Max and Alec
"Season 2"
AN: I don't own it. I just got back from vacation so sorry for the lack of updates last week.
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Chapter 2: Beg 'Em
Max's apartment
Max sat in her bathroom shaving her legs, something that she desperately needed to do for a long time, when Original Cindy walked in with a cup of coffee. When Max came home after stopping by Logan's to grab Alec he had fallen asleep as soon as he lay on the bed. Which was good because Max really wanted, and needed, to take a shower.
Max figured that she was seriously going to have to plead with Normal in order to get her old job back, and if she was lucky he would give it to her. It had been a long, long, time since she was in Normal's good graces…not since the day she applied for the job actually.
She was always late and always giving him a hard time…and that is why she knew she was going to have to plead for her job.
"So boo, who is that fine brother…not that I switched sides or anything…in your bed?" she asked as she handed Max a cup of coffee. "Because it sure as hell doesn't look Logan, who you clam to be in love with." She said with a raised eyebrow.
Max gave her a look over the coffee mug. She had never been really big on coffee but it tasted a lot better than what she had to drink at Manticore. "His name is Alec and he is from Manticore." Max paused as she set the cup down. "He was my breeding partner." Max said no looking at OC. "Or at least that was how it started out. During our 'breeding time'" she said with quotation marks in the air. "We would just talk…he really is a great guy…once you get to know him." She paused. "He tends to be on the annoying side tough...thus the name Alec…as in Smart Alec." Max said with a smirk.
"And what about Logan?" OC asked wondering about the cyber-journalist. "You should have seen him after you disappeared…it was tragic. He was a lost cause to the world…he didn't even care anymore." She said.
"He moved on and so did I…what we had OC would have never of lasted, we were too different." Max said as she looked at her friend. "I loved him, I really did, but we are over…I have Alec now and he is ALL the man that I need thank you very much." Max said as she continued to shave her legs.
"Max he loved you, correction, he loves you. No one women is going to change that no matter how much he tells himself that he doesn't love you anymore. You may have moved on, which is great because I never really liked Logan, but he hasn't." Max looked at her and then looked at the far wall. "By the way," OC said when she was standing in the doorway. "I know Mr. Logan Cale is Eyes Only…always sending you on those life or death mission. I put the pieces together." And with that OC walked out of the bathroom and back over to where she had set up her bedroom. Some people needed sleep to function and she was one of those people.
When Max was finished she walked into her bedroom and sat in a chair that she had in the corner. She didn't need the sleep but she knew Alec did so she didn't bother to wake him. She just watched as he slept. Was she right thinking that Logan had moved on from her…was he happy with that Asha person? None of that really mattered to Max because she had moved on and found Alec, weather or not she was in love with him was a different story.
Logan was the man she used to love, but they waited to long to admit their feelings, if that wasn't a sign then Max didn't know what was. Sure she didn't believe in that sort of thing, but what else could explain why she and Logan had danced around each other for a year. And yet when she met Alec she almost knew right away that he was going to be someone that she could get really close to.
Yeah sure things didn't start off like they were supposed to but they got things on track. They talked while they where supposed to be doing other things and Max really go to know him. Another small important fact that she left out for OC was that Alec was Ben's clone and that was another reason why she felt comfortable with him. Ben had always made her feel comfortable. But one thing was that she had killed Ben…and that loomed above her head too and she knew that one day Alec was going to have questions about his brother…and she would have to answer them. But the real question was…would she be ready?
Alec stirred in his sleep and Max looked away from the window to look at him. She guessed he was having a Manticore dream since those where the only ones that scared the X5's. It was one thing they all had in common…a place that they all feared…Manticore. It was their past and it was important that they never forget what happened there…because one day it might come in handy.
When Max saw that Alec was once again in a peaceful slumber she turned back to the window where it had now begun to rain. She never thought that it would be possible but she even missed the rain when she was back at Manticore. All the nights she used to sit up and watch the rain fall on the window and think about her brothers and sisters out there in the world. Now if she thought about her brothers and sisters she would have a whole lot more people to think about.
When Manticore went up into flames this time she made sure to let everyone out. The X5, X7, X2, all of them, no matter what they looked like they all deserved a chance at a life on the outside…even if it was centered on hiding. Plus her new friend Joshua, who helped her and Alec escape, was one of the nomiles so she had to make sure to let him out into the world.
One thing that Max knew for sure was that nothing was going to be the same. She had a new man and a bunch of new people to look out for. She knew she wasn't the one that had to look out for them all but if she didn't them who will? Granted they could all look out for themselves but could they with someone on there tail, she blew up Manticore but she knew that they wouldn't stop looking for them. And she was someone who knew how to outrun the bad guys…after all she has been doing it for most of her life.
