Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. Fox owns them.
This story takes place about one month after the end of Season two.
Chapter 1
Max Guevera sighed as she sifted through the stack of files on her desk. It had been Logan's idea to create a file on each and every transgenic and transhuman here in Terminal City. Each file contained a list skills and training that each had acquired at Manticore. I am in desperate need of a secretary she thought as the top files fell to the floor. Frustrated, she circled around her desk and began picking up the files, silently cursing Logan and his brilliant ideas.
She paused when she came across Alec's file. On the outside of the tan file, Alec/ X5 494 was written in bold black letters. She sat on the floor and rested against the desk. Involuntarily, she opened Alec's file. The green eyes and handsome smile that greeted her was Ben's, but that was as similar to her brother as Alec got. Alec was self-centered. He was a big flirt who knew just how handsome he was and wasn't afraid to use it to get what he wanted.
Sometimes Max hated him. She hated how confident he always was. She hated how he was always getting into trouble, and how she always had to rescue him. But she knew that she couldn't live without him. He was a big part of her life now—a part she couldn't…wouldn't part with. Whether she liked it or not, she cared about him. He was a part of her family now.
Since the beginning of the siege of Terminal City, Alec had stood behind her as unwavering support. Although the other transgenics and transhumans admired Max and had seen what she could do, they were a little wary of her assuming a position of power over them because of her 09er status. Fortunately, they trusted Alec, and he had convinced them that she was the best person for the job.
What would I do without you? she thought. Hopefully, I'll never have to find out
"A penny for your thoughts," a voice said behind her.
Max had been so consumed with her thoughts that she hadn't even heard Logan come in. She quickly closed Alec's file. Logan wasn't Alec's biggest fan especially since Max had told him a little white lie months ago. She had told him that she and Alec were together in order to get him to stay away from her. She was sure that one day the virus that Renfro had infected her with would kill him. Of course, she had eventually told him the truth, but Logan seemed to always be looking at both transgenics for reassurance that there was nothing going on between them.
Max grinned. "A penny? My thoughts are worth more than that." She pushed herself up off the floor, grabbed the files and put them on the desk.
"Lonnie and Cross wanted to talk to you about something when you have time," Logan said, leaning in the doorway.
Lonnie and Cross were the latest X5s to get together. Max bet that they wanted to talk to her about new living arrangements or something like that. They were so in love that it bothered her to see them together sometimes. They were almost inseparable. Logan and I can't even touch she thought with more than just a little bitterness. She spotted the rubber gloves on Logan's hands. It made her want to cry. If she weren't a soldier, she might have.
Max saw the longing in Logan's eyes. She realized that he was probably thinking the same thing.
"I'm going to go see what Lonnie and Cross want," Max said. There really wasn't any reason to rush, but she felt an overwhelming desire to get as far away from Logan as possible. He was a constant reminder of what she could never truly have.
"Are we still on for dinner tonight?"
Max brought her hand to her head pretending that the event had escaped her mind. "Dinner? I forgot all about that. I promised Original Cindy that I'd help her move into her new apartment." She ignored the disappointment written all over Logan's face. She just couldn't deal with this—with him tonight. There was an army outside of the gates of Terminal City waiting to destroy Max and her kind. She couldn't let her problems with Logan distract her.