Chapter 2: Goodbye

"Eyes front!" the CO screamed. Max snapped her eyes back to the front. Finally the time had come, sparing practice. Max would now get to see if Alec was right.

"452 and 494, on the mat," the CO shouted. Damn,she thought glancing at him over her sholder. As usual, he had that stupid grin plastered on his face.

"452, nice to see ya moving after last night!" Alec said within listening rang of a guard, who started laughing.

"Sorry sweetie," she smiled beginning to pace around him in a fighting stance, "but you're going to have to do better than that to knock me down for the count."

Laughing, one guard commented to another, "The breeding partners are definatley the best form of entertainment."

Meanwhile, Max and Alex had already started fighting. Alec had more moves, coming from an extra 10 years of training, but Max clearly had the upperhand.

Max was mad. There nerve of him! To say those things, and make people think they were like that. Like she enjoyed his "company" and well, ewwwww.

Yes, Alec had made one fatal flaw in this fight. He had pissed Max off. A mad Max was not a forgiving Max, and she quickly beat him to a pulp.

Max jumped down from the mat, leaving Alec lying there. She, however, landed wrong for some reason, and found herself sitting on her butt, with a sharp pain in her ankle. She had twisted it!

As she began to get up, bewildered, she noticed a messed up Alec reach down his hand to hep her. He had cuts and bruises on his arms, and his face looked pretty mangled with some blood trickling out of his nose and mouth. This, however, did not stop his sarcasim as he said, "Well baby, it looks like we get to spend time in the infirmary together."

There couldn't have been a bigger look of discust on Max's face as she was forced to let Alec help her up.

Logan finished putting the chicken in the oven, washed his hands, and then went back to work. His original idea had been to make pasta for Asha, but had eventually decided against it. He had made pasta so many timed for Max that it seemed like a perfect way to jinx an evening.

Taking off his glasses, Logan began to set up his videa system. His informant yesterday had come through on the Manticore location, and there was just one more thing Logan wanted to do before Asha arrived.

Max couldn't believe her luck. Stuck in the infirmary overnight with Alec! It was only a twisted ankle, but the nurse had insisted.

Max glanced over at Alec who was already sleeping. He was cut up, but still it was only 18:00!(6:00pm) Bored Max began to look around the room. For being Manticore, the security was really lax. There was only one survalence camera, which could easily be dodged. To top it off, the locks were sub-standard as well. They looked like they had come off of a civilian house. They probably figured whoever was in the infirmary wouldn't be moving very fast. They should have known better.

Logan glanced up at the clock. Asha would be here any minute. Logan went back to his computer and pulled up the picture of Max. She looked beautiful.

I'm sorry Max, Logan silently talked to her. I should have tried harder to save you. I miss you every single day. He sighed. But Max, I can't keep on like this. I know you wouldn't have. I think that I finally have the courage. I finally have closure. Max thanks for everything. His hand hovered over the keyboard. Good bye. He tapped the delete key and the picture disappeared, leaving the window below visible.

Satellite Connection Established the window said. Logan smiled and tapped the enter key, sending his message to the world.

"This is a Streaming Freedom Video..." his voice came over the TV.

"How the hell did this happen?" Renfro screamed, in the conference room, for the 5th time in 10 minutes. Everyone present looked at her with a scared face. There had been a security breach, and now Eyes Only had broadcast their location.

Finally, the much expected phone call came. Renfro answered her cell, "Hello?" There was a mumbling from the other end. "Understood," she said hanging up. The turning back to everyone else, "Alright, I want all of you to evacuate personel to location 87293. You have 30 minutes. The sight is being terminated."

Asha stood nervous on the corner of the street where Logan's building was located. She didn't know why she was so nervous, after all it was just Logan!

Maybe it wasn't what she thought it was though. She had just seen Eyes Only's report on TV. Maybe Logan just wanted to have a "working" dinner. Besides it was obvious he was still upset about that girl Max.

For a moment Asha seriously considered going home. She could always just tell him an S1W emergency came up! But she stopped herself and went back on her way to Logan's. If she didn't go now, she would never know.

Finally pausing outside Logan's door, she took a deep breath and knocked. It only took a minute for Logan to come to the door.

"Asha, I'm so glad you came!" Logan said with a wide smile. It was that smile that told Asha, that tonight was not about "work".

Smoke!

Max's cat senses were going crazy, telling her that she needed to get out now! She had ignored it at first, this was Manticore afterall, when wasn't something dangerous going on, but now that the room was filling with smoke...

Max slipped off her bed and tested her ankle. A full recovery, yet another amazing Manticore marvel. She glanced over at Alec, who was still sleeping.

"Alec," she called in a whisper, "psst... Hey Alec...494!" Alec jumped out of bed, obviously startled.

"Woah, smoke," he observed.

Max rolled her eyes, "Exactley, now what do you say we get out of here?"

Alec nodded, and got up. Max tried the door, it was locked. She had been wrong earlier when she had assumed it was a civilian house lock. It was holding up against her force. Still, she could feel that the lock wasn't as strong as the ones on the barracks.

She looked around for something to pry the door open with. As she turned around Alec quickly handed her a long metal rod, from a field medic kit, that was used to splint broken legs. It would work.

With the metal bar as leverage, Max make quick work of the door's lock. Running down the hall, Alec on her heels, Max suddenly stopped. People were banging on the barrack doors.

"452, we've got to keep moving, come on."

"Alec, wait," she called. "We can't just leave them. Follow me." With that, she took off running down a different hallway, Alec reluctantly following.

Having finished dinner, Asha sat on the couch, next to Logan, in the candle-lit living room.

Logan looked her strait in the eyes and smiled. She loved it when he looked at her like that. The same way she looked at him when they met. "Did I ever tell you you're beautiful?" he asked.

Before she could answer though, they were locked in a hot, passionate kiss.

Renfro stood alone at the top of the hill watching the transgenics leap the perimeter fence.

"Shit, this isn't good!"

A/N:

ummm wow this is the longest I've ever gone without updateing a fic. You've got to believe me guys! I'm not that bad really! Anyways, I know that this chapter jumps around a lot but it will settle down soon. I just needed to get past this part. There are lots of funny moments to see. What will OC think of Alec? Will she be confused that Max doesn't remeber Logan? How will people at work take her return? What will Max do when she sees Rafer? All this and more in Chapter 3 of Not My Problem!

Well, now a shout out to my reviewers!

huntress k: I soooo agree. Season 2 was soo horrible I actually understand why they cancelled the show. (Doesn't mean that I like that they did, I just understand) Anyways, Alec and Ass kicking just seem to go together don't they? I hope you like this chapter as well, and I hope ya review again.

mel11: I hope you still read this. I really do. I'm really really glad that you like it. I'll be sure to update again. Only next time maybe alot sooner.

lucy 76: I hope that ya liked what happened next. Please pleas R&R again!

Lin: I have to agree with you on that. I hope you don't think she escaped to fast in this one. I know it may seem like it, but believe me she would never get off that easy.

Well 'til then R&R
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