WoodsA group of Manticore soldiers, recently released, where walking around the woods. They saw they signal in the sky that told them when and where they where supposed to regroup with the rest of Manticore. They thought that Manticore had been attacked. Thought that some foreign nation was trying to get them because they where supersoldiers.
Lets just say they where wrong.
What they seemed to not understand is that it was Manticore that was attacking them. Shooting at them like they where animals and Manticore was the hunters. They failed to realize that Manticore were the ones shooting when they were running through the yard.
They were stupid.
And right now they were being even more stupid because they were following a signal designed by the same people that wanted to get rid of them…they were walking straight into their trap. So much the higher intelligence.
The group of five transgenics walked toward a group of regular soldier and a man dressed in a black leather jacket and a black turtleneck. As the can to within about five feet of the group of soldiers they stopped and put their hands to their foreheads…a solute. "X6-593 reporting for regrouping," the one who was obviously in charge said.
"At ease soldiers," the man in black said. Just then he turned around and looked at one of the other soldiers who appeared to be holding a gun and said something into his ear that was so quite that not even a transgenic could hear. The soldier smiled as the man in black walked away from the group.
"See guys we get to go home," the one in charge said to the rest of the group. Just as he was about to take a step forward the soldiers with the guns open fired on them, killing all five.
After they where done they turned and high-fived each other before they walked back to base.
Instead of a Manticore gathering spot it was a Manticore killing spot.
Jam PonyWhen Max decided to go to work, since she didn't sleep, it was about ten in the afternoon. She was already three hours late, it's like I never left. She looked at the bed and saw that Alec was still asleep. He could sleep for days if she let him.
She walked into the kitchen grabbed a piece of paper and pen and wrote him a note telling him where she went and what time she hopped to be home. With Normal she never really knew what time he was going to let her leave…plus she didn't know if Logan was going to call and need something from her.
Surprisingly her life had not changed that much since she had been away. Logan still needed her for missions that he and his new girlfriend couldn't handle. OC was still the same old OC giving her advice that always comes in handy…something's never change.
Max walked into Jam Pony followed by OC. The walked down the ramp talking like they always did, as if nothing happened. Just then Sketchy came jogging up to them and in an instant he took Max into a bear hug.
"Man Max, it is so good to see you," he said when he finally released her from the hug.
"It's good to see you too Sketch," Max said with a smile as more and more of her old friends came over and either gave her a hug and gave her a high five. It's good to be back. Max thought as she looked around the Jam Pony offices.
"Delivery Sector eight," Normal said coming out from behind the counter never taking his eyes off of Max.
"Gots my name on it," Max said as she turned around to grab the package but Normal pulled it away before she could.
"No, no it doesn't," he said as he looked at her. "You Missy Miss no longer are employed by the Jam Pony company so if you don't mind your on private property." Normal said as he turned to walk away. But then he turned and looked at her. "By the way where have you been…faking your own death, well that is even low for you," Normal said as he walked back over to her package still in hand.
"I needed heart surgery," Max said without hesitation. It wasn't a lie, yet it wasn't the whole truth either. Sure she needed to have a heart transplant…but only because she as shot by her clone. Not to mention that she was saved by her brother who shot himself in the head because his was the only heart that would be a match, and then she made a full recovery in three weeks and was back training with her fellow supersoldiers. Then she escaped from her prison with one of her fellow soldiers only to return to burn the place to the ground, which turned out to be VA hospital, according to the department of defense. Who wouldn't believe that story?
"Oh yeah…you have a note from your doctor?" he asked as he crossed his arms across him chest.
Before Max realized what the hell she was doing her shirt was pulled up so he could see the scare she had on her chest. OC tried to hide the wondering eyes of Sketchy but she couldn't. "Sketch don't get too excited she is taken," OC said as she gave Max a wink.
"That's a nice…big…scare you have there," Normal said trying not to look at Max.
"Take a picture it's fading fast," Max said as she pulled her shirt back down. As she was doing so the pager went off and she looked at the number and smiled. "Can I use you phone?" she asked as she looked at Normal.
"What about the package?" he asked as she walked past him.
"I'll get to it," she said as she picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"It's like she never left," he said as he walked over to where everyone was lounging around. "Bip, Bip, Bip people these packages aren't going to delivery themselves!" he yelled, yet no one moved. "It's like I am talking to myself." He said as he walked away.
