Max and Alec
"Season 2"
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Chapter 7: Some Assembly Required
Logan's apartment
Max sat in front of Logan's computer with a picture of Zack on it. And not an old one from when he visited last time, this time it was a recent one and that is what scared her. He shot himself in the head for her so she knew for a fact that he wasn't all there in the head.
And if he wasn't himself then anyone who had the slightest idea about who he was could easily take advantage of him…and that would be dangerous. They could make him do things that he never would do if he had all his thinking skills.
And as she looked at the screen in front of her it looked like this group of steelheads was doing exactly that.
"When was this taken?" Alec voice came from behind her and when she turned around she saw him coming from around the corner. "What kind of time table do we have before White or someone else realizes what his is and goes looking for him?" he asked Logan.
Max knew the only reason he was doing this was to help her, because he knew that if he didn't help then she would just go do it by herself. She looked at Logan waiting for him to answer. She could feel the jealousy coming of him in waves and she kind of felt pity for him. He was still in love with her.
"That video was taken last night," he said. "A friend of mine at the police department thought that I would want it…he wanted me to give it to eyes only." He said. "I guess a man was killed there last night." He added as he looked at Max.
"Great my brother is a killing machine," she looked at the screen and saw the metal plate over his face. "Literally." She added. She turned back and looked at Alec. "Do you have any idea how to find these steelheads?" she asked to anyone that knew the answer.
"Sorry Max," Logan said. "Eyes Only has been looking for them for years." He added.
"Why do you do that?" Alec asked as he looked at Logan. "Say Eyes Only like we don't already know that your Eyes Only." He said and then he looked at Max. "I heard Sketchy talking about them one night and I think I know how to find them." He said as he gave her one of his cocky grins.
"And how would Sketchy now where they are?" Max asked as she stood from the computer and walked over to him.
"I don't know…it's Sketchy…I didn't ask." He said. Max kept her glare on him knowing that he would fold. "Okay he said they deal in steroids…I know where they deal." He said as he looked away from her.
"And how do you know that?" he asked him as she took a step back and crossed her hands over her chest.
"I used to deal them…it was before my fabulous Jam Pony days," he said as he looked at her. "It was when I was on my first mission, weird enough it was here in Seattle and I just happened to get a hold of some and started selling…by the way you can get a lot of money for that stuff." He said and then he looked at Max and she wasn't smiling. "I guess I am going back into the steroids business huh?" he asked and she nodded. "Great."
Jam PonyMax and Alec walked into the Jam Pony offices both ignoring Normal's ranting and raving about them being late. Instead Max went over to where OC was sitting and asked where Sketchy was.
"He's on a run boo, should be back any minute now," she said as she looked at her friend. "You okay?" she asked.
"Fine," Max said as she walked away from OC. She walked toward the back where Alec had found and locker and leaned up against it looking at him.
"What's up Max?" he asked as he looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"What are you doing?" she asked as she saw him packing his delivery bag.
He looked down at the bag in his hand and then back up at her as if it was obvious. "I am working," he said when she didn't seem to get it. "You may no care about getting paid but I do." He said.
"We need to help Zack," she said. "If you won't help me than I guess I will have to go get Zane to help." She said as she looked at him. "At least I know he cares enough to help me." She added.
"Listen I do care!" he shouted and instantly regretted it as everyone looked back at them. He looked at Max. "Don't ever say that I don't care," he said in a lower tone. "Don't ever say that…not after all we have been through in the last couple of weeks." He said.
"Sure bring up is losing the baby as a way to show you care!" she shouted and she didn't care that people heard her. "The way you would talk to me or even hold me after that," she told him. "I needed you then and you couldn't even look at him like it was my fault that we lost the baby," she said. "But it wasn't my fault was it?" she asked and as soon as she did her hand shot out and covered her mouth as he eyes widened. "Alec…"
"No, your right…it wasn't your fault." He paused. "It was mine," he said. He grabbed his bag and then grabbed her arm. "Come on Sketchy is back, let's find out where they are so we can get this over with," he said as he dragged her across the room.
"Alec my man…what's up?" Sketchy asked as he saw Max and Alec approaching him.
