Author's note : Let the Logan bashing start. I'm not that mean to him. At least i don't think.

And if someone is interested in being my beta, please contact me...

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Chap 7 : Betrayal

The next day she woke up in Alec's arm. Now that's weird. How did i ended up in his bed? Wait a minute this is my room! Then what is he doing... She started to remember. Her eyes came back to the man sleeping next to her. God! He's gorgeous! Did i just think that of annoying Alec! She brushed the thought and stood up not caring if it will wake him or not. She personnaly didn't care. She went directly to the bathroom and swallowed some pills of tryptophan. She was filling way better, but she still was afraid. When she came back in her room, he was fully awaken.

"Get up!" she said sharply "We have work to do. We need those datas."

"Good morning to you Alec, thanks for taking care of me yesterday. You know with your bitchy attitude, i might really consider that you are Lydecker's daughter."

She wanted to say something but nothing came out of her mouth, so instead, she stormmed out of the room and slammed the door behind her.

All the way to the GeniePharma Laboratory, she remained silent while he drove.

"Come on Maxie. Won't share your thoughts with me?"

She didn't bother answering him or even looking at him. She maintained her gaze on the road, or on the landscape oustide. Not that there were anything to see.

A pissed off Max, he could handle, but a very pissed off and silent Max was different. He knew that this time he really messed up. Though, he did nothing. He was really tired of her attitude.

"So you won't talk, huh? Fine by me." He commented. "Ok, white flag. I surrender. I take it back, ok! You're not Lydecker's daughter. You're nothing like him, ok? Now would you talk to me?"

She turned her head only to stare daggers at him before returning her gaze on the road.

"I did nothing wrong!" he muttered.

She sighed.

She really didn't talk to him all day long. Once she got in the lab, she controlled all the datas she had to and got her device back. Now, she needed to locate the kid.

"So, how are my favorite scientists doing?" asked Aurelien from the door.

"Fine, actually we have finished." Max informed him.

"Great then. I just have your superiors on the phone and my bank, i have the amount that we agreed." He declared.

"I suppose then that i can come home with the datas now." She said.

"You can."

"I would like, a favor from you Aurelien." She said cautiously and putting her most innocent and seductive smile.

"Anything for you." He replied.

"The subject you've been working on. Can i please get to meet this miracle of science?" She asked with a thousand watt smile on her feature. Who could argue with that, huh?

Aurelien seemed to think about it.

"All right. What harm could it make? Plus you're going home tonight. It would be my gift to you."

"Thank you so much Aurelien." She continued to smile at him.

"Heard you did not feel too well yesterday. Is everything ok?"

"As you can see, i'm ok. Nothing that Genedyne won't be able to fix in a few months." She beamed.

"If you say so. Now come, i'll show you our subject."

Max, Alec and Aurelien entered a resttricted area. A few minutes later, a dark haired eight year old boy was ushered in the room.

The boy's gaze was immediately on her.

"Rachel." He whispered. He didn't knew her real name, he just remembered the name on her badge that day, when the bad guys killed Dr Tanaka.

"What did you say..." Aurelien didn't get to finish his sentence as Max elbowed him and he fell backward.

"That was not the plan Max!" Alec yelled.

"Hey, Jude. Remember me?" she ignore him royally.

The little boy nodded.

"We'll get you outside this nightmare ok? And we will find you family? Ok?"

"I want to stay with you." Jude whispered.

"Come on." She grabbed the little boy. "Let's move Alec!"

"This is not the plan!" he repeated.

"I already have the data, you already lay the explosives, what's the problem?" she snapped.

"We were supposed to do this tonight!" he replied.

"Well we're doing it now! Stop barking and move."

Obviously, the guards didn't expect them to be transgenics, so they got out of the Laboratory without any harm. As soon as they were far enough, Alec pushed the red button and the facility blew off.

"Nice fireworks, don't you think?" he said.

"Go to the airport." She ordered.

"What?"

"Go now! We need to put as much as distance between him and them. We need to get out of this country. Just in case. We must be careful. Plus there's nothing but clothes there."

He had never saw Max extra cautious. Maternal instinct he thought as he noticed the little boy still hanging on her. Why did he call her Rachel?

As if answering his thought she sighed.

"Rachel Glasser. It was my credential to access the conference." She explained. "My real name is Max sweetie. Try to sleep ok?" She rubbed Jude's back.

"So it was an Eyes Only thing?" he asked.

"Not really. It was for me. It was part of the quid pro quo between me and Logan."

"You had a quid pro quo with Logan?" he was surprised.

"I had a life before him, Alec. He was supposed to find my siblings and i helped him with his EO missions."

