this chapter shows what is going on right now with Max
the next one is more development of the story
Chapter 2
Max was sitting away from Logan intentionally. She didn't want to get too close, and risk infecting him. She hated that things had to be this way. Just when they had finally removed their own emotional walls standing in the way, they had this one forced upon them. Max wouldn't be able to live with herself if she caused something to happen to Logan. He would die if she touched him.
Logan, too, knew that the space between them was necessary. It was a sick twist of fate. They couldn't get closer where they were. He still had hoped that he could find a cure, but he was losing his resources. Working with Max for 2 years without a decent salary was starting to show its effects. He had fewer expensive paintings lining the walls. Now his money went to only a few strict causes- finding the cure, and finding out more about Manticore.
He started pacing, another simple task he couldn't do before. The time he spent in a wheelchair taught him to be grateful for the little things, like this moment with Max, even if he couldn't touch her.
It seemed they were grasping at straws. Max hadn't heard from Zack in a couple of months, and she was of course worried. She wondered if something had happened to him. Logan was trying to help her, find out about Zack, but his resources were limited. Max knew he no longer had the luxury of chasing anything he wanted. Now he had to pick and choose which ones were the most hopeful and important.
"Max, maybe I should just stop looking for a cure."
She stared at him defeated. She, too, didn't want to place one thing above another. "Forget it, Logan. We need that cure! I'll just… go steal something."
"This time. And then what? I can't ask you to keep doing that. Besides, it's wrong."
Max frowned. Who could say what was wrong anymore! "Well I can't ask you to keep financing all of this alone. We will just have to find a way to make this work."
"Max…" Logan trailed. "We need to go about this the right way. We should look for Zack above all else right now. Chances are, he can lead you to the rest of your siblings. I want the cure just as badly as you do, but I have to realistic. What if there is no cure?"
"There is a cure! There has to be. Don't worry about this right now, Logan. I'll be back tomorrow with some hard core cash. I know just what to do."
Max felt a tear forming in her eye as she sped away from Logan's headed for Joshua's. Why hadn't she heard from Zack? His disappearance couldn't have happened at a worse time. Logan was running out of finances. Without Zack, Max felt it was her responsibility to make sure all of her siblings were okay, but she had no idea where her siblings were. Zack was the only one that had known.
Unfortunately, in order for Max to do this idea of hers to get some cash, she would need a partner. She had no choice. She couldn't let Logan stop searching for a cure, but she also needed his resources to keep looking for Zack and all of her siblings.
She pulled up to Joshua's, and shoved her pride aside. It would only get in the way of the task at hand.
A/N: not sure how I feel about this. Lemme know if it just isn't going over well