Previously on Sleeping Series:

Alec was the first to recover and began to fight his bonds. Having fallen again he was only trying to break free, but too lost in fear for Max's safety he wasn't being reasonable. He began to swing back and forth. He gasped as he lost sight of her then calmed down as she came back into sight. He sobbed as he watched her fight to regain her breath. "Alec….oh god….I can't breathe."

"Max breath…OH GOD…MAX!NOOOOOO!" All he heard was her desperate attempt to breath.

Biggs looked over at the door. "Were they going out today?"

"No why?" Cece asked looking up from her cell phone. She gasped taking in the broken door. "Oh no…" They ran forward smashing into the already broken door, gasping as they took in the smashed apartment.

"This is not good." Biggs hissed.

"Understatement of the year." Cece said as she dialing T.C.

"Mole?"

"…"

"Yeah, we have a problem. Get Dix to call up all hover drones that covered Alec's apartment in the last 48 hours. We'll be back in T.C in 10." With that she hung up and the two began to search the broken room for any clues to help their leaders.

A/N: I am so angry at myself! I mean I had a perfect chapter. I loved it and my power went out and I lost it ALL! Now I am putting up with the second best...Try and enjoy it...

Thanks to Infie for the beta work.

Chapter Nine

Max locked eyes with Alec, her fear laced eyes speaking volumes to the alpha male. He fought against his bonds.

"Alec..."She whispered. Her eyes rolled up and her shaking stopped. She relaxed against the cold stone, her naked body going slack against her restraints. Her head slumped to one side and her face loosened.

"NO!" was the horrible cry that tore from Alec's rough and sore throat. "MAX!" He sobbed, thrusting his upper body forward as he screamed. He continued to fight against his restraints.

His right arm snapped free. The chain hung off his wrist as he sagged against his left side. It rocked back and forth hitting Max's unmoving form. His eyes widened at the lack of response from her. The left chain broke. He collapsed onto his knees and rested his head on the cement floor. His shoulders shook as his grief overtook him. He looked across the floor at Max's motionless body. He felt his anger begin to grow taking over his sense of loss.

"You're going to pay, White!" He cursed as he stood up and walked over to the stray clothes in the corner. Grabbing a pair of dirty torn pants he tugged them on and slowly looked up at the door. He growled and began his walk.

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Biggs sighed as he and Ce-ce began the job of painfully searching the apartment. He rolled his neck for the fifth time in ten minutes. Ce-Ce closed her eyes in frustration.

"Is there something bothering you?" she asked.

"Yeah, I just can't get rid of the sense that I shouldn't be in here."

Ce-Ce rolled her eyes. "Go figure. Only males would fail to notice the largest hint given to them."

"What?" he asked confused. "Max and Alec mated, can't you sense it...Smell it." She growled. He smelled the air, tipping his head and finally picking up the scent.

"Ohhh." he hissed. She rolled her eyes.

"Yeah." She looked over across the room at the bathroom. "Did we look in the bathroom?"

Biggs shook his head. "No, we didn't. I'll go now." He slowly walked over, scanning the floor. He stopped inside the bathroom door.

"I think I might have just found our clue."

Ce-Ce walked over. "What makes you say tha-" she paused, "Ohh."

The floor was covered in glass and bullet casings. There were a number of different styles and types.

"Think we should go back to T.C and hope they have something by now?"

"I think that would be a good idea." Ce-Ce replied as they rushed to the door.

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"Hey, I was just about to call you guys," Dix said as he looked up from his computer to see the transgenic couple walk back into HQ.

"Well, don't I feel special?"

The computer specialist smiled at Biggs. "Well, I did find something interesting about the sector stops last night."

Ce-Ce looked up from the information she was reading over. "Oh yeah...anything you would like to share?" she asked.

"Well, after the two of you left, I gave Logan a call. He helped me look into it," Biggs nodded and moved to sit down in the chair. "Well?" he prompted.

"It seems that at 3:00am earlier this morning there was a convoy of military trucks into Sector 5."

"That's Alec's sector."

Mole walked in. "Well don't you get a gold star. Like we would want to tell you about some random act of military movement." Ce-Ce stuck her tongue out at him. Mole grinned and raised his eye ridge.

"Don't you wish." Ce-Ce muttered as she walked over to the computer. "So, when did they leave?"

"Around 3:15am. They headed straight out of town."

The two nodded. "Are there any type of facilities out there?"

Dix grinned. "Yep, one," he pulled a piece of paper from beside his arm and handed it to her, "it's an old mill just a mile from the outside Seattle border."

Ce-Ce grinned. "Perfect."

Biggs smiled and let out a war cry. "Who feels like a show down!" He screamed, his question echoed by a number of cries through out Headquarters.

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Alec looked down the hall. He growled as he spotted a number of guards. Sighing he looked up and grinned. There was a grill above him. He cocked his head and sniffed the air. He spun around and captured the soldier's throat - The soldier who had been trying to sneak up behind him. He growled then calmly snapped his neck letting him drop to the floor.

"Not...White..."He tensed and jumped up into the air ducts. He quickly began to follow the scent that haunted him.

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Biggs looked around the small command center.

"Well people. We are here to save our leaders. I can only tell you that we think that they are in there." He watched them nod at him.

He smiled. Manticore might have trained them as soldiers, but Max and Alec have made them into humans. He shook his head and cleared his throat.

"You have your assignments, dismissed." He watched with pride as they ran across the open field. Biggs turned and looked at Ce-Ce.

"Are you ready?" She asked him, looking over at the building with worry, "what if..."

He brushed his finger over his mouth. "Shhh, everything will be okay. Max and Alec will both be safe."

Ce-Ce nodded. "I can only hope so."

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"Fe'en'stol"

White placed his phone down on the receiver. He closed his eyes and sighed. That took care of one item off his list. He looked up as the grate fell from his ceiling. He grinned.

"452, you're getting slow in your old age." His frown fell as 494 dropped to the floor, growling.

"White Dead." He snarled then launched himself at White.

TBC...