(Opening Scene: At night inside of Logans apartment at his desk, Logan sits talking to Sebastian on the monitor. The exo skeleton stands in it's rack nearby.)

Sebastian: How did you manage to get the money?

Loagn: Never mind that. Can you help me get my hands on one of these gizmos?

Sebastian: I'll call my contact in Singapore. Could probably have it here in twelve to fourteen weeks.

Logan: That long?

Sebastian: Patience.

Logan: I'm out of patience. I need to be up and walking. Now.

Sebastian: The processor you're looking for is also used to control the robotic arms in nuclear reactors.

Logan: How'm I supposed to get a hold of one of those?

Max: Knock, Knock

Sebastian: Could always ask your in-house cat burglar.

Max: Logan...

Logan: I'll be right there...

(Logan covers the exo skeleton.)

Logan: She's not in the loop on this little project and I wanna keep it that way.

Sebastian: No reason she needs to know what the chip's for.

Logan: Sneaky. I like it. Gotta go.

(Logan meets Max in the living room.)

Max: What happened to that great Chinese urn used to be here, don't tell me you sold it?

Logan: Got to do what you got to do. We've got an "eyes only" situation that needs your immediate attention.

Max: Got anything to eat?

Logan: Max, this is a red alert for what remains of western civilization if Pierpont Lempkin fences one of these to the taliban militia.

Max: Pierpont Lempkin's in bed with the taliban?

Logan: I'm afraid so. And they're looking to get their hands on a chip just like this one programmed with the sequenced activation code for the star wars missile defense system launched back in '05.

Max: So? That stuff's just a bunch of space junk.

Logan: The government's trying to keep it under wraps but some of the warheads are still alive. I got word that the chip that we're looking for is in the servo-controller of a robotic arm in the orcas nuclear facility.

Max: Are you sure about all this? Pierpont Lempkin and the taliban after some star wars widget and a robotic arm somewhere? Next thing you're going to tell me aliens are involved.

Logan: Wouldn't rule it out.

Max: Really?

Logan: The point is, I need you to do this for me.

Max: You know, it's hot in here.

Logan: So....you'll do it?

(peeling off her jacket)

Max: Whatever...

Logan: Thank you.

Max: Think, I might be coming down with something...

Logan: Really, I hope not, cause you know it was a year ago thursday you broke in here looking to rob my place.

Max: Is that right?

Logan: It's sort of like our anniversary. And I was thinking, we should celebrate.

Max: I could use a little mirth in my life...

Logan: Can't be easy, knowing they have Tinga.

Max: Zack found out they didn't take her back to Manticore. Hope he can turn something up on where they've got her...

Logan: Then we'll get her out...Thursday night there will be an abundance of mirth...and maybe even a little surprise.

Max: What?

Logan: Then it wouldn't be a surprise.

(Max is in her bedroom back at her apartment at night. Max peels off her jacket and plops down on the bed. She closes her eyes for a moment, then suddenly opens them. She hears something, goes to the window. Lydecker's hummers race up and disgorge their black-clad human cargo, who rush into the building. Max climbs out the window.)

(We see Max's figure appear in the window, grab a rope pre-positioned there, and drop down into an alley. Max drops to the ground, makes her way down the alley. Two soldiers emerge from the darkness, their guns drawn. Max handsprings over soldier #1, using him to set a pick so soldier #2 can't get a clean shot at her. Soldier #1 wheels on her but she drops him with a foot facial, grabbing his rifle as he goes down. Then using the rifle like a quarter staff, she bats soldier #2's rifle ouut of his hands and draws a bead on him with her weapon. Max defeats the soldiers and nods towards the alley.)

Max: Take off your clothes.

Soldier #2: Excuse me?

Max: You heard me... make it snappy.

(The soldier quickly complies. Max considers him a moment.)

Max: Nice pecs... get over there, on the bed.

(Max motions wit the rifle over to the bed. A trash can fire burns next to the bed. The soldier nervously gets on the bed. As Max starts to unbutton her blouse.)

Max: I hope you're as good as you look, soldier, because I'm not a girl who takes disppointment lying down.

(Max climbs on top of the guy, straight-arms him down on to his back. As she goes to pounce on him, he suddenly transforms into Logan.)

Soldier #2: This can't be happening...

Max: Logan? What are you doing here.

