Sorry Do I know you?

Chapter 3: Buy one and escape for free...

Written By: Draco Veritas

Disclaimer: Nope, sorry, I wish, but they're not mine. Except for Blu and Megan.

Authors Notes: Hey it's me, thanks for all the support as usual. You are all a brilliant audience, and yes I know I'm a great Author (just joking or am I?). This whole series is dedicated to a special some one who inspired me to write this, so this is for her. So this is for you Hip Hop always from 'Cotty'. Enjoy. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much! Draco Veritas has left the building ...

Logan was doing that stupid swivelling thing on his chair twirling his pen between his fingers, but being the dweeb that he is the bloody thing kept falling which made a very annoyingly distracting sound.

"So...what you're telling me that there are these people from New Zealand after you, because of a mission that went wrong. So now they think that you are your clone Morgana but she's nowhere to be found. And this all started over a lovers dispute that she had when she was under cover? Not much of a cover was it."

"That's it in a nut shell, these guys from NZ have most of the sector cops in their pockets. If we could find Morgana we'd be able to fill in the blanks, but the last time I saw her was like a minute before I had the life knocked out of me by an ambush squad sent by the guy she betrayed. There were so many of them and we didn't see 'em coming. Manticore basically had to scoop me up in a bin bag and take me back."

Max was pacing and shooting Blu confused looks, she stopped in the middle of the room with a very determined look on her face.

"You, I'll deal with later, Megan do you have any idea where we should start looking for Morgana?"

"Well I think she's being held by this lover boy of hers in sector nine, I remember that he moved head quarters there about a month earlier. He was planning something big over there. So that's a start. The building doubles a children's toy and candy factory."

"That's a start."

"Let me guess Max! You, me sewer at 12 o'clock tonight, right?"

"No actually you Megan sewer at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening. Being a weekend they won't have that many workers as a week - day. Plus nothing says I love you, than a night stroll through a sewer."

"I'll contact you tomorrow morning with directions and some help me out gadgets that I can get my hands on."

"What about me?"

"What about yo-"

"You're with me we'll be above ground, knocking out anything that moves."

"Ok."

"So my dear friend until tomorrow, Oh I can't wait...sewer searching, lovely!"

And they were off, Max grabbed Blu by the sleeve and practically dragged him all the way home with her. When they got there she realised that their bikes were still at his place.

"You got out the night it burnt down?"

"Yeah."

"And how did you know that I was a transgenic?"

"Your barcode is coming back I spotted it that night on the beach your hair brushed away from you neck for a split second when you were walking in front of me."

"Why didn't you just tell me then? Huh? You could have just come out. You, Yo- jus- I- wh..."

She began to rant Blu just walked up to her and laid a kiss on her, which put an end to all her talking. She put her head on his shoulder and hugged him; he pecked her on the head.

"Another transgenic makes a mess and I feel responsible. Hello! This is all my fault Manticore burnt down, they never really felt freedom I should have known some how what they did there would come back to bite them in the-"

"It's not your fault, you didn't know what would happen. Manticore was their problem then and is their problem now; you helped them with it once. That's all you're responsible for...helping."

Max buried her face in his warm denim jacket, as he slumped into the couch behind them. OC rather drossy, lent against the doorframe of her room. She stood looking at this little picture for about 6 sec before breaking up this happy picture.

"If you two are gonna get all up and nasty please do it in your own room cause I'd like to keep using the couch without thinking of you two doin' it. Especially when I have a special friend of mine here, if you get me."

"I always get you."

"What's the time?"

"About eleven."

"OOH! Common let's go, let's go!"

She yanked Blu and Max by the hand and hoisted them up. Both looked hectically baffled.

"Go where?"

"I'm meeting one of those special friends of mine in sector 3, there's some party shindig goin' on, oh you two are so not staying home even if you're planning on getting busy."

Once OC made up her mind there was no way she was letting it go. There was always time to party even in a broken world; the parties may even be better than the pre-pulse ones.

