Title: Created to Kill: PART ONE
Name: X-318
Rating: PG-13 but may turn into an R later on in story.
Summary: This is my first fanfic, hope you like it. It is set after the last episode and the second book, I hope it answers some of the questions that were left hanging. Like do Max and Logan get together and what are the marking on her back. The main plot is that a mysterious woman disrupts Max and Logan's live, you'll have to read to find out what happens. I do not own the characters as much as I would love to, except for Beth. Please review any comments are good news to me.
Chapter 1: The truth comes out.
Back at terminal city Max was sitting in the chair by the computers in the media centre. She was thinking about how even though the national guards had retreated from terminal city they still were hiding. How everything had become so messed up, a year ago all she had to care about was herself but know she had to protect a great deal more. Max didn't think it would be a wise idea for them to leave because there were still people out there that thought her kind were freaks and should all die. Groups of people were still camped outside of terminal city waiting to see if any transgenics were going to come out. They had banners saying, "Kill the Freaks". Max couldn't stand being copped up in this dump she would have gone to Logan's but whenever she went there everything was awkward between them. Max wished everything would go back to normal before she was shot and taken back to Manticore. She wondered if things between her and Logan would have been any better, or if it was worse because if her and Logan had got together would it have been harder because whoever she comes in contact with she seems to hurt. Maybe it was better this way after all even though it took so much of her strength to not get to close to Logan.
"What's Max thinking about?" Joshua said coming up behind her.
Joshua was a transgenic Max had befriended when she was trying to escape Manticore. He was the first one every made, he was half dog half human. Even though most of what he said came out child like, he was very wise and knowledgeable. Max found him after the fire at Manticore and promised him she will help him find Sandeman, or father as Joshua called him. Maybe then he would help Max and Logan with the virus as well.
"Hey big fella. Oh nothing really", Max said in response. "What you been up to?"
"Joshua been watching news. Not as many things about us on anymore".
"That's a good thing".
"Joshua want to go outside Max. Bored of terminal city now".
"I know big fella but it's not safe out there yet. Some people still want us dead", she took Joshua's hand in hers to comfort him.
"When will things change, people should except us for who we are", Joshua said.
"I don't know Joshua, sorry. I do hope it's soon though," Max said stroking his hair. "Do you feel like a walk? I'm going to see Logan, want to come along".
She thought there was no point in mopping around here all day, as Original Cindy used to say. It was like a storm cloud was hovering over her and making everything around her as depressed as she was feeling.
"Yes! Joshua like that", a smile played on his face.
"Let's go then", Max said trying to sound more hopeful.
"No mope Max".
Max and Joshua headed down the tunnel towards Logan's new apartment when they arrived they saw Logan working on his computer.
"Hey you", Max said sounding happy just to see him. She walked round the corner and saw Asha standing next to Logan leaning in close to him and looking over his shoulder, Max felt a pang of jealously because she wasn't able to get that close to Logan.
"Hey", Logan said turning round in his chair and stood up.
"Hey Max", Asha said.
Max wished Asha wasn't there the woman always irritated her because she was always there whenever she wanted to see Logan, hanging around him like a bad smell.
"Joshua," Logan said. "How's everything going?"
"Joshua good Logan".
Everything went quite for a moment "So what did you want?" Logan said eventually.
"Oh. It doesn't matter I'll come back later", Max said feeling awkward at this point.
"No, Max stay please", Logan said sounding almost desperate.
"I'll go", Asha interrupted.
"No please stay it's not important anyway, I'm going", before anyone could say anything else she disappeared with Joshua in tow behind her.
"Max. You've only just got here", Logan shouted but she was gone. He wished things would go back to normal between them.
Max and Joshua headed back down the tunnel.
"What's up Max?" Joshua said. "Me thought we go see Logan".
"Yeah well Logan already had company".
Joshua was confused he didn't understand Max and Logan sometimes. It made his brain hurt just thinking about it, "Max and Logan both mope".
"It's just complicated between me and Logan at the moment".
"Max and Logan meant to be". Sometimes Joshua was more hopeful than anyone when it came to Max and Logan.
"I'm not so sure we will ever be together again", Max said.
They carried on down the tunnel in silence when they reached the other end Max said, "How do you feel about going up on the roof, I need some fresh air".