Logan: Don't ask me. It's your dream.

Max: Yeah, and you know it means?

(Scene shifts to Max's apartment. She bolts upright in bed, glistening with sweat.)

Max: Oh, God... I'm in heat...again...

(Scene shifts to next day. Max and Original Cindy are in their apartment. A look of disbelief is on Original Cindys face.)

Original Cindy: You're joking right?

Max: I wish. It's yet another of the frightening biological facts of my rotten miserable life.

Original Cindy: So how often does this estrus cycle bitch happen?

Max: Two..maybe three times a year..It's awful. I this uncontrollable craving.

Original Cindy: So, basically because of this feline DNA you got in you, every few months you go runnin' around acting like your average male.

Max: Somehow guys manage to pull it off...I turn into this freak show.

Original Cindy: Guess you could lock yourself in a closet till it's over.

Max: Tried that..blew the door right off the hinges.

Original Cindy: Damn.

Max: If you see me going to the dark side, do me a favor ...smack me as hard as you can in the face.

Original Cindy: For real?

Max: Only thing that seems to help.

Original Cindy: Hmmm...okay.

(Max notices someone on the street)

Max: And will you look at the guns on hot boy down there... he's got some bi-ceps on him...mmmm....

(Original Cindy raises her hand)

Original Cindy: Don't make me put the smack down on your ass.

Max: Yeah....mmm....

Original Cindy: Walk!...

(Scene shifts to a Plaza of a government building. Madame X and Sandoval are making their way across a courtyard.

Madame X: Oh, about the stealth drone. Let's keep the committee out of the loop until we've run a test.

Sandoval: Your call.

Madame X: Right answer.

(Lydecker intercepts them, clearly worked up over something.)

Madame X: Deck...

Lydecker: You want to tell me why the executive committee met this morning and I wasn't notified.

Madame X: Would you excuse us please, Agent Sandoval?

(Sandoval leaves)

Madame X: I didn't notify you because I didn't want you there.

Lydecker: I'm sure you didn't.

Madame X: The boys upstairs are on the warpath about the X5 female who escaped last week..."Tinga" is it?

Lydecker: You're responsible for her escape and you damn well know it.

Madame X: The Committee doesn't see it that way. They it another example of operational mishandiling on your part.

Lydecker: You've always been a genius at covering your ass.

Madame X: I went to bat for you. And I think I managed to fend off a full procedural review. So say thank you..

(Lydecker stares at her.)

Madame X: And do me a favor and bring in those X5's. Jondy, Zack, Max...any one of them will do. Give the Committee a reason to justify my faith in you.

(Madame X leaves)

Lydecker (under his breath): Pissy little bitch.

(With his enhanced vision, Zack has been watching the whole exchange between Madame X and Lydecker outside Manticores forward base of operations.)

(Scene shifts to the locker area of Jam Pony. Max is fanning herself with her cap as Original Cindy is nearby.)

Max: Do I look flushed?

Original Cindy: You trippin' boo. You got an itch, go scratch. It don't gotta be all complicated either. The male mind understands the difference between sex and love.

(Original Cindy calls Sketchy over. Sketchy heads over. Max give Original Cindy a look )

Original Cindy: Sketchy, come here!

Sketchy: Hello ladies.

Original Cindy: I wanna get busy with you.

Sketchy: Outstanding.

Original Cindy: But I want you to forget about it soon as it's over.

Sketchy: Yeah, no problem.

Original Cindy: Don't be following me all around moo-eyed and baby I love you.

Sketchy: Whatever you say.

(Original Cindy turns back to Max)

Original Cindy: See? No complications.

Sketchy: So when are we gonna do this?

Original Cindy: Get away from me fool before I put you in a world of hurt.

(Sketchy frowns and moves off disppointed.)

Sketchy: I knew it ...

Max: I'm not just gonna just hit it with some guy. That's how I hooked up with Leo, and Darren. And Eric..almost. Total disasters that never woulda happened if I wasn't this teenage Frankenstein created by the people at Manticore.

Original Cindy: Aiight, fine. You don't wanna hit it with just anybody, wha 'bout Logan? Somebody you're into.

Max: That's not how I want it to happen with us and anyway we're not even like that.

Original Cindy: Whatever you say.

Max: Can we stop talking about scratching? I want to beat this bitch. You got my back?

