Max and Alec
"Season 2"
Paring: Max/AlecSummary: My re-write of season 2 and they way I thought it should have happened.
AN: The chapter will be long, just as a warning. I am thinking about going all through season 2 and hopefully doing no own season 3 and so on…but I am not sure yet. Hope you enjoy the first of many chapters. The show does not belong to be nor do the characters…please don't sue me…thanks.
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Chapter 1: Designate This
Jam Pony
OC walked into the Jam Pony offices just to be scolded by Normal about being late yet again. But she couldn't help she was late, after all someone had to take over for Max until she got back. No knew what happened to her because she never told anyone where she was going…and that was just another part of the Max puzzle.
As OC walked toward the lockers she noticed that someone was opening Max's locker, well actually her old locker, but she will be using it again when she comes back…if she comes back. OC hung her head as she thought about that last part and continued toward the lockers.
As the guy was reaching into the locker OC slammed the locker shut on his hand and he screamed out in pain, which brought a satisfied smile to OC's face. "What the hell do you think your doing?" She asked him as he grimaced in pain.
"Ah…the boss told me to get a locker and this one if empty…do you mind?" he asked indicating where his hand was pined by the locker.
"No," she said as she locker his up and down. "This locker is taken I suggest you go find yourself another one fool," OC said as she released his hand. He took off as soon as he was able to and OC never thought she would ever see a man run that fast. "Where are you boo?" she asked the locker that still had Max's name on it.
Just then OC turned her attention to the TV and saw that Eyes Only was about to do another one of his broadcast. She watched as everyone gathered around to listen to the person behind the eyes. "Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is a streaming freedom video bulletin. The cable hack will last exactly sixty seconds. It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the only free voice left in this city. Since the early 1990s, billions of your tax dollars have been diverted from legitimate government programs to fund secret experiments in genetic engineering." He said and more and more people gathered around the TV. "This covert operation is known as Project Manticore. Its goal: to create the perfect soldier, genetically enhanced for superior strength and speed. These children are subjected to relentless training and propaganda. In the winter of 2009, twelve of them escaped from a facility in Gillette, Wyoming. Some of them were captured; some of them were tortured; some gave their lives fighting to stay free. Since these cable hacks began, Manticore has consolidated its operations to a secret location. Eyes Only will find it, and the people responsible for these crimes will be brought to justice. This has been a streaming freedom video bulletin."
As OC listened to Eyes Only on the screen she couldn't help the images of Max passing through he mind. She started to remember all the times when Max was being all mysterious about something, and when she always said she had something more important to do and that was why she couldn't make it to the club. She also remembered all the happy times they had, and all the bad times.
"I miss you girl," OC said to herself thinking of Max.
"You miss who?" Normal said from beside her.
She didn't even know he was there but she no longer cared. "No one," she said as she turned to him. "Gotta package for me?" she asked as she looked at the package in his hand.
"Yeah here Sector 9," he said handing it to her while looking at her funny.
But she didn't say anything in return she just took the package and walked out into the rain. There was a time when OC would complain about the rain, but that was before she realized that there where much worse things to complain about.
ManticoreMax stood at attention and they got ready for there morning training. She couldn't understand how the people, the soldiers, could live their lives like this when they knew what it was like on the outside. They had missions so they knew that it was better than this.
This morning they got to practice their fighting skill, and oddly enough they all wanted to challenge her because they all wanted to kick the crap out of the '09er. Well she had a little surprise for them; she wasn't as weak and defenseless as she looked.
"452 your up," the trainer said as he stood at the end of the mate.
She hated this, the fighting, because the truth was that she was really sick of fighting, she just wanted to get by until she figured out another way to get the hell out of this hell hole. One thing she had to remember thou was to make sure that she got 494 out too…or as she liked to call him Alec.
She had forgotten about Logan, well not forgotten, she just moved on from him knowing that he thought she was dead and probably moving on himself. Alec was, is, he breeding partner. At first she thought it was sick and perverted but then they got to talking when he was supposed to be there having sex with her. She found out that there was more to 494, Alec, than meets the eye. She hadn't given and slept with him yet but she figured that it wouldn't be long now…they both knew it was going to happen eventually. Max just didn't want her baby to be taken from her.
