Title: Raine 5/?
Author: Revved Up Female
E-mail: revvedupfemale@mochamail.com
Distribution Statement: Not mine, theirs. Got it? 
I don't own them. 
Genres: WIP
Relationships: Max/Logan
Content: In response to: Challenge #2; Submitted By: 
Matt Quinn; Challenge: A story, any length, 
involving one of the other escapees from the 
Manticore project. There were eleven others besides 
Max, so there are plenty of nifty possibilities. 
Keywords: Contemporary
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Heat, Flushed, C.R.E.A.M., 411 on the DL, 
Prodigy, Cold Comfort, Blah Blah Woof Woof. Out.
Summary: When it rains, it pours.
Disclaimer: I have no money. I have no job. They're 
not mine. 20th Century Fox Television, 
Cameron/Eglee Productions, and TCFTV Van 
Services Ltd. 

*deep breath*
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Raine 5/?
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In the Living Room

Max wanted to cry, the Bast was ruined, she wanted 
to take the broken pieces of her beloved statue and 
hit Zack upside the head with it, "This was mine," she 
whispered, giving Zack a teary-eyed look.

"Max, I'm sorry..." Zack shook his head, wondering 
how to make this better. 'Why to go, Zack, what kind 
of protective brother are you supposed to be?!' He 
berated himself, hanging his head, "I really am, I'll get 
it fixed..."

She just shrugged, "It's no use. It's destroyed, not 
enough glue will ever bring her back..." a tear escaped 
her eye, brushing it away quickly.

Zack picked a piece of the statue up, the foot, "I'll get 
you another one..." he promised, extremely sorry he 
had hurt her.

Max shook her head that was so like Zack, to think 
that ANYTHING could be replaced. The thought was 
sickening to her, "Don't you UNDERSTAND?! It 
CAN'T be replaced! Sure, you can go and find 
another one, but THIS ONE can't be replaced! The 
other one will just be a substitute!" she cried openly 
now, cursing her crazy hormones today, "Just leave 
me alone..." when he didn't move,  she turned to him, 
"GO AWAY!" she yelled, stalking into the closest 
bedroom, which just so happened to be Logan's. 

She collapsed on his bed, surrounded by his smell. 
Her precious statue was destroyed, the one she had 
stolen from him, the one that he had somehow 
retrieved from the black market, the one that she 
would had been able to take home with her whenever 
she wanted to. She had to admit to herself, though-
it just wasn't the statue she was angry about. It was 
Zack's behavior about everything. About how they 
were still soldiers, how they should never settle 
down and keep running. She was sick and tired of his 
attitude about everything, it made her sick to her 
stomach just thinking about what Logan said while 
they were in the hospital:

"He cares about you, Max, and I don't mean like a 
brother." 

God, those words haunt her to this day, she doesn't 
want him like that, so why does Zack feel so adamant 
about being in her life, wasn't it he who said that they 
should split up?

With all of her thinking, she barely noticed when 
Raine came in and sat down right beside her, "Look, 
there's a whole lot of things you and I need to talk 
about, but right now; we need to head over to Jam 
Pony... that guy, Normal's, on the warpath."

Max nodded, getting up and brushing away tears 
from her eyes, "Heat," she said, and Raine nodded; 
because to them, it explained everything.

They headed to the dining room to eat a quick lunch, 
"What are you going to tell Logan?" Raine asked, 
tucking a stray auburn hair away from her face."

Her older sister shrugged, "Nothing much, just my 
usual good-bye and leave," Max answered, "I'll 
explain everything to him tomorrow when I'm no 
longer horomonally devastated.
*********
Jam Pony
3:00PM

Raine walked into Jam Pony ready to explain her 
sudden disappearance to Normal, whom was in a 
decidedly bad mood.

Normal saw Raine walk up to the desk and shook his 
head at her, "You're fired."

Her eyes went wide, "What do you mean I'm fired?" 
she asked, noticing that Original Cindy and Sketchy 
had come up to help her fight for her job back.

Normal just shook his head, "Do you need a 
dictionary? You're fired- gone. CANNED!" he turned 
to Sketchy, "What are you doing here, you're 
supposed to be on a run!" he handed a package to 
Sketchy, "Get out of my face."

Raine wouldn't let this go so easily, she needed this 
job, "Can I have a reason?" she asked, just about 
ready to either cry or punch the man.

"You left here this morning and never came back," he 
answered, turning to Original Cindy, "I have a 
delivery for you, here," he handed her a package then 
turned his attention back to Raine, "Are you still 
here?" he asked, annoyed.

Raine huffed, "I had a family emergency!"

Normal's patience was wearing thin, "Right, and I'm 
George Bush."

She just stared at him, "Is this some male PMSic thing 
that I've been hearing about? A lack of testosterone?!" 
she yelled, not ready to give up the job she just got.

"Can you leave, please?" he asked, leaning up 
against the counter.

"Yeah, sure. Right after I shove one of those 
packages where the sun don't..."

Max placed a hand on her shoulder, "RAINE!"

Raine turned to acknowledge her new-found sibling, 
"What?"

Max turned to Normal, "It's my fault Normal, I pulled her 
outta here," she gave him a begging look.

"Sure it is, Max; you wanna be fired too?" he asked, 
handing a package to another courier.

She just rolled her eyes at him, "You can't fire me, you 
need me."

Normal sighed, "As unfortunate as that is, that's true, 
but you little girl..." he turned and pointed at Raine, 
"Are fired!"

Raine's face went red, "LITTLE?!" she almost 
screamed, shrugging off Max's hand on her shoulder.

Max sighed, "Deep breaths Raine..."

But her little sister didn't feel like taking shit from 
anyone today, "YOU CALLED ME LITTLE?!" She 
grabs the collar of Normal's shirt and punches him, he 
falls on the floor holding his cheek. Everyone in Jam 
Pony turns around just in time to see her storming out 
of the building.

Max looked down at Normal, grabbing his arm and 
pulling him up off of the floor, letting him dust himself 
off, "You shouldn't have called her little, she gets a 
little testy at that."

Normal nodded, "Obviously."

Herbal came up to the desk and surveyed Normal's 
bruising cheek, "Wow, womon- what's your friend 
packing? Steroids?" he asked, watching the bruise 
darken.

Max just shrugged, "No, she took self-defense 
classics when she was younger. A lot of kids were 
picking on her."

Herbal nodded, "Must've bon some closs!" he 
agreed.

She nodded, "It was. I should go talk to her..." Max 
walks outside to see Raine's motorcycle missing, 
"Shit!"
******
End Raine 5/?
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Notes: Okay, I apologize now if the characters seemed 
at any way out of their minds, right now though, 
personally, I am going alot of different emotional 
things right now- so I'm pouring it into my characters. 
The angriness at having something of yours 
destroyed for no real reason, the hurt and uncertianty 
that comes with relationships. I just wanted to show 
the emotional side of Max in this fanfic, that even a 
genetically-revved-up-female such as her can still get 
emotional about the little things, just like any other 
girl. That, and I'm sure that after what Zack and Max 
have been through, certian things he has said, like in 
BBWW, Cold Comfort, and 411 on the DL.

Okay, now that I got that out- peace you all! Review!

Sorry for Herbal- but I'm trying to add some "Local 
Color?" in there...... whatever it's called. ^.^

Updated: 4/4/01