"Hey," Max said into the phone when the person on the other end picked up. "How is your day going you…you know you looked as if you could have slept all day if you wanted to." Max said with a smile on her face.
"I would have if I didn't have more important things to do today," Alec said on the other end of the line.
"Oh yeah and what would that be?" Max asked as she looked down at her hands.
"I have got to find a job…I can't just sit around all day, I'll get bored." He said.
"Okay well you better get looking," Max said as she looked at her pager as it once again went off. "I have to go, I guess I will see you later." Max said with a sigh.
"Yeah I guess," he said. "Bye."
"Bye." With that Max hung up the phone only to have to pick it up again to make another phone call. Except this phone call she really didn't want to make because she knew what it meant. Another long night doing something she really didn't want to do. "What do you want Logan?" she asked when he picked up on the other end.
"Check out channel eight," he said.
"Yo Sketch hit me up on eight," she said as he did as she said. "What's the big deal?" she asked as she watched the camera swip over the ruins of some building…which just happened to be Manticore.
"They are saying the S1W are responsible," Logan said.
"So and who is the S1W?" Max asked getting annoying.
"They are a group that helps out Eyes Only," he said into the phone. "I know this is none of your business I just thought I would give you a heads up that's all..." he trailed off. "Max…maybe you should come over later…there is something that I need to show you, it's kind of important." He said with a little hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Yeah sure I'll swing by after work," Max said. "I got to go…you know packages to deliver." She said. "See ya."
"Bye."
Max hung up the phone with a sigh of relief. Then she looked at the packed and sighed. She picked up the package and walked out the door and into another rainy day in Seattle.
Max's apartmentAlec was just getting out of bed after getting of the phone with Max. He told her he was going to go looking for a job, which wasn't all that true, he just wanted a reason to call so he could hear her voice…also he was bored out of his mind just sitting there. Max and OC didn't even have a TV…what was up with that?
As he got out of bed he looked out the window and saw that it was raining outside. Which Max told him, happened quite often. He really didn't mind though…he kinda liked the rain, even though he has cat DNA. Max had told him he would at first like the rain but because it rained all the time he would get sick of it…he didn't believe her.
"Okay Alec its time to get started," he said as he walked out of the bedroom that he shared with Max. He walked out into the living room/kitchen area. The place looked a lot better during the day than it did at night. The place was big a spacious. They had a big window that went the length of the apartment so you could see the streets below. They had a pretty nice living room with a nice couch, which he was defiantly going to like.
One thing that they didn't have was a TV and he was defiantly going to have to get one of those. With his outside missions for Manticore Alec had learned that the TV, or boob tube as he like to call it, were necessary for everyday living. And Max was defiantly missing out because she didn't have one.
Alec walked back toward the bedroom and went into the bathroom. Just like everything else it was big. They had a nice old-fashioned tub and shower. The sink and mirror were on the other side of the room by the door that he walked in. "Well I guess I better hit the shower," he said as he turned on the water. There was nothing that could relax a man more than a nice hot shower…well cold shower since they didn't have any hot water, another thing he was going to have to fix.
Alec was in and out of the shower in a matter of minutes. After all there was no reason in staying in the shower if it wasn't hot a soothing…right? He walked into the bedroom and looked at the clothes he had. A military outfit, a pair of kaki pants and a gray t-shirt. "First thing on my to-do list is to get some clothing." He said, as he got dressed. "Good thing I still have some money from my trading days," he said as he felt the wad of cash in his pants pocket.
He walked out of the bedroom and over to the kitchen area. He opened the refrigerator and saw that all they had was water. He took out the gallon jug and poured himself a cup of semi-cold water. He quickly jugged it down before he walked toward the doorway. He took a look at the apartment that he hopped would be his home for a while to come yet, and then he walked out the door in search for a job.
Military baseAmes White, also known as the man in black, stood watching over one of the many computers they had set up to hunt down transgenics. That was his job, to hunt of the filth that escaped that Manticore fire, which was surprisingly a lot of them.
Sure he knew they had inside help but still, the door where supposed to be on lock down. There was no way someone could have gotten all the way inside and all the way out without anyone noticing…right?
They had this whole system planned out perfectly. They had this signal that told the transgenics to re-group. They would see the signal and come running and he and his men would be waiting there for him. It was a flawless plan.
Just than his personal assistant came walking in the tent. "Sir…we have something that you should see." He said.
White loved the fear he saw in the man's eyes. It was something he worked hard at, putting fear into people. "Okay…show me." He said and then he followed the man out of the tent and over to another tent where they brought in prisoners.
