Max and Alec
"Season 2 and up"
Disclaimer: I don't own it.
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Chapter 3: Proof of Purchase
Max's apartmentMax woke up that morning from a sleep that she rarely ever got. When she woke up the first thing she did was look at the clock to see how late she was going to be to work, but to her surprise she didn't have to be to work for at least another hour. Which she didn't mind because now she could spend more time with Alec.
But when she rolled over to wake him up she discovered that he wasn't in bed next to here. She sat up in her bed and looked around and he was nowhere in site. She got out of bed with the sheet wrapped around her and walked into the living room/kitchen area and again nothing, but the she saw it…a note.
Max walked over to where the piece of paper was taped to one of the polls. As she read it a smile came to her face.
Dear Maxie,
I hate this job having thing. I had to wake up early and everything…I hate it. But here I am doing it because I know it is the right thing to do. I may have been raised as an assassin but I still know that a woman should have to make all the money. So here I am making money for my woman.
I'm not going to tell you what kind of job I got because I know you wont approve but I am going to tell you that it pays a hell of a lot of money. Which is cool because hopefully one day we will be able to move out of you're a apartment and you, me and OC cane find a nice house…or as nice as they get on post-plus America…together. I like OC she's cool. Now I know why you wanted out so badly…and all that time I thought it was because you wanted me all to yourself.
As you can probably tell I woke up a little to early this morning, which gave me extra time to write you. I didn't want to wake you up because I know you don't sleep very often…shark DNA and all so I let you sleep. Don't worry you don't have to say it I already know I am amazing.
Well I guess I better get going because I don't want to be late on my first day…later.
Your smart Alec
Max had a smile on her face when she put the card down and went back into her bedroom. She laid back on her bed and looked up at the ceiling as she thought about her and Alec have a house of their own some day…but then realization hit. You're never going to have a house of your own…your not even human…you're a freak of nature. The human race is never going to accept you. Her realistic side said, which was usually the right said.
Max got up off her bed and went into the bathroom. She turned on the shower and got ready to take a nice long shower before she head off to work. She decided she would go into work early today to see if she could get Normal to have a heart attack, which would be fun. As she was getting into the shower she could hear OC's alarm going off, which meant it was almost time for work.
When Max was done in the shower she walked out of the bathroom with a towel on her head and a bathrobe on. She walked out into the living room where OC was preparing a pot of pre-plus coffee. She sat on the couch and looked out the window that overviewed the street below. She looked at all the people doing their daily job, none of them knowing what walk among them.
A pain of sadness hit Max then because she knew deep down that she would never have that kind of normal life. She would always be on the run from some government agent. Before it was Lydecker and now it's White…she could only imagine who would be next. And the worst part about it all is that she knew that one day they would succeed in talking her captive.
OC walked over to her friend with coffee in her hand and sat down next to her. "Here," OC said handing Max the cup. When Max took it and gave her a weak smile OC knew something was up. "Now why don't you tell Original Cindy what's on your mind," she said as she looked at her friend. "Is that new man giving you a hard time?" she asked. "Because if you need be to I'll kick his ass…transgenic or not." She said with a smile and was pleased when Max smile in return.
"No…no Alec didn't do anything." She paused.
"Than what is it suga?" she asked.
"I was just thinking about life, you know. How me and my kind are never going to be accepted." She looked away. "I am more than likely live on the run for the rest of my life, you know always looking over my shoulder." She looked back and OC. "I was just thinking…is it all worth it?" she asked.
"Boo of course it's all worth it. Because if you never try than you never know what could have been." She paused. "Now stop looking at the negative things in life and start living life."
Max smiled and turned to look back out the window. She could here Original Cindy getting ready for work and she figured if she wanted to keep her job she might want to get to work too. So she got up of the couch and went into her bedroom to get ready. And when she was done her and OC walked to work for the first time in a long time.
