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 Chapter 6:  Epilogue

Timeline: Post "Kids are aiight" but before "Female Trouble"

Epilogue

It was about two weeks after that I caught up with Logan that I convinced him to come back to Seattle. We had made love a few days after Robert set us up, but that wasn't enough of a reason for Logan, he said he needed more, because he didn't want to risk my life again. I talked him into it after a few hours of talking about it, reminding him why he should go back, he consented, it's been two months now since we came back. When I came back, Original Cindy and Bling had the biggest smiles plastered on their faces when we came back, those two had set it up, but I knew Robert had made it happen, wonder what he ended up doing in Los Angeles anyways. It was the same thing the week I got back, I paid Normal off to keep my job, hung out with the girls at Crash, warded off a succession of losers hitting on me. I had the occasional seizure, Logan was always there, taking care of me, holding my hand, making sure my Tryptophan pills were always stocked up. Logan and I sort of reverted back to before the incident, but after dinner, I didn't leave on a job or to Crash, we banged the gong, guess Kendra was right, you can do it for twelve hours straight. It's been the same thing lately, dinner, job, sex, or dinner than sex, we talk some nights, we don't always bump, we know it can't just be about sex. I even managed to haul Logan down to Crash a few times in the last few weeks, though it��s kind of hard too at some points for him to hang in there. Max thought as she reminisced as she rode to Logan's, she had taken her lunch off to go see him, as she usually did those days. She did something that she didn't normally do at Logan's, she rang the doorbell, as opposed to the normal picking the lock.
"Hi" Logan said as he opened the door.
"Hey" Max said as she walked in, then kissed him.

"It's nice to see the scruff and spikes are back, you were weird without it and the red hair." Max said as she stroked his hair and brought her hand down to rub his chin.

"I'm glad you dropped by, I've got this dinner to go to tonight, I could use an escort." Logan said as he wrapped his arms around her chest and brought her in close.

"Let me guess, Eyes Only is going to meet his East coast Companion, Mouth Only." Max said with a grin.

"If only there were more people exposing the government on national television, it's just a simple dinner with a contact I'm hoping to forge a long-term relationship with." Logan replied.
"I see, formal wear?" Max asked as she kissed him.

"Definitely, do you still have that dress from the family wedding we attended?" Logan asked as he kissed her back.

"I believe I do, when and where?" Max asked.

"One of the six high-class restaurants that are still in existence, come over at about 7:30, we'll drive over." Logan said as he stroked her dark hair.

"Okay, I'll see you then, just remember, if this is set up as an excuse to run, I'll snap your neck your neck like a twig." Max whispered into Logan's ear.

"I'll keep that in mind, now let me just call my contact back I need to rearrange a few things��" Logan said grinning.
"That grin is gonna be missing a few teeth if you're not joking." Max said as she pulled him into one last kiss.

"Have I ever led you wrong in the past two months?" Logan asked.

"No, just remember that no one can keep up a perfect record forever, I don't need to remind you that I'll put you back in that chair if you're screwing with me." Max said.
"Would you help put those last few words into context, if you can take the afternoon off��" Logan said smiling again.

"Nice try, but Normal's about to blow a gasket today, he found out that the electronic locators he has us wear now were altered by an unknown source with repeat information." Max said tapping Logan's hands.
"You asked me for a favour, it was the least I could do for you and the Jam Pony crew." Logan replied.

"I just hope Normal doesn't suspect you, it would be a shame if he died of a heart attack, as annoying as he is, he's the only one who can keep people working around Jam Pony." Max said as she walked off.

Perfect, dinner's set up, Max is receptive, let's see how this evening rolls. Logan thought as he smiled.

The next morning��

"I can't believe you asked me that in front of the fifty people in that restaurant, Logan Cale you have hit a new low, why didn��t you just broadcast it via Eyes Only?" Max said as she slapped Logan's chest while they were in bed.

"I figured that Lydecker might get tipped off to the fact that an X5 received a marriage proposal on the Eyes Only network." Logan said as he pulled her over and kissed her.
"I couldn't just say no when you were on your knees in front of fifty people, plus you paid for dinner and the numerous compliments on my dress and appearance." Max said smiling as she kissed him back, her dress on the floor ten feet from the bed.