Max was caught off guard by the blow to her head. She wasn't expecting the other soldier to start the fight without warning, she should have known better because this was Manticore and nothing was ever fair here. The next thing she felt was her legs being swept out from underneath her and she hit the ground, hard. Than she felt the other soldiers body on top of hers, "What the matter 452…they give you a loosely heart?" he asked as he grabbed her around the throat.
He got up off her and she rolled over onto her side not want to look into the eyes of the other soldiers, she just wanted to disappear into her cell…away from all this. And then Zack words vibrated through her mind. Fight them Maxie. Max put her one hand on the mat and lifted herself up with speed and force toward the soldier that had been taunting her. She kicked his square in the chest and he fell to the ground.
"452! The director wants to see you now!" One of the trainers that had been watching said as he took her away from the others. As the walked the hallways Max noticed all the people staring at her, giving her dirty looks just because she was an '09er. It wasn't her fault that none of them had the brain to escape like she and her unit did.
Just then they where standing outside Renfro's office and the trainer knocked. "Yes?" Renfro called out.
"452 is here to see you," the trainer called through the door.
"Send her in," she said from the other side of the door. The door opened and the trainer pushed her in, not gently either. Max didn't say anything she just stood at attention waiting for the question that always came when she talked to Renfro, but Max would never tell…ever. "452 the trainers are telling me that you are doing much better and that your discipline is coming back to you."
Max wanted to laugh. Yeah right…I will never be one of your pawns again lady, you would have to kill me first. Max thought as she kept her eyes forward. She had been doing better in her classes because if she didn't she knew they would throw her Psy Ops again and she didn't ever want to go back there. So in turn she did as she was told.
"With your good behavior I have decided to place you into an unit." Renfro said as she walked over to her table and picked up a manila folder. "You CO will be X5-494 and you will meet up with him and the rest of your new unit tomorrow at 0800." She said as she placed the folder down and picked up another one. "Now on a more important matter I want you to tell me where I can find this man." Renfro said as she held up a picture of Eyes Only…Logan. "I know you have had contact with him." She said as she walked closer to her. "He is going to bring down this facility if you do not give me his whereabouts!" She demanded. "Do you know what will happen then?" Renfro asked.
"No ma'am!" Max shouted even though Renfro was tight in front of her.
"I will have to burn this place to the ground with you and everyone else inside." She said with a bitter voice and then she walked over to her briefcase and opened it revealing and black floppy disk. "You see everything I need is right here…DNA codes, training codes, etcetera."
Yeah right lady. Max thought as a small smirk came to her face. Who the hell does she think she is talking to?
"You think your valuable to me…your not, none of you are. You see we could start all over somewhere else and no one ever have to know." She paused. "This place is a VA hospital according to the department of defense." Renfro added. "You are nothing to be 452…actually do you know what you are?" Renfro asked knowing exactly what would make 452 crack.
"Ma'am?"
"Your poison," she stated bitterly and Max had to hold her emotions in check and she still looked forward. "Everyone you come into contact with dies," she said as she walked over toward yet another folder that was on her desk. She pulled out a picture of, Ben, Tinga, Zack, and Eyes Only. "All of these people are died or are going to doe because the came into contact with you. And you know what," she pulled out a picture of Alec. "He will be next unless you tell me where to find Eyes Only." She said with a satisfied smirk
Max's eyes widened and she couldn't help it. Alec was the only one that had been nice to her and now she had to choose between his life and the life of Logan. Even though she wasn't with Logan anymore she stilled cared about him, just like OC told her once. You never get over your first love. She needed to think about this and maybe talk to Alec; hopefully he would have a way out of this latest mess.
"Don't worry 452, I will give you some time to think about it," she said as she turned to the guard. "Bring her back to her cell." She commanded and they did as they what told.