Original Cindy: Who's your girl...

(Max heads out and almost bumps into the pizza delivery guy.)

Rafer: Oh... uh... did, uh, someone order a large sausage?

Max: Hi....

Original Cindy: Max...

Max: What's your name?

Rafer: Rafer...

(Normal comes over with a package.)

Normal: Hot run to 95 round hill road.

Max: I'm on a hot run.

Original Cindy: No, you're not. Come on.

Rafer: See you around. Whoa!

(Scene shifts to Manticore where Brin is standing at attention before Lydecker.)

Lydecker: According to your debriefing regarding Tinga' s escape "x5-656 "somehow managed to slip out of her shackles and overpower the soldier detailed to her guard."

Brin: Yes, sir.

Lydecker: You were unaware of the struggle going on right behind where you were sitting?

Brin: It happened very fast, sir. Before I knew it, she had punched through the partition and grabbed the driver from behind.

Lydecker: And you couldn't stop her?

Brin: I was trying to keep control of the vehicle, sir.

(Lydecker sighs )

Lydecker: I'd made a deal to secure Tinga in exchange for sparing her son's life. Yet you tried to capture the boy and x5-452, as well.

Brin: Yes, sir. The scope of the mission was changed during the briefing.

Lydecker: That wasn't my mission briefing.

Brin: I assumed you were in the loop, sir, since agent Sandoval was...

Lydecker: Agent Sandoval?

Brin: Yes, sir.

(Brin salutes Lydecker.)

Lydecker: Thank you. You've been very helpful, x5-734. Dismissed.

(Scene shifts to Max's apartment. Max exits the bathroom brushing her wet hair while Original Cindy is reading.)

Max: Nothing like an ice cold shower to get your mind off the dirty deed...

(Max drops to the floor and starts doing push ups.)

Original Cindy: I'm not even gonna ask.

Max: I've gotta sit in the same car with Logan tonight.

Original Cindy: Is that wise? You keep saying you don't want anything to happen between you two.

Max: I have no choice. I have to run an... errand.

Original Cindy: He got the 4-1-1 on what's up with you?

Max: Are you kidding? He's the last person in the world I want to know about this.

Original Cindy: How are you going to keep from laying out for the boy?

Max: Going to sit on my hands, try not to look at him try not to think about... his scruffy beard and those cute little glasses that make him look all sexy and intellectual .... Oh God, I gotta take another shower.

(Max runs into the shower to go when there's a knock on the door. Original Cindy opens the door to reveal Logan.)

Logan: Hey.

Max: Hey, your self.

(Max is behind Oringal Cindy eyeing Logan.)

Logan: You ready?

Max: Never readier in my life.

Logan: Well, let's do this...

(Oringal Cindy tries to keep Max away from Logan.)

Oringal Cindy: Give her a minute...she'll meet you downstairs.

Logan: Okay.

(Logan leaves a bit confused by what just happened. Original Cindy closes the door and turns to Max.)

Oringal Cindy: You, Drop and give me twenty.

Max: Okay..

(Max nods and drops to the floor and starts on the push ups..)

(Scene shifts to a outside noodle stand. A man is sitting eating some noodles with a pair of chopsticks as Lydecker comes over.)

Lydecker: Zakes.

(Both men laugh and shake hands.)

Lydecker: It's good to see you again. What brings you here?

Kani: Well, I was hoping we could do business.

Lydecker: Every few years we talk about business and you go back to Johannesburg disappointed. ( chuckling )

Kani: I'm a persistent man. We remain interested in pursuing a transgenic program, along the lines of Manticore. I'd like to propose a trade.

Lydecker: I'm not interested in neural implant technology.

Kani: Mm...

Lydecker: My kids perform fine without sticking some gizmo in their brain to rev them up.

Kani: Ah, you've made that quite clear.

Lydecker: So, what are you offering?

(Kani chuckles )

Kani: We can find her for you.

Lydecker: How?

Kani: She's got one of our implants.

Lydecker: How the hell did that happen?

Kani: Ah, long story. The point is, the mechanism is made of a metallic alloy that returns a distinctive signature when hit with an electromagnetic signal.

Lydecker: What would that alloy be?

Kani: If I tell you that, then what do you need us for?

Lydecker: All right. And what's the price tag for your assistance here?

