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Lane sat down across from CeCe, "First two at the table. Must be a record for the both of us." Lane commented, a smile appearing on his face.

"Lane you look so cute when you smile." was CeCe's reply.

"Was that a compliment from you CeCe? I feel so loved."

CeCe rolled her eyes, "Shut up Lane."

"First you compliment, and then you snap. It hurts." Lane commented. "It really does."

"Not as much as a fork getting jammed into your leg does." CeCe smiled sweetly.

"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed, did you?"

"Leaver her alone Lane." Sam said taking a seat beside him. "She didn't get a lot of sleep on the mission, and I've been keeping her up with my 'non-stop chitter chatter', as she put it last night."

"I see." Lane mused looking past CeCe. "Look who finally decided to join us again."

CeCe turned around and Sam looked up from her plate. "I got lonely in the infirmary by myself." Biggs stated as he walked up to the table.

"No, they just kicked you out." Alec smirked, as he joined the group.

"Either that or he was missing someone." Devon mused patting Biggs on the back

"And who would Biggs secret lover be?" Kee asked, sitting down.

"I thought yesterday was pick on Biggs day." Biggs grumbled.

"But, hun, you're so fun to bug." Jewel stated.

"It's good to know that you guys find humor in my pain." Biggs sighed.

"It was especially funny when you got knocked out yesterday." Erin smiled.

"Aww, stop picking on poor Biggs. He looks like he's about ready to cry." Jondy laughed as she walked by, tray in hand, with Max.

As the two joined their unit Keema grinned at Biggs. "It's her isn't it? She's the one you're crushing on. Your secret lover."

"Secret lover is quite a strong term." Biggs stated. "Don't you think?"

"It could be." Keema responded. "But you're not denying that you like her."

"Our Biggsy has a crush. Isn't it cute?" Emma grinned.

"What are you arguing about today?" Max questioned as Jondy and herself sat down at the table.

"Zack snores." Manny stated.

"I do not snore Manny." Zack replied.

"Believe me. You do." Manny smiled at him.

"Now boys, play nice." Max smiled, shaking her head.

"Maxie that's not fair. You're taking my job away from me." Tinga complained. "I'm the motherly figure here."

"Sorry Tinga. I won't forget that again." Max replied.

"Good." Tinga smiled.

"Manny, if Zack snores don't you think someone would of noticed before?" Brin questioned. "After all we did sleep in the same place for years."

"I heard him snoring." Manny stated.

"You sure you didn't hear yourself snoring?" Jace questioned.

"I"m positive it was Zack snoring." Manny replied.

"Your mind was probably playing tricks on you." Vada smiled.

"My mind wasn't playing tricks on me!" Manny counteracted.

"Change of subject." Jondy started. "What's on the agenda today?"

"As far as I know testing today." Zack stated. "Obstacle course, tank, gym, a medical update. The usual things."

"What a time to change facilities." Zane muttered. "We made it in time for testing."

"What? You aren't itching for a run through an obstacle course?" Ash questioned. "That was always your favorite type of test."

"If you can call it a test." Jess sighed. "You just run through a track and see how fast you make it through."

"I want some escape and evade." Max mused. "We haven't done that in a while."

"We've only been here two and half days Maxie. I bet we won't get to do it for awhile." Krit replied.

"We've only been here for one full day Krit." Max corrected him with a smile. "Tonight would be two and half days."

"Fine Max, be all technical about it." Krit muttered.

"I will."

As the chatter continued around Max she looked up at the other table of X5's. Her eyes immediately connected with Alec's. But all she saw was Ben, missing out on his life. The year Ben had missed out on.

But then Alec smiled and she no longer saw Ben. She saw Alec, someone she had yet to actually get to know. Then again it wasn't just his smile, it was the twinkle he had in his eyes. Something Ben rarely had. A smile that made it to his eyes.

"Max. Max!"

Max jumped, averting her eyes from Alec to look at Jondy. "What Jondy?"

"Maxie, Maxie, Maxie. You have to stop zoning out." Jondy smiled at her. "It's not good for you."

"And yet you zone out more than me." Max smiled at her.

"That's because I'm aloud to." Jondy stated.

"That just makes no sense sis." Max mused.

"It wasn't suppose to." Jondy sighed rolling her eyes.

Max shook her head and went about finishing her breakfast.

The day had been going by quite fast for Max. Her unit had gone through all the testing with Alec's unit. The twins seemed to match each other quite well, the results coming out close to each other.

Now Max found herself in the tank, holding her breath, waiting for the chain around her ankle to be released. As she waited all she could see was Adam, when he was ten years old, struggling. Struggling to be released from the pool's bottom. Struggling to breath.

Max closed her eyes willing the images to go away. To leave her alone for once. Max opened her eyes at the feeling of someone looking at her. Glancing up she saw Director Renfro staring back. She felt a chill go down her spine, once again brought on by Renfro.

When Renfro walked away Max shook her head and glanced around. There were four other X5's in the tank, Biggs, Luke, Biff, and Syl. She could tell the tank was finally getting to them. How long had they been down there? Three minutes? A little over three minutes? Max should of been keeping track, instead of letting her mind wander.