When he walked in he saw a transgenic that looked to be some kind of lizard type man…if you could call it a man. It had a military outfit on and it was looking at them with curiosity. "It has to pairs of eyelids. I am assuming that this on was trained and created for dessert warfare because his body allows him to harbor water so he doesn't dehydrate…it was all in the Manticore database." One of the men sitting at the computer said.
"And what is he doing here?" White asked as he looked at a little boy standing in the door, or so he thought it was a normal little boy.
"He is the X7 that brought him in," the man said.
Just as White was about to say something else the lizard man gabbed him around his neck. He was chocking as he hit the freak and he could see everyone around him trying to pry him lose of the grip. Okay that's enough, White thought as he brought the gun down on the creature's head, which in turn caused the creature to fall to the ground.
"Get him out of here…now!" he screamed and his men did as they where told. "Him too!" he said pointing to the boy that stood in the doorway. "Get these freaks out of my sight!" he yelled again as he looked around as his men and rubbing his neck. He didn't know how his boss talked him into this job but at this very moment he was regretting ever answering his phone that day. "Get back to work!" he yelled as he saw that everyone was staring at him.
White walked out of the tent and he walked over to where he was staying in this god-awful place. He walked into his tent and as he looked at around he got a chill. He hated to pretend to be one of the good guys…it was so out of character for him. As he looked at his desk he wondered why he put up with this crappie team he had, but then he saw a picture.
Him, his wife, and his son Ray where all sitting there with smiles on their faces. He had lost two children before and he was so happy when he found out that his wife was pregnant with Ray. It was the happiest day of his life and he wished he could re-live everyday for the rest of his life. But he knew that if he wanted Ray to grow up in a safe environment he would have to kill every transgenic that walked this earth…and he was very content on doing that.
White walked around to the other side of his desk and took a seat in front of his computer and what he saw disgusted him. They where still trying to decode the files that held all the information on the X5's. They where the told of the line, Manticore success story and he wanted to know everything about them. Just than a man knocked at his door. "What is it!" he asked in a raised voice.
"Um…sorry to interrupt sir but we found this at the Manticore site." He said as he handed White a briefcase.
"Thank you…" White looked up and saw that the man was waiting to see what was inside. "You can leave now." He said and the man quickly ran from the tent. "Moron." He mumbled to himself as he opened the briefcase and saw what he had been waiting for. He lifted the desk up and popped it into his computer. "Finally I will have the information we need." He said but when the screen popped up and he saw that it was encoded he wanted to kill someone. "Shit!"
The streets of SeattleAlec was walking home from a successful job hunt. He had found this fighting business and he figured he could make some serious cash because there was no ordinary human that could defeat him. He wasn't cocky or anything he was just confidant.
As he was walking home he looked up at the stars. He saw that there was one blinking one. "The re-group signal…but Manticore is gone." He said as he looked at it closely trying to find the destination. Once he got the coordinates he ran to Max's apartment.
But when he got there he saw that she was nowhere in sight. "She should have been back hours ago." He said as he walked around the apartment looking for any indication that she had indeed been here. When he walked into the bedroom he saw that there was a note on the bed.
He walked over and picked it up:
Dear Alec,
I went to Logan's he said he had something important to show me…which is probably nothing but I figure I might as well make sure right. I don't know when I'll be home but I hope it isn't too late because last time it was too late you fell asleep on me and I was really disappointed. Anyways I hope you had luck finding a job and I will see you later.
Maxie
Alec set the note back down on the bed and looked around. "I am going to kill that guy," he said as he walked toward the door. "Just not right now because I have some more important things to do." But right before he left he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote Max a note telling her what the hell was going on and that he went to go check it out.
When he set it down he put a coffee cup over it so it didn't blow away while he was gone. Then he was out the door in a blink of an eye. He ran down to the parking garage to see if he could highjack anything and he saw what he was looking for. A red old-fashioned mustang convertible right next to the garage door, he ran over to it hopped in and reached underneath the steering wheel.
When he finally got the car started he revved it up before he took off. He could defiantly get used to this.
Logan's apartmentMax walked down the hallway toward Logan's penthouse apartment in a very, very pissed off mood. She didn't want to be her, she wanted to be at home with Alec. That was the one thing she was looking forward to all, was seeing her man. She never looked forward to anything and this is why…she was always disappointed.
When she reached his door she didn't bother knocking she just walked in like she always does. She wasn't in the mood to play games or to wait for the dramatic finish…she just wanted to get home. When she walked in she saw Asha sitting at the kitchen table eating a bowl of cereal, or at least that was what it looked like.