"It's all about timing, showmanship, and choice words to a woman such as yourself that allowed me to get a yes out of you." Logan replied.

"Just remember that if we're going to live together, be prepared to be harangued by my friends for not acting faster, your family to say 'why her' and that you have to cover the costs of my baby." Max said, referring to her motorcycle.
"I can imagine, I believe that I'll take your sage advice in the case of my family and tell them to go screw a goat. Your friends, it's nothing that I haven't heard from the before, as for your bike, I can cover that as well, what a man must do for a genetically revved-up female." Logan said as Max gave him one of her looks then kissed him.

"It's about time you started listening to me when it comes to family, just one last thing though, I want to get a Polaroid camera." Max said.

"Why?" Logan asked puzzled.
"I want to show Zack the face he'll make when I tell him I'm marrying you, I have a feeling that a mirror will shatter." Max said grinning as Logan laughed a little.
"How did he put it again 'phony sentimentality' I believe it was, he's going to flip followed up by a triple axle and two more backflips when he hears this." Logan said, remembering what Zack said about emotions.

"I want to remind you of one thing, the Max you know is the Max you get, I'm not changing one bit when this is over." Max said as she stroked his spiked hair.
"Good, I wouldn't have it any other way, just to remind you, Eyes Only stays, as does the Logan Cale you know." Logan said as he kissed her neck and worked his lips across her body.

"I wouldn't have it any other way Logan, I want the man I know, I want you, let me guess though, your family is going to blow this all out of proportion right, even though your bride to be is not stinking rich?" Max asked.
"Unfortunately yes, that's the way it works in my family, on the plus side your friends can all scam free food and drinks." Logan said smiling.

"I can get behind that, which reminds me, I have to bring my friends over here one night so they can experience a Cale masterpiece. I'm tired of hearing about them eating dog feed while I enjoy nothing but the finest foods that is known to man." Max said as she lay her head on his chest while he stroked her hair, running his hand through the silky strands.

"I'll do that, just promise me that they'll clear out before the floor show comes on, as much as your friends might enjoy the show, I think that's one venture we should keep private." Logan said.

"They had damn well better clear out, I have to reward a man for a job well done, but in private of course." Max said smiling.

"Of course, just one last thing Max, I have to know, if Robert hadn't stopped you and keyed me in on that conversation, what do you think would have happened? I have to know how close I came to losing you." Logan asked, his tone of voice and expression was dead serious.

"I was ready to get back on my Ninja and burn right to home, find some loser in a bar, fuck him to get some anger off, then kick myself for doing it. I would never come back for you though, I would have been too damn proud to come crawling back, I guess I would have only relented if you came looking for me." Max said as she lay her head upon Logan's chest again and wondered what could have happened.

"I would never have come looking for you either, think about it, one man, we don't really know much about him except he's former military, narrowly averted the biggest mistake of our lives." Logan said, pondering at what had resulted of him hiring Robert as a bodyguard.

"I wonder what he's up too these days, killing drug lords or corrupt officials?" Max asked.

"I really should find him and drop a large sum of money on him for hooking us up, though I don't think I have enough money to pay him off for something this great." Logan said.

"I intend to thank him as well, we really have to find him and thank him for what he did, I never imagined that I came this close to ruining my life." Max said as she came over to Logan and kissed him.

"I can't believe it either, when we find him, I am dropping about a hundred thousand on his ass for saving what we have." Logan said as he returned the kiss.

"Kendra is going to blow a gasket when she finds out we just banged the record to fifteen hours." Max said.

"You've been keeping score, I can barely breath." Logan said.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that we're not all superhumans, forgot that I mentioned it." Max said.

"You may be X5, but I still have my own energy reserves, I'm not through yet, thought you wore me out did you?" Logan said as he grabbed and pulled her into a fierce embrace and two erupted once again into a prolonged session of lovemaking, which stretched out for several more hours until they were both so tired that they both slept, curled in each others arms.

