me alone!"
"MAX!"
"WHAT?"
Alec lowered his voice once he had her attention. "Why did you fall asleep?"
"I wanted to count sheep."
"Come on Max!"
"I was tired ok?" Max stood up and marched to the kitchen.
"In the middle of the afternoon?!" Alec followed her and watched as she lined out the ingredients for a sandwich.
"What can I say? High school students DO have it hard."
Alec sat on a stool and laid his head on his arms. Max handed him a sandwich and he thankfully accepted it. He yawned before taking a big bite from it.
"See? You're tired too!" Max snapped.
"Yeah but I'm not the one with shark DNA!"
"He's right Max." Logan agreed.
Max sighed and slid a sandwich in his direction. She worried briefly about the virus but decided that Alec was probably right and skin to skin contact was needed to pass on the damn thing. Still she held her breath until Logan took a bite and continued to look normal.
"Who's side are you on anyway?"
Logan swallowed before speaking "What I don't understand is why I'm not tired. I've been doing just as much as you two have and yet I can't seem to fall asleep."
Everyone was quiet while they finished their snacks.
"Oh! I forgot!" Alec jumped up suddenly, startling Max and Logan.
"What?" Max asked him.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the basement.
"Alec? What?" Max ran after him with Logan in tow.
Alec stopped at the door and stood behind her "Close your eyes."
"Alec..."
"Come on, it'll be worth it I promise." He covered her eyes with his hands and motioned with his head for Logan to open the door. He did and stepped outside.
"Watch your step Max, ok, open your eyes!"
Max opened her eyes slowly and gasped "Alec she's beautiful!"
Alec stood proudly besides the black convertible BMW that he and Max had seen the night before.
"Head's up!" He told her and tossed something in the air. She caught it on instinct and took a second to realize what it was.
She held the key up and frowned at him.
Alec held up another key and smiled at her "I figure we needed a car so I just went ahead and bought one for us, I hope you don't mind..."
He was a little surprised when Max hugged him but he hugged her back and then lifted her on the air and set her down inside the car on the soft leather seat.
Logan watched them from a small distance and smiled, he knew how much Max missed her baby and was glad to know that Alec was willing to share with her even if it did bother him a little the way Alec hugged her and lifted her.
"Go on, take her for a ride!" Alec encouraged Max.
She ran her hands over the steering wheel in awe and grinned at him. "Hop in!"
Alec didn't need to be told twice, he jumped into the passenger's seat in a flash.
"Logan, buddy, wanna join us?" He asked the older man.
Logan shook his head "I can't, we have to be careful but you two have fun!"
Max smiled at him sadly, upset that it had to be that way. She waved at him and drove off.
*************
Max felt so free with the wind on her hair, going at amazing speed through the deserted highway. Alec turned on some music and relaxed while Max enjoyed her ride. They drove and drove until they where too hungry to go on without food and too far to keep going and make it home before midnight.
Max pulled up at a McDonalds and her and Alec jumped out of the car and almost raced to the restaurant.
"We'll have two Big Macs with large fries and coke, two cheesecakes, two apple pies and two sundaes." Alec told the lady behind the counter.
The girl raised an eyebrow and glanced at Max and then at him and back at Max "Anything else?" She asked, almost sarcastically.
"Alec I want nuggets." Max tugged on his sleeve like a child and smiled when he gave her an annoyed look.
"Fine, and two orders of nuggets." He told the girl.
"Six nuggets or nine?" The impressed girl asked them.
"Nine" They said at the same time.
The girl was really shocked but went to get them their food.
"I'm incredibly hungry." Max groaned.
"I know, me too. Feel this!" Alec took Max's hand in his and placed it over his stomach. She felt and heard his stomach growl. She laughed at the sensation.
The girl handed them two huge bags and Alec paid and thanked her, then he and Max walked over to a table and sat down, much to the girl's amazement.
Max bit down on her hamburger and smiled "Mmm, this tastes like heaven!" She told Alec and took another bite.
