A Glimpse of light through the night
Timeline: Takes place right after 'Hello, Goodbye'.
Summary: Three weeks after leaving Logan and Seattle behind, Max comes back to find things have changed and Logan has gone missing.
Disclaimer: Dark Angel and its characters are copyright 2000-2002 Twentieth Century Fox Studios and James Cameron and Charles Eglee. The original fiction and additional characters noted here are copyright 2003 Dark Blaze.
Author's Notes: Max's thoughts are written in Italic format.
My warmest thanks ML Fan for beta-ing!!
CHAPTER 04
Logan's Apartment, Fogle Towers
"What can I do?" Logan pleaded.
"Stay with me, please?" she asked, feeling more alone than she had in a long time.
Logan moved to sit next to her. "I'm right here."
"You won't leave?" Everyone had always left…or she'd left them first.
"I'm not going anywhere," Logan replied as he took her in his arms.
She always felt reassured hearing Logan's voice; she didn't know why or how, she just knew. It was a calming feeling, a feeling she hadn't come to experience before she met Logan.
She could still see Logan standing in the shadows, not moving, totally fixed where he was. In a way, that was both a source of contentment and a torment, because he wasn't leaving, but at the same time he wasn't going anywhere near her either.
As she saw Logan being drawn back, being pulled into the shadows she got frantic and roughly tried to reach out for him, to keep him from going, from leaving her. But from the emotional and physical exhaustion that she was feeling, she found herself unable to convince her body to comply. Her fingertips brushed his, lightly caressing them as they touched, but then the darkness came and she was all alone again. She could feel tears forming in her eyes and she couldn't stop herself from breaking up.
"No!" Her scream filled the room, slicing the serenity in the penthouse that encircled earlier on. Tears began to fill her eyes freely as she made no effort to stop them from flowing. "Don't leave me Logan! I need you, I-I love you..."
"Don't leave me." Her voice was a frightened whisper that echoed through the dark night.
"It's alright Max, I'm right here. Relax. Shhh." Logan cradled her in his arms while whispering comforting words in her ear. Her body relaxed almost immediately from hearing his voice, "It's gonna be okay."
Max slowly opened her eyes. "Logan..."
The name sounded so sweet on her lips, and trusting, yet filled with emotion caused by the sudden outburst of crying. She had only met Logan all of three times. Once before the whole Manticore affair where they lost Max and Zack, the second time was when she was visiting him with Krit, to keep him company and help him get over the loss of Max, and now after all that time.
But in the time she had to get to know him, she had learned more about him and his relationship with Max to some extent. She had come to respect him and his loyalty to Max and his keenness on helping her and her siblings any time and any way he possibly could. His actions showed how much he cared for her, making Syl envy her sister for having a real relationship with a man who obviously loved her.
"Maxie, Maxie it's me, Syl. I'm right here. What happened?" Worry consumed her as she saw the state in which her sister was. What was she dreaming about only moments ago?
As Max eventually opened her eyes fully, the place where she had expected to see Logan who was whispering in her ear only seconds ago, was Syl her elder sister.
"Where did he go?" She sputtered out, looking around the room.
"Who Max?"
"Logan…"
"It's okay Max, it was just a dream. It was just a dream."
Max stayed in her arms, softly crying until all the tears had left her.