So there I was, walking down the aisle, Original Cindy was there with Logan's ex, go figure. Sketchy was there, he was now assistant manager at Jam Pony, basically because he was the only one who offered to take the job on. Herbal had a most interesting discussion with the priest after the ceremony, discussing the difference between his beliefs and the traditional ones. Kendra was there with Walter, seemed those two were actually sticking together, I'm still a bit grossed out by it, I used to spit in the man's coffee for Christ's sake. Bling was there as Logan's best man naturally, Logan looked great, and he assured me that I did as well. The ceremony was the traditional thing, long-winded speech about marriage, then the vows, and then the rings. Logan found out a week later that I had fenced my Ninja on the black market to pay for the ring I got him, he couldn't believe it when I told why I wasn't riding my Ninja anymore. The man could still pull a few miracles though, instead of getting it back, he got me the latest model of the Ninja with one string attached, I show him how to ride it. After a few months, he got his own after getting the hang of riding one, the most fun we had together was when we peeled out on the streets of Seattle on those babies. I got a few dirty looks at the wedding from Logan's family, some of them thought I was just after Logan's money, after Logan told them to screw off, reminding them how they thought his ex-wife was a great woman. I still did some work for Eyes Only, Logan kept it up, even with our lives changed, he still got around to asking me to do an odd job here and there, to protect the downtrodden and all that. That was all six months ago now, it's now our six month anniversary of getting married, Logan's going to put together a meal that's going to land us in bed an hour later, or riding the Ninjas. I remember seeing Robert at the wedding though, Logan and I were dancing, then I saw Robert, he was looking in from the skylight on the roof, I pointed for Logan, we waved, he smiled and waved back, that's the last we saw of him. I guess he was a muse in a way, he pushed us together, Logan told me how Robert saved his life, how about that, looks like I'm not the only one who can save Logan's butt. I found out a month after the wedding that a committee that oversaw Manticore had been the victim of a bomb attack, Lydecker was listed among the dead, Robert sent us a file containing all known information on the X5 group, along with the location of an ex-Manticore geneticist. It's a damn good thing I did that, I saw the guy, he cured my seizures, and apparently in about three years I would have started to suffer from Brin's ageing disease as well had the guy not fixed me up. Robert said how destroying that committee was the last on a list of things he had sworn to do in a letter he had included with the files on Manticore. Robert also left a bank account number, requesting payment in the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for services rendered on behalf of us and the rest of the X5's. Logan could hardly say no, he had saved my life, and the lives of my brothers and sisters from Manticore's freak-show DNA, the amount was paid. Max thought as she thought to herself about what had happened since the confrontation in L.A., she knew that her life had been changed forever there.

"Hey beautiful, coming back down to Earth today?" Logan asked coming up behind me in the bathroom.

"I was just thinking." Max replied.

"About what?" Logan asked curiously.
"About what happened eight months ago, the confrontation, the return home, the wedding, what Robert did." Max replied.
"I've been doing that myself some days, funny how things work out." Logan said as he massaged her shoulders.

"Isn't it, just imagine that though, a series of fucked-up events transpired to put us together, now what?" Max said.

"Now we enjoy our lives together and forgot about the past, what's done is done, though I still can't believe it myself sometimes. I must tell you though, I never felt happier when we finally flushed that Tryptophan down the toilet for good, I couldn't stand seeing you so weak when you had your seizures." Logan said as he kissed her.
"That's over as well, the doctor also got back with the rest of the results, any child we have will apparently turn out fine, maybe with some amped-up Manticore power though." Max said as she turned around and wrapped her arms around Logan's neck and kissed him back.
"Good, I want to spend the rest of my life with you Max, and start a family with you, we need someone to continue the Eyes Only tradition, and the black ops/motorcycle riding tradition." Logan said as he pulled her into a long kiss.

"I know, but tell me Logan, what would you have done if we found out that we couldn't have children together?" Max asked.
"It would not have made a difference to me Max, some men would walk out on you, but not I, I won't leave you, no matter what happens, I made that mistake once, and almost ruined my life." Logan said as he pulled her close and stroked her back.
"I almost made the same mistake, let's just focus on what's going on now." Max said as she stroked Logan's bare chest.

