The shrill tone of Alec's cell phone cut through the silence.

"Alec, I thought you turned that ringer off."

"Shut up, I was too busy trying to hear Sebastian on the last call. It's hard enough to understand him when we're in the same room."

"My ears work fine, you know," the mechanical voice droned into Alec's ear.

"Sorry, Seb. Whaddya got?"

"Matt Sung called."

"Really, Sebastian? Now, who is he again?" Alec held the phone away from his ear and grimaced at Max.

Sebastian's monotone voiced seemed to get louder by a few decibels.

"Don't play stupid with me, Alec. I know you called him. Matt asked for you in the message! You knew Logan's old police contact was off limits. When Matt almost got killed, Logan felt responsible. He wanted Matt and his family to be safe. Logan didn't think Matt would go willingly, so he forced him out and stopped all contact. Don't you think we could have used him over the years? If you suck him into this, Logan is going to kill you."

"Yeah, well Logan isn't here, is he?" Alec muttered.

"Alec, you can stop pretending that you weren't the one who called Matt," Sebastian went on. "Besides, Matt asked specifically for you. Want the number?"

"I got it," Alec answered.

"Oh yeah, I forgot," Sebastian signed off, "X5 memory, you guys never forget anything."

There was a click, then silence.

Alec pressed the release button and bit his lip, eyeing Max.

Alec tried to catch up with Max, but she barely glanced back then started off again.

"Max, I gotta go back to the morgue."

"Yeah, so I heard." Came her terse reply.

"Max! Wait up a second." Alec stooped to pick up a quarter-sized rock, and, in the same motion, flicked it at Max's retreating back, 40 feet away.

"Ow! What the hell is wrong with you, Alec?" Max whirled around, her dark eyes blazing.

"Max, what're we doing? The trail must be cold by now. It's still pretty dark. We should go to the morgue, and then come back," Alec said impatiently.

"I can't go to the morgue yet, okay?" Max went on. "Logan left that note for me to find. He's close, I know it."

"Max, I'm trying to help you, but you're moving so fast I can't even keep up. We went over the boathouse twice. There's no sign that Logan somehow dragged himself out of there. We know he didn't leave in his chair. If he left in a boat, we don't have any way of tracking him. It's been at least 30 hours and he's probably long gone. I want to find him just as badly as-"

"Oh, I highly doubt that." Max spat out.

"How dare you say that? I've been hanging around your place for the past four months, keeping an eye on your family. I taught Eva all that stuff you asked me to, after I almost took a coffee mug to the head from Logan for suggesting it. I was here in Seattle doing your job-".

"Like you had anything better to do!"

"F- you, Max." Alec dropped the bag he had been carrying, "Look for him yourself."

Alec turned and climbed straight up the vertical embankment and was gone.