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Max blurred down the hall and started knocking on Logan's door repeatedly. She tapped her foot and on the 10th knock, he opened the door and raised his eyebrows at her. She didn't say anything, she just blurred in. He closed the door and looked at her.

"Hey Max. You need something?" he asked sarcastically.

"Yeah. Tell me where Zack is," she said impatiently. She wanted to go get him – now.

Logan froze. She wanted to get the man who had tried to kill him?

"Uh, Max. May I ask why?" he asked hesitantly.

"I'm bringing him home," she said.

"Yeah, Max, in case you've forgotten, he tried to kill me," Logan said.

She shrugged. "I'll make sure that he understands you're not a threat. Don't worry; I wouldn't bring him here if I thought he was going to kill you. Tell me where he is."

The way she said it meant that she wasn't asking Logan where Zack was, she was ordering him to tell her.

"Max, look. I know you want your brother back but – "

Max cut him off. "Logan, I know he tried to kill you. And I'm sorry. I really am. But he didn't mean to, he was just confused. Manticore did something to him, but I'll set him straight."

'Didn't mean to, yeah right,' Logan thought. 'That guy hates me because he wants to get it on with his youngest sister and he's jealous that I actually have a relationship with her and he doesn't, at least not in the way he wants.'

"Max, what about his little thing?" he tried.

She looked at him. "What little thing?"

"You know. The whole fact that he think you're in love with him."

She lowered her eyes to the ground. "You don't have to worry about that. It was probably just some random fluke thing and besides, even if he was mixed up before, he probably hates me now because of what I did so you don't have to worry."

'Is it just me or did she look disappointed at that fact? No, must've been some light trick. Max isn't sick or perverted enough to like her own brother. Besides, she has me, why would she want some loser like Zack? I'm smart, charming, a great cook, and Eyes Only. You can't compare.'

"Logan, just tell me where he is." She was starting to get pissed off, he could tell by her tone of voice.

"Max, seriously, what if you can't convince him that I'm not a threat? He'll kill me and you'll be too laden with grief to go after the next Ben."

Max froze.

'Oh shit, I shouldn't have said that,' Logan thought.

'Laden with grief?' she thought. 'The next Ben?'

When she looked at him again, her eyes were different. Then she spoke in a voice that scared him. It was low and dangerous, threatening for him to say more.

"Keep Ben out of this," she said, eyes flashing. "You didn't know him. Don't ever say something like that again. Plus, Zack is nothing like Ben. He's not crazy or insane. He just fights to protect his family. Now you're going to tell me where he is or I'll figure it out myself."

Logan gulped. 'If she doesn't convince him that I'm not a threat, it's going to be my funeral either way.'

"Alright." He wrote down an address and directions on a piece of paper and she took it and stalked out.

He breathed a sigh of relief. 'What the hell has gotten into her? I'm the love of her life and she doesn't even seem to care.'

As soon as Max got the address, she blurred to her room, put on her leather ensemble, got her bike and started to leave T.C. when Alec stopped her.

"Where ya going Maxie?" he asked her.

"To get Zack," she answered, still walking.

"Ooh," he said. "What about loverboy?"

"Stop calling him that, we're not like that," she said.

Alec rolled his eyes. "Great, now we're back to that stage."

"I'm just going to convince Zack that Logan's not a threat and bring him home," she said.

'Right,' Alec thought. 'As long as you have some kind of relationship with Logan, Zack's always going to think of him as a threat.'

"Alright, fine. Want me to come?" he asked her.

"Thanks but no thanks. This is something I've got to do on my own. Go flirt with Faith or something. You two seem to have major UST."

Alec grinned. "You know, that's a mighty fine idea." He turned and left.

"Men," she muttered.

A few hours later, Max saw the farm where Zack was staying and pulled into the driveway. Her bike was roaring loudly so two people came out to see what all the noise was about. Max quickly shut off the engine and walked toward the couple who had bewildered expressions on their face. After all, it wasn't everyday that a beautiful young woman roared up to their farm on a motorcycle.

"May I help you?" the woman asked.

"Yes, hi I'm –" Max started, but the man cut her off.

"You're the girl from the hospital," the man said.

Max nodded. "Yes, I am."

The man studied her. "Are you here to see Adam?" he asked.

She nodded again. "If it's alright with you."

The man looked at the woman and she stepped forward and held out her hand.

"I'm Mary and this is my husband Buddy," she said. "It's a good thing that you're here."

Max peered at her curiously. "Why is that?"

"Adam has been acting… strange lately. It seems like he has something on his mind. Buddy and I think he might remember everything but he's keeping quiet about it," Mary explained.

Max took this in and was silent for a moment. A part of her was excited that he might remember everything, but another part filled with sadness because it was most likely that he hated her.

"Where is he?" she asked.

"He should be in the barn," Buddy said.

Max nodded her thanks and set off towards the barn.

When Zack had heard a large engine revving up, he stepped out of the barn and looked to see who it was. He saw Max and muttered, "What is she doing here?"

