Dr Sam Carr's Office
January 12 2022

Logan looked at the door with 'Dr. S. Carr' etched in the glass before he opened it "Hi Sam"
"Logan, how are you doing? Legs working ok?" Dr Carr took off his glasses as Logan made himself comfortable in the seat on the other side of the desk
"Yeah, I'm fine, that's not why I'm here"
"How can I help you?" Dr Carr leaned back in his chair
"Do you remember a couple of months back when I bought a transgenic with all those biosynth organs to see you?"
Sam thought for awhile "The one who lost his memory?"
"Yeah that's the one"
"He was relocated wasn't he" Dr Carr unlocked one of his desk drawers and pulled out a file
"Is there any chance he could get his memory back?"
"Generally people with amnesia and certain forms of brain damage get their memory back in time, but usually it requires some sort of stimuli. Could be a photo, a voice, a smell anything could trigger a memory. I would have thought being out on a farm would isolate ah..."
"Zack" Logan reminded him
"yes Zack, from any stimuli that would trigger memories, also after the shock he got I would have thought it fried his neurological pathways and the implant but then again that technology is so advanced who knows what its capable of. It is possible that his pathways can be reconnected thus regaining his memory, like he did the first time but I doubt he would remember anything from the time immediately before the shock."
"What time frame are we talking about?"
Dr Carr frowned "Anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of months"
"So it is possible that if I saw him again he might try to kill me"
"It is a possibility"
"Hmm...Thanks for your time Sam" Logan got up to leave
"You're not thinking of visiting him are you?" Dr Carr put the file back in the drawer,
Logan paused at the door "Maybe"
"I wouldn't recommend it unless you knew his mental state. Oh and tell Max that her friend is stable enough to be relocated to a more secure location"
"More secure location?" Logan said curiously
"Oh we had a small breach of security the other day" Dr Carr blushed
"Oh ok, thanks" Logan still looked puzzled as he left the office. When he got into the hall he pulled out his cell and started dialing.

Buddy's Ranch
January 12 2022

Leah was carefully brushing the big black stock horse when she heard Zack calling from the house
"Leah are you actually going to ride or just brush that horse all day"
"I don't see you doing any work soldier boy" she called back
"Do you want your bike fixed or not?" Zack came walking over
"Ok ok I'm going"
Zack smiled "See ya in a little while" then he disappeared into the shed. No sooner had Zack left Buddy came ambling over
"Now I need all the steers from the top paddock in today, we'll get the young cows in tomorrow to be branded" Buddy handed Leah a saddle
"Sure"
Buddy helped her put the saddle on "Has Zack said much to you lately about his past?"
"No more than usual why?" she looked at him curiously
"I had a phone call from a person he use to know, he wanted to know if Zack remembered him and his friend"
"Throw me some names and I'll tell you if they ring a bell" she said as she put the bridle on
"Umm what was her name" a vague look came over Buddy's face "ahh it was a blokes name, ummm ..."
Leah's face went a grim colour of white "Max..." she trailed off
"Yeah that's the one and Logan, does he remember her" Buddy asked
"Umm" she brushed her hair from her face and led the horse over to the gate "Yeah, he remembers her and Logan" she unhooked the latch and opened the gate
"What's wrong?" Buddy closed the gate as Leah led the horse through
"Oh nothing" she shrugged and climbed into the saddle "Which yard do you want them in?"
"I'll set up the gates for the loading yard. What does he remember Leah?" Buddy looked concerned
"She's well... I guess you could call her one of his sisters, he remembers a lot about his brothers and sisters"
"And Logan, I got the feeling when I spoke to him there was something strange between them"
"umm I guess you could say that" with that she turned the horse and rode off across the field

The small group of steers were pushing and shoving their way up the ramp to the truck, Leah rounded up the last few and closed the gate.
"Good job" Buddy yelled as the last steer thundered up the ramp
"Hope you got a good price for these boys Buddy, there's some nice meat there" Leah jumped out of the saddle and led the horse to the barn
"Course I did" Buddy chuckled and waved as the truck drove off "Given any more thought to what I asked you before, you know about Zack?"
"He did mention something about Logan, he gave me an impression that he and Logan didn't part of very good terms"
"What do you mean?" Buddy look at her suspiciously
"Let's just say that if there wasn't such a huge distance between them Logan would've been in trouble"
"What kind of trouble!" Buddy sounded alarmed
"Don't worry he's over that now" Leah reassured him
"How do you know?"
"Don't worry" Leah shrugged
"So Logan's not in any danger"
"I don't think so"
"Thanks" Buddy strolled off to the house

Terminal City
January 12 2022

Max and Alec were finishing their breakfast when a high pitched shrill caused them both to pull out their cell phones simultaneously. "Hey Logan, what's up?" Max answered, Alec rolled his eyes and started fiddling with his fork, "yeah, I'll be there asap" she hung up and grabbed Alec by the sleeve
"Where we going? Romantic dinner for two?" Alec followed Max out of the cafe
"If we were you wouldn't be coming" she answered dryly
"Then where are we going?" Alec persisted
"The hospital"

Logan was sitting outside Lydecker's room when Max and Alec came walking down the hall "Hey you" Logan got up and gave Max a kiss
"Oh get a room" Alec mumbled and brushed past them into the room
"Jealous" the both said in unison and followed him in
"Mornin' Don" Alec said cheerfully "Nice day for a ride" he started setting up the stretcher
"So what's this about a breech in security the other day?" Logan asked as they loaded Lydecker on to the stretcher
"Oh just two guys asking too many questions, nothin' we couldn't handle. So you got somewhere we can take him?" Max shrugged
"Yeah there's a safe house not too far from here"

Max and Alec carried the stretcher into the back room of the safe house "I'll take the first shift, send one of the field meds over and I'll organise sentries from there" Max flopped back in the old chair
"Sure thing Maxie" Alec rubbed his hands together wandered out of the room leaving Max and Logan alone
"My place tonight" Logan smiled cheekily
Max looked at him suspiciously "Sure"

Logan's Apartment, Medtronics
January 12 2022

Max walked around the candlelit room waiting for Logan who came walking in gingerly carrying two glasses and a bottle of wine "Damn blackouts" he set the glasses down and poured some wine
"So what's this all about" Max sat down on the couch next to Logan
"I can't just invite you over for a few drinks"
Max just looked at him
"Ok so maybe I had an ulterior motive. With Manticore off your back, Ames White out of the way, Terminal City under control and that virus gone I was wondering..."
"Wondering what?" Max asked shyly
"I was wondering if..." Logan brushed a stray hair from Max's face "you wanted to move in"
a look of surprise and a hint of alarm came across Max's face "Move in... with you...here"
"Yeah it's closer to Terminal City than your old apartment and it's a step better than those living quarters"
"Ain't that the truth and there is the added bonus of you being here... Are you sure you want this?"
"Do you want this?"
Max smiled "Hows tomorrow sound?"
"No good" Logan replied
"No good?" Max looked confused
"Tomorrow we're going on a road trip"
"Tomorrow? Where to?"
"A small country town on the other side of the mountains"
Max smiled