Title: Living through the dark Author: mabunny Disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue... Rating: R Show: Dark Angel Genre: Drama/Tragedy Pairing: M/A Summary: When Max's world is crushing down on her, she will need to face her fears in order to survive... Author's Notes: Takes place after "The Berrisford Agenda"

Logan's apartment, evening.

Alec came in, not even bothering to knock on the door, seeing the place all trashed up and Logan working on his computer – seemingly unaware of the chaos around him. He comes a little closer to the older man and looks over his shoulder to the screen, on which he sees all the usual "Eyes Only" stuff...

"Whacha workin' on there?"

Logan was startled for a second but recovered pretty quickly, saying

"Didn't see you there... um, I'm just working on the usual things, nothing interesting. Did you want something?"

"Well, now that you've mentioned it, I do. But before we get to that, what the hell happened to your place, man?!?"

"Max"

He said simply, as if it was the most obvious answer.

"Well, I know she can be more then a little violent, but I also happen to know that she usually find other punching bags, namely me, to get her frustrations out."

"Yes, well, anyway, what was it that you wanted?"

"It involves Max, actually, and maybe even your less-then-sparkling apartment..."

"What about it?"

"She been acting weird all day now, and it's really starting to bug me. You know anything about that?"

"Not more then you do."

"Ok then. That was very... unhelpful. See ya'"

And with that, he was out the door – more confused then before. He wanted to help her but he didn't even know how. He went to Crash and immediately spotted OC. 'Maybe she can clear some things out for me' he thought. She was sitting at the usual table when he took a sit next to her.

"Hey"

"Hey yourself"

"So, wanna tell me what happened to our lovable kitty?"

"Look, boy. It ain't no business o' yours, 'k? So you might wanna stick your nose elsewhere."

"Look, whatever it is, it seems serious to me. I mean she already told me that White was after her, so why don't you just spill, alright?"

"If you already know that much, then I don't know much more then you do. But I do know that my boo don't need no bull from your ass right now cause she's got a lot to deal with, and she ain't one to share..."

"But what if I can help? I mean, we don't know what kinda mess she's in."

"Do what you want boo, but don't say I didn't warn ya'"

"Good enough for me. I'll see you, then"

"Bye"

And he left. He had a mission now, and he knew he wouldn't be able to rest until the mission is complete.