A/N: This is it. This is the last chapter and the longest. I hope you like it and aren't mad that it's the last. If the muse comes and inspires me (which it is famous for) then there might just be a sequel, but for now one isn't in the works. So here it is.


The Next Day---

Alec, Pam, and Max were in a bus heading to the Manticore near Seattle. Manticore was finally going to be taken down.

When they arrived Max lead them to a place called Jam Pony. Max had been gone for so long. Original Cindy had to know that she was back and was planning to stay. After, of course, blowing Manticore into little itty bits.

Max led the way to the back. She picked the lock and the three X5's slipped in.

"OC?" Max whispered a yell.

Original Cindy walked around the corner looking annoyed. Her face shifted to surprise then confused at the sight of Pam and Max standing together.

"Hey!" Max said. "Uh, this is Pam, my clone."

Original Cindy closed her eyes and shook her head, "No way, you kidding boo?"

"Sorry I don't think she is," Alec piped in.

"And who are you?" Original Cindy said regaining her usual self.

Max spoke up and spilled the 411 on all of the nasty info, "That's Alec, also a transgenitic. Listen, we're going to go take down Manticore and make it into a bonfire. So, I came here to let you know that if you rented my room out go kick the person to the curb, because Max Guevarra is back to stay."

A grin ripped over Max's face. She was back the brainwash was gone. Now it was all Max all the time.

"Now why would I rent out your room. I wouldn't have the place all to myself then," Original Cindy replied.

After a few goodbyes the three left to stock up on equipment.

Manticore Facility---

"Okay does everyone know what they're doing?" Max asked.

Pam nodded. She was going to do some distraction. How she was going to create it was up to her.

Alec had to go open all the cells so that the transgenitics could get out before the place exploded.

Max had the fun job of getting in deep and planting a huge explosive. Fun fun fun.

"Okay, move out," Max said.

She held a gun in her hands and was willing to use it if necessary. The night was thick and oppressive. Either that or Max was getting a case of the nerves.

She slinked in through a grate in the basement.

She turned the corner only to be confronted by a half-dog, half-human being. Joshua. She had met him a few times.

"Hey," she whispered.

"Max out that's the plan," he said.

Max smiled. She had met him before Renfro had broken her in and before she was sent into solitary confinement. "Max out that's the plan."

"Joshua out that's the plan."

Max nodded, "Joshua out that's the plan." He looked different, but Max also had a plan for this. "Listen, Joshua, I need you to get out of here. Go past the fence and meet me by the river. Stay hidden from the others. Okay?"

He nodded and stalked off. Max hopped that this plan and the one involving Joshua would work. A knot had made it's wayinto her stomach.

She sighed, "Now or never."

She crept into the center of the basement. This is where she would leave the bomb. The thing was that she had a few bombs for the job in a nap sack on her back. Three bombs had a sticky side that when she threw them up would stick. The others would be placed around the basement. Once all of them where in place all she had to do was punch a button within a hundred meters then run like hell.

She placed the bombs where they were supposed to go and steeped eighty meters away. She waited for the alarms of the open cells to go off.

Minutes later the alarm sounded. Stomps of soldiers sounded, they were leaving. One, two, three and the Max hit the alarm. She turned and broke into a run.

She scrambled through the grate she had used to get inside. She went into full speed to the fence. None of the transgenitics were paying her any attention. That was good.

The fence loomed. She jumped gracefully over and landed. She ran to the point where she had said to meet Pam, Alec, and Joshua.

She kept running through the woods. When she heard the sound of the river running she slowed to a jog. She saw Joshua and Alec. Where was Pam?

When she got closer she saw a body lying motionless at the ground.

"Oh my god," she said kneeling down by the body. It was Pam. A dead Pam. She died for the cause. It wasn't going to be in vain Max promised.

"Max, we need to go," Alec said eyeing Joshua.

"He's okay. His name is Joshua. What happened to Pam?"

"She was shoot before she reached the fence. I found her dead," Alec said with a hint of sadness to his voice.

Max smoothed her hair downand then picked her up. She waddled into the river and when she was waist deep she gently placed Pam on top of the water.

"Goodbye," she said tears sliding down her cheeks. She let go of Pam and stepped back. Pam floated down the river and slowly sank. No dead man float then?

She made her way back to Alec and Joshua.

"I'm sorry," Alec said.

She nodded and head for Seattle there was still work to be done.

I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep…

Robert Frost had written that in the poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening".

Now Max was living that line. Before she could rest and whatnot she had to first help the transgenitics. She had let them lose and it was her job to keep them safe and keep them from harming anyone.

This would require help, but most importantly she would need someone there to rest her head on their shoulder when it got stressful. She knew who it would be. That is if the person loved her back.

Max, Joshua, and Alec had reached Terminal City. This would be the gathering for the transgenitics. Some were already gathering.

Alec stopped Max, "Hey Dog-boy," Joshua growled at that, "I mean Joshie, why don't you keep going, and we'll catch up." He mentally added 'I hope it's we and notMax with pieces of Alec'.

"What's up?" Max asked.

He breathed in deeply. Time to spill all, "Max, I know that we haven't always gotten along. You see the thing is…I love you," the 'I love you' was said rapidly.

Max's eyes widened. How perceptive. "I love you too," she whispered.

Now it was Alec's turn to widen his eyes, "Really? I mean of course you do."

Max punched him in the arm playfully. It was out, finally. She kissed him. This time the kiss wasn't out of heat it was love, the real deal of a kiss.

The kiss was soft a quick: only the first of many in the newly forming relationship.

Alec broke the kiss and linked his arm with hers. They headed down the ally smiling like a couple of fools.

Original Cindy would laugh at this. Logan, Logan who? He would be pissed, but Max didn't care. She was happy and in love.

Agent White? Max would deal with him when and if he came. Being a transgenitic people would always be after her. She was used to it. Exactly what he wanted would also be delt with when the time came.

Sure she had a lot of work ahead, but she also had a future with Alec and that was the only thing she would ever thank Manticore for. Manticore had brought her and Alec together. Other then that Manticore could kiss her transgenic ass.

Yeah, life was looking up.

THE END


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