"Logan?" she called out as she walked further into the house. "This better be important." She said as she turned the corner and saw him sitting at his computer. At that moment she couldn't help but wonder if Logan had ever done anything in his life that didn't evolve his computer…the man had no life whatsoever.
"Max I'm glad you could make…actually there is something that I think you should have a look at," he said as he opened a file on his computer. "A contact of mine sent me this just this afternoon." He said. "He is into UFO's and things like that." Logan said as he pressed play so Max could see what he was talking about.
Max watched as a little blinking light went across the screen. And as she watched the blood in her veins rain cold and her heart started to beat faster. This is impossible I destroyed them…I burnt them to the ground. Max continued to stair as she looked at the screen getting the coordinates.
"Max do you have any idea what this means?" Logan asked as she continued to stair at the computer.
"Re-group at a certain point and time…which is today." She said as she started to panic. "I have to go an get them before they do something stupid." She said as she grabbed her jean jacket.
"Max wait," Logan said as he placed a hand on her shoulder and Max quickly shrugged it away. "Max you need to think about this…it could be a trap." He said.
"Those are my brothers and sisters and I need to do anything I can for them because I am the reason they are out here in the world." Max said as she walked toward the door. "Stay out of this Logan." She said.
"Be careful," he said ignoring her comment.
A feeling of déjà vu just ran through her as he said those words. She remembered a time when those two little words would mean the world to her and now they meant nothing. Nothing other than be careful, which just shows how much of a impact Alec has been on her. Alec has changed her life so much, he has been one of the only good things that has happened to her…that and OC and her friends of course.
Max walked right out the door without even saying good-bye or looking at Asha. She didn't know why but she really didn't like Asha, there was something about her that made Max want to scream. Maybe it was the fact that she was with Logan and that meant that he didn't love her anymore, but she didn't understand why that would be the case because she didn't love Logan anymore.
Okay Max time to get yourself concentrated on the mission at hand. Max told her self as she walked out of Logan's apartment building and over to her Ninja that was parked on the sidewalk. As she mounted her Ninja she wondered how life could changes so dramatically in just a couple of months. Before she went back to Manticore she was in love with Logan. But they waited too long to admit their feelings but still she knew they would never last, they where just too different.
And when she met Alec all she could think about was Logan and what he was doing while she was away. And then her and Alec got to talking about life on the outside and she came to realize that she was thinking less and less about Logan and more and more about Alec. Sure she feeling for him creped her out a little at first because he was the clone of her dead brother Ben but the more they got to talking the more she saw how different they really were.
And then came the day they first kissed. It was amazing. They had just finished there sparring match and when they where headed back to their cells he pulled her off to the side and pined her against the wall. He brought his hand up and brushed a piece of hair away from her face and than brought his lips to hers. It was the best kiss that she had ever had and they shared many more of them form that day on. Because when she kisses him she forgets about all the horrible things in her life.
A smile graced Max's lips as she drove down the road on her Ninja.
Abandon warehouseAlec walked into an abandoned warehouse that he followed the group to. They had just ripped off a convenient store and got caught…he was kind of disappointed about them getting caught. They are trained killing machine…they're not supposed to get caught.
He walked through a hallway and then came out and saw a group of five soldiers sitting around with a bunch of junk food. He couldn't help but laugh at what they had been reduced to. There were the pride and joy of the military and now they lived off potato chips.
He walked over to them and as soon as they saw him they stood up and saluted him as if he was a commanding officer, which in a way he was. He used to be until he went on the Berrisford mission that he really didn't want to think about right now. It was the one thing he has yet to tell Max and he personally doesn't know if he will ever be able to tell her about Rachel.
But now was not the time to think about Max because when he did he tended to get off track. Now was time to think about the mission at hand…about all the transgenics that where in trouble. And somehow getting a hold of Max.
"At ease," he said as he looked at the group. "There will be none of that." He said. "Even though it feels cool and busts my ego…but Max would kill me if she knew I was pushing you around by giving you orders." He finished.
"Sir we need to head out to the rally point," on of them said. "They have given the signal to re-group." He finished.
"No…it's a trap," he said. "Manticore is trying to kill you." They all rolled their eyes. "How stupid can you guys get." He said. "They were the ones shooting at you that night…they were the ones that locked you in your barracks so you couldn't escape." He finished.
"Manticore was under attack!" the one said. "And we need to go re-group." He said again. "Fall in!" he ordered the others in his unit. He turned to Alec. "I am going to have to report you." He said.