It was held in the middle of an abandoned street... right I will give you a detailed description but let me give you the feeling of this party. I'm South African and I live in Durban, Kwa- Zulu Natal, so any way it's a brilliant place. New Years Eve is always banging the best part of it is the street parties. Florida Road especially, all along either side of the road there are Cafes and roadside restaurants, like in France where people are seated on the terrace. Well on New Years Eve the road is closed off, lots of people mostly young people bring their cooler bags and braai stands (barbeque stands) and socialise with other groups who are there it's brilliant cause there's really loud music just the way a street party should be.

All the old buildings were covered in toilet paper (just the way God intended); people were jumping to the pumping sounds. OC, Max and Blu made their way through the crowd to a place where beer was being served. OC found the brunet she was looking for then disappeared for the rest of the night. Max and Blu completely let go which is a nice way of me saying that they became completely drunk. They danced till everyone had left when they realised (half an hour too late) that the music had stopped. They ran giggling hand in hand all the way to Jam Pony surprisingly getting there on time. Normal was still yawning at the time when they both entered, still very gangly literally stumbled in (Warning: Drunkenness, tipsiness or the slightest bit of alcohol may cause a lack of perception in absolutely everything) Blu slipped down the ramp and landed on his backside. First there was a moment of solemn silence, and then both Max and Blu broke out in a hysterical fit. Normal stood there with a very disapproving look on his face. Max and Blu were still holding half finished beer bottles. Normal cleared his throat hoping that they would notice him, they didn't he attempted it three more times each time raising the tone two bars higher. Eventually Blu took notice.

"What' the matter Normal? Hee, Hee, haha. Funny word 'what' isn't it, What, Ha!"

"Here you go Normal have some cough mixture, there seems to be something wrong with your throat. I think this is cough mixture it helped me with....with, uh...mmm...what was I saying?....Oh! I think this is cough mixture ...Blu what does it say on the bottle?"

Max was trying to help Blu get up and hand the bottle to Normal at the same time. Which in her state of mind or lack of mind left her feeling very confused so she just sat in the middle of the floor between Normal's counter and Blu. She shoved the bottle in Blu's face bopping him in the head.

"It says...Hi...Hin...Hin...Hinini...Oh, sorry, no it says Hiney."

"Hiney?"

They looked at each other, and then started crawling with laughter worse than before. Normal shook his head and headed into his office.

"Oho! He vanished! Where'd he go?"

"He...He...I don't know."

About three hours later Alec rocked up, Max and Blu were still tipsy I think that having heightened senses prolonged your drunkenness. He took one look at them sitting cross - legged on the floor squinted his eyes then left. OC knelt down and shoved two cups of strong black coffee in their faces.

"Drink up."

"No."

Blu exclaimed in a very two-year-old way, he waved his hand, which flopped right back down.

"Common we don't have all day, don't you have to save the world today or was I eves dropping on the wrong conversation?"

"No, hangovers suck!"

'It's go to happen, rather sooner than later."

"No!"

Blu gave his two-year-old act again, this time OC smacked him over the head. So they gave in and drank not one but six cups of strong coffee. Neither had done any work the whole day, Normal didn't notice nor cared. Eventually they headed off to Logan's for a 'mission' briefing. Max and Blu were pacing up and down the whole time.

"So Alec you and Megan should turn off at the fifth check point, then check with Max and Blu before ...What are you two doing?'

"Can I use you bath room?"

"Yeah, can I use the other one?"

Both ran off without waiting for a response, too much fluid in a short period of time. They came out looking very relieved, Alec was making a sandwich in the kitchen when Logan came in.

"Max can I speak to you alone?"

"Not now please I have a splitting headache, I don't need your voice droning in my head too.

"We have to do this sometime..."

They went into the lounge Max was so not listening to what he was saying. Oh no she was actually looking at him then looking at Blu. Logan – Blu, Logan – Blu, Logan – Blu, Blu – Logan, Blu – Logan, Blu –Blu, Blu – Blu, Blu, Blu, Blu, BLU!

