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Wind whipped through Max’s hair as they sped toward the checkpoint they had busted through not two hours ago.  Much as Alec loved her beautiful hair, he was positive his face would be covered with welts in the morning.

 

The checkpoint was getting closer.  Alec hit redial.

 

“We’re there, get us through!” he yelled.  He didn’t bother listening for a response.

 

As expected, security had gone through the roof in the last couple hours.  As they drove in under the light, Alec started kissing the back of Max’s neck.  She giggled, the sound of which almost broke his concentration.  He massaged her shoulder and she leaned back against him as the guard walked up.

 

“Sector Passes?”  The guard demanded, automatically eyeing them suspiciously, if only because of the time.

 

“We’re Jam Pony Messengers.”  Max said breathlessly, pulling out her ID and slapping Alec.

 

He looked up from her neck.  “ID?” he asked, as though he hadn’t been paying attention.  The guard nodded in affirmation.  Alec shrugged and pulled out his Jam Pony ID badge.  “Hey, are we gonna be here awhile?”  He leaned forward and slipped his arm under Max’s leg, pulling her onto his lap.

 

Max twisted toward Alec, wrapping an arm around his neck as he kissed her.

 

The guard shifted back and forth uncomfortably.  “Hey,” he tried to get the couple’s attention.  They didn’t seem inclined to listen.  “You’re out pretty late…”

 

Alec’s cell phone rang.  He tried to answer it without pulling away from Max.  “mm…hello?”  he finally broke away from her to speak, but didn’t look happy about it.

 

Max pouted slightly and played with his ear, rolling her eyes at the guard.

 

Alec kept talking, “Umm…no…no, sir…we didn’t go anywhere.  Sure, she’s right here, we just wanted to get some early breakfast.”  Alec looked at his watch and winced.  “It’s your dad!”  he mouthed to Max, making sure the guard understood as well.  “Sure, here she is.”

 

Max took the phone from him, “Hey Daddy,” she said to Logan.

“You guys need anything?”  he asked.

“No, we’ll definitely be home in twenty minutes.”  Max smiled at the guard at this point.  He couldn’t resist smiling back at her.

Alec COULD resist rolling his eyes at this exchange, but only barely.  He hid his smile in the nape of her neck. 

“No, daddy, I promise!  We weren’t at the cabin.  We were at Josh’s yesterday.  Well, of course we weren’t alone!”  Max smiled sweetly.  The guard was enamored of her, despite her blatant lies.  “He wants to talk to you again.”  She handed the phone back to Alec and motioned to the guard to come close for a secret.  “Daddy doesn’t like it when we’re alone together.” 

 

“I can see why.”  The guard muttered.

Max giggled.

Alec choked slightly in the background, attempting to assure “Daddy” that his “precious” would be home in twenty minutes.

“Is this actually working on the guard?”  Logan asked in the midst of Alec’s monologue.

“Have you ever looked into her eyes and tried to say ‘no’…?”  Alec asked.

Logan had, in fact.  “I guess we’ll see you in twenty minutes.”

“Twenty minutes, if not SOONER, sir.”  Alec emphasized, hanging up the phone.

 

Max laughed and snuggled against him.  “Baby, how are we going to get back in twenty minutes?”

“You’re going to drive like hell.”  He turned to the guard,  “Are we done here, is there anything you need to check?  Search?  Whatever it is you do…?”

The guard turned from Alec to Max, who was smiling at him.  He handed them their IDs.

“Come in at more reasonable hours next time.”  The guard gave Max a reassuring smile and Alec a warning frown.

“Oh, but Daddy wouldn’t…” Max started to explain the story to the guard, but Alec nudged her.

“Speaking of Daddy, we need to leave,” he reminded her.

Max slid off of Alec’s lap and started the engine.  “Bye!” she waved at the guard as the two of them rode away.

 

They were back in nineteen minutes.

 

“Nice timing,” said Mole as they climbed off the motorcycle.

“How are things going, Dix?”  Max turned to Dix, who shrugged.  “Someone get me Logan.”

Dix gestured to the computer screen and Max saw Logan’s face smiling at her.

“Hey Daddy.”

“Hey yourself.  I guess you go back on time.  What’s going on over there?”  Max turned around to find Alec collecting money.

“Looks like a bet…” 

Alec caught her eye and came over.  “Max, you want in on this?  We’re trying to see who can last the longest.”  He gestured toward the arctic vs. desert championship.

“No,” she shook her head, turning back to Logan.

Alec shrugged.

“I’ll let you get back to the party,” Logan started to say.

Max cut him off, “Did you find out where they are holding the transgenics?”

“You aren’t done for the night?” he asked incredulously.

“What do you want me to do, sleep?”

“Yeah, I think I found them.  They were supposed to leave on the truck you took out.”

Max grinned, “Nice bonus.”

“I’ll give you the address, but you know that White will be there,” Logan warned.

“There’s nothing I’d like better than to beat his ass yet again.”

Logan shook his head, but gave her the address.

“Thanks, Logan.” 

“No problem, call if you need anything,” he offered, as always.

“We’ll do that,” she said softly, terminating video.

 

Max wrote the address on a piece of paper and handed it to Dix.

“I need a map of this location.”

Dix scurried off and Max looked around for Alec, smiling when she spotted him.  He was leaning against the wall, a content look on his face, counting his winnings.

 

“You ready?” she asked, sneaking up beside him.

A grin split his face.  “For anything.”

“Good,” she smiled.  “We have the address on the base holding the transgenics.”

“Oh,” he looked momentarily disappointed.

“The sooner we know what we’re doing, the sooner we can deal with more interesting things.”

Alec caught her smile and raised his eyebrows.  “When do we leave?”