A/N As promised here is the next chapter. Thanks for all your comments and interest in the story

Chapter 4

As the song finished Max whispered in Alec ear. To anyone watching it looked like a young couple in love whispering sweet nothing in each other ears but in this case Max was tell Alec to go create a distraction while she leaves to go up stairs.

Alec made his way over to the other side of the room near the entrance, were a table of full of gifts from guests had been placed. Alec saw the opportunity here to create a little havoc. At first he start to sway his steps looking a little drunk and unstable on his feet as he got nearer the table the guard nearer to him started to focus there attention on him.

At this time Max approached the guard nearest the stairs "Oh my god, I'm so embarrassed. That man over there is my husband and I'm afraid he's had too much to drink, could you help." She said in a helpless tone.

The guard looked up at Alec "The other men nearer to him have an eye on him. I'm sure he'll be fine."

However just then a guard approached Alec as he pretended to fall over "Get off me," he shout out pushing the guard back and throw himself at the table of gifts. The table not being able to hold his weight crashed loudly to the floor. Now everyone including the guests had Alec attention as the music stop and people were whispering to each other about Alec's disgraceful behaviour.

"Oh god, help can you help him" Max turn to the guard at the stairs pretending to sob.

Seeing Max sob the guard sign "I'll take him out side for some fresh air, ok."

"Oh thank you," Max sniffed

As soon as the guard left her at the stairs, Max blurred up them into the corridor. She begin checking the rooms one by one looking for where the intel would be kept.

Outside the guard held up Alec still pretending to be drunk "Look, look guy I'm really sorry, just had a little too much free booze."

"Your wife is inside I'll bring her out and she can take you home," he said to Alec

"NO, No, really I'm fine don't spoil the party for her just leave her, she be fine" Alec said sounding more sober. "I'll just sit here for a little while and hang out with you."

"Look pal, just wait here and I'll get your wife," the guard said firmly.

"Shit I really dont want to have to do this," Alec muttered before punching the guard knocking him out. Looking around Alec spotted I bush and hid the unconscious guard in there. Then head back in the building and up the stair to find Max before the guard woke up. Max was just coming out of the another room when she spotted him.

"Alec what are you doing hear?" Max said surprised.

"Had to knock out the guard so we need to move quickly before he's found or wakes up"

"Alec, you knocked him out," Max signed "great well you take that room and see if you can find anything and Ill take this room. These are the last two so hopeful whatever we're looking for is in here."

With that Alec left Max and begin to search the room, while Max did the same. It wasn't long before Max found a safe in what look like the senator's study "This looks promising," Max pressed her ear to the safe and begin turning the dial.

Outside a passing guard noticed something strange in one of the bushes. When he got a closer look he saw the guard Alec knocked out. "Shit, we got a man down in the north east garden be on the alert for any suspects." He barked the orders down to the other guards on their radio. One of the guards reapplied "There is no one by the stair case someone may have gone up stairs. I"ll check it out."

"Just little more," she whisper into the safe before she could open it. "Now lets see what's in here." She picked up the paper looking through them for anything interesting then heard something outside. Slipping in between the door and the wall she saw a men enter the room but it wasn't Alec.

"Crap" she thought the safe door was ajar it was only a matter of time before he realised someone had been in here and she could hide forever.

Just then the guard saw the safe and was walking over to it with his back turned Max knew this was her only tactical option to strike from behind surprising him hopeful knocking the gun from his hand then she would have the advantage in hand to hand combat.

"God I hate it when I think like a soldier from Maticore, but it does come in handy," Max thought as she silent sneaked behind the guard pulled back her arm preparing to hit him...

"Hey Max you find anything" Alec walked in the room oblivious to the situation at first. The guard turned around to see Max as she ducked kicking his feet away from the floor. Alec ran toward the Max to help with the guard but the noise of the fighting must have caught other guards attention and three more show up at the door.

"Great" Max said sarcastically to Alec as she punched the guy on the floor, satisfied that he wasn't getting up any time soon turned her attention to the three guards that Alec was fighting.

Alec wasn't doing so bad he could handle three guys by himself but with Max also helping hopeful they could take them down and get the hell out of there. Max and Alec failed to notice as they were finishing off the three guys that the one behind Max had gotten back up he picked up his gun back Max in her usual dislike for them had removed the magazine. This didn't stop him from holding the barrel of the and with a thunderous crack smack the hard handle against Max's head sending her to the floor.

"Max!" Alec yelled out.

Now enraged by the fact Max was hurt Alec punch the guard that hit her sending him to the other side of the room. Then Alec pick up Max , he knew he couldn't to down the stairs and out of the main exit. With Max over one shoulder he grab a chair with his free hands smashing it through the large window before leaping out into garden and blurring all the way to Logan's.