Kani: Ah... some genetic data from your early proto types maybe an in vitro embryo, huh? Ah, to sweeten the pot.

Lydecker: Nothing current, understood?

Kani: We can live with that.

(Kani slides over a photo of Max. Lydecker looks it over.)

Kani: Well have her home for you in no time.

(Scene shifts to the interior of Logans car. The windows are fooged up. Max sits mortified as Logan cleans the windsheild.)

Logan: What's up with the windows?

Max: I don't know. Why you asking me?

Logan: I'm just saying.. they're all fogged up. Must be humid or something.

Max: Must be.

Logan: Guards should've changed shift by now.

(Logan checks the time on his watch. Max checks out Logan. His lips, eyes...)

Logan: Can you make out with me while we wait?

Max: What?

Logan: Can you make out anything past the gate?

(Max snaps back into reality.)

Max: No,.. Not a thing.

(Logan starts checking his pockets and reaches across Max to look for the item in the glove compartment. Max is visibly stuggling to control herself. Logan's arm brushes her knee and she jumps from her seat.)

Logan: Where's my phone?...sorry.

Max: I'm gotta get this over with.

(Max gets up and leaves the car. As Logan looks confused by her abrupt departure.)

Logan: Hey, the guards haven't...

(The door slams shut in his face.)

(The scene shifts to Max sneaking over a bridge. She heads into the nuclear plant. Max hops on top of an elevator while a guard makes his rounds, misses seeing her. Max is then inside a locker room getting dressed as a worker. She finds a radiation detector. A pair of technicians are using a robotic arm to move rods around in a partitioned room. Max now wearing a Lab coat walks over to the two men and checks the area with the detector. The two technician notice her.)

Max: Just doing a rad-test, don't mind me...

(The technician resume their duties. Max fiddles with the detector and it begins to click madly.)

Max: Huh...

(The technicians become alarmed as the clicks increase as she moves closer to them..)

Max: Wow.

Technician #1: There a problem?

Max: Have either of you two been experiecing any hair loss lately?

Technician #1: What?

Technician #2: Hair loss?..

Max: Maybe you guys oughta get some coffee or something while I figure out what we got here...

(Both the technicians leave. Max removes the plate on the robotic arm and takes out a chip and places it in a sealed bag.)

(The scene shifts to the two technicians in a hallway talking to a superior.)

Supervisor: Guys, there's no rad-test scheduled for tonight...

(The supervisor spots Max as shes coming out into the hall.)

Supevisor: Hey!...(on a radio) we have a security breach.

Guard #1: Freeze!

Guard #2: Hold it!

(Max takes off and the supervisor pulls a nearby alarm. Max runs with her enhanced speed down the hallway and out of the plant. Guards give chase and Max finds herself at the top of the dam she looks down at the water below and then at the armed guards poised to fire. She quickly decides to jump.)

(Scene shifts to the interior of Logans car. Max comes inside soaking wet and hands him the bag with the chip.)

Logan: You get it?..

Max: No, just won a wet t-shirt contest...'course I got it".

(Logan takes the bag and smiles)

Max: Yeah, yeah..we foiled Pierpont Lempkins evil plans and saved the world. Now, can we get outta here?

(Logan and Max speed off.)

(Scene shifts to Jam Pony. Max and Cindy are sitting at the lounge area.)

Orignal Cindy: So the Lady Max made it home with her virture intact...

Max: Very funny...I just gotta get through the next 24 hours. And of course today had to be the one year anniversary of the night I met Logan. An of course he had to remember. And of course he wants to have dinner.

Orignal Cindy: Think you can make it through without jumping his bones?

Max: I don't even want to think about that. I just need to focus on the task at hand and the task at hand is delivering packages. Where does this go?

( Max heads to the front and bumps into the pizza delivery guy. )

Rafer: Hey.

Max: Hi.

Rafer: Max, right?

Max: Normal... I need to take a personal day!

(Max leaves and heads into Normals office. Normal is ironing his shirt as Max stops by the door and looks.)

Normal: Just a minute. Which part of just a minute do you not understand? Got some coffee on my brand new chemise. Maybe I'll get it out before it sets. So hold on one cotton-picking minute there, girlie, girl. don't knock.

Max: Normal? I didn't know you worked out.