"We need to know where the steelheads hang," Alec said in a tone that showed that this was not a time to play with him.
"The market place," Sketchy said.
Alec looked at Max. "Sector six," she said as she looked up into his cold eyes. They showed that he had reverted to his soldier self, to the killing machine that he trained for years to be.
"Come on," he said as he started walking out of Jam Pony leaving her there. As she walked after him she hopped that she would be able to get her Alec back, the Alec with the laughing green eyes that she loved so much.
She knew she stepped over her boundary when she said that about the baby but he just made her so mad that she didn't know what else to say. He just acted like he didn't care about Zack, and she knew that wasn't true…but she still believed it.
She didn't want to be the person that just assumed that he didn't care about anyone but himself. Yet it's one of the downfalls to living by yourself for ten years, you learn not to trust anyone. Because we you let someone in they tend to take advantage of you.
But it was too late for Max because she had already let him in, and it hurts her when he hurts. So when she causes him pain it hurts her too.
"Max! You coming?" She snapped out of her thoughts as she quickly hurried to catch up to Alec.
Sector 6The rode the whole way to Sector six in silence. As far as Alec was concerned he didn't have anything to say to her. Max walked along side him with her head hanging. Every once in awhile she would try to hold his hand and tell him that she was sorry but he would have none of it.
"Alec…" she tried again but again he cut her off.
"I don't want to hear it okay. You made your point back at Jam Pony…I get it okay." He said as he turned and started walking again.
"Do you?" he looked at her. "Do you get it?" she asked. "Do you have any idea how it made me feel? That you wouldn't look at me or even hold me after I lost the baby. I need you to be there and I needed you to be making some of your stupid jokes." She paused. "Telling me that it was going to be okay, that we could try again and that it was fun to try." She said. "But you would even hold me…" she said. "I was beginning to think that you didn't love me, that it was all for show," she added.
He looked at her as she looked at the ground. "Max…" he trailed off as she looked up at him and a tear escaped her eyes and she quickly whipped it away. "Max I never wanted you to feel that way." He said as he held on to her. "I just didn't want you to think that I didn't care about us losing the baby. And if I would have made jokes it would have made me feel as if I didn't care…I just needed time to think." He said as he leaned his forehead against hers. "And don't ever think that I don't love you…I would die for you." He said.
"I guess we better get Zack outta here…and save our soap opera for later," Max, said with a little smile.
"Yeah," Alec said with a smile. "Andy anyone!" he yelled as he turned from Max.
"What's Andy?" she asked.
"Street name for steroids," he said. "Andy! How about you buddy, you look like you could us a little muscle." He said and the guys shuck his head no and walked away. "No, okay." He said.
Just then Alec turned around and came face-to-face with someone he guessed was in the steelheads gang. He got that impression because the guy in front of him had little spikes coming out from his forehead, and it almost looked like he had razor for teeth. Why anyone would want to look like that was beyond him.
"Do you have any idea how long I have been looking for you?" Alec asked as Max came over and stood beside him. "We need to ask you something…it's about a guy." He said as he looked at Max and then back at the steelhead.
"He is about his height," she said pointing to Alec. "With blonde hair and he has a metal plate on the side of his face," she said as she noticed that the guy in front of her was playing with his jacket making sure that they both saw his gun…yet she wasn't fazed. She was a genetically enhanced killing machine, gun were no a problem. Yet if she needed to use one she was in trouble.
"Soldier boy," the steelhead said. "Sorry I can't tell you where he is," he said.
"Why not?" Alec asked.
"Because then you would take him away from me," he said.
"He isn't a toy!" Max said. "Do you have any idea what he is?" she asked and the man shuck his head in a cocky way that made Max want to break it off. "Didn't think so," she said. Just then Max heard a gun cock behind her and when she turned around she saw another steelhead with a gun pointed at Alec.
"Now you have to die…you know what we have," he said. And when Max turned to look at him his was pointing the gun at her. And all that she did was let a smile come to her lips, "What so funny?" he asked as he looked at Alec and saw that he was smiling too.
Before either of the guys knew it their guns were no longer pointed at Max and Alec instead they were pointed at them. "Now you are going to tell me where he is," she said.
"Max!" Alec called out and when she turned around she saw that Zack had Alec by the neck and was holding him in the air.