Alec nodded and neither one of them spoke again until the hamburgers and nuggets where all done and they had moved on to the sundaes.
Max sat back on her seat and took a spoonful of her chocolate treat. "When did you get the car?"
"This afternoon. I walked Kat home and just happened to walk by our baby again, I couldn't help myself."
Max laughed "What did Kat say when you plastered yourself against the window and drooled all over that beauty?"
"I did not drool! I just ran in and bought her." Alec smiled "And I had a copy of the key done for you... I had to tell Kat that I like to keep extra copies of everything just in case."
Max laughed again and took one of his fries "I went shopping today."
Alec knew what she was talking about so he just nodded "Was it bad?"
"The outfit is actually cute... it's just that I really don't want to strip tomorrow."
Alec nodded "And I really really really don't want to sleep with Kat but it has to be done Max, you know that"
"I know." Max stared at her hands and sighed.
Alec grabbed the rest of their food and took Max's hand "Come on, let's go home. Logan must be waiting for us anyway."
Max nodded and followed Alec to the car. The ride back was quiet and seemed short. Once they got home Max went upstairs to say goodnight to Logan.
He was sitting in front of his computer, deep in thought.
"Hey, I just wanted to let you know we got home ok." Max told him.
"Great, did you two have fun?"
"Yeah... what are you working on?"
Logan turned around to face her "The surveillance cameras, I still can't crack the security system."
Max nodded "Well, I'm going to bed."
"Good night." Logan smiled kindly at her, his eyes where shining with love and concern for her, she was really sleeping too much but he didn't say anything.
"Night." Max smiled back and went to bed.
*************
Max's scream was deafening, she was sweating and sobbing and screaming "NO! NO! NO!" Alec was trying to shake her awake gently but she wasn't responding.
Logan thundered down the stairs and frowned when he saw Max "What's going on?"
"She's having a nightmare and I can't wake her up!" Alec yelled at him over Max's screams.
"Maxie, sweetie, come on, it's ok! You're safe! No one is going to hurt you while I'm here." Alec whispered softly in Max's ear.
She continued to moan and cry but she didn't scream. Alec held her tightly to his chest and realized that her nightshirt was soaked in sweat.
"Come on Max, please wake up!" He stroked her hair while Logan sat at the foot of the bed and watched them.
"Alec maybe if you..."
"Wait! Don't come any closer! Her sheets are soaked in sweat." Alec warned Logan who staid back.
"Rock her. Sit her on your lap, rock her gently and stroke her forehead. I think that will work." Logan instructed Alec who did just that.
Max stopped moving and her breathing became even again.
"Maxie? Wake up please." Alec whispered in her ear.
Max sat up straight and glanced around the room. The first thing she saw was Alec holding her close. She acted on instinct and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
Alec was very surprised by this but he took her in his arms and rubbed her back gently.
Max pulled away from him after a few seconds and dried her tears with the back of her hand. She saw Logan sitting at the foot of her bed and sighed "Was I that loud?" She asked.
Both men nodded.
Max tried to stand up but her legs gave out under her.
Alec ran to her and caught her before she hit the floor "Max, are you ok?"
She nodded "I'm fine I just need to..." She stood up again and ran to the bathroom. Alec glanced at Logan when they heard her throwing up.
Logan sighed "Go to her, find out what's wrong with her and help her through it." He told Alec.
Alec raised an eyebrow "Are you sure? I don't want you to think..."
"I'm sure! I sure as hell can't do it and she needs some help."
Alec nodded, he would have gone to her even if Logan was against it anyway.
He opened the door to the bathroom and found Max brushing her teeth furiously, he could see that some blood was already coming from her gums but Max didn't stop, she didn't even realize he was there until he took the toothbrush away from her.
"Rinse your mouth." He told her and she did.
"Ok, what happened?"
"I had a nightmare." Max stated the obvious.
"Want to talk about it?"
