A/N: you asked and now i provide hope you like it. no song though. Who is behind the door...

Healed

There he was leaning on her door frame with a smirk of pure arrogance. He looked weak and a bit battered but still handsome as ever, and he couldn't be that hurt if he was smirking at her like that, with pure playfulness shining in those hazel-green orbs

"Miss me?" he asked in that amused voice his eyes twinkling in amusement.

"Max..." someone called her name and brought her back to the present. Shaking her head she focused on blond hair, hazel eyes but not Alec's. It was Fox, Alec 'big brother' of sorts. Her heart sank as she realized it was only a day dream that Alec wasn't back and wasn't smirking at her like he usually was, safe. Not liking the weakness she was showing him, she wiped her tears away furiously and turned away from him.

"Max-" he began again but she quickly cut him off.

"Don't bother, Fox, I don't deserve it," she whispered in a voice that didn't sound like hers at all, as she walked toward the window and looked out at the sunrise. It was beautiful, but she couldn't really make herself relish or care about it because he was still gone.

Fox closed the ajar door, and spoke in all frankness, "maybe you don't," knowing it wasn't a secret she was one of the reasons Alec had left, and his bitterness was still lacing his heart at his brothers departure and death. But then again Alec wouldn't have like him bullying Max, "but I'm still going to offer it, for the sake of his memory."

"Why would you want to when I can see it in your eyes how much you blame me," she let out looking at him for a reason why he was there consoling her. They had never gotten that close, when he'd arrived and she'd practically sent Alec, who he regarded as a little brother, to his death.

Fox sighed, "I want to, but Alec was a big boy who could make his own decisions," knowing even though Alec was younger than he was, he had always been more dominant and determined. The CO.

"Have they found..." she trailed of after beginning to ask a question to cover the silence.

"Not yet, we were still waiting on word from the military," he answered knowing exactly what she was asking but failed to complete. It had been the longest night waiting to hear word from the military. He'd given up hope of them finding him alive, but he wanted Alec body back for burial. He deserved that much. Walking over he put a gentle arm on her shoulder, "I just came to check on you," he confessed since she hadn't been to the Command center all night.

As small as the gesture was it brought her a little comfort, which she may not deserve but needed badly, "How... how's Amber doing?" she asked wearily, knowing Alec and his 'sister' Amber had always been close and she could not have been taking the news of his death well.

"In denial," being blunt because well he couldn't lie, after seeing his little sister like that. "her and Alec had always been close." stating the obvious.

Max could not help but feel guilty and selfish for stealing her comfort, "you should be with her and not me Fox. Go,"shrugging his hand off her shoulder not looking at him. She'd taken too much from them already she wasn't going to take away the one thing they had left of their family, each other.

"It's too late to start feeling guilty Max," Fox went on, not ever being good with sympathy, "what's done is done. Hating yourself won't bring him back or turn back time," hesitantly putting an arm around her shoulders for comfort.

Looking at him she noticed his normally cold eyes were warm with concern. Him and Alec never looked that much alike, since Fox hand light blond hair rather than dark blond and his hazel eyes didn't have glints of green in them. But she saw a slight similarity between them both, they offered her comfort when she needed it no matter their feeling toward her. A tear escaped the wells that had been building on her lower eyelid, and made it's way down her cheek. "I'm sorry," she apologized to him. To Amber. To all TC residents who had expected Alec to return and to Alec himself for not stopping his departure.

He wasn't good with emotions even two years after the destruction of Manticore, but he did the only thing he could think of as appropriate, he pulled her into an embrace. He really wanted to hate her but seeing her being as destroyed as the rest of them about the news made him realize that he just couldn't.

The door being banged open and Amber rushing inside broke the tender moment between the otherwise estranged transgenics. "Fox!" she exclaimed before she saw what had transpired between the two. She didn't like it but it wasn't about it them anymore. "they found him and his alive!" she went on her excitement come back full force.

"What?" Fox was the only one who could say something Max looked positively stunned at the news.

Ambers smile grew larger, "Fox he's alive! Alec is alive!" she jumped on her brother seeing he had processed the news and was smiling. He couldn't help hugging his sister close as tears of joy and relief threatened to fall.

It had all been a nightmare, a horrible vivid nightmare. He was alive, she'd begged and practically prayed hard for him to be alive, and as if her prayers were answered the news came he was alive. She couldn't help but smile at the two transgenics currently overjoyed and in a tight embrace. He was alive.

The military, by command of the president himself, were ordered to send an air team to retrieve the injured Transgenic and ensure safe transportation back to the United Stated for treatment by the best doctors available. Which Max didn't protest to. If Alec was injured then he deserved the best care that could be provided, but to make sure no experiment were carried out on him unauthorized Max, Fox and Amber were provided an escort to Washington DC, after request to Senator Jackson.

It was still being speculated in the media that the accident wasn't really an accident, and there was a possible foreign threat to the transgenics. The media being relentless at letting the public know not only about that, but about Alec's unfavorable condition.

Of course she'd seen the news casts and thought they had somehow exaggerated Alec condition, but as soon as she saw him her heart sank once again, the hope wavering a bit. Because there he was deathly still and pale, every type of monitor available connected to his body, their beeps filling the otherwise silent room. Tubes and I.Vs weren't left out as well. The breathing tube stuck down his throat was what got to her the most. She couldn't stand looking at him in that state and run out of the room, crashing into the bathroom.