Zack had remembered who he was a little while before, this time getting it right. He remembered that he was madly in love with Max but she didn't love him back and was with roller boy. He remembered hating Logan and going after him. He also remembered Max's horrified face when she electrocuted him. Zack's memory was basically complete, every detail once again in his mind. Once he fully remembered everything, he decided to stay on the farm for a little while and relax. After all, it was nice there.

When Buddy had brought Zack to the farm, Zack couldn't remember ever being there. Over a few weeks, he noticed some things about himself. He noticed that he was stronger than most people, and didn't get tired as easy. And at night, he would get unexplainable dreams and nightmares. Strange nightmares about kids with buzz cuts and torture. And dreams about a gorgeous girl with huge captivating brown eyes. After that, everything gradually came flowing back to him.

"Why did she come here?" he muttered again, and he hid behind the post of the barn and just watched her.

She was just as beautiful as he remembered, and she had cut her hair to how it was before. Up to her shoulders and curly. She was dressed in her usual attire, leather pants, gloves and jacket. He saw her talk to Buddy and Mary for a minute then start walking towards where he was. He darted back into the barn and started stacking hay again.

He felt her walk up but didn't turn.

"Hi there," Max said, shyly. "Do you mind if I talk to you for a second?"

He looked at her and had to resist smiling. He knew that he should be mad at her but it was Max. He could never be mad at her because with one look he fell in love with her all over again. Even though she did electrocute him and left him stranded in the middle of nowhere with people he didn't know. But then again, he had tried to kill her boyfriend. He felt anger rise in him at the thought of Logan but he pushed it down and nodded in answer to her question.

She sat down on a little bench in the barn and looked at him, her eyes asking him to sit down beside her.

"Adam," she started slowly, not sure where to begin. She also felt weird calling him that, someone who he wasn't. "Have you ever heard of a place called Manticore?"

Zack figured he would pretend to still not remember anything and see what she had to say.

"Can't say that I have," he said.

She looked down at her hands. "Right. Umm… well it was a place where they created soldiers. But the soldiers were children and they were enhanced. They hurt the children but some of them escaped back in '09. Have you ever found anything unusual about yourself?"

Zack shrugged. "I'm stronger than most people and I don't get tired easy. I also have a barcode on the back of my neck."

She looked up. "This barcode. Do you know what it means?"

He shrugged again. "Not really. Maybe it was some gang thing when I was a kid."

"It's not," she said. "These children from Manticore. They all had barcodes on the back of their necks."

"So are you telling me that I'm some creature made in a lab?" Zack asked.

"Not a creature. You were made in a lab, but so was I," Max said.

"How do you know me?" Zack asked.

"You were – you are my brother," Max said. "Not biologically, but we grew up together and thought of each other that way."

'Like hell I did,' Zack thought.

"Anyways, we tried to take down Manticore, we meaning you, our sister Syl, our brother Krit and me. I got shot in the heart and you, well you committed suicide so I could get the X5 heart I needed. I never really thanked you for that actually. Anyways, after I burned Manticore to the ground, I found you again and some things went down. The thing is, you sort of tried to kill a good friend of mine, and I had to stop you. But now, I think I almost regret it." She said the last part in a whisper, so low that even Zack's enhanced hearing almost didn't pick it up.

Zack's mind started acting up. 'Regret it?' he thought. 'You've got to be kidding me. I tried to kill miracle boy and she regrets sending me away? Yeah, right."

"Why do you regret it?" he asked. "I would've killed your friend."

"But I could've tried harder to make you understand. I could've tried at least. But I was so damn self-centered. Things got hard for me so I did what I always do. Run or push the problem away. I pushed you away, and I'm sorry, because even after all you gave up for me, I still betrayed you. My family. I tried to convince myself that I sent you away for your own well-being, but I knew it was a lie. I sent you away because of me. Because I couldn't handle it. You didn't deserve that. I pretended that it was better this way. You would get the normal life you'd always wanted. But I also knew that you wouldn't want a normal life if you didn't have your family in it."

She was silent for a moment so Zack figured it was his turn to speak.

"Why did you come here, though?" he asked. This was one thing he had to know. "It's obvious you didn't want me or you wouldn't have sent me away."

She looked up alarmed and grabbed his hand. "No! No, it's nothing like that! Do you honestly think that I wanted to send you away? It wasn't an easy choice; in fact, it was the toughest one I had ever had to make. And I realize now that it was wrong. I did want you in my life, no; I do want you in my life." She let go of his hand and hung her head. "I know saying sorry a million times won't change anything, and it shouldn't because I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I…"

Zack could see she was struggling with the words so he put an arm around her. "Take your time."

She looked up, eyes shining with unshed tears.

'Oh shit, I wasn't supposed to make her cry,' Zack thought.

"I'm here because I missed you," she said. "I missed you so much."

'I don't know what to say,' Max thought. 'There are so many things I want to tell him, but I can't find the right words.'

"I'm also here because you need to be with your family. I know I have no right taking you away from them in the first place, then ripping you away from the new home you've made here, but everyone misses you and wants you back. I want you back. I also need your help."

At the mention of help, he looked at her sharply. 'Is she okay? Is something wrong with her? What would she need my help with?

