Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dark Angel characters. They belong to James Cameron, Charles Eglee, and Fox. But Mackenzie, Benjamin, and any other character you're not familiar with are mine.
AN: Here's chapter Five. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Mackenzie plopped herself down on the couch, it had been a week since Benjamin had shown up from the future, and got her to tell her dad, Alec, what was going on. And she wasn't regretting it like she thought she would, yet. Even though she had told Alec everything, she still distanced herself from him, afraid that she'd slip up and call him dad, or something else, in front of the other Terminal City residents.
At the moment Mackenzie was bored, she was alone in the apartment and had nothing to do. Benjamin had gone to wonder around Terminal City, and she didn't want to go with him.
Mackenzie shifted her position on the couch. She turned so that her legs were over the back of the couch and her head was over the front of it. "You know that's not good for you." Alec's voice filled the apartment.
"I know, but it's comfortable." Mackenzie replied, shifting so she was sitting upright. "Whoa, dizziness." Mackenzie said, holding her head.
"Told you."
"All you said was sitting like that wasn't good for me. You didn't say why it wasn't good. So what are you doin' here?"
"Came to visit my future daughter."
"Sure... what do you want?"
"I want to know what's going on between you and Benjamin." Alec said sitting down beside Mackenzie.
"Like I've been telling you for the past week. Absolutely nothing."
"I don't believe you."
"Is it the dad in you that wants to believe something is going on? Or is it the need for gossip?"
"A bit of both."
"Me and Benjamin are friends. Nothing more, nothing less. Me and him grew up together."
"Sure..." Alec trailed off studying his future daughter. There was silence in the room before he said, "The other day, when you were telling me about the future, you said something I didn't want to ask about, but I've decided to anyway."
"I said a lot of things. What exactly do you want to ask me?"
"What happened to Logan? You said first Benjamin lost his dad, and then his mom, and I want to know what happened to Logan."
Mackenzie's eyes locked with Alec's, "Logan died three months before you left Terminal City. He was killed, by who nobody is really sure. All anybody knows is the person who killed Logan, managed to get into the apartment without waking Max, or Benjamin, and that's quite hard to do."
"I'm guessing you and Benjamin are going to try and stop that too."
"I am. Benjamin doesn't know that I'm going to try to. Before I was sent here, I was told it was going to be hard to stop, since no one knows who did it, I'm sure Benjamin was told the same thing. But I thought why not try to keep it from happening."
"Are you going to tell him your plans?"
"No, I don't plan on it. I think that if I can stop it, it will be a surprise for him. 'Cause I know if I told him my plans, he'd get his hopes up, and if it didn't work he'd be worse than he was before." Mackenzie replied. Silence filled the room, neither really knowing what else to say.
Mackenzie leaned further into the couch, and pulled her knees to her chest. "You know I'm scared of going back to the future."
"Why's that?" Alec questioned.
"I'm scared that if I go back, you'll still be dead. And this whole thing would of been a waste of time."
"You'll be able to stop it from happening. You are my daughter after all."
Mackenzie gave a small laugh. "You know I can't wait to have actual father daughter talks with you when I get back to the future. It seems like they'll be quite interesting. Ok... you're looking at me funny now. Why?"
"It's just hard to believe I have a daughter... or I'm going to have a daughter."
"Yea, well its hard for me to believe that I have you for a dad." Mackenzie laughed.
"That hurts."
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you... dad."
"That sounded a little weird." Alec stated.
"You'll get use to it. You know this is probably why your loved by everyone... well almost everyone."
"What?"
"You can somehow turn a serious conversation humorous."
"It's a talent of mine."
"A talent I managed to inherit, and Benjamin finds annoying."
"Speaking of Benjamin, what's going on between the two of you?"
"Nothing. I already told you that. You know you sound like O.C. In the future its all she asks me. And I'm gonna tell you the same thing I tell her, me and Benjamin are friends, and have been since we were in diapers. There is nothing going on between us. Now will you please stop asking me that?"
"Ok. I'll stop asking you. I'll just ask Benjamin when I see him."
"Don't go bugging him about it. You'll just get the exact same answer."
"How can you be sure about that?"
"Because I am."
"Where is Benjamin anyway?" Alec asked, only now noticing that he wasn't there. "The two of you are practically joined at the hip."
"We are not practically joined at the hip." Mackenzie stated. "And he went wondering around TC."
"Well I'm gonna go check up on everything at HQ. I'll see you later."
"Bye dad." Mackenzie laughed as he got up and walked out of the apartment.
Once again she had the apartment to herself, and was bored out of her mind. She wanted Benjamin to hurry up and get back, so that she could bug the hell out of him. Sighing Mackenzie decided she'd try to figure out how she was going to keep Logan's death from happening. Lying down on the couch, she began to brainstorm ways of stopping it. The ideas she managed to brainstorm were all along the same lines, from camping out in the living room for the night, to getting them out of the apartment.
While brainstorming Mackenzie began to drift off to sleep, only to be woken up by Benjamin shaking her. "Kenzie, I would really like my bed back." She heard him say.
"Sorry." Mackenzie mumbled, not moving. "What time is it?"
"Midnight."
"Why didn't you just take my bed if you were tired Benji, instead of waking me up?"
"I don't know. Maybe 'cause I wasn't thinking."
"As usual."
Benjamin glared at her. "I think."
"Sure you do Benji, sure you do." Mackenzie tiredly, laughed only to get a pillow thrown at her. "Ow."
"That didn't hurt."
"You wanna bet?" Mackenzie questioned throwing the pillow back at him, with barley any effort.
"That didn't hurt."
"It would of if I wasn't half asleep. Go take my bed, I'm to tired to move."
"If you say so." Benjamin replied heading to the room, only to stop halfway there. "Um... we're gonna have to sit down sometime and figure out how we're gonna get rid of the supplier."
"Mmm hmm." Mackenzie replied, already on her way back to the world of sleep.
Benjamin shook his head, walking into the bedroom. She always seemed to fall asleep, or disappear when he had something important to tell her.
Three Days Later
Mackenzie looked out the bedroom door to see Benjamin asleep on the couch. "Shark DNA my ass." She whispered, as she slipped out of the bedroom. Dropping a note on the coffee table as she walked by, Mackenzie smiled. She was going to be able to get out of the apartment without him asking her any questions.
Once she left the apartment she headed to Max and Logan's as fast as she could. Silently she walked into the building and to their apartment. She just hoped her timing was right. Mackenzie picked the lock and walked into the apartment. The lights were off, and everyone was asleep. Everything seemed to be in order, and then she heard it, the sound of someone on the roof.
AN: Well I'm gonna leave it there. Thanks for the reviews you guys. Sorry that its short, and took me so long to update. I'm still having computer problems, and I was kinda stumped about this chapter, but hope you liked it anyway. So please review, and if you want to see something happen tell me.
barcode-babe-210 I'm glad you like it. And I won't let Alec die... again. I'll make sure Mackenzie prevents it.
Newly Human I'm very sorry you have to wait a few more chapters, lol, it just means you'll have to keep reviewing.
Katherine What a nice long review. lol. I'm sorry you have no clue who Mackenzie's mom is. lol. I just love being mean. And I'm glad you liked the interaction between Alec and Mackenzie.