A young man about ages with her walks into the empty bar and takes a seat at the front counter, just along from where Max is standing.
"What can I get you?" She asks
"Just cola thanks" He answers
Max turns her back to fill a glass of cola and the young man leans over the counter and pushes an empty glass over the ledge. Max's sense kick in what he has just done and she spins around and catches the glass. She looks up at him.
"Quick reflexes" He stated looking into her eyes.
"It's a family trait" trying to cover her secret watching him closely.
"Here's your drink" Placing a napkin on the bar worktop and the glass on top of it.
"Thank you" he says smiling
"Can you sign this please, it's the stock take" Max's boss says as he walks into the front bit of the bar and hands her a pen. She signs it and gives him it back.
"Here you go" she said and placed the pen in front of her. The boss walks back into his office.
"Hello" says a customer quietly at the same time as Max says to the young man in front of her "Don't I know you?"
"Hello" repeated the customer sounding impatient
"Maybe" he simple replied
"Excuse me" said the angry customer rather loudly.
"What?" Max questioned
"May I have to coffee's to go please" He said in a friendlier tone.
"Of course you can" Max simply answered faking a smile making the young man in front for her laugh slightly.
He took hold of the pen and drew a barcode on the napkin, his. While Max was making coffee. She handed the coffee over to the man, and then he left and Max returned to talk to her other customer. She is now holding a glass of milk.
Max pulls a stool over and sat in front of him drinking her milk. She then placed the empty glass on the work top and looked down at the napkin. Saw the barcode and her head shot up to meet blue eyes staring at her.
"Jack" she whispered
"Hi Max" he said
"What are you doing here? I'm not going back" she replied stepping away from him.
"Max no don't go or they'll know that you've recognised me and they will storm in her at take you back" Jack said worryingly
"Manticore? Lydecker? Who?" She questioned with a warning look in her eyes.
"Manticore, Lydecker isn't part of Manticore anymore he got kicked out" He said.
"Why did he get chucked out?" Max asked curiously
"I don't know, some soldiers say he betrayed Manticore some how" Jack answered
"You still didn't answer my question" Max sounding slightly annoyed
"I'm only here to make sure you don't leave work early" He honestly answered
"Why haven't I to leave early? Are they here?" Max asked
"Some soldiers are but the rest are on their way here as we speak"
"What you mean there's going to be more of them? Who's leading them" Max asking questions yet again
"Yep well Maxie they just can't seem to catch you that's why, Ames White is leading them" he answered
"Oh shit are you bugged?" the idea just dawning on Max
"No am clean" laughing slightly the he added in a more serious tone "look Max I don't want to see you get taken back there, get locked in a cage again like I did. Can you contact Zack, Syl and Krit to help you get out of here?"
"How did you know their near here?" Smiling at him
"Because I've seen them, I recognised them when they were in here earlier talking to you. Yous all seem to be really close now" Jack said
"Ye we are and how did you know I was who I am? You code have just risked exposure" Max said
"Your eyes" Jack answered
"When are they going to come in and bring be kicking and screaming back to home sweet home?" Max said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"When I go out and say I can't talk you into going back or I run out of time, which is in 2 hours" He replied
"I've got to phone Zack" she said getting out her mobile phone which was in her jeans pocket and dialled his number.
"Zack I need your help Manticore is outside the bar, they're going to try and take me back and Jack said Ames White is leading them" Max said fast when Zack picked up the phone.
"Jack's there... Were on our way hold on, Maxie" Zack said and hung up.
"Their on there way" Max said to Jack
"Good cause your going to need them" Jack replied.