Just In time part 2

………………..And the familiars were lying on the ground in a pool of blood.

Max stood frozen in fear. The familiar smell of cigar smoke drifted up her nostrils. She slowly turned around to see Alec and Mole standing behind her.

"Maxie, what would you do without me?" Alec Teased with his usual charm. Max looked around her to see most of the population of terminal city standing around her.

Instead of one of her usual smart-ass remarks all Max could come out with was "I don't know"

"How did you know what was going on, how did you know we needed help?"

"Dix here worked it out" Dix gave Max a small nod as he holstered his gun "You've not let them kill Vin right? He still owes me $50 from out last poker game" Alec added

"Right here" Vin waved "But I seem to remember it being the other way round"

Joshua and Otto were stood glaring at everyone else "We don't have time for this" Otto shouted. Joshua was holding a limp Sandeman in his arms "We need to get him back. Maybe White can tell us what is wrong with him"

"White?" Alec snorted.

"Yeah long story, he claims to be one of the good guys now"

"I find that hard to believe"

Joshua was sat in the back of one of the cars "talk later need to save father!" He pleaded. Alec, Mole, Logan Otto and max jumped in.

"Where to then?" Mole asked from the drivers seat

"About 10 miles down the road, after the bridge there's a small road leading off down the side of the river. Take that"

Alec picked up his radio "ok were moving out"

"You get Sandeman out of here, we have more Familiars coming our way we'll stay and hold them off" Zack shouted back down the radio.

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Joshua burst through the door holding Sandeman in his arms "We got father" Lydecker was sat near white who was lying on the couch mopping his head with a wet towel and breathing heavily. Lydecker took a glance at Sandeman.

"Get him to the medical station" Otto lead Joshua away to a room filled with medical equipment and placed Sandeman on the table. Lydecker rolled his sleeves up and began to attach Sandeman to Various machines. White walked in with his cane he was now looking almost as bad as Sandeman.

"They have done the same thing to him as they did to me. All he needs is a blood transfusion from Max" Every one, including Lydecker gave white a sceptical look. Lydecker sighed then Grabbed Max's arm and placed the needle in it.

"Ouch!" Max moaned

Lydecker shook his head "I taught you kids that pain is nothing" He put the other end of the IV into Sandemans upper arm.

"Were not you're kids anymore Donald" Lydecker said nothing but just sneered at her. Everyone left the room but Max, Joshua and White.

White pulled a chair up and sat next to Max "I not you're enemy anymore, what they did to me, and to Sandeman. Were not familiars anymore were just like anyone else. It wasn't me who had a grudge against you people, it was the familiars and I'm not one of them anymore" White felt sick inside for what he had just said.

"Father" Joshua shouted. Sandeman was beginning to wake up. White slowly pulled himself up and looked at Sandeman "His going to be fine now" He spoke to no one in particular. He tore the IV from Sandemans arm. Joshua gave him a small growl, white ignored him, but White knew how much Joshua hated him, and he also knew that Joshua could tear him apart within seconds. White didn't show it but he was terrified of Joshua.

"I held up part of the deal Max, now its time for you to return the favour" White Put the IV in his own arm, he didn't give Max a chance to answer him. He could already feel the blood flowing through him, healing every part of his body. White had never felt so good before. The same however couldn't be said for Max who was now beginning to feel a little dizzy.

Sandeman had now come around "Joshua" He marvelled at the sight of his first 'son' his special son. He saw Max and recognised her instantly. So his plan had come together, the familiars were going down. He then looked at the man next to her.

"Ames!" White looked at his father. He didn't know what to think. He didn't feel the resentment he thought that he would.

"Don't think for a second that I'm on your side I'm just not on their side"

"If you say so Sandeman chuckled" He lowered himself back down onto his bed

"You need to rest father" Joshua commented

Max looked at white "I think you've had enough" And she pulled the IV from her arm "Come on josh, let him rest for a while" They both left the room followed by white, who had a huge grin on his face. He took a look at his cane then broke it in two with his foot

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Logan had quietly crept away while everyone else was talking. He moved down the hallway and entered Sandeman's room "Hi Herman" Logan Smiled slightly

"Logan my old friend" Sandeman extended his arm and Logan shook his hand "You have done a great job of keeping Eyes Only on the air"

"I take it you weren't killed then" Logan interrogated Sandeman

"I needed to make it look like I was. There were people looking to kill me, trying to stop me from finishing my work. Surely now you can understand that Logan"

"Why didn't you just tell me what you were doing, why you had to leave? Instead you turn your back on everything, everything you said was lies"

"Somehow Logan, I don't think that you would have believed me. And everything I told you was the truth. The Eyes Only network to begin with, was just a way for me to extend my research, but I realised that I could use Eyes Only to help people, to make this world a better place"

Logan glared at Sandeman "A lot of people died because of you" Then he hastily left the room.

It took a few days for Sandeman to fully recover, by then most of the transgenics had left and gone back to Seattle. Once Sandeman had recovered he spent most of the days in his laboratory with Max, Sam and Joshua working as fast as he could to make the cure. White and Lydecker had kept away from everyone else and mainly didn't speak to Sandeman. Sandeman had performed almost every test imaginable on Max, Sam and Joshua. Sandeman had just announced to Joshua that he had almost finished when they were all startled. The sound of gunshots and shouting could be heard from outside. A moment later Ben, Zack and Logan burst into the Laboratory

"We need to leave now. They know we're here" Ben said trying to catch his breath. Max noticed blood was oozing from bens shoulder, he saw the hocked look on Max's face.

"No need to worry Maxie. The bone stopped the bullet, but we need to leave. NOW"

"Where can we go?" Sandeman Panicked

There was a silence for a few seconds before Joshua spoke "Home"

"Home?" Zack repeated

"Home, Terminal City we all can protect father there. If they come we fight them. I'm tired of running and hiding from everything. Im tired of living in the basement all my life" Joshua stated

Max gazed at the Dog-man. He may appear child-like but she took in the intelligent statement that he had just made He is no different that any of us. Max smiled to herself "Yeah, its time to stop running" running was what She, Joshua and every other transgenic had been doing their whole lives no matter how different, or how similar they all are they all wanted the same thing, to stop running.

"Were going home people. Its time to turn the tables"

TBC……………….

A/N well there you have it. Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long this time :p