My enemy's enemy is my friend

Terminal City infirmary

Max stormed into Alec's room in the infirmary. Alec couldn't tell if Max was angry or upset. He decided that he had better not take any chances and pretended to be asleep. She stood over his bedside "Alec?" She said gently placing a hand on his shoulder. Deciding that she was here to give him sympathy, now would be a good time to 'wake up'

"Maxie" He smiled pretending that her hand woke him

"How are you feeling?" She asked gently

"Never better" Alec replied cockily

"Good" Max said, her tone changing "Because if you are feeling better I can do this" She raised her arm and slapped him across the face "What the hell were you thinking? You could have been killed. You could have got Joshua or Zack killed. And you just decided to bring some hostages back. What is wrong with you" she finished slapping him once more

"Max, it's not like it was my idea" He tried to defend himself while rubbing his face where Max had attacked him, but max had already stormed out of the door.

Max and Zack had walked over to an old storage facility where Zack and Mole had locked up the hostages "Open it up" Max nodded to one of the X6's who had being assigned to stand guard. The X6 stood aside and opened the door. "Come on" Max pointed to Clemente and the cop who shot Alec. The other three men began to stand "Not you, you deserve to rot in here for what you have done" she slammed the door closed on them.

"Max" Detective Clemente Began smiling coolly

"Detective Clemente, nice to see you again" "This wasn't anything to do with me you know, I'm just cleaning their mess up" She added with a hint of embarrassment

"Either way, it was handled fairly well whoever did it"

"Yeah right" Max trailed off not wanting to give Alec any praise.

"So what is going on here what do you people want?"

"First, we get you both some breakfast, and then we talk about what is going to happen here. So, what would you gentleman like?" Max asked

"What have you got?" Clemente enquired

"More than you think"

"A coffee would be great" Clemente joked

"And You" Max asked the other cop politely

"I'll umm have the same as him" he said, clearly showing that he was not comfortable around these people. Max lead them over to a Room near the command centre in which a table had being set up and was covered in a selection of food, which didn't look all that bad considering where they were right now. Max invited them to take a seat.

"Wow, this is looking great" Clemente commented

"We always treat our guests well" Max Joked. "Well I will leave you two to eat" she finished as she left the room shutting the door behind her. She walked over to Logan "Seem to be enjoying your culinary delights"

"They should be, I spent the best part of my morning cooking it for them" Logan added

"You know, you have never cooked breakfast for me"

"Well it's just that you have never being around in the morning" He smiled

"Maybe that could happen sometime soon. And the breakfast better be good"

"Oh, it will be good" Logan Grinned cheekily as Max playfully pushed him away

Somewhere in Montana

Sandeman took his cane and walked to Lydecker and Otto and smiled "Well he found his way there. And it is only a matter of time before Cale figures the runes out. The real ones should be appearing. Now we need to begin preparations" Said Sandeman as he clapped his hands. Ben, who had been listening from around the corner approached the three men "Yes, 493"

"Sir, when this is all over, can we have what you promised me, what you promised us. I've had enough Sir. I want it all to stop"

The 'Meeting' room, Terminal city

Max Logan and Zack walked in to find that Clemente and the other cop, Armstrong had almost cleared the table of food. They all took a seat. Max was the first to speak "enjoy that?"

"Not bad at all Max. So what is going on here?"

"Ideally we let you go and the world leaves us alone" Zack said

"But we all know that's not going to happen, as much as we both want a peaceful end to this" Clemente added

"We can always try, and if not compromise detective"

"So what do we do Max, you're the one calling the shots here, not us" Clemente said getting impatient"

"First you call your boss and tell him that you are OK" Logan replied handing a phone to Clemente

"Its Clemente" He began "The transgenics haven't eaten any of us yet, in fact they have been quite hospitable, Yes" He handed to phone to Max "They want to speak to you" Max put the phone on speakerphone

"Go for Max" She chanted casually

"Who am I speaking to?" the voice asked

"Call me 452"

"Well 452, we have a deal for you. You give up the hostages, and then you surrender yourselves back into military control, that way you all get to live"

"And what if we don't like your little deal, because going to Manticore number 2 doesn't sound so appealing, even if we are trapped in Terminal City"

"Well then what do you suggest 452" The voice asked

"How about we give you the hostages back and you stop the whole trying to hunt us down dealio?" Max retorted

"Listen 452" The voice replied, now a little louder "You better start doing as you are ordered or things will get very nasty"

Max slammed the phone down on the table "Well, that went as expected. I think we are done for now anyway"

"So what do we do with these guys now Max?" Zack asked

Turning to Clemente max began to speak "Do you promise to be good boys"

"Yes Max" Clemente replied playing along

"Good, then you can stay around here, just make sure we know where you are" Max finished

"Max, is it really a good Idea to leave them by themselves?" Zack asked

"Its not as if they can hurt anyone is it Zack. They will be ok"

"I suppose so" Zack walked off towards Mole. As Max and Logan were passing through the command centre Dix approached them

"Hey, max Logan. Someone threw this over the fence early this morning. I'm guessing it's for Sam" Dix Passed a brown envelope to Max. The envelope simply had the number 453 written across it.

