A.N. You might want to re-read chapter one coz I changed the inscription/spell thingy, which will an important point in this chapter and also some other things. Thanks for the reviews.

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"I really, really, don't know" Max answered honestly, she never felt so lost and confused before looking around she saw Nikki and Alec's faces reflecting how she felt, Original Cindy looking at…

"WHITE?" She backed up, trying to put as much distance between them, carrying her future daughter in her arms.

"Why do you keep calling me that?" Ames asked in irritation, he wasn't used to her calling him that anymore, except on the occasion where it had been Whitey when she was teasing him or Mr. White when she had been angry that time.

Flashback

"Oooh, is Whitey getting angry?" Max teased her husband who was currently seething at the fact some asshole had dared to hit on her.

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"Oh look whose home 2 hours late and didn't have the decency to call" was the annoyed voice he was greeted with when he walked into the living room.

"Let me explain before you get all angry. I…" he started but was interrupted by Max.

"Oh now see that's not possible, I'm already angry darling" the last word said with fake sweetness.

"Alright, let me explain to calm you down" he tried again, and again was interrupted.

"No Ames! We were supposed to be going out tonight I arranged a babysitter the reservations were made and once more I had to call and cancel both and you know what I've done it so many times I only have to say hello and they know why I'm calling!" she ranted at him. He opened his mouth to say something but she wasn't done yet.

She cleared her throat and put on a fake Italian accent "Oh you poor thing is Mr. White 'working late' again. And she then moves onto giving me fucking tips about divorce proceedings as she hints at my husband fucking late night 'activities'!" she finished, screaming at him in hurt and frustration.

"Max, you know that I'm doing a case – nothing else – when I'm working late" Ames tried to apologize, but she was having none of it. Tonight had been the last straw; he didn't even bother to call this time.

"Whatever, the kids are in bed but I doubt they're asleep. I'm going out, I'll be back later" she said brushing off his apology.

"Later!" he asked disbelievingly, "It's already 1 'o' clock, how much later?"

"Well?" he asked again when he go no response.

"I'm sorry, but I'm just in a state of disbelief at your nerve to have a go a ME about lateness Mr. White. At least I'm telling you! And allow me to modify that sentence, I'm going to sleep at Nikki's and I'll be back in time for when you leave for work" And with that said she stormed out the front door but before closing she turned around,

"I can't be around you right now; coz right now all I wanna do is break your fucking jaw!" she snapped and slammed the door shut.

End flashback

Ames shook his head to clear his mind of that particular memory, but the fact still remand, it was never White; it brought pack to many bad memories of the past. Focusing his attention back onto Max he noticed the distance between them, and how protectively she was holding Jessica. She wasn't protecting Jessica from him. Was she?

"Okay" OC took control of the situation before Max could answer, taking Jessica out of Max's arms ignoring her protest as she handed her to Ames "You take her and go home, Max will be home later. No arguing you got Original Cindy's word on that" she added the last bit when he opened his mouth to object. She shot Max a pointed look when she stepped forward to stop him reluctantly leaving.

Once he was gone she turned to face three transgenics, "Boo she'll be fine trust me" she sighed and shook her head. "Alec you okay?" she asked curiously, he looked deep in thought about something.

"I was just thinking about the inscription on the cave wall, Nikki how did you hear about that cave anyway?"

"Oh, I read about it in an advert in the paper, cool huh?" Nikki said answering Alec's question.

"What! You took us to a place you never heard of because of an advert! From a newspaper, if I remember correctly you found in your locker. How do you know it wasn't a trap?" Max asked incredulously.

"In my defense, it came across as being a popular public place and a trap from whom? Hello we are accepted American citizens they ain't allowed to kill us anymore, plus familiars are exposed and if they go round killing us that ain't gonna make them look to good now will it?" Nikki defended herself.

"But it wasn't a popular public place, it was a forgotten and locked up place" Max argued with Nikki point.

"Yeah well if it was so forgotten about how come those two guys knew exactly where it was" Nikki argued back.

"Wait, that's a good point. How did those two guys know exactly where it was? The old man I can understand but not the younger one. And what the hell were they doing in, basically, the middle of nowhere"

"That's what I'm getting at if you would listen!" Alec shouted to gain their attention which had been lost during their squabbling. "First, Nikki finding out about an abandoned cave which no one else knew about, then those two guys who just happened to be there to point the way, the weird inscription on the wall and then us suddenly here. And apparently it's not the first time, OC what the hell is going on?" Alec finished his observation of the situation with the question of the hour.

"Look all you guys told me when you can back; was that you couldn't tell me much, just if this situation ever arose again to tell you that it all comes down to the inscription" She answered the question simply and honestly.

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A.N. God my longest chapter yet I was gonna split this into two, but I was told they needed to be longer so there ya go.