"I can get behind that idea." Logan said.
"By the way Logan, start shaping up, my heat cycle is coming up next week, this time, no condoms, I want to start that family, and according to Manticore files, I can only conceive during heat." Max said.
"I have a feeling that we'll both be well-rewarded from that well before our son or daughter is born." Logan said with a smile.
"Let's get practising though, no point in being sloppy when the moment comes." Max said as she pushed Logan back into the bedroom and the two professed their love for each other physically.
After a few hours, they stopped, not exhausted, but satisfied, and curled up next to each other.
"I have just experienced the most amazing eight months of my life with you Logan, I love you, I never thought I'd say that, until that time, I didn't even know what I was feeling until I looked into your eyes and realised it." Max said as she lay next to him.
"I also experienced the most gratifying eight months of my life with you Max, I love you too, and this time, I know I truly love you, it's not lust or any other crap, it's the real thing." Logan said as he cupped her head in his hands and brought her head up to kiss her.

"I wonder what Robert is doing right now, killing drug lords or setting up more hard-headed people who can't admit their love." Max said.
"I doubt he gets the second case much, probably off killing some drug lords." Logan replied."Logan, before we go to sleep, promise me one thing, from now on, when either of us has a problem with anything, it becomes our problem, I don't want to chase you through the entire West Coast again." Max said as she kissed him.
"Agreed, neither of us leaves each other for any reason, our problems are the same, and we're in love, that about sums it up." Logan said as he kissed her back.

"Good, because if you didn��t agree I was going to kick your ass." Max said grinning as she kissed him again before they feel asleep in each other's arms.

Thanks Robert, I hope you good luck finding a woman of your own.

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"Do you think they'll ever suspect I was the one that sent you?" Tinga asked Robert.

"Doubtful, Bling thought he hired me remember, there's no trail back to you, besides us being attached." Robert said as he kissed her.

"Zack's going to blow a gasket about us too." Tinga said as she kissed him back.
"He's just pissed that Logan beat him to the punch." Robert replied.

"True, he was quite transparent when it came to Max, he just didn't hide it. I can't believe you though, you risked your life to bring down the committee and Lydecker, do you think they'll trace you to that either." Tinga asked as they lay there on the couch of a small apartment in Vancouver.

"No, but in about two weeks the remote detonator is going to be found in the home of one Mr. Jack Collins, the largest drug dealer and slavery ring lord in North America." Robert said with a smile.
"I love it when you plan ahead like that." Tinga said as she kissed him again.

"I decided to get two scumbags with one bomb, it all works out in the end, Max and Logan are together, so are we, Manticore has given up on you kids, what else could one ask for?" Robert said as he stroked her long black hair.

"An X5 reunion perhaps, or is that beyond your abilities?" Tinga asked.

"I was thinking about that, according to my contacts, I have seven X5 locations besides you and Max, if I work quickly, I think I can get you all together next month." Robert said.

"You never really explained this network of yours to me, who are all these contacts of yours anyways?" Tinga asked curiously."We are men of different military branches and intelligence agencies that quit after the pulse, we try and maintain stability throughout the United States. The group has existed for eight years, with members in intelligence, counter-intelligence, anti-terrorism, and stiker groups. I belong to a striker group, but I work alone, they don't care because I get the job done, and don't take much time off, hence the year I have off now. We've averted some major thefts of military equipment over the years and shut down as many corrupt officials as we can, stop terrorist attacks, but we're still barely scratching the surface these days. I took some time off to take care of the Max/Logan situation, then a few months later I went after the committee and Lydecker, the group has granted me some time off for that job to be with you." Robert explained.

"Interesting, so you're free for a year you say?" Tinga said as she started to unbutton Robert's shirt.

"A year, let's make the most of it." Robert said grinning as he unzipped her jacket.

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This secret group of agents will be used again, I can assure you, I decided to throw a few things into this fanfic to give me some writing windows to work with. This is the end of it, I bet you weren't expecting that thing with Robert and Tinga, I thought I'd throw in a cool surprise for you peeps!!! Please Read and Review by the way.