Fighting arenaAlec had already been fighting since he arrived and he figured out that it was not as easy as he thought. He was getting knocked around pretty good considering the small fact that he was a genetically enhanced supersoldier. But other than that he was all good.
Right now he was in the corner listening to all the fans yelling in his ear. Telling him to get up and that he was nothing. Just than the person he was fighting turned around and he saw what he was thinking the whole time he was in the ring with him…a barcode.
That brought an evil grin to his face because he no longer had to hold back in fear of seriously hurting someone. He knew he wasn't the only transgenic that thought about fighting as a career choice…because after all no one could beat them, that is accept their own kind.
"And the winner is…"
"Wait…I'm not done yet," Alec said as he stood up from where he was leaning against the cage. "Let's go…brother." He said in a low enough voice that only the he would her and he looked at Alec funny. "Yeah it's game time." He said as he charged.
The first thing that he threw at him was a roundhouse kick that was blocked and he was thrown to the ground again. Before he was able to get up he was kicked in the gut and when he was about to be kicked again he caught the guys foot and spun him around so that he was know on the ground next to him. Alec got to his feet just as quick as the other guy did and know they where circling each other like the part cats that they are. Just than Alec saw his opening. His opponent seemed to favor his right side, which was a mistake because Manticore always taught them not to favor…but he was favoring.
Alec went as quickly as he could to the left side and elbowed him in the ribs and then he went t to the man's front and started punching him repeatedly in the stomach as chest. The other transgenic didn't know what to do and soon he was on his back looking up at Alec. He got up and grabbed Alec up in a bear hug and gritted out the words, "What are you?"
"Better," Alec said as he head butted the guy to the ground and this time he didn't get up.
"And the winner is…Monty Cora," the ring lady said as she came in and took his hand and raising it.
When all the hype was done about him winning he went back into the locker and got ready to go home and she his woman. He smiled as little when he got dressed because Max would kick his ass if she even knew that he called her his woman. Just than he felt someone come up behind him and when he turned around there was his opponent.
"Nice match…names Zane," he said as he extended his hand.
"Alec," he said as they shock hands. "Your X5…"
"An 09er," he said. "But I don't like to talk about so lets drop it." The only reason he wasn't question how Alec knew he was an X5 is because he already aw his barcode he is knew that Alec to was a transgenic.
"If your and 09ers than you must know Max," Alec said as his eyes widened. This was one of Max's brothers that she always talked about.
"Yeah…you know her?" he asked in shock.
"Yeah," Alec answers. "Come with me and I'll show you where she is," he said and Zane nodded. But when they turned around there was a group of men standing there with teasers pointed at them. "I guess where not going anywhere," he said as he was hit in the chest with the teaser. The last thing he saw was Zane falling to the ground next to him and soon they where both carried away.
A little while later the owner of the fighting arena came into the locker room to give Alec his money. But she didn't see him there all she saw was a little piece of paper on the bench that had the name 'Max' on it with a number. She picked up the piece of paper and walked into her office. When she arrived in her office she picked up her phone and dialed the number and what she soon found out was that it was a pager number. So she left her number and waited for the return phone call.
Some house
Joshua walked in the shadows of the house as the clutched a piece of paper in his hand. Every once in awhile he would look in the window and see what was happening, but his main mission was to get inside and find his father…Sandmen. This was the second to last house on the list and if this wasn't it that he had one more place to look before he gave up all hope in finding his father.
As he approaches the door he can hear the laughter from a woman and the sound of pictures being taken. He doesn't know what it all means but he could care less he was only here for one reason and the reason was to find his father. When he gets to the door he turns the knob and finds that it is not locked so he turns it all the way and goes in.
He hears the scream come from the window but he doesn't pay any attention to her he just walks through the house like a man on a mission, which he is. But he is disappointed when he comes up empty-handed…nothing not even a clue that his father was here. As he walks out of the room he was just in and back into the room where the couple was he feel something hit him over the head but he doesn't notice and he just keeps on going. And as he exits the house a bright light flashes and he makes his escape.