"Zack," she called out and he looked at her. "Put him down," she said as she walked closer to her brother.
"I know you," Zack said as he looked at Max. "Your from my unit." He stated.
Max let a smile come to her face. "That right," she said. "It's me Zack, its Max," she said as she looked at him but he didn't seem to register what she had just said. "It's me 452," she said.
"Max," he said as he looked at her. "Is it really you?" he asked.
"Max!" Alec chocked out.
"Zack put him down," Max said and he did as he kept his eyes on Max.
"Max?" he asked as he walked over to her. "Can we go home now?" he asked as he looked at her.
"Yeah Zack let's go home," she said as she turned and walked away with Zack leaving Alec behind.
Alec stood there rubbing his neck as he looked at the women he loved walking away with another man. "Don't worry I'm fine," he said to himself as he turned and walked back toward his bike. He didn't know if he should be upset that she left with another man. He is her brother so she wouldn't do anything with him…right?
When Alec got back to the bikes he noticed that his and Max's where gone and in the distance he could see Max riding his and Zack riding hers. For some reason that made his jealousy increase. Alec chill out man, he is her brother and she loves you. He told himself as he started him long walk back home.
Max's apartment (later that night)
Max was sitting on the floor with Zack and candles surrounded them. Thanks to Seattle wonderful brownouts. Alec had went to sleep a while ago and just left them sitting there.
Max could see Zack eye darting from spot to spot almost as if he knew this place but he could put his finger on it. Suddenly he looked at her and Max jumped a little at the sudden move.
"I know this place," he said.
"Yeah we have been here a couple of times together," she said as she continued to look at him. "Why don't you get some rest and we could take a trip down memory lane tomorrow." She said as she stood up and lead him to OC's bed.
"This isn't my bunk," he said.
"I know but my roommate is staying at a friend and she said it would be okay if you slept here tonight," Max said as she watched him lay in the bed. "Get some rest Zack, we have a long couple of days a head us," she said as she walked away from him and in her own room where Alec lie awake and waiting for her. "I thought you were asleep," she said as she walked over to her side of the bed and sat down with her back to him.
"Nope, wide-awake," he said as he sat up and moved over to where she was and he brought her in his arms. "Is it weird…having him back?" he asked and he rests his neck on her shoulder.
"I little yeah," she said as she placed her hands on top of his where the rest on her stomach.
Just as Alec was about to respond when Zack came walking through the door and he saw Alec with his arms wrapped around Max. "Get away from her!' Zack yelled as he charged at them. Alec got up of the bed just in time to be driven out the window by Zack.
"Alec!" Max cried as she watched them go flying through her window.
"Don't come around here!" she heard Zack yell and she watched Alec take off into the darkness. She knew where he was going. No one messed with his mate and Zack had just done that so Alec was going to bring the fight to him…he just needed re-enforcements. She juts hopped that no one got hurt.
Max quickly got up from her bed and locked the front door. But it didn't matter because Zack broke it down and looked at her with pure jealousy. "Why were you with him, Max!" he yelled as he walked over to her. "Your mine, and no one else," he said. "I need you." He said.
"Zack…" she trailed off.
"I died for you!" Zack yelled as he looked at her. Before she knew it he was out the door and when she looked out the window she saw that he took off after Alec. Max grabbed her jacket and ran after them.
Joshua's placeAlec ran up to Joshua's door and didn't even bother knocking. He just ran inside and right toward Zane's bedroom. When he opened the door Alec noticed instantly that Zane had someone else in his bed.
When Zane got up Alec saw clearly who that person was and he almost wanted to laugh the irony. Poor Logan Cale, losing both his women to X5's.
"What's up?" Zane asked as he closed his bedroom door.
"We have a problem," Alec said with a smile. Zane looked at him but didn't say anything. "Zack is back in town and he thinks Max is his…I am gonna need some help with this one," he said.
"What can't take on Zack yourself?" Zane asked.
"No I can, I just want to do it with out killing him. I know Max will be pissed if I do so I kinda want to keep him girlfriend so I need you to help." He paused. "You in?" he asked.
