Part 4: Learning the Truth

Summary: Can Detective Max find out who has been calling her while helping out with an E.O mission?

Max lunged for the ringing phone. She grinned holding it behind her back.

"Well, well, well." She said grinning. "I win."

Three day and 8 hours earlier

Max whistled as she entered H.Q's of Terminal city. She smiled at Alec as she walked past him. He smiled back and waved. She grinned and continued walking. Her plan was already sat into motion.

"Hey mole!" She yelled.

"Max?" He asked looking up from his gun.

"Did you get that intercom up ad running like I asked?"

Mole grinned. "It's almost there…Dix, just had to fix a few technical bugs that was still in it." She smiled.

"Thanks."

"No problem…Just thought that I would give you the heads up. Logan's in the building." Max groaned. This was going to but a hole in her plan.

"Do you know what he wants?"

"Other then you?" Alec asked as he came up behind. She jumped I surprise.

"I told you to stop doing that." She said slapping him playfully.

"What can I say babe, it's so much fun." He said grinning at her. Max shivered at the word babe.

"Can you say that again?" She asked looking around at the others. Alec cocked his head.

"it's so much fun."

"No, the first half."

"What can I say?" he questioned.

"No, the name."

"Babe?" She shivered again.

"Why what's up?" He asked nervously.

"It's just reminded me of someone…" She smiled. "That's all."

He laughed nervously. "That right? Who?" He asked.

"It's this guy that's been-"

"MAX! I thought that you weren't coming in today?" Logan called as he ran over to join them. She growled.

"Damn." She said ass she turned her frown was replaced with a smile.

"Hey Logan, what have you been up to?"

"This and that…I got a mission for you from Eye's Only." He said looking around. Max forced a grin.

"I think I can help out. What's it for?"

"I need someone for a deep cover mission."

"Where?"

"Kit's Palace."

"Sounds straight up…why do you need my help?"

He bit his lip. "Well…"He cleared his throat. "It's ummm…a strip bar…" max nodded.

"Okay…so?"

"For woman."

"I think Alec would be better suited."

"I already asked him…I need someone on the floor also." Max closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Give me the break down."

From behind the now distance couple Alec grinned. Now, this is gonna be fun.

Okay so maybe this isn't really gonna be that fun. He groaned as he looked at himself in the mirror. Dressed to the tee, here he was. An X5, undercover agent. Dressed in a cloth that barley covered his parts…He was so greased up that he was sure that if anyone touched him that they would just slide off of her.

"I'm never gonna live this down." He groaned looking out. He spotted Max, Ce-Ce and Biggs. He moaned deeply.

"She's evil." He said thinking back to what Logan had told him.

"So what Logan, woman can have fun to…"

"Fun that could led to their untimely death?"

"WHAT!" Alec screamed alarmed.

"The club owner's boyfriend is into well…porn."

Alec shrugged. "Whatever turns your crank."

"Even if it's snuff-film ?"

"Well, that's were I draw the line…what do you need me to do?"

Logan smiled. "Well, to begin with you need to be a male striper…" Alec snorted.

"Okay…I think that I can cover that…What else."

"Well Max is gonna be undercover." Alec nodded. "And I need you to…ummm." He cleared his throat. "I ummm…I'll need you to ummm."

"Just SPIT IT OUT!" Alec cried.

"Cozy up to her."Logan said looking at the floor.

"WHY!" Alec nearly screamed.

"Kit's boyfriend picks the girls that the guys are cozy with…I need to make sure that he picks you and Max."

Alec groaned this couldn't get any worse.

But of course like his life…It was so much worse. Max was here…dress let's just say a little less then she should be and had brought their friends with…The dancing he was fine with it was the lap dance that he was going to be giving her that made him nervous. He took a deep breath…He could do this…He had to be able to do this.

Max ordered another drink as she downed her first one.

"Max, maybe you should slow down." Ce-Ce said slowly.

"I don't think that I can…I mean what Logan asked from me…I think that I need to be out of it…Totally."

Biggs laughed. Ce-Ce slapped him. "Shut-up!"

He snorted. "I'm just saying that. It will take more then some average drinks to get you where you want to be." Max looked up.

"You have something in mind?" She asked.

Biggs grinned. "Don't I always?" He pulled out a pill bottle and handed it to her.

"Manticore use to give them to use to loosen us up. Two should do it." He told her.