"No, I can handle it." Max tried to get past him but he took her in his arms and sat her down on the edge of the tub.
"Hey!"
"That's not good enough Max, your nightmares are getting worse and I want to know what they are about."
Max closed her eyes "Fine, but you have to tell me about yours first."
Alec raised an eyebrow "I don't have nightmares."
"Right, that's why your chest is glistening with sweat and the silk of your boxers is clinging to your skin." Max sat down on the floor and leaned her back against the tub.
Alec sighed and sat down next to her "I was not the one screaming my guts out just a few minutes ago Max."
Max crossed her arms "Well I won't talk unless you do."
Alec sighed again "Fine. I'll talk. I just... I don't know where to..."
He closed his eyes and Max could almost feel the tension on his body. She moved closer to him and placed a hand on his arm.
Alec looked up and realized that they where sitting next to each other on the bathroom floor with the lights out since they didn't need them.
"Are yours about reindocrination?" Max asked him slowly.
"Some of them... most of the time they are about... other stuff."
"Like what?"
"Just stuff..."
"Alec..."
"Rachel" Alec said simply.
Max nodded "Are they bad?"
Alec nodded
"Tell me."
"No Max."
"If you don't talk then I don't talk remember?"
"Max," Alec glanced at her, his eyes were moist "you really don't want to know."
"I do want to know Alec! I care about you and I want to know what's bothering you!"
Alec was quiet for a moment "You care about me?"
"Of course I do you idiot! I wouldn't have saved your ass all of those times if I didn't!"
"Max you save everyone's ass." He told her.
"Well yeah but yours is special!"
"Is that right?" Alec gave her a cocky grin and Max slapped his arm.
"Come on Alec, don't change the subject and tell me about your dreams."
Alec took a deep breath "No Max, I already told you they are about Rachel and that's all you're getting from me."
"Ok, then I won't talk." Max stood up and was just about to walk away when Alec grabbed her hand and sat her back down.
"You want to know what goes on in my nightmares? Fine! Basically Rachel just looks at me and tells me that she hates me, that I killed her, that it's all my fault, that I'm a freak, a monster, a killer, a beast, that I have no soul, that she never loved me, that no one ever will..."
A tear rolled down Alec's cheek, he brushed it off furiously and stared down at his hands.
Max sat there in shock, she was not expecting such an outburst from him and for a moment she didn't know what to do.
She snapped out of it and reached out for him. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close to her. He hesitated before hugging her back, allowing another tear to escape. It fell on Max's back and she held him tighter.
Alec pulled away from her after what seemed like two seconds. Max could tell he was in soldier mode by the way his eyes reflected no emotion at all.
"Tell me about your dream." He told her simply.
Max took a deep breath "They all start the same, I hear Renfro's voice telling me how everything my fault, she tells me that I'm poison and that I kill everyone I love, that all the dead transgenics died because of me. Then I start getting this flashes of Jack, Eva, Tinga... then Zack. He is just standing there, his head covered in blood and he tells me how he had to kill himself because he was my CO, he tells me that if I hadn't been so careless he would still be alive. And then there's Ben..."
Alec sighed and wrapped his arms around her, she rested her forehead on his chest and sniffed "I just keep watching myself killing him... I can see over and over again how I snapped his neck, how I held his dead body in my arms... I killed my brother Alec! I loved him and I killed him with my bare hands!"
Max sobbed into his chest and he pulled her closer to him, seating her between his spread legs.
"But that's not it, I hear Ben's voice while I'm snapping his neck, he's telling me not to do it, not to kill him just to hide him somewhere until Lydecker's man are gone and I can go back for him but I still kill him. He's begging me not to do it but I snap his neck! Alec I killed my brother!" Max sobbed harder, she started shaking and Alec had to rock her for her to calm down.
He stroked her hair and kissed her temple "It's ok Max, it was just a nightmare. Everything is going to be ok."
"No it's not. No matter what I do it won't bring my brothers and sisters back."
