TITLE: New Perspective

AUTHOR: Sarge

E-MAIL: sarge2525@hotmail.com 

RATING: pg-13

SUMMARY: Logan once more asks Max to help him, but this time she has a common interest in
the problem.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters. James Cameron, and the other guy who's name I
sadly can't remember do. As well as Fox.


"Max what's wrong?" Logan asks as he looks at the wall she is staring at. It had a lot of pictures
having to do with the neck and spine. Guess that made sense. Then Max pointed to a certain
picture. It was a neck and on the neck was a barcode. 

Max took the picture down carefully and examined it. She was pretty sure that the number was
Zack, but she wouldn't know until Logan ran it. She just had to know what Dr. Poodle had to do
with one of the Manticore children.

Logan was looking at the picture as best he could, and because of that he couldn't see Max's
face and what she was thinking, so when she turned suddenly and almost tripped over him he
backed up hastily surprised to see her look at him with a pleading look.

"I need you to find out which one this is, and when it was taken," Max told Logan, "Then I want
you to call me and let me know. I want to know exactly what Dr. Poodle here had to do with one
of my sibs, and why."

Max watched Logan carefully for any sign that he would actually do this. Max knew that Logan
didn't have anything for her this time, and if it came down to it she would make him do this for
her. Nothing was more important to her then finding her sibs, well other then her life. Max had a
disturbing thought that maybe just maybe Logan was going to make his way onto the list of
people she actually cared about if she wasn't careful. Maybe she should take this to the private
detective guy instead.

Logan was watching Max carefully as well. He didn't want to lose her help, and he could already
see doubt flickering across her face. There was also the small matter of the fact that he was
actually starting to like her. Guess that's a side effect of having someone work for you, and
show up all the time. To bad he hadn't worked a kiss in while trying to play her boyfriend. Then
again he might have ended up worse then he was now. Logan made the decision to help her,
and reached out for the picture taking it from her and looking at it.

"I'll help you Max," Logan told her, "I'll find out who's in the picture, and when it was taken on one
condition."

"What?" Max asked as she glared at him, "Because you haven't given me anything for this job
yet."

"If I find out who this person is, you won't go off and do anything stupid. As in no going off to
some island to save someone you knew for three hours," Logan explained, "You can't put
yourself in danger like that."

"It wasn't stupid to go and save Hannah," Max objected, "She's an innocent person and they
would have killed her just to get to me. Are you saying that me actually helping someone was
the wrong thing to do? This coming from you. I don't believe it."

"Look, Max I understand that Hannah was an innocent person, but you risked her life in the first
place by looking for her." Logan told her. "She would have been fine if you had never contacted
her, or at least waited until we knew what we were up against."

"You keep saying this we." Max observed. "There is no we. As far as I know this is me helping
you, and you helping me."

"Fine, I"ll agree that saving Hannah was the right thing to do. However, I don't think you needed
to drag Eric into it."

"Your right I didn't," Max told him, "It was his fault really. He heard me say that I was going and
told me he had an uncle that worked for the sector police and I figured. Hey less personal
danger. Lets rock."

"You know if they ever do catch you, you should complain about the fact that you don't have lie
detecting genes." Logan muttered, "Maybe I'll save them the trouble."

"You wouldn't turn me in," Max said knowingly. "To much risk."

"What if eyes only said something about Manticore?" Logan asked.

"They'd kill you." Max stated. "That risk isn't worth it. The others would come and the military
would be waiting. We'd never all make it."

"Fine, but next time you go to do something that puts more people in danger then yourself I don't
suggest you bring your boyfriend. Relationships don't usually last once they realize that the
person they are dating can swim to an island without coming up for air, and are hunted my the
military."

"You are jealous of Eric aren't you?" Max asked in surprise, "I can't believe these. Cindy is right."

"I'm not jealous I just care about innocent people. By the way how come you told him you were
going and not me?" Logan asked, "Because believe I could have been more helpful."

"Don't I know it," Max said sarcastically, "He said he had a uncle that worked for the sector
police. I didn't want to get noticed."

"That worked out wonderfully for you didn't it?" Logan asked her, "Alright like I said, I'll do this for
you, but right now I want your word, nothing stupid until you know what your getting into."

"Fine I promise that I won't do anything that I think is dumb unless I know what I'm getting
into."Max answered.

"I didn't say what you think is stupid I said what..." Logan trailed off as he realized that Max was
no longer in the room with him anymore, "I thought was stupid."

Logan sat there for awhile and thought about what had just happened. At least he had the
foresight to block the security cameras before this. Otherwise the police might actually have a
way to track down Max. Max, that aggravating girl. Did she have any idea just how much trouble
she could land herself in? Probably. Then again she always seemed to be finding her way out of
it. As long as she could stay at least one step ahead of everyone else she was ok, but Logan
got the distinct impression that people were starting to catch up to her, and he also noticed that
he was starting to care for her in more then a sort of you help me I help you sort of way. It was a
pity that she wouldn't let herself do the same thing. Then again given time maybe she'd let go of
whatever she was holding in. Logan headed out of the building he put the picture underneath
the shirt he was wearing so that no one would see him take it. He had Zack's number on file, but
sadly it had been filed incorrectly and he had just sent it into storage. Max wasn't going to like
that news at all.