Instincts - 7/?
Title: Instincts 7/?
Author: Liv darkmagic_luvr
Fandom: Dark Angel
Characters: Max, Alec, Logan, Asha
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers through season two. AU through Designate This.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Dark Angel. Any characters you don’t recognize are original and should not be used without my permission.
Author’s Note: Written as part of my alphabet meme for jazmin22, the prompt was ‘instinct’. This couldn’t be contained in a one shot, so it’ll be multi-chaptered. First Dark Angel fic.
Summery: There was really only one way he could keep both their asses safe, he just didn't think she'd kiss him back.
part 1| part 2|part 3| part 4| part 5| part 6
“It’s a three day walk to Seattle,” said Alec, walking out of the lining of trees to stand at the edge of the road in front of them, Max right behind him. “Unless we find a car to steal, we aren’t going to get there any faster.”
“So find a car,” said Max. Alec tossed a look over his shoulder, telling her to shut up and start walking. She aimed a kick at the back of his leg, and jogged a couple feet past him so she wouldn’t have to talk to him, or look at him. He hadn’t been very pleasant when she came back to her cell, and if she didn’t know better she’d say that he was jea-
“So, Maxie, what’s so special about ‘Eyes Only’?”
“I told you not to call me that,” snapped Max, avoiding the question. She scoffed to herself. Jealous? Alec? No way. The thought didn’t stop the itch on the back of her neck when his eyes flickered over her. She focused on what Joshua had said, about Alec being her Mate. Psh, whateve. Like he was her anything.
“Well?”
Max’s head snapped around, glaring at him over her shoulder. “Well, what?”
“Eyes Only. He some fancy pants rich guy who likes to make the little guys nervous?”
“He’s not like that,” hissed Max. She folded her arms across her chest and turned her head back to the road. Her face was screwed up in a frown. “I mean…he lives in a penthouse, but he’s a good guy.”
“Like Batman.”
“Who?”
“I think he’s a comic book character or something,” muttered Alec. He went quiet for a few moments, and the two of them walked in silence. Max heard Alec’s pace speed up until he was walking next to her along the side of the road.
“He’s not a superhero,” said Max softly after awhile. “He drives an environmentally friendly car and drinks pre-pulse wine. He hacks TVs to out corrupt politicians from the comfort of his penthouse because he got himself stuck in a wheel chair the last time he tried to really help someone.”
“You love him?”
Max didn’t answer him, she pretended she hadn’t heard him and he didn’t ask her again. Either he was afraid of the answer or he figured she was.
The first car the came across was an old pickup truck with a dog in the truck bed. The cab was big enough that if Max squeezed herself between the seat and the door she wasn’t touching Alec. He didn’t seem to notice, being too busy with hotwiring the car before whosever truck they were stealing decided to come back. The engine rolled over and Alec sat back up with a grin on his face. Max rolled her eyes.
“Took you long enough.” he ginned at her and put the car in gear, pealing out and back onto the road, heading to Seattle.
.
“So you really think she’s still alive?”
“I know she is.”
“Logan-”
“I’m not giving up on her, Asha. I have the location of the base Eyes Only ‘ll do the hack-”
“And then what? Logan, think about it, why would Eyes Only do something like this without knowing the consequences?”
“He’s doing it as a-”
“As a favor to you, I get it, Logan. You’ve told me almost every day for the past six months,” Asha straightened up, pushing herself off the computer desk with the palm of her hands, walking away from Logan as he worked away at his desk, paying her as little attention as he could without seeming rude. Except he was still being rude. Asha spun on her heels, running her hands through her cropped hair in frustration. “Eyes Only is smarter than this Logan. He’s not going to do a hack just because you found a hospital that could be this Manticore place.”
“It’s none of your business, Asha,” snapped Logan, turning his head slightly, but not looking over at her. Asha noticed the movement and scoffed at him.
“I’m just saying, Logan. Everything has consequences. He’s gonna ask for more evidence before he does the hack.”
“He has all the evidence he needs.”
“Fine,” hissed Asha. She brushed past Logan, grabbing her coat off the desk as she went, heading for the door, calling over her shoulder as she went. “But when he asks you to do some recon work, you know where to find me.”
Logan ignored the comment and the door slamming behind Asha as she left, but his fingers stilled on the keyboard. He hated to say it, but Asha was sort of right. He didn’t know what would happen if he did his hack on Manticore, not without knowing all the facts. As much as he hated it, he’d have to talk to someone who knew the workings of the place. Donald Lydecker.
He’d have to wait to do the hack until Lydecker contacted him again. His arm still hurt like a bitch from being shot.
