Hey, here is my first Dark Angel Fic, I hope you like it.

I've ALREADY finished this story so the more updates I get the faster I'll update… HINT, HINT tell me what you think. Here it is…

Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with dark angel, otherwise why the hell isn't it on TV anymore?


Closing Down

By Audiodream


Chapter Two – Realising Feelings Are Mutual

Logan's POV

Terminal City; the place that housed over three hundred transgenics. Getting in was getting increasingly difficult but luckily the transgenics were keen strategic planners and had found several different ways for people to get in. Luckily he didn't have too, he could communicate with them through a video link Dix and himself had set up.

At the moment he was speaking with Alec, the man that was receiving love that Logan had hoped one day to be aimed at him. Instead Max loves Alec, and he and she were an item. It was almost like Max and Alec were rubbing it in his face by making him speak with Alec all the time when really all Logan wanted to do was hit him. Sure if he did that he might end up on the floor with a broken jaw but it would give him a little dignity back.

Although after everything that had happened over the past year he was starting to realise that his feelings for Max weren't as strong as they were. She was always bust with the transgenics, sure they were somehow connected to her but him and her old friends were there first. The transgenics should come second, him and her old friends should be her top priority. After all they didn't have a mob of humans after them trying to kill them, no that was the transgenics. They were going to get her killed.

Before the transgenics were let out it was just her and him, they had gotten along just right, no arguing, Then Manticore had to infect her with that stupid DNA targeting virus, and then came the transgenics blah blah. If Manticore hadn't made that stupid virus then they would be fine, they would still be together, and she wouldn't be with him.

Life after Manticore, the second time, had been going down hill for him. Although being able to walk again was tremendous, he had lost Max, Eyes Only was no more, and most importantly the transgenics were out. As much as he knew he should be happy that the truth was out there he wasn't. It was because of the truth that he had lost Max. She was now stuck in the middle of Terminal City, surrounded by cops, sector police and National Guard. The only time she spoke to him was when she wanted supplies, he was tempted to say no or put on a disclaimer that read: only for Max Guevera. He couldn't do that because ten she would know how he felt and would never speak to him again.

He needed to speak to her, or at least someone from TC so he knew what was going on with White and the Familiars. Oh, and of course any updates on the runes that had caused him many headaches trying to figure them out.

It he told the truth he no longer wanted a relationship with Max and he realised it could and would never happen. Not only did she have Alec now she also had a lot more responsibilities, she had the transgenics.


Max's POV

Logan: he had once been her rock, her friend and her confidant. Now he was one of the few ordinaries that supported the transgenics. They had once been so close, but had waster a year sprinting past each other, then when they were ready to take the next step there was the virus and Manticore. Now Max was having doubts, she didn't love him in the way she had thought she had. He was more like a best friend but not a lover.

Logan had changed, they both had changed. She wouldn't lie and say after everything she had remained the same, no she had changed and she knew that and she dealt with it. Logan had changed also, before she had been recaptured by Manticore he had been all gung-ho about fighting for the people, nowadays he followed her around asking if she needed any help at TC, runes or finding a cure for the virus. Sometimes he acted as if she shouldn't even be there with the transgenics, as if they were beneath her and him. That she should cast her responsibilities aside and run off in the sunset with him, to hell with the consequences. He thought transgenics were beneath humans with the exception of Max. It was something Max hated, being seen as better than the rest of her family when in truth she felt sometimes she was the worse.

She had to go up there and say that they had made progress with the siege, that soon they would be walking down the streets as civilians not monsters. In reality the siege was still living it large and Max was seeing the dream of walking down the streets with the ordinaries scatter into a millions pieces and someone had to mend it.

She looked over at Alec speaking with Logan and by the way Alec was sat in the chair she could tell he was bored and Logan was telling him something that they themselves had already found out. In truth she needed to sever the tie with Logan before it got her and hers killed. He was too much of a flight risk, he was living outside of the fence, knew some of their plans and he had no training in resisting torture. If he were to get caught…it would be dangerous and possibly life threatening for the transgenics.

In three long strides Max was standing next to a relieved looking Alec, she nodded and he immediately got off his numb butt, he gave her his trademark smirk and walked over to the water cooler. She sat down on the swivel chair and looked around to make sure no one was listening in, under her glare a few people appeared to disappear down the corridors. Max turned to the screen and sighed.

'Here goes nothing.' She thought to herself, smiling to the unsuspecting man.

"Hey." Max said quietly looking a little nervous.

"Hey yourself." He smiled even thought he himself also looked a little anxious. "I was just telling Alec that I uncovered a word in the runes, Snake-"

"We know, Dix and Luke discovered three words last night – Snake, Familiars and Coming." She sighed.

"Oh." He said sounding a little hurt and disappointed.

"Look Logan, I know we both said that we had feelings for each other, and that we would always feel like that even with the virus. Also that you could help with Terminal City and deciphering the runes." She said pointing at her wrists. "But, I don't, I don't love you anymore Logan and I don't want your help with Terminal City or these," pointing to her wrists again, "it is just too dangerous and hard for me." She told him within record time. He looked at her as if she had burned him and she almost felt like taking it all back, almost. If she did she knew she could never say it again, and she wouldn't be able to live like that. "I think it will be best If we don't talk anymore. And I know we haven't really been talking but I also think it will be wise if you don't talk to Alec or anyone else here. It is dangerous for you and in the end for all of us too. You know stuff that our enemies would like."

"I understand I really do Max. I was just wondering when Alec would be brought into this, I wasn't ever expecting anything from you Max, all I wanted was to make you know that you are not alone, that you have me, that you don't have to talk to them all the time." He told her, then after a minute or two smiled at her. "But…I also understand you need to do this, so I give you my scouts promise that I will sever all connections to TC and leave you to lead peacefully. It was good to know you Max Guevera. Peace…Out." He said and the screen went black.

When his image disappeared it felt that a part of her had too, she knew she hadn't loved him absolutely but there would always be a part of her heart that would. It hurt so much to see the pain and disappointment on his face but deep down she knew that he also knew it was well and truly over. They had been arguing so much when they did rarely talk to each other. With everything that was going on she needed to have a clear head on her and Logan just clouded it. A single tear rolled down her face, showing weakness for just a second and then she wiped it away again as if it had never been there, if someone saw they would question if it had even ever been there at all.


TBC…

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