"Season 2 and up"
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
Pairings: M/A Z/A O/S
Summary: re-write
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Chapter 20: Dawg day afternoon
Max and Alec's apartment
Alec was the first to wake that morning. The first thing he did was walk into the kitchen and turn on the coffee for Max and then he walked out into the living room, and that's when he saw it. There was a new item on the board; it looked like the necklace that Joshua always wore around his next.
He took it in his hand and looked at it closely, before he finally sank in what was on the necklace. He ripped the necklace from the bored and ran into the room where Max was still asleep; she seemed to be sleeping more and more since the baby was coming further and further along.
He woke her up by grabbing at her hand. "Alec what are you doing?" she asked him with a sleepy voice. That's when she saw what was in his hand. "Hey, isn't that Joshua's?" she asked.
"Yeah, and look what the symbol matches?" he said and Max lifted herself up on her elbow and looked at the symbol on the necklace and the burn on her hand, they were the same. "Max you know what this means?" he asked.
"That maybe Sandmen isn't a godsend like Joshua says?" she asked. "I don't know Alec, I mean Joshua swears up and down that Sandmen was a good guy," she said. "Maybe this is just coincidence," she said.
"Make nothing in our lives are just coincidence," he stated. "Some things up and I'm going to find out what," he said.
"What about me?" she asked as she started to climb out of the bed.
"Your going to go to work," she gave him a hurt look. "I don't want you to lose the baby," he said. "We've lost to many already." He added and she hung her head. He put his hand there and lifted it up. "Hey, don't worry about it, I'll get to the end of this, I promise you. Plus I can't go back to work…I'm a wanted felon," he said.
She smiled. "I guess I can go to work and explain to everyone why your not going to be coming back for awhile," she said. And then she kissed him, "Just be careful," she said.
"Always am." She didn't smile, not even a hint of a smirk. "Max don't worry about me," he said to try and clam her down, it didn't. "Max."
"I just worry that my baby is going to grow up with nothing but a memory of his father," she said. "I don't want that to happen," she continued. "I want him or her to have a family, which is something we never had," she added.
"Our child will have that Max, I promise you," he said as he took her in his arms. "If it will make you feel safer I'll bring Zane along," he said. He looked at her and at that moment he knew that no matter what he would keep her safe, even if it cost him his life. That was a feeling that he himself had never felt before, not to that extent at least.
As if on cue a knock came at the door and before either one of them made it to the door Zane and Asha walked in. "Hey guys," Max said pulling away from Alec. "We were just talking about you," she added.
"Oh yeah?" Zane asked looking at Alec who just smirked. "What were you talking about?" he asked.
"Me and you Zane, we're going to go on a little adventure," he said.
"Great," Asha stated. "Them two alone in the world, only God knows what could happen," she added and she looked at Max.
"As much as I'd love to stay here and chat with you guys some of us have to get to a job before it's not there anymore," Max said as she walked over to Alec and kissed him. "Promise me," she said.
"I promise," he said and with an explanation point he kissed her. "Don't worry about me Maxie I'm always alright," he said.
"Whatever," Max said as she turned away from him and walked out of the apartment. As much as she knew deep down somewhere Normal loved her, that didn't mean he wouldn't fire her. She gave a little wave as the door closed behind her.
"So what type of adventure?" Zane asked Alec when Max left. Asha made her way into the kitchen to raid the fridge.
"This one," Alec said showing it to Zane. "I know you brought it over so don't act stupid," Alec said and Zane smirked. "It's belonged to Sandmen," Alec explained.
"The Sandmen that we can thank for our existence?" Zane asked and Alec nodded. "I thought he was a good guy?" Zane asked.
"So did we," Alec said. "We lave at noon so go home and pack cuz I don't know when we'll be back," Alec said.
"You got it," Zane said. Asha returned just and Zane was leaving. She gave Alec a little wave and followed Zane out the door. Mostly because she too had to head over to work before she no longer had a job to go to.
Alec was left alone in the apartment. "Don't do anything stupid," Alec said to himself as he went into the bedroom and got ready for the day. Along with throwing some clothes into a duffel bag for the trip.
Jam PonyMax walked into Jam Pony and the first thing she saw was everyone huddled around the TV. So naturally she walked over to see what the big commotion was about. When she stepped beside OC she saw that it was some priest talking on TV about transgenics.
So you don't think transgenics should be aloud to live? The TV women said.
