Once he heard the click of the apartment door shutting, he sat down on the bed next to her , "What did I tell you about coming back?"

"I know all those times you told me to be careful and I went and got myself shot by myself."

"You got shot by yourself?"

"Yea a little mini Max clone, really kinda freaky. I wouldn't suggest it. Being shot by Bruno, totally the way to go."

Logan nodded "That and his aim sucked."

Max laughed and then gasped in pain "Oww"

"Careful." Logan said too late and then brushed back a strand of hair that had gotten in her face "You have two taped up ribs, I'm surprised you didn't notice before."

Max made a face "Everything hurts, hard to pin point exact injuries…"

"I'm sorry, like Krit said the van flipped twice."

"How did I get out?" Max asked searching her mind for the answer, but coming up empty, "Everything just kind of a blur…you were there and Alec…?"

"Yea I don't know," he paused, "we couldn't get to you. He was blocking us and they started moving in. He was holding you captive and then at the last moment he just let you go."

"Really?"

"Yea you turned to him said his name then you saw me, you smiled, then it hit you what was happening and you yelled at me to run."

Another face "Which you didn't"

He laughed and nodded "Which I didn't, you tried to fight him and then he just let you go…"

"Alec just let me go?" she tried to wrap her mind around that, "Was it a setup?"

He looked a little puzzled at that, he had been trying to figure out what happened all night, "I don't think so since it was our setup."

"Hmmm" she looked at Logan's face, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what?"

"Just intently."

"It's been a rough three months, give me a break." he shurgged

"I was at Manticore, don't tell me about rough"

He stroked her cheek again "I held you as your heart stopped. Trust me Manticore couldn't have been that tough."

Max raised her hand up and felt the scar through her shirt "Zack saved my life."

Logan put his fingers over hers "I know. He loved you, Max."

"I'm still tired" Max said softly

"Sleep some more."

"Will you be here when I wake up?"

"I'm not going anywhere Max."