"Oh Max, none of it was your fault! Zack killed himself because he loved you too much to live without you! Ben asked you to kill him because he couldn't bring himself to do it. He was killing other people Max I don't think he was a very happy guy."
Max shook her head "I still shouldn't have killed him."
"You had to, it was better than reindocrination. Trust me."
Max leaned back against his chest, her silent tears still rolling down her cheeks "I can't help the way my heart feels."
Alec tightened his hold on her and kissed the top of her head "I know Max, I know."
They staid in the bathroom for the rest of the night, holding on to each other for comfort.
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Alec was walking down the hall with his backpack on his shoulder and looking dead tired. The bathroom floor was not exactly comfortable even if Max's weight on his chest was. He had been up all night stroking her hair and having whispered conversations about their 'past lives'. He glanced at his watch and sighed, at least he still had some time before he had to get changed for gym. He thought about going to find Max and check on her.
"Alec! Hey!" Dak caught up with him right next to the small Recycling Room.
"Hey Dak... hump!" Dakareth opened the door to the tiny room with one hand and pushed him in with the other one.
"Dak?"
"Hey Alec, I just wanted to ask, how are things going with Kat?" Dak crooked her head slightly to the right and seemed truly concerned for him.
Alec wondered how she could sound so caring and still ask him a question that he would hate to answer. He really didn't want to do the whole initiation thing with Kat, it brought up memories of his valentine missions back at Manticore, missions that he would rather forget.
"Alec?"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"I asked, how are things going with Kat? Do you think you will be able to get her tonight?"
Alec nodded "Sure, no problem."
"Good. Now come on, let's get to class." Dak opened the door and walked out, not waiting for him to catch up.
"Alec my man! What where you two doing in that closet?" Luke patted him on the back.
"Uh?" Alec asked, obviously out of it.
"You and Dak, what are you up to?" Iker asked him.
"Nothing, she just wanted to ask me how things where going with the thing tonight." Alec lowered his voice.
Luke snorted "Yeah right, well anyway we better hurry or we're going to be late for class."
Alec sighed and nodded, he walked beside the two guys, dragging his feet.
"Alec, are you ok man?" Luke asked him.
"I'm fine" Alec answered but the truth was he was too tired to move, let alone fight so he took a deep breath and stopped Iker with his arm.
Iker glanced at him and Alec whispered "Hey, do you have any more of that caffeine shit?"
Iker smiled and reached for his backpack.
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Max was changing in the locker room when Amanda walked up to her and handed her a cup of coffee.
"You look like you had a rough night." She told Max, twisting a strand of her blonde hair with her fingers.
"I was up studying biology. I need to catch up with you guys." Max answered simply and gulped down the coffee.
"Yeah well don't overdo yourself. Hey, we're meeting this afternoon at five to give you guys the equipment you'll need for tonight. Tell Alec ok?"
Max sighed "Sure." She finished her coffee and walked calmly to the gym, slightly more alert.
*************
The rest of the day passed in a blur and before Max got a chance to mentally prepare for what she was doing that night she was on the car with Alec, parked right outside the woods.
Alec took a deep breath and turned around to face her. "We're going to get through this ok?"
Max nodded and took his hand "What did you tell Kat?"
"That I would meet her at six, go for a walk and dinner afterwards."
Max nodded "Let's just get this over with."
They walked through the woods in silence. Once they got to where the group gathered they realized that everyone was waiting for them.
They handed them their equipment. A digital camera for Alec, in case he couldn't copy the files and a small camera for Max to place discretely at the strip club.
"Ok you two, this has to be precise. If you two get caught we will not take responsibility, you'll be on your own. Alec we need you to come back here after you're... done. Max you can go straight home and we'll see you tomorrow at our lunch table... if your mission is successful that is." Dak smiled sweetly at them and sent them on their way.
Alec dropped Max at home for her to get ready. She stuffed her outfit on a bag and changed into jeans and a tiny shirt that clung to her body like a second skin.
