CHAPTER: Getting Even.
Max got up from the cold asphalt after about half an hour of crying. She walked up to Normal who was sitting inside wiping away blood from the floor. " Don't tell anyone about the pictures. Just say it was a mistake." Normal nodded.
Max went back outside and got on her bike and drove away. She had to tell Alec what happened. She needed him so much.
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Max came in Alec and apartment and called out for him. " Alec." She didn't get a reply. " Alec," she called again. He wasn't home.
She went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. She looked at her hands; blood was all over them. She washed them quickly. She remembered putting her hands on Ben's wound and looking at the blood.
When she walked out she saw Alec standing at the doorway. Tears immediately flooded her eyes again. She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him.
Alec hugged Max tightly. He didn't know what was going on but he knew that she needed him to hold her. " Max, what is it?"
" Ben's gone," She said over some sobs.
" No, he's at work."
She pulled back from him and looked him in the eye. " He got shot."
He pulled her back into his arms. " Please tell me he's alright." He was asking the question but he already knew the answer.
" No, he dead."
Alec felt a shot a pain travel trough his body. " Who did it?"
" It was Logan," she cried. " He gave Sketchy pictures of the people he killed. Sketchy threw them away but Normal found it. Normal called the police. He thought it was mistake but one of the officers killed him. I guess they knew he was transgenic." Max looked up at him and saw the anger in his eyes, the hurt and pain. She took his hand led him to the bedroom.
She went on the bed and he followed her. She took his arms and wrapped it around her. He held her tightly as she cried. Alec felt a warm tear flow down the side of his face. That was the first time he cried in front of Max.
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An hour later when Max was asleep Alec slowly moved his arms from around her. He crept off the bed trying not to make noise. He put on his jacket and went to a drawer and took out a gun.
He went to look at Max to make sure she was still asleep. Seeing she was fine he left the apartment quietly.
********** HOSPITAL
He looked at the body of his lifeless clone. He didn't know if to feel angry or sad. He looked at the wound that pieced his chest. He wasn't running away when it happened. He was shot form the front. He looked at his body for any sign of struggled. There was none. He didn't even try to defend himself.
The doctor looked at Alec cautiously. She could tell he had a lot going trough his mind. She knew it was always comforting to talk to those in pain. " Was he your twin?"
Alec looked up at her startled at first then his features grew calm. " Yeah." He stepped away from the body.
The doctor knew he couldn't take it anymore she pushed in the long metal stretcher and closed the drawer.
Alec made up his mind, he was angry. He didn't need to die. It could have been avoided. All the pain and fear Ben experienced was because of Logan.
********** Alec let himself in Logan's apartment. He walked in on what looked like a Kodak moment. His niece was there with Asha and they were playing a game, while Logan was cooking. It made him sick. Logan was having a grand time while Ben was dead.
Logan looked at him as he stood there. " Ben or Alec?" he asked cautiously.
" Alec," he said. He just wished he could go up to him and strangle the life out of him. He kept looking at Logan but his words were directed at Asha. " Take the kid and go outside."
Asha looked at him like he was mad. " Are you nuts? It's after eight Alec."
Logan knew that Alec wanted to talk to him about the pictures. He didn't need the little girl to here what they were going to talk about. He opened his drawer and pulled out some money. " Asha you can take her to the Dairy Bar to buy dessert. I forgot to pick it up." Asha understanding what was going on went to Logan and took the money. She lifted the little girl up and carried her out the door.
Alec looked at Logan and squinted his eye. Logan looked right back at him. " You couldn't just leave it alone?"
He was tired of having this argument. " Alec Ben needs help. I'm sure Sketchy sees that now."
" Logan, he was fine. He was doing great but you had a problem with that, so you messed things up."
Logan knew he was right all along. Ben had obviously did something wrong. " What did he do?"
Alec tried to stay calm; he wasn't ready to get angry just yet. " Ben didn't do anything."
" Then what's the problem?"
Alec stopped closer to him and Logan stepped back. " He didn't do anything and now he's dead."
How could he be dead? " How did it happen?"
That's all Logan could say? How did it happen? Not even a sorry for lose or is Max okay? He just wanted to know how he managed to get rid of him. " You're pictures. Sketchy didn't see them but Normal did."
" Normal killed him?"
Once again no form of regret in his voice. " No he called the police, they killed him."
" Well too bad."
" He didn't even try to run. He didn't fight them. He just took it."
He didn't know what Alec was expecting him to say. He couldn't feel sorry for Ben.
Alec stepped up closer to Logan looking murderous. " You know something," he said.
" What."
Alec laughed at how scared Logan looked. " There are many ways to kill a man. You can throw them off a building similar to this one, you can hunt them down then pull their teeth out. Or you can go for the old approach, use a good old gun."