"I am shacking with fear," Alec said sarcastically.
"Ready march!" he shouted and as one the unit began to moved.
"Man they are really stupid," he said to no one as he watched them go. He looked around the abandoned warehouse with a sigh. "Max would kill me if I didn't go after them," he said as he began to pace the room. Should he go or shouldn't he? He didn't know what to do, if he went after them there was a possibility of him not coming back, which would leave a wide open lane for Logan to get to Max and he didn't want that. "So I guess I am following," he said. Max had had a pretty big influence on him.
Soon Alec was following the group of transgenics making sure to keep a good enough distance away so they didn't see him. They were approaching the bridge and Alec saw that there was group of about five soldiers with guns at their sides. Just waiting for the pray. Alec thought to himself as he watched the group go closer. Just as he was about to go after them and rock his life for people he really didn't care about he saw someone riding a motorcycle toward them. "Max?" he asked himself as he watched her take the legs out from underneath the soldiers. He heard her yell run and the group ran but one was shoot. Oddly enough it was the one that kept mouthing back to him. "That'll show him." He said as he watched Max hoist him up on her bike and ride off. Alec took that as a sign to get the hell out of there…he headed back toward the building.
When he arrived in the building no one was there yet so he sat right in front of the door and within minutes they started filing in. "You where right sir, it was a trap," one of the girls said. Just then they heard the motorcycle approach. "And it looks like we have another guest." He said as he watched Max carry in the one that got shoot. She gave him an odd look but he ignored it. "Welcome to the party," he said with a smirk.
"We'll talk later just help me with him," she said as they group lifted him up and put him on the table. "We are going to need to stop the bleeding." She said and Alec pulled out a knife and a lighter. Max took the knife and placed it underneath the flame. Soon the blade was red and she looked at the boy on the table. "I ain't going to lie…this is going to hurt." She said as she brought the knife down onto the wound.
Alec cringed as the smell of burning flesh insulted his senses. Max was working the knife around the wound with precision. Just then one of the girls put a hand over her mouth and ran off. "I guess that one flunked field med." Alec said and Max just shot a glare in his direction. By the look on her face Alec could tell that she was not very happy with him right now, which was never good.
"Okay we're done here. Now I need you to go get something to go behind his head because he is going to be out for awhile," she said and then she looked at Alec. "You and me need to talk…come with me." She said as he followed her into on of the many back rooms of the warehouse. By the sound of her voice he had a feeling that he was in trouble. Max shut the door to the room that she and Alec had just entered.
Alec leaned against a pole that was in the middle of the room. Max came walking over to him and stood right in front of his eye view. "Why are you here?" she asked with her arms crossed.
"I saw the signal when I was on my way back to your apartment," he answered truthfully. "I ran back there to see if you were there, but surprisingly you were with Logan." He said with a raised eyebrow. "So I decided I might as well try to find the next group that was getting ready to march right toward the death squad." He paused. "I followed them after I saw them rip of a convenient store…tried to talk them out of it but they didn't listen." He finished. "Why were you at Logan's?" he asked as he crossed his arms.
"He said he had something important to show me," she said. "And one of his contact saw the signal and sent it to him thinking it was a UFO." She said. "But I knew what it was so I headed out this way." She said. "Why didn't you follow them?" she asked.
"I did but when I saw that you were here I decided to head back to this very place." He said. Max looked down at the floor a little embarrassed that she thought Alec didn't care enough to follow them. "You thought I was just going to let them walk to their death, didn't you?" he asked and she looked at him but said nothing. "That hurts."
"I'm sorry," she said as she once again looked down at the floor. "I didn't mean to assume that you didn't care." She finished. She felt his hand on her chin and he forced her to look at him. A smile playing on his lips also brought on to Max's and soon they were lost in each other. "We need to get these guys out of here," she said as she looked into his eyes. "It isn't safe…maybe Logan can get them into Canada," she said and she noticed rage fill Alec's eyes when she mentioned Logan's name. It was her turn to bring her hand to his face. "Logan and I are just friends…nothing more." She said and again they shared a smile.
"Now how to you suggest we get them out of here?" he asked as he looked into her deep brown eyes. "If you have a plan please share it," he finished.
"I'm thinking." She said.
"Which is always a scary thing for you to do," he said with a smirk and she hit him. "Ow," he said with a playful tone. Then he was all back to business. "I think I saw an old truck in a room toward the back. If we can fix it up when can just drive out of here," he said.