Logan walked downstairs slowly, looking at her while she applied some light makeup to her eyes.
"Max, are you sure you want to do this?" Logan asked her, sitting down on the steps.
"No Logan, but there's just no other way."
Logan sighed "I know." He said simply.
Max finished with her makeup and went to sit next to Logan on the steps. She didn't say anything, she just sat there.
Logan wished he could reach out and hold her. He wanted to comfort her the way Alec had the night before but he knew it was impossible, at least at that moment.
He had talked to the girl from the lab that morning, her name was Sasha, she told him she needed a piece of Max's DNA so Logan hand taken Max's hairbrush and carefully placed some hairs on a plastic bag which he hand later handed to Sasha.
"It's getting late, I should probably go." Max stood up and Logan nodded.
"Good luck, I'll be home when you get back."
Max nodded weakly and left.
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Alec arrived at Kat's at six fifteen. He took her for a walk around the campus and later took her for an early dinner at a restaurant nearby.
Alec ordered a pizza for the two of them and they ate in silence for a while until the food was all gone and they had to talk about something.
"You know Kat, you look beautiful tonight." Alec smiled at her and she blushed.
"Thanks, you look really great too."
Alec brushed the compliment off and took her hands in his. "I was amazed when you agreed to go out with me. I honestly didn't think you would say yes. I didn't think I could get so lucky."
Kat giggled and patted his hand "I didn't think you where being honest, I mean... you're elite!"
Alec smiled "I've also been told I've got great taste."
Kat giggled again and blushed a little.
They spent the rest of the evening talking about everything and nothing at all. They talked about music and books for a while until they ran out of things to say so they left the restaurant.
Alec walked Kat home, she opened the door to her room and smiled at him seductively "My roommate is staying over at a friends house, wanna come in for a while?"
Alec smiled and walked into the room, closing the door behind him.
*************
Max glanced around the club until she spotted the owner. She walked over to him and smiled sexily "Hey, I'm looking for a job and this seems like a nice place to work. Do you think you might have an opening for me?"
The owner hadn't looked up form the papers he was reading and was just about to say no when he glanced up and was unable to resist Max.
"Sure thing baby doll! What's your name?"
"Nidia." Max told him quickly.
"Ok Nidia... are you legal?"
Max giggled "Yes"
The guy didn't ask for an ID "Ok then, You can just go backstage and get ready. We open at eight, you do know how to dance don't you?"
Max giggled "Of course I do silly!"
The owner raised his eyebrows and tried hard not to drool. "Ok then, we'll see what you can do."
Max smiled at him and walked away swaying her hips.
When she was sure no one was looking she stuck the camera on one of the walls, pointing it at the catwalk so that it could record the people sitting around the stage as well as the girls dancing.
Then she went backstage and changed into her outfit. She saw some other girls there, most of them older than her, there was only one young girl that seemed about her age.
The other girls greeted her warmly while they got ready.
After what seemed like only seconds for Max the owner showed up and told them they where about to open.
"Ok, I want the first ones on stage to be..." He glanced around the room, his eyes staring appreciatively at Max "You, you, you and... you Nidia."
Max took a deep breath and tried to calm down her breathing.
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I'm sorry this took so long! I'll try to write faster! I promise!
Ok, so this story takes place after Hello Goodbye but Logan never saw Alec leaving the building ok? good.
I would suggest you get the song Supernatural by Sugababes, I'm going to use it on the next chapter ;)
The voting thing is almost over, I swear. The next chapter will be the last one where you guys get to vote. I'm making a decision after that.
I hope you liked this chapter, I didn't really proofread it, I just wanted to get it up here!
Don't forget to review.
Oh and one more thing! I've watched the show since the beginning, I've seen most episodes about five times or something so I kind of know a lot about what the transgenics do and don't do so if you find a mistake of sorts (like them sleeping too much) it's probably on purpose but please don't hesitate to tell me if you find anything that doesn't quite fit just in case I am missing something ;) thanks!!
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