(Max throws Normal against the wall and starts kissing him.)

Normal: Are you all right? Oh...no.

Original Cindy: Whoa, whoa, slow down my female.

(Original Cindy smacks Max . )

Max: Thanks. I needed that.

Original Cindy: Max needs a personal day.

Normal: Take a week.

Original Cindy: Damn. I didn't know this condition of yours was that bad....

Normal: Whoa...

(Scene shifts to Manticore. Lydecker is looking over some files as Sandoval is walking into his office.)

Sandoval: The South Africans are air lifting their tracking equipment into town this afternoon. I need your authorization to release those files to them.

(Sandoval hands Lydecker a pen to sign the papers)

Lydecker: I'm putting Dochnovich on point in the search for the girl.

Sandoval: But sir...

Lydecker: I need you here.

Sandoval: Yes, sir.

(As Sandoval is leaving Lydecker stops him to hand him the pen back.)

Lydecker: Peter.

(Lydecker sits at his desk as Sandoval leaves and produces the same pen that he handed Sandoval back. Lydecker studies the pen.)

(Scene shifts to a warehouse nearby the waterfront.)

Madame X: He's taken you off the search? Something's going on. He's badgering an x5 for information, poking through evidence and now you say he's giving classified information to the South Africans? He's obviously desperate to salvage his reputation with the committee. Who knows how far he's willing to go? ( heavy sigh ) Well, I was hoping it wouldn't come to this. Lydecker's going to have to be contained.

Sandoval: Are you sure that's necessary?

(Lydecker sits at his office listening in to the conservation.)

Madame x: I haven't told you everything I know. I can't. He's been compromised. Containment is the only option at this point . You're the only one that I can trust with this . I know. It's for the good of Manticore. Set up the drone. His photo id.

(Madame X hands Sandoval a photo of Lydecker.)

Madame X: You know what to do.

(Scene shifts to Logan is at home putting on the newly repaired exo skeleton. He stands and takes steps carefully. He laughs and smiles at it's success.)

(Scene shifts to Max's apartment. She is sitting at the kitchen table with Original Cindy playing a scrabble like game.)

Max: I appreciate you staying home with me.

Original Cindy: No problem. How do you feel? You going to be okay for anniversary shindig with logan?

Max: I think so. Feels like the worst of this thing's past. Is it sweet he remembered?

Original Cindy: Real sweet. And I thought lesbians were the only ones who grabbed any opportunity to celebrate an anniversary.

Max: You know, I feel pretty okay. It's going to be fine with Logan tonight.

Original Cindy: You might want to stay home to play it safe.

Max: I've been cooped up all day. It'd be nice to get out.

Original Cindy: Okay that's it!

Max: what?

Original Cindy: We're done with this game.

Max: Why?

Original Cindy: Look at your words.

Max: So..

Original Cindy: Hung.

Max: Like a noose around your neck.

Original Cindy: Prick...

Max: Like with a needle. You have a dirty mind.

Original Cindy: Yeah!,...than what about this one? which I'm not even gonna say cause I kiss my mamma with this mouth.

Max: Oh God,...your right. I'm..supposed to be there in an hour.

Original Cindy: Are you going to go?

Max: I can't. Not like this.

Original Cindy: Well, then you'd better call or cancel.

Max: I can't cancel.

Original Cindy: You either go or you cancel. It's on you.

(Scene shifts to Logans place. The phone is ringing and Logan picks up. Max is back at her apartment in the kitchen talking to him.)

Logan: Hello.

Max: Logan, it's me.

Logan: Hey, I'm glad you called. You think you could stop at the market on your way over and pick up some strawberries?

Max: Listen, I really hate to do this... but I can't make it over tonight.

Logan: Oh.

Max: Something came up.

Logan: Is everything okay?

Max: Can we talk about it tomorrow?

Logan: Max.

Max: I'll call you. (Max panting )

(Logan goes to the dinning table and blows out the candles.)

(Scene shifts to Max on her bed restless. She gets up and puts on her Jacket and starts to head out. Original Cindy catches her as she nears the door.)

Orignial Cindy: Where you going?

Max: I'm going to put 600 cc's of raw power between my legs. Gotta clear my head.

Orignial Cindy: Okay.

(Max motorcycle starts and she leaves as a van marked 'Animal Control' carrying the South Africans, Dochnovich and tracking equipment are setting up.)