Crash
Max was sitting at the bar with OC while they waited for Alec to show. Max had given him the address to the bar the other day and told him that if she didn't come home right after work than that is where she was more than likely to be. He smiled took the address and stuffed it into his pocket, now weather or not he lost the paper is a different story.
Just as Max was about confide in OC about something a person walks up behind them. Max turns around to she Asha standing there waiting for a drink. Max could help but wonder if she would ever be able to got anywhere with out being reminded of Logan Cale.
"Hey Max…I didn't know you hung here," she said as she accepted the drink from the bartender.
"Practically a regular," Max said as she looked at Asha and just than a hand slapped her on her knee and Max had to take all the strength she had not to laugh. "Asha this is my good friend Original Cindy…OC this is Asha…Logan's girlfriend." Max said with a smirk.
"Damn all the hot sisters have to be taken by men," OC said as she looked from Max to Asha. "It was nice to meet you."
"You too," Asha said as she looked at Max with a raised eyebrow.
Just as Asha was about to say something to Max Sketchy came stumbling over to them, obviously a little drunk. "Hey Max, OC, and Max pretty friend." Sketchy said as he reached into his back pocket. "Max do you mind if I ask you and your new lady friend a question?" he asked and Max nodded, what could it hurt right? "Do you believe in that mutant place…Manticore? They say that the place burned down and they all escaped…what do you guys thing?" he asked.
"It was a VA hospital you jack ass and the S1W are responsible," OC said as she took the paper from him.
"No the S1W are bring framed for murder…they are not that type of group," suddenly everyone was looking at her. "Or so I heard."
"Give me that," Max said taking the paper away from OC. She turned it around so that she was the only looking at the front page, which had a picture of Joshua on it. This is so not good…this is very, very bad. "I gotta go," Max said as she got up from her seat.
"What's wrong boo?" OC asked as she turned the paper around so she could see the picture too. But when OC looks up from the picture Max is already out the door, OC looks around to male sure that no one noticed how fast she left.
Max ran out the door and toward her bike as fast as she could. She needed to get home so she could get Alec and together they could see is they could somehow find Joshua before the cops…or White does. That would be just there luck if White got to Joshua first…Max would lose another one of her Manticore family and she really didn't want to see that.
Max sped down the streets of Seattle until she came to her apartment building, she was desperately hoping that Alec was home from his job so they could go to look for Joshua together, after all two transgenics where better than one. As she was climbing the stairs to her apartment her pager went off and when she looked at it it was a number that she didn't recognize so she just ignored it.
When she entered her apartment, nothing, no sign that Alec had even been there in the past couple of hours, which was not a good sign. Max walked through her apartment just to make sure that he wasn't there…and he wasn't. Max let out a deep breath that she didn't realize she was holding and walked back out the door…she had to go somewhere that she didn't want to go.
She was going to have to ask Logan for help…he was the only one that could hack into the police mainframe and find out where the cops where going and where they had already been. It would give her a heads up and that was something that she desperately needed right now. When he mounted her bike she looked down at her pager once more and made sure that the person that just pager was in fact someone she didn't know instead of Alec…and it was someone she didn't know. Max put the bike in gear and headed off toward the high rise distract…in other words Logan's apartment.
Abandoned warehouseHe doesn't know how it happens, if it is just his luck, or if he actually does get himself into this kind of situations. No one can be that boneheaded…can they? Here he sits in front of Ames White, the only reason he knows who he is, is because Max told him about White…after the rescued her a couple weeks ago.
She told him that he was the new bad guy that they had to look out for because he was the one that was in charge of killing them all…so naturally he goes and gets caught by that same guy. See it is just his luck.
When he was pulled out from his cell he took notice that Zane was still unconscious which meant that they dosed him with a weaker drug. Sure he was still out of it but Zane was unconscious. That means that he had answers that they needed…which is never good.
