Hormones

By: lfbrox

Rating: R

Timeframe: A couple of month after Freak Nation. Logan can of course walk.

AN: Here we go again. Another Thursday another update. Thanks a lot for your reviews. I'm almost at 200 reviews and that is more than I could have wished for. Okay. Sometimes when life interferes and the muse is just nowhere to be found it sucks. But I enjoy writing this. And I'm having a lot of fun doing it. And I intent to do so. Even if nobody is reviewing. But of course I hope you do J

So read and review and let me know what you like. I have finished writing this story, but it'll help me to write my next one if I know what you want. Greetings go to Sammi who is still crouched over her desk studying. Also idlehands452 for being a regular reviewer. And welcome to X-318. Glad you found your way to fan fiction. Hope you enjoy all the great Max and Logan story's here. There are treasures to find even though a lot of stories have been removed due to the abandonment of NC-17 stories.

So enjoy everybody. Here it goes.

Reposting

This time it is the beta-read version. Thanks to my wonderful beta Sammi, who came back from the dead to help me finish this story with style.

Chapter 22: With a little help from my foes

"Guess we have a long night ahead of us." Luke said as Dix started to open one folder after the other.

Safe House, New Westminster

After their phone call to Terminal City Logan and Max didn't feel like going to bed. They lay on the couch in the living room. The fire was burning in front of them and they cuddled. But the atmosphere was far from romantic. Or even the atmosphere of two lovers and expectant parents. They both were in their own world.

Logan felt helpless. And for the first time since the shooting it wasn't because he couldn't use his legs. He felt helpless cause there was nothing he could do to help. In Terminal City he would pull a couple of all nighters hacking in systems, analyzing files, making plans and strategizing with the others. But now all he could do was wait. Wait not only until he regained his mobility but also wait until someone called and told him what to do next. He wasn't used to this. He was itching to do something but all he could do was wait. Not his strong suit.

Max felt numb. Felt used. And for the first time since her escape from Manticore the problem couldn't be fixed with kicking some ass and escape and evade. They, no, Renfro wanted specifically her. And not exactly her. It wasn't because of the person she is or was. It wasn't because of the life she lived or the person she had become. Renfro solely wanted her because of her DNA. Wanted her because of her baby. Wanted to take her baby and kill her and take whatever she wanted from her dead body. She knew that she couldn't change that fact. But she wished she could take a group of people, go to that Renfro bitch and take her lights out once and for all. That's what she would have done if she was in Terminal City. But not here. She was itching to do something but all she could do was wait. Not her strong suit.

TerminalCity, Headquarters:

Jesse came bouncing up the stairs to the command center where Dix and Luke hacked away on their computers. When they heard him come up they stopped, grateful for a break, and looked at him expectantly.

"So?" Dix and Luke asked in unison waiting for Jesse's report.

"I followed Victor. He drove to a warehouse just outside of the city boundaries. No windows, so I couldn't look inside. But it's not protected from the outside. Guess they don't expect anybody to be suspicious that a simple warehouse could hold the 'Project unicorn' command center. As far as I can tell there's no facility to hold the lab and do the cloning. I don't know if Renfro is really in the building either. But it looked as if Victor told the truth. He even seemed a little nervous going in." Jesse reported and looked over Dix's shoulder to scan the file he had pulled up.

"Still, I think we need a little bit more proof than that before we give him Max's and Logan's location in Canada so he can help them escape. Plus first we need to find a place for them to go. They can't come back here for a while." Dix said to Jesse and Luke.

"Well they can never come back here unless we find a way to stop that Renfro bitch from going after Max. And her baby. So you guys better go back to work. I'm gonna bunk down. It's almost morning and I'm dead to the world. Night guys." Jesse said with a grin and left the two 'nomlies' to work on the files.

Safe House, New Westminster

"We really should go to bed Max. It's almost morning." Logan said. They had spent the night on the couch but Neither of them had slept a lot. Once in a while one of them would doze off, but sleep wouldn't come.

"I guess so." Max replied without making an attempt to move from her comfortable spot cuddled up to Logan.

"Okay. Let's." Logan said he didn't move an inch either.

"What were you thinking about all night?" Max asked Logan. They had spent all night on the couch awake, but nobody spoke a single word in the whole time. Max thought that they might never get any sleep if they didn't talk about what had kept their minds busy all night.

