Manticore is After Sketchy Pt 3

Spoilers: Cold Comfort
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"Is that you?" repeated Sketchy.

"Yes." admitted Max.

Max grabs the piece of paper and puts it back into the file folder.

"Manticore wants me captured." began Max. "They me and the others dead or alive. Anyone who knows about the Manticore would get killed."

"Why don't think we were looking for you?" questioned Original Cindy. 

Original Cindy turns to Max. "Do you think your ‘boyfriend' will help Sketchy?"

Sketchy becomes confused. "Why do you think Max's wheelchair boyfriend will help me?"

"For the record he is not my boyfriend." piped up Max. "Logan has many contacts with the army and the police. He can probably get you off. I will
call him now."

Max goes to a phone and dials Logan's number.

Logan answered after five rings. "Hello."

"It's Max. One of my of friends is in trouble with Lydecker for something he didn't do."

"Who is it?"

"Sketchy."

"A file that had a note to give the file to you turned up in Sketchy procession. Lydecker is looking for him to get it back and probably kill him."

Logan thought for a moment. "Bring him here."

It took a while to get to Logan's. They had to avoid police hoverdrones, Lydecker's men, and the metro police. 

"Do you promise to keep this a secret?" said Max. "Logan has connections to Eyes-Only. He plans to help you."

"I won't tell."

While Logan was working on a fake passport for Sketchy, Original Cindy was talking with Bling, and Sketchy and Max began talking.

"Max, what are the others like?" asked Sketchy. "Did you see any of them after the escape. I read on the paper you guys split up."

"I haven't seen most of them since the escape." began Max. "I only seen two of them since the escape. Brin was one of them. She was really nice. She let herself be recaptured so she would be treated for a gene disorder which only Manticore can cure. You met the second one and that is Zack."

"I didn't meet any Zack." said Sketchy confused.

"Remember, Sam?" asked Max.

"Yeah."

"That's Zack." continued Max. "He looked out for the others. He did whatever it take to keep us safe. He killed a person I hired to find the others because ‘he knew too much' and he was bugged by Lydecker so he can find and ca pture me. I got the blame but Zack turned himself in to save me from Manticore. As Manticore was taking him back to the lab in a helicopter, he tried to escape and it crashed and there was no survivors. Zack told me that he would rather die than go back to Manticore."

"I'm sorry."

"Zack could be still alive." continued Max. "I hope he is."

Logan quickly rolled over to the group. "People, we have a problem."

"What is it?" asked Sketchy.

"Lydecker put out a $500 000 reward for Sketchy." explained Logan. "They want him bad."

"Dam, that is a lot more than they had for Max." piped up Cindy. "That is a problem considering a lot of people know Sketch and people will kill for that amount of money."

"The reason it is higher because it is information on the X5 escapees." explained Max. "They probably think you will sell it on the black market to a
foreign country. Each one of us X5s are worth over a million on the black market also, dead or alive."

"Logan can you get Sketchy off?" begged Original Cindy.

"I will try."

"How about I contact my old employer." suggested Sketchy. "Maybe he can help. Well, he was the one got me in this mess in the first place."

"That would be a good idea." agreed Logan.

TO BE CONTINUED