Kani: Any reason you want to start here?

Dochnovich: Target's last known location. We intercepted a call she made a week ago from a pay phone on the corner.

Kani: If she's anywhere within two kilometers we should get a hit.

Dochnovich: Two klicks. About covers all of sector five.

Kani: Right. Give us a minute to configure the antennae and we'll get started.

(Max motorcycle engine running as she is at the check point leaving sector five. The is a sign that says 'you are entering sector six' hanging high above the guard station. )

(Kani finally gets the system up and running. The detector is sweeping over sector five.)

Kani: Ha! ..here we go.

(Max grows impatient at waiting for others ahead of her at the check point. Max takes out her Jam Pony pass.)

Max: Jam Pony messenger can I go through?

(The guard waves her through)

(The system finishes it sweep.)

Kani: Nothing. Where to?

Dochnovich: Move on to sector four.

(Scene shifts to Max rounding a corner, as another biker pullls up alsin side her. The biker looks at her from behind his visor, Max ignores him at first until he pulls it up to reveal Rafer, the pizza guy.)

Rafer: Max?..

(Max smiles. They both are racing through the streets on their bikes.)

(Scene shifts to a hallway where Max and Rafer are kissing and peeling each others clothes off. They stumble towards a door and enter.)

(Max is sitting up besides Rafer, who is sleeping soundly. Max has a desolate look on her face. She gets up carefully and leaves.)

(Logan is staring out the window of his apartment.)

(Scene shifts to Max coming back home and seeing Original Cindy asleep. Max is later in the shower crying as water cascades off her face.)

(Next day Max is sitting on the couch in the living room upset as Original Cindy tries to comfort her.)

Original Cindy: Aiight Original Cindy is going to break it down for you, boo. You can sing the blues all you want to about how what you did was wrong and bad and now you feel cheap and empty. But that's just a bunch of bs. The truth is you love Logan.

Max: Look, we're not even like that. The fact is, we'd both be better off if we never even met.

Original Cindy: Yeah, right.

Max: He has to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair on account of me.

Original Cindy: I didn't see you on tv pulling no trigger.

Max: No, but I could have protected him, and I didn't. That's on me, 100%. I'm nothing but trouble. I'm poison. The best thing for me to do is keep my distance before I get him killed.

Original Cindy: Well, he doesn't seem to be too worried about that..the way he's always looking at you all dreamy-eyed.

Max: And what do I do... I stand him up on our anniversary and go have sex with a total stranger. That's what I call true love.

Original Cindy: The only reason you ended up with hot boy is because you were running from the reality of the situation. Now, you gonna have to step to the real about you and Logan..sooner or later..or your little head's going to explode. But what do i know? I'm just a big 'ol lesbo. (They both laugh)

(Scene shifts to Madame X's silo base. )

Madame X: Why is it taking so long?

Technician: She's a fighter.

(cell phone rings)

Madame X: Yes.

Sandoval: He's on his way here. I told him I needed to talk to him in private.

Madame X: About what?

Sandoval: About you..said I didn't know if he could trust you.

Madame X: That hurts my feelings. When it's done, go back to the tracking van. I'll meet you there. This girl they're looking for... I'm anxious to bring her in.

(Scene shifts to the exterior of the buliding as Madame X leaves in her car. Zack is at a nearby buliding watching.)

(Scene shifts to Lydecker pulling up in a van to an abandoned warehouse as Sandoval watches from a distance. Lydecker goes into the warehouse and looks around and sees a hover drone in a window outside.)

Lydecker: Do you want to talk?

(Sandoval jumps as Lydecker has sneaked up on him. Both Lydecker and Sandooval notice a hover drone coming down towards them.)

Lydecker: I wonder what this is all about.

(Lydecker moves off a bit and puts on his glasses. The hover drone scans both Lydecker and Sandoval. Lydecker comes up clean but Sandoval is a match in the drones database.)

Sandoval: What the...?

Lydecker: You forgot who you work for!

(Lydecker pulls out a photo of Sandoval. Gunfire erupts as Sandoval lies dead. )

Lydecker: Consider yourself fired.

(Scene shifts to Madame X pulling up in her car to the Animal Control van with the South Africans and Dochnovich. She gets out and knocks on the rear door.)