"And i thought that both of you were always whipped that way since you met." He commented.

"You don't know me Alec. Just like i don't really know you." She stated. That was true. Though they'd become more closer since she got him out of jail, and all those months spent in TC, they never really discussed of what their life was before. Alec was avoiding the delicate subject of his life at Manticore, and Max opened herself rarely. He felt a hint of sadness in her voice.

Max released her breath once they reached the american soil.

"I'm not handing him to Lydecker." She said.

"You don't have a choice Max. We don't. You know it."

"They have all the datas they need on those disks!" she shouted drawing attention to them.

"So what can you do about it?" he asked.

"He's a kid Alec. We have to do something!" he felt the despair in her voice.

"Logan's contact aren't safe for him." He stated.

"Don't tell Lydecker we're already here." She pleaded.

"I wasn't going to." He observed her and the kid in her arms, still not letting go. Maternal instincts, he thought definitely. She has been great with the kid.

"What are you going to do with him?"

"We're taking him to Logan." She said decisively.

"What?"

"I know someone who can take care of him. Someone i can trust. Someone that either way i need to see."

Logan's new appartment.

They didn't even bothered knocking on the door. Anyway, they never did it so.

"We need your help." She started.

Neither of them was prepared to see Asha and Logan naked on the couch.

"Oh God!" Max gasped after 15 seconds. "Oh my God."

"Max...i...i..." Logan stammered.

"I don't wanna hear it." She snapped. "Just don't speak."

She breathed. Jude seemed to sense her tension because he woke up.

"Go back to sleep sweetie. Come on. Everything's ok." She soothed still a hint of anger in her voice thought she tried to hide it.

She waited that the eight year old boy buried again his head in her neck.

"As much as i don't like it Logan, i still need your help. Give me Charlie's address and phone."

"Tinga's Charlie?" he repeated.

"I need to find him. Now!" she barked.

Logan stood up leaving a very confused and embarrased Asha on the couch.

"You should dress up." Max advised Asha. "He's just a kid, and he's been through a lot today. I don't want him to wonder what is he doing in a living room with a naked girl."

"Look Max...I'm sorry." Asha pleaded.

"No you're not Asha. And that's fine by me." She snapped.

A few minutes later, Logan handed her Charlie's address and phone in Canada. Logan put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't touch me!" she shouted. "Don't ever approach me! Ever!"

Again, Jude felt her body tense and woke up.

"It's okay sweetie, we're going."

Without any other words, she run out of her ex-boyfriend's house with Alec on her heels.

OC's appartment.

OC was sleeping when she heard the banging on the door.

"This better be good or Original Cindy's gonna kick your ass." She yelled.

Her expression softened when she saw her friends in front of her.

She pulled Max to her.

"It's good to see you boo!" she greeted.

"Hey OC!" said Alec behind Max.

"Hey Alec. Come in."

"Can we crash here tonight?" Max asked.

"Of course. You're home here, you know that." Original Cindy assured. "Have any problem with that nemesis of yours?"

"No and yes. It's for the boy." She replied.

OC seemed to noticed for the first time the little boy.

"You mean, you're hiding him?"

"Yeah. I'll get him to his new family, tomorrow. I need to make a call first."

Alec handed her his cellphone.

"Thanks. Can you take him?" talking about Jude.

"Well...huh...alright." replied Alec not sure of what to do.

"He's asleep already, just get him to a bed." She said.

OC nodded in the direction of Max's room.

"Hello."

"Hello." Answered a male's voice.

"It's Max."

It took a few second to the man to recoverd his voice.

"You got any news for me."

"Not good." She said frankly. "But i need to see you. Someone needs your help. If you would like to help of course."

"After what you've done for us, no problem Max."

"Can you catch a plane tomorrow morning and be here, in Seattle. Leave Case behind."

"Is it something dangerous?" he asked. He had to ask.

"No Charlie. I would like you to take care of someone for me."

"I'll do."

"Ok. I'll have a ticket waiting for you at the airport. We'll meet there. Ok?"

"Ok."

She made another call to get the ticket for Charlie and then turned to headed to her former bedroom. OC and Alec were discussing. OC was probably trying to know what was going on. But Alec said nothing.

"You ok boo?" she asked Max.

"I'll be fine. Go back to sleep. I'll see you later, ok?" Max's voice was unsure but OC nodded and headed to her own room.

"He's still sleeping." Said Alec. "I'll go sleep on the couch."

"No. Stay please. I don't want to be alone now."

"Okay." He replied.