No because God made this world for being with souls and it is obvious that this transgenics don't have souls. These things have no emotions; they are nothing but mindless killing machines that are going to tear America apart. The priest said.
"Amen!" Normal shouted form beside OC. "Amen!"
These things are a danger no only to us but to our children, and our children's children. They don't have any souls so how do they know what it right or wrong?
That's when Max saw the eyes come on the screen that she hadn't seen in months, mostly because he was supposed to be dead.
No souls pasture, I would like to inform you from personal experience with this transgenics that they indeed have souls. They have emotions running through them that neither you nor me could possibly imagine. They are fighting just to adjust to a world that they are unfamiliar with. They hurt the same, the bleed the same. It is fact that these creatures, these transgenics are just like you and me. And in my personal opinion I don't mot believe we should be afraid of them…I believe we should be afraid of ourselves. This was an Eyes Only bulletin Peace Out.
That's when the screen went blank and Max lost all ability to function. He was supposed to be dead, they found his body. Did they? Max you never saw it you just accepted that he was gone. They burred him. Did they? You never found a body so how do you know what was in the coffin? Max went white with realization that Logan Cale might actually still be alive. Did he fake his death to get White off his tail?
"Come on Missy Miss, I ma trying to run a business here," Max heard Normal call out to her. "Deliveries!" she shouted. Max turned to looked at him, walked over there, grabbed a package and left. She didn't show any emotion she was still caught up in the thought that Logan might actually be alive.
Somewhere is SeattleAsha walked into a abandon apartment, she walked around as if she knew the place. Like she had been there a million times.
"How are they?" someone asked her as she walked right over to the fridge and raided it.
"Alive and kicking," she told the voice.
"Good, come here and look at this," the person said to Asha. "Look this is surveillance from the mutant killing about a week back," the person said. "Look what I found, it is the only car still parked there," he said as he moved closed to the car's side mirror. "And look who we find in the driver seat." He said as he waited for it to clear.
"Is that?" Asha asked.
"Ames White himself." The person confirmed.
"I thought he was in charge of keeping the transgenic thing under wraps?" Asha asked.
"So did I, yet here he is exposing them to the public…makes me wonder if he's getting his orders from someone else now."
"Like the head of the breeding cult?" Asha asked and the person nodded. "Logan you amazing, but does this mean that they are going to put into action the final steps of the plan?" she asked.
"I have no idea but I wouldn't put it past them," he said. "The more he exposes the mutant population the more endanger Alec, Max, Zane and Syl will become. Not to mention Max's baby," Logan said.
"Logan you need to tell them what you found," Asha said as she walked back over to the fridge.
"Are you okay, you've been eating a lot lately?" he asked.
"I feel fine, I'm just hungry all the time," she said.
"Maybe your pregnant," he said and then they both laughed. "No," they said together. Even though they were laughing about it the thought stayed in Asha mind as she made her way home that night. What if she was pregnant, would the baby be deformed? Since the father is X5 and she isn't.
Laser shopAsha had to met Max at the laser shop because she needed her barcode lasered off. Usually Alec does it but since he's not here she has to have Asha do it. Asha told her earlier that day that she lasers off Zane's all the time so she knows how to do it.
As they were in the middle of doing the barcode Max's cell phone went off and Asha answered it. "Hello?" she asked and she listened to the person on the other end. "Sure hold on, Max its Alec," Asha said handing Max the phone.
Max sat up on the bench. "This better be important because I'm in the middle of getting my barcode lasered off." She said to him with a disgusted look on her face and Asha almost wanted to laugh.
"We have a problem," Alec said. "I went by Joshua's before we headed out on out first clue and well he's missing," he explained.
"What do you mean he's missing?" Max asked.
"As in he wasn't home when I stopped so I stayed and he hasn't been home since," Alec explained. "Max this isn't good, not him out there by himself," he said.
"Asha and me are on our way over to Joshua's so don't move, we'll find him together," she said as she hopped of the bench and zippered up her jacket thing. "She you in a few," she said as she hung up the phone. "We need to go and like now," she said as she grabbed her bag and her and Asha made their was out of the building.
Sewers
Joshua was walking in the sewers, pacing back and forth, what had he done? He had only want to see Anne one more time, but some teenagers saw him and they thought he was peeping in on Anne. So they chanced him away and the altered Anne about him.
The drove him into an Alley where he waited until sunrise but then there were too many people so he continued to wait. That's when Anne walked by with her dog. The dog recognized his sent and brought Anne right over to him.