The guard escorted her down the hall. She didn't notice the looks this time because she was too deep into her thought trying to figure a way out of this. She couldn't give Logan up to them, not after everything he had done for her. But she couldn't lose Alec, he was the only that had been nice to her since she arrived. Would Renfro kill the CO of my new unit just to get her hands on Eyes Only…is she that crazy? Max asked herself as she waited for her cell door to open.
Once the door opened she walked through the door instead of waiting to be pushed in like some animal. How could she make me do this? Is she really that evil? Max walked over and saw down on her cot as she waited for Alec to show up. Soon it would time for there breeding session, could she even call it that, all they did was talk. Could she even call what they had a relationship. Yeah sure they kissed and stuff when no one was looking but is that the basics of a real relationship…secrete kisses and secrete meetings. Is it a relationship when no one knows about it?
Somewhere in SeattleLogan was sitting in his wheelchair, which he hadn't used in a really long time, but still it was necessary. He needed to find information about Manticore and he needed to do it fast before his story became old and people stopped listening.
So here he was pretending to be a war veteran looking for his ratio cards so he could eat, but he was having very little luck. He looked over at the blonde who was sitting in the crowd. He name was Asha and he meet her a view days after he finished sulking about Max, which if you add it all up was about a week ago, in total two months ago after Max left his life.
He had finally accept that she wasn't going to come back so he figured now was a good of time as any to move on…and Asha was perfect for him. They both like fighting the good fight and the both easily get lost in their work…it is always about the mission.
"Well check it again!" Logan said in a irritated voice. "It has to be in there," he said as he tried to look at the computer screen.
"Of course it can be lost…ever hear of something called the plus," he said.
Just then Logan nodded in Asha direction and she took out her gun and fired it at the ceiling. "Okay no one is leaving here without their ratio cards," she yelled as she jumped off the table she recently stepped up on to. She came over to Logan as he stood up from his wheelchair. "You really think you could have got the information the easy way?" she asked with a smirk.
"It was worth a shot." He said as he looked down at the frightened man that had been helping, or failing to help him. He walked past him and toward the gate that held all information about Manticore and other military bases behind it. Asha came over and used her lock pick to open it and Logan walked in, finally feeling like he would have closure on his and Max's relationship.
Manticore was finally going to pay for what they did to his life. They took away someone he loved and he didn't let that go very easily. They ruined his life. For days after Max's death he just sat in his apartment looking out the window. Watching the sunshine, the rainfall, and the night come upon them. He had no one after Max left…no one.
"Over here!" Asha shouted as she gestured for him to come look at what she had found. He looked down at the files she now held in here hand and they where entitled Manticore…Gillette, Wyoming. He looked at her with a big smile as he brought he in his arms for a hug. He was finally going to get his revenge for his dead girlfriend and the dead relationship that they never got to share.
Logan's apartmentThey went back to his apartment after distributing numerous ration cards and finding the files he was looking for. He sat at his kitchen table looking over the files as Asha paced back and forth in front of him waiting for any type of good news but so far there was nothing and she didn't know what to do so she waited. Just then a smile came across his face and she noticed.
He found it, the missing link he needed to bring down Manticore for good. The proof that they where no VA hospital but instead a highly founded government agency designed to create the perfect soldier. He was going to bring them down and nothing in the world could make him more happy than what he felt right now.
That was until Asha's arms came around his neck in a hug. Asha had been with him from day one, when he first started this Manticore thing, after he lost Max. And he couldn't help but to be grateful that she was here with him when he found the information he needed, He actually thought he was falling in love with her.
"You find it?" she asked as she looked into his blue eyes that where at the moment full of joy and happiness.
"Yeah I found it," he said with a smile.
"Well lets avenge her," she said.
He told her a long time ago, about a week after they meet, about the whole Max thing. And to his surprise she stuck around. He was heartbroken and she understood that when no one, not even OC, understood. Logan looked into her blue eyes as she looked into his. Slowly he brought his lips to her in a kiss that held so much passion and feeling. He poured all his love for her into the kiss and all his thank you's that he could never say…and it was the best kiss that he ever experienced.