Logan eyes grew wide. What was Alec trying to say?
Alec took out his gun and began to clean it. " A gun just like this one." Logan began to look nervously at the door and all over the room. He could see he was beginning to sweat. Alec continued to torture him. " All you have to do is point," he pointed the gun at Logan. " You were afraid that Ben would come in here one night and decide he wanted to kill you?"
Logan said nothing. He couldn't breath. Alec was acting like a psychopath. Logan was afraid to say anything in case he said the wrong thing.
" Logan, Ben, wasn't going to kill you, he didn't have anything against you. Me on the other hand." He stopped and smiled.
" Alec you don't want to do this."
" Oh yes I do." He aimed it at him. " You know I was clone of him? Maybe what made him snap just made me snap?" he laughed. " Maybe I have a that murderous gene you were so afraid of."
Logan could feel his life slipping away from him.
" Think about it Logan, all I have to do I pull the trigger." Logan had a pleading look on his face. " But I'm not going to do that?" he took the gun down. Logan looked relived. " I wasn't going to kill you. Max needs me; I can't help her when I'm behind bars. I just wanted you to see how scared Ben was. When an X5 can't defend himself, he must be really scared."
Logan began to breath again. Alec moved closer to him. " Don't ever forget what you did to him. While you sit here and enjoy your happy little life just remember that you took one and hurt many others while doing it."
Alec gave him one last look and began to walk away. He turned around and said, " Boo." Logan jumped almost falling. " I always knew you were a loser."
Logan let out a sigh when Alec left his apartment. He scared the shit out of him, literarily.
Alec walked out in the hallway and saw Asha coming back up. " Do your self a favor and get rid of that clown before he ruins your life."
Asha looked at him. She could tell something was wrong with him.
********* Alec went back home and put his gun away and went back to Max. He put his hands where it was before he left.
Max got up and looked over at him. She leaned over him and passed her hand trough her hair. He looked up at her and gazed into her eyes. Her hands traveled down to his lips. She looked down at him. " Even tough you have his face, you still don't look like him."
" What do you mean?"
" You do certain things with your face that's totally different." She saw him give a half pout, half smile. " Like that." She smiled and rested her head on his chest.
He played with her hair. " Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
" A good thing."
NOTE: Did you actually think I would make Alec kill Logan? Shame on you.
Max got up from the cold asphalt after about half an hour of crying. She walked up to Normal who was sitting inside wiping away blood from the floor. " Don't tell anyone about the pictures. Just say it was a mistake." Normal nodded.
Max went back outside and got on her bike and drove away. She had to tell Alec what happened. She needed him so much.
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Max came in Alec and apartment and called out for him. " Alec." She didn't get a reply. " Alec," she called again. He wasn't home.
She went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. She looked at her hands; blood was all over them. She washed them quickly. She remembered putting her hands on Ben's wound and looking at the blood.
When she walked out she saw Alec standing at the doorway. Tears immediately flooded her eyes again. She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him.
Alec hugged Max tightly. He didn't know what was going on but he knew that she needed him to hold her. " Max, what is it?"
" Ben's gone," She said over some sobs.
" No, he's at work."
She pulled back from him and looked him in the eye. " He got shot."
He pulled her back into his arms. " Please tell me he's alright." He was asking the question but he already knew the answer.
" No, he dead."
Alec felt a shot a pain travel trough his body. " Who did it?"
" It was Logan," she cried. " He gave Sketchy pictures of the people he killed. Sketchy threw them away but Normal found it. Normal called the police. He thought it was mistake but one of the officers killed him. I guess they knew he was transgenic." Max looked up at him and saw the anger in his eyes, the hurt and pain. She took his hand led him to the bedroom.
She went on the bed and he followed her. She took his arms and wrapped it around her. He held her tightly as she cried. Alec felt a warm tear flow down the side of his face. That was the first time he cried in front of Max.
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An hour later when Max was asleep Alec slowly moved his arms from around her. He crept off the bed trying not to make noise. He put on his jacket and went to a drawer and took out a gun.
He went to look at Max to make sure she was still asleep. Seeing she was fine he left the apartment quietly.
********** HOSPITAL
He looked at the body of his lifeless clone. He didn't know if to feel angry or sad. He looked at the wound that pieced his chest. He wasn't running away when it happened. He was shot form the front. He looked at his body for any sign of struggled. There was none. He didn't even try to defend himself.
The doctor looked at Alec cautiously. She could tell he had a lot going trough his mind. She knew it was always comforting to talk to those in pain. " Was he your twin?"
Alec looked up at her startled at first then his features grew calm. " Yeah." He stepped away from the body.