"Joshua go with you".
"Thanks Joshua", she turned and smiled up at him. Joshua always made Max feel safe and happier than she was. Even though so many bad things were going on in the world, Joshua always looked at the happy side of life. Max didn't understand how Joshua could not have a grudge on the people in the world for being so evil and looking at him like he was a monster. He was locked in a filthy, cold cage for nearly all of his life yet he was still happier than anyone she knew. It was kind of comforting knowing that, when everything else was going so wrong in her life.
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Max was so tired and that was unusual for her she could last two days or longer sometimes without sleep. She flopped down on her bed in terminal city, the room wasn't exactly perfect but it would do for now. She wondered if things would ever get back to normal with her being able to leave terminal city for good and go live with Original Cindy and with everything going on between her and Logan. She wished this were all just one big nightmare and at any moment she would wake up. Even though the police had retreated away from the fences surrounding terminal city after the eyes only hack Logan had done. She hated not being able to speak to Original Cindy whenever she felt like it, now she had to phone her and they would arrange to meet at Sandeman's old house. Recently Logan had been staying there and in the building opposite terminal city, he had been moving back and forth. But mostly he spent his time in his new apartment. Max was pleased at this because it meant she was closer to him and she didn't even have to go outside terminal city to visit him because they had their secret tunnel that the police didn't know about making it easier for them to see each other.
Max slowly closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep, not long after Max was remembering the times back at Manticore before she escaped the first time. Memories of her patrolling through the woods surrounding Manticore came into her head then it flashed to one of her fellow X5's trying to shot a raven that had flown by but missed and had shot another transgenic. Then she remembered when she had got shot by her clone in the woods the time she went back and again she remembered seeing the same raven on the branch of a tree near by. Then Max saw something she had never seen before it was of a girl with long dark black hair flowing down her back. Max got the feeling she was following the stranger in front of her and was seeing things through her own eyes now instead of looking in on what was happening. The mysterious woman looked about the same age as Max and had a dark tan, she was also about the same height as Max too. Again the image changed and Max was again remembering all the terrible things that happened at Manticore and every time she was outside in the woods at that awful place she keep she seeing the raven perched on the tree. Max was now lying on the floor and she could feel the bullet inside her chest like the time she got shot before. The pain was terrible and she could see the blood oozing out of the wound, around her she saw the trees start to blur.
The next minute she woke up sweating and panting the dream had felt so real Max had never experienced anything like that before. Why was she following a woman in her dream and why did she look so familiar. Max thought about it for a while but couldn't remember whether she had seen that woman at Manticore or if it was after the escape. But mostly why was she dreaming about her in the first place. Plus why did she keep seeing a raven, when those things actually happened she couldn't remember seeing the thing then so why was she now.
I'm getting to worked up over nothing Max thought after a while and decided to go for a walk around terminal city maybe she just needed some fresh air. Max got up and headed for the door.
As Max made her way through terminal city she kept thinking about her dream she couldn't get it out her head, which was really starting to annoy her. She found herself at the entrance to the tunnel to Logan's apartment, she didn't even mean to go see him. She stood there thinking for a while then in the end she decided to go see if Logan was still up she needed to get her mind of the dream maybe going to see Logan would distract her.
When she arrived she saw Logan sitting at his computer where he always seemed to be. "Logan", Max said coming up to stand in the doorway to the room he was in.
"Hey Max, what's up?" Logan turned round to smile at Max.
"Is Asha round?" Max hoped she wasn't there, things always got awkward when she was.
"No she left ages ago, it is four in the morning after all", he said.
"Oh I had no idea I should go then wouldn't want to keep you up".
"Max it's ok really I wasn't tired anyway. I haven't seen you in ages you've had a lot on your plate lately".
"I know. It's been hectic", Max said.
"What did you want this morning? We didn't get a chance to talk", Logan asked.
Ever since Max came back with the virus to kill Logan, it was like it had built a barrio between then making them both more closed and they always keep everything to themselves.
"It was nothing I just needed to get out of that place".
"Would you like a drink, I'm sure I could find something".
"Yeah that would be nice", Max headed over to the sofa as Logan went to get the drink and glasses. She sat down and took her jacket off placing it on the arm of the chair.