Right now White sat in front of him with his legs crossed and his arms crossed over his chest and he also had on one of those evil smirks that everyone hates on the bad guys. Alec sat there like it was no big deal and that anything white didn't wouldn't faze him in the bit…but this was just for show, because inside he wanted to hide.
"494," White said as he looked at him. "I am going to ask you one question before I kill you…either you answer or you don't…you still die." He said as he got up from the chair and started to pace. Just than he pulled out a picture of Max. "You see this here is 452 and I am aware that you two were breeding partners back at Manticore…is that right?" he asked.
"It was just a summer fling?" Alec said. Thank god Max isn't here to hear me say that…even though it isn't true. "Was that the question because I was suspecting it to be harder than that," Alec said. Just than White brought his hand up and punched Alec in the face. Alec turned his head to the side and spat blood. Where the hell does this guy work out? Alec thought because no ordinary had ever made him spit blood before.
"Don't play games with me 494…this is not a laughing matter. This is a matter of life and death…yours." He said as he walked around the chair and sat back down. "Now for my question…have you and 452 been in contact since the destruction of Manticore?" he asked, as he looked Alec directly in the eye.
He was going to die either way so it didn't matter what happened, if he told White the truth or not. "Sorry buddy," Alec said as he looked at White.
"Okay kill him," White said.
"Wait!" Alec yelled just as a gun was stuck into the back of his head. "Who better to hunt a transgenic than another transgenic?" he asked which caused White to turn around. "I can find them for you," Alec said.
"Is that a fact?" he asked.
"Yup me and my buddy back there can take care of it for you," he said.
White looked back behind Alec and nodded. "I was hopping you would say that," White said and the next thing Alec felt was a slight pinch in the back of his neck. Alec looked at Ames with confused eyes. "It is a mini explosive," he said and than he dropped another one on the ground and it exploded. "It's not much but when it is attached to a brain stem it turns out to hold quite a punch." He added.
"You can't be serious," Alec said as he eyed White carefully.
"I am serious 494, and this little device here will make sure that I when no matter what. Either I end up with four dead transgenics or just one, either way I win," White said as he got up to leave. "Oh and 494…you have 24 hours," he throw him a watch. "Times a ticking."
What an asshole, Alec thought all the way back to his cell as the guards took him to go get Zane. Max is going to kill me for being so stupid that I go myself into this mess. Alec thought as they came to a stop outside the cell and Alec was relived when he saw that Zane was now indeed awake. Now we can find Max and get ourselves out of this mess, he thought as the guard took him and Zane and escorted them out of the building. Times a wasten 494.
Logan's apartment
She was at Logan's once again and this time she was even more worried than when she came by to help Joshua. They had come up with nothing but they where still waiting for the police to get another call. But the reason she was so worried is because Alec didn't show up at home last night and she had no idea where to start looking for him, she just hoped he didn't go and do something stupid…which wouldn't surprise her.
Logan had called her over earlier today but she couldn't make it, but now she was here and still they had nothing. Nothing on Joshua and nothing on Alec and she was becoming a nervous wreck, which was unnatural for her. She never worried about anyone and that was the way she liked but now she had to go a meet Alec…and god help be but she might be in love.
When Max arrived that afternoon she noticed that Asha wasn't there, which she normally was and Max just hoped Logan didn't break it off with her because he thought he had a chance at her, because he didn't. When she walked into his apartment she could hear him typing away at the computer and that brought a smile to her face along with some memories of before Alec and Asha.
"Hey," she said as she rounded the corner and saw him sitting at his computer.
"Hey yourself," he said.
"I just saw Asha…she looked a little upset. You two have a fight?" Max asked hopping that her would say no and make was she was thinking earlier a lie.
"Something like that," he said and Max hung her head.
"Sorry," she said before she could stop herself. "Anyway…you got anything for me?" she asked as she tried to get a glimpse at the computer screen. "Cause if not I am kinda busy," she lied. She didn't know what it was about Logan now a days that she made her want to be as far away from him a possible…but that is how she felt. And at this very moment she was thinking about just walking out of his apartment and never answering his pages again. But she couldn't do that to him, not after all the things he did for her.