"Let's do it," she said as she walked back toward the door. But right before she opened she looked back at him. "By the way…love the outfit," she said before she walked out of the room. With a smirk on his face he followed. When he re-entered the room where everyone was staying he saw that they where all lined up awaiting mission instructions. Losers. He thought. "Okay first things first…there is no more Manticore." She said. "And we are going to start by giving all of you a name…because if you are going to live in the real world you are going to need a name." She said. First she walked over to one with red hair. "I saw you fixing that radio over there," she said.
"Yeah I excelled in diagnostics and repair." She said. "Plus I like to fix things," she added.
"Than that is going to be your new name…Fix It," she said. "You can start by fixing that old truck in the back so we can get out of here."
"We are soldiers…we do not have names!" One yelled.
"Are you mouthing back to me because I have zero tolerance for it!" she yelled back. Just then it popped into her head. "You know what that is going to your new name…Zero." She said as she moved down the line. "You're the one that threw up," she said to the blonde.
"You should call her Ralph," Zero said.
"I like it," the blonde said.
"But it's a boys name," Max said and the girl just shrugged. "Ralph it is." She moved down to the next on and he was holding the instrument. "You play?" she asked and he nodded. "How about Bugler?" she asked and he smile. "Why don't you go check on Bullet?" she asked.
"Who's Bullet?" Ralph asked.
"The kid that got shot," Max answered. And then she watched as Ralph took Bugler's hand and together they walked toward Bullet.
"What is my assignment?" Zero asked.
"Why don't you go help Fix It." She said. He went in the direction toward the truck. Max watched him go until he disappeared behind the wall. Then she turned and walked toward Alec. "Now you need to help me with something," she said as she took his hand and lead him to a room that was in the far back of the warehouse. "I have this thing that has been bugging me ever since we got out of Manticore," she said as they walked into a room and Alec closed the door.
"Oh yeah," he asked knowing where she was going with this. "And what would that be?" he asked as he moved closer to her.
Max felt Alec's hands brush her shoulders as he pushed off her jacket. And in turn Max took off his jacket to reveal a black shirt underneath that was tight enough to show off his nice taunt body. She ran her hands down his chest as her jacket fell to the floor. Alec ran his hands down her arms with his eyes following the path his hands took.
Than Max's hands grabbed his face and made him look her directly in the eyes. Soon she brought her lips to hers in a powerful, passionate kiss. Soon Alec's hands where roaming up Max's tank top. Just as he was about to pull it off though there was a knock at the door.
"Yeah?" Max asked a little out of breath.
"Fix It got the truck running and she needs to talk to you guys," Ralph said. "And Bullet has come to and is walking around," she finished.
"Thanks we'll be out in a minute." Max said as she looked at Alec with sympatric eyes. "I guess we are going to have to wait until we get home huh?" she said as she grabbed her jacket and put it back on.
"Yeah I guess so," Alec said as he to put his jacket back on. "Well I guess we better get out there," he said with a annoyed tone.
"Yeah I guess," Max, said as she walked toward the door. When they walked out again the troops were lined up. "What did I say about doing that," Max said as she walked over to them. "Well Fix It?" she asked as she looked at the red head.
"We're good to go as soon as you give the word," she said with her head held high proud of what she had accomplished.
"Okay lets do it," she said and they all headed toward the truck. But as soon as they where all inside, all but Max, soldiers can in from the roof. "Go!" she yelled and Zero hit the gas pedal. Max went back into the warehouse ready to fight.
"Max!" Alec called out as he was driven away from Max. "Turn around!" he demanded but no one listened to him.
The smoke covered Max as she took out a few of the soldiers but she was heavily out number and soon they had her knocked out. "We have her sir," was the last thing Max heard before she went to complete darkness.
Military BaseShe couldn't believe, she was once again captured…Zack would be so disappointed. As she was coming too she noticed that she wasn't chained or anything, instead she was in a cage, which was just perfect. As she took a look at her surrounding she noticed that cage beside her was empty but the one after that wasn't.
As she looked at the lizard man she couldn't help but wonder what else Manticore had created. She saw that he looked as if he was about to pass out and she couldn't help but bet that Manticore had him all set up there with heat laps and everything.
Just then she heard something on the ground below her and she looked down and saw a bug crawling on the floor. "That's disgusting," she said as she squashed it. Then she looked over at the lizard man and saw that he was looking at the bug. "You want it?" she asked as she stuck her hand through a hole that was on her cage. And before she knew his tongue shot out and snatched the bug. "Cool."
