Mistaken

White sat behind his desk, a sick smile across his face. He knew about the sick X-5's and he knew that TC SIC, the so-called Alec McDowell was grievously ill.

"Everything is going to plan."

"Max you are not going to believe this, the army are asking if we need medical equipment."

"I thought they were the ones who did it!"

"I am beginning to think that White might be behind this."

"Would make sense, I think that we could safely say that Alec is probably on the top of his hit list. Alec has escaped white more time than I have. He may be an idiot but he's not stupid. He sure knows how to get out of a sticky situation."

"Maybe that's why you love him." Said Logan, the words didn't hurt as much as he thought it would.

"Yeah, it is. Amongst other things."

Max once again sat at Max sat at Alec's side, the whoosh of the ventilator and the beep of the heart monitor, the only sounds in the room.

Max was slowly loosing hope. They hadn't found a cure and four of the X-5's had woken up from their coma's and where on the road to recovery. But Alec was getting worse, which only confirmed everyone's fears. This was targeted at Alec.

A phone began to ring, at first Max thought nothing of it, but it continued to ring and no one answered.

"Ill get it shall I?" she said as she stood up and walked to the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello 452. Hows 494?"

"White,"

"Bingo,"

"What do you want?"

"I have a proposition for you. You give me the whereabouts of my son, and I will give you the antidote for 494."

"So it was you."

"Of course, and before you ask. Yes I did mean for other transgenics to fall ill. I wanted to make it look like an epidemic long enough so that 494 would get to this stage. I am his only hope now."

"You won't help him, you'll just…"

Max was interrupted.

"Max, we think we've found a cure."

"Turns out your not his only hope White." She said and then hung up the phone.

"Does it work?"

"I don't know, we haven't got anyone else to try it on. I'm not going to sugar coat this Max, even with the cure it's a fifty-fifty chance. But he is going to die otherwise."

"Do it!" Max said without any hesitation.

If this was Alec's only chance, the she wasn't going to waster it.

Sorry it took so long and sorry its so short. The next chapter will be a hell of a lot longer I promise. I am going to wrap this story up in the next chapter so. Please review and tell me what you think.