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Today They Won the Battle Part 12

By Rhasa

The world came back to her slowly. Strangely enough, pain was not the first thing she became aware of. Before she could manage to open her eyes, she began to sense her surroundings. She was somewhere with lots of other people milling around her, but it was a place that was as quiet as it was hurried. People here seemed to be moving with certainty and purpose. Next, she could hear fragments of urgent whispers, and she could hear their movements with more clarity. As try as she might, she could not seem to reach outside of herself to let those around her know she hear them – feel them. Her mind as well as her body refused to co-operate. She fell back into herself with the effort and briefly worried over the strange thought that there was something urgent she should be considering, something dire that she had to comprehend just before she'd fall back into the deep slumber that was reluctant to release her.

It was only when she tried to move that she felt the pain.

Something had roused her. There were no words but there was a steady stroke to her forehead that was anything but comforting. She tried to turn her head away as fingers of the intruding hand swept up across her brow and down into her hair. In another time perhaps she would have thought the gesture endearing, but flashes of annoyance were all that she felt now. She began to raise her arm to knock the hand away, but a sharp stab of blinding pain on her side prevented her from doing anything but moan.

"Max!"

She heard her name, but was too busy trying to recover from her agony to respond.

"Max? Can you hear me? Max!"

After a few moments the worst of the pain had subside. She tried again to concentrate on

what she was hearing.

"Max. Hang on."

Those words she had heard before. They tugged at her mind, pulling her thoughts in a direction that they did not want to go.

"Max?"

Alec.

"Just hang on."

Alec had said those words.

Alec had begged those words.

"Max! Just hang on!"

And now she could hear those words again.

She struggled to open her eyes.

"Kyra? Come quick. I think.... I think she's regaining consciousness!"

Oh God how she hurt.

"Max?"

Alec.

She had hurt Alec.

Her thoughts started to become clearer, swimming before her in a haze but still discernable enough.

She had hurt Alec. Because she hadn't saved him.

She hadn't saved Jed.

Oh Nooooo!

She couldn't help the whimper that escaped from her lips.

"Max. I'm going to give you something for the pain."

She could hear Kyra's voice as clear as day now.

Alec, her heart screamed.

Jed.

Jed was torn from her.

She could still hear his cries.

Someone... . Joshua.... . Joshua had taken Jed from her arms....... as the tunnel collapsed around her...... She had blurred...... but was too late...... But not too late to see White's face smiling from the other side of the avalanche of debris.....

Jed!

Alec....

She squeezed her eyes tight as tears began to fall. It was not the physical pain that was causing her agony. It was her feelings of failure.

She felt a small prick in her arm as undoubtedly Kyra injected her with Morphine.

"Max!" she heard her name again. Hands were on her face, imploring her to wake further.

Alec, I'm sorry, she cried to herself.

"Max. Wake up. Please, just wake up!"

She pulled herself up through the darkness and opened her eyes slowly blinking away the tears that blurred her vision.

Her voice was weak, not much more than a whisper, strangled with emotion and utter shock. "Logan?"

"Oh thank God," he said, smiling.

Author's Note:

Is anyone still reading this??? Not sure since so few reviews for ch 11.

I know this was a really really short one. I did not manage to recover my chapters (which were longer than this) so I had another go and I had to leave things dangling here. Just to make the few (2?) faithful squirm. Cause I know you like to so much.

To put you out of your agony. this is not a dream Logan really has returned. What does this mean for Max and Alec? And where the hell is Alec, well all will be revealed if you are still reading.

I would really love for you to drop me a line about life the TC universe and everything. No joke, feedback and just conversation simle makes me write faster.

Drop me a line at or pls review

Til next time

Sarah