Then the teenagers showed up again and attacked him and he and Anne went into the sewers where he knew they wouldn't fallow.
"Joshua what's going on?" Anne asked. Joshua didn't answer. "Joshua is something wrong?" she asked still nothing. "Are you even still there?" she asked.
"Joshua here," he said.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"In the sewers, waiting for someone to rescue us," he said and he hopped that Max would realize that he was gone.
Joshua's house
Max and Asha walked into the house and saw Zane and Alec sitting on the couch.
"You guys have any idea were to look?" she asked.
"I would guess the sewers but other than that I have no idea." Zane said and that's when Asha's phone rang. "When did you get a phone?" Zane asked.
"Hello?" Asha asked. "The sewers, got it," she said and then hung up. "There are reports about a dog man taking a women into the swers about an hour or so ago.
"Anne," Alec said. "I told him to stay away from her, for her own protection," he said. "He never listens to me," Alec said. "We better go find him before the cops do," he said and all four of the exited the house and got into the sewers to go after their friends.
Asha's phone rang again. "Hello?"
"I am going to be tracking you through GPS to help you guys avoid the police and to find Joshua." Logan said.
"Okay," Asha said as she kept the phone to her ear.
"So who's on the phone?" Zane asked.
"Don't tell them."
"No one important," Asha lied and she knew it was a lame attempt since all three of them were trained to spot lies.
Further in the SewerThey had been avoid the police expectantly but now Anne was being to get tried and Joshua could tell. She had become distant with him ever since he let her see his real face by touching. She was more disappointed that sacred, she just thought he would've been honest with her. Joshua heard police men and he became nervous.
"We need to keep moving," he said to Anne.
"I can't go anymore Joshua," Anne said. "You go, I'll wait here for the police," she said.
"Joshua isn't going to leave you here Anne," Joshua said.
"They won't ask questions when they see you, they'll kill you on site," Anne said. "Don't worry I'll be fine," she said. "They're almost here." She said. "Go," she said.
"Goodbye Anne," Joshua said.
"Goodbye." Anne said as she heard Joshua walk off into the distance. She heard footsteps but no one arrived yet. "Hello!" she shouted. "Over here!" she shouted again and that when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Oh thank God." She said.
"Don't worry everything's fine," the man said. "My name is Agent White and I'll take you to safety," he said. But before she knew what was happening he snapped her neck and dropped her to the floor and they continued on. Leaving here body for the police.
Max and Alec's positionAsha was still on the phone with Logan, although she's the only one that knows that. "There are police coming," she said and they all hid in a corner. 'I don't understand they should have been here already." Asha said.
That's when a hand clasped around Max's mouth and when she turned around she saw Joshua standing there. "Josh!" she said and she hugged him. "What do you say we get out of here?" she asked and he nodded.
"Lead the way Asha," Zane said.
Asha lead them out of the sewers to a spot on the street where Syl was standing and all five guards were on the ground. She was looking through their wallets. "These guys get paid worse than I do," she said as she joined the group as the waited for Alec and Zane to hotwire a car.
When they were all piled into the car Alec drove it to Joshua's house where they all got out.
Joshua's houseZane and Asha made their way upstairs, she said she had something important to tell him. Max and Alec were alone with Joshua sitting on the couch watching the nightly news.
"So how the dog man escaped without ever being seen and the common question around here is how?" the news reporter asked.
"Because dog man has friends," he said and Max and Alec smiled.
"In sadder news of tonight's events is that the poor women captive did not make it out of tonight's tragedy." The new women said and Max and Alec glanced at Joshua and then at one another.
"Anne Fisher was just twenty three years old when this freak took her into the sewers to kill her without a second thought." The newswomen ended. "This is something that will not be forgotten.
Max looked at Joshua and noticed that he was trying his hardest to keep his emotions in check but he wasn't doing and very good job at it. Max kneeled down and took the big guy in her arms.
Alec was the next one to get on his knees and take the big guy and Max in his arms. He knew how Anne Fisher died and it wasn't because of a mutant freak, it was because a breeding cult member that had a sick way of thinking.
He didn't care how he did or when it happened he would avenge Anne Fisher's life. If not for Anne fisher herself then for Joshua, who would moron over his fallen friend. The only friend that he had that wasn't inside the group of transgenics.
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AN: Next chapter is on June 8th.