"- and so I think we should at least work thing out, cause we both know how we feel about each-"

She switched off and could only think of one thing...She walked up to Blu leaving Logan stunned, and kissed Blu long and wantingly.

"What was that for?"

"Freedom."

"Good enough for me."

Megan and Alec made off for the sewers; Max and Blu were above ground while Logan sat at his computer waiting for any bad activity so he could call Max. Every thing was going cool so far, well they were just walking the factory was still a few sectors away. Below ground Alec and Megan were dodging sewer slime.

"You'd expect me to used to this by now."

"How could some one ever get used to this...If I ever get my hand on Morgana I'll kill her."

"My girlfriend the soft, caring, gentle person she is, is gonna save her clone then kill her...I see great things for that story line, maybe we could take it to whatever's left of Hollywood and have it made into an epic masterpiece."

"We're in a sewer, I'm pissed because I'm covered in slime...now is so not the time to get smart with me."

"Sorry. So...there was something I wanted to ask you...was there any other transgenic in your life? I... would understand, I just wanted to know."

"No."

"Oh, good there was no other in mine, after they sent you on the mission I got Max. She was still mad about Logan and getting to him, so we didn't do anything besides tunnel out."

"Good to know. How much further."

"Well just about..."

By now Blu was holding on to Max's phone just encase she decided to throw it away which she almost did after Logan called her for the twentieth time. She had this really pissed off look on her face, Blu just kept a safe distance from her fists.

"He's driving me up the wall, where's Asher when you need her?"

"Well he must be in a bit of shock, I mean how long were you two going ou-"

"That's a brilliant idea, gimme the phone."

She started dialling rapidly with a very psychotic look on her face, she started rambling something about this'll get him off my back, I'm a genius.

"Hey Asher, it's Max. You still like Logan right? Well we have gone our separate ways; I've found some one else. So any way could you do me a favour?"

"Yeah, I suppose so..."

"Could you please go out with for like a little while, so he gets off my back?"

"Yeah I'm sure I cou-"

"Thanks, Oh! And I wish you the best of luck."

Asher on the other end of the phone was so bouncing off the ceiling; she hadn't removed the phone from her ear though. When feeling came back to her body she moved like the speed of light not wasting any time in rushing over to console Logan in his 'time of need'. When she got there Logan was on the phone (any guess to who?) she sprang up to him, snatched the phone out of his hand and kissed him. Wow! The look on his face, (Cellular phone- $100, Swivel Chair- $250, Lap Top - $2600, Asher's Lipstick- $10, The kiss that left Logan's face in shock for 60 sec - priceless. Some things are priceless Kodak moments, for every thing else there's VISA Electron's Master Card. Accepted everywhere stupid underground journalist's such as Logan do their shopping) words could not find their way to his mouth.

"Uh...Blaaa...Blee, ghummm...weee...yeee...wha-"

Asher put her finger on his lips, which stopped him in his tracks.

"Shoo, don't worry about Max it's just you and me now."

Logan was completely at a loss; he did not know what she was talking about. But this gave him an idea; as soon as the light bulb went on he grabbed her and kissed her back. The thoughts filled his head two can play that game; she wants to make me jealous I'll do the same!

"Asher I'd like you to stay with me for a while after this Ill make us dinner what do you say?"

"Well Ok."

He got up to go to the kitchen and kissed her again. Asher felt very pleased as she slumped into his chair. Something popped up on the computer screen. Asher hollered for him to get back. The little dots that represented Blu, Max, Megan and Alec were now very close to the factory. There were six guards patrolling above ground, which would be a small problem, he quickly alerted Blu and Max. Alec and Megan would be able to get in easily; there was an opening with in the factory floor that could be accessed through the sewer system.

"So what do you wanna do after we help Megan tonight cause clearly it doesn't end with this factory, I mean being my life and everything."

"Well tomorrow's Saturday and today's Friday...we went partying last night, so let's go away courtesy of Normal giving us an extra long weekend."

"No he didn't."

