TITLE: Finding the Lost AUTHOR: Sarge E-MAIL: sarge2525@hotmail.com RATING: pg-13 SUMMARY: Logan finds something that could make a huge impact on Max's life, and her search for her siblings. 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 stared at Logan in disbelief. She couldn't believe that this was happening. In fact she was sure that it couldn't be happening. Logan had found Zach. He really was out there. This was unbelievable. This meant that she wouldn't be alone anymore. Well, alone was a relative term when you thought of the fact that she lived with Kendra and worked with people all the time. Not to mention the errands that she ran for Logan. Still, she had to wonder if this was just a joke that Logan was playing on her for being late. Then again, she wasn't really late; she had just had work. If she thought about it she knew what finding Zach meant. It meant that she was going to go to him wherever he was. Then she would figure out what to do from there. "You really found Zach?" Max asked in surprise. There was also a note of wariness in her voice that even Logan recognized. She didn't know if she could trust this information, and Logan started to wonder if now that she knew Zach was out there if she still wanted to find him. "I really found Zach," Logan answered. "He's not in Washington." "Then where is he?" Max asked as she walked closer, the intense wish to find her sibling burning in her eyes. "Montana," Logan answered calmly, moving closer and handing her a file. "Max, what are you going to do?" "What I always planned on doing," Max answered. "Going to find him. Maybe Zach will know where the others are. Maybe some of the others will be there." "Are you going to come back?" Logan asked her, worried that the answer would be no and he would have to say goodbye to his angel. He didn't want to admit it, but he wished he hadn't found out about Zach even as he watched her now he knew she was going to leave, and he had serious doubts about her coming back. "It depends," Max answered. "Zach's in charge. I'll do what he says." "So you do take orders. I was starting to wonder about that as well." "You shouldn't worry about this, Logan," Max told him softly. "If I can't find him I'll come back and we'll keep looking, but I have to check." "He's there, Max," Logan told her as he watched her look at the file. "And if he's anything like you, he's been looking for the others." "We were supposed to find each other again," Max said softly. "But that night... It was just so confusing. I didn't know how many made it out until you told me." "Well now you have found one of them. What if the others aren't there?" Logan asked her. "Then I'll keep looking for them and if Zach won't help me I'll come back." " Max, be careful," Logan warned her. "Zach may have changed. He may not be like you. He may not even like you." "We were trained to get along even if we didn't like each other," Max told him. "I don't know if it was the training or the fact that we actually liked each other, but until that last night no one ever disagreed." "Zach gave the order to split up," Logan guessed as he watched her sit down and look up at him. "He did," Max answered calmly. "You already don't like him." "I haven't even met him. One doesn't form an opinion of someone they don't know." "Hey, everyone has an opinion on Eyes Only," Max pointed out. "Oh, and Normal wanted me to tell you that we're a package service not a message service and that you can go to hell." "Does this mean your bad attitude actually isn't solely yours but has something to do with those you work with?" Logan asked her. "Or were you a bitch before Normal?" "Had it before Normal," Max answered calmly. "I'll leave tomorrow morning." "I'm surprised you'd wait that long," Logan said and even Max didn't miss the sadness in the tone. Logan thought she was leaving him. "Logan, I'll come back," Max promised him. "I might even bring Zach with me. That way we can all get along, and you'll have two people to help you." "Then you'd put him in danger from Lydecker too," Logan told her. "Max, I want you to do one thing for me before you leave." Max couldn't believe that Logan was asking her to do something at a time like this, but she managed to keep silent. Sure, she would come back, but if Zach ordered her to stay it would only be to get her stuff. Why not do Logan one last favor? "Before you leave tomorrow stop by. I'll try and make your trip easier if I can." "Thanks," Max told him softly and headed toward the door. She wondered if she would miss Logan and then realized that she would. She had grown attached and if anything happened to him while she was gone she'd regret it. Max turned to head out the door wondering if Logan would miss her because he cared about her or because he needed someone to help him save all the people that were being wronged. Max hoped it was both actually. No matter how much she claimed she didn't care when it came down to it Max hated to see what had happened to America. Sure, she thought they believed it, but Kendra and Original Cindy... Those people didn't deserve this. Logan knew that he would miss Max. He was really starting to wish that he had contacted Zach and asked him to come to Seattle. That way he wouldn't have to watch Max leave. Sure, she could pretend to herself that she was coming back, but he knew that she wasn't. Normal would get pissed and fire her within a day. Then when she came back she wouldn't have anything to do but work for him. Hey, he should have thought of that sooner. Max returned to the Space Needle to think about what was happening. Zach. She had found Zach. Well, Logan had found Zach, but he wasn't Zach's brother so it was more important to her. In two days she would find Zach. In two days she would find out just what she meant to him - if he hadn't found her because he couldn't or if he didn't want to, or if there were any others. That was enough for her. Now all she had to do was go home and explain to Kendra why she was leaving.