Madame X: I'm taking over this operation. Anything you get on the girl should be reported to my office immediately.

Dochnovich: But Colonel Lydecker...

Madame X: Forget about him. Where's agent Sandoval?

(Madame X looks startled by Lydeckers appearance)

Lydecker: I gave him time off... He wasn't looking well.

Madame X: I wasn't expecting to see you here.

Lydecker: Surprise.

Madame X: Just came by to get a progress report.

Lydecker: I'm glad to see you have a personal interest in x5-452.

Madame X: You don't know how important your kids are to me.

Lydecker: No... but I'm beginning to get an idea.

(Scene shifts to Logan standing up and getting dressed at his apartment. A rope drops down from the sky light. Logan hears the sound and quickly gets back into his wheelchair. He rolls out to see Max stand by the rope.)

Logan: I think you got your nights mixed up.

Max: First time I broke in here, it was about midnight so, way I figure, it's still our anniversary.

Logan: Well, in that case I've still got a bottle of cheap champagne in my fridge. ( soft piano music plays in the background)

(Max and Logan sit in the dinning room as Logan pours Max a drink.)

Max: So, about last night...

Logan: Mm-- it's no big deal.

Max: I owe you an explanation. See, I go through these phases.

Logan: Phases?

Max: 'Cause of my feline dna. Oh, god, this something I so don't want to talk about. You know, cats? Mating cycles?

Logan: Oh... cycles. Really? So, you go into... wow.

(Logan nearly empties his glass drinking.)

Max: So, that's why I decided not to come over because, well, because.

Logan: Well, I'm glad you're here, and let's just for get about it.

Max: Yeah, let's.

Logan: Max, it really is okay....

Max: No, it's not. I hate it. I hate that this happens to me. I hate what it does to me, the things it makes me do.

Logan: All you did was miss... dinner... Right?

Max: I should have stayed home and gone to sleep but I didn't. I went out for a ride to clear my head and get some fresh air. I ran into this guy... it was a mistake. It wasn't me. It's just something Manticore tricked up inside of me that I can't control. Makes me feel... like no matter what I do or how far I run I can never get away from them. Never. ( sniffling )

Logan: It's all right. Courtesy our crazy friend Phil.

(Logan stands up and walks over to Max and comforts her.)

Max: Why didn't you tell me?

Logan: I wanted it to be a surprise for last night an anniversary gift.

Max: I'm sorry.

Logan: You have nothing to be sorry for... or ashamed of. I know who you are.

(Max gasping as Logan falls back to the floor.)

Logan: Ahh! Damn it!

Max: It's okay. Sorry, let me just...

Logan: I'm sorry.

Max: Logan... you've got nothing to be sorry for or ashamed of. It's never been about you being able to walk-- not for me.

Logan: Will you look at us?

Max: Pathetic.

Logan: Hopeless.

Max: Lucky we hooked up.

Logan: Happy anniversary.

(Max and Logan kiss.)

Logan: Maybe, uh... maybe we should wait. You know, until you're yourself again.

Max: This isn't Manticore. This is me.

(Zack interrupts Max and Logan kissing passionately.)

Zack: Looks like I caught you at a bad time. You want to go save Tinga or has something more urgent come up?

(Scene shifts top the Animal Control van driving around looking for Max.)

Kani: We've covered sectors one through eight and everything south of seneca.

Lydecker: That only leaves sector nine. The high-rise district.

(In Logan's apartment. Zack is walking in, Max stands nearby Logan at his computer.)

Zack: Got some info from a pencil- pusher inside Manticore. Same guy that told me about Tinga wasn't there.

Logan: Where is she?

Zack: There's a research facility they've set up inside a converted silo near the municipal border. Pretty sure that's where they got her.

Max: When do you want to do it?

Zack: Tonight.

(Max gestures for Zack to give her a moment with Logan. Zack gets up and leaves.)

Max: You know I have to do this.

Logan: She's your sister.

Max: We can't let them do to her what they did to Brin. And I promised her little boy he'd see his mom again.

Logan: I know. I want to help. I'll hack into some surveillance on the place. We can stay in touch on coms.

(Logan hands Max a set of ear mic/receiver.)

Max: This will wait, right?

Logan: We have all the time in the world.