When he pulled away to look at her he said the three words she had been hoping to hear for the past two months. "I am ready."
Manticore
She was lying on the bed when he entered her cell. She looked like she was asleep so he just sat on the floor by her bed; she had her back facing him. He couldn't believe this girl, she was out in the world four ten years and then she gets recaptured and it was like she never left.
She was, is, better than most of the soldiers in his unit. She used her wit and resourceful thinking while she was fighting instead of pure force. There relationship had grown from friendship to lovers, while not really lovers since they had yet to do anything. But they where one-step below lovers…whatever that was he didn't know.
"I know your there," she suddenly said as she rolled over to looked at him. And she wanted to laugh at the look of shock on his face. "I have shark DNA remember…I don't sleep that much," she said as she ran her hand down his cheek. "Alec we need to talk about some stuff," she said as she sat up and he sat down next to her.
He leaned over and brushed a stray piece of hair out of her face and her looked at him with loving eyes. He didn't say anything and neither did she he just leaned in and brought his lips to hers. The kiss started off slow and soft and the turned hard and hungry. They knew where this was going and neither one of the stopped it.
Max maneuvered herself so that she was now lying on her back with Alec hovering above her. She needed to tell him about what Renfro had told her and she needed to do it before they got to far. "Alec I need to tell you something important," she said as he kissed her along her jaw line.
"Less talk," he said as he once again made his way to her lips. When he got there he didn't kiss her he just looked into her eyes. "Do you have any idea what you do to me?" he asked, as she shook her head no. He didn't tell her instead he brought his lips to her in a kiss that was very passionate. His hands roamed her body until they came to her shirt. He pulled it out from where it was tucked in and his hand soon began to roam her soft warm skin that he had been dying to touch for days.
Soon he pulled away only to remove his shirt and as he did so she also removed her shirt and he was in awe at what he saw…she was perfect. Nice toned stomach…everything about her was perfect. He brought the lips together once again and soon they where lost in one another. All thought of important conversations and other problems in their lives where gone.
Because in this moment it was just them, alone, doing what had wanted to be done since they day they meet. There hands explored new places that would soon become very familiar to both of them. Nothing could ruin this moment for them…because it was perfect, besides the fact that they are cages animals.
Outside Seattle
Being on the run was not a way that Lydecker liked to live but it was better than being hunted by a pack of super soldiers, he guessed. Because he had no doubt that if he had returned Max to Manticore, on purpose, than Zack and the rest would have been after him.
He got a message the other day from an old friend of his and it told him to meet by the pay phone at this street so here he was waiting, and Lydecker is not a person how likes to be kept waiting. Why did he really want to go back to Manticore, it wasn't like they really cared about the employees.
Lydecker was snapped from his thoughts by the sound of the phone ringing. He looked at it a second debating whether or not he should answer. It only took him a second to decided. He reached over and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he asked in an uncertain voice.
"Deck." The voice said on the other end.
"What do you want?" he asked recognizing the voice.
"We want to bring you in from the cold," he said and from he took Lydecker's silence as a key to continue. "We want you to set up a meeting with Eyes Only…we know you know who to reach him." The man said. "Think about it…we'll be in touch." He said and then there was a dial tone.
"Great," Lydecker said to himself with a little sarcastic smile on his face. How was he supposed to give up the only person that didn't want him dead? Lydecker knew that Logan Cale was Eyes Only, but he never told anyone because he wanted to kept it a secrete and maybe use it for blackmail some other time. Lydecker walked away from the phone and toward his car. He would be contacted again and when he was he would make up his mind. Manticore and the life he used to live, or Logan and the life he lives now.
Manticore
Alec was still asleep as Max looked at him. He had his arms wrapped protectively around her and in some way it made her feel safe. She knew could take care of herself, on high point of being a freak, but she felt even more safe knowing that Alec was here with her.
