Play With Fire
Disclaimer: I don't own any of it... just a fun fictional story.
Chapter Four
"Hey Max" Logan turned to send a quick smile toward his love.
"Hey, Logan... you called?" Max crept over to his work station, keeping a considerable amount of space between the two. Even though the virus was cured she was feeling a barrier of guilt.
"Uh... yeah..." Logan noticed, the gap that is. "I haven't seen you in a while."
"Uh, yeah... sorry about that. I guess I have been caught up with my friends. Sides' I kinda thought you'd be busy with that computer stuff. All that hacking and eye's only stuff." She mumbled the remainder of the comment.
"No, no! It's fine." Max knew otherwise. "I understand it's not like you get to see them very often. Anyway that isn't the only reason I called you up here."
"Oh really." Max tried to sound interested and strained to act unaffected by the fact he didn't miss her. Though the nagging in the back of her head told her 'it goes both ways...' "So you called me to do a mission then?" Logan could see the anger boiling in her. He knew that would only make it worse if he were to be childish back.
"Actually that isn't completely the case. There is a big costume party for Halloween run by a man named Arnold Masters. He is a doctor and I have found that he is involved in the black-market. I thought maybe you and I could go and have a good time..."
"And when the party is all over and done with I could go and take whatever it is he has that you want... right?"
"It's just TC is running low on medical supplements and..." Max shook her head.
"Whatever... you know what I don't really wanna hear it. I'm here on vacation Logan. Not to mention I'm running TC not you so stop trying. You aren't even my SIC, Alec is... Logan I don't like you getting so involved."
"Max, I am doing this for you."
"Well don't then, just don't. I don't need your help Logan." Max blew out the breath she had been holding in frustration. "I will do it, but I am here to visit my friends. You are gonna have to get them invitations too."
He just nodded. "You know what I think I will just leave it to you guys then. Four is more than enough to get the job done."
"You sure? I mean you can still come" She said light-heartedly, her herself unsure about the words.
"Yeah" he smiled.
"I want you to come though" she lied. "Just because of... that thing just here, doesn't mean I didn't want to go with you."
"Really it's ok Max, I understand, you should probably enjoy the time you have with them now."
She tightly slid on her mask of a smile and kissed him lightly on the lips. "Thanks" this she really meant.
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"We are gonna what?" OC squealed.
Max explained about the plan to getting the scrooges illegal crates. OC just sat there jaw dropped. "I know aren't you excited" Max grinned widely.
"So is your boy still comin'?" Max shook her head briefly.
"He didn't want to."
"Well that boy is everything but fun." OC semi pouted, but it could only last so long, as her brilliant smile crept back. "Don't get me wrong boo I am happy; but your boy gave you da opportunity to out wit him and you turned da foo down?"
"Well... yeah..."
"You didn't have to do dat for me boo" her seriousness all in place.
"I know, but Alec and I are only gonna be here for one more night. I wanna party while we still can" she smiled glowed.
"Aiight" OC shook her head. "If ya say so, but I think you boo ain't tellin me something." The two sat in silence for a few precious moments before Max's excitement took over.
"So are we gonna go shoppin? Logan decided to share the wealth" she grinned deviously while whipping out a roll of cash.
"Do you hafta ask gurl?" OC giggled and skipped to the door. "I guess we should tell dem otha two foos about the costume party then huh?"
"Already did it."
"You bad gurl."
"Oh, I know" Max gloated.
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"Look at dis boo!" OC slapped the hood of the black stretch limo. "Damn Wheels got wheels!" Hastily she jumped in while swatting away the drivers helping hand.
Max followed smiling apologetically at the poor man standing lamely holding the door open. The inside was decked, leather seats and all.
"Well it is nice you ladies decided to finally join us" Alec sipped his beer, and glanced at Max appreciatively as she crawled into the seat beside him. She was sure he got a handful of cleavage and frowned.
"Well didn't we tell ya pretty-boy? We wanted to be fashionably late. Is there a mini-fridge in here?" OC smiled while looking at the beer in Alec's hand.
"Yeah want one?" Sketchy quipped.
"Hell ya!" She snatched it from the usually scruffy boy. Tonight was different though, he was totally decked out in a pimp suit. Animal print and all. He wore even wore dark sunglasses and a hat with a purple ribbon around the top. The look just made Max wanna laugh.
"OC what are you supposed to be?" he grinned. OC was wearing a white dress that draped down to the ground with lace up sides and gold embroidery. It had a slit coming up her left side, almost all the way the way up to her hip. Her hair was done up in a simple but elegant bun, and she was all manicure and pedicured up. And lastly she wore thin golden chains around her wrists, letting them simply drape to her knees.
"I am a sexy slave princess foo!" This made everyone laugh. "Dat was the only way I was hangin out with your pimp ass all night." Sketchy frowned. "What did ya expect I would be one of ya fine gurls? I don't think so..." She waved a finger at the scrawny man.
"But OC a guy needs to have some working girls if he's a..."
Alec smirked and took the opportunity to take a good eyeful of Max in. She felt the burn of his gaze and turned to glower at him. He smirked and glanced away like a thief caught right handed.
"I like your costume Maxie, but I thought Zorro was a guy" he whispered into her ear.
"So... what's with the bond costume?" she smiled at his state. He wore a black tuxedo and a matching bow tie. Thinking all the while... 'why'd I bother to ask?'
"He's a ladies man too Maxie" he slid a hand over her leg. Max looked down to where his fingers lay. OC and Sketchy were fighting over the remote to the music now, not that they could see what was happening anyways. Their 'ordinary' eyesight wouldn't see past the across the dim lit limo.
He took another once over her body.
She wore a sexy black side-slit dress with a matching cape outlined in red, a hat and mask that covered her face. The top exposed her chest and up the middle laced a red ribbon. Her dress was teasingly short up the slit and underneath she wore black fish net stockings. To finish the costume off she wore knee high, high-heeled boots.
"Yeah" she breathed.
Max then slid her fingers up his inner thigh. A smile appeared over her half covered features when he breathed in sharply in surprise. Max purposely avoided the one area he would take pleasure in.
Her fingers softly moved up his chest and down his arm to his beer.
Where she then snatched it and took a swig. "Thanks" Max wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and patted his thigh frustrating him deeply, this she knew.