She laid in her bed, Jude curled up beside her and Alec behind her, his arms on her waist and stroking her back. She didn't cried. It was bothering her but it was much her ego that cried out to kill Logan than her heart. Somehow, she felt somekind of relief in Logan's actions. She didn't know how she was supposed to react. But one thing for sure, she didn't care about Logan. She should have listened to Zane and dump the guy. She wondered since when the two ordinaries have been screwing themselves up.

"I don't love him." She whispered before dozing off.

Alec wasn't sure of what she just had said. And to tell to true, he didn't really wanted to know. How could Logan do that to her? God! She's the most amazing woman that i know but he had no problem screwing another girl. He's gonna pay for this. He's so gonna pay!

Lydecker's team was supposed to take them back at TC in the morning, at their supposedly return from France. So, she just had time to say goodbye to Jude and hand him to Charlie. He promised he would take care of him. She knew how it was hard for him when she told him Tinga was dead. Yet, he didn't step out and took Jude when she explained him the situation of the little boy.

So now, they were in Lydecker's office.

"So you're both telling me that the boy blew off with the compound?" asked Lydecker. He didn't trust them. He knew how Max was.

"Yes, sir." Replied Alec. "As we said, the little boy recognized Max, the guards were in the room before we could reach the boy. We already had the datas, we thought that it would only be a collateral damage. We had no choice. It was him, or us, sir!"

Lydecker stood in front of them not believing what they say, but he decided to let go. At least they came back to him, and it's all he needed. For now.

"Dismissed." He ordered.

Later that day, Max was in Lydecker's office.

"Anything to say soldier?" he said sharply.

"I would like to leave Seattle for a few days." She paused before adding "sir."

That was a premiere, never Max called him sir. The few years she spent in Manticore not counting of course. Since, the beginning of their collaboration, she always called him Deck, or Donald, or Lydecker.

"I cannot let you go." He stated.

"I mean on a mission, sir. I need to clear my head." She explained.

"And that is because?" said Lydecker raising an eyebrow.

"It's personal, sir." She insisted not blinking and staring back at the colonel.

"I am sending the X6-787, X6-809..."

"Bullet and Ralph." She interrupted "I assume you're sending Zero and Fixit too."

"I heard they made a pretty good team since their return from Canada." Lydecker stated.

"They're smart." She said.

"I heard you get along pretty well with them too." He continued.

"Saved their lives once, did the same for me."

"I have an assigment for them. Do you think you can be their handler?" he asked.

"I can do that." She assured.

"Good."

"When and what is the mission exactly?" she asked.

"You're all going to Florida. Fort Lauderdale." He indicated.

"What for? Does it concern the familiars?" she inquired.

"No. It's a favor for one of our friends." He informed.

"And that is?"

"He wants you to accompany his daughter during her vacation."

"Arghh...we're not gonna play the bodyguards for a sploiled child." She said.

"I thought you wanted to get out of town for a few days. She's spending a week there. Along with three of her friends."

"Why do you need some much Xs then?"

"Her father is helping us, and he knows about the breeding cult. They received some kind of warning lately..."

"So, why don't you put them somewhere where nobody can find them?"

"Do that and you'll get five boxes of tryptophan, and clothes for the babies, blankets plus anything you'll need for the medical stuff for the next month."

"I guess it's Florida then." She concluded.

"You're leaving in three hours. Dismissed."

HQ of Terminal City.

Ralph, Bullet, Zero and Fixit were ready to leave.

"Wait!" cried Max. "I'm coming with you."

"We didn't know that." Said Ralph.

"I asked Lydecker to be your handler. I need to get out of town. It'll be fun."

"That's fine by me." Said Zero.

"Just give me five minutes, i need to give some orders first and we'll go."

"Hey! Alec."

Alec turn around to face Max.

"I'm leaving for a week. You think you can handle things here? I would ask Mole but he's starting to get on his nerve each time i pronounce Lydecker."

"Sure. Where are you going?"

"On vacation. I'll just be handling Ralph's team." She explained.

"It has something to do with ..."

"Logan? You can pronounce his name. I'm ok, i'm fine." She assured.

"You're not gonna kill him, are you?" he said.

"No." She laughed. "In fact, he did me a favor. Now, i need to talk to everybody."

"Ok."

"All right people! I'm gonna leave, again for a week this time. I'll leave command to Alec. Oh, and we'll get some supplies in for us. Blankets, clothes for the babies, tryptophan, anything we need for the medics during one month and food." She paused before finishing. "From now on, Logan Cale will be forbidden to come at Terminal City."

A loud groan of joy rose from the center of command. Logan was only tolerated because he was dating Max, and because he was useful for their image, but no transgenic loved him in Terminal City.

"Have a nice week everybody."

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