Her heart was beating so fast that she thought it was trying to jump out of her chest. She hadn't run that far but her breathing was laboured, and every breath she took came out as a wheeze. It was just too painful to breath, it felt like her lungs didn't want to inflate and deflate the way they were suppose to. She knew exactly what was going on she was having a panic attack and she couldn't stop it. It had hurt too much to see him like that. The guilt had over whelmed her and her body was reacting to the frantic state of her mind.

But he's alive you should be gratful for that! A voice reminded her how ungrateful she was being, and she finally managed to let out a breath with came out as a painful sob as it racked her body. She let the tears take over her completely as she collapsed to the floor and cried. She just couldn't be strong anymore she couldn't. She wanted to try praying again for his safety but that would be asking too many favors. Bring her knees up to her chest, she buried her head into them and cried till her eyes just couldn't produce anymore tears.

On the floor is where Fox found her after hours of searching, her eyes red rimmed from tears and she had a far away look in her eyes. Her brown locks were messy from running her fingers through them more than once. Cautiously, he crouched down and placed a hand on her knee, "Max..."

She wanted to, but just couldn't, respond because words wouldn't come out, so she remained silent and looked down at her hands.

Taking her hand gently, "come on Max, I know you want to see him," he offered tiredly, because if he was honest with himself, he knew seeing Alec that way was quite a bit to take in.

"I can't," her voice hoarse and flat nothing like the way it's suppose to sound.

"Max..." he began again but she shifted uncomfortably and took her hand out of his grasp. He wanted to convince her to see him, but again he couldn't force her to. "When you're ready to I'll ... I'll be there," he told her his voice deliberately gentle as he tapped a hand twice on her knee gently before leaving her to her solitude once again.

Max had found the little chapel, and sat there still silently praying, hoping the man up there did think she was calling in too many favors. It had calmed her somewhat sitting there, she had done it when Logan almost died from another close call with the virus.

Feeling someone settle next to her, she turned to identify them, and found that it was Amber, her facial expression a manticore mask. "Amber," she let out in a whisper.

"You see him alive and you run and hide? You know i just don't get you. You're all destroyed and devastated when you find out his dead, but now you can't even look at him?" Amber told her in her outspoken take no prisoners voice. She couldn't stand it, how could Max be so damn selfish?

"I can't."

"No Max you won't, because you feel guilty and you can't face him," Amber offered, before turning to meet his eye, "well get over it Max, he's alive and he needs you no matter how you feel about the situation." she spelled out bluntly

"Amber..."

"Just see him Max and quit being a coward. I know you care and he equally care about you and i'm sure you're the first face he is going to want to see when he wakes up," Amber offered in a more gentle tone hoping it would appeal to the brunette more than the tough love approach. Taking a deep breath she added, "he needs you Max go to him," before getting up and leaving.

Stepping into the room she found amber asleep on the couch resting her head on Fox's lap, his hand tangled in her hair as if soothing her in her sleep. He looked tired but managed a smile, reassuring her somehow. Letting out a shaky breath, she walked over to the bed. The breathing tube was still intact which she'd hoped wouldn't be there when she returned.

Raising an assure hand she reached to touch his face gently but hesitated for a second, but found the strength and touched him a sad smile lighting her grim face. Seeing nothing wrong, she pulled the chair closer and reached for his hair. It had been cut short probably to look for possible head wound but was growing back steadily. "i missed you r sorry ass you know that," she let out in her usual tone, but her voice a hushed transgenic whisper that only he would probably be able to hear.

There was no movement from him, which she had half expected from him. But she couldn't help her tone becoming pleading as she spoke, "Come on smart ass open those pretty eyes," he voice breaking with emotion.

But no change came form the transgenic, giving up she laid her head on there entwinned hands feeling helpless, but the sound of choking made her head snap up, to see him choking on the breathing tube, "Alec!"

Fox was the one with the fast reaction and practically blurred out of the room screaming for help, in the process waking the sleeping Amber unceremoniously. But mid curse she looked up to see Max panicking over a choking Alec and was immediately at her brothers side.

she felt awkward as she leaned there on the door frame of the hospital room as she listened to the doctor give Alec a clean bill of health but, he would still stay bed ridden for a couple of days or so, just to completely recover. She remained there even after he left and watched as the 'siblings' acquainted once again.

In truth she would have stayed watching them for hours just to see Alec's face alight with a smile. She missed it so much, that she had to hold back the happy tears threatening to cloud her vision.

"...Amb how about I buy you a coffee for waking you up earlier," Fox hinted to his sister after a while knowing Max and Alec needed to talk alone.

Catching the hint easily, "yeah you jerk still got whiplash from it," she babbled on as they left.

The room was immediately silent as Max and Alec just stared at each other, none making the first move too scared to be hurt. She was just content with the uncomfortable silence just as long as he was alive and staring back at her.

Alec never liked uncomfortable silences they made him well... uncomfortable, so clearing his throat he smiled," miss me?" his voice hoarse from disuse and earlier chocking.

That was was Max needed to hear before she flew across the room and crashed her lips against his desperately. He was back her Alec was back. Flicking his bottom lips she asked for entry from a still very stunned Alec. But he quickly recovered and kissed her back fiercely, pulling her close and exploring every inch of the mouth he'd been dreaming about ravishing for years.

Breaking apart breathless she spoke, "don't you ever do that to me!" she warned him looking at his kiss swollen mouth before, looking into his slightly dazed hazel-greens.

"only if you promise to do that again," he said a playful tone slipping into his voice.

"jerk,"was her last word before complying to his condition gladly.