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Paring: M/A (eventually)

Timing: Six months after Borrowed Time

Summary: Max has been on the run from her most recent batch of demons the past six months but a couple days ago her money finally ran out and she had to stop in a small roadside town to gain some more cash. Maybe it would have been better if she had keep moving because one night a stranger shows up in the bar asking for her… by name. Who can this stranger be and what could he want? These are the questions Max asks as this chapter begins.

A/N: Wow it's been awhile. Anyways how you enjoy.

Revised Borrowed Time,

Chapter 9,

Stranger:

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"He was a looker that one." The blond chirped before taking up her tray again. Absently Max nodded her head her eyes still on him. Who was he and how did he know who she was. She had been careful to change her appearance after leaving Seattle so that Alec wouldn't be able to find her. Even going by old pictures it'd be hard because she'd never worn her hair this short before. Max was dumbfounded to say the least. Could he be an X5 she pondered.

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Max tried to keep her fear hidden as she wiped down the counter one last time. In only a few seconds she'd be forced to clock out… and to leave. She knew if she really wanted to that she could go out the front, run back to the hotel and get Ray. They'd be gone before the stranger even knew it. Only problem…. Twenty bucks doesn't last for very long. With a sigh Max tossed the grimy rag into a buck of soapy water and headed for the back. Absently she removed her apron and counted her tips before stuffing them into her jeans pocket. Well maybe she had a little more then twenty bucks after tonight… that didn't mean it'd all be there in the morning.

The young X5 pushed the mundane thoughts out of her head as she reached the swinging back door. Gathering one final breath into her lungs she threw her shoulders back and with one hand flung the door open so that it made a loud echoing crash that reverberated down the ally way. Max smirked a little as she assed the strange man leaning against the opposite wall.

"Someone's rash." The dark haired man chirped as he pushed off the wall.

"Your no threat to me." Max hissed balling her fists by her sides. "After all how can you hurt someone who's got nothing left?"

"What about the husband of yours?" The man questioned while taking a small step forward. His eyes, Max noticed, gazed down at her hand which now shown ringless in the dim ally light.

"Security nothing more buddy." Max retorted, her eyes flashing a warning as she assed her adversary. "Who sent you?" She snapped.

"No one." The man replied, returning her stair spark for spark.

"Then how do you know my name?" She hissed, dropping down into a fighting stance.

"Where I came from everyone knows your name." He answered cryptically as they began to circle one another. "You were one of the escapees and from what I can tell Manticore only taught you one thing."

"Oh really and what would that be?" Max asked her eyes never leaving his.

"To run. I've been looking for you for a little under six months now. Your not the easiest girl to find." The other X5 commented his eyes giving her a once over, once again. "Your different for what I imagined." He said dropping his fighting stance. "I thought you'd be a little taller." The X shrugged as Max stirred at him in confusion.

"Who the hell are you and what the f do you want?" She asked growing angry. She hated being caught in someone else's game.

"My name is Biggs and I've come to get you. Alec needs you." And with those words Max's head was spinning. It had been six months since anyone had said his name to her. Six months since she felt the stirring in her heart from the dual syllable word. And then the shock passed and angrily she shot out at the strange man calling himself Biggs.

"Why the hell would Alec need my help? Can't he screw up on his own?" And as soon as Max said Biggs could see the pain in her eyes. It seemed what ever had happened between the pair all those months ago had hurt them both. How would he ever explain all that had happened to her?

"Max I need you to listen to me. We need to talk. A lot has happened in six months." Max nodded her head to the last part.

"A lot has." She agreed. "So what do you suggest?"

Biggs cocked an eyebrow obviously confused he asked. "Suggest what?"

"Well we could always talk here but Tina gets off in half an hour and I don't think we'll be down by then. Besides I got a kid to get home to. If you want to talk then follow me." Max knew she was taking a big risk by trusting this guy but the mention of Alec's name had had a strong effect on her. For some reason she felt like she should trust him and it was with that since that she lead him back to the sleazy motel her and Ray had been living in the last couple of nights.

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