A/n: at last, the answer you've all been waiting for…

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Chapter 7: Betrayal

Max parked her motorcycle outside Sebastian's and killed the engine. She wondered what the hell she was doing. Logan had betrayed her, and it hurt worse than anything else she could remember. That he had been through an experience like that and never told her…

She wondered if she should just leave. Take her bike and head for Canada, like Zack had wanted. It was true that the only thing tying her to Seattle was Logan. If he couldn't even be honest with her what was the point in staying?

The door slid open and Sebastian rolled out, only the hum of his electric wheelchair breaking the silence. "Are you going to come in or not?" He asked.

"I, uh, don't know yet. Not sure what I'm doing here." Max tried to smile, but it was more like a grimace of pain.

"Logan told you?" Said Sebastian, coming a little closer.

"Yes. Eventually."

"Better late than never, Max."

"Why did he do it, Sebastian? Why did he lie to me, all this time?"

"He didn't lie. He just didn't tell the truth."

"And the difference is?"

"He has a very good reason for not wanting to remember."

"Like what?" She said, sceptically.

"I think you should be asking him that."

"Yeah, right. Getting Logan to open up about himself is like getting blood from a stone."

"Did you never wonder what happened to him, to make him that way?"

"I wondered," she conceded. "But I never figured it out."

"He's got very good at hiding it, over the years. Logan is complicated."

Max rolled her eyes. "Tell me about it."

"But maybe you can get through to him that he doesn't need to hide all the time."

"As if he'd listen to me."

"I've known Logan since he was eleven years old. Believe me, I know him better than anyone else alive. He'd do anything for you, maybe even remember his past. Talk to him, Max. He needs you."

"Needs me so much he won't even let me in."

"He did just get a pretty big shock. He could have a son, Max, we both could. Perhaps more than one."

"How old could they be, Sebastian?"

"Not as old as you, certainly. There is no way our DNA could have been cloned, genetically engineered and in-vitroed in time to be part of the X5 group. We don't know if our genetic material was ever used."

"How do we find out?"

"Logan and I are going to call in some old friends."

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So, what did you think? Should I be packing my thermals and buying huskies?