They were underneath the covers when the knock came at her cell door. Alec stirred and woke up. When first opened his eyes he looked at her and smile and then he looked toward the door. "Do you mind turning around?" he asked the guard that stood at the door. The guard turned around and Alec got up off the cot and grabbed his pants. He pulled them on and walked toward the cell.
Before he knocked he turned back to Max to make sure that she was all covered up…she was. He turned around and knocked on the door. "Here man," he said handing the guy come cigars and in turn the guard handed him cash. "Can you give these to Vick for me and just tell him he can pay me later." The guard nodded and walked away.
When Alec turned around Max was standing in front of him fully clothes. "Wow…I didn't know someone could get dressed that fast." He said as he walked closer to her. She didn't move, she just waited for him to out his arms around her and make all the pain go away, like he always did. "Wasn't there something you wanted to talk about?" he asked her.
"Yeah before we got distracted," Max said with a smile up at him and he smiled in return, but he still said nothing waiting for her to continue. "Renfro told me something today…she said that I was poison, that everything I come into contact with dies." He went to say something but she cut him off. "Let me finish. They want Eyes Only and they know that I know who he is but the thing is that I can't tell them who he is." He paused. "So the gave me as ultimatum. If I don't tell them where to find eyes only they are going to kill you," she said as she pulled away from him. "We have to get out of here Alec…we have to escape." She said in her 'there is no changing my mind' voice.
Alec looked at her silence not knowing what to say. "Max I don't understand…how do you not know what to do? I mean you haven't seen this guy in like two months, how do you even know that he still knows who you are." He said as he stepped away from her. "Why would you want to leave? I mean we have food, a roof over or heads, there is nothing out there." He said as he watched her sit on the cot. He walked over and sat down next to her. "What is so great out there Maxie?" he asked.
She looked at him like he was crazy…how could he not know? "I have a right to make my own decisions, I have a life out there. I have friends that more that likely miss me and a boss that it tally the hours that I haven't been there so he can yell at he when I return." She said. "Believe or not I miss that stuff." She said as she looked away from him. "And I want to share that with you…the freedom."
Alec looked away from her. Did he really care for her? Was he ready for that kind of commitment? Honestly he had no idea but if he never took the chance he would never know…he would never know if she was worth it or not. "Lets do it," he said as he stood up and put on his gray shirt. Max looked at him. "Lets get out of here…lets go away and live a life that I know we can." He walked over and took her hands. "I don't care what happens to us as long as I am with you." He said.
"Man Alec…dramatic much?" she asked with a smirk but then it faded. "We need a plan first," she said going into full soldier mode. "First we need to find a way out and then we need to find a way to get past all the X7's in the field." She said sitting back done on the cot. "Any bright ideas?"
"Maybe," he said as he looked around her cell. Then he spotted something. He reached over and grabbed her arms pulling her off the cot. He ignored her protests. He lifted the bed up and chained it to the lights on the side of the cell. He took one of the beams out that held the mattress on and started working on the wall. After a few minutes he looked back at Max. "You gonna help me out or what?" he said with a smirk.
"Shut up," she said as she walked over to him. She hit him and she grabbed another beam out from under the bed. The worked on the brick for what seemed like hours until Max finally gave up and looked at him. "We better stop because the guard will be coming soon to take you back to your cell," Max said as she placed her beam back in it's spot.
Alec placed his beam back too and unclamped the beg and let it lay back in it's original position. Together they both got back onto the cot and held each other until there time would be up and the guards would come to take them apart once again.
Abandoned Building
They called him again and when they did Lydecker had pretty much mad up his mind. Manticore was better off without him. Yeah sure he could track down all the X5's and bring them out of hiding but now the had Max so they really wouldn't need him anymore.
They use people to get what they want…its what they where going to do to him when he turned over Eyes Only. There was no way they would accept him into the fold again he had gone to far this time and there was nothing he could do to change that.
So know he might as well take down all of Manticore…with the help of Eyes Only, Logan Cale. After that he might be able to do something better with his life.
Lydecker was standing in the middle of the building when Logan drove up in the same beat up car Lydecker remembered him having when they first unofficially met. Logan stepped out of the car and started walking toward Lydecker.