"Let's do it, anything to help out Maxie," he said as he walked back into his room and came out a few minutes later dressed in a pair of pants, instead of boxer, and a t-shirt.
Just then they both heard the front door come flying in. "He's here," Alec said as he looked at Zane. "Ready?" he asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be to take down my CO," he said as he looked in the direction of the front door.
They both walked out stealthy trying not to be seen by the psycho brother. But as Alec was about to turn the corner her saw Joshua go flying through the wall. "God what is he on?" Zane asked.
"He is mostly machine so he is a lot harder to fight," he said. "Funny I was just going to ask where Joshua was." Alec said as he liked at the dog man on the floor. "Zane?" Alec turned around and saw Zane being held by the throat by Zack. "Put him down…I'm the one you want…come on." Alec said.
Zack did just that as he advanced on Alec. Alec throw a punch at him put he easily caught and started to squeeze him fist and Alec could hear his bones breaking. Just then Alec felt himself being propelled through the air. "That's it!" he yelled as he got up and ran full speed at Zack. He ran into him and instead if Zack getting knocked down Alec fell backward. "Stupid idea, stupid," Alec told himself as he got to his feet.
Zack lashed out at Alec and sent him flying through the window where it was raining outside. Zack not being the smartest X5 came walking out into the rain, metal and all. And before he knew he was being electrocuted. He started shaking and then he landed face first in a puddle.
Max came running over from where she had parked her Ninja and instead of going to Zack like Alec thought she would she came over to him. "Are you alright?" she asked as she looked at him.
"I've been better," Alec said as he slowly got to the ground. "You now I could have taken him even without the rain," Alec said as he looked at Zack.
"Yeah I know," she said with a smile as she looked at him.
Just then Zane and Joshua came walking out of the house and the women in Zane's bed soon followed them.
"Asha?" Max called out when she saw her. "What are you doing here…is Logan here?" she asked as she looked around.
"No…she is kinda with Zane," Alec said.
"Wow…is that ironic or what?" Max asked and they all nodded. "We should get him to Dr. Carr's office." Max said.
Dr. Carr's officeMax looked at Zack all wired up in the operating room. Alec walked up behind her and brought her into his arms. Just as a tear slid down her cheek.
"Dr. Carr says that he is going to be fine…but he won't remember anything," Zane said as he walked over to them.
"So basically everything will happen just like it did before?" Alec asked.
"Yeah," Zane said as he hung his head.
"There is one thing we can do," Max said as she looked at the two guys in her life as more tears came down her face.
"And what is that?" Alec asked.
"We could give him the normal life he always wanted," she said. "He doesn't remember us unless her sees us, right?" she asked and Zane nodded. "I know someone who could take him and give him a life outside of all this." She paused. "It was what he always wanted anyway," she added as she looked back at him.
"Are you sure about this?" Alec asked her.
"I can't lose you," she said and Zane took that as a hint to leave. "And if he stays around he is just going to try and kill you again…" she trailed off. "I can't let that happen."
"I understand," he said as he grabbed her face in his hands. "But are you sure?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said.
"Okay."
Max and Alec stayed in the hospital and waited for Max's contact to come and pick up Zack. They wanted to make sure that the guy knew exactly what all this meant, and if Zack had question later none they told him how to answer them.
Basically they told him that he could not know about anything that has to do with transgenics or anything even close to that nature. He agreed and took him away from the life that Zack would never have to know. Max and Alec watched from the shadows as Zack was wheeled away.
Space needleI know I did the right thing. If not for me than for him. Zack used to always ask what it would be like to have a normal life, and know he will now.
Of course he will never know that he had anything else but normal life. He will never know about her or anyone else from their unit and I guess he is better off that way.
I guess that makes Zane the CO now, I am defiantly not going to tell him because that is the last thing he needs to know.
I know I did the right thing because I protected my mate. I know that Alec is grateful for that…and so am I.
Because as much as I try and tell myself bad thing about him, and that he will hurt me in the end, I know that I love him and I wouldn't want to love anyone else. He is the one that I am willing to lose myself in and that is a scary thought…but I know that he has already lost himself in me and that make the fall a little less painful.
Cause let me tell you…I fell hard for the smart Alec…also known, as X5-494 and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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AN: I hope you like it!