"Thanks Dix, I'll give this to her"

Max knocked on Sam's door, something which she rarely did "You got Mail" Max Joked passing the envelope over to Sam. She opened it and a look of horror appeared on her face. She stumbled backwards and slid down to the floor as she began to cry hysterically. Max and Logan instinctively moved towards her to comfort her, Logan picked up the envelope which she had dropped, Inside was a photograph of a man and a young boy, both filled with gunshot wounds.

"Oh my god" Both Max and Logan said at the same time "That's sick" Max continued. She Placed an arm around Sam "Hey, I'm so sorry" Max began

"Please, I just wanna be alone right now" Sam sobbed. Normally Max would have persisted, however she just never felt comfortable around Sam, and Sam the same around Max. Both Max and Logan left Sam and walked outside. Logan looked over at Max

"We will find them, and stop them Max" Logan said gently

"Yeah, I know" Max replied "About that, last night the runes disappeared, and then a whole new set came up, they were really painful this time Can you take a look at these?"

"Of course I will Max" Logan went to get his camera and met Max in what looked like was once some kind of restaurant. Max sat on a chair and removed her top. She noticed Logan's surprise and seductively smiled back.

"Ok" Logan placed his hand on Max's shoulder and began to move it down her body. He could see the Goosebumps appear all over max

"Cold" Max said. Logan, still running his hand over Max's back reached for his camera and began to take photos

"I can't make much sense of them right now. I'll have to take a closer look later on" Max turned and smiled at Logan "You know, these are similar the runes that Sam showed me. Max's mood suddenly changed and she pulled her top back on

"Thanks for this Logan but I've gotta go do something. Catch ya later"

Somewhere in Seattle

A black SUV pulled up and a very worn out looking White staggered out. He slammed the door behind him and leaned against the car to regain his balance. He staggered over the road and almost fell through the door of a pharmacy. He dragged himself around the pharmacy scouring the shelves looking very lost when a woman approached him "Can I help you sir?" she asked with concern in her voice

"I need painkillers" White said in mono-tone. He was now just one of them; he felt pain like the rest of the scum, he was worthless.

"This is all we have here, but there not very strong" She took another concerned look at white "you look terrible, you should get yourself to a hospital"

"I'll be fine" White sneered back. He took the pain killers and threw a handful of change at the woman before staggering out of the door and back into his car. He fell into his seat and shoved a handful of the pills down his neck. He took a few deep breaths before turning the keys and drove off. "Fe'nos'tol" He growled as he downed more of the pills.

Terminal City: Command centre

Logan was Talking with Dix, and showing him how to do something with his computer when Joshua walked over "Hey Logan. What you doing?" He asked in a friendly manner.

"Trying to figure something out" Logan replied still concentrating on something else. Joshua noticed the laptop and a stack of photos next to Logan. He picked up the photos and tilted his head to one side as he began to study them.

"The one who shall bring this destiny to an end. All life is sacred. Saviour of humans. Enemy of the conclave. 10,000 Years of …………."

Logan interrupted Joshua "JOSHUA! You can read these?" Logan shouted causing Joshua to move back a little

"Yes, Father, Father showed me how"

"Does any of it mean anything to you?"

"No" Joshua replied disappointed that he couldn't help Logan. Logan picked up another stack of photos

"What about these?" Logan asked

"Numbers, Lots of numbers and big calculations. Bring this to an end at 43783 48837" Joshua said quizzically tilting his head to the other side

"Bring this to an end? They could be GPS Coordinates" Logan said to himself

"43783 48837" Dix repeated that's the location of where Manticore was" Dix added. Logan looked at Dix, and then moved his eyes over to Joshua.

"Joshua I need you to go find Max and Sam, Then help me figure these out, ok big fella?"

"Yes Logan" Joshua smiled "So we find Father?"

"I really hope so Josh"

Police/National guard command centre outside Terminal City

White's SUV pulled up outside a Van which was being used as the command centre. He took the bottle of pills to find that he was out. He took a few deep breaths before stepping out of the car waving his badge around "Agent White FBI. Who is in charge here?" he shouted weakly.

"I am, Colonel Lydecker. You are?" Lydecker said as he finally looked at the man who had approached him"

"White/Lydecker!" They both growled at the same time. White could feel the strength draining out of him. He reached out to grab something to stop himself from falling, but had no luck and fell to the ground. He pulled himself into a semi-sitting position and looked Lydecker in the eyes and developed a mocking grin on his face.

"We both want the same thing out of this Donald. I could be a bigger asset than you think"

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