She suddenly felt the tension at her ankle disappear. The chain was gone, meaning it was finally over. Thankfully Max swam to the surface of the pool, like the others, taking a deep breath. As soon as she stepped out of the pool Renfro looked at her.

"I'm disappointed 452." Renfro stated.

"Sorry ma'am?" Max replied in confusion.

"Your file says you can last under there for over four minutes." Renfro noted. "But you barely made four minutes today."

"I'm not myself ma'am." Max replied. "It's taking a few days to adjust to the new environment. I'll do better next time ma'am."

Renfro didn't say anything else. She turned and left, leaving Max standing there. Max could feel the other's eyes on her, and shrugging she headed towards the change rooms to get ready for her medical update. As she walked into the female change room with Syl behind her, she passed Jondy, Tinga, and Sam. "You guys next in there?" Max questioned.

"Yea. I'm just itching to get into that water." Jondy replied, sarcasm thick in her voice.

"The water's cold." Syl stated.

"That just makes it better." Jondy smiled, before following the other two out of the room.

"So where is everyone else?" Syl questioned glancing around.

"They decided everything would go faster if they took a group for their medical while others were in the tank." Jess stated from off to the side. "The only upside about that is it'll give us free time before lights out."

"Free time sounds good to me." Max smiled

"So Max you gonna tell me what happened in the tank?" Syl questioned after a few seconds.

"Nothing happened Syl." Max stated.

"We both know you could of lasted longer int here." Syl replied. "So tell me what happened Maxie."

"I don't know Syl. Memories I guess." Max sighed, turning away and quickly changing.

Max had eaten dinner as fast as she could, just so that she could get away from everyone for a little while. She now found herself lying on one of the couches in the rec room. Her hands acting like a pillow under her head, and her eyes closed.

The sound of the rec room door opening made Max open her eyes. Sitting up Max looked towards the doorway to see who had come in. She was met by dirty blonde hair, hazel eyes, and a cocky smiled. "How nice of you to get up and greet me Max. You looked so comfortable."

"Who said I was greeting you?" Max questioned. "I was just sitting up."

Alec nodded walking further into the rec room. "Well this is an improvement you haven't taken off on me yet."

"I could always go if that would make you feel better." Max replied. "Better yet you could go. It's only fair considering I was here first."

"You make it sound like you don't like me." he mused, walking over to the couch.

"Who says I do?" Max replied, looking up at him.

Alec gave Max a questioning look before asking, "So why are you hanging out in here by yourself?"

"Not that it's any of your business, but I came here to be alone." Max replied.

"If you hadn't noticed this is the rec room. Everyone comes here. Not really a place to be alone." Alec mused.

"You're nothing like him." Max muttered to herself.

"Like who?" Alec questioned.

"No one." Max replied.

"You sure about that?"

"Go away Alec."

"Oh come on, you know you want some company."

"Sure, I guess I could use some company."

"See I-"

"But not you're company." Max smiled, cutting Alec off.

"Now that hurts." Alec said, placing a hand over his heart.

"I'm sure it does."

"I thought we were friends Max."

"We barley know each other Alec."

"But we can get to know each other." Alec grinned.

"Alec leave the poor girl alone." Emma stated entering the room.

"I'm not sure I'd classify her as a girl." Alec commented, earning himself a quick punch to the abdomen. "For one she punches hard," he grunted. "And how do you know I wasn't going to say you were a woman or something like that?"

"Shut up and go away Alec." Max replied, before turning to Emma. "You're Emma right?"

"Yea, and you're Max." Emma replied.

Max nodded, "You're my sister Eva's twin."

"Eva?" Emma questioned. "I don't think I've met her, or seen her."

"Sorry." Max sighed. "She died back in '09." It was then Max realized Alec had sat down beside her on the couch. "Didn't I tell you to go away Alec?"

"Did you really think I'd listen?" Alec replied.

"I was hoping you would." Max sighed, glancing at him.

"Now I know you don't mean that." Alec smiled at her.

"I wouldn't be to sure about that." Max smiled in return, before looking at Emma. "I'll see you around." Max got up and left the rec room, heading to her cell to lie back and relax.

AN: Chapter seems kinda rushed to me. I'm hoping the next chapter will be longer, and better. Hope you guys leave reviews, and feel free to leave ideas about things you want to see happen.

calistra: Here's the next chapter, hope you enjoyed it.

Angel of Darkness231: Just make sure to pester me about it...lol.

EminemIsCool: Biff and Stu aren't clones/twins. I think I mentioned it before in a past chapter, but I can't remember. I'm kind of fooling around with pairings, not sure who I want with who quite yet.

meri24: I'm intrigued to see where they end up too..lol

Alana84: More Max/Alec to come soon. :P

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Katydid49659: Aren't we all a suckers for drama? Lol. You'll just have to wait and see how things work out lol. Love your fic by the way, just haven't been reviewing, I'll make sure I do though.

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