A/N: Thanks again to everyone who's reviewed or payed interest to this fic. Glad you enjoyed it and i'll do my best to write some more ficsas often as i can. This is the last chappie...i found it difficult to wordend rightand i'm warning you in advance, itis a lil sloppy-so if you don't like (i know i don't) then imagine your own way of how the last paragraph could have ended lol. Please R/R!

Fever: I Choose….

The feel of freezing cold water biting at his skin with a crisp chill, viciously pulled Logan awake and gasping his eyes snapped open to see the dark blurry outline of a figure staring down at him. His mouth became suddenly dry, his throat constricting making it hard to breathe and blinking hard to refocus his sight, the deafening silence around him boomed causing him to flinch with confused fear for his life…

Twenty-Five Minutes later…

Max restrained herself from grabbing Logan by the collar and instead clenched her fists tightly, nails digging half moons into the soft palms of her hands. "Did it ever once occur to you that maybe I wanted to be left alone? No, you had to just keep bein' so damn persistent pagin' me at home, at work, at Crash! Logan that's called stalking, it aint lookin out for someone! Why the hell d'you presume I spend my time with nothin' better to do than wait for you to call me? I have a damn life Logan, let me live it!" She raged, ebony eyes burning into his blue ones uncontrollably with fire as he stood in the middle of the room facing her.

"What was I supposed to think Max, you just stopped answering my calls and vanished for almost a week and then I find out you're avoiding me for some unknown reason with this….this…idiot!" He wailed back throwing his arm in the direction of the other man with a disregardful glare as Alec, who stood leaning against the kitchen counter, let his jaw drop and stepped closer forward.

"Hold up there 'hot wheels'." He held up his hands palms facing Logan, who arrogantly cut back in, furiously sick of the man that in his eyes had 'kept' Max from him.

"Who the hell do you think you're talking to, huh? I'm speaking with Max; this conversation has nothing to do with you. Am I clear?" Alec rolled his eyes and blurred, lunging for the cyber journalist, pinning him by his throat to the wall effortlessly with a smirk.

"Now see, this does have somethin' to do with me especially since you're the one who broke into my apartment. Am I clear?" Max felt the corners of her mouth tug in a smile at Logan's defenceless predicament. "Good." Alec smiled at the ordinary with laughing eyes, not releasing his tight grip around the man's jugular. "Let me remind you Logie that Max might not be able to come within two feet of you because you'll drop to the floor and die a painful death yadda yadda." Shrugging the bored X5 wiped away imaginary dust from Logan's jacket. "But I can and I can also make your wonderful life a lot more miserable than it already is." He released the older man and patted him on the cheek before stalking towards the door and opening it. "It's late I'm very tired, get out." Logan glared at him and turned back to Max defiantly.

"So what, you're not gonna explain. You're just gonna let this prick speak to me like this?" Slowly Max walked to stand by Alec and folded her arms over her chest.

"You wanna do this the hard way?" She looked over him absently and raised an eyebrow to which Logan ground his teeth angrily.

"You can't just avoid a problem Max and he is a part of this problem. Come back to me, talk to me. It's either him or me because I'm sick of dancing around you waiting for you to open your damn eyes. Who is it Max? Decide." Pursing her lips to hold back a laugh, Max stepped back closer to Alec and ignored the impatient glare Logan shot her way.

"Who do you think?" She asked him simply like he was even more idiotic than first perceived. "Logan we're finished, it's time you saw it too. I didn't want this to end badly but you're only makin' it harder on yourself. Just go." He looked at her pleadingly and Alec rolled his eyes disbelievingly.

'Geez this guy is pullin' out all the stops to weave her back under his spell.' Yawning and tapping his foot Alec whined tiredly. "Logan for craps sake just go please! Man I'm not about to beg but get the hell out, I need my damn sleep…." He smirked.

"So that's it, after everything you're leaving me for that womanising animal?" Alec felt Max tense and shook his head disapprovingly.

"Animal? Right so we're back to this are we. What does that make me?" Realisation dawned on the ordinary but before he could correct his mistake Max continued, stalking towards him. "We were never going anywhere Logan and this virus has seen to that. You've proved tonight just how much you feel about my kind so why don't you do us both a favour and stay the hell away. I'm done with being your prize pet." She stood a foot away from him with her hands resting on her hips. "Now listen to the man and get out." She spun on her heel and strode towards Alec's bedroom, much to the disgust of Logan and the startled joy of Alec as she tore away her grey t-shirt to reveal a small white tank top.