"Actually…yeah," he said as he turned back to his computer and pressed the print button. "It seems to me that Joshua is following a set of old address, but the problem is that they are all from the pre plus era, so those people don't live there anymore."
"Who's Sandmen?" Max asked as she saw that all the address say that a man name Sandmen lived there.
"I don't know I am researching him right now." He paused as another piece of paper came out of the printer. "I found those same address which the new list of name and the last one is still listed under Sandmen…so I am guessing that if you want to find Joshua that is the best place to look…because he had already been to all the other places," Logan said.
"Thanks Logan…it's means a lot to me that you would still help me out even thought were not together anymore." Max said, as she looked him in the eye.
"I know Max…but we're still friends and I would do anything for a friend." He said.
There was a moment of uncomfortable silence and Max didn't know what to fill it with. She didn't know if he was lying about the whole friend thing because he always hide his feeling so well and you could really never tell. "Um…so how is Asha?" she asked and the moment she did she regretted it because it almost made her sound like she didn't want him to be happy unless it was with her.
"She…good," he lied. "You were right we did just have a fight right before you got here but the thing I am not telling you is that the fight was about you," Logan said looking at her. "You see she claims that I am still in love with you." He finished.
Just than OC's words came flooding back into her brain. You never get over your first love. Max looked everywhere in room except at Logan…she couldn't look him in the eye because she really didn't want to know if he was still in love with her, it would just make her life even more complicated. "Logan I better go check this out…talk to you later okay?" she said as she made her way toward the door.
"Sure thing," he said as he turned around and looked back at his computer. When he heard his front door shot he opened another file that he had minimized before Max arrived. When it opened it was a photo of Max and Zack as they made there way through the Manticore halls, a picture of Max when she still loved him. Was Asha right? Did he still love Max? How could he not? Of course he was still in love with her and he made a vow that she would be his again.
Max's apartmentAlec and Zane arrived at Max a little over an hour after the exited the warehouse. Alec had no idea what he was supposed to do about this so he needed to find Max and what better place that her apartment, the only problem was that she wasn't there. But OC was he could smell her, but she was in the shower so the where going to have to wait.
"Max lives here?" Zane asked as he looked around and Alec nodded. "Cool," he said as he continued to look around the apartment.
Alec sat there and said nothing, after all he did the same thing when she brought him home to show him he…their apartment. It was really a nice apartment but planned on having a better one someday for him, her and of course OC…maybe even Joshua but he wasn't sure about that yet.
Just as he was about to give up on OC and just go to look for Max himself she came walking out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel and Alec quickly covered his eyes. "Sorry OC…I need to talk to you," he said as he kept his eyes covered.
"You don't need to cover your eyes Boo I 'm not naked…but do you mind telling me who this is snooping around in yours and Max's bedroom?" she asked as she looked at the talk black haired man that just walked into the living room.
Alec uncovered his eyes. "His name is Zane…he X5 too," Alec said as he stood up. "Listen OC I need to find Max, do you have any idea where she is?" he asked with a urgency that he wasn't used to. "It's important."
"Last I know she was going to Logan's," OC said.
"Logan's?" Alec repeated in a jealous tone. "Why did she go there?" he asked.
"Something about helping out a family member but his you ask me it is more like the family pet," OC said walking over to the counter and grabbing the newspaper. "Here have a look suga." She said.
Alec looked down at the picture and groaned. "Joshua," he said and then he looked at Zane. "Come on Man we need to go to Logan's," he said. Then he turned back to OC. "Thanks," he said and then he and Zane walked out of the apartment and headed toward Logan's on the was hijacking a car.
Some houseMax had finally caught up with Joshua, at a big old house that hasn't looked like anyone lived there since the plus happened. This was the last house on the list but it didn't look like they where going to have any luck. On the way there is when she ran into Joshua and he explained to her who Sandmen was and what his importance was to Joshua and Manticore.