"He doesn't know he didn't, and remember what happened the last time I got angry. If that doesn't work we could just say that we were helping Alec, he definitely wouldn't mind. OOH! I think Logan's buzzing for you again."

"I'm not getting it."

"Fine, hello."

"Hi, you two are going to come into a bit of trouble, there are six guards patrolling just out side the entrance, can you see them?"

"Yeah, we'll alert you when we're in, bye."

"He said that some guards are on duty out side. About six don't think it'll be a problem."

"Let's get busy."

K, now people I have done Karate so I'll try to be as accurate as possible with the play by play. Sometimes I'll switch between the fight, Alec and Megan then Asher and Logan. Here we go...

Two guards walked around the corner to do the old 'do you have a cigarette' routine, Max and Blu waited (out of decency) for them to t least take one swig of their cigarettes before knocking them out cold. It wouldn't be normal if they didn't give a little squeak, which made one curious guard go looking, (I mean hello what is it with only one person going to take a look. Like most films and shows do that, and the guy always disappears. When are they gonna learn their lesson?) he had his gun out and ready (what good did it do?) so Max stood in front of him with that sexy girl act (which he sort of fell for).

"What are you doing here, this is private property."

"I know but I come pass this place all the time and I've spotted you and well there was some thing I was hoping you'd respond to."

This guard was feeling very lucky, and decided to show off.

"Hey, Riki, Troy, Sam! Come here there's this girl that wants to show us something."

These three - world class dumb Asses turned the corner guns poised. Mean while Alec and Megan were sort of arguing over sewer directions, a bit of slime smudged some directions on the print out.

"Listen why don't I just phone Logan and ask him ok? Women!"

"What was that?'

"Nothing...nothing...Oh! Logan we need you to tell us if we're supposed to take turn off 6 or five?"

"Six."

"See I told you it's six.'

And they were off again. Logan on the other had was no where near slime or thinking about it, he and Asher were sitting down to a brilliant dinner with a matured red wine and a creamy pasta.

"You know I really didn't know how you actually felt until now."

"What are you talking about I've been throwing my self at you from the first day that I met you."

"Well there's no use in dwelling in the past we have now, and the future."

"A toast."

"To us."

"To us."

The glasses clicking were almost like the sound of really horny guards gripping their guns. Max stood there with that melting grin on her face, the guards started to shuffle.

"Now boys, please try to get comfortable with your guns, cause what you are about to see should not be seen if you are using heavy machinery."

At once all of the guards took a tighter grip of their guns, one was so into Max that every time she opened her mouth to speak, he would nod hectically. She moved a step closer. Then ...

"Ready or not..."

FLASH !!!

Wow! What a sight but I feel so sorry for those guards I mean I hate being teased, they probably saw a bit of flesh before dropping their guns out of total shock and then seeing total darkness. One of them Riki, put up a fight when Blu jumped off the roof (by the way Blu did get a full frontal, so lucky for him Ay?...). Riki who I absolutely think is the stupidest of them all, tried to take a shot at Max, she dodged and then Blu went for the jugular, which knocked him out.

"Uh... well that worked, good thinking ... on the... you know."

"Say what you want to say."

"I'm a gentle man, and a gentle man would never tell a Lady that she is shall we say 'very pleasing to the eye and that she is built very well and that Manticore did a very nice job.'"

"Oh! No you would never say that."

"No not me."

Max went up to the door, there were sounds coming from behind them. Down under Alec found the hatch, and they both emerged.

"What is this."

"This is gonna be..."

Max and Blu moved faster in opening the door, people were coming. Blu ran and quickly hid the bodies. Max opened the door.

"Freaking hell."

"What? HOLY FU-"

So wazzzzzzzzzzzzzz up? Tell me what you reckon! Oh please, more emails I love 'em. I'm expecting lots of presents and good wishes for my bday that's on the 26 October its my 16th so just some notice in advance from me to you. This story is dedicated to my Hip Hop friend who right now is reading this and I hope she will forgive me for the incredibly stupid thing I did.

Bye

Draco Veritas