AN/I apologise for the dodgy chapter guys. It is late, I am tired. But it's a long one for me. ;)
lakergirl08-thanks for the review, I was beginning to think nobody was reading this. As for wondering if there is a connection between Max and the Beast, you willhave to wait and see. mwahahahaha. :)
Max had just barely lived through the morning from hell. First she had been woken up at the crack of dawn by some 'New Age' crazy Cindy had brought home the night before, making herbal remedies, loudly in the kitchen. On a closer inspection of these 'herbal remedies' Max and Cindy had discovered that Cindy's new honey was making drugs. Of course OC kicked her butt out of he apartment, but not before the neighbours-wondering about the tell-tale smell-came a knocking, threatening to report them both, unless they gave them some.
After that incident had been gently dealt with, Max was already late to work, and Normal was already on the worse side of his usual grumpy, snippy self by the time she arrived. To make her morning even worse, Alec hadn't turned up for his shift, and since she was the latest to arrive, Max was burdened with having to deliver all his missed parcels for the morning. Typical Alec.
By the time she had delivered Alec's last package, she was ready to kill him. Painfully. Why did he have to be so, difficult? Stupid Alec, he could never do anything right, he always messed everything up, was always getting himself in trouble. Max didn't even want to get started on his misbalanced priorities. She was mentally ripping Alec to shreds, knowing full well that she was only so angry with him because her morning had been so terrible. Why shouldn't she take it out on him? He was usually the source of all her other problems anyway.
On her way home for her break, some idiot almost ran her over. She had swerved, fallen off her bike and ended up face down in the mud. Max ran her hand through her mud covered, clumpy hair and wondered how someone genetically enhanced in a lab, could end up in this distasteful situation. Although one this was for sure, she would rather live her entire life covered in mud, than ever go back to that lab or do anything for those people.
She finally arrived home for her lunch break, which was only seven minutes long, thanks to her increased package load. Max could hear the phone ringing through the door. She opened it and almost fell through, dropping yet to be delivered packages all over the ground.
'Shit' she cursed as she dripped mud all over the floor and tripped over herself to get to the phone before it stopped ringing.
'Yeah' she snapped into the phone.
'Hey..'
She knew it was Alec straight away, and prepared tolet him feel her wrath.No holding back, not that she ever did.
' …Ma…' Max heard a small gasp and then a smashing sound before the line went dead.
Okay, strange. Why would Alec call her and then smash his own phone. Definitely not normal Alec behaviour. Although, the boy was a little messed up in her opinion.
Come to think of it, why would Alec be calling her in the first place? To apologise for not turning up to work, and dumping his workload on her? Not likely, she knew from past experience. That left Max with one conclusion. The foolish X5 had gotten himself into trouble, and needed her help, again.
'Alec, give me a break' she murmured to herself as she reached for her jacket and walked out the door. The packages were going to have to wait.