"So give me four." Max whispered holding out her hand. Biggs bit his lip looking at Ce-Ce. She nodded that it was fine. They were both here. They would protect her. He shook out four and gave them to her.

She swallowed them with her shot and turned back to the stage as the lights dimmed.

"So, how long till they take effect?" She asked.

Biggs and Ce-Ce grinned.

"Not to long." Ce-Ce said smiling. Thinking how fun this night was going to be.

Max grinned as she watched the male sway to and fro on the stage. "Wow." She whispered. "You know who he reminds me off?" She asked Ce-Ce. The sober X5 turned to her.

"Who?"

"Alec." She said tipping her head to one side and sighing.

Ce-Ce laughed. "That is her honey. I think maybe you should stop drinking, K?" Max frowned.

"I thought that it had no eff-"

"Effect." Ce-Ce supplied.

"Yeah, no effect on us."

"That's before you take the pills."

"Oh…"Max sighed. "How much longer?" She asked looking at her watch.

"When Alec finishes his dance."

"He is pretty good at this." She said sighing.

"Yeah…" Ce-Ce nodded looking at Biggs with a worried expression.

"Hey Maxie…Are you sure that you have to do this tonight?" She nodded.

"Logan says that Friday night is the only one that this guy does what he does…"The others nodded.

"Okay well I think that we should get it ready." Biggs said nodding to the others. He grabbed Max's arm.

"Come on Maxie, let's get you up front where the big man can see you."

"Okay." She replied following them with her drink. "Time to get this party started."

Alec groaned as he finally left stage. Thankfully that part was finished and now he could put on at least a pair of shorts…Take it they were tiny shorts, but they were still shorts…and he would take that over what he was currently wearing…which was nothing…Then as if remembering something he groaned. The night of events wasn't over yet, he still had to give Max a lap-dance.

"Damn." He grumbled pulling on his shorts.

"Terrific work my boy." Bryan said as he slapped him on the shoulder. Alec surpressed the urge to shudder as the older man clapped his back. "I think that you have a great future in this work…I'll be keeping an eye on you." Alec grinned.

"Thank you sir."

"It's Bryan…Please I hate that sir bit…Now you better get ready there are a great number of waiting females out there for you. Don't let me and Kit down."

"I don't plan on it sir." Bryan grinned.

"Good to know." He grinned as Alec walked down into the main part of the Bar. "Really good to know, as you just became my new leading man."

Max smiled coyly at the man dancing in front of her. She pouted as he went to leave. "Why is he leaving?" She asked huskily looking over at Ce-Ce. She glared at Biggs.

"He got some bad vibes." She replied. "Don't worry Max, you have to remember the plan." Max stopped and thought.

"Alec." She said digging out her phone. "I almost forgot the plan!" She yelled at the pair of X5. They stared back at her. Biggs grabbed the phone from her.

"What does the phone have to do with it?" He asked.

"It's a bet." Max explained. "Alec thought that he could trick me with a new phone and a different voice. But I still know that it's him. I just know." She muttered grabbing the phone back she dialed the number that she had committed to memory.

"Did that make any sense to you?" Biggs asked. The other female shock her head.

"Was it suppose to?" She asked. Biggs frowned.

"I'm not sure…I do know that we shouldn't have given her four."

Ce-Ce raised on eyebrow. "Only thinking that now?" she asked watching Max. "Alec is so going to kill us. You know how protective he is." Biggs groaned.

"Yeah, and to do this to is first possible mate." He groaned. "We are so dead."

Ce-Ce nodded. "With a capital D." She didn't notice that Max was up swaying slightly and wandering off.

"Oh crap!" Biggs exclaimed watching her leave. "Not good." He muttered as he and Ce-Ce followed her towards the back.

Crap. Alec thought. My phone. He turned back around and went into the back stage area. He sighed.

"Almost forgot about this." He jumped about ten feet when it started ringing. He looked at the number and almost had a heart attack.

"What do I do?" He asked. He jumped again as someone grabbed the phone from him.

Max smiled as she saw Alec walk back into the room. She redialed the number and watched him become worried over the number flashing on the screen. She grinned wildly and walked over.

Max lunged for the ringing phone. She grinned holding it behind her back.

"Well, well, well." She said grinning. "I win."

Alec turned and stared at her in wonder. "Maxie?" he asked.

She smiled. "Now what was the deal again?" She asked.

TBC…

A/N: That went in a different direction then I thought it was going to…Damn…Now everything is changed….On well…Next Part will be out soon…What will happen? Humm review and you shall see:-)