"You said you had information on Manticore," Logan said as he slowly came to a stop still not trusting the man that hunted down the women he loved.
"Yeah he has information on Manticore," Someone said from behind Lydecker. Just then a man with an eye patch over his left eye walked out from behind on of the pillars. "So you're the all famous Eyes," he said as he pointed his gun at him. "It's going to be my pleasure to kill you." He said. Just then Lydecker turned around and grabbed the gun. "What the hell are you doin Deck?" the man asked.
"Making my choice…what the hell is she doing to my kids!" he shouted. The man said nothing. "She killed one of my kids!" he shouted and twisted the man's arm behind his back and pushed him to the ground.
"I don't know…she is looking for something, and she thinks it's in your kids DNA." He said. "Come on Deck I think you breaking my arm." He said as he tried to move…with no avail.
Lydecker grabbed the gun from off the ground where it had landed when he pushed the guy to the ground. "Let's get outta here," Lydecker said as he looked at Logan. Just as he was about half way to Logan's car he turned around and shot the guy that was lying on the ground, except he wasn't lying on the ground. He was standing with a gun in his hand pointed at Lydecker.
The man looked at his chest and saw the bullet hole before he fell to the ground. Lydecker turned to Logan. "So you want to know about Manticore," he said as he walked to the one side of the car and got in. Logan got in and looked over and Lydecker with a funny look. "We have a lot to discuss…I hope you have a few hours." Lydecker said as they drove off.
He didn't know if this was the right thing to do. Going up against the government. But he didn't really care anymore; he had nothing else to lose. Plus hopefully he could find out what the hell Renfro was looking for in his kids.
Manticore
The guard had just dropped him off not that long ago and already they were at the brick trying to pry it free. Alec didn't know what he expected on the outside, which is if they made it that far, but he figured as long as he had Max by his side he would be okay. After all she was on the outside for ten years.
"I think I got it," Max said as she started to wiggle the brick. Eventually she got it wiggle out far enough where she could get her hands on it. Together she and Alec pulled out two bricks. Max poked her head through the hole and looked down with a smile. "We're in," she said as she looked back at Alec.
They each grabbed a brick and put it on the cot and covered them with the blanket making it look like there were asleep. "Let's go," she said as she got do on the floor and let her legs be the first things to go through the hole. When she was all the way through the hole she fall to the basement floor below and landed softly on her feet. "Come on," she said up to Alec and soon she saw his feet poking through the hole.
Soon Alec was standing next to her. They started to moved along the floor just to make sure that they where no heard they did it with stealth, sometimes it paid to be genetically empowered. Just then they both froze in their tracks as they heard a growl. "Okay what the hell was that?" Alec asked as he pushed Max behind him, Max couldn't help the smile that crossed her lips.
Then something came out from where it was hiding and it caused both Max and Alec to take a step back and re thing their idea. The thing had long hair and what seemed like an army jacket, but what freaked them out the most was its face. It was clear to say that he; it ended up with too much canine DNA. It growled again as it closed the distance between them.
"Okay big, big fella…clam down we are not here to hurt you," Max said as she stepped out from behind Alec. Alec reached out to stop what she was doing but she just looked back at him telling him that she would be fine. He is protective already…it's kinda sexy. Max thought, as she got closer to the dog man. "Hey I dig your teeth…can I see them?" she said. He showed them to her, he was kinda hesitant though. "Cool," she said as she reached back and took a hold of Alec's hand. "Names Max," she said as she extended her hand.
"Joshua," he said still looking at her as if she had lost her mind.
"This is Alec, don't worry he usually talks more," she said. Max looked around where they were and sighed. "Joshua I wish your place had a view," Max said as she looked back at Alec and saw that he was still staring. She brought her hand up and slapped him.
"Hey!"
"It's not nice to stair," she said. Max turned back to Joshua with pleaded eyes. "You don't happen to have a way outta here do ya?" she asked. Just then he made them be quite and point to where there was a hole in the wall cover by a metal plate and they saw that there was a guard walking by. As they sat there quite Max could hear Joshua sniffing the air. "What is it?" she asked.
