A/N: Sorry for the wait, my finals are coming up next week, so yeah, loads of last minute work! I hope you enjoy this chapter! And THANK YOU for all the GREAT reviews!

In a hall

It was a couple days after the heat incident, and Max was still avoiding Alec, considering she had a bunk right next to him, that's a pretty good feat, she was always good at escape and evade when they were kids. Her excuse for not showing up to the training sessions was because of her arm, but she was on her way towards mess hall from med bay, she just got a clean bill of health, "Damn transgenic healing!" Max thought, just as she turned a corner and ran into a certain someone, and when she saw who it was, she felt her face turn a very bright red.

"Hey Maxie, remember me?" Alec said with a smirk at her blush.

"Yeah, what's up?" She said, avoiding looking him in the eye.

"The past is in the past Maxie, just forget about it and move on," he said, wanting her to feel at ease again, and at her small nod, he continued, "I mean, I'm not gonna hold it against you, I'm hot, in fact, you should win a prize for how long you were able to keep your hands off of me."

"You should win a prize for being the most cocky transgenic ever."

"What can I say? I'm the best at everything," he said with a shrug as they walked into mess hall.

"Whatever," she said, then picked up a tray for her food.

"So, we on for tonight?"

"I guess, I just got a clean bill of health, so I'm ready to kick your ass."

"Ha! Whatever you say."

"You're finally learning!" and with that, she went over to sit down next to 386.

In the Gym

Max was stretching, she got there before Alec, as usual, and was doing some thinking. She was thinking about how good he looked shirtless, "Stop it Max! Get a hold of yourself! At least one good thing came out of this, Mel gave her some meds, and as long as she took 'em regularly, she should be heat free," she thought as she walked up to a punching bad and started warming up. After a few minutes, she heard Alec enter, "Took ya long enough! Aren't you suppose to be the trainer, and shouldn't the trainer be here on time?"

"Don't get your panties in a twist!"

"The sooner you get here, the sooner I can kick your ass, the sooner we both can leave."

"I get your point…but I think I'm gonna have to kick your ass."

"Okay, come on pretty boy," she said as she blurred to his side and punched him square in the jaw.

"I know, I know, always keep your guard up," he said as he rubbed his jaw, and blocked another punch, Max just smiled. He shot his fist out, and she easily blocked it, but she wasn't prepared for his roundhouse, then he kicked her legs out from under her. He had her pinned, then he did what he felt, he kissed her, expecting her to pull back, but surprisingly, she gave in. At first, she was a bit shocked,

"Oh my God!" she thought, but suddenly, another voice said, "what the hell, enjoy yourself Maxie." She then started kissing him back, and she liked it. Alec smiled as he moved down her neck, and heard her moan of satisfaction,

"I guess that's her spot." He moved his hands down her, one on her lower back, another softly caressing her face. He let out an appreciative moan when she slipped her hands down under his shirt, slightly scratching his back. Then, at the exact same time, they both heard someone down the hall, so Max did the one thing she thought, she punched him.

"Rule number one, always be aware," she said with a smirk as a guard entered, notifying them that they were wanted in Lydecker's office. When the guard was finally at the end of the hall, Max let out a little giggle.

"Sorry, I just reacted, we are suppose to be sparring."

"Yeah, whatever!" Alec said with mock-hurt.

"So, do you know what this is about?" She asked as they walked out of the gym.

"Not a clue, maybe he wants to see how much you've improved."

"Maybe," and with that, she knocked on Deck's office.

"Enter," came the muffled reply.

Deck's office

"At ease soldiers," Deck said as he pulled out two files and handed them to the two transgenics in front of him. "I have called you here today to brief you, at 0600 hours you will set off on a long-term mission. The files in your hands contain your aliases, and all the background information you will need to know for both yourselves, and the objective."

Alec almost smirked as he read over his and Max's aliases, he was going to be posing as a super-rich, super-smart doctor with a conscience. His name was Dr. Nathan Hicks, and Max was his partner, both with business, and it turns out, life! She was Dr. Victoria Hicks, his wife! "This is gonna be GREAT!"

"Your mission is to find and befriend a self-proclaimed philanthropist, Derek Stone. We have gotten some intel that one of the companies he owns that's suppose to be creating less-expensive medical drugs for those who need, but can't, under normal circumstances afford them. The problem is that while he is doing that, we've been doing some testing on his drugs, and they're not all medical. We've found low-doses of some sort of unknown substance, which, by itself doesn't cause any trouble, but if put in contact of a certain chemical, can turn into a deadly, and can spread like wild fire. We looked into his history, and it turns out that he has been involved with some sort of cult, they call themselves 'familiars.' We have found that they can be just as strong as transgenics, but not quite as fast."

A/N: I hope you enjoyed that, but I probably won't be able to update until during next week, so yeah. Sorry! But who knows, I might just be encouraged enough to update before then!