"Are you alright?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just need you by my side," she said. "All my life, you've always been watching my back, helping me out, and I'm sorry that I repaid you by stabbing you in the back. But the thing with the Familiars, it's getting out of hand and I need all the help I can get. I've rounded up everyone in our family, which I know you probably think is unwise, but I had to. White had found their locations and had sent Familiars after them, so I had to get to them before they did."

"Wait a second," Zack said, holding up a hand. "Who is White and what is a Familiar?"

"White is an NSA agent who is also a Familiar. He was sent to wipe out all evidence that Manticore ever existed, but then he turned the tables and exposed us all. He has all of us trapped in Terminal City, and is trying to kill us. Familiars are people who are also genetically enhanced, but who don't feel pain. There's this thing called The Coming, which is supposedly supposed to wipe out every human being on earth except for transgenics and Familiars. There's a prophecy that someone is supposed to save everyone, and that person is me."

Zack was shocked. Max had to save the world? Familiars? The Coming? What the hell was going on? He hadn't really known what was going on on the transgenic front because Buddy and Mary had made sure he couldn't watch the news or anything that leaked information on what was happening in Seattle.

"That's why everyone's out to kill me," she continued. "Especially White. He has a personal vendetta against me because I took his son from him."

"So let me get this straight. You have the humans who want to kill you, the Familiars, and White?" Zack asked incredulously.

"My life sucks doesn't it?" she joked weakly. "Anyways, that's one of the reasons why I'm here. I really need your help. But I don't want you to think I'm here only for that. I didn't pop up suddenly because I needed your help and your help only. I missed you; please believe me when I say that. I'm not going to use you to help me fight the Familiars then throw you away. I-"

She was starting to get frustrated again. She kept stumbling over her words.

"I know you probably hate me for what I did," she continued bravely. "And I can live with that. Don't come back for me. Come back for the rest of your family who loves you. I made the mistake of sending you away, and you don't know how much I'm sorry for that, but if you can find it in your heart to forgive me, I hope we could be friends again."

She stood up, trying not to cry. It was hurting her that Zack may possibly hate her for the rest of her life. But like she said. She could deal with that as long as he came back.

"Well, you know the way to Seattle. If you want to come in the future, please do." She turned around to leave but he sighed and grabbed her arm.

"Maxie, sit down," he said. She froze. She hadn't told him her name. She turned around and looked at him, accusation in her eyes.

"You remembered. You remembered everything all along but you still pretended to not know," she said hotly.

"I'm sorry Maxie. I wanted to know why you were here," he said.

"So you kept pretending to make me feel even guiltier than I already was? You asshole!"

She started hitting him in anger but he grabbed her arms and soon her cries of anger turned into tears. She collapsed into his arms and let him hold her while she cried.

"I'm sorry," she kept sobbing. "God Zack, I'm so sorry."

He shushed her and rubbed her back, stroked her hair, did anything he thought might make her stop crying. He muttered comforting words to her but she didn't seem to hear.

"Please don't hate me, please," she said in between her tears. "I'm sorry, please forgive me. Zack, I'm so sorry."

He rocked her back in forth in his arms until she quieted down. "It's okay, Maxie," he murmured. "I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Don't ever think that."

She sniffed and rubbed her nose. "Why are you being so forgiving?" she asked.

"Because I love you Maxie," he said. 'In more ways than one.'

She looked at him, not sure about what type of love he was talking about, but at the moment, she didn't particularly care. He didn't hate her, and that was what mattered.

"I'm sorry that I went after Logan," he said. "I know I was wrong and that Manticore did something to me. I won't do it again."

'That won't stop me from hating the asshole. Stupid miracle boy,' he thought.

"Let's go home, Maxie," he said.

"What about Mary and Buddy?" she asked.

"We understand," Mary said. It seemed that she and Buddy had come up to the barn while they were talking.

Zack stood up and to Max's surprise hugged Mary and shook hands with Buddy. He pulled Max up from the bench and they walked outside, Max still looking at him oddly.

"What?" he asked. "I guess I owe you one after all. Being here loosened me up a little. I can joke now too."

Max laughed and Zack grinned. He loved to hear her laugh and he suspected it had been a long time since she had last done it because it was a little throaty.

Max said goodbye to Buddy and Mary and headed to her bike. Zack moved to follow her but Buddy's hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"Take care of her. She's a strong girl to go through all that she has lately," Buddy said.

Zack frowned. "What do you mean? What did she go through?"

"Well, the pressure of the world and all. We also saw on the news that a transgenic was gravely hurt a few weeks back when they tried to do some rescue attempt. It seemed that one of her friends was in danger and she got hurt," Buddy explained.

"I'll take care of her," he promised.

Then he got on the bike behind Max and they headed home.

A/N: Please review everyone! Thanks!

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Doza – Thanks for reviewing! Sorry, I don't know much about BTVS so I didn't put much in it. But I promise you I will put more in the future, because a friend gave me some info on it. All the fight scenes focused more on the transgenics, but don't worry. There will be more fights to come where people fly around and stuff. Spike will have a face off with one of the Familiars, and Buffy and the gang, and the Roswell aliens will kick ass too. Anyways, thanks so much for reviewing and stay tuned for more ass-kicking! LOL

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