(Scene shifts to Max speeding to the reseach facility. Kani in the animal control van at the computer as the tracking system picks up Max. Lydecker gets on the radio.)

Kani: We've got a hit. Locked and tracking.

Lydecker(on radio):Base, this is command, authorization longbow portent. Calling for mobilization. Oh, come on, come on, come on.

Base (on radio): Roger, command we are on the move.

Kani: She's headed northeast on highway... Nine.

Lydecker(on radio): Base, we have the subject in pursuit. Rendezvous at three klicks northeast of checkpoint K to form a convoy behind my lead.

(Scene shifts to the interior of a tunnel. Max is speeding down the tunnel as Zack is riding on the back. Lydecker and the south africans are trying to catch up. Max and Zack are off the Ninja and in the tunnel with packs.)

Max(into the mic): Logan are you there? We're inside the silo approach tunnel. You got anything?

(Inside Logan's apartment. Logan is looking at a real time image of the research facility of Madame X but cloud cover obscure the view.)

Logan: Yeah, I hacked into the feed off a Chinese spy satellite, got the location on screen. There's cloud cover but from what I can tell not a whole lot of security.

(Max and Zack walk nearby the wall of the tunnel.)

Zack (mic): We're going in.

(Lydecker's convoy has assembled and the hummers are securing the perimiter. A copter is heard hovering. Soldiers are spilling out of the hummers and forming ranks. Lydeker is surrounded by tac officers getting commands.)

Lydecker: This is the location. Form a containment field perimiter around the stucture. Let's go.

(Scene shifts to Max and Zack nearly at the silo. Zack pulls out two weapns from his pack and offers Max one.)

Zack: Take it! Max. We don't know how much muscle they got in there.

Max: I'm not gonna use it.

Zack: Take it. (shoves gun at Max) I'll go up front and you see what you can find on the other side.

(Max throws the gun away. She then takes off to the silo and takes out a sentry.)

(Logan is in his aprtment studying the screen as the cloud cover is still too dense to see anything.)

Max (on the mic): I'm headed up top. See if there's a way in from above.

Logan: Copy that. Still can't see much, but I'll keep you posted.

(Max is seen climbing up the silo on a ladder.)

(Scene shifts to Lydecker holding the small monitor inside his hummer.)

Com voice: Control, perimeter is established. Over.

Lydecker: This time... there's nowhere to go.

(Scene shifts to the interior of the research facility. Max is looking down on the guards and technicians from a overhead walkway. Max secures a line to a railing.)

Zack: I'm in position lets move in.

(Scene shifts to Zack taking out guards outside with his gun. He reloads a new clip and continues into the facility.)

(Max drops a rope and slides down. She knocks out two guard near the landing by kicking them on her descent.)

(Scene shifts to Zack kicking a door handle. Max takes out two terrified technicians, she steps up to the contorl panel and see a strange glow.)

(Logan notices that the silo is surrounded as cloud cover breaks.)

Logan: Max...Zack..

(Scene shift to Zack opening the door and creeping in. Two guards guarding the hall exchange fire with zack. Zack manages to kill one but not before getting shot himself. Zack ducks back out for cover.)

Logan (mic): Max, zack. Full military convoy.

Zack (mic): I'm hit.

(Zack is seen holding up his hand covered in his own blood.)

Logan: Get out of there.

(Zack hobbles away from the scene.)

(Scene shifts to hummers pulling up to the silo itself. Max is inside loking at the strage glowing object in the room.)

Logan: Max? Max, pull out.

(Max is looking at Tinga inside a container of some kind)

(Scene shifts to Lydecker checking the bodies found killed outside of the silo.)

Lydecker: It's Manticore special ops. Under whose command is this location guarded?

Tac officer: I don't know, sir.

Lydecker: Prepare to engage.

(Max is still inside the research lab looking at Tinga floating in a green fluid. Max grabs a chair and rushes forward to the container and smashes it.)

Logan: Max, you got to go.

( Max grunting and glass breaking )

(Scene shifts to Lydecker's men rushing in.)

Max: Tinga, no!.

(Lydecker pushes past his men and sees Max craddling Tinga's body.)

Max: ....I'm sorry.

Logan: Max? Are you okay?

( Water drips from Max and Tinga. Lydecker looks shocked at the scene.)

Logan: Talk to me. Max?

(To be continued.....)