What would have happened? What's going to happen? by lightning bolt princess
Max lay awake looking up at the ceiling, she tried to remember what had happened the night before, the series of events. Then it all came back to her in a sudden rush, she, logan, Krit, Syl, Lydecker and Zack had been taking down manticore, she was on her way back when all of a sudden an X7 version of herself appeared.
Max had remembered freezing up, she was in shock, she repeatedly asked if she(the X7) knew her name, next thing she knew, she was in a dream, or was she, she and Logan were making love, then all of a sudden she heard a crow cry, which brought her back to earth and she realized she had been shot in the heart, her thoughts went straight to Logan.
Then she realized something, Logan had been holding her in his arms when she died, had she just blacked out? No she had died which meant Logan would think she was still gone.
Max heard walking outside her cell.
Hear she was back at Manticore, the last place she ever wanted to be.
Then she had flashbacks of conversations with Zack, he'd always said he'd rather die than go back to Manticore, and he had, only problem was, he brought her back, and in a way he lived in her. Max shuddered at that thought.
In the coming days Max swore she'd escape from Manticore and go back to Logan, he had to know she was alive.
But she couldn't escape the fact that Zack had loved her soo much as to sacrifice his own life for hers. Would he have done the same for Syl, or another of her brothers or sisters, or did he more than just brotherly love for her.
She had a flashback of a conversation she'd had with Logan, They were at a hospital, Logan was lucky to be alive. Logan's blood type was AB- the hardest type to find, he needed a blood transfusion in order to survive, the nurse and doctor had left her alone with him, suggesting she take a minute, well she'd did more than just that, she'd given him a blood tranfusion right there and then, she'd just been released by the sector police after turning himself in, Max had been wanted for a murder, a murder Zack had committed. During the conversation Logan had said.
"He cares about you, and I don't mean like a brother."
Had Logan been right? Well Max thought as she continued to plan her escape, I guess I'll never know.
End
Chapter Two. The Conversation
It had been 2 weeks since she'd been at Manticore. The X-5 who had resembled Ben, (now called Alec) had escaped also. He turned up at her crib 3 weeks after they had ditched the X-7's. This is the conversation that had taken place that evening.
"Hey Max long time no see". said Alec smirking.
"You call three weeks a long time? Personally I don't think it's long enough" Max sighed.
"Come on in. How'd you find me anyway?" Max asked curiously stepping aside to let Alec in.
"Thanks, a guy at your work tipped me on where you lived". Alec grinned at the surprised look that was now displayed on Max's face.
"You know where I work how? And who was the guy who tipped you?". She said getting a little annoyed.
"I saw you enter a place called Jam Pony figured you worked there, finding you in Seattle was the last thing I had in mind. I decided to go grab a coffee before I went to investigate. When I did investigate, you were out on a run, what ever that means, a guy called Normal gave me your address and so here I am." He replied in a mocking tone.
"Your right smartass Jam Pony is where I work. It's a messenger service. We deliver packages ect. When Normal, who by the way is my boss, said I was out on a run, he meant I was out delivering a package. Trust him to tell you where I lived". Max said half complaining.
Suddenly the phone rang, Max raced over and picked it up.
"Hello? Oh hi Logan, how are you? Logan talks on other end of the phone line.
"I'm alright you?"
"Yeah I'm fine, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"For once it isn't about saving the world, I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight?"
"I think you already knew what my answer would be even before you called".
"Well yeah, I have a pretty good Idea what is your answer Max?"
"My answer is I'd love to".
"Cool, do you want to come to my place first or should I come to you?"
"I'll come by your place, lets say at about seven-thirty?"
"Sounds good to me, I'll see you then."
"You bet you will".
Logan laughs.
"Max?"
"Yes Logan'
"I love you."
"I love you too Logan with every beat of my heart."
"Your making me miss you more than I already am, if we don't hang up now, we'll probably still be talking when it's time for you to get here."
Max blushes slightly.
"Your right as always, I'll see you at seven-thirty on the dot, bye Logan"
"Bye max.