Suddenly Max wanted to find this guys because he might be able to know if there is some expiration date on her barcode or if she is going to live forever. She had some questions and she wanted them answered. As they approached the house the less likely the reality came that someone would still be living here.
"Joshua?" Max called and he turned around to look at her. "If we don't find Sandmen here we could always have Logan…he's a friend…see if he could track him on the computer." Max suggested and he nodded. So far so good.
Logan's apartmentAlec entered Logan's apartment without even knocking, right now he could care less. Plus he knew he didn't have any company because Asha's car wasn't here and she was the only real friend that Logan had…or so he thought. Zane was right behind him as the made their way through Logan's apartment. Alec didn't even need to call out his name because he already knew where he would be sitting, right in front of his computer…where he always is.
Alec rounded the corner and saw Logan sitting by his computer, the man is so predictable. Alec didn't say anything, not even a hello. Instead he went straight for Logan grabbed him by his collar and lifted him up out of his chair and held him off his feet in the air. He was not going to beat his way around he Bush, he needed to find Max and he needed to find her now. "Okay so here goes nothing. I don't like and I would really appreciate it if you stayed the hell out of Max's life." He paused regained a hold on his temper. "Anyways, you see I am in a nasty problem here and I need to find Max and I know you know where she is so if you don't mind could you tell me so I don't have to hurt you," Alec said as he gripped his collar tighter.
"I don't know where she is all I can tell you is where she's been," Logan choked out.
"Okay than Log Boy…tell Me." He said and Logan handed him the address. "Thanks." He said before him and Zane walked out of the apartment hopping that Max was still where Logan had sent her.
Some house
Max was standing over Joshua as he fell asleep on the floor of his father old house. They had come up empty handed once again but they knew for sure that this was where he lived. Joshua said that he had memories of being in this exact same living room playing on the floor like an normal child…but of course that was before Manticore.
As he slept Max grabbed one of the candles that she had lit for him and started walking over to the bookshelf. She put the candle just close enough so she could read the title of the books and she was a bit surprised when she noticed that Sandmen, or father as Joshua calls him, had quite a collection.
Just than she came upon some more interesting books, genetic books. Books about how to restructure DNA and how to mix different types of DNA…Max didn't even know that they made books like these. Wouldn't it be kinda of strange if someone bought these kind of book?
Just as Max finished reading the titles she heard something outside and she quickly blew out the candles and went to hide in a corner where she was covered by a shadow. The next thing she heard was the sound of someone coming up the stairs, and the finally someone opening and closing the door.
Before Max gave the person time to identify themselves she punched the fist one in the face and the swiped her leg on the floor and brought them both to the floor. "God Max…paranoid much? I think you broke my noise." The one voice said.
"Alec?" she asked as she lit the candles once again and low and behold Alec and some other man lie on the floor and Alec was clutching his noise. "Oh my god I am so sorry I thought you where some noisy kid," Max explained and she held onto Ale's head.
"And that's how you great them," the other man said.
And a soon as he talked Max knew instantly who it was. "Oh my god…Zane! Is that you!" she called out.
"Yeah baby sister…it's me." He said as he got up from the floor followed by Alec.
"I would hate to break up the family reunion you have going on here but you see Max he and Zany boy here have a problem." He said and suddenly Max had a worried expression on her face. "We had a little run in with White and he implanted us with these mini explosives in our brain stem and in about," he looked at his watch. "Three hours our heads are going to explode." He finished.
"You have your phone on you?" she asked Alec. He had shown her his phone the other night after they got home. He handed it to her. She flipped it open and dialed. "Hey Logan…it's me Max. I need a favor." She went on talking to her ex and she could tell by the look on Alec's face that he wasn't too pleased about it. A few minutes later her and Logan said their goodbyes and Max had a smile on her face. "We found someone that can help you," she said.
"Great!" Zane shouted.
"Max can we talk," Alec said as he dragged her into the other room.