Sighing and grabbing Logan by the arm, Alec dragged the pissed and rejected man out of his apartment and down the hall out of the building, clad only in his jeans.

As she kicked her sneakers to a corner of the bedroom, Max sighed and silently prayed that eventually Logan's obsession about their non-existent relationship would fade. 'It's a lot to ask but I'd rather we were just friends again...' Running a hand through her hair she winced at the pain in the palms of her hands and drawing them up she rolled her eyes. "Great…" She moaned aloud as she huffed at the blistering nail marks.

The sound of Logan's protests drew her attention back to the front room but she found that neither of the two men were there. Peering out of the curtains of the main room window she looked out down onto the street to see Alec grab the keys of Logan's car from the older man's jacket, and throw open a door, quickly firing the engine up. Watching curiously and bewildered, Max covered her mouth with her hand as Alec got back out of the car and tossed Logan into the drivers seat, swiftly kicking the door shut behind him as he made his way back over to the apartment yelling obscenities in the ordinaries direction.

Her eyes locked with Logan's momentarily before he shook his head and shifted the car into gear, pulling away to rush back to his trick apartment. 'Well I guess friends is out of the equation…' She sighed biting her lower lip.

The sound of Alec closing the front door made her glance over at him with a weak smile. "Ah…look, I'm tired Maxie… he was buggin' me...I'm sorry if I screwed things up even more but…" He shrugged and turned to secure a bolt and chain across the door that normally he wouldn't bother using. 'But considering our little late night visit I'd rather be cautious.' He shook his head tired and defeated making his way over to the sofa where he sprawled himself over it in an untidy fashion. "You can have the bed." He yawned not noticing the glow in her deep brown eyes.

"Alec…" She purred with a seductive smile, leaving the window to crouch by the sofa he'd taken up as a bed. Opening his eyes to gaze into hers, his heart picked up its rhythm and he swallowed hard as she traced the muscles on his back with a soft fingertip.

"Huh…?" He replied lowly, suddenly more awake now that she was with him alone.

"I chose you Alec…" Grabbing a hold on a muscled arm she tugged at him and licked her lower lip hungrily. "I chose you…" He allowed himself to be dragged to the bedroom and pushed onto the bed, his head falling back softly onto the pillows as she straddled his hips.

"Max…I…" Thinking the moment through he smirked and pulled himself forward to bring his lips to hers. "Suddenly don't feel so tired." He whispered as she locked her arms around his neck and smirked back.

"Good…" She chuckled as their lips met in a furious and passionate kiss. His tongue wrestled with her own, exploring the depths of her mouth as they fell back towards the pillows, his body twisting hers so that he rested on top. "I…" Alec pressed a forefinger gently to her full lips and smiled.

"Don't say it unless you think you're ready to…" He whispered as if reading her thoughts through the look behind her eyes. The surprise that appeared on her face made him chuckle deep in his throat and leaning down, gripping her hips with his hands, he crushed his lips to hers fiercely inwardly dancing for joy when she responded with a soft moan wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Alec." She breathed when he pulled away to trail kisses down the curve of her neck while his hands worked with hers to remove their clothing.

"I love you too Maxie, but seriously how d'you get into these jeans?" He teased earning himself a slap on the ass as he pulled away to grin down at her.

"Y'know I'll only let you off because I love ya." She muttered averting her gaze from his piercing hazel orbs. A proud smile washed over the male X5's feature and slowly he leant down so that their noses were touching.

"Really….?" He whispered like an excited little kid. Max let a gentle laugh escape her and cupped his face with her hands.

"Really." With a devilish smirk he drew her back into another passion filled embrace, savouring her taste and reciting the words over in his head that she truly loved him the way he hadcome to love her-his feisty fellow Manticorian mate.

A/N: I know! It was...cringy...'tuts'. But nevermind, i tried eh? Maybe one day when i re-read this i'll change the ending, ya never know. Well...had fun writing this, and now i gotta finish my Tekken fic Bleach...then write more Dark Angel fics! Tata for now and i'm glad you spent time to read this fic! Thankyou! - AnGeL -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-