Logan came over and sat down on the other end of the sofa. Max moved slightly trying to make the distance even bigger she was always scared of getting to close to Logan in case they brushed past each other by accident. Logan pored them both a drink and took a sip from his glass.
"So what brings you here at this time of night?" Logan asked, sounding pleased to see her.
Max paused, "It's nothing really". She looked down at her drink trying not to make eye contact.
"I can tell when your lying Max". It was something Logan had picked up about her. She may have been able to not brake a sweat whilst kicking someone's ass but when it came to lying, Logan could read her like a book.
"It's just a dream I had I can't seem to get it out my head, it's stupid nothing you need to worry about", she said feeling that maybe it was a bad idea to come down now.
"Max if your worried about it I'm all to happy to help", Logan really wanted to be able to comfort Max and help her with things but ever since this virus thing happened they seemed distant.
"As I said it's nothing", Max stood up and walked over to the table nearby placing her glass down. She was staring into nowhere and Logan could see this thing was playing on her mind.
"Max you came here for a reason I can tell you are worried about something", Logan got up and went to stand behind her. He really wanted to place his hand on her shoulder just to try and ease the pain she was going through. But if he did do that he would be in a pile on the floor seizing in pain and that wouldn't help Max at all.
"It was like I was seeing and feeling things that happened to me back at Manticore, like I was experiencing it all over again".
"Like what?" Logan sounded intrigued.
Max turned to face Logan there was a few steps distance between them, "When I got shot", she said.
Logan's face fell, he remembered when he held Max in his arms when he had found her lying on the floor after she had been shot. He had though that was it and he would never be able to tell her how he felt. He still sometimes remembered that image at night, which is probably why he wasn't sleeping tonight.
"I know, it's stupid isn't it", Max put a fake smile on.
"It must mean something", Logan sounding worried.
"There was this woman as well in the dream I had the feeling I had seen her before but I couldn't quite remember".
"And this has never happened before".
"No. This is the first time", Max said.
"Do you think it has something to do with the markings that appeared before?"
"Don't know, maybe. Oh yeah there was this bird as well it was in every memory I don't remember it when the events actually happened though".
"It makes no sense", Logan said, confused about the whole thing.
Max and Logan's eyes meet and they found themselves staring at each other. Max hated having this virus she just wanted so much to touch Logan.
"I shouldn't have told you, you have enough to think about," Max walked past him and grabbed her coat of the sofa, "Sorry I better blaze".
"Please stay Max".
"I should go they may need me back at the control room", Max started walking off. He hated seeing Max with so much to deal with and not being able to comfort her or help her. It hurt him to see the one he loved so much go through so much crap and just have to stand there and watch. He thought that Max should be out there enjoying her life with her mates, not being coped up in a derelict building waiting to see if White may attack again.
"So how are you and Alec getting on?" Logan asked.
Max stopped but didn't turn round, "Me and Alec?"
"Yeah, with your relationship".
"Oh…fine we're fine", Max said turning round to face Logan now.
"Max there is no you and Alec is there?"
Max went silent.
"Max?"
"I don't want to talk about this Logan", starting to walk off again.
"Max you don't have to lie anymore I've figured it out", Logan said, "I figured it out quite a while ago now".
"I don't know what your going on about Logan cause there's nothing to figure out", Max went to grab the door handle.
"Max!" Logan said grabbing her by her arm and turning her round.
Max looked down to see his hand encased in a black leather glove holding on to her forearm, but Max made no attempt to move her arm.
"Logan", Max pleaded for him to drop it.
"Max why did you lie?"
Max looked down at the floor. "Logan it's too hard, I couldn't take it anymore".
"Max I know how you feel, I've been there. It is hard but I'm not prepared to give up on us just yet".
"I don't want you to stop living your life for me. I'm dangerous Logan". Tears appeared in her eyes.
"You shouldn't have to stop living your life either because of some virus".
"You should move on Logan, be with someone like yourself, someone who can't hurt you".
"I don't want anyone else Max, I want you".
"Logan, please".
Logan let go, "Max just don't give up on us yet, you never know it might just work out in the end. Remember what Mia said 'It can't always stink, right?'".
"I gotta blaze", Max said opening the door.
"Yeah", Logan said letting her leave.