"Cat," he stated simply.
"Don't hold it against us," Alec said finally finding his voice after the shock wore off. Why did his life have to be so damn complicated? He just wanted to escape Manticore so Max didn't have to kill Logan. Other than that he really didn't mind the place. Besides the days of endless brainwashing and torture…oh and how could he forget the training in the yard? Maybe Max was right in wanting to be free.
Then Joshua punched the metal plate that was on the wall and it swung open. "Room with a view," he said as Max and Alec eyes widened. Joshua was the first one to walk out, just to make sure it was safe, and then Alec and finally followed by Max. They walked the long hallway noticing many cells that where far from empty, and Max finally figured out what these things were. They were the nomiles that Manticore always talked about, their failures.
Is this what would have happened to her if kept messed up? Would they finally just give up in her all together and figure that she isn't worth the bother? It doesn't matter know because she is getting out of here, her and Alec…maybe Joshua but she hadn't decided on that yet. She might need him for their plan about getting past the X7's in the field.
"Here," Joshua said as he started to lift crates off one another. Just then Alec moved to help him as Max watched her to men at work. Wait was Joshua considered a man? Of course he was…and even if she didn't get him out today she would defiantly get him out some other day, and that was a promise.
Alec stepped back and looked at the window that they just uncovered. Of course their life couldn't be that easy because there were bars on the windows. "That is going to take a while," he said to her. "We don't have that kinda time," he said.
"I know," Max said as she looked over at Joshua and then back at Alec. "Do you think we could…pull them off?" she asked and he looked at her like she was insane. "I was just asking."
Just than Joshua pushed Max and Alec out of the way and went over to the window. He placed two hands on the bars and gave it one quick tug and the bars came off leaving only the window. "Or we could just ask him to do it," Alec said as he looked at Joshua holding the bars that where once on the window.
"Okay come on let's blaze," she said as she started at the window. But suddenly she felt Alec's hand on hers. "What the hell?"
"I'm going first," he said in a voice that said he was not going to change his mind. So Max moved out of his way and let him go first. After him she followed and to her surprise they where both followed by Joshua. "Hey big fella…ah whatcha doin?" he asked Joshua.
"I am here to help…X7 in the field." Joshua stated as he ran for the distance.
"Okay is it just me or does he really creep you out too?" Alec asked as he turned to Max. And Max just glared at him. "What I was just asking." Then they ran after Joshua but then they stopped because the saw that all the X7 were following him so Alec grabbed Max's hand and they ran in the opposite direction. "Don't worry he can take care of himself," Alec said as the continued to run.
Max didn't know if he could take care of himself, she was pretty sure that he could, but still she felt as if she was leaving a soldier behind. But like what she told herself early…she would come back for them she just didn't know when. Because even though the look different doesn't mean that they shouldn't have a chance at freedom…right?
They where running along when suddenly Alec stopped and Max bumped into him. "Alec what the hell…" she started up trailed off when she saw his eyes scanning the field. She didn't see or hears anything.
"There is no way that this could all be this easy," he said in a matter of factly tone. Just then he grabbed Max and throw her toward the tree. "Climb!" he shouted and she did and in seconds he was surrounded by a group of X7. He put his hands up as if he was giving up…but she knew he wasn't. Just then he looked over at her and gave her one of his classic smirks before he ran off into the distance.
She didn't know what to do. She didn't want to escape without Alec…he was the reason, well one of them, she wanted to escape again in the first place. Plus he wouldn't sacrifice himself like that would he? He wouldn't just throw it away just to make her happy. Just as she was about to get down from the tree and walk toward the perimeter gate Alec came running back toward her and she couldn't help the smile that came to her lips.
"I have a feeling I am going to love the big guy," he said talking about Joshua. "Come on before they report back to base," he said taking her hand.