"A lot of things." Logan started and hugged Max a little tighter. After a long pause he continued. "It might sound a little stupid, being a pathetic workaholic and all. But I felt a little helpless tonight. There is this enemy. Maybe the greatest enemy we have ever faced together. But there is nothing I can do to help. And I know that I could do a hell of a lot to help if we weren't stuck here. Don't get me wrong, if I ever wanted to be stuck somewhere then I want it to be with you. But it just drives me crazy that things are out of our control. Things could go sideways and we wouldn't even know it. We simply wouldn't know. And there would be nothing I could do to protect you and our baby. I told you it's stupid. Maybe it's my male ego." Logan finished, a little embarrassed that something like that kept him up all night when Max had even more problems.

"It's not stupid Logan. Don't you think I'm not going fucking crazy here not able to do anything? My credo always was 'I make it up as I go along'. And look at me now. I don't need to make anything up because I'm not moving along. If I was at home in Seattle then I would have already had a task force ready to kick some Renfro ass. But now I'm here and waiting. And I hate it. I want to do something. I want to move." Max sat up on the couch and looked at Logan.

"I hear you. I can't wait to do something. Anything. So what do we do?" Logan said and sat up himself. Max helped him to carefully move his legs from the couch.

"I don't know. What can we do?" Max asked enthusiastically. She was thrilled that Logan felt the same itch as she did, but had no idea what they could do.

"Let's call Terminal City." Logan proposed and Max jumped up without saying a word and ran towards the computer room.

"You really are eager to do something." Logan said and grabbed his walker to follow Max.

Cindy's Crib:

Cindy turned off her annoyingly loud alarm and tumbled out of her room still half asleep. She walked straight towards the bathroom to get ready for work when she smelled something delicious. Coffee. She made a quick turn and found herself in her kitchen where Alec had prepared some breakfast.

"Alec." Cindy said in surprise. "I didn't think I'd see ya here this morning." Cindy mumbled sleepily.

"Here have some coffee." Alec said grinning and handing her a cup of coffee. "You must really be tired if you're speaking of yourself in the first person."

Cindy took the cup and started to drink, too much in need of caffeine than to argue with Alec about his last comment. "So how you feeling this morning?" Cindy asked him after downing half a cup of the important liquid.

"I gotta say that I feel much better now. Slept like a baby." Alec said, poured himself some coffee and sat down on a stool next to Cindy.

"Good. So are we still on for tonight? Crash, pool and lots of beer?" Cindy inquired.

"Wouldn't miss it in the world. I gotta go. I'll pick you up at 8." Alec said and left before Cindy woke up completely and started to ask more uncomfortable questions.

TerminalCity Headquarters:

"We haven't found anything in the files yet. There are just too many. But Jesse followed that Victor guy to his headquarters last night. Looks like the guy is really nervous about all this from what Jesse said. Don't know if we can trust him though." Dix explained what little news he got to Max and Logan.

"As soon as we know that we can trust him we can get things moving." Logan thought out loud.

"So we should get some proof." Max continued.

"Yeah. But what kind of proof?" Dix asked.

"First of all I think we should give him some information that only we have and see what he makes of it. Then he should give us something to show that we can trust him." Logan answered.

"Like what?" Luke asked.

"Let us think about it and we'll get back to you later." Logan answered and cut the connection.

"If you're not too tired Max, then we have some plans to come up with." Logan said with a raised eyebrow.

"I'll make some coffee." Max said with a wide smile, happy that she finally could do something.

Warehouse outside of Seattle

The day had gone by slowly. Victor was busy coordinating the search-teams and observing the progress they were making. Which was next to nothing. Three times he had already reported to director Renfro that no progress had been made and he knew she was growing impatient. He had to give her something. But he could not fake any sightings. He could not manipulate the teams for they were loyal beyond common sense.

But he knew he had a mission tonight. Find the roommate and get all the info he could. Torture her if need be. Kill her in the best case scenario. As bad as that sounded – at least he could get out of this place tonight. Anything else he would figure out later. All he needed to do was keep Renfro happy for now.

"Are you ready?" Renfro asked from behind him. Victor jumped a little, startled by her sudden presence.

"Yes ma'am. Moving out in a minute. Any last orders before I leave?" Victor replied.

"Just bring me 452's location. If you can't do that I expect the dead body of the roommate." Renfro rasped and moved back to her chambers.

Great. As if it couldn't get any more complicated. Now I have to bring a dead body with me. Victor thought and got ready for his next visit with Original Cindy.

Original Cindy's crib:

"You ready to go?" Alec asked entering Cindy's place without bothering to knock.

"Yep. Let's have some fun." Cindy said and grabbed her purse.