Max hangs up the phone and turned back to Alec, who had listened to the whole conversation intently.
"You two don't know how lucky you really are". Alec said looking pensive.
"What are you talking about?"
"Renfro wanted me to inject you with a Genetically targeted retro virus, that is activated by intimate contact. I didn't, If I had, you and your boyfriend Logan wouldn't even be able to touch, that's if you didn't want to kill him, basically if you two touched he'd die". Alec paused so Max could take the information in.
"Did Renfro know you didn't inject me with the virus?" Max asked in a small voice.
"No, neither did any of the other manicore pricks." "They all thought I injected you weeks before we escaped".
"Why didn't you do it?" She asked curiously
"Because I didn't want to, I was sick of taking orders, figured if I was going to escape, I wouldn't be taking any once I had. So I decided to slack off a bit, also I didn't want to stuff up your relationship, I didn't want to see you hurt and upset. Despairing cause you could no longer touch the one you loved" Alec replied while pacing.
"Since when do you care about my well being?" "I thought you of all people would want to stuff up one aspect of my life" Max looked him straight in the eyes, her eyebrows narrowed in a frown.
"I don't really care about your well being all that much, I just wanted you to be happy" admitted Alec.
"Thanks Alec, for not injecting me, that was extremely considerate of you". Max said, her comments surprising Alec, throwing him a little off guard.
"No problem" Replied Alec.
There was a long silence. Alec broke it.
"Look I'd better go, let you get ready for tonight, we'll catch up sometime?"
"Yeah, time is of the essence after all. We can catch up sometime, if you want". She said not really all that fussed.
"Should we exchange numbers, you know so we can contact each other?" Alec half asked and suggested.
"Um, sure great idea." Max said agreeing.
Max and Alec exchanged their cell phone numbers before Alec left.
End of Chapter 2.
Chapter 3: Time flies when your having fun.
The hours went by in a flash, and it was almost time to go to Logan's. Max was just finishing putting on her make up on ( something she usually didn't do), when the door opened. It was Original Cindy back from her day out on the town.
"You going out tonight sugar?" OC asked looking Max over.
"It's that obvious, huh?" she asked sarcastically. "Bleedingly obvious boo."
"Hmmmm, gee, let me think, what would give me away, must have been the make up". Said Max, walking over to get her cell phone from the table. "See you took the words right out of my mouth. Max and OC cracked up laughing.
"Hey, check this out, I got a magazine today, got some cool stuff in it, it's got that Buffy chick on the front cover, what's her name again" OC looked at Max hoping she'd know, otherwise she'd have to fish the mag out of her bag. Max came to her rescue in seconds. "Sarah Michelle Gellar, you like her don't you?" Max asked curiously.
"Hell yeah, she's a hot chick!". OC blushes a little and looked at floor. There was a long pause which OC broke.
"You can sort of relate to her can't you?" Asked OC hoping to get an honest answer.
"What, who?" Max asked honestly. "Buffy, you can sort of relate to her, you know, you both wish you had normal lives, wish you could be normal girls." OC looked at Max.
"I never really thought about it, but I guess yeah. I haven't really watched it." Admitted Max.
"Well, you know me, haven't missed an episode, got 'em all on tape, if you wanna watch 'em sometime". OC opened the fridge and got out some left over pasta from the night before.
"Thanks, but no thanks." Max said getting her bag. "Well If you ever change your mind" Said OC trailing off.
"I'll let you know". Max assured her.
"Look I'd better go, or I'll be late. Sorry." Max Apologised.
"Hey it's ok. Don't sweat it out babe. What time do you reckon you'll be coming home? Or is tonight an all nighter?"
"An all nighter, I think". Max pondered at the possibilities, thinking back to what Alec had said that afternoon.
"Ooooooooh! Lucky Logan". Said OC giggling.
Max blushed as she checked the time.
"Ok now I really gotta jet." Max smiled at OC, OC smiled back.
The friends hugged, before Max grabbed her bag and left.
End of chapter three.