"Well, well, well, 452 I have to say that you are much prettier than your picture," a man in black said as he entered the tent. "My name is Ames White and I am the person responsible for killing all of you freaks." He said as he moved closer to her cage.
"And that line gets more and more threatening every time I hear it," Max said in a bored tone. "You must be the new bad guy in my life…well I can honestly say that you are a lot prettier than the last one," she said with a smirk. "Are you here to make small talk or to kill me because if you are I would rather skip it." She said.
"I have been looking over your file and I came across something very interesting," White said as he ignored her comment. "Are you aware of the term junk DNA?" he asked as he crossed his arms across his chest.
"Yeah…what about it?" she asked. "I really don't want a science lesson."
"Are you aware that you don't have any junk DNA, every vase pair is coded with a purpose…now I find that really interesting," he said. Max remained silent. "I think I am going to keep you around for awhile…the boys a forensics would love to have a look at you." He said as he made his way out of the tent leaving Max to her thoughts.
No junk DNA, that is interesting. Yeah right, like I need another reason to look out for myself, but now I have some scientist after me because of my DNA coding. I thought I was only going to have to worry about that from foreign nations wanting to start their own supersoldier program. Max was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't even realize that day had turned into night.
Meanwhile outside a small group of transgenics were approaching the base. "You see know if you guys would have listened to me in the fist place we wouldn't have to be here. You guys would already be in Canada and I would be at home in my bed." Alec said as he approached behind them. "Well lets get this over with so I can go home," he said as he moved ahead of them.
Ralph and Bullet were taking care of the perimeter guards while Alec found hiss way toward Max. Along the way he found himself a gun, which he knew Max didn't like, but right now it was necessary. He made his way toward the first tent where he figured Max was…and he was right. Max was in a cage standing up waiting to be let out.
"Alec?" she called to him and he came over and let her out. "Him too," Max said pointing to the lizard man.
"Are you serious?" he asked and one look from Max said that she was indeed serious. "Okay," he said as he let the lizard man out also. "Can we go now?" he asked as he turned back to her and she smiled. "What now?" he asked.
"We need to destroy the signal or they are going to keep on coming." Max said and Alec sighed. "Come one we will be home before you know it." She said. They made their way out of the tent and toward the satellite, "all those stars make you fell small and insignificant don't they?" Max asked as she approached the man operating the satellite.
"Hey…" the man voice died out as Alec brought the butt of the gun down on the back of his neck.
"Okay let's finish this," Alec said as he began to type the new message into the satellite main frame. They looked up and saw that the message had changed and he looked back down at Max. "Who's the man?" he asked.
"Shut up and just destroy the damn thing," Max said as a smile came to her face. "Okay lets go," she said and then she looked across the way and saw the lizard man. "Wait," she said as she grabbed a hold of Alec's arm. But as the lizard man was approaching them shoots were fired and he went to the ground. Max wanted to run after him but Alec's hand on her arms stopped her and he pulled her away from the scene.
White came toward the damage satellite and let out a yell. He shot it once before he stormed off.
Max and Alec, along with there small group, were huddled in the woods watching as White lost it. "I thought I told you guys to had for Canada?" she asked.
"You told us to throw all the Manticore rules out the window…so we did and came to your rescue," Bullet said.
"Plus Alec wouldn't leave us alone," Zero said.
"Okay guys lets get you guys to Canada, Max said as she lead them out of the woods.
Max's apartment
She was right, they where back home before they knew. Logan had come through with the papers for there small group of friends. They paid their respects to those who didn't make it, and then they left. Of course Max made him change the signal to 'go to ground' instead of 're-group' but he didn't mind.
This good guy thing was growing on him and he knew it was all Max's fault. But he no longer cared because now he had a purpose in life. Alec turned off the shower he was in and then walked out in nothing but a towel to find Max reading something on the bed.
"What do we have here?" he asked as he snatched it from her grasp. "A motorcycle magazine?" he asked. "So the Ninja is your and you didn't just steal it?" he asked.
"Yes it's mine," she said as she grabbed the magazine and threw it on the floor. "Now were where we earlier?" She asked as she climbed on him so that she was straddling his legs.
"Well if I remember correctly we were in a abandon warehouse with a bunch of whine X6's and one X7," he said with a smirk.
"You are such a smart ass," she said as she leaned down and kissed him.
"And you wouldn't have it any other way," he said with a smirk when she pulled away. But before she knew there positions were reversed and now he was lying on top of her kissing her as if there was no tomorrow and for them that could be true. Max knew tomorrow would bring more drama…but that could be dealt with tomorrow…right now she was in heaven.
AN: I hope you like it!