"What is it Alec?" she asked.
"I don't want you anywhere near Logan anymore." He said. "He still loves you Max…I can tell." He said.
"Listen Alec I am not going to stop talking to him. He helped he out a lot when I was out here before I got recapture so I owe him my life," Max said. "And you don't need to worry about him because I don't even think about him like that anymore." She said. "I have you now and I wouldn't want anyone else…what can I say. Once you go transgenic you can't go back," she said with a smirk.
"But still…"
"The jealousy act is cute…but not that cute so drop it okay." She paused. "Now lets go save your head from being exploded." He said and they went back into the living room grabbed Zane and exited the house. They had two hours left.
Some apartment
They arrived at the apartment that Logan had supposedly given Max but Alec wasn't so sure. He didn't know what it was about Logan that just made him not trust the guy. Maybe it had something to do with him being Max's ex but he wasn't sure.
One in a half hours left
Time was running out for him and Zane and they both knew it because they where starting to get jumpy. Max kicked in the door and there was a nerdy man sitting there looking like he was about to pee his pants. Max looked around the room and saw a whole bunch of bags packed…he was obviously on his way out of town.
"I need you to do something for me," Max said as she approached him.
One hour and fifteen minutes left
It took a little persuading on Max's part but they got him to do it. Zane was up first. As he sat in the chair Alec noticed that he was shacking because he was so nervous…being a fidgety. Alec placed a hand on his shoulder which clamed him down.
It took the scientist a little while to find the explosive and take it out. But eventually he did get it and he set it on the floor beside him. Then he look at Alec with a smile on his face. "I planted a few of those in my day." He bragged.
"I wouldn't be bragging about that if I were you," Alec said as he sat in the chair. He looked down at his watch and groaned.
Thirty minutes left
It took him too long to find Zane implant and Alec was starting to wonder if his was going to be found at all. As he sat there in the chair he didn't look at his watch afraid to his life ticking away, instead he looked at Max. She sure was beautiful and he would do anything in his power for her.
Twenty minutes left
He had thrown away his military career for her. But he didn't care because his only mission in life now was to make her smile like he did the other night. Once he saw that small it was it he was a goner…he was defiantly in love with her and nothing was going to stop that and he wasn't going to let Logan ruin it for. She was the best thing that happened to him.
Ten minutes left
Zane moved next to Max as he looked on. He knew that he was getting short of time yet he still didn't look at his watch. He kept his eyes on Max…making sure that if he was going to die tonight that last thing he would see would be her.
Fifty seconds left
The scientist was hurrying now Alec could feel it as he felt around for the implant.
Forty seconds left
When they first started the scientist said that he couldn't jut pull it out because it would cause it to exploded, instead he need to search for the base in order to pull it out…so the whole taking a long time wasn't a surprise to any of them.
Thirty seconds left
The time must really be coming down now because Max was starting to fidget and he could see tears in her eyes.
"Don't cry," he said and that just made her cry.
Twenty seconds left
"Come on Max I don't want my last image of you to be you crying." he said with one of his trade mark grins.
Surprisingly he wasn't afraid to die anymore.
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Alec closed his eyes.
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"Got it!" he said as he pulled the implant out and as soon as he did it exploded.
The next thing Alec knew Max was in his arms crying. "I thought I was going to lose you…don't ever scare me like that again." She said as she slapped him.
"I'll try not to." She said as he brought her head back so her could look her in the eyes. He brought his lips to her softly. "You know what Max," he said when they pulled apart. "I think I might love you." He said and she smiled as she brought their lips together once again. She didn't say I love you back and she didn't need to because he saw it in her eyes that she loved him too and that was more than enough for him…for now anyway. "What do you say we go home?" he asked and she got off his lap and grabbed his hand.
Together they walked off to her apartment and Zane went back to where Joshua was figuring that the big guy could use some company. But me would make sure to introduce himself in the morning because he knew for a fact that Joshua was not someone to sneak up on.
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AN: I hope you like it.