It started to down pour and they were soon soaked. "This is not my day," Alec said, as he pulled the bike to a stop in the back alley way of an apartment building.
"Where are we?" Max asked him, as she looked up at the apartment building.
"My place."
"Really." She shot a glance up to see a fire exit about ten feet above their heads. "And we can't go through the front door because?"
"Someone could be watching." He hopped up and grabbed the bottom on the ladder. He then hung there for a few seconds before shooting a glance down at Max. "You coming or what?"
"You expect me to jump up there? I can barely stand on my own two feet." That got Alec to jump back down next to her. "You got any more smart ideas.
"Yeah, just one more." Alec slipped his hands to Max's waist and tossed her up in the air. She grabbed onto the bottom rung of the ladder so that she wouldn't fall back to the ground. "See it worked."
"I'm going to kick your ass once we're both safe." She tried to climb up but didn't have the strength. "A little help."
"Right." Alec jumped up so that he was next to her, and wrapped his arm around her waist. He then jumped up until they both were on the landing. "That's much better. Now we both are safe for the time."
"I'm still gonna kick your ass." That got Alec to smile as they climbed the stairs heading for Alec's apartment.
"So why do you think that Logan betrayed you?" Alec asked Max, only to get nothing from her. He then turned around to see her on the floor, having a seizure. "Max!" He quickly got some medicine and some milk. Then he blurred over to her side and took her up in his arms. "It's going to be okay."
"No, 494, it's not going to be okay," a voice called out, and they looked up to see White and six armed men standing at the open door. "As you can see, it's not okay."
"What the hell are you doing here, White?" Alec asked him, as he got to his feet and stood in front of Max. "You're not welcome here."
"We're here for 452, 494."
"Well, you're gonna have to go through me to get to her."
"That we can do." The men then started to attack Alec all at once.
"Well this isn't fair." Alec did his best to defend himself from the men.
Max could only watch in horror as White's men began to beat the crap out of Alec. Whatever Logan had given her to make her weak was still working, so she couldn't help him. Then to her luck, White walked over to her. "Hello, 452," he said, as he took up a handful of her hair. "Your friend, Eyes Only, told us where we could find you and your lover."
"He's not my friend," Max snapped, as she fought to get to her feet, but could not. White laughed as she fell back onto the couch. "It seems the serum that I had given Eyes Only worked its magic on you. You are an equivalent to a normal human being. You have none of your X-5 strengths at all. You're weak and helpless."
"Leave her alone, White," Alec demanded, as he fought the two who had him pinned to the floor. "Pick on someone who could fight you."
"Like you, 494?" That got White to laugh. "The only one who was worth fighting was 452." He then grabbed a tight hold of Max's hair and threw her down onto the floor right in front of Alec. "What do you think of your lover now, 494? She's nothing more than a mere human. What made her the X-5, that you loved, is now gone."
"You're wrong, White. I liked Max for who she is on the inside, not because she was an X-5. True she could kick your ass any time, but I treasured the companionship over anything."
"How compassionate." White withdrew his handgun from his coat and pointed it at Alec's head. "How do you think she'll feel about watch you die?"
"I wouldn't be all that happy, White," Max said, as she looked up at him. The fatigue that had plagued her face was gone, leaving a look of normal, and she was pissed. "I have news for you." She landed a kick on the back of his right knee, forcing him down to his knees, and jumped to her feet. "I feel a lot better now."
"How? That serum was supposed to work for days?"
"Well, I don't think it works well when you add medicines and milk to it. You see I started to seizure and Alec treated me for that. It just took me a few extra minutes to get my strength back up to be able to kick you white ass out of here."
"You think that you can take me on."
"Yeah, I think that I can."
"Then, bring it, 452." White brought up his hands in a defense position as Max started towards him. Max quickly began to slam kicks and punches into White, forcing him to back away from her and into the wall. "Is that all you got?"
"Nah, she's got me," Alec said, and White turned to receive a blow to the face, that rendered him unconscious. "Dirt bag." Alec slammed a kick into White's side, and then turned to face Max. "You all right?"
"How did you fight them all off?" Max asked her, as she turned to see that the men were all knocked out on the floor.
"I did was I was trained to do, Max." She reached out a touched his face only to have him wince. "I still hurt."
"I bet that you do. So now what do we do?"
"We jet out of here. We're not safe here in Seattle for the time being. Logan has too many connections in this town."
"I know."
"Okay, let me grab a few things and we'll be going." He blurred into his bedroom and returned shortly with a small duffle bag full of clothes. "Ready."
"Yeah, let's go." They then blurred for her bike, climbed on, and took off leaving the city of Seattle behind.
TO BE CONTINUED
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