He had come back for her. That thought brought and even bigger smile to her face while they where running. No one had ever come back for her and that is why she cut herself off from people…she didn't want to get hurt in the long run when they left and never came back. But in her heart she knew that Alec was going to be different.
As the reached the gate Max and Alec both saw an X7 waiting there for them. Smart kid. Max thought as she gripped Alec's hand tighter and together they ran toward the kid and jumped. They knew once they hit the other side their heads where going to be shot off but at least they would be free when he happened. But when they hit the ground feet first there was no gunshot.
Max turned around and saw Joshua standing there and saw the X7 flat on his back. "Gotta blaze," he yelled and Max and Alec nodded.
"We'll come back for you Joshua!" Max yelled as they ran off.
Logan's apartment
Logan's apartment was the first place they went. Alec wasn't too happy about finally getting to meet the ex-boyfriend that Max was always talking about. I some odd way he felt that he was living in the man's shadow. But as the walked toward his door Max reached back to grasp Alec's hand. She smiled up at him and it was returned.
She didn't knock she just walked in and walked toward his computer area where she thought he would be, because that is where he always was. Yet this time she was disappointed because he wasn't there sitting in his computer chair.
"Max?" his husky voice said from behind. His voice still sent shiver s done her back and when she turned around to look at him she could tell he just got out of the shower…plus she could smell the shampoo he used. "Oh my God Max…your alive," he said as he walked closer to her. "I thought you where died." He said as he stopped of few feet in front of her.
He went to bring his hand to her face but she backed away. "Logan…this is Alec, Alec this is Logan Cale." She said as she stepped back by her partners' side.
"Logan?" A voice said from his bedroom.
"I'll be back in a little while Asha," she yelled back yet never taking his eyes off of Max. "What are you doing here?" he said not meaning to sound so bitter as he looked at Max and Alec. He knew what Alec was to her know and he made him so jealous even thought he had Asha. Asha could never be to him what Max was to him…never.
"Where here to help you bring down Manticore for good." Max said looking at the screen and seeing the Eyes Only logo going across the screen. "You ready to end this?" she asked Alec as they both looked at the screen, he nodded. "Okay Logan I will give you all the information your need…and you just do your thing," she said with a smile.
"All I need is a location," he said as he walked toward his computer.
She gave him the location along with other information and Logan did his thing. The broadcast was casted all over the world. Max knew this wasn't the end…it was only the being. "Max?" she heard Alec voice in her ear. "You know they are going to burn that place to the ground right." She nodded, that was the whole idea. "With Joshua and everyone else inside," he added. She forgot about that.
"Well I guess I better go get the out," she said as she looked back at him.
"Not by yourself," he said with a stern glare.
"I can take care of myself Alec, I need you to stay her just in case they somehow trace the hack." He said as she led him into the other room. "Don't worry about me," she said as she brought he hand to his cheek. "I will come back." She added as she leaned him and gave him a kiss. And then she was gone.
Max apartment
She was on her way back to Seattle now. She had gotten inside without being shot and manage to get to the switches that opened all the doors. Soon the Manticore grounds where swarmed with freaks that they had tried so hard to keep contained...they where now free to live there own life.
She was now free to live her own life. Max thought as she walked up the stairs to her apartment. OC didn't know she was back yet and Max had gone to Logan's apartment to get Alec. Together they made there way into her apartment, quietly, so they wouldn't wake up OC. She figured she might as well wait till morning to give her friend a heart attack.
"Wow…that's your bed?" Alec asked. He had seen beds before but he had never gotten to lay in them because whenever he saw a bed he always had to kill the person that was lying in it. But that part of his life was over and buried.
"No," Max said turning to him. "It's out bed," she finished as she brought her lips to his. She didn't know what was going to happen with all the freaks in the world and she really didn't care. Because now she was free to live her life with her man. And whatever came next she could deal with it because that is what she does…she deals.
AN: I hope you like it! And don't worry all the reader who are reading my MZ story i am going to do a sequel but i just need a some time away from MZ b/c of i write them to long i get bored. And if i get bored i wont ever update it. So after this story i will post the MZ one.