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Road Trip from Hell

"Here we are," Mink pointed to the large building that looked seemingly abandoned.

Basil grimaced at the look of the place- old dark and creepy.

"Alright, we don't have a very large window of time here, so we need to split up," Mink waved her hands, "Tyler and I will take the lower floors and you two can take the higher floors. Obtain anything that may be useful, and no fooling around."

Both Transgenics nodded silently.

"Understood?"

"Yes Ma'am!" They saluted, and as the blond haired Mink laughed their cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

"Good soldieries, ay?" she smiled, turning to Tyler, who couldn't stop laughing.

"Alright, let's get this mission ova' with."

Meanwhile…

Max stole occasional glances at Alec, who seemed pretty preoccupied with his work to even notice her.

"Okay," He said, walking through the lines of lined up soldiers, "does any one know what this is?" His voice was cold and stern as he held up an unopened package.

"No sir," they all said in unison.

"Neither do I," He almost frowned, "but my question is- how did we let this breech security?"

Silence…

"Now," His voice rose, "I want all of you to think about the word Slacking and erase it from your memory! Do you understand?"

"Yes Sir."

"Good," He waved them off, "dismissed."

Normally Alec wouldn't treat his fellow Terminal City members like this but it was their job and a matter of life and death.

Max walked over to him, crossing her arms to her chest. "How come I wasn't informed about this breech in security?"

"I just found out now," he said simply, and placed the package carefully on the table.

Max took in her hands, sized it up, sniffed it and then shook in softly. "It's clothing…"

She sounded bewildered, and Alec sure looked it as he began to open the box…

Shock was the definition of the look on their face and Max gasped softly. Inside was a whine colored dress with a note attached to it.

Basil

You'll look beautiful in this dress

I wanted to invite you to dinner this evening

Meet me at my place at seven

Logan

Alec closed his eyes, and started to grind his teeth in anger. "What the hell does he think he's doing?"

Max felt a tinge of jealousy, but she wasn't sure if it was because of Logan's invite or because of Alec's concern- both being for Basil. "I don't know…"

Meanwhile..

"How did we manage this?" Basil groaned, and slid back against the wall.

Zack shook his head, and continued to pound on the wall…Nothing.

"Why can't I break through it?" He sighed in frustration.

They were stuck in a small dark room…

Basil sighed, and closed her eyes.

Zack slid down next to her, and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulder. "Mink will find us…"

"Yeah, I know," she scratched her head, "but I hate the dark."

He laughed…

"What's so funny?"

"You're very fragile for a Transgenic."

"Shut up," she smiled, and hit him playfully.

He caught her hand in his, and leaned down to kiss it.

She looked at him- bewildered because he did this.

He leaned in closer to her face, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, whispering "what the hell," before kissing him senseless.

Done

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