Asha asked him if he thought Max was really still alive. He needed to believe it. It was the only thing keeping him alive.
part 7| part 8
Author: Liv darkmagic_luvr
Fandom: Dark Angel
Characters: Max, Alec, Logan, Asha
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers through season two. AU through Designate This.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Dark Angel. Any characters you don’t recognize are original and should not be used without my permission.
Author’s Note: Written as part of my alphabet meme for jazmin22, the prompt was ‘instinct’. This couldn’t be contained in a one shot, so it’ll be multi-chaptered. First Dark Angel fic.
Summery: There was really only one way he could keep both their asses safe, he just didn't think she'd kiss him back.
part 1| part 2|part 3| part 4| part 5| part 6
“It’s a three day walk to Seattle,” said Alec, walking out of the lining of trees to stand at the edge of the road in front of them, Max right behind him. “Unless we find a car to steal, we aren’t going to get there any faster.”
“So find a car,” said Max. Alec tossed a look over his shoulder, telling her to shut up and start walking. She aimed a kick at the back of his leg, and jogged a couple feet past him so she wouldn’t have to talk to him, or look at him. He hadn’t been very pleasant when she came back to her cell, and if she didn’t know better she’d say that he was jea-
“So, Maxie, what’s so special about ‘Eyes Only’?”
“I told you not to call me that,” snapped Max, avoiding the question. She scoffed to herself. Jealous? Alec? No way. The thought didn’t stop the itch on the back of her neck when his eyes flickered over her. She focused on what Joshua had said, about Alec being her Mate. Psh, whateve. Like he was her anything.
“Well?”
Max’s head snapped around, glaring at him over her shoulder. “Well, what?”
“Eyes Only. He some fancy pants rich guy who likes to make the little guys nervous?”
“He’s not like that,” hissed Max. She folded her arms across her chest and turned her head back to the road. Her face was screwed up in a frown. “I mean…he lives in a penthouse, but he’s a good guy.”
“Like Batman.”
“Who?”
“I think he’s a comic book character or something,” muttered Alec. He went quiet for a few moments, and the two of them walked in silence. Max heard Alec’s pace speed up until he was walking next to her along the side of the road.
“He’s not a superhero,” said Max softly after awhile. “He drives an environmentally friendly car and drinks pre-pulse wine. He hacks TVs to out corrupt politicians from the comfort of his penthouse because he got himself stuck in a wheel chair the last time he tried to really help someone.”
“You love him?”
Max didn’t answer him, she pretended she hadn’t heard him and he didn’t ask her again. Either he was afraid of the answer or he figured she was.
The first car the came across was an old pickup truck with a dog in the truck bed. The cab was big enough that if Max squeezed herself between the seat and the door she wasn’t touching Alec. He didn’t seem to notice, being too busy with hotwiring the car before whosever truck they were stealing decided to come back. The engine rolled over and Alec sat back up with a grin on his face. Max rolled her eyes.
“Took you long enough.” he ginned at her and put the car in gear, pealing out and back onto the road, heading to Seattle.
.
“So you really think she’s still alive?”
“I know she is.”
“Logan-”
“I’m not giving up on her, Asha. I have the location of the base Eyes Only ‘ll do the hack-”
“And then what? Logan, think about it, why would Eyes Only do something like this without knowing the consequences?”
“He’s doing it as a-”
“As a favor to you, I get it, Logan. You’ve told me almost every day for the past six months,” Asha straightened up, pushing herself off the computer desk with the palm of her hands, walking away from Logan as he worked away at his desk, paying her as little attention as he could without seeming rude. Except he was still being rude. Asha spun on her heels, running her hands through her cropped hair in frustration. “Eyes Only is smarter than this Logan. He’s not going to do a hack just because you found a hospital that could be this Manticore place.”
“It’s none of your business, Asha,” snapped Logan, turning his head slightly, but not looking over at her. Asha noticed the movement and scoffed at him.
“I’m just saying, Logan. Everything has consequences. He’s gonna ask for more evidence before he does the hack.”
“He has all the evidence he needs.”
“Fine,” hissed Asha. She brushed past Logan, grabbing her coat off the desk as she went, heading for the door, calling over her shoulder as she went. “But when he asks you to do some recon work, you know where to find me.”
Logan ignored the comment and the door slamming behind Asha as she left, but his fingers stilled on the keyboard. He hated to say it, but Asha was sort of right. He didn’t know what would happen if he did his hack on Manticore, not without knowing all the facts. As much as he hated it, he’d have to talk to someone who knew the workings of the place. Donald Lydecker.
He’d have to wait to do the hack until Lydecker contacted him again. His arm still hurt like a bitch from being shot.
Asha asked him if he thought Max was really still alive. He needed to believe it. It was the only thing keeping him alive.
part 7| part 8