"Ahm. Cindy. You sure you wanna wear that? We're taking my motorcycle." Alec said after taking in Cindy's outfit, which consisted of a tight, short skirt and an even skimpier top.

"Motorcycle? Aight. Original Cindy is gonna put on some pants but you don't even try puttin' a helmet on that girl." Cindy said with just the right amount of attitude and went back to her room to change.

Alec frowned and walked over to the fridge in desperate need for some alcohol. He came up empty handed and sat down on a bar stool waiting impatiently for Cindy.

After only 15 minutes Cindy came back from her room. She looked at Alec sitting on the stool and was just about to say something when the front door opened.

"Great. You plannin' on spoiling each and every fun night Original Cindy has planned?" Cindy said in annoyance.

"I told you I'd be back. But this time we have a serious problem." Victor answered and stepped inside the apartment.

"Oh great. What would be a night without a Manticore goon?" Alec said and joined OC and Victor by the door.

"Sorry for that. But after I reported last night's mission as a failure, Renfro insisted that I dig a little deeper with 452's roommate." Victor explained.

"What's the serious problem suga?" Cindy asked.

"Renfro wants me to come back with the location of the escapees. And if I don't - then I need to bring your dead body." Victor said looking directly at Cindy.

"So either I give up my best boo's hiding place or my life?" Cindy asked incredulous.

"That about covers it." Victor replied.

"Guess our night out has to wait. Let's get him to Terminal City." Alec said and reached for his jacket.

"Is that wise?" Cindy interjected.

"We can't handle this on our own here Cindy. Let's go." Alec said and the three of them left for Terminal City.

TerminalCity Headquarters:

"What do you think?" Alec asked Logan and Max. Victor had informed them as well as he could and was now waiting next door for a decision.

"I think that we have to move quickly now. We can't wait for any proof. I have the feeling that we can trust him. So we should get going right away." Logan said, nervous that they couldn't check out Victor's reliability, but also trusting him in a weird kind of way.

"What do you suggest?" Dix asked.

"I'm not completely sure." Max started but was interrupted by Original Cindy.

"You ain't sure boo? You better be cause Original Cindy's fine ass is on the line." Cindy interjected from the back.

"Cool it boo. We have a plan." Max calmed Cindy down then addressed to the others. "Renfro wants our location? So we give it to her. We leave enough stuff behind to proof that we've been there. Unfortunately for her we won't be there when her troops arrive. And that's where Victor comes in. We could make it to the airport in less than 30 minutes. Question is can we board a plane and get out safely?" Max explained the plan.

"Let's ask our guest." Mole said while lighting a new cigar and walking over to get Victor.

After only two minutes Mole dragged Victor up the stairs to the command center. He plopped him down on a chair and motioned with his head towards the speaker phone.

"What do you need me to do?" Victor said. He was slightly uncomfortable sitting amongst the transgenics, but he figured it was only because of the somewhat un-human looking ones.

"Can you arrange a plane to get us out of the country – invisible to radar?" Logan asked him slightly nervous.

"No. Not invisible to radar. But if you give me about 24 hours I could arrange that the airport is not under 24-hour surveillance anymore and you can take a charter flight to Mexico." Victor offered. That was about all he could think of doing since he was in charge of coordinating the search efforts.

"How safe would that be? And what are you gonna tell Renfro?" Max wanted to know.

"As long as Renfro doesn't suspect anything it will be as safe as it can be. Better pack up and be ready to leave any second. Meanwhile I will call Renfro tonight and let her know that Original Cindy is not really cooperative and that it takes some more time to get it out of her. We use that time to make all arrangements. By the time I come back and give Renfro your location you should already be on your way." Victor planned out loud. "Does that make sense?" He asked after re-thinking what he said.

"Perfect sense. So here's the plan." Max answered, feeling back in her element. "Tonight you call Renfro telling her you need some more time with OC. Tell her that Cindy won't give you the exact location but you already have a slight indication on where we might be. Then you call your command center asking for an update on the search telling them what Cindy told you so far. Redirect the search efforts to the false direction Cindy gave you. Me and Logan go to the airport and check in as normal passengers with our faked ID's. As soon as the plane has left you report that you have the exact location and send as much troops there as possible."

"Sounds like a plan. Now all I need to know is you real location in order to get you out." Victor said matter-of-factly. They seemed to trust him. Now it was the time to prove it.

AN: Alrighty guys. I know it wasn't exactly long. But only a few more chapters left. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you review. Till next Thursday.

Lfbrox