The doctor knew he couldn't take it anymore she pushed in the long metal stretcher and closed the drawer.
Alec made up his mind, he was angry. He didn't need to die. It could have been avoided. All the pain and fear Ben experienced was because of Logan.
********** Alec let himself in Logan's apartment. He walked in on what looked like a Kodak moment. His niece was there with Asha and they were playing a game, while Logan was cooking. It made him sick. Logan was having a grand time while Ben was dead.
Logan looked at him as he stood there. " Ben or Alec?" he asked cautiously.
" Alec," he said. He just wished he could go up to him and strangle the life out of him. He kept looking at Logan but his words were directed at Asha. " Take the kid and go outside."
Asha looked at him like he was mad. " Are you nuts? It's after eight Alec."
Logan knew that Alec wanted to talk to him about the pictures. He didn't need the little girl to here what they were going to talk about. He opened his drawer and pulled out some money. " Asha you can take her to the Dairy Bar to buy dessert. I forgot to pick it up." Asha understanding what was going on went to Logan and took the money. She lifted the little girl up and carried her out the door.
Alec looked at Logan and squinted his eye. Logan looked right back at him. " You couldn't just leave it alone?"
He was tired of having this argument. " Alec Ben needs help. I'm sure Sketchy sees that now."
" Logan, he was fine. He was doing great but you had a problem with that, so you messed things up."
Logan knew he was right all along. Ben had obviously did something wrong. " What did he do?"
Alec tried to stay calm; he wasn't ready to get angry just yet. " Ben didn't do anything."
" Then what's the problem?"
Alec stopped closer to him and Logan stepped back. " He didn't do anything and now he's dead."
How could he be dead? " How did it happen?"
That's all Logan could say? How did it happen? Not even a sorry for lose or is Max okay? He just wanted to know how he managed to get rid of him. " You're pictures. Sketchy didn't see them but Normal did."
" Normal killed him?"
Once again no form of regret in his voice. " No he called the police, they killed him."
" Well too bad."
" He didn't even try to run. He didn't fight them. He just took it."
He didn't know what Alec was expecting him to say. He couldn't feel sorry for Ben.
Alec stepped up closer to Logan looking murderous. " You know something," he said.
" What."
Alec laughed at how scared Logan looked. " There are many ways to kill a man. You can throw them off a building similar to this one, you can hunt them down then pull their teeth out. Or you can go for the old approach, use a good old gun."
Logan eyes grew wide. What was Alec trying to say?
Alec took out his gun and began to clean it. " A gun just like this one." Logan began to look nervously at the door and all over the room. He could see he was beginning to sweat. Alec continued to torture him. " All you have to do is point," he pointed the gun at Logan. " You were afraid that Ben would come in here one night and decide he wanted to kill you?"
Logan said nothing. He couldn't breath. Alec was acting like a psychopath. Logan was afraid to say anything in case he said the wrong thing.
" Logan, Ben, wasn't going to kill you, he didn't have anything against you. Me on the other hand." He stopped and smiled.
" Alec you don't want to do this."
" Oh yes I do." He aimed it at him. " You know I was clone of him? Maybe what made him snap just made me snap?" he laughed. " Maybe I have a that murderous gene you were so afraid of."
Logan could feel his life slipping away from him.
" Think about it Logan, all I have to do I pull the trigger." Logan had a pleading look on his face. " But I'm not going to do that?" he took the gun down. Logan looked relived. " I wasn't going to kill you. Max needs me; I can't help her when I'm behind bars. I just wanted you to see how scared Ben was. When an X5 can't defend himself, he must be really scared."
Logan began to breath again. Alec moved closer to him. " Don't ever forget what you did to him. While you sit here and enjoy your happy little life just remember that you took one and hurt many others while doing it."
Alec gave him one last look and began to walk away. He turned around and said, " Boo." Logan jumped almost falling. " I always knew you were a loser."
Logan let out a sigh when Alec left his apartment. He scared the shit out of him, literarily.
Alec walked out in the hallway and saw Asha coming back up. " Do your self a favor and get rid of that clown before he ruins your life."
Asha looked at him. She could tell something was wrong with him.
********* Alec went back home and put his gun away and went back to Max. He put his hands where it was before he left.
Max got up and looked over at him. She leaned over him and passed her hand trough her hair. He looked up at her and gazed into her eyes. Her hands traveled down to his lips. She looked down at him. " Even tough you have his face, you still don't look like him."
" What do you mean?"
" You do certain things with your face that's totally different." She saw him give a half pout, half smile. " Like that." She smiled and rested her head on his chest.
He played with her hair. " Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
" A good thing."
